Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-06-12
A GRADUATE
APPRECIATES
NORMAL SCHOOL

We have heard considerable ':rIti-
the cost ito them" of the Normal De-
partment of our High School. We are
giving in the following article by Miss
A. Z. Maxwell, one OF the graduates,
the exact cost to the taxpayer OF this
department. AS the actual expend1-
ture by the county was only about
| Sl00 we fail to see wherein any tax
payer in this county has had his
taxes raised by the upkeep of this
normal In fact there is not tax
payer in the county of Lyon who does
not spend a greater amount in buying
cigars, cigarettes and booze than the
whole of the expenditure for this ed
ucational department. 1t might be as
well for those who are SO ready to
criticize and condemn the best school
in the State to investigate first and
inform themselves regarding such
matters and not go off on a tangent
of pure supposition:
1T is my pleasure to express to you
the grateful appreciation of my class.
! We feel that to you is due the part
| that we are here in the role of grad
yates of the Lyon County Normal
| School, especially to he local and
/ High School Boards of Education
who made the Lyon County Normal
School possible and to the County
| Commissioners who paid our school
expenses from the General County
! Fund
I'VE have had course of training
in educative methods and school man
agement, short it is true, but neverthe-
| less adequat and effective in one way
at least; namely, we are now in po-
sition where we can go out into the
world and earn a living.
1--WE appreciate this, since to most
of the class, any further school train
ing was well-nigh impossible, and
training for any position is not found
in Lyon county So | am extending
to you our heartfelt gratitude.
There has been some question
about the maintenance of county nor
NAL schools. The State law which
provide for these schools states that
when notice is received at the State
department of education that nor
NAL school has been established in a
certain county, the State Controller IS
authorized to set aside from the Cen
eral State Fund on the first day OF
! October ard the first day OF Febru-
ary a sum not TO exceed 5000 and not
less than 5000; this sum, set aside
/ twice a wear. TO be used to pay the sal
airy of the teacher OF that normal
| school. This appropriation IS made by
/ the State on condition that the county
establishing the normal school will
provide a room properly heated.
where the students may meet, and
any furniture, books and apparatus that
may be necessary; the sum to be ex-
pended by the county not to exceed
$500 for any one year.
"In our case. by meeting in our un-
occupied room in the high school
| building, heated from the furnace and
thereby utilizing what would other
wise have been wasted, the total eX-
pense to the county has been less
than half of the maximum appropria-
ton required by law. This expense
was incurred in buying text books and
two tables, which are yet in very good
condition, and with the ddition of a
few new method books to keep the
library up to date, can be used a
many years. / hope this little ex-
planation will give you clear under
standing of how little normal school
costs a county When you consider
the good of the community at large
because of better teaching and the in
fuence it has upon shaping the lives
of us who are graduating, we feel
that you will neither regret nor be
grudge the expenditure.
We trust that other young people,
young men as well as young women,
may continue to have the Lyon Coun-
ty Normal School which we have
found so helpful to us.
81 wish to thank you who have
made it possible for us to have this
year of training. We shall try to
express our appreciation through the
coming school years in the very best
teaching of which we are capable,