The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-11
Principal p. c. Gu. ems Advice
to Those Ready For Their
Studies.
HOW STUDENTS CAN SUCCEED
The Various Studies That Are In
cludcd In The High School
Course.

Principal p. c. Cullen has prepared
the following communication con
cerning local schools matters:
The public schools of Ely will
open at clock Monday, September
9th, in the old school building and
Brunswick hall, and Wheeler build
ing on Murray street.
The latter on account of new build
ing not being completed have been
provided for those pupils wishing 10
take high school work and for Eth
and Sth grades. All pupils belong
ing to those grades should meet at
the PAGES provided for them.
From an obscure hamlet hidden
away in the depths of the desert, Ely
now the far-famed Ely, has with mar
velous rapidity risen to the dignity
of a thriving city.
With thrift and progress educa-
ton has kept apace, but it does not.
however. go in leaps and bounds but
it is a creature of slow and uniform
growth. An able corps of teachers
has been selected and every effort
will be put forth on the part of those
teachers in bringing about the most
and complete development, physical
as well as mental; and the very first
effort to be made is an appeal to
parents and guardians for co-opera-
ton Parental cooperation is as the
refreshing mountain stream conveyed
to the parching lands of the desert,
without which all is comparatively
a waste, worthless barren waste.
The teacher can labor, she can make
sacrifices, she can he scholarly, she
can be conscientious and enthusiastic
in her work; but, If she does not re-
ceive support from parents the high
est success Is little short of Il miracle.
Many an earnest and able teacher has
been underrated by a whole commu-
nifty because the mere results OF her
work, stripped bare of every VeStige
of support from parent have been
taken as the criterion of what that
teacher is able to do.
The population OF Ely is a sort
of social compound. Its elements
are representatives of many and far
distant communities. The uniform
ity in manners customs and envi-
ronments has as a whole been brok
en- In the business world and the
daily walks of life this segregation
offers but little impeachment. Mat
ters adjust themselves to the de-
mands of circumstances. But the
mind of the child is immature and
in the school-room IS work for anal
gamation.
The children of Ely comprising
the material with which ot build Il
new school is the product of various
systems of training, and while all
such systems have common cnlmi-
mating point various are the upward
paths that lead thereupon. To effect
Il uniform convcrgence and com
plete amalgamation of ideas Is
problem whose solution is found in
the work of organization; and COM
plete organization demands time,
patience and careful observation; all,
locally must go on for some weeks
in the face of difficulties. The sud
den influx of population has affected
a congestion in facilities already at
hand; the unsettled question of eX-
tent of territory comprising the Ely
school district; the irregularity in
the matter of previous attendance
and various systems of training, all
are out of harmony with the highest
achievements of both teacher and
Trustees. In view of these facts ii
will not seem inconsistent to state
that perfect harmony and all the
characteristics of the ideal school
should not be anticipated at the be-
ginning. Nothing. however, will be
left undone which is possible for
teacher to do.
Parents should not be over anxious
to see the effect of the teachers work
show up Immediately. The massive
structure requires much necessary
work to be done beneath the surface
before it begins to tower heaven
ward
The great secret of educating con
sists not so much in being able to
instruct, not SO much in having an
inexhaustible supply OF knowledge
ever ready to serve up to the learner
as to having the facilities of making
this knowledge palitable and Ct
creating an appetite for il. The real
value of a teacher should be estimat-
ed accordingly as that teacher has
the power of instilling the pupil VITA
the desire for learning, as we'll as
possession of scholarly attainments
, and the value of what may have been
accomplished should be estimated ac-
cording to the intensity of the desire
for learning on the part OF the pupil.
, Create in a child an appetite for
knowledge and that child in this age
and land of opportunities will ever
; find means of gratifying it. This
! truth is here set forth because of its
Importance in relation to teacher and
parent concerning the influence they
should exert over the child. The am
= bition and desire to reach out and
+ grasp educational opportunities is
but product of mental development.
manifestation of education itself.
Even in the dullest, whose future
may seem dark and hopeless, there is
S always some latent energy stored up
3. to show itself sometime in good.
I In behalf of the welfare of your
t own children, parents. an appeal is
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