Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-23
1.-THE BATTLE OF TIE BOOKS

auu iiNaiIieS ana uiEefencGS IN BOARD:
of Education over the subjsct matter Of
textbooks for the scholars at the public
ant averrnsnt is too frequently made.
and too often true. we fear, that the
changes In Readers and other
school-bOoks, are made, not so much in
the interests OF education rs for the
profit of some one or more Of the fra
tsrnity of schoo!-book publishers. In
deed. one is led to suspect that the mo-
dus operand; of effecting certain IRE
forms in textbooks has its start in the
hiring Of pedagogues, arithmeticians,
compileIs Of biographies and other
school-b book makers to manufacture "a
series y for the publisher or publishers +;
and that the works being written, print
ed, "rscommen, I'd " and set in the
market, the business then is begun OF
lobbying educational bills through the
Legislatures. convincing Boards OF Trus-
tees. &c. &c. By this means often
times a brisk and profitable trade is
built up and carried on. But who pays
for the promotion of all these little jobs2
Where does the money come from which
feathers the nest of these eDterprising
publishers whose only interest in the
cause Of education is to make as fire.
Guent changes as possible in the Sc
ries adopted by Superintendent and
Boards of Directors: Out Of the peck !
cts Of the parents whose children at !
tend school. OF course No doubt /
schoo! books bought under system
and therefore obtained il great nun
bers can be got more cheaply til else
wise but for the average schol ne
Reader y is as good as another, and |
SO of the rest OF the outfit required in
the school-room. The good old English
OF the English Reader We venture is as
good as any that can be found in Nc
Guffey's or Bancroft's or Appleton or
Sheldon's, and if the teachers know
their business, arithmetic, grammar. ce-
ography. etc, will be taught quite as
clearly and effectively as if their school
rooms are deluged with all the newest
furniture OF sschool thinkers or their
shelves and desks piled up with the
latest fashion of primers, spoilers and
aliases.
Our sister State of California has
lately been plagued By an advance line
of skirmishers deployed By the school | .
book publishers Of the East and West ;
for participation in the Battle of the
Books there pending. 1: seems that =
enough of this force of the publishers
advance guard could be spared from the ..
battlefield to come here
and attend our State Board on Tuesday ,
and also it seems that they managed 20
make quite as much turmoil and trouble
here as they succeed in causing
wherever else they are permitted to have
b hearing. As was to be expected would
be the case, Professor Flint, after COM
ing to Carson as the special reporter on
The Enterprise. and being. as he quite
thought, sighted by the Board,
makes a statement Of his case through S
The columns Of that paper of " 'erday Il
aud draws some conclusions of v
his own not exactly favorable to the t
Board itself. After describing what &C. n
,urred a. the meeting of the Board, E
Professor Flint says: i.
Your reporter, during the short time v
le was present G: the meeting. saw
'nough TO satisfy himself thut the Nc
iuffey Readers would be retained under ~
my and all circumstances, even though
he entire educational fraternity of Ne :.
ada pronounced in favor of the Pacific IS
Coast series. He was also thoroughly ~
that two members of the Il e
Board were In collision and that THAR p
,lan Of operations had been determined VI
lpon long before the hour for the meet d.
ng had arrived. OF
Preceding this rather uncharitable 81
Mr.. Flint declares himself
n favor of discarding the NcGuffey
lenders and adopting the Pacific Coast A
cries, SO called and as Governor VI
'radley and Superintendent Kelly were
he two whose votes prevented the adop- at
ion of the Bancroft or Pacific Coast q, he
leaders, Of course he means that they -,
re the two who were in COLLISION. Sc
hat the infarence IL az unvarrapted nv er