The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1867-03-01

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outsiders to have it passed. 1t is yet with
the committee.
There is an effort in congress to author
ize the issue Of legal tender notes, not
bearing interest, to redeem the 40 loans
due this year and next. In fact bill has
been offered in the house, for the issue of
$1O0,OOO,OO0 greenbacks for this purpose.
This is grand scheme of the infationists
to keep up imitation, and it may account
for the rise in gold, and the general stag
nation of business. We think this country
has already suffered enough from the eff
fects of a deprecated currency, and ''con-
traction" should be the cry-so loud as to
reach the ears of our lawmakers.
The Hearing and Decision Respect
ing NeW School Books.
The State Board of Education held
lengthy session at Waterbury last week to
examine and decide upon text books to be
used in the schools of this state for five
years from November |, 1868. After
lengthy discussion of the merits of the va
rious treatises before them, the Board de-
cided upon the following:
WRITING BOOKS.
Payson, Dunton and Scribner's.
ARITEMETICs.
Grcenleai New Primary Greenleaf's
New Intellectual Greenleaf's New Prac-
tical Walton's Card and Reyes, Part l
and 2; Davies University Arithmetic,
for use in Normal and High schools only.
ALGEBRA.
Greenleaf's New Elementary.
Lossing's Common school; Halls His
tory and Geography Of Vermont.
IIilIDSOfft1.
Quackenbos', to be used in Normal and
High schools only.
GRAMMAR.
Towers Elements; Norton's, Weld and
Quackenbos'.
BIOGRAPHIES.
MitchelFs First Lessons: NIitcbelrs
Primary MitchelFs Intermediate, VT.
edition; Monteith's Physical and i.stro-
nomical, Vt. edition; Guyot's Common
school, and wall Maps.
READERS.
Town and Holbrook's New Progressive
series except the Intermediate: Hillard's
Sixth Reader
Town and Holbrook's Progressive Spel l.
Ter.
The Arithmetics recommended are. we
are assured by those competent to Judge, a
Ion. step in advance Of the old series of
Greenleaf, and not liable to the objections
which have been justly made to those
heretofore in general use. The subec: of
arlthmetics was put more especially in
charge of the best mathematicians upon
the Board, and they were aided by an able
advising committee, one of whom is, per-
haps, the best mathematician in the state
We think the arithmetics selected will
justify the Judgment Of the Board.
OF other books there is no need to speak.
The Board have given, since their meet
inc early in the winter, most laborious at
tention to the numerous books. amount
ih@, we are informed, to at least one hun
dred and fifty, before them, and have
reached a decision upon which they were
as nearly unanimous as could be expected
where the books were Sc many and so ex-
cellent
The books selected will involve little
change in the schools Sections five and
SIX OF the law passed last fall, directing a
revision of the list of textbooks. are as
follows:
Sec. 5. When any change is recon-
mended by the Board as herein provided,
it shall be only gradual change, not in
volvlng any extra expense to the pupils of
the schools of the state, and the direction
given by the Board shall be, that new
books hereafter purchased, as new classes
are formed, shall be those by them select
ed and prescribed.
Sec. 6. WheHeyer an exchange Of
books shall be made, under tie provisions
Of this act, it shall be upon conditions with
the publishers Of any new book adopted,
that they shall receive all the books in the
hands of book dealers IN this state, in
good condition, discontinued by the Board
OF Education, and shall allow to the deal
ers the full trade value, therefor. and shall
receive all the books in the hands of fam
lies or scholars in this state, discontinued
by the Board Of Education, in exchange
tor the new books ordered of the same
class, allowing therefor the true value OF
the same, according as they have Or have
act been used.
1t will thus be seen that the change is
gradual, although we think it will be for
the interest of education IN the schools to
have II made as rapidly as possible IRE