The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-20

Text Books for Schools.

The following resolution to secure
uniformity and prevent needless
changes in the use of text books IN the
public schools was passed at the recent
meeting Of the State board Of eNamln-
erS:
After careful consideration of the
subject, it is resolved that:
The peculiar condition Of affairs in
this State by reason of which not only
in each county, but in each school dis
trict, there are teachers and pupils OF
different classes and races, possessing
different capacities to teach, learn and
| purchase books, it would be injurious
to educational interests to adopt single
list of text books for the State.
That in order to secure fleXiblllty IL
the system, and to meet the varying
wants of the schools, and, at the same
time, to prevent frequent changes Ill
text books in school which impose
vexations and unnecessary expense
upon parents, the State board OF eXaml-
ners hereby adopt the following rules
and regulations to govern the use OF
text books for the public schools OF the
State:
! The list oftext books to be adopted by
the State board. for use in the pubic
! schools shall be elective in character.
On or before Thursday, October -,
| 1888, the county board Of examiners III
each county shall, from said State list,
adopt single series for use III the pub
lie schools OF their respective counties,
provided, that upon application from
the teacher or trustees Of any school,
within thirty days after said county
adoption, or thirty days after the estao,
lishment of anew school, on good ana
sufficient reasons being shown, the
county board may allow the substltu-
ton in said school Of any other book on
the same subject from the list adopted
by the State board.
A series once adopted shall not be
changed during the period OF adoption
by the State board without permission
from the said board. This shall not,
however, prevent the use III schools
where the same may be needed, by ano
with the consent Of the county board
of examiners, of two series OF readers
on the State list, to be used alternately,
or of proper supplemental reading.
The series adopted shall be put in force
according to the commencement OF tne
schools. not later than the fall Of 1889.
All resolutions by the county board
of examiners pertaining to the adoption
of textbooks shall be recorded by the
county school commissioner IN oook
kept by him for the purpose, and copies
Of the same forwarded by him, within
thirty days, to the Office of the State
superintendent of education.
Any teacher who, while receiving
public school funds, uses textbooks III
the course of study presc''ed for pub
lie schools that are not on state llst,
shall forfeit his pay for ohe public
school fund for the time he uses them:
ANY teacher may refuse to teach any
| pupi' who is not supplied with the
textbooks prescribed for said school,.
Punils passing from one school to an
other must conform to the list adopted
| for the latter.
The trustees, or in their default the
county board of examiners, shall en-
force these provisions. Ihe county
| school commissioner shall withhold
approval of pay certificate OF any
teacher not conforming thereto; and
the teacher persisting in violating the
same shall be deprived Of his certlhcate
of qualification. ,
Il is advisable that there be adopted,
as fer as possible, the same BOOKS 19r
schools Of the same class and grade
! within the county, in order to secure,
AS far as practicable county uniformity.
IT. shall be the duty Of the county
school commissioner to report to the
State board any attempt on the part OF
any publishing house, whose BOOKS are
on the State list, to induce any chanse
from the list regularly adopted lor any
school.
AS these provisions are in the interest
of economy, parents are requested 10
cooperate in securing their enforce
ment.
The following is a list Of text books
adopted by the board of examiners tor
use in the public schools OF South
Carolina for five years, from Septem-
| Der 5, 1885:
Readers s-Appleton's, Harper's, Rey-
nolds's, Swinton's, Supplemental ; AP-
plcton's. ID. G. Heath & Cos, CHM &
Co,s, Appleton's Reading Charts.
Observation-Disclosures South Caro-
| lima. Svinton's Primary United States,
Swinton's condensed United States,
Swinton:s Outlines OF Unlversal his
tory, Barnes's Primary United states,
Baruess Brief United States, Barnes s
General History, Eggleston's United
! States.
Biographies - Aprleton's Series,
MauryTs Series, Hcath's Progressive
Outline Maps.
Observation-Disclosures Rudiments,
Robinson's Practical Sanford's Inter
mediate, Sanford's Common School,
Venab!e's Elementary, Venable's Prac-
tical, Wentworth's First Steps IN \ UNI
bcrs, Wentworth's Grammar School.
Grammars-Hyde's Practical Les
sons, Harper's Language Series, Reed
& Kellogg's Series. Wv,
| Dictionaries-For reference: Web
ster, Worcester, The Clarendon:
Penmanshp-Spencerian, Harper's.
Spellers-Swinton's Primer, SWIM
toms Word Primer, Swinton's Word
Book, Swinton's Word Analysis, Reeds
Word Lessons; Hazen's Speller:.
Drawing-Krusi Whites Industrial.
Music-Loomis's Progressive Music
Lessons, Song Bells, Song Wave, Wave
let. II
Agriculture-Lupton's Elements OF
Scientific Agriculture. ,
Physiology and Hygiene-Smlth,s
Primer of Physiology and Hygiene,
Smiths The Human Body and its
! Health*.
| xThe books on physiology and hy-