Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-10-28
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The asienfisn Of Town SupeTiniendsnts, Teechers
snd others III the Of popular in the Stale
of Vermont called 10 Se' zion 2, AT No. 2, OF the
Laws of Vermont fer the year 1886, which read.
follows:
Red, aud il IL made their duty, before July Is
1867 and before said date every NTH year there
aithmeics. his ries q this State, nd the limited
Siaes PHILOSOPHERS aise5rs~, readers spoilers
shall suited for and use in The dis
rrci scboos in hi State, in each said
tate, during he month Of January tol owing the
King o. such sc ec,ion; nd aso 10 be inserted
ing oi su seleciion which Iist selected shall
and remain author iisve and binding upon the Board
q" Education, Superb ,endenis and Teachers for and
iGrng nve yeas from and aer November lst 1865 and
each i've ears ihereaiieri and suPerinendeDts and
books shall become necessary for instruction
the branches named, other than the books included
said llrI 80 BEL ecIed and published.
The following is an extract tt"m the Report OF the
Board OF Educ ton for the ear 1867, page 8:
Miteheifs First Lessons Primary, and Inter mediate
Biographies, were adopted kr these reasons, in brief
the simplicity and clear of the ie1t gradual
higher departments of geogra, hca knowledge, the
cseness and compieiene of the the gance
t"ria illustrations and the uniform me hod of
topics that are smar each other Since the adoption
OF hese book the publishers have taken 10
prepare special edition OF the Int edate Geogu
tor use in the schools of vermnnt. This td,ion " III
contain new qnario map of the Stale, engraved on
eoppsfp'se ana iur pages OF letter press and CUES
mons teatlng 10 the geography Of Vermont, be
feature, while II increase the book
Will materially increase lis value interest With
which II vii be studied scNsliy 3 Physical Geography
accompanied BY honteith's Lessons in Astronomy was
adopted, 10 be used in those depa of the study
winch are indicated by their titles. Guyois Common
school Geography was adopted Physical Geography
oil grade different from McNaly's.
inasmnch as there seems 10 be ppre nsion
as 10 the intention and design of the Board In ecom
mendir The different books Geography it seems
proper 10 state tina their ntion 10
The ure of Mcbeffs Geo2ra ph by all classes whic
nave hitherto used or which would otherwi use Cor
nell and that they did design that Guyots Geoe
Tspfies should be used, except by pupils W no bayjn
passed through Mtchelrs, desire 10 advance 10 III
study OF pr yscal geography ty Guy OTIS method.
Inc publisher II Mite hell's New Geogrxp hies will
seno ogens IN every town in the STATE supply schools
ACCORDING TO the terms annexed, and it hoped that
supe fntendeDts " in furnish facility
prosecution Of their business.
JOHN B. PAGE, L. WA,n
fL1ST h. WHITE, A. J. SAEBonr,
JONATHAN Ross, NJ Clam
d. ID. GoRHAN,
State Board of Education.
Price List OF MitcheII's Geo<r.phs...
FOR ISSIRoDUcTIoN AND ExCHAHGE.
r, soss oa book. s .sd e
Primary, 50 60 %
intermediate. 80 40 10
In exiting the attention of Suprinfepdents and Teach
ers TO me above statement of the
the opening Of the district schools our traveIer. vii:
visit earh town in Vermont the purpose of
Mitchele New Biographies in exchange for those now
I'D use All persons Interested no may deeire furiher
dress
LORENZO B. PECK, Montpelier, w..
sFws e H. 0aGlef, = Co.