Asheville daily citizen., 1891-06-24
BOOKS FOR TEMPERANCE,
MARY HUNT GIVES THEIR
HISTORY.

HISTORY.
How They Came tO be Adopted
and How Some Poor Books
were Made and Circulated
ThrOugh the United states.
EDITOR The CITIZEN: At this time
when the thought of the people OF North
Carolina is turned toward the new Tcn,-
pcrancc Education law, II statement OF
how an ace, ptcd standard for schooltcxt-
hooks on this topic was reached, will be
Il matter al public interest.
Since 1850 the rapid enactment OF tenn
pcr lnrc education laws by state after
state and by the national congress has
settled the question that the study ut
physiological or scientific temperance is
to lc a part ot our system ot public edu-
cation in these United States. But what
is true ON this topic and what should
! there ore he Taught III school textbooks
is another question, german to the i'rst,
that demands Il wisr answer. This qucs-
ton has been complicated by puhlishe :
rushing into tlicsr new and to them un-
expected fields, aud grccdilv competing
for their adoption, hurridly prepared
books that were crude, illv adapted to
grade, and 'lcficicu, in quantity andqual-
/ ity of Temperance matter. AS well teach
the clild.cn the technical names Of the
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/ lin, lrn,l,nu rcI;nious sd,numinoiiuns "ov-
r,unrs nt ~ n,rS mrmhcrs ni # IN, uut;ouol
congress hnusc and senate, and of state
L",s,,t,rrs tbc nrcsi,cut uro trmporc uf
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/ ,Irnt uf In, United States.
Asa whnic this pcti,iou coustit utrd an
|rxrrrssiun of IN, hest cxurrt sentiment oi
ON, country from he medical chemical
,Lnr,t,on,l moral and lcrnl min, nj
vi,, There was nrnlnhlv n,vcr b,lnr.
,nthcrrd surh a valuable, = ns,nsus E
nn;n;nr ne I'm ylot sbnnIl IN, tnurh, ,,r
,h;ldr,n nu opy other tonic # has b,.cn
th, standard IT, which ,h, LARGEST share
nf the hcf,r. M ,nt;oned i'm, ert,ct tcxt.
hnnt, have hc,n revised 4 rnmm;, trc
,y,s seIcctcd from thc s;,ucrs nj ,b;c
n,t;,ion tn con,,uct tbc corr,snond,nce
with the publishers with reference to tb,.
revision of thesc hooks and to extend
,rdnrsrno,t tn such nc vcrc nr;n;n,Ily
sn written as q conform TO this standard
~, u,c,c rcy;s,d IN il
This committee consisted of Josenh
/ Coax of the Boston Mondav Lecture
.h;m. Alhort II Plumb u u nrrs;Jcnt
| Nn.snchrsrtts amendment, comm;,,rr.
/ Daniel Dorchester u. D.. superintendent,
nj Indian schools tor the limited States.
/ W;Il;nm + Sh,ldnu nrcs;d.ut Nn,;nnn
te,,Lnrs' nssnc;nt;nn Of 1887 II wa.
nv inrturr to Il. cbnsen os their chair.
,,,a, h.,h,,. rontlcmen ,rc alec III,
nIv;sorv hoard Of tho scientific dcnnrt.
mrnt nt the ~ & T II and as am the
suner;ntend,nt of the same the nnhlish.
crl wished nur rndors,nrnt of the rr.
v;sed hooks to he given as rcpreseuta.
lives Of that society II so nppears on
thr reverse side Of the title payc of all of
| fins kind oi t,xt-books M 10 This stand.
or,l nuhl;sh,l in his countrv There are
n ~ Inn, ism Tins endorsed ALREADY
n YER twenty different hooks of yariors
GRADES with more to follow. Thesc
twenty bonks were oripinallv ;ssucd Inv
cipht different publishing houses. which
prmb,ris now reduced fo five. owinrr ia
the consolidation of four of these houses
IN tnrm the American book compuny
This statement is made that tia
;rtcll;uert n,nnlc of Nnr,b C,rn-
Ina NAV know that the text-books ON
tnn;rs ihnt hear This enlargement pot
onlv rcnrcscnt the latest scientific truth
I"ld in I,nn,,,r nun;ls can undcrsta ami
/ hut tlft thcy hoyc been urcuarcd in re-.
sn,,u.,, tn ,h,. demand nf thc hcst educa.
t;nnnI moral and rcl;uious sentiment of
this cnunlry.