The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-08-12
VOTED DOWN
The Proposition to Change the
School Books.


A the melting Of the Board Of Elucat,o,
o" Friday night, Mr. Lamm offered the FOL
lowing:
WHEREAS, Under the Laws of the Stat,
the subjeci al the change Of text bunk. il
nee In the public schools will be consisleset
| 1t . c'uniy convention Ia be held in Janu.
Asy. 1850. aud
Wkesos. IL would ne inexIesii~nt for ihi.
hoard Ia iOseielI tell the sciion of said Gun
veoiio0 By changing the text hooks nov "a
usr. before . full and Thorough investigates
Is made in ,i.e pr-mi-~s Therefore B. il
Rescr,f. That the consideration of the
subj-ci al changing text looks, l,e AMI the
same Is hereby indefinitely lr~iIon~si.
The motion Vas. after considerable. di.-
cushion. carried.
The Importance of this question al chang.
ing schopi ls1,kr ~ frequently is one that in.
wolves over million ,loIlars in the <uljrr
State. Had this matter Lr~n properly A.
tended q" by The last Legislature Q million
81 dollars c"nli have is~n ..ve,i 10 the l,eo-
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would have done, il soss by default. and
the p<sTIe must grin, pay and endure il.
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those ,.ce.~u, Determine. vL,, hook. .h.,,
he used. and when hi. v,sr i. TAKE. "a.
chang. .h,ii n. mad. nv the ;,,,o.,,,.,;.,,
If any other is.,L. Nd, fou,J 81. I'M. 10,
..iop,s.i bv the co.v~u,;..
Thi. Law ia minis, In c;,;s. an, ,.~,. i,
that +, doe. mo, allow , ur,,or,;o..,. ran.
re,en,n,ioo. I'm, mi. !. . small ,.,,,., :,
coo,u,r;.,n with o,l,e, ;.-ma. .,.,;,,-;,x ma.
out Of il After the took. m. ..,o,,,.,i
there !. no vav 10 keep from buv;ur then,
and the lac does mo-, bind the putl;.h-n. "a,
furnish them At . minin,ium pric~: ar
in Gaze this j. mot done. the contract,
shall Ie void. The commits. arr b.,,,.., h,,,
the publisher. arr NOT, Scbo,, book. h.x.
NO, h.eu reduce, !, ur;cr cor,..,o,.,;,~ q.
the great reductions in o,he ,h;,v. and
m. still kep, mn 10 var pric.-.- TIN. .,.,s.
and bat. positively r~fu-ei to ,o,k when
light va. placed before them. and they
virtually said bv their ACTIONS. le, III. r.,.-
ple b~ bound and l~, them nav ius, VIM,
price for t~x,-.pok. the nuhI;.h.,. NAV
ere &, 10 io,pose.
There are !, ,,u,a ,u,,h.,, IN o0o
school children in the State Of Missouri
and carefully urcusr.-} ,,bl~s~hov ,h,, ann.
dollar year for text. books. for each child
ia a low estimate. Admitting. then. ,h,,
500 900 are spent for Textbook ao.u.I:v
and that ,b~-r books are furnished n, h;.b
retail pric~s..sy thirty-,hree M, zen, ,hov.
vholes.le pr;c-. and the difference !.
ss33 1891 annually: but We are ircre.s.
in. in scbooI ,o,.l.,;o, ,,,;d,,