The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-08-08

law. The rnatfv halr,l~ OF clucaiioh
provided iur tiac yigiiI se'iiou ot tl,
act approved March s,h, lrfl. VIA lug
the first time be- fnilA organized under
The direction OF the County ~Npcriu-
ltenornts. Among tie most impOItus
matters. uoi sn important in itscifas in
its Cisrri On tc new system Ia lie at
tended to. j. he determination bv these
several boards what text book shah be-
used in the schools Oi lheir respective
counties Tor the h lst three wears. llc
law provides THAT no textbook adopted
by tire county board shidl hr cfTnEed
Within three wears from the date OF such
adoption. except 10y unanimous consent
OF all members OF such board. La Itself
a. To the schools. the question j. not 80
very important becNu>e all the est
books in current Use are good. and la
The hands of competent leaclrrs amy
book may he made 10 serve a successful
purpose. The book used. ii il be passa-
bly, good, is OF secondary importance.
But in another aspect OF ihi, case the
work OF the couniy boards viii be OF
igreat moment, and that is with regard
to the pockets OF the people. " ia ai-
ready come 10 that in tlc graduation o..
lclasscs and The successive steps oi irNt
book series. the parents oflargc families
are taxed almost bey und endurance 10
keep up with the demand for new books.
Much need not be- said ON this point.
though it i a fruitful topic. for II is bur
too familiar 10 all. Tie worst abuse Of
the school authority have been suffered
in the text book changes brought about
in past years by the combined action ct
teachers. school oil ,ers aud school book
publishers. Aud the dread of This ia
the last Legislature came near being the
fatal club to knock the law IN me lcsd.
The first ct next month the boards of
all the counties are 10 act On this Que--
tom A. their decision will stand iur
three years. and will bind the whole
county. under the intent OF the law. at
least, il becomes u valuable point for
any publishing house TO obtain the adop-
ton OF It's goods. 4, might lie srppus-
ed, The u~ndcrcurrcut clsriionccring ul
these Boards will not be slow nor stupid
Tor the next four weeks. There are
alout fifteen publishing houses ia NV
York. Philadelphia. Cincinnati ANA CHI
cago on the raid for Indiana through
their agents. a class Of Intelligent men.
educational men. and II VII, DO thcm no
injustice 10 say HAT IN promoting their
Interests they fall not q " lax behind the
sewing machine. lie insurance. or any
other species OF the agency genus. A~
for the members OF the County Boards.
and the committees on this subject
which they have in some Instances ali-
pointed. they don't think OF going %
the p~osiofice without facilities 10 cart
home circulars aud samples by tar
Wholesale. setting forth the claims of
text books. Ii j. not likely that apN ol
them will have occasion "a coMpl.in Ui
being overlooked in the personal lttcr-
non OF some representative ut uuo>i al
these leading lines Of school books.
The board, have been officially cnution-
ed by The STAT Superintendent io proc
cecd with dviihsration. lhtOu4h ihe
storm 81 solicitation iiHt hcHi- a"rDud
them They most olt crl.iantly b,-
fore them tie people. and doride tor
their Interests. IS to thc tMilahs F.,
fa.ae Ok icAi book, il b. q rrcpicNing
question even ~ experienced traclcr-.
ai.l Vne winch the afcrHge trustee rlu
no more form q safe Judgment on. tlau
lac could IN The gcuuincnp~s of a dil-
moni. Nor can he safely ptt his iaiih
w the arguments ofthc publishers agent.
There j. not one al these gentlemen who
cannot make q good showing 81 Ai-
claims. And The best showing uay h.
due a. much TO the skill OF Tie ludn a~
the merit OF what lie recommends. Tho
limpol3an counsel To be aiVcn. then. i,
TO 20 slow. Aside from the desirable
ness of adopting the best books. There
are two reasons for being cautious about
great changes and especially general
changes of all the books in a school NJ
one time. The first reason las been al
luded To in the burden ii would put up-
on the people. The other is tile possible
danger OF creating a wide spread dis
satisfaction which would imperil the law
and raise a clamor 10 disturb il before
lis bcncfcent results have matured
There j. great need that suitable admo-
milton should reach all the school boards
in the State. Doth through the school OF.
iicers and the press. 10 tOriify Tie action
of the September meetings against hast,
aud %iniudici0ns changes thai might
render the law and it> administrator
odious 70 the people. And IN the same
wise spirit, changes where needed slioul,
be as iearlessly made. = Ind. Sentinel.
! a. forney's Pres, says that if th'
e money which our people spend in eoin,
/. TO Europe were expended al home, il
| planting trees, in Improving streets. an,
/. in building up manufactures. we wOul'
c soon have "A country more worthy o
baino SOM than Europp aud tho Euro