The record-union., 1897-05-25
STATE EDUCATIONAL TOPICS.
''OYerland Monthly" to Continue as the
Official Organ.
Governor Budd Takes Another Shy at
the State Printing Office
Corpse.

State Board of Education was helO III
the office of Superintendent OF PuD-
lie instruction Black, yesterday morn
ing. all the members being present
After the minutes of the previous
meeting had been read and approved
Superintendent Black, as Secretary OF
the board. submitted his report, which
is interesting, in that it gives the his
tory of a number of important meas
ures which were before the late Leg
islature. and which went down in de-
feat. The report in full, is as follows:
REPORT OF SECRETARY.
Sacramento, May a, 1871
'I. At a regular meeting OF this
board. held at Sacramento January o.
1896, the following resolution was un-
animously adopted:
Resolved, That in the judgment
of this board the continued payment
of a subsidy from the school funds or
the State to an official journal Is IN
expedient.
Resolved, That the President and
Secretary of this board be requested to
present to the next Legislature of the
State in such manner as they may
deem advisable the recommendations OF
this board that such subsidy be per-
manently withdrawn.
I'm obedience to this resolution, your
Secretary prepared a bill amendatory
Of Section 1921 of the Political Code,
simplifying the procedure Tor the
granting of diplomas, and omlttlng the
whole of subdivision ninth of said sec
ton, which provides for an Official Or
gan The bill was introduced In the
Senate by Senator Smith Of Kern Coun-
ty, but was overwhelming defeated.
The editor of the Overland Monthly
the present official organ claims the
credit of defeating the bill-he certain
ly worked very earnestly for its de-
feat
III. At the regular meeting of the
board, held at Sacramento, January D,
1897, the Secretary was directed to as
certain the status of the work done on
the histories, by c. H. Keyes. On
writing to Mr.. Keyes, I received the
following reply, under date of January
29. 1897:
"'No. 273O Haste street, Berkeley,
Cal. January %, 1897.
"My Dear Mr.. Black: The Primary
History has been finished some time,
and was placed in Mr.. Coffey's hands
on January 10th. l am expecting to
bring it to you this coming week with
his certificate that the directed changes
have been made.
The Advanced History will be COM
pleted about May 1st, and I trust ar
rangements may be made to press edi-
torial work on both books along to-
gether so that they may be issued for
use at the same time. I go to Chico
tomorrow to deliver the address to the
graduating class, and will stop and see
you on my way back. Very sincerely
yours, CHARLES Fl. KEYES.'
The question of securing an editor
for these histories was, at the same
meeting, referred to your Secretary
Permit me to report that I consulted
with Miss Anna c. Murphy and Mrs
Mary George in relation to the matter.
They expressed their willingness to
undertake the work. Further negoti-
ations were dropped for financial rea-
sons which appear below.
AT the same meeting your Secretary
was directed to draft a bill to be sub
mitted to the Legislature, providing for
the completion of the histories, and to
appropriate 81 900 for the purpose.
Such a bill was prepared, and was in
troduced into the Senate by Senator
Boyce, the Chairman of the Senate
Committee on Education and Public
Morals. The bill failed to reach a
third reading-thus making it impossi-
BILE for this board to defray the ex-
pense of editing the histories.
1.-The books of the Controller show a
balance Of 50. $50 A in the fund for
the revision and compilation of text
books, as provided by Act of the Leg
islature, approved March 9, 1893, ap-
propriating $4,000 for the use of the
State Board of Education for the revs-
ion and compilation Of certain text
books. From this amount there is
owing G. H. Keyes, when his manu-
script is satisfactorily completed, the
sum Of 81 $50 as per contract entered
into by this board at its meeting held
April IL, 1894. Mr.. Coffey is also to
be paid for his second report on the
manuscript of the Primary History.
THE following action was taken by
this board at its meeting held July 20
1896:
The matter of payment for author
ship of the Primary History was con-
sidered by the board. Upon motion OF
Superintendent Black, duly seconded
and carried, Professor G. II. Keyes was
allowed seven hundred and fifty dol
lars $500 ON account with instruc-
tions to carry out the suggestions in
dicated by the board the whole to be
resubmitted TO Mr.. Coffey to be expert
ed Upon the receipt of a satisfactory
report of the expert, an additional sum
of five hundred dollars $500 to be paid
10 Professor Keyes.'
Mr. Coffey filed a report with the
Secretary on February 24, 1897, stating
that the manuscript had been salts
factorily revised. Thereupon the
President and Secretary drew on the
revision and compilation fund in favor
of c. II. Keyes in the sum of $500. This
action was Immediately reported by
the Secretary to the individual mem
bers of the board, all of whom filed re-
plies approving of said action. Re
spectfully submitted"
The report was adopted without dis
cussion
Superintendent Black stated that HI
had applied to the Superintendent o.
State Printing for a statement of th'
number of textbooks on hand, ant
that it would be forthcoming in a few
minutes.
Governor Budd at once took up th'
subject of his veto of the bill appro
priating $40 900 for the State schoo
book fund He said one reason for hi.
action was that the bill provided fol
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