The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-05-24
EUREKA COUNTY
SCHOOL CONDITIONS
Deputy Superintendent Reports
Favorably Upon Educational
Affairs and Recommends
Normal School

Deputy Superintendent A. B. Light
foot returned to Eureka Thursday after
having visited the schools throughout
Eureka and Lander Counties, making
so far this Spring trips amounting to
2400 miles. Except for a few delays
caused by the usual accidents in auto
mobile travel, he has found the auto to
be an improvement in making the ex-
tensive trips through the vast territory
over which he has supervision of the
schools. He made the trip from Austin
to Eureka in about five hours running
time. without accident or delay
The schools Of Eureka and Lander
Counties are closing this year in excep.
t~ionally good condition. The number
of pupils who will complete the element
airy course of study is the largest of any
year up to this time. with a good class
following for next year. This shows
c~onclusively that excellent progress is
being made in educational work and
that substantial results are being OBJ
tanned. The eighth grade examinations
of this year have shown q larger per-
centage of successful applicants than in
any former years. although the long
term schools will not complete the eighth
grade course of study until next week.
There are several small districts in
Lander and Eureka counties in which
all of the pupils are in the higher grades.
and unless younger pupils enter the
schools of these districts it will be only
a matter Of a few y -ars before these
districts will be abandoned because of
lack of resident pupils. A new district
will probably be organized at Buckhorn
this Summer. and another will be or
ganized at Mill Canyon as soon as the
requisite number of children of school
age become residents there. Operations
have been begun at the keystone mines
in Grass Valley. about 12 miles south
of Cortez in Eureka County. and ar
rangements have been made for a school
district there as 500 as one more pupil
becomes a resident Of that place. This
district will include the Fred Waltz
ranch. the Keystone mines. and the E
D. WALTZ ranch. now occupied by Emil
Bauman. 1t is probable that all these
districts will be organized before schools
open in September.
While In Eureka Mr.. Lightfoot visited
the local schools and made a C
mendation to the County Commissioners
that preparation be made for the estab-
lishment of a County Normal School in
Eureka at the beginning of the school
year in September. He states that there
are now six qualified applicants for
Normal training school work il a
Normal School is established here for
next year. The Commissioners are
favorable to progressive education and
it is probable hat this recommendation
will meet with favor.
The terms Of school at Pine Valley,
Palisade and Beowawe closed Friday.
All the schools in the county except
Cottonwood, Damele, Pinto and Eye
Canyon have had a nine months term.
and Prospect. Eureka and Ruby Hill
will each have a term of ten months.
At the last session of the Legislature
a law was passed providing for free
text books for all pupils in the public
schools. including the high schools.
Books will be purchased BY the School
Trustees and paid for from the County
money apportioned to the several dis
tricts. Pens. ink aud paper of all kinds
for school use are included in the Free
Text Book law and must be provided at
the expense of the district. Instruction
along this line will be given to the
Trustees some time in July. after COM
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