Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-02-03
School Books for

INDIANA,
Recommended, in compliance with the
requisitions Of Law, by the State Board
Of Education, consisting Of the Gov
ernor, Auditor Of State, Treasurer Of
State, Secretary Of State, and the
Superintendent Of Public Instruction.
SCI School Lolc, Scclion ~.
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At amoetinr of Go state Board Of Education,
held "a The Capital, Ncv. d. 1853, each member
Of The Board being present, The following document
was apopie1;
The sta'e Board Of Educafion approve he fol-
lowing list Of tex hooks for common schools;
Mccu6ey's Eclecc Spelling Book.
The Indiana First Reader.
The Indiana Second Reader.
TheIndisna Third Reader.
The Indiana Fourth Reader.
Buffers Engiish Grammar.
Mi'chellt Primary Geography.
Mitchell'- Geography and Atlas.
Rays Arithmetic. Part First.
Rays Arithmetic. Pansccond.
Rays Arithmetic. Part Third.
Uebsior's Dictionaries. t
The examination of Books FOR Common sehoois
nus Iif NlNiI NNtHN lNNNft uNi iUt HfMIu MAf W.
dcasofcd 80 perform tio urioaous and response
bic ,duiy fudclousiy, thoroughly, aud fnihfnily.-
intrinsic merit for insirnction has bfen considered
o. rnrmountimporsancc and secondly, economy
! 10 The Stale.
i'ho board would aubinii only few rcmarfs on
thc books selected.
spelllnR tsoOke.-1hc oljectof spelling
Book is 10 teach the autographed form Of words,
IN simple, fncthodlenl, and thorough mnnncr,---
Eclectic spelling Hook any OF the numerous
works IN that branch that have beon exnmlned.
Heading stooIss.--The indiana Fir-s
Reader, Second Reader, Third Reader, and Fourth
Reader, have been complied tom Mcouncy's
/ Eclectic Headers, which uro well known 70 eduens
tors 81 on parts o. the United states, a., perhaps
tc beat class books Issued. Tho choicest ics-
sons ~ these esccil books make up tho matter
| Of the fh1aia Readers, which arc esteemed ns tho
most desirable reading books.
Rsnnlsat GrnnaIaar..For dis departmsn
the works ~ many atchou have been examined.
and preference given 70 thai OF Professor Noblct
Butler. whose oxcslleniircalse Il highly esteemed
uS Intelligent teachers, a, well calculated 10 make
thorough srainNarihns.
srithmetlc.---in tha Important branch Of
study. The works q several author. have been
carefully osamlncd, end none found, all things
considered, equal 10 Rays aerios, which embraces
three books
pafl firilsa book Of simple and easy lessons
and iaAiss Tor young thildFer..
raft scconfian very complete and thorough
WORK on Neuitl Arithmetic branch 81 study
iol matl neglected M common schools.
lau lb.ft, devoted % Practical Arithmetic, II
an admirable treatise, AVID well calculated 70 make
pupil thorough aHthmolcinna.
/ IA linW ur. oftho highest orlor % merit. Pro-
fcuof payh Nfris show hat Tho author y n thor
onfa li cinftcian, aud sisillfui and successful
insiras iof
Tho oregoug works have on boon compiled,
storeoypod, ana published In orr own West. Their
uuihofs are rcnrcincn engaged In educational
purruils iu no west, and their successful laDors
psinslrufiHrs have scHsb, contributed 10 our nd.
snfcenlni. The books named have already been
received with 80 much favor BY the people OF thls
State, thot warranted In the belief that they
will continue 10 receive the appreciation 10 which
their merit so cmineIlly entities them.
Geography.---Tho Geography we recon
mond Is highly esteemed FOR accuracy In facts and
figures, aud Il already In very general use In this
state.
Dictionarlcs.--Dr.N Noah Wosicr's Una
idgcd Quarto Dictionary i considered Indispensable
10 ey ~ icachcr IN our State, As the standard au-
thoniy in photography, Pronunciation and de-
dining; and Webstcr's smaller Dictionaries
equally indispensable In all schools where an Eng
l5sh Lexicon 4 required.
indeed an urgent necessity, that tho rising genera
iion may be Taught 10 apoil and pronounce alike,
ana uisn, that IN may lOarn from the highest nu-
thorlly lac use and moaning OF words.
I The SCHOOL TRUSTEES, whose duty
Il 70 know what Books are used, can do murh
10 assist the State Board in obtaining what
the School Law cohtemplates. and economy
10 the people Aemands-uniformity In Schoo
Books throughout the State.
W. Z. LARRABEE,
Superintendent Of Public Insfruefsoz,
j. and President ofthe Boad Of Education.
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