Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-13
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Bancroft's Readers Adopted Into the
Schools of Sacramento.

Schools of Sacramento.
The City Board of Education met at the
office of the City Superintendent last even
ing for the purpose of adopting a reader
for the ensuing four years. All the mem
bers were present. Mr.. Cooke said
Mr.. President; In relation to change in
| textbooks a great deal has been said and writ
| ten on behalf of those publishers VINO consider
| themselves injured should any change be made.
! | will frankly state my reasons for such action
| as | have taken on the question, and believe
! that those who have voted as | have done look
! up5n il in the same light. In the first place a
| number of the publishers of school-bookS in the
! States east of the Rocky Mountains have entered
into Il syndicate regulating the prices and the
7aoduS operdndi by which the publications of
such firms are to be sold and introduced
Agencies are established in this State and as to
the course pursued by some of their agents in
irving to introduce or retain their respective
experience teaches us that for ways that are
dark, and for tricks that are vain'-but there
is no necessity OF further reference to their
methods al present. / notice in the newspaper
communications that those who have red to
vote to change any books, or to beard the East
ern syndicate, are set down favoring or being
bought by certain publishing house to work
serious injury to the working classes.
As TO the changes made last Monday night in
arlthmetics. -Four years ago Colburns Mental
Arithmetic was adopted. 1t was found to be
utdIlN Worthless III the nallCS OF our teachers
Robinson's Elementary Arithmetic was also
adopted and but little used, and of the three
adopted only Robinson 5 Higher Arithmetic was
used generally. The list of arithmetics in use
cost 81 p, while the Introductory price of those
adopted, Books Nos l, > and 3, is 10 cents
-Four years ago Redpath 5 History was adopted.
! Teachers in our schools recommended Il change
As to the cost of introducing the Bancroft
readers. 1t is stated on behalf Of the syndicate
that these books if adopted, will cause an extra
expense on the workingmen and mechanics
COR as they style them poor parents OF large
families having children i'll the public schools
What are the facts? The enrolment of pupils
in our schools for the month of March was as
follows: Eighth grade, 66S; seventh grade, $685.
sixth grade, 3D. fourth grade, 32S As the fifth
and fourth grades use the Fourth Reader, only
the promotions from the fourth grade are eS-
tmated. Promotion of pupils may be computed
rs follows, which will require change of read
ers, excepting the present lower eighth grade,
and new scholars;
New scholars in lower eighth grade, 800
mt Is cents Introduction pricel.......... $50 90
price, - so
338 Third Readers at . cents exchange
price5.,.................. 81 50
........S, 9S 90
325 Fifth Readers at 50 cents. ........... Ia 50
$50 enter the higher eighth grade this
year and use McGuffeys First Reader
with benefit of exchange in 1888, at Is
- 50
2S4 promoted in 1850 from fourth grade
present fifth grade), having the benefit
Of eXchange for Fifth Reader, at 81 cents % 40
60
McGutleys, if retained, win cost:
400 at 20 $50 90
$50 at % 10 30
}5S at 80 1863 90
3l5 Mt 80 lS7 50
32S at 20 centS-....... ..... 27S 50
$50 at - 122 30
PSI at 20 24l 40
Total ..... 81 2(l2 90