The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-12-07

received the highest pay. Mental labor
always received higher wages than
physical labor aud teachers should not |
be made an exception to the rule
Teachers had to work with living minds |
aud their task is not easy He had
much experience in teaching and had ne
devoted his time as faithfully to law or
medicine he would be better paid and
mere respected. Teachers make men
and women of our sons and daughters,
and the best only should be employed,
as poor teachers are dear at any price.
Our ordinary class teachers get only
two thirds as much as the miner. Is
their werk less important? And how
| is it about supervision! Is proper at
tention given to this subject? Is il not
strange that in a State of intelligent
workers, like Nevada, so little should
be thought of school supervision, that
! superiatendents should be so poorly
paid, that propositions should even be
made to do away with such officials?
In dealing with great undertakings
! whore only matter is acted upon, every
one comedies the need of intelligent and
skilled supervision. But when mind
the Immortal part of mans to be
moulded no supervision is necessary !!
Strange views. strange ideas to prevail
in the misd of legislators Miners
coutd not oommand good wages were it
not that they unite, and teachers should
| follow their example and unite, as by
organizing they could keep out poor
teachers and compel better wages for
good ones. T8m 4NH&
| Ehe work done by the Institute was
we'll worth its cost to the people; teach.
ers. had learned much during the week,
and will gs back to their schools more
capable of performing their duties.
4 The ,mises produced millions every
year, and schools also produced mill
,isns of value to the State, and while he
would net fer q moment underestimate
rthe value Of physical labor, he thought
1 teachers shorsd be paid as well as min
.ers. In California they purpose having
{ an organieatisn in every county, and
every twenty teachers have repre-.
sentative in the State Institute. 1t
l.oasts teachers % cents each year to
lamaintain this organization, and have a
4oemmittee to lpcopose legislation This
committee, with 900 teachers to back
lap educational bills, will not be ignored
by the law makers. 1t does not matter
that many of the teachers are ladies',
WHO have ne Votes. Women caa do as
effective work at elections as men.
Legislation that benefits educational
interests helps the child, and what
helps the child helps the State.
He assured the State and County Su.
) periDteudents that the present fnstl.
tnte was the pleasantest he ever at.
tended; not hitch from beginning to
! end. This augurs well for the future,
and he goes home &c California and will
tell than that there are people here in
4 the Nevada wilderness who are their
equals intellectually. and their superi
ors in sociability and hospitality.
I, The next on the programme was q
sslo, ';OiS Folks at Ho0e," by Mrs. E.
ID. Kelley.
| MIR. .Chenoweth thea introduced
Prof. Bray. who addressed the Institute
on the
PosSRIITgIBs OF THE PUBIGc SCHOOLS,
A Mr.. Bray stated that be did not
know why he was pnt on the pro
gramSse at this stage, as he expected
che State Superintendent to close, and
Smile not prepared to deliver "a elabo
rate address. every teacher ought to be
able to aay something on educational
matters. He woald not go back to
antedilu vian times. as he did not know
what they did then. but he would refer
to the Greeks. whose works are to-day
sought as DOdels by our artists and
educators. He alluded to several
prominent Greeks, and especially Ia