The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-12-22
Board O: Education.

Vermont Board o: Education.
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THIS certifies, that, at Il Meeting of the YER
mont Board of Education, duly called by his
Excellency, Gov Hall, aud held at Burlington
on the 6th, 9TH and Sth days of December, A
ID. 1893, the following list of Text Books, for
the use of the District Schools of the State, was
selected and approved by the unanimous vote OF
the Board, in accordance with the provisions OF
the 18th Section, of An Act relating to Com.
mon Schools" enacted by the Vermont Legisla-
ture at their October session, A. d 1858 -
SPEILERs.-For primary classes in ordinary
District Schools.
Progressive Lessons in the English Lam
guagc. Puhlishcrs =. Fnrhhlm Ir & Co.
Bradf rd, VIZ
Tor advanced CLASSES in ordinary District
chools, and for Graded and Union Schools
% orCes;er Pronouncing Spelling Book
Clicking, Swan & Brewer, Boston)
REApR s-For the ordinary istrct Schools
Town and l'olbrooE's Progressive Primer,
and First, Second, and Third Readers, and Com
mon School Reader and Speaker
For Graded & Union Schools.
Town and IIolbrooks Common School Rea-
der and Speaker, and Progressive Fourth and
Fifth Readers (Bazin & Ellsworth, Boston y
GRAMMARs For ordinary District Schools
g Towers Elements of Grammar Grossly
Nichols & Co, Boston,) and Good Browns
" First Lines of English Grammar 6. S
w. Wood, N York;
For Graded and Union Schools
Wells "Grammcr Of the English Language"
Uyison & Phinney, N. York; and Billions
. Analytical and Practical English Grammer "
pratt, Oakley & Co., New York;
BIOGRAPHIES For ordinary Distric' Schools.
Cornell's " First Steps, Primary & Common
School Biographies" (rejccting Cornells In
termeliate
For Graded & Union Schools
Corne''s High School Geography and Com
panion Atlas " Cd Appleton & Co., New York
ARITnMETIcs.--For ordinary district Schools.
Greenlea"s Primary, Intellectual, and
Common School " Arithmetcs.
For Graded s. Union Schools.
Greenleaf's Higher Arithmetics. Or S Da-
Wis & Co Boston.)
For mental exercises i'll all the Public Schools
Warren Colburn's intellectual Arithmetic"
Brown, Taggard & Chase, Boston.)
And that said list of books, thus selected and
now published, in the language of the Act re-
ferred to has "become authoritative and bind
ing upon the Board of Education, Superinten-
dents, and Teachers, until January 1st, A. b.
1864. and Teachers and Superintendents shall
recommend for use in the District Schools, as
new books shall become necessary for instruc-
ton in the branches named, no other than books
included in said list SO established"
HILAND HALL,
BURNHAM MARTIN
CALVIN PEASE,
j, D. BRADLEY,
TIM. P REDFIELD
By order of the Board,
j s. ADAMS, Secretary.
December 18th, A. d 1858.
Penmanship, History of the United States,
though of great importance in every District
School are not mentioned in the Act as topics,
in reference to which the Board are required to
select Text Books and therefore they have made
no oHcial recommendation Of books for instruc-
ton in these branches.
But am authorized to say, that the Board,
as indiciduaIs concur with me in recommend
ing to the consideration of Superintendent,
Teachers and Parents, and booksellers in Vt,
the following books -
In COMPOSITION Tower and Tweed's Gram
mer of Composition" Burgess & Co., New
York;
Ii IIIsToRY OF U. S.-Quackenbos' "Hstory
of United States" (Appleton g. Co., n. "
IN PENMAN3H1P --Payson, Dunton and Serb
ners' " Penmanship' for copy books, (Con-
densed in two numbers.) And, Book keeping
adapted to Payson, Dunton and Scribners' Pen
manship" Grossly, Nichols & Co., Boston
36;lw J. s ADAMS, Secretary.