The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-11
UNIFORM TENT BOOISs.
\ rien for the Adoption of n System
by the state.

To the Editor of The Post.
! Port Lavaca, Texas. March 8, lS97.-Your
issue Of March 1 gave in full the Evans bill
for a uniform system Of school books. and
since then several resolutions OF school
trustees and others In opposition thereto,
the last in Saturdays issue, being the OPP
posltion of the Galveston school trustees TO
the adoption Of such a system. This is an
important thing for the public schools Of
Texas, and should be carefully considered
by the legislature and be closely scrutn-
i2ed and discussed by the people of the
State. 1t is question that periodically
comes up in the complaints OF parents Of
the yearly expenditure for new books for
tho children. caused by changes In the
schools of the books before taught. and
many teachers and trustees have been se-
Verely criticised for making or allowing
such changes when the children were al
ready supplied with books BE the reasons
Tor the frequent changes what they may
there is no denying it is a hardship ON
hundreds of people to have to be buyinr
new books before the children have had a
chanee to more than get a smattering from
inc last change, and IL has been so costly
7 fNf"'NfaAN
hard years as to mould public opinion in
favor OF some uniform system for the whole
stdte, which Will not permit the continual
changes now taking place, but by having
II embrace the entire State. will allow peo-
PIE moving from one section of the state
10 another, TO use the sans, books their
! chlldren formerly used. This is an item az
! more than passing Importance to a very
/ iarSe number Of our people. hundreds of
MnOm mOVp
SOME other and they as a cla.s ara littlo
aple to stand any unnecessary eynense
No tide or Immigration for several wears
mas been from the other parts of Texas IN
'Hc coast region, and wa have offered them
every lnducement to come and are nrnlI1 az
NY hi'Jorlly OF them who are at work de-
I'ioPlhg TINS section and the thousands Of
uuiiars THESE people alone have had to ex-
p'hd Tor new books by reason of going into
communities where other system al bool,s
are used Is strong plea for some unl-
loIm system Having been school trustee
Ior several years and heard all these com
plants have given the matter consider-
able thought ana believe the welfare -,
our schools and the saving of thousa,ds
Vi uoiiars 10 parents demand a uniform
sSs.eih OF DOCKS Tor the public schools, |
used. and either selling them IN ns,rn,, 'n no
cost, or OF the State owning them and Mi,
L.
ing teachers or trustees resDousr,Ia g.,
thelr preservation but that In the present
condition OF the State is not practical Tho
Evans nlllf seems to be common sense
practical measure insuring uniformity in
inc books taught and their purchase by tho
n neopie a, greatly reduced cost in the
uls' purchase, and saving the never endinr,
annual cost from changes. AS Tho co.,
eities OF The State have exclusive coniro,
OF thelr schools, and do not catch one mar
son from somc other part OF the stnie
Where small towns and rural communities
sa'Sh hundreds, it might be a good ides
10 .q, ieave II optional with the people of tho
I ta 10 auopt the uniform system or NOT
80 ,a 40 10y heased' for their population is
30 iarseiy stationary and recruited from
o,ner states they do not notice the hardI
ships 20 the newcomer from other sec
Inc objection to the proposed measur.