Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-01-07
Vermont Board of Education.


Vermont Board of Education.
authoritative Last Of the 7ert Books
for the District Schools IN Vermont
This certifies, that, at Meeting OF the
Vermont Board of Education, duly cali
ed by his Excellency, Gov. Hall, and
held at Burlington on the 9th, 9TH and
Sth days of December, A. d. 1858, 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 Common Schools
enacted by the Vermont Legislature at
their October session, A. D. 1858:
sPELLERs.
For primary classes to ordinary Dis
hict School" Progressive Lessons in
the English Language. (Publishers:
R. Farnham, Jr., & Co., Bradfard, VT.
For adranced classes in ordinary Dis
trict Schools, and for Graded and onion
Schools. "Worcester's Pronouncing Spell
ling Book" Clicking. Swan & Brewer
Boston.)
READERS.
For the ordinary District Schools
Town and Holbrook's Progressive Pri-
mer, and First, Second, and Third Read
ers, and Common School Reader and
Speaker.
For Graded and Union Schools
Town and Holbrook's Common School
Reader and Speaker, and Progressive
Fourth and Fifth Readers. (Bazin &
Ellsworth, Boston.)
GRAMMARs.
For ordinary District Schools.--"Tow-
ers Element of Grammar" Crosby,
Nichols & Co., Boston, and G GOLD
Brown First Lines of English Gram
mar" Is. S. & W. Wood, New York;
For Graded and Union Schools
Wells " Grammar of the English Lam
guage." Qvison & Phinney, N. York;
and Bullion's Analytical and Practical
: English Grammar" pratt, Oakley &
Co., New York;
BIOGRAPHIES.
For ordinary District Schools.-Cor-
nelps " First Steps, Primary and Gram
mar School Biographies" Omitting
Cornelfs Intermediate.)
For Graded and Union Schools
i " Cornelps High School Geography and
Companion Atlas" Cd. Appleton &
Co., New York;
+ ARITHMETICs.
y For ordinary District Sc no Is.-
o Greenleaf's " Primary, Intellectual, and
l. Common School, Arithmetics.
50 For Graded and Union Schools
1t Greenleaf's Higher Arithmetics. r. S.
ut Davis & Co., Boston,
re For mental exercises IN all the Public
III .SchooLs.-Warren Colburu's Intellect
lie ual Arithmetic Brown, Taggard &
Chase, Boston.)
es And that said list of books, thus Sc.
d. lected and now published, in the language
%, of the Act referred to, has " become au
he thoritative and binding upon the Boarc
IN of Education, Superintendent, anC
Teachers, until January 1st, A. D., 1864
IL and Teachers and Superintendent shall
d. recommend for u.s. in the Distric
OF Schools, as new books shall become ne
TO cessary for instruction in the branche
sc named, no other than books included il
so said list so established"
mt Inland HALL,
BURNHAM MARTIN,
CALVIN PEASE,
O. j. D. BRADLEY,
'cA TIM. z. REDFIELD.
he BY order of the Board,
OIL j. S. ADAMS, Secretary
ks December 1Ith, A. D. 1858.
n'c Penmanship, History of the Unite
States, and Composition, though of grea
importance in every District School, ar
not mentioned in the Act, as topics, in re
" ference TO which the Board are require
to select xt-Books, and therefore the
- have made no official recommendation
- of books for instruction in these branche.
But l am authorized to say, that ii
- Board, as individuals, concur with N
in recommending to the consideration
{. Superintendents, Teachers and Parent
1n and Booksellers in Vermont, the folio,
ing books: