The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-10
STUBS THE MAN.
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| when | called the History Committee. i
| want tossay further STILL that whenever
| called them, we have had public gath
| ering. either at the Exchange Hotel or in
| the Capitol building. All OF my reports
| / had TO write the reports-between the
| sessions OF the Grand Camp-i labored az
| hard as a man could do to work up SEN
| timent against Barnes History; and on
| that line | want to say this. that i am
! proud to say that | am backed UP and
| supported in that circular that i sent 10
| the History Committee by this School
| Board of the city of Richmond and the
| report on Shinns History, at the time i
/ sent IL 10 these gentlemen. more nat
| tering and more complimentary report 1
| have never read from any one on any his
| tory and the School Board endorsed it
| / think, written by Mr.. Fox II am mis-
| taken, some gentleman can correct me:
| Then II was, Mr.. Chairman. that we nad
| on the lst-the Board OF Education mao
placed on the list in March-let me get
| the year straight, the first year OF the
| administration OF Mckinley, OF OFerrall
| --'94--March a. or some time In the ran
! or spring OF "a. they had placed on the
| list OF histories to be furnished 10 be
| used by the public schools of Virginia
| two histories Holmes end Barnes. Wheh
| that was done. I went away back yonder
| and / found that Barnes HISTORY nad
| been used in the public schools OF Nir-
| ginIa for very many years past-had been
=" '' fUH A BETTER HISTORY.
AT the meeting Of the Grand Camp IN
Alexandria in "a the History Committee
| consulted on this pont-how could we get
| any more southern histories on the Iist
We decided then. and knew. that the Uni
versity Publishing Company ana tn1
American Book Company had tne coia'ro'
of furnishing histories 10 the people OF
Virginia--to the schools Of Virginia-and
had contract for four long years. 1
think you were present at the Grand
Camp. sir: Colonel Morgan and. think,
1
and there and decided then that as the
University Publishing Company ana the
American Book concern had close cor
| poration In furnishing our chlIdreh VIII
school books. we took the best we could
find, using Colonel CussOns expression.
better than Barnes. and we took Hand
sells History and Shinns history ana
adopted them. and l want 10 say, when
they were adopted. out OF my own pocket,
/ was so anxious TO get those histories
on the list before the LIST OF October,
when the schools opened, as soon as the
Grand Camp adjourned, or as soon diler-
wards as practicable, | got certified
copy of our proceedings from the adju-
tant-general; | left my home. ! went 10
see the School Board. and asked them
to meet me I'm Richmond. as the chairman
of the committee. The reply was, Gov
ernor OFerrall is at the Blue Ridge. Mr..
Massey Is al Charlottesville. and MAJOR
Scott Is at Warrenton. | took that same
report we had adopted: | went to mar,
lottesville and said TO Mr.. Massey. VIII
YOU approve this " the two other mem
bers will concur?" He said. II VIII.
Taking the train that night j went 70
Blue Ridge and had an interview WIN
Governor O'Ferrall, and he endorsed II;
| mailed from Blue Ridge the approval OF
these two gentlemen to Major scott az
Warrenton, and received a reply that IL
! was a unanimous thing. and the two books
would go on the list. Now, that was tne
board of Education. Their hands were
tied. they tied themselves up, we were
tied: they tied us up; and that circuiaI
letter. | want to go on and say was sent
for the purpose of finding out "nether
the majority of the History COMMITTEE,
have a uniform history in Virginia; wipe
out Barnes II we could: get rid OF IL
II we could: it was stencil IN the nos
trils Of every decent man. and III Is now,
II is now. And | then and there sald ii
a majority of the committee would en-
dorse Shinns History until the new
Board of Education would come IN, Whlch
would not be until 9s. we would haV1
uniform school history in virginia IKE
the people of Richmond had adopted
Shinn's History to be used in the schools
here Now. that is all | know about thal
| circular letter.
WROTE THE CIRCULAR.
And want to say, further, without
| consultation with anybody was III the
| legislature in the Senate or virginia
| that sesson-as soon as | wrote that re-
! port / could not get the commute 10
! gether. for IL was very inconvenleht TOT
| the gentlemen TO come mere SAT uoMH
. and wrote that circular letter, ana re-
ceived a very courteous reply from each
| one of them, and they endorsed on IL
pro or con, and that circular letter Wds
nothing I'm the world but an INJURY az as
, TO whether they would endorse the actloh
| of the School Board of the city OF kich-
| mond and adopt Shinns History untll we
| could get a better history from the Board
| OF Education in '9S. | have never had any
interView-sOmc one said J was lnumate
with Mr. Womack. am not intimate with
him 4 know HIM as everybody else knows
him: and | want to say to this committee
| that as chairman of the History Commit
| tee | have necessarily had interviews W.
men who were advocating certain BOOKS
pleasant as they could be; no proposition
| ever made to prefer one book 70 another
and | have I'm my office to-day, IN the
county of Gloucester. ana receive lre
| quently, copies OF histories from all parts
| of this country. | have never acknoWl-
| edged the receipt of them, because l TOOK
II for granted that they knew was
| chairman of the History committee, anu
| they simply sent me the books. In the
| last few days | have received copy OF
| "Our Country"--Dr. Jones will help me
out now-publshed. l think. by man
named Lehman. ru
Mr.. Stubbs. continuing: A Southern his
tory was sent me. and on the outside OF
the cover. just below my name was
| Rush & Co"
DIR. Jones: CHM & Co. published the
! book.
Mr.. Stubs: Rush & Co. was on that
book The word Rush" is stamped with
| a stencil over the word CHM.
/ have received Fields history ana
the Interview that ] had with you, sir
| addressing DR.. jones' at this Grand
! Camp. was simply TO say that the his
| tories that were recommended. and they
| were recommended unanimously by the
| committee as far as my recollection
| serves me- we did not prefer one 10 an
! other but we selected-and | want the
| committee to understand this proposition;
| we selected only six histories. not pre-
| ferrine those six histories over the other;
| they were there for the purpose OF rec
omine lending those histories we recon-
mended. to the Board of Education next
| March or April when they meet. 10 Sc
lect therefrom for the use OF the pubic
| schools. DR. Jones said to me. Don't
| recommend any one of them. don't prefer
| any OF the six: Just give the whole list.
| | said. Doctor. | have endorsed your
! book with all the emphasis OF my nature;
| I have endorsed Lees histories as best
| I could: and | want to put Jones and
| Lees on the list hoping that the Board
| OF Education will endorse them But |
| made this remark to DR. Jones: Don't
/ let the Grand Camp of Virginia discrim-
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