The record-union., 1893-12-30
COUNCILS OF STATE EDUCATORS.
Two Important Gatherings Held at
Stockton.
Action of the State Board of Educa-
ton in Regard TO New Text
Books-The Teachers.

STOCKTON. Dec. 28.-The State Board of
Education met here yesterday in the
Office of County Superintendent GoodelL.
Superintendent Anderson, Professor G.
w. Childs of San Jose, Professor E. I.
Pierce of Los Angeles and Professor
Robert T. Pennell of Chico were present.
The editor of the State school-books sub
mitted the following report:
SACRAMENTO, Dec. q, 1898.
Hon. j. ". anderson, Secretary State
Board of EdltcntiOn-DEAR SIR: beg to
submit through you to the board the fol-
lowing report and recommendations re-
specting the work on State textbooks:
At the time of the last meeting of the
board the text Of the revised First Reader
had been put in type. Between forty and
fifty drawings to illustrate this reader
are now completed, two only remaining
to be made. OF these, twenty are en-
graved.
Since the last meeting of the board,
also, the Second Reader, as we have
planned a Second Reader, has been put
in type for criticism and To facilitate its
illustration, and is submitted herewith to
the board.
Substantially the Third and Fourth
Readers are planned and the material is
largely gathered. Much work remains
to be done, however, in the arrangement
and modification of the matter and IN the
preparation OF the exercises that accom-
pany 1t.
The editors recommend that the read
ing course, prepared. as 1t is, by order OF
the board, to cover four years OF the
school work, be issued in four books
one for each year of the course.
The kind of script to be employed in
the First Reader has received consider
able attention. The editors find very
Cranpral o6 Of UQrfI0a CPrInt nv
prominent educational and scientific
journals, and among leading teachers. In
the city of San Francisco the subject has
been under consideration. and SuperlD-
tendent SWEET reports that the best teach
ers there advise its use in our series. The
question is presented to you at this time
IN order that the board may now decide
it officially, If it so desires. as it will.
The question of the preparation OF an
Introductory History Of the United States
is important By direction of the State
Superintendent, correspondence was in
stituted with Miss Mara L. Pratt of CAM
bridge, Mass, prior to the last meeting Of
the board, but no authority for the en-
ployment of any writer having been
given, particulars could.not be discussed
TO any great extent l suggest that the
matter be placed in the hands of the State
Superintendent with power to act.
In my judgment it would much facili-
tate lie S6nGTa1 progress Ol LuS WOIh 10
secure, II practicable, at an early date, an
author for the revision of the present
History. An early beginning of all the
work to be done enables the authors and
all concerned in the final issue to work to
better advantage ana inSures better re-
suits, as Wen as an earlier completion OF
the whole series; and in the case of this
particular book it is important that the
new book be issued before the present
edition of the old one is exhausted.
The question of the authorship Of the
Grammar l assume will be determined at
the present meeting.
In order that the county map of Cali
fornia, engraved for the Advanced &C.
Ography, may be made as perfect as pos
sible, a copy of it has been sent to every
County superintendent in the State, re-
qUesting a careful examination of the de-
tails shown in his county and the correG-
ton Of any errors. Although the order
tor this map had been placed with the en-
graVer by the Superintendent of State
Printing nearly year before the issu-
ance of the book, the date at which the
plates were received by him made it inn
possible to take this precaution before
printing the first edition. Respectfully
submitted. w. II. V. RAYMOND,
Editor State School Books.
LIFE DIPLOMAS.
Life diplomas of the grammar grade
were as follows: Anna NJ. Hurley, Jenny
L. Bryson, Esther Z. Ogden, Mary Z.
Plumado, Mary Z. Norton, Catherine A.
McCracken, Anna NJ. Stovall, Miss May
Holmes, Ida NJ. Burdge. Mamie T. Chew,
Ida NJ. Moore, Anna Keete, Lucie \.
Huey, Josephine Scott, Kate Williams,
Mary Brunhouse, Mrs. Adelaide Brewer,
Mrs. Carrie l.. Heacock. Sophia Bledsoe,
Clara Heald, Kate NJ. Henry, Maggie l..
Weldon, Q. NJ. Doyle, John f. Dixon,
Virginia L. Chamberlain, Lizzie B. Har-
rigan, Dellie i. Little, Nellie Kershaw,
Florence L. Maiers. Susan NJ. Roberts,
Mary l.. MetZler, Elmie Emerson, Min
ME Z. Grower, Sarah J. Duffy, Darius a.
Mabley. Mary Gall, Mary r. Mack, Re-
gina L. Weinshert, Edith NJ. JOY, Helen
e. Hunt, Alice T.. Bonine, Mary Foley,
Addie r. Brown and Helen NJ. Atwood.
Life diplomas of the highest grade were
granted to the following persons: Fred
erick h. Clark, Alice l.. Eide, John A.
Metzler, J. r. Grinstead and Stephen B.
Wilson.
EDUCATIONAL DIPLOMAS
Of the grammar grade were granted as
follows: Adell McClenathan, w. I. Pent-
land, Jenny L. Arvidson, Marion Fisher,
Blanche L. Raddick, Anna Vogeli. Ra-
chael Goldner, Harriet B. Foze, Mrs. J.
S. Babson, Minnie E. Mexican, Matte A.
Mason, Haddie C. Clark, Anna l.. Nc
Carthy, Mary T. Leddy, Mrs. Clara
Baker, Jessie r. Smith, Charlotte S.
Smythe, W. S. Coffman, Ida c. Nichols.