The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-22
VACATION Is OVER.
..,ools opened for Fan and Winter
~ Torms Last Monday.

Terms LdSs AoA~@y
n reporter for the News visit
.hs Goldfeld public school Wednes-
morping for the purpose of secur-
oA' aa,a ON the enrolment and other
Gers pertaining to the opening of
,~. tou and winter term, he was con-
..o0,ed by 1877 al intelligent looking
~ men and women as ever crossed
|,ss threshold of a school house door;
~, wben he entered the building and
:. .he invitation of Miss Mclaughlin,
90. nrincipal, seated himself on one
!, the diminutive front benches, the
~.,,le of the years fell from him and
=, the moment he vas again the long,
,.,kv boy of a score or more years
% The same mischievous spirit
9Th then filed his life with unhal-
lowed Joy again became rampant, and
:, all but irresistible desire came over
him to throw paper balls and to ex.
.bonoe school-boy condolences with ev-
srv little tyro in the room. The scene
wos much the same as that in which
no figured in his days of knickerbock-
ers and red apples, save that in place
If the old, white, New England school
house had been substituted a tent. As
he glanced about him, in fancy he
.ould see the faces of long forgotten
,omrades of ball field and common,
and reality was added to the picture
nv a little negro chap who slouched in
the corner in quite the same attitude
as that assumed by the reporter in
the hours when his frequent lapses
from grace resulted in like punishment
and teachers assurance that the little
difficulty would be Strengthened out
after school. A vivid recollection of
how those same little difficulties were
%straightened out was vouchsafed him,
too, and his %sympathies went out to
the little pickanninny the while he
speculated as to whether a like fate
was in store for him. A glance at the
face of the principal treasured him,
however, for kindness and humor were
plainly discernible therein, and he be-
came confident that the very worst
punishment which could possibly befall
the little fellow in the corner would
be a short curtailment of his play
hours.
The present is the first time the pub
Lie school of Goldfeld has been thor
oughly organized as such, and the
eight months which are to comprise the
school year start off with an enroll
ment of 1877 pupils, with a possibility
of an increase to 200. In this connec-
lion it is well to state that the princi-
pal desires all parents who intend
their children to the public
chool to do so at once In order that
hey may be allotted to their grades
n time to keep pace in their studies
With the other pupils therein. The
cope of the school work extends from
he primary up to and including the
ighth grade. In order to supply am
lie accommodations for all pupils the
have rented Ladies' Aid hall
nd believe that with that addition
o the present quarters they will be
q a position to meet all requirements
ntil such time as the large stone
chool house now in course of con
is completed, which viii be-
bout December /. Miss Mary A. Nc
is principal of the schools
nd mas as her assistants Miss Clara
train and Miss Crowley. Miss Me
is thoroughly qualified for
he position of principal both in men
al attainment and in experience in
chool work. Miss Strain is likewise a
apable teacher and has had a number
f years practical experience in the
ublic schools of Ann Arbor, Michi-
an. Miss Crowley was formerly e
aged in public school work in Oak
and, California, and like the other la
les mentioned is an efficient instruct
ess.
Miss Mclaughlin states that it is
he purpose to afford the pupils every
pportunity to acquire knowledge, and
9th she and her assistants speak IN
Enthusiastic terms of the intelligence
f their charges. Under such favora-
lie conditions the results cannot be
Their than satisfactory and of such a
haracter as will return credit alike