Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-05

What shall be the standard text books
for the Common Schools Of Wash
igton Territory, vill come before the
proper judges, nov. in . few
DAYS. Ii would III become Us. as
public journalist, 10 act in the c.
pscity Of drummer" for any pub
fishing house in particular. We
shall, therefore. note a fev generll
facts only, and let our friends draw
their oxb inferenees and make their
own comments. The textbooks des-
tined TO he used will probably lie
either the Pacific Coast Series. pub
lished BY Bancroft a Co. San Fran-
cisco. OF the National Senes. pub
li~hei bv 4 =. Barnes i Co. New
York. Chicago and New Orleans
The Pacific Coast Serle>. A. their
name -, uli IMPLY have l-en thought
ton restrictive and exclusive III the
general plan Of their compilation to
meet the varied wants Of an extern
siye DOMAIN that reaches from o-ean
Ia ocean. Indeed, they are said to
I've truly aud only Californian in their
complexion and general temperameut.
To 30 large al extent does this OBJ
lection obtain, that their introduc-
ton into the common schools of
Oregon have been bitterly opposed
by a large share ofthe people Of that
State. The National Series, as its
name, on the other hand, implies,
stops NOT for State or climatic bound
aries, but at once anticipates, COM
prehends and meets the wants OF
every child in the Union, treating
the great mass of school children as
the raw material from which must be
hammered the noble and exalted citi-
zenship of our future commonwealth.
This series, including all the COM
mon school branches of education,
have been adopted and are now used
by fourteen of the older States, ex-
tending from the Atlantic seaboard
to Minnesota. This extraordinary
popularity is primarily owing to the
purely cosmopolitan element which
finds Judgment in this series of
school books, which, we believe,
should be an inherent constituent in
all the appliances of education.
In order to smooth the way lead
ing to Il proper introduction of
these books, the publishers, A. S.
Barnes g. Co., are offering to ex-
change their new series for old ones
of similar grade, Cn most liberal
terms. We cannot go into the de-
tails Of the plan in this article, but
it will suffice all purposes to say that
from 25 to 30 per cent. of the intro.
ducing price of each book will be
allowed in cash for whatever old
books are offered in exchange for
the new. In this way, tons of old !
half worn school books, in the way Of
spoilers, readers, arithmetics, gram
mars and biographies, which now
cumber every household in the land,
can be turned to good and profit
able account towards supplying the
children Of the poorer classes with
new, strongly bound and attractive
textbooks on all the branches of a
popular English education. For a
small additional advance, books in
Hoyt's Patent Indestructible Bind
ings" can be bad, throughout the
whole series. The popularity of
this invention consists in an iron
clamp in the back of the book which
holds the layers of folios with vice.
like grip, entirely superseding the
old fashioned "stitch" fastening.
The introducing price," be.
fore alluded to, is understood to be
the terms upon which the new series
will be inaueurated Let it be
Ecrne in mind, by parents and guar
dams especially, that this price is
lorer than the actual wholesale price
in New York. As matter of course,
all subsequent sales will be conduct
ed according to the regular retail
prices of booksellers wherever loca-
ted. Finally, and in conclusion, it es-
behooves all interested par
ties to examine thoroughly this ques-
tion, 80 sisna.ly involving the moral
and intellectual veal of the youth of