The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-24

The State Board Of Education have issued
circular setting forth In detail the school
books licensed by them and the rules and
regulations adopted for their introduction.
As heretofore, county and city boards
have the right TO determine which Of tie
books licensed by the State Board shall be
used bytheir counties and cities, but where
a. they could formerly change at any time
within the four years OF contract, now they
must make AZ changes between August
1882 and 1883. One year is allowed wherein
to make the changes, and when the change
Il made no further change can be made in
four years.
After August. 1888, only the newly
adopted books will be allowed to be used
In the schools. Each teacher will be fur
nished with copy Of the regulations Of the
Board Of Education and required to en-
force them.
After the present scholastic year city SUI
perintendents as wei a. county superin-
tendents will be required to make monthly
reports TO the State Superintendent.
The publishers with whoa the Board
has contracted TO furnish the books enume-
rated in the circular, bind themselves to
sell at State prices TO the dealers IN the
principal towns Of each county OF the state,
provided that those dealers bind them
selves 10 sell TO pupils at contract prices,
which are about twenty per cent. less
than the usual retail prices. As before
stated, the Board Of Education allow
county and city boards a year from lst
August, 1882, 10 take action on the list;
that is, 10 select from the list what books
they want.
4 great majority OF the books on the old
list are also on the new one. Here and
there. however, there are important
changes.
The histories adopted are Magil's,
Holiness. Eclectic, and Derry's. Black
burn & McDonald's is dropped. There
are four books adopted for each branch,
and II Is claimed that the range of selec-
ton i very liberal. Appleton gets on his
Elementary and Higher Geography, and
Mitchelrs and GuyOt's are dropped. The
latter had no Virginia supplement. Mitch
cips had one. At the last session the men,
bers Of the Senate having been presented
each with copy Of Nitchel's Geography
and Virginia supplement, passed n resolu-
ton calling the attention oi the Board oi
Education 10 the work a. q very meritOrlOus
one. II was known soon afterwards that
the Board did not Ike what they called
" Interference From one cause or an
other Mitche's Geography has been drop
ped.
In reference 10 the use OF old books the
regulations say: The new books shall be
introduced i'm the formation Of all new
classes. and the old books shall De tolerated
only when a commencement has previously
been made I'm such books by a majority OF
the pupils in a class; in such ease their Use
may be continued until the completion of
those books by the class: provided that
after August I, 1853, only the newly
adopted books shall De used. II, however,
the publishers of the newly-selected books
make satisfactory offers in reference 20 cX-
change Of the new books for the old, the
changes may Zee a. sudden and complete
a. may be deemed advisable by the county
board.
II shall De the duty OF the county super
intendent to make early and Efficient ar
rangements Whereby supplies Of books viii
be brought within reach Of the children
and sold on the terms indicated in the con-
tract