Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-10-16
o. D. GRAY's.


THE attention of Town Superintendents Teachers,
ucation in the State of Vermont called to Section
2 Act No. 2, of the Laws Of Vermont for the year
SECTION 2. The Board of Education are hereby
authorzed and it is made their duty, on or before
July J. 1867, and before said date every fifth
year thereafter to select list of such grammars,
biographies arithmetics histories of this State and
the United States phil9sophes, algebras readers
each branch, as they:shal deembest suited for in
truction and in the district schools in this State
IN each OF SAID branches and shall cause the list so
selected, to be published in all the newspapers pub
lished 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 making of such selection which
list selected shall be and remain authoritative and
binding upon the Board of Education, superintend-
ents and teachers for and during five years from and
after November !, 1865 and each five years thereaf
ter ;sand superintendent and teachers shall recon-
mend for use in the district schools, new books
shall become necessary for instruction in the branches
so selected and published
The following is extract from the Report of the
Board of EDUCATION, for the year 1867, page s..
Mitchell's First Lessons, Primary and 1ntermedi-
ate biographies, were adopted for these reasons.
gradual and constant advancement from the prima-
~ truths to the higher departments of geographical
knowiedge the conciseness and completeness of the
definitions, the elegance and accuracy of the maps
the attractlyeness of the pictorial illustrations and
the uniform method of treating topics that are SINH
the publishers have taken measures to prepare a
special edition of the intermediate Geography for
use in the schools of Vermont. This edition will
contain new quarto map of the State engraved on
copperpate and four pages of letter press and ques
prepared by Rev. .Pliny H. White. It is believed
that this feature while it is not to increase the cost
q the eooks T %ateTay is yalge and
Physical Geography, accompanied by Monteiths
Lessons in Astronomy; was adopted to be used in
by their titles. Guyot's Common School Geography
was adopted as q Physical Geography of grade diff
1nasmuch as there seems to be some misapprehen-
SION as to the intention and design of the Board in
ply 1t seems proper to state that it was their inten-
ton TO recommend the use of MtchelFs Biographies
by al classes which have hitherto used, or which
would otherwise use Cornells and that they did not
design that Guyots Biographies should be used ex-
e ssPt BY pupils who having passed through Mitch
sraaphy by Gpyot's method.
SEND agents into every town in the State to suppIy
schools, according to the terms annexed and If Is
hoped that superintendents will furnish every faci-
PIN PIHSY i ii r WHfrE,
D. p. GOTHAM, '''''' Of sf'"'u
( (: j J. s MhAhR, Education
x. i. RANKIN, Secretary.
PRICE LIST OF MITCHELLs BIOGRAPHIES.
For Introduction and Exchange
r;u.I Retail. Introduction. Exchange
Primary, so 60 III VS. -
intermediate, 1S0 lao n
u In calling the attention of Superintendents and
TEACHERS to the above statement of the State Board
Of Education, the subscribers would say that imme
diatey the opening of the district schools our
travellers will visit each town in Vermont for the
purpose OF furnishing MitchelPs New Biographies
In exchange for those now in use All persons inter
ested who may desire information in relation
to the exchange, will please address
LORENZO b. PECK. Montpelier. Vt
H-4o h. ii. BUTLER & co, f
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DYE hn. onl- -