The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-06-03
STATE SCHOOL MATTERS.
Meeting Of the State Board of Edu-
cation Yesterday.
The Condition of the State Textbooks
Inquired Into. and Report of
Accounts Ordered.

ent j. w. Anderson's office yesterday
there were present: Professor j. w. An
derson, Ira More. L. T. Pierce and C.
W. Childs
The meeting was called to order by Pro-
lessor Anderson. and Professor More
was elected President pro tenn, in the alb
sence of the Governor.
After the reading of the minutes of the
last meeting the regular order of business
was taken up.
Under the head of communications a
letter was read from Professor D. 5. Jor-
dan of the Leland Stanford Jr. Uni
versity, asking if the county boards had
authority to grant certificates to gradu-
ates from that university. The commune
cation was laid over to be considered I'M
der the head of new business,
A communication from Cordelia Emery
OF hern County, together with an atfi-
| davit showing that her grammar grade
| certlhcate, was mutilated and asking
new one was submitted. The certificate
was also submitted. 1t was ordered that
she be given a new certificate of the same
form as the old one, and that the frag-
ments OF the old one be destroyed.
The following report from Professor
raymond, Editor OF State Text Books,
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utes:
Hon. J. ". anderson, Secretary state Board
Of Educdh0H-DEAR SIR: beg leave to sub
mt, through you, to the State Board Of Edu-
cation, a report of the condition OF State text
book work, as follows;
L; Inc advanced geography, now in type
ana on the presses, will contain 142 pages,
besides the index which is not vet in tX7ne
ana winch is estimated to cover two pages
/ With the exception of the index. and Two
nlGps hot yet received from the engraver,
IN New YORK, the pages are all electrotyped.
ahuslAty OF tAem printed, which are submitted
/ iof your inspection. The Superintendent of
PRINTING estimates the time necessary TO com
pete the printing and binding of an edition
/ 81 10000 at three months. His report
thereon IS appended hereto. The work of
authorship has been fully completed
In view OF the estimated date OF compile
tion, IL may be OF interest to you to know
that the schools of sixteen counties open in
July ana August, and those of the remaining
counties in September and October The nurn-
schools of the counties opening in July and
August was ll3,493; the number in the
schools OF the remaining counties was 1874
COZ, or little less than half in schools be
ginning before September LIST.
2 Besides the S25 900 appropriated by the
late Legislature for revision purposes the
unexpended balance to the credit of the
board, after paying May salaries and the bal
| ance OF $1,000 due authors, is S4l9 65.
g. By your direction | recently mailed n
circular OF inquiry to the principals OF about
seventy-five graded schools requesting the
/ opinion of teachers as to the number of books
! that should constitute a series Of readers far
school use. Replies from thirteen schools
and 142 individual teachers in them have
been received, with the following result: For
books, 80 teachers; for books, ii teachers;
tor 2 books, 20 teachers; for 5 books 10
teachers; Tor books, 7 teachers; for 3 books
g teachers. Representatives from 8 schools
recommend ~; nom z schools, 4; from 4
schools, 2; from schools d; from schools
3; from school s, and one teacher recon-
mends the State series as it is.
4. At the request of the Superintendent of
the Educational Department of the California
exhibit at the Columbian Exposition five
copies OF each book of the Stale series have
been forwarded to Chicago for Inspection To-
gether with collection Of the more import
ant maps and engravtngs for the advanced
geography Very respectfully,
W. H. V. RAYMOND,
Editor State School Books
Copies of the printing of the new adj
vanced geography were submitted to the
board, ana brought up a discussion of the
question Of the price to be placed upou
the new and old books.
According to the law these prices are to
be fixed not later than June 18th each
year, and are to be fixed at the actual
cost OF the preparation and distribution
of the books.
Mr.. More thought the geography was
a long time In preparation, and Professor
Raymond made some explanations. sub-
mlttlng the following note from the State
Printer:
y. Il. 2. Raymond-DEAR SIR: If no I'M
avoidable delay occurs, l will have the SO 600
edition of the advanced geography by the lst
| Of September. By August LIST / hope to finish
about 10000 copies. Very respectfully,
"A. j. JOHNSTON.
Mr.. More said there seemed to be no wav
of arriving at the cost of the textbooks.
He wanted to know if any account or book
was kept, or If any living man could get
comprehensive information upon the cost
of the books prepared by the State which
could be understood. He said that these
| accounts seemed to be, like other ac-
counts in the State. entirely out of reach
and beyond comprehension.
Professor Raymond explained the diff
Guilty Of getting at the cost of the books
before they were completed. 1t would be
necessary to take into consideration the
amount of unfinished work, material on
hand, cost OF machinery, etc, and could
be made only approximately.
Professors More and Anderson in
sisted, however, that regular account of
receipts and expenditures should be made.
and discussion ensued as to the form of
figuring up the textbook accounts.
On motion of Superintendent Ander-
son it was voted to adopt the same prices
for books the ensuing year as were
charged last year. no charge to be made
until all the textbooks are COMPLETED
IL
on motion, superintendent Anderson
was Instructed to prepare report, for the
next meeting of the board, showing ex
penditures and receipts for and from the
text books printed by the State. the re-
port to include value of presses, stock on
hand, etc.
w. 5. Hall of Santa Clara. County an
peared before the board and asked for a
life diploma of the higher grade upon
credentials he holds from various Eastern
schools and upon other grounds. After
considerable discussion the matter was
put to a vote and the diploma asked for
was denied.
The board then proceeded to examine q
long list of candidates for diplomas.
The board reelected W. H. V. RAY
mond as Editor-in-Chief of the text
books, and superintendent Anderson
was authorized TO correspond with other
persons to assist in the work on the I'M
finished books.
Following is full list of the diplomas
granted:
Life Diplomas-BelIe Millhorn, Mary
4. Martin, Annie NJ. Kennedy. Mary A.
Mcclure, z. J. Clevenger, Edgar Thomas
Bougha, Emma Langford, Dora B. New
man, Wesley h. Roscoe, Laura Ct. Jones'
Mrs. Alberta NJ. Ecker, Pleasant b.
Westerman, Marguerite A. FennelI.
Marion Hall, Ema +. Church, Clara L.
Duncan, Eta L. Hammond, Mary Z.
Mclean, Lucinda Gratfelman. Kate G.
Batchelder, Mrs. L. +. Reynolds, Louise
Culver, Florida Green, Mary A. kerrins,
Ida NJ. bennett, Emily b. Parke, Mrs.
Selma Johnson Olinder, Alice L. Dippel.
Elizabeth Crowley, James a. Wardlow,
Mary E. Hook, Sarah L. Ogelsby, Mrs.
\. A. Miller, Mary Ann Larson, Anna c.
1 Thompson, George w. Mcintyre, Annie
NJ. Johnson, Maggie Tracy, Mabel Da-
vison, Helen NJ. Mead, Lizzie NJ. Rails
ton, Cecilia Aud, Nora Tracy.
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