Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-10-28

The attention Of Town Superinten6el
Teachers, and otl.eis int,ros' cd in Il e cause
popular education in the State of Vermont
called to Section 2, Act No. 2, of the Laws
Vermont for the year 1885, which reads as 70
lows
- c1Iox 2.-The Poard of Education ar
hereby authorized and it is made their duty o
or before July |, 1867, and ON or before said dat
every fifth year thereafter, to sc Get q list
snch Gr1mnarS, biographies, arthmetics. his
tories of this State and the United States. phi :
osophes, aigebras, readers and spoilers, no
OK, eedirg one book of kind In each branch, a
they shall deem best suited for instruction an
Use In the district schools in this state III eac
y: said branches and shall cause the list 8
Ncected to be published in all the newsl apcr
published in the state. during the month d
January next following the making Of such ed
lection and a 40 to be inserted i'll each schod|
register issued after one year from the maxim
of snch selection which list, so selected, sha |
I've ard remain authoritative aud hiding upot
the II ard o, Education, superintendent an{
teacl q, and during five years from and afteI
Nov, IN ler |, 1SGS. and each five years thereaf |
ter, and superlntendents and teachers sha
recommend for use in the district schools, al
new books shall become necessary for instrucI
ton in the branches named, no other than TIL
books included in said list So selected and pull
shel.
The following is an extract from the Repor|
OF the Board OF Education, for the year 1861
pages
NIitches First Lessons, Primary, and Inter
mediate Biographies were adopted for thcs
reasons Ill brief; the simplicity and clcarnes
of the text, the gradual and constant advanced
ment from the primary truths to the higher do
partments o geographical knowledge. the con-
clseness and completeness of the definitions
the elegance and accuracy of the maps, the at
tractiveness of the pictorial illustrations AMI
the uniform method of treating topics that ar
similar to each other. Since the adoption d
these books the publishers have taken meas
ures to prepare spec al edition of the Inferno
date Geography for Use III the schools of Vel
map of the State. engraved on copperplate an
four pages of letter press and questions relat
ing to the geography of Vermont, to he prepai
ed by Rev Pliny II. White, 1t is believed tina
this feature, while it is not to increase the COZ
of the books, will materially increase its valu
md the into rest with which it will he studied
| McNally'- Physical topography, accompanied b
! Monteiths Lessons inl Astronomv was adopte!
| TO be us d in those departments of the stud
Inch are indie ted by their titles. Guyot
Common school Geography was adopted al
| Physical Geography Of grade different frol
| McNally's.
| Inasmuch as there seems to be some misaI
nrehension as to the intention and design Of tn
Board in recommending the different textbook
i'll geography, it seems proper to state that
| was their intention to recommend the ute
Mitchel.'s Geographic 10y all classes which hay
| hitherto used, or which would otherwise us
Cornel's, and that they did not design tha
Guyot's Biographies should be used, except b
pupils who, having passed through Mitchelri
desire to advance to the study Of physical gee
graz ny by Guyot's method.
The publishers of Mtchells New Geographic
viii send agents into every town in the State,
srlrly schools according to the terms annexe,
ana 1t is hoped that superintendent will furnis
every facility for the speedy prosecution OF the
business.
JoHN g. PAGE L. +. WARD.
PLINY II. WHITE, A. j. SANBoRN,
| JONATHAN Ross, Nj. CLARKE,
| ID. ID. GoRHAM,
State Board of Education.
a. +. RANKIN,
| seretary.