The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-11-03
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lie attention OF Town Supcrin'cnd Teach
err, and others interested in the cause If popular
education in the State of Vermont, is called to
Section >, Act Ne. >. Of the Laws Of Vermont for
tie year 1866, which reads a, follows:
Section =. Tie Board OF Education are hereby
authorized. audit i, made their duty ON or before
Juv |, 1867, and on or before said date every
nth year thereafter, to select LIST of such gram
mars, s;eogra! hieS, arhmciics, histories Of this
State, and the United State PHILOSOPHERS alcc-
bras, readers and spoilers not exceed one book
OF "A Kind in each branch, a, they shall deem best
suited for instruct ion and use in the district schools
in this State, in each OF sal branches and shall
cause the list seecie 10 he 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 one year from the max
ing OF such selection; which list so selected shall
Ice and remain authoritative and binding upon the
Board Of Education, superintendent and teachers
iui'and during five wears from and after Nov, mber
!. lS6S, and each five years thereafter and SUI
rcrintendents and teachers shall recommend for
Use in the district schools, new books shall be-
come necessary for instruction in the branches
named, 10 other than the books included in said
lis so selected and published.
The following is an extract from the Report of
the Board Of Education for the wear 1867 pare 3 :
MitchelFs First Lessons Primary, and Interme-
diate Biographies, adopted. Tor these reasons
IN bref The simplicity and cearness Of the tex t,
primary truths to the higher departments of geo
graphical knowledge the concseness and com.
| pcteness OF the definitions, the elegance and ac-
cdracy Of the maps, the attractveness of the pe-
| 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 a special edition
| ct the 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 it is not to increase III,
cost OF the books, will materially increase its val
ne and the interest with which it will he SIN licd
| McNally's Physical Geography, accOmpaniel b,
Monteith's Lessons in Astronomy, was adopted t.
he used in those departments Of the study whicl
are indicated by their titles. Guvots Commor
| School Geography was adopted as PHYSICAL &c
ography of a different grade from McNally's.
lnasmuch as there seems TO be some misanpre-
hension to the intention aud design of the Boar
| in recommending the different textbooks in &c
oSraphy, it seems proper to state that il was the
Intention to recommend the use of MITCHELL
Biographies by all classes which have hithert,
used, or which would otherwise use CorneFs. az,
that they did not design that Guyot's Geographic
should be used, except by pupils who, havinl
passed through Mitchel's, desire to advance to TN
study OF physical geography by Guyot's method
The publishers of Mitchelrs New Geographic
VIII send agents into every town in the Stite, /,
supply schools, according to the terms annexed
and 1t is hoped that superintendents will nrnisl
business.
joins b. PAGE, L.F. WApn
PLINY II. WHIrR. A. J. SANnnpS
JONATHAN Ross, NJ CtApxp
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