The morning news., 1897-08-18
THE SCHOOL BOOK QUESTION.
"A PLAN OUTLINED ron ADOPTION
IN THIS STATE.


The Governor an" 'o"''i iiSSi""'i
Glenn nave "iN'h S'r'"'S
TO the h"ttcr-A" f"'"r TX ei''ei'' %
the Powers OF ire '"""'' """'"'
Is COntemplated-Ihe '""'i"iSSi""
Will Try TO Avoid the H"cEs lh"'
Wrecked the Well Laid fl"nS OF
Other Parties.
Atlanta, Ca Aug. 1.-THE school nook
commission appointed by Gov. Atkinson
under authority of "a resolution passed at
the last session of the legislature, viii meet
in the office Of state school Commissioner
Glenn on Thursday morning
The meeting VIII be for the purpose oil
considering plans for the Improvement OF
the text book system and 10 secure tneih
Ct cheaper prices.
The advisaoiiity OF the state pr'htlns IleI
own books by contract ana ol '"'~'''p p''oli
of Uniform system VIII aiso oe u'seU9s'i
The commission Is composer Oh Noiiil'l9-
sioner Glenn, j. {. beaue"aHp ol 'N9
county, w. b Merritt OF "a"o" county
T. D. Tinsley OF Macon II. H. GoetculuS VI
Columbus. They are farmer leacHeI' "US-
iness man and lawyer respectively.
I, can he said almost positively that the
IN, 4 1,,~sat,. ,,po,
NOiii'i''99O''
the proposition 10 auopI loiHn 9'9''ii'
Of text books, although the governor mas
hean oroted extensively as using his en-
.,.,..a
deaVors 10 prlnS dpou' '"i9 e"N'
The following plan whlch Is approved py
the governor and Commissioner Glenn will
to nrosepted 10 tho commission and proba-
tlrsi-lncorpotHte county podiN9 VI e"
ucation. let the law be changed making
,ho co,,ptv hoarde Of education a corpo-
t,. ,t,.. af e,,i,. ond beinp
ia'e "'Ns' -,
SUED, ana having co' 'Po'0'S
Second-Authorize county boards 10
make contracts for text books at not less
-, 90 - .,i,,o,,,t frorn n,,blish-
'i''' ~ -
ers prices. Let them sell these DOCKS AT
cost. the cost in such cases being the
,,r,oa raid nublisbers with the 20 per
,,,.,-, .....,,,. .,,es
cent OIL anu an adul l''0'ial
cient to cover the expenses OF lrelsht anu
so on. Let them also be empowered II
49,, daan, A. moro satisfactory to have
=, 49,, .to count, NOR
tne DoOAs SoiN ~
chants at retail prices Whicn shall III no
case exceed lhe puphsueia ii9I Pi'e1 P,
sioner collate the sworn statement ol dll
the sales OF BOOKS mace 10 Puphs III 't'a
county ana make report ot 'ie ~ 'aP''a
cost to the state school COMMISSIONER nO'
later than oct j. 1870
Fourth-No changes shaH pe hldue III
the text books without tne consent oI al'
the members OF the poard ana 'he county
school commissioner anu no "C'lon sll sn"ll
be legal or plhdlhB uliIIss 'ahoH ""Nit
every member OF the board ana lhe coun-
~ school commissioner Is present III PCT
son. A..
The experience OF oIheI std'eS ~ Wy
union on this book question, says .ie pa
per embodying the above pianS' susSSslS
some things that we may wen dNolu ia
Georgia. In the hrsL place. ccnVia a.
school book committee LOT 'he seleS''oll VI
all the books used IN the common SoHooiS
has been one OF the most unsatisfactory
ways of securing DOCKS.
The recent experience IN the STATE oI
Missouri SHOWS now dlsdsuouS Such d
method of selecting DOCKS may prove 10
the school interests oil the state. me com,
missioner there was puileu anu hau anu
literally torn TO pieces py an the uilelSu'
organizations oI the Sldte lioil INC POli'
ical machines down 10 the merchants as
sociation, labor societes' the teachers
mercantile nrnl' ana py every SUI ol d man
in the state that mad the weakest klhu OF
pun.
ne ooohS We ioe ~iiO1" ANi4i "a" -
ucatonal STANDPOINT put from an appar-
ent decision OF the commission 10 give eV-
erybody something IN order TO save Ihe
commission from any klnd OF ctluclsm'
The second day OF their sitting the COM
mission rejected all plds ana the hght Tor
the ADOPTION OF BOOKS seemed between the
American BOOK company ana the boston
Scnool BOOK Complnauon, Mhlch seemed
20 be made up OF CHM q co. ana D. I.
Heath & co. ana silver, Burdett q co.
lhere was also thlrd element IN the
neld made up OF ST. LOUIS printers ana
binders, VINO were pushlng Kand Nc
Naliy s geography ana lot OF obscure
books some OF whlcn We're by missouri
authors, win TINS missouri authorship