Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-04-21
Potomac Items.

Potomac Items.
DIR. Murphy, OF Washington city, in com.
pany with Representatives Blackburn, Of
Kentucky, and Townsend, of Illinois, visit.
ed Great Falls, on Saturday last These
gentlemen captured fine string of sixteen
large bass
The peaches were not injured as much in
this locality by the recent "blizzard" as was
apprehended. If a subsequent frost does
not injure more of them, we will probably
have about half CROP The fears that were
entertained for the apricots have been fully
substantiated. The apples were not suffi-
GENTLY advanced to sustain any serious in
jury. The smaller fruits have not been in
jured, also the wheat, rye and oats.
The Potomac Choir met at Potomac Chap.
Ell last Sunday evening to practice singing.
The Choir was skilliully accompanied by
Miss Minnie Cramer and Mr.. L. c. Hobbs,
alternately, on the new organ. After the
singing was over the congregation remained
short time to make arrangements for the
concert which will be given under the au-
spices of Prof Walker, of this county, on
the night of the 4th of May. We embrace
this opportunity of inviting our Rockville
friends, to whom we have listened so often
in the Lyceum, down to see US, with assur-
ance that they will enjoy themselves.
A quarterly meeting of the NJ +. Church
South will be held at Potomac Chapel, on
next Saturday and Sunday.
Misses Jennie and Kate Peter, of barnes
town, are visiting Mrs. George Bradley, of
this place.
Mrs. Jacob Welsh has just returned from
recent visit to her son in Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr.. Milton Crandall, of Washington, ID.
c., is visiting his cousin, Mr.. o. S. Maus, of
this place.
April 10Th 1889. HUMPHREY.
Text Books for our Public schools
At the regular meeting of the Teachers
Association last November, and at the sug-
gestion of the School Commissioners, a COM
mittee consisting of one from each Election
District, together with the President of the
Association, was appointed to examine and
recommend to the School Board such text
books as In their judgment were best adapt.
ed to the requirements of our Public Schools.
After a careful examination of such books
as they could procure, II quorum of this
committee, viz: Miss S. Kilgour, Miss Lucy
Garrett, Messrs. NJ. l.. VenabIe, L. L. Amiss,
VIM. Grady and II. G. Hickerson, with Prof.
Story in the Chair, and Mr.. S. w. Davis,
Secretary, met at the Public School House,
in this town, on Saturday last and recon-
mended the following list Of books;
Creerys Spoilers, Newells Readers, Mau-
rvs Biographies, Towns Analysis, Harvey
Grammars, Brown & Scarf's History Of
Maryland, Swinton's History of the United
States, and Rays Arithmetics.
In regard TO books on Natural Philosophy,
Moral Philosophy, Physiology, Geometry
and Algebra they made no recommendations.
1t will be observed that in spoilers, readers,
Biographies and histories the committee
recommend change from the books now
in use. In doing this they were not un-
mindful Of the objections sometimes raised
by patrons to laying aside old books and
mourning the expense of new ones In
communication with the publishers of the
new books proposed they procured ex.
change rates SO that the expense To patrons
in making the change will be so trifling as
hardly to be considered at all, while the
cost of the new books as compared with the
old, will be an annual saving to the school
treasury Of several hundred dollars. AT
the same time they believe that the books
recommended are much superior to the old
ones for school purposes.