Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-12-30

Year at Pnlladelphla.
ABOUT SCHOOL BOOKS.
Circular Issued to the School OH.
GERS and Teachers Of Nevada by
the State Board Of Education.
We have received the following
circular relating to text books for the
public schools, issued by the State
Board Of Education:
STATE OF NEVADA, OFFICE SUPER
INTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
CARSON, December %, lS75.-TO the
School Officers and Teachers Of the
State of Nevada: You are hereby
notified that the Board OF Education
at its meeting on the 2lst instant pre-
scribed the following text books for
use in the public schools of the State
on and after February Is, 1876:
RObinsOn's Arithmetics (shorter
course, two volumes) in place OF
Eaton's Primary, Intellectual, Com
mon and Higher arithmetics, in four
volumes.
Cornell's Biographies primary
and Physical, two volumes) in place
of the Eclectic Series-Primary, In.
termediate and School-and Clark's
Intermediate, four volumes.
The Board also recommended tor
use in grammar schools the Spen-
cerian system of penmanship in
place of the Payson, Dunton and
Scribner system; Ridpath's History
OF the United States and Webster's
dictionaries.
Under the proposals accepted by
the board purchasers are entitled to
the following rates:
GEOGRAPHIEs-ExCH RATES.
For Primary Geography, torty-five
cents and a copy OF the Eclectic
Primary.
For the Physical, ninety cents and
a copy of. Eclectic Intermediate or
Grammar School.
Present Eclectic books are to be
taken in exchange on these condi-
tiOns, 0no matter how much worn
and worthless they may be-"
Retail price (after introductory not
to be increased during term OF adop-
ton, as follows:
Cornell's Primary Geography-.$ 90
Cornell's Physical Geography. 60
Total. .................$2 SO
The introduction price will be one
third less than retail price for ninety
days only.
Following are the retail prices Of
the books now in use.
Eclectic Primary Geography
NO. l......... ......$ oO
Eclectic intermediate Geography
No. Z..... ......... l Oh
Eclectic School Geography
NO. 3......." .."............ l oO
Clarke'sIntermediateGeograp'y so
ARITHMETICS - INTRODUCTORY
RATES.
Two thirds OF the regular retail
price, or with exchange, al twenty
| five cents for the First and seventy
FIVE cents for the Complete. Retail
prices not TO be increased after
adoption:
For First Book in Arithmetic...S so
For Complete Arithmetic......... 40
| Total ........- .......-...........*l W
The Introduction price will be one
third less than the retail price tor
ninety days only.
Retail prices Of books now in use:
For Eaton's Primary Arithme-
| uc...." ..........."....... .... ......v oV
For Eaton's Elementary Arith-
met1c......... ......... ............." oO
For Eaton's Intellectual Arith-
m0tlc..... ......... oU
For Eaton's Common School
Arithmetic. ........ "............ W
For Eaton's High School Arith-
metlc...... ........... ........ 1 ~
TOtal...... ................. ........$3 40
By the above figures 1t will be OBJ.
served that great saving to the chill
dren of the State has been secured.
The books are to be delivered in
Nevada for introduction freight
paid.
The prices of the books recon-
| mended will be as follows:
| PENMANsHIP.
Common School Series. 10 cents.
Shorter course. ..... ........SH cents.
Introduction price one-third less,
rs above.
Spencerian Chart. % 90
Spencerian Theory for Teachers rs
DICTIONARIES.
| primary ....... "....... ........."...v %
Common School. ..... ............... "a
High school ................. ......... rs
| ACADEMIC ............... ..ss....... ~
Introductory price rs above.
HISTORY.
Ridpath's History Of the United
| States............... ..""...... ...."xl ou
l.. r. BRADLEY,
JOHN DAY,
SAMUEL p. KELLY,
State Board Of Education.