St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-10-23
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C,RCU LAR.
The attention of Town Superintendent Teachers and
others interested in the of popular education in
the State of Vermont is called TO Section Act No.
Of the Laws Of Vermont for the year S66 which reads
follows:
SECTION p Tho board of Education are hereby au-
thorized, and ia made their duty before July
N6t, and or before sad datt fifth wear there
after to select st Of inch CrlI.nars geoEraphies
arithmetics, historic of TIL 81 and tie uited $ stas
phio-"ih HES, al gebras readers pelrrs xeeed
ing one book OF kind in each Uch, they shall
deem best suit for instruction aud the distric.
schools in hi State in each Of said branches shall
the list selected, be published in all the
nrwpapers pu he'd in the Stlte during he month Of
January next fol owing the making loi such srIec ion
also in--rted in each school register isred
after year from the max Of such selection: hich
list 20 selected, sha be and rem-in authoritative and
binns upon the Board of Education s,rperntendents
Snd teachers for and during five years from and after
November 1865, sud each five thereafter; and
supernenden's and tea hers shall recommend for uc
in the district -choos books shall become
ary for instruction in The ir inches named, no other
than the book including in ssid list selected
published.
The following I. extract from the report of the
Board of Education, for the year 1867, page S:
Mitchen's First L ssons Primary, and Intermediate
Geograp ier adopted for these reasous in brief
the simplicity ami cl arness of the gradual aud
cons ant advaucement fir the pr mary rurhs to the
higher departments of geographical knowledge, the
cnncft Ne ana completeness of tie definitions. the
elegance and accuracy OF the maps the attTacvenes
Of the pictorial iustIa ions, uniform me hod of
treating topics that similar 10 each other Sine.
the adoption Of these hook the publishers have taken
measures to prepare special edition the Iuternedi
ste GEOGRAPHY for use in the schools Of Vermont This
edition will contain ii !, quar'o map of the STATE en-
ssaveI on copperplate and four of letter pres.
and questions, rltiug to he ugraphy of Vermont to
be prepared by Rev. Fliny H. White 1t is believed
tat this feature. while it inc tine cost of
the books Ill aterily increas its and the In
;erest With which it VIII be lied McNaly's Physi-
j Gc- graphy, comp ani,d nontcith'= Lesson in AS
DOtrd, o b. n
Of the study hch indi ted by hei titles Guyots
Common School typography wa. ad"ptet ~ Phv =ical
Geography Of grad different r. IN McNaly's
Inaslnuch as there be nlisapprehension
to the intention and design the Board in recon
mending the differ Textbooks in Geography seems
proper to state that their igcution to recommend
III of Mitchell, Biographies Lv ali rid.ses which
have hitherto hich would 9th r,v.se use Cor
n,l and that tney did not design that Guyot'- Geo
-rapLes should he u d. kept by pupils Who, having
passed through Michele. Gcsile advance to the
tldy of physical geography Y Guyot'= method.
The publishers Of Mitchell's Now Biographies will
end agents into every town in the state, TO supply
schools. according the Annexed, hoped
that suIeEintenlents will furnish every facility for the
-peedy prosecution OF theiribusines=.
J"Hx -. PAGE, /. =. WARD,
lIIsr H. Wnlrf, a. }. WHITE,
J">A1nAN Ross, NJ. ClAEk.
ID. ID. GOEHAh,
State Board:of Education.
4. l. RANKIN, Secretary.
Price List of Mitchelrs Biographies,
FOE ISTR"pU CTIoS a>r L>CuANGE.
Retail. Introduction. Exchange.
First Lessons, 600 So ,id bool. and : d. -
Urinary. 50 60 ~
Intermediate, 1.eO 1.io 100
In calling the -terti'n Of Superintendent Teach
tn" above statement Of tr BoaLI of Eiucs-
tiou the subcrihers would say that Immediately upon
the opening Of the district -choolz, travellers will
Wit each town in Vermont for the purp,-e of furnish-
- Mitchell Is New biographies III exchange for those
Low in use. All pcrs5ns intcrestod, who NAV desre
further iIf rnGticn i'll relation t" the exchange wiz
49, L. II ~ .LEk y co.