Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-10-13

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ia uui cri'cs,~, normal, high and graded
schools we have corps Of teachers to
whom Wr u"r dcht ct gratitude They
have grown HtaN in The performance Of i'll
rGqultcd labor Tor the common good. Tucir
duties are tie most arduous, rs they are the
most noble and digniiiyd of all secular pro.
icssions. Thoroughly devoted 70 their WORK
of the higher gadc, they have never failed
TO rtcognlzc the supreme and commanding
importance OF the common schools, and have
| ever been ready TODD labor Tor their improve
ment. One Of these is Our present supcrintcnd-
ent OF education. who enjoys and deserves the
| confidence Of all that know him, yet regret
tlll he has not, associated with him. board
/ OF these veteran teachers, Tor official advice
| ana counsel II Is thought, however, by
| many u our oldest and most experienced
| teachers, thlt inc popular dlstlust OF this
| h'tlHV' VI oIlcihl SUPERVISION winch was
occasiVhtI ny Inc inc employment OF secrc-
tily VINO ma u iecl ul'fF interest IN the en-
iorccment oil TIE law requiring uniformity
OIL text looks las not sufficiently subsidized
| 10 justly return 10 II. 1t was tbs that
! caused Inc 'cNtllcllun Oi tht board aud tho
| -, ~! .' ,t'"- 7''t ~ u
siHSIc Itl>'h' dll'l " HaN" Tie cause ul popu-
/ lar education IN CrmDnt "A blow from which
| il has no, vat recovered Tine bn,td with ito
sccrctor,. v,s oholishnJ ,,. ~. $3.50 "i,t' :,
| by an almost unauimous vote in 1874 hut its
| DO Ks remained until. by another step back
ward in ISIS, the uniformity of text books
was destroyed b. an act allowing each town
| to select ITS own books. The obnoxious arith.
mctic then lett Vermont only two towns
voting 10 retain it, while one hundred and
| cighty-six towns went back TO the "obsole,e"
arithmetic Of 1861.
| The act Of 1875, creating rs many .boards"
US there are towns providing over seven hun
drcd persons, instead Of SIN, 70 prevent the
too frequent change Of text books in common
schools, wa, not as dc,trUctiycof uniformity
rs might have been expected The r,solulr
| good sense Of teachers and town sllnorint, nh.
/ cnts secured to some counties absolute uni
| formity. but where this was moi the case
/ the result has been drplorahlc. Before The
meeting of the next Legislature two hundred
/ and forty other lords Will be elected 10 create
| further diversity. unless your wisdom inter.
poses and provides some other coursn / re-.
| spectfullv suggest. AS most ccoromicol ,rd
conservative. that the suprriptcnden, he d..
rec,ed to select a list from the hooks pow in
use in the largest number of towns Thar
towns be allowed To continne nsin, ho"ts
now adopt,d hut that in case n Glance il
made by any town in 1854 ne nroviJn1 h,,
law il Shall Inc Ia thr list nr.,iar, a h,, ~.
supciiutrndent. Tins will niainri,y , I,,o
of ali the towns decide what ,ha IL, sioll G'
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system. ''0 Wv"
should however desire ,o cIor,o sauna
of The readers in usn he orr soianis H.,
pbasjs and inflertinn ni,ch ,,,d n,oI,,,,o,inn
can be tnnoht Ns yoll from Tho n,o,;"t ~
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the WRITINGS IL Snirew Iorl, on5 ,h itJa'
sumner fr1n tho natriot'c no", r'' ~ Whi,
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from The works If nEoo nv ' ,ho D'a ars n as
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| icau'us suCh LESSONS Oh freedom, nationality
anu patriotism, there VIII be taught that love
which yhcn "cc,sio, or;s's r GiI' ,.e ma
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