The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-28
SCHOOLS ARE
GIVEN PRAISE
Deputy Superintendent of This
District Says Good
Words.
SYSTEM NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Uniform Courses of Study Should BE
Introduced to Increase Ef-
ficiency.
SYSTEM NEEDS IMPROVEMENT

A. B. Lightfoot, deputy school SUI
perintendent for the Second school
district, embracing White Pine, Eu-
reka and Lander counties, arrived
here yesterday from Eureka in a pri-
vate conveyance, and during the day
made a visit of inspection to the
schools of the town. He will leave
this morning for other parts of the
district embraced in his territory,
where the inspection of schools will
be continued. Mr.. Lightfoot is ac-
companied on this trip by Mrs. Light
foot
During his stay here Superintend-
ent Lightfoot held a long consulta-
ton with District Attorney c. A. Ed
dy. who until September 1, was eX-
officio superintendent of schools. His
duties in this department of the
county government having been ta-
ken from his shoulders on that date,
Mr. Lightfoot went over the affairs
of the district with him, and took
into his own possession all of the
papers and other property that had
formerly been in Mr.. Eddy's. GUS
tody.
The office carried with it no sal
ary and took great deal of the time
of the district attorney, and he APP
preciates the relief that was afforded
by the new arrangement.
81 have visited all of the various
departments of the Ely school," said
Superintendent Lightfoot to the
NEWS last night, 'and found each
department in good condition. Their
condition was source of satisfac-
ton to me and it was a pleasure to
find the schools so we'll admins
tered.
THE organization is good, the
esprit de corps is excellent and there
is feeling of cooperation and mu-
tual lfelpfulness among the teachers
that is most commendable. The
teachers are strong and | could not
wish for a better corps, or a, corps
of better or stronger character.
"What suggestions as to improve
ment? There is not now a uniform
course of study in tie county or the
state. The deputy superintendent of
the state, of whom there are five,
will meet with the state board of ed
ucation at Carson City. October IA,
for the purpose of getting out a uni
form course of study. This course
will be adopted not later than at the
beginning of the next school term,
next fall. If it is a possibility,
though | do not think there is much
chance, we will have it inaugurated
by the opening of the schools in Jan
uary after the Christmas recess.
The rural schools of the entire
state, in this district as well as in
the others, are without organization.
They should be thoroughly organized
and the standard system of instruc-
ton should be inaugurated as quick
ly as possible. Until this is done the
schools will not reach their highest
possible efficinecy. Many of the
schools are short on their supplies
which should have been in their
hands September 1.
when we get the uniform course
in operation, there will be a COM
plete reorganization of the county
school system.
1--WE want to hold the district
school teachers institute which is re-
uuired by law at Elko this fall
though this point has not been def
nitely fixed. lie district is a large
one and the cost of travel to the
teachers will be great. Some means
of cutting this expense to lower
figure if possible will be devised
There is no place in the district
where the teachers can assemble
without great expense, some OF then
being required to pay out from $is
to 800 for transportation and Other
expenses. This is too great an eX
pense, and we will devise some means
if possible to obviate this great eX
pense."
At the High school yesterday, Su
perintendent Lightfoot delivered al
interesting talk to the teachers ant
pupils.
He admonished the pupils to have
in mind at all times that honesty o
purpose, purity of thought and lofti
ness of ideals were the nobest ant
...e best ambitions. He said that ed
ucation is something that costs bu
little in this country, and that 1t Il
an asset that every young man ant
woman should have, and that coult
be used to splendid advantage il
after life.