Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-20
The Board of Education. and New
school Books.

The Board of Education commenced Il SEES
sion at Waterbury on Monday of this week.
t. consider and decide upon the text books
to be used in the schools of this State for the
next five years. in pursuance Of the act cf
the legislature passed at its last session.
The Board were all present. VIZ Hon. Mcr-
rift Clark. of Poultney. ID. ID. Gorham. Esq.
of Montpelier, iona, Ross, Esq. of st
,Johnsburv. Edward Conant. Esq, of Ran
dolph. Rev. p H. White. of Coventry. and
\. J Sanborn. Esq. of Morri~villc. J. :.
ADAMS. Esq. the Secretary of the Board.
was also present
There was a large attendance of the
friends of education in other states.
who represented the various text books which
are being indcfaticahlv pressed upon the at
tcntion Of the Board. and who were prepared
to show the peculiar merits of their several
publications.. These publishers and authors
have been earnestly engaged for several
months in bringing To the notice of the Board
of Education and of any person supposed t.
be influential in moulding public opinion in
Vermont. the cxccIlencics of their text books
and were at Waterbury in force. The hotel
was full of them.
At meeting of the Board at It. Johns
bury. several weeks since. the work of exam
lining text books was apportioned among the
members as follows Messre Gorham and
Clark. Readers. Spoilers and Grammar>
Messrs. Ross and Conant. Mathematics and
Messrs. White and Sanborn. Biographies.
Histories and PHILOSOPHERS,
Advising committees of teachers were also
appointed rs follows Messrs Ward of Bel
lows Falls, and Dana of Rutland, on Mathc-
MATES Mc>srs. Pearl of Johnson. and Cillcv
of Williston. on Biographies. Histories and
PHILOSOPHERS; and Messrs. Bingham of Brattlc-
boro. and Meade of Swanton. on Readers.
Spoilers and Grammars. These gentlemen
were all at Waterbury,
The Board. Monday evening. agreed to
hear representations concerning text books
in the following order Chirography. Arith
metic. Algebra. Geography, Philosophy,
Readers, Grammars, History of the United
States, Spoilers. Geography and History of
Vermont The hearings were not public. no
one being before the Board except the gem
tlcman who represented textbook. and
who presented his book. or series of books.
and urged the considerations in its favor. and
was then dismissed. and another gentleman
introduced. The advising committee of
teachers sat with the Board during these
hearings
The following are some of the textbooks
pressed upon the attention of the Board
Arithmetics -t;reenleaf"s. Walton's. Eat
on's, Davies. Robinson and Quackcnbos'.
Readcrs-Town and Holhrook's. Hillard's.
Sargent's. Parker's. Watson's and Sanders.
Algebras-Greenleaf's Robinson's. Davies.
and LOOMS
CHIRoGRAPHY.
The hearing proceeded Tuesday. Only
one work or Penmanship. Payson, Dunton
and Scribner's system, was presented. Mr..
o. III. Bowler represented this publication
MATHEMATICS.
Prof Charles Davies presented the series
of Mathematical works which bear his name
q. III. Tucker. Esq. explained to the Board
Eaton's Arithmetics f. r. Stearns. Esq.
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Mathematical works; Prof c. W Gushing
represented Quackenbos' Arithmetics d. II.
Ranney, of Brattleboro, briefly presented the
claims of Robinsons series of Mathematics
and G. A. Walton, Esq, the author of Wal
tons Arithmetics, urged upon the Board the
superiority of his books. These were the onh,
mathematical treatises claiming attention.
GEOGRAPHY.
A. d. Hager's Map of Vermont was pres
ented by Mr. Hager; Cornell's Biographies.
by Prof. c. w. Cushing; and Guyot's Geo
graphies, by Mrs. Mary Howe Smith. The
hearings had proceeded no further last eve
ming
Gov. Dillingham;, who is ex-officio a MEM
Der of the Board, has been present at the
hearings The session will continue. prob-
ably until Friday, as it is the purpose to rive
the claims of every text book a full and care
full examination.