Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-18

Special Meeting of the Directors = Fro
posed Changes in Textbooks.
The City Board of Education held special
meeting last evening Directors James Nc
CATCHY, s. W. Butler and w. R. knights,
as the Committee on Rules and Regulations,
presented report striking out from the list
Of textbooks Wilson's Primary Speller,
French's First Lessons, Robinson's Rudi-
ments, Swinton's Word Analysis, and Crit
tenden's Commercial Arithmetic. The report
was adopted.
Mr.. Hyde was granted permission to ar
range with Mr.. Braddock to teach in the
term of the night school in his stead for the
remainder of the term.
MIR. Diamond addressed the Board relative
to the guaranteeing by publishers of certain
rates st which school books shall be retailed.
The Board then took up the question of
advertising for bids for the furnishing of
school. books. The Board could not be salts
fed that it can get publishers to guarantee at
what rate school books shall be retailed 1t
appears that when the Board once adopts a
list of books, those books must be used for
four years; that the publishers, after adop-
tion might put up the price: that if they did
not, the retail dealers might put up the price.
The Board was agreed that it would only
adopt books upon q contract secured that
the books shall be supplied to the people of
Sacramento at the prices named in the bid
for the full term of four years. The Board
also was agreed that the contracts should
state on what terms the books to be adopted
will be furnished in exchange for books now
in use.
Mr.. Diamond again addressed the Board,
and said publishers had no interest in raising
prices after adoption, because they were as
anxious for future as for present contracts
and could not In four years make enough to
assume the risk of losing all future contracts,
by cornering on the books under first CON
tracts. He alleged that ever since the war
the prices have declined, and have never been
raised. tie represented the publishers of
RObinson's Arithmetcs, and presented form
of contract his principals would accede to,
guaranteeing exchange" on certain terms
and that books shall be sold by the publishers
at the rate bid, for the term of four years.
He urged that it was unjust to bind the pub
fishers against the retailers possible act, and
thought the Board should bind the retail
dealer itself or the publishers would sell
direct to the Boards
The Board then resolved to advertise for
two weeks for bids for books as follows, being
the list reported in favor of by the Superin-
tendent, but not yet adopted the text
books for use In Sacramento
For Primary and Grammar Schools-Series
readers (5), intellectual arithmetic, complete
arithmetic, comprehensive grammar, primary
geography, comprehensive geography, United
States history, elementary physiology, series
copy books, speller.
for High School-Complete algebra, rhet-
oric, ancient history, natural philosophy,
chemistry, American literature, English lit
erature, physical geography, complete gram
mar, higher arithmetic, English language and
composition, civil government botany, zool-
ogy, Latin grammar, Latin reader, Latin
prose book, Virgil, Greek grammar, Greek
reader, Had, Anabasis, German grammar,
German reader, French grammar, French
reader, geometry-in all Al books The
books now in use are 80 in number, and the
proposed new list embraces twelve less than
now in use The books now in use are given
below. Those marked are the books it is
proposed to drop from school use in Sacra-
mento, and those marked + are those last
night ordered dropped from use:
McGuffey's readers (5). Arithmetics -
Frenchs first lessons+, Colburn's first les
sons+, Robnson's rudiments+, Robinson's
progressive practical, Robinson's higher, Crit
tenden's commercial Grammars-kerl's
grammar, Browns Institutes. Spoilers
Swintons Word Book, Swinton's Word
Analysist Wilson's primary, Swinton's
United States history, Cutters physiology,
Monteith's primary geography, Monteiths
manual geography, Guyot's physical geogra-
ply, series copybooks, Robinsons algebra =
Davies algebra, Robirson's geometry, Harris
rhetoric, Andrews ancient history Wells
natural philosophy, Wells chemistry, book
keeping b. Il S. J American literature, Eng
fish literature, Latin grammar, Latin reader
Latin prose book, Virgil, Eclogues and
Georges =, Latin composition, Latin levi
con-, Greek grammar, Greek reader, Anabasis
Iliad, prose composition, Lexicon, Aims
tGarman) method, German grammar, Oh
trogg's Libensbilder, Schiller's works.
French grammar, Teemaque, French au-
thorsf 1.-TWO volumes).
1t was understood that the bids of publish
ers must see that some guarantee is given
that the books Will be sold at the retail price
of books IN at least one store.
MessTs. McClatchy and Landes were APP
pointed to prepare the notice for bids, and to
advertise it for two weeks in the RECORD
UNION and Bee.
The matter Of opening bids for furnishing
stationery was laid over.
Director Butler introduced the following
Resolred, That it is the sense of this Board that
it would be eXpedieut TO establish one class at the
beginning Of the next term to be taught after the
Quincy method.
Laid over.
The Board then adjourned.