St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-05-24

nor pecuniury liabilities incurred. Section
Ninth empowers the trustees to call q spe-
cial meeting: the object being stated in the
notice, and at said meeting the voters may
reconsider the action Of previous meeting
All propositions should be directly stated
by the chairman, and acted uron separate
ly. On all important questions, the names
Of those voting in the affirmative or mega
tive should be recorded by tho clerk.
Officers, however, regularly elected and
qualified, cannot be displaced by the vote
Of special meeting. -
. .. t.: SCHOOL BOOKS. ~s..
The "Statutes of Minnesota" Chapter
Fifth, Section One Hundred and Fourth
says: ut shall be the duty of the Super
intendent of Common Schools to introduce
and recommend to the Schools, such text
books as he shall deem best adapted to
their wants"
The difficulty that once existed OF OBJ
tanning books that were suitable to the va
rious grades of scholars has ceased. Many
enterprising publishers have employed gen.
tlemen Of talent and experience to prepare
school books which are generally forwarded
to every point, where there il probability
that they will meet with sale. This laud-
able activity, however has created the new
difficulty Of knowing how to select the best
from SO many which have their respective
excellencies, and earnest advocates.
After due deliberat;on it has been
thought best "to introduce and recommend
to the schools" the following works:
BIOGRAPHIES.
No. l.
Monteith's First Lessons in Geography
"A little work designed to teach the ru-
diments to beginners. 1t contains the sim
plest questions, with little outline maps,
which give general view of the several
divisions of land and water, without mer-
idians or parallels of latitude.
No. 2.
Monteith's Introduction to Manual &C.
ography, is work one step in advance Of
the First Lessons, giving a review of that
number, and answering as an introduction
to the Manual. It is beautifully illustra-
ted with orig inal designs.
No. 8.
Monteith's New Manual Of Geography.
1t contains no vast amount of ill-srranged
descriptive matter, but simple combina
ton of History and Astronomy, in easy,
simple, practical, and strictly progressive
lessons.
No. 4.
McNally's Complete School Geography,
is large comprehensive work in the quar-
to form, illustrated by maps and engra-
wings, and designed for advanced classes
in public schools, academies and semina-
ries.
The definitions arc brief, but compre-
hcnsive the descriptive matter follows the
map exercises, and is admirably arranged.
The map matter is arranged on the oppo-
site page Of each map, and the maps are
not numbered with more than is necessary
to give the pupil a full understanding Of
locality, latitude, and longitude. All the
changes in boundaries and governments
that have occurred in the last few years,
together with all the territorial divisions.
have been indicated in these biographies.
Mitchell's Outline Maps, with Camps
lntroductitn.
READING AND SPELLING BOOKS.
Philbrick's School Tablets.
Sanders New Speller, Dc6ner and Ana
lyzer.
Sanders Pictorial Primer.
Sanders New First Reader.
Sanders New Second Reader.
Sanders New Third Reader.
Sanders New Fourth Reader.
Sanders Revised Fifth Reader.
Sanders High School Reader.
Webster's or Worcesters Dictionary.
ARITHMETICs.
Davies Primary Arithmetic and Table
book
Davies Intellectual Arithmetic.
Davies First Lessons in Arithmetic.
Davies School Arithmetic, revised edi-
ton.
Wilson's Juvenile American History.
Wilson's History of the United States.
Wilson's Outlines Of History.
GRAMMARs.
Towers Introduction.
Towers Common School Grammar.
PHILOSOPHERS.
Parker's Juvenile Philosophy, Part.I.
Parker's Juvenile Philosophy, Part II.
Parker's Compendium of Natural Phi
losophy.
MORAL LESSONS,
Cowdery's Moral Lessons.
GRIEVANCES.
Section tweHty-eight provides the fol-