Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-10-16
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The attention of Town Supcrntendents,
Teachers, and others interested in the cause of
popular education i'll the State of Vermont is
called to Section ., Act No. 2, Of the Laws of
Vermont for the year 1866, which reads as fol-
lows
SECTION 2.--The Board of Education are
hereby authorized. and it is made their duty, on
before July /, 1867 and on or before said date
every fifth year thereafter, to select Il list Of
such gramnars, Biographies, arithmctcs, his
tories of this State and the United states, phil
osoplies algebras, readers and spoilers, not
exceeding one book OF kind III each branch. AZ
they shall deem best suited for instruction and
use III the district schools III this state, III each
o: said branches and shall cause the list SO
selected to be published i'll all the news apcrr
published i'll the state, during the month o..
January next following the making of such
lection and also to be inserted i'll each sclioU
| register issued after one year from the maxim
Of such selection !; which list, selected shau
nc and remain authoritative and hiding upol
| the Board o, Education, supc, 'ndcnts ana
teachers, and during five years lioin and afte
November |, lo6S, and each five Years thereai
| ter; and superlntendents and teachers sha..
| recommend for use in the district schools, AZ
new books shall become necessary for ihstruc
tion III the branches named, no other than tn,
cooks included in SAID list SO selected and pub
iished
The following is an extract from the Rcpor
Of the Board of Education, for the year 1867
pages
Michelfs First Lessons, Primary, and Inter
mediate Biographies were d,pted, for thcs,
reasons, III brief the simplicity and cearliess
IF the text, the gradual and constant advance
mcnt from the primary truths to the higher dc
partments geographical knowledge, the con
csencss and completeness OF the definitions
the elegance and accuracy OF the maps, the al.
tractiveness OF the pictorial Illustrations, ant
the unlform method of treating topics that
:, Ina.
,iiese books. the publishers have taken meas
ures to prepare 1t spec a. edition OF the Intern
date Geography for use i'll the schools Of YER
mont. This edition VIII contain new quart,
nap OF the State. engraved On copIerpiate ant
our pages Of letter prehs and questions, rc.at-
ing to the geography of Vermont Ito he prepar-
cd by Rev Piny H. White. 1T is believed that
tins feature, While it is hot to increase the cosl
OF the books, will mitelltlly increase its value
and the interest with which it will be studied
McNaily's Physical geography, accompanied b,
Monteith's Lessons nl Astronomy, was adopted
| 10 be us, d IN those departments of the study
which are indie ted by their titles. Guyot +
| Common school Geography was adopted AS {
Physical Geography of grade different from.
McNally's.
| inasmuch as there seems to be some misap-
prehension to the intention and design of the
Board in recommending the different text books
iii geography, it seems proper to state that it
was their intention to recommend the use OF
Nlitcholl's Biographies by all classes which have
hitherto used, or which would otherwise use
Conelrs, and that they did not design that
Guyots Biographies should be used, except by
pupils who, having passed through Nlitchell's
desire to advance to the study of physical geo
graphy by Guyots method.
The publishers of Mitchells New Biographies
ill send agents into every town in the State, t.
supply schools according to the terms annexed
and 1t is hoped that superintendent will furnish
every facility for the speedy prosecution of then
business.
JOHN b. PAGE l.. L. WARD,
PLINy II. WHITE, A. j. SANBoaN,
| JONATHAN Ross, NJ CLARKE,
| ID. ID. GoRHAM,
State Board of Education.
! A. L. RANKIN,
| Secretary.