St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-24

ument purporting to he.
signed by large number ,g P''-.
perlntendentS against Il rb:,.,,..
metics. That Document =, vi 3d..
respectful attention. Brt '.r.
matter was examined into , Ir.r .
closely, 1t WAS found that SOMA. DE-
slgners were not Supcrinlcpd,.. ".
several had III other romuu.;' ID.
the Board advised u chang, .. ,..1.,.
the petition. so called. Was Inc, wv ..
taneonS expression of opnio. r... so"
that had been worked up T., H..
and III the interest of Grrcrl,..- IT,
metics, We therefore thnr.l,
entitled to very much csn>iIr..,. .
THE TEACHERS OPINION %. ot,..,.
1t has been said that Grrrrr go
excluded from the Arithmetic. ,,.
the teachers consulted vcr,
give their opinion. ON H..
following testimony is >rrhp.r.,.
"The undersigned. in gi,r.r
Board of Education THEN lic,,
subject of Arithmrtic>. intended
press their preference of Flrp,.
all those understood to h, r,r,,..
including Greenleat'S now in r,,. e.
Signed by all but one of rL,.,
recommended Frcnch'- Arirlm....
FRENCH'> ARITHMETIC> INulII.....
The Board cndcavoIcd tn.t,...
tween the conflicting claim, ,,
books 10y personal cXaminar,,,.
books, and not 10y external rr>,...
their favor. Still we fnIlrd ,..
confirmed in our opinion of H..
arithmctic> 10y learning that Ill.,.
been 50 largely adopted rI,,..
From the list of places in vb.r
are used, we will mention Nh. o..
New York. Philadelphia. Nra II
Pittsburg, indianapolis and san f.
cisco: the Normal school, of Ma.
New Hampshire. those at Eun,r
Fredonia. y. Y. Lebanon. ohm.
the Illinois Normal UniNrI>.l,. H..
tire State of Nebraska 10y "1ir.r H..
ton for five Yeas: one l.lf .,
schools of Indiana and ll,.,....
of the cities and towns in Mana.
New Hampshire and mumiu.r- H..
schools i'll all parts OF the comrr
UNDUE ISFLUENCE OF TIN ~f,.f...
Any one who will read l...r
names of the members of The. Eu.,I
see whether they are men Ike. ..
Swerved by what has been ,.rrl...
ly termed "thc undue inrnr...~
their Secretary. Absolute >f.rI.,.
the meetings of the Board and ,.
them, may have been the most n,
way of influencing the Board IT,.
badly WIS. At any rate it ua>rI...
influence eNcrtcd. Neither diI,rr.
indirectly. neither personally rn.
agents. did the Secretary appru4G
member of the Board ON tIj> cu,,.
Further than this at his m>r.n.. .
publishers of his Hritllmcii,~ r.,,...
from sending any agents int" iI-,,..
When the publishers of the rpu.,n.
books declined to send coric, q, g..
animation to the teachers rr.- .
the Secretary. ut his own ,Nu,r,.. ...
chased and forwarded the n..,.
copies. DIR. French was not pu.>.r.
any occasion when the >uhirrr of ..
mcticS WAS under discussion. nni F..
the vote was taken.
AUTHORITATIVE AND EI\n.\.."
An anonymous circular issued ..
interest of Grecnlcat-> Alirhmr'I,,
scattered broadcast throu.hnutrl,> =.
informs the public that the arjlo.r
Board i advisory. not compmI>,...
Legislature WAS not 50 short -~l-..,.
to enact Il measure of 80 glcar n.,.'
ance to the schools. and still ha.r.
to he proved on 10y book agents.
law expressly declares thai rhr
''Siall he and remain AUTHORITATIVE
upon the Board of Edgr-
SupcrintendentS and teachers. and D.,
perlntendents and teachcI~ shall Pc
for use. as new books :
become necessary for instruction Iu'
branches named, no othr ,hau p
books included in the said lis. F
assertion that Judge Steele c"a,trr
the action of the Board mrrrL ,.,
DRY is unfoumdcd. At the ll>r ru,,.
pt the Board which he ATTENDED. ......
pressed great Indignation at rur T. q,
hood which attributed such an up
t" him. He did say that Il pup.
demand to he taught from any .o,-
the prescribed list. and that ja,
would sustain tine demand. II l,.-.
rs the circular takes pains To lrf~
public. the law atfiXc> no pcuaIr u-.
Use ot other than the authorized ru-,
| hat. however. is Il poor aI-m.
address to Il law-abiding p,",,c O.,
pccially when enforced hl mo n..,r.,
sons than those of Il book -pg '., ,..
l%ent. Do the people of Vermont .
:" have their children iu~uaDr
arithmetic or any other subject o.
agency of Il firm which "pruI ad Oh,
iantly advises them To break -
aw. and lm>inuatcS that it i pos. .....
10 50 with impunity?
CONCLU>IoN.
We have withheld this cNI,n.,. OF ...
until this late day. n.,..,, .,
Hoped that the facts would com, .r'.r
he people through Other channels.
hat Il formal statement from IFS ..
" unnecessary. W" are COM ..r.
however. that the "pp">ili"ua E. rI,. e.
advantage of our silence rn .r''
"mr further inrnad> upon rrh' "a
on. As the time approaches uur.
new list will become operative ,'
ln'uNrcS of disappointed puh'i~a,., ..
the old fields. hrrou. '.."
mi more Inscriptions. W. 'a.'
ears that they will succeed. itu.. ''
'eoplc of Vermont will weigh r.r '.F
which we reluctantly hut turhta'.. '.
'etore them.
julius CONVERSE.
b. +. BINGHAM. HoH'
VI. II. BTCKHNM. "i
G.. W. GRANDEl. EdJC'"
&. y. WEBER.
The undersigned. mcInhT> ri ftp.
'oard of Education when the .,' a..
EXT books waS adopted cnnrm l' Z.
bovc statement.
j. W. >rI.M tGi.
u. VI. CNNI.
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