The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-11-10
+ NlIiCULAR.

The attention Oi Town Supern' endont>. Teach
ers, and others interestel in the cause Of popular
education in the State of Vermont, is called TO
Section 2, Act No. 2. Of the Laws Of Vermont Tor
The wear 1866 which reads as follows:
Section q The Board OF Education are hereby
authorized. audit is made their duty, or before
July !, 1867, and on or before said date every
fifth year thereafter to select list Of such gram
mars, geogral hies. arthmctics, histories Of this
state, and the United States, philosophers, alge-
bras readers and spoilers not exceed. q one book
oi kind in each branch, as they shall deem best
suited for instruct ion and use in the district schools
in this State, in each OF said branches and shall
cause the list so selected, 10 be published in all the
newspapers published in the State during the
month OF January next following the making of
such selection; and also to be inserted in each
school register issued after year from the max
ing of such selection; which list so selected shall
he and remain authoritative and binding upon the
Board OF Education, superintendent and teachers,
tor and during five wears from and after November
]. 1868, and each five years thereafter and SUI
periniendents aud teachers shall recommend for
use in the district schools, new books shall be-
come necessary for instruction in the branches
named, no other than the books included in said
list SO selected and published.
The following is an extract from the Report OF
the Board of Education. for the wear 1867. page 9:
Mitchelrs First Lessons Primary, and lnterme-
dnte Biographies, were adopted. for these reasons
in brief The simplicity and clearness Of the text,
the gradual and constant advancement from tho
primary truths to the higher departments of geo.
graphical knowledge, the conciseness and com
pleteness Of the definitions, the elegance and
curacy Of the maps, the attractiveness of the pic
torial illustrations, and the uniform method Of
treating topics that are similar to each other
Since the adoption of these books, the publishers
have taken measures TO prepare special edition
Of tue intermediate Geography for use III the
schools OF Vermont. This edition will contain a
new quarto map of the State, engraved on cop
perplate; and four pages OF letter press and ques
tons relating to the geography ofNermont to he
prepared by Rev. Pliny Ii. White. At is believed
that this feature, while 1t is not to increase the
cost OF the books will materially increase its val
ne and the interest with which 1t will he studied
McNally's Physical Geography accompanied by
Monteith's Lessons in Astronomy, was adopted to
he used in those departments Of tho study which
are indicated by their titles. Guyots Common
School Geography was adopted a Ply steal &C.
ography of different grade from McNalys.
lnasmuch as there seems 10 be some msappre-
hension to the intention aud design OF the Board
in recommending the different textbooks in &C.
ography, it seems proper to state that II was their
intention to recommend the use Of Mitehell's
Biographies by all classes which have hitherto
used, OF which would otherwise use Cornells, aud
that they did not design that GuyOt's Biographies
should be used, except by pupils who having
passed through Mitchelrs desire to advance to the
study Of physical geography by Guyots method.
The publishers Of Mitchell's New Biographies
will send agents into every town in the Stite. to
supply schools, according to the terms annexed,
and it is hoped that superintendent will furnish
every facility tor the speedy prosecution Of their
| business.
| JOIN b. PAGE, l.. f. WARD,
| PLINY ii. WHIrR, A. J. SASBoRN,
| JONATHAN Ross, NJ. CLARKE,
u. ID. GoRHAM,
State Board of Education.
A. T.; RANKIN Secretary.