Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-26
State Board of Education.


The State Board of Education met in
regular session yesterday morning.
The following communication from a, l..
Bancroft & Co. was read and placed on file:
SAN FRANCISCO, March %, 1855.
To the Honorable State Board Of EdWcdtioa Sac
TdmeHtO, CGl.-GENTLEMEN We have had the
matter of submitting to your honorable body
a proposition enabling you to make use of our
new series Bancroft Readers under considera-
tioD.
III considering what we can do in justice to
ourselves to. assist You in the matter of making
your new series of State Readers, we have as
sumed the cooperation between yourselves and
the State Printer would be necessary 1t is our
understanding that the matter of furnishing de-
signs is assigned to the State Board of Educa-
ton, while the engraving falls to the duty of the
State Printer.
If this is correct, we suppose that it will be
necessary that an understanding should exist
between yourselves and the State Printer if use
is made of the engravings which we have al
ready prepared for our readers.
We have therefore thought it would be proper
Tor us to submit to you a proposition looking to
such free use of our compilation as would give
the State the use of our engrayings as well.
As we understand it, your cooperation or con-
sent is necessary to the conSummation of any
such arrangement.
If an agreement CT this kind can be made we
will bc'enabled to furnish you an entire outfit of
illustrations for One-hdif what they cost us and
we procured them i'll the most economical way
we could devise.
If you favor investigating our proposal in de
tail, together with the State Printer, we shall be
pleased TO hear from you to that effect
We remain respectfully
A. L. Bancroft & Co.
By H. P. BANCROFT, Secretary.
a letter was also received from John
SWEET, highly recommending as a proof
reader and compiler of the State textbooks
W. II. Y. Raymond. Mr. Raymond is said
to have had large experience in that line
and was i'll charge of the compilation of
the Bancroft Readers. The conmunica-
ton, with others of similar character
recommending other parties for the same
position. were read and placed on file
Professor Allen introduced the following
resolution
WHEREAS. Section : of the Constitution. re-
lating to Textbooks, devolves certain important
duties, said duties being of a special and not of
IL general character; and whereas, we are rs
we believe, under the article referred to- consti-
tutcd sole judges OF the nature and number of
textbooks that the State Board shall publish
this decision being of the nature of expert duty:
and whereas, we fully recognize the fact that
we, and not the Legislature, are held response
BILE for the whole manner in which we discharge
the duties arising under said section; and
whereas, the Legislature by Chapter VIII.
Section l. of the laws of 1885 IAN Act to Droyidp
for the compiling of textbooks restricted our
work in important particulars, and that under
these restrictions we cannot. in our opinion
prepare textbooks upon arithmetics, grammars
or Biographies that viii be satisfactory to our
selves or acceptable to the State; therefore
Res0ired That. at present, we will proceed
with the work only upon readers, spoilers and a
history of the United States.
The resolution was lost by the following
vote: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Professor
Alien. Noes-Professors Welcker and
More
Professor Allen then introduced the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were unani-
mously adopted:
Rcsoi,ed, That the Board will, in pursuance of
Section >, Chapter $, of the Act to provide for
compiling textbooks, until June /, 1885 receive
and at the end of that time consider any and
all propositions for furnishing, as free gift,
compilations and copyright Of one or more of
the series of textbooks prescribed in Section
of said Act of the Code, to wit: Three readers.
one grammar, one speler, one history of the
United States, one arithmetic, one geography.
Resolrcd, That if. when such proposals are
considered, it shall be found that any of the
works hereinbefore mentioned are not rendered
to the Board as free gift, or that those rendered
are not, i'll the opinion of this Board of the
first order of excellence, then the Board will
consider plans and specimen pages of such text
rs may then be before them, will fix the COM
pensatiOu to be paid for the text and copyright
of such compilations on each OF said subjects
as may be accepted by the Board
Professor More introduced the following
resolution, which was adopted
Resorcd That on or before June l, 1885. anv
one willing to prepare book or books of this
series shall present an index or general scheme
with specimen pages of such volume together
with probable number of pages of such book
and the probable time required to prepare it for
the press. He shall also present such evidence
OF previous work as shall satisfy the Board of
his ability to complete the book at the specified
evidences nj
special capacity which he may choose to fur
nish.
Professor Welcker moved that some per-
son be appointed literary proof reader and
editor-in-cllief the duties of such a person
to commence on June l. 1850
Professor Allen offered as a substitute the
following, which was adopted unanimously:
Resolred. That a literary proof-reader and
editcr-in-cbief shall be appointed MT the next
meeting of this Board to commence work on
the first day of June, 1855, at salary of $50 per
month
The election of a proof reader, as pro-
vidcd for in the resolution. was deferred
until the next meeting, in order to give all
aspirants for the position an opportunity to
file their applications.
The following life diplomas were granted
to teachers in Mendocino county: Mrs.
Belle Young, John T.. Hamilton and Mrs.
Anna 5. Reasoner.
Educational diplomas to teachers in the
same county: To James f. Pemberton.
William p. Thomas and Miss Annie Ma
lone
The application of W. C. Cartwell was
returned to him, owing to the fact that his
first name was not given
At l:30 P. NJ. the Board adjourned to
meet in San Jose on the 9th of May.