Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-10-24
CT r C u L A r L.

The attention of Town superintendent,
Teachers, and others interested i'll the cause Of
popular education in the state of Vermont is
called to Section 2, 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
or before July /, 1867, and on OF before said date
every fifth year thereafter to select n list OF
such grammars, biographies, arithmetics, his
tories of this State and the United states phil
osuphes, algebras, readers and spoilers, not
exceeding one book of kind Ill each branch as
they shall deem best suited for instruction and
use in the district schools in this State, III each
OF said branches and shall cause the list so
eclccted to be published in all the newsl apers
published in the State, during the month OF
January next following the making of such Sc
lection and also to be inserted III each school
register issued after one year from the making
of such selection which list so selected, shall
be and remain authoritative and finding upon
the Board OF Education supcrintendcnts and
teachers, and during i've years from and after
November l. 1868, and each five years thereaf
ter; and superlntendenie and teachers shall
recommend for use in the district schools, as
new books shall become necessary for instluc-
ton in the branches named, no other than the
books included in SAID list so selected and pub
lished.
The following is an extract from the Report
OF tho Board Of Education for the year 1867,
pages:
Mitchell's First Lessons, Primary, and Inter
mediate Biographies were adopted, for these
reasons, in brief; the simplicity and cearness
of the text, the gradual and constant advance
ment from the primary truths to the higher de
partments OF geographical knowledge, the con-
ciseness and completeness of the definitions
the elegance and accuracy of the maps, the at
Effectiveness of the pictorial illustrations, and
the uniform method of treating topics that are
,t,,,t1a %. al. Of a a Dt
these books the publishers have taken meas
ures to prepare special edition OF the lnterme-
date Geography for use i'll the schools OF YER
mont. This edition will contain new quarto
map of the State. engraved on cOpperplate and
four pages of letter press and questions, relat-
ing to the geography of Vermont, to be prepar
dby Rev. Pliny II. White, 1t is believed that
this feature, while it is not 10 increase the cost
of the books, will materially increase its value
and the interest with which it will be studied.
McNallys Physical geography, accompanied by
Monteith's Lessons inIAstronomy, was adopted,
to be used in those departments Of the study
which are indie ted by their titles. Guyots
Common School Geography was adopted as Il
Physical Geography of grade different from
MeNallys.
Inasmuch as there seems to be some misap
prehenson aa 10 the intention and design of ho
Board i'll recommending the different textbook
IN geography, 1t saeins proper to state that
was their intention to recommend the use Of
Mitchcli's Biographies by all classee wl,iGh have
hitherto used, or which would otherwise use
Cornell's, and that they did not design that
Guyois Biographies should be used, except by
pupils who, having passed through NIitchelis,
desire to advance 10 the study OF physical geo
graphy by Guyot'a math9d.
The publishers of Miteb3!ps New Biographies
will send agents into every town In the State, to
supply schools according to the terms anpaHed,
and it is hoped that superintendents will furnish
every facility for the speedy prosecution Of their
business.
JoHK B. PAGE l.. +. WARD,
PLIET II. WHITE, A. j. SANBoRN,
JONATHAN Rosa. NJ. CLARKE,
d, ID. GoRHAM,
State Board OF Education.
A. i. HANKIN,
Secretary