The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-03-20
Vermont schools.


The Vermont correspondent of the
Boston Journal gives the following sum
mary of the action taker by county
boards of education, under the new
school law
The several County Boards of Educa.
ton in Vermont have recently met and
selected the text books to be used in the
public schools of their respective counties
for five years from July l, 1890. The
selection of text books for the schools OF
the State has been u.ade in accordance
with the provisions of the act relating to
public instruction passed by the Leg
islature in 1888. This law provides for
the substitution OF the new school books
for the old ones at the beginning of the
new school year, July l, after which date
the use of the old books is prohibited,
The question of State uniformity of text
books was discussed both pro and con in
the Legislature when the bill was under
consideration, but the act az passed con-
tanned no provision to secure uniformity
In the State county uniformity only being
provided for Since the enactment OF
the law several meetings of the repre-
sentatiyes of the County Boards of Edu-
cation have been held with a view of
securing a uniformity of text books in
the State The members of the County
Boards failed to agree as to the the books
to be selected, the result being that each
County Board was a law unto Itself IN
the matter. As will be seen by the fol.
lowing list of text books adopted, local
Boards of Education have acted indie
pendently of one another, The list gwen
below includes So different text books,
not one of which has been selected by
all of the County Boards. The Board OF
Education for Addison county has not
yet met.
Eleven counties have adopted Green
leafs Arithmetics, viz: Bennington,
Caledonia. Chittenden, Essex, Franklin,
Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans,
Rutland and Washington. Windsor
adopted Thompson's Arithmetics and
Windham FraDklin's. Barnes History
was adopted in seven counties, VIZ. +:
Bennington, Caledonia, Essex, Franklin,
Orleans, Rutland and Washington. The
Franklin Series of Readers was adopted
in Bennington, Essex, Chittenden, Gale
donia. Rutland and Windham counties.
In Bennington, Caledonia, Chittenden,
Essex, Orange, Orleans and Washington
counties, Patterson's Elements of Gram
mar and Composition was selected.
The Normal Course in Spelling was selec-
ted In Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex,
franklin, Orange, and Windham coun-
ties. Hyde's Series of Grammar was
adopted in Bennington, Caledonia, Chit
tenden Lamollle, Rutland, Washington,
and Windham. The Normal Review
System of Writing Books was adopted
in Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle,
Orleans, Rutland and Windham. Con-
ants History and Geography of Vermont
was selected in five counties, as follows:
Caledonia, Franklin, Lamoille, Orange
and Rutland. The following five coun.
ties adopted Mowry's Elements of Civil
Government CALEDONIA, Orleans. Rut-
land, Washington and Windsor. Harper
and Brothers Biographies were selected
in Bennington, ChitteDden, Orange and
Washington counties. Lippincott's Read
ers were adopted by the boardsin Frank
lin, Orange, Orleans, and Windsor coun-
ties. franklin, Grand Isle, Rutland and
Windsor counties will use Kruse's Sys-
tenn of Drawing Books. Eggleston's
History was selected in Chittenden,
Grand Isle, Lamoille. and Orange coun
ties. Ellsworth's Writing Books were
adopted in Bennington. Lamoille and
Windsor counties. Rutland, Caledonia,
Grand Isle and Windham county schools
will use Buffers Biographies.
Other text books were selected as fol-
lows Swinton's Biographies. Lamoille.
Windsor; Virgins and Cows Manners
and Nor ls, Lamoille, Orange, Windsor;
Colburn's Mental Arithmetic, Franklin,
Rutland; Scudder's United States His
tory, Windsor, Windham Barnes's Nat.
ional System of Penmauship, Caledonia,
Washing on; Prang's System of Draw
ing, Caledonia, Washington; Gilbert's
Spoilers, Lamoille, Washington; Raub's
English Grammer, Rutland, WiDdham.
Windsor "Our Republic" Civil Govern
ment, Bennington, Lamoille; Heaton's
Story of Vermont, Rutland, Windsor;
Reed and Kellogg's Grammar. Franklin,
Grand Isle; Warren's Geography, Frank
lin, Orleans; Drawing, Educational and
Industrial, Chittenden, Orleans. Orleans
county will also be supplied with Good
rlch's Child's History and Walton's Men
tai Arithmetic; Rutland schools with
Carrington's Patriotic Selections, Went
worth's Primary Arithmetic and Boyce's
Enuncation and rticuls ton text book;
Bennington county schools with Thomp-
sons Series of Drawings and Colburn's
First Lesson; Lamoile county schools
with Heath's Drawing Books, Windsor
county schools with Meservey's Series
on Bookkeeping and Walton's Spoilers;
Caledonia county schools with Barnes's
Geography. Chlttenden county schools
with Gives for Young Americans, WASH
ington county schools with Harper &
Brothers Readers, Windham county
schools with Macy's Civil Government,
Grand Isle county schools with Harper
& Brothers Readers.
The public schools we're supplied in
1887 with text books on physiology and
hygiene at the expense of the State, the
cost being some $4,000. These books
will continue to be used until July LIST,