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OrfL JOINT Committee IF fic GENERAL As
sen5lg appointed under a Joint Resolution
10 hlrssfl9af. fbr Proceedings Of N. Board
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Is SENATE, Nov. %. I--4
70 tie Saqte and House IF Ryresalfanr@
nor ~ Session
The select committee of Senate and House
appointed unier Joint resolution TO inyes-
tigate the proceedings Of the Board Ot Edu-
cation and the Secretary Of the Board, res
pectfu,ly submit the following report
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u. ttee SOD appointed Will meet 10 the Senate Cham
Der. in Montpelier. on Wednesday, November 3D. a.
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b. FHl'hif' FOR ho.'' CONE
The committee procured about sixty cope
les of the Journal containing the notices.
marked. and mailed them TO all or nearly
all Of the Teachers of Academies. Traded
and Normal Schoo.,in the state The mem
hors of the Board Of Education. and tho
Secretary were also notified 10 be present.
At the meeting s., called. the Committee
were all present. and Governor Stewart.
Hon Merritt Clark. Hon. Benz. II Steele,
President VI II. Buckham, Professor
George y Weber. and Hon. D. VI.
camp. all the members Of the
Board except Mr.. Bingham. who was not
pi esent. but was present ut subsequent
meeting of the Committee j lhn II. French.
the Secretary Of the Board, va-alyl present.
Not one appeared at the meeting with any
charge, or complaint, against the Board or
its Secretary, but the Committee felt it their
duty 10 intcrroratc the member, of the
Board and the Secretary a. to their pro-
cecdinr. in the discharge of their duties.
and aid thoroughly and minutely. a. we
think and a three hours examination fail
cl 10 bring out single fact calling for CEN
.urs or ,1ch a. would even subject them %
criticism. But on the other hand it appear
ell that the Board had discharged their du-
tie, with fidelity. and n, We think in every
instance wisely and well
Al the close of the examination on the
10Th. il appeared to portion of YOUR Com
mittee that no more time should be ronSum-
ed in the investigation, inaSmuch As thus
far the Board and it, Secretary had been
fuliv sustained. and especially "A, after notice
no one had appeared to accuse them. But asst
had become known to the Committee that
some few Teacher, in the State differed in
their opinion from the Board 10 some extent
in the recent adopuon of text books. also.
that it had been rumored that some Of those
Teacher, did not approve Of the manner Of
conducting the Teachers Institutes BY the
Secretary Of the Board. it was on the whole
thought hes, TO summon those Teachers and
some Others to appear before the Committee
ON the evening of the 25th inst. This was
done. the second meeting was held. and the
Teachers 50 summoned were present
1t appeared at the first meeting Of the
Committee that at meeting Of the Board
of Education held at Niddlebury, june Is,
1872. (all the members Of the Board being
presenD. the Board made n selection Of
text books and authorized them for use in
the District Schools of this State for five
wears from Nov. |, 1873. In this selection
the Board made change in portion of
the text books hitherto, and now IN use
among which was change in Readers and
in Arithmetics. The Teachers who appear
ed before u on the 18th inst. all seemed to
concur that change oil headers Is neceSSa-
~. but portion were OF the opinion that I
the Analytical Series was preferable to the /
New American Series which was selected b. /
the Board. The Arithmetics selected by /
the Board were French's Series, ana one or |
two of the said Teachers insisted before the |
Committee that no change in Arithmetics is |
necessary. Mr.. Dana of Rutland, while he |
did not compare the merits of French's
Arithmetic with tireenleafS, the one now /
in use, claimed that in teaching Arithmetic
principles are to be taught, and that one |
Arithmetic, If good one, Is as good as an
other, and therefore no change Is needed.
That part OF the investigation winch oc-
CURED on the evening OF the 10Th elected
simply this That few OF the prominent
Teachers in the State differed IN Their Judg-
ment in regard to the change made by the
Board of Education In small part OF the
text books selected by the Board on the 18TH
of June last but from the facts which ap,,
peared before the Committee we must hnd
that such selections were made by the Board
after spending mnch time IN careful ex-
animation Of large variety OF text books
from different authorization taking the |
opinion Of the prominent Teachers OF the |
State. and We believe were made solely with /
a view to promote the best interests OF edu
cation in the State.
In making the selection OF text books 1t
that the Board had taken the