Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-05
SALEM PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The List Of Books Prepared by the
Principals Meeting Tuesday.

the board Of school directors of Salem
district resolution was adopted.
That inasmuch as the school laws
require a choice of additional text
books be made by this board and a
list of the text books chosen to he filed
with the superintendent of public in
struction on or before the lst day of
January, 1895, therefore, the city super
intendent and the principals of the
several schools are requested to present
In writing to this board their commen-
daton of such additional or supple
mentary text books as in their opinion
are worthy of consideration for adop-
ton by this board.
This committee consisted Of City
superintendent E. II. Anderson, Miss
II. T. Smith, principal of the East
school, Margaret j. Cosper, of the
Park, ]. O. Hall of the Lincoln, and
Geo. A. PEBBLES of the North. Their
report was submitted to the directors
at their meeting yesterday afternoon.
II is as follows:
ave, your committee appointed and
authorized to recommend list of texts
for use in the schools OF this district for
be six years next succeeding the fret
Jf October, 1896, the same to be recon-
nended as supplementary and in addi-
ION To the lists selected for general use
ia the state in order to accommodate
our closer grading and in anticipation
IF the establishing of high school
within the time aforesaid, after careful
and studious examination aud COM
parison of large number Of excellent
texts do recommend the following lists
- being satisfactory texts and in cur
jud 5ment most suitable to our present
levd-:
Physical geography, Ecle cite; bot
any, Gray; geology, Dana; zoology,
Ofton; astronomy, Bowen; hemistry,
Sheppard; Miss Smith does not vote
for chemistry; ply sio'ogy, Hartican;
(Mr. PEBBLES favors Kellog's new),
physchology, Baker;physics, Gageicivil
government, Townsend; composition
and rhetoric, Kellogg and Waddy;liter-
ature, Smith; general history, Myres;
lvauced arithmetic, Wentworth; alge
bra, geometry, trigonomentry, all
Wentworth; latin, left to recommends
ton Of teacher of Latin; German, left to
taeobar nf (Iarnnln
"Sec. A-Supplementary reading
Historical: Selections from Dodge's
stories of American history, ,4th and 9Th
grade, selections from Pratt's Ameri
can history stories, Sd and 4th grades;
selections from Gilham's historical
series, 9th and 9th grades; selections
from historical classic readings, 9Th and
7lh grades
Literary; Selections from Riverside
literature series, American authors; Sc
lections from English classic series,
American authors; all grades.
Geographical: Kings geographical
readers, Sd, 4th, 5h, 9th and TIA grades;
Footprints of travel and geographical
plays.
"For lst and I'd years: Cyr's primer
and readers, and 2; Tweed'1 supple
mentary readers, lst, I'd and Sd grades.
"Section B-Drawing,. ,.Prang's.
"Section C-Music: Norman musical
course for grades aboye the ID; River
side song book.
"Section D-Arithmetic: Princes ar
ithmetic; by gradee.
Language and grammar, @. g.,
Reed a. Kellogg.
"The committee recommends with
out consideration Of publishing house
or Of price, but has considered at every
point the character Of the text aud Its
suitableness for use In our schools As
far as possible preference has been given
tO the more modern presentations OF
the several subjects mentioned In the
lists above. The committee has also
been guided by the best modern
thought, realizing the subjects that
should enter into the various depart
ments Of school work"
The communication WAS referred 10
Mefsrs. Byrd, johnson and Waite 10
examine aud report al the next meet
ing
Other business transacted by the di'
reolors was as foll0gsl
The bills eKumlued aud warrants or
dered therefori
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janit0r " ihe ceplfal building, Was ln-
creased " pef month 10y reason ~ chs
additional loom, Fhe viii reeeiye flg
per month ~ lhe future
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