The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-30
TEXT BOOK CONVENTION
The Work Completed at Last
Nights Session.
A GREAT DEAL OF BUSINESS
WAS DISPOSED OF.
List of the Books Chosen-Nothing
Done Regarding a Drawing Sys-
tem-Two of Dr.. Talmage's Works
Adopted.

The state text book convention last
night completed its work of selecting
text books for the schools.
The closing day was one of business
from opening until adjournment, the
delegates being anxious to get through
before Sunday.
BOOKS CHOSEN.
The subjects for which text books
were chosen yesterday were as fol-
lows:
Physiology-Smith's Physiological
Primer; Streets Physiology and ny
giene.
Readers-New Franklin series. re-
dette & Co.'s Stepping Stones TO Liter
AZURE.
Drawing-No change.
Science-Murche's Science Readers.
Music-Ginn & Co.'S Educational SER
les.
Physical geography-Monteith's re-
adopted; Earth and It's Story as sup
Civil government-Fiske's civil gov
eminent. published by Houghton, Milf
fin G. Co.
Natural philosophy-Avery's new
book
lgebra-Grifin rs regular; Went
worth's as supplementary.
kkeeping-Keeler's Student Guide
TO Bookkeeping.
The day was without any special fea-
lures, the one predOn>Saating desire be
ing to get through. and & was really
the most business-like session the con-
vention has held.
PHYSIOLOGY.
The first order of the morning ses-
sion was the discussion of the subject
OF physiology. Without any loss of
time the convention decided to drop
the first book now in use and retain the
other. The book dropped is Smiths
physiological primer. and those re-
tanned are Smiths Elementary Physi-
ology and Steeles Physiology and Hy-
glene, all sold by the American Book
company.
READERS.
The next was the subject of readers.
and without much opposition the new
Franklin readers now in use in the
schools here and sold by Sheldon & Co.
were readooted.
Werner's primer was added. and Sill
yer. Burdette & Co.'S Stepping Stones
~ literature was adopted at the fol-
erature. wholesale. 30 cents; retail 50
cents. The Werner primer. wholesale,
"a cents; retail. 80 cents.
The prices of other books up for
adoption were as follows:
American Book company-Smith-s
Elementary Physiology and Hygiene,
exchange, 80 cents; Wholesale, 4S cents;
retail. 50 cents. Steele's Hygiene Ply
siology and Hygiene. exchange. so
cents; wholesale. 80 cents; retail. s1.10.
Sheldon & Co.-New Franklin First
Reader, wholesale. 20 cents; retail. %
cents. Second Reader. wholesale. IS
cents: retail. So cents. Third Reader.
wholesale. 40 cents; retail. 80 cents
Fourth Reader. wholesale. 50 cents: re-
tail. So cents. Fifth Reader, wholesale.
So cents; retail, So cents.
j Sheldon & Co.'S modern spelling book
was adopted without much opposition.
the prices being. Wholesale. 20 cents;
retail. % cents.
THE AUGSBURG SYSTEM.
The subject of drawing was then
taken up and precipitated lively con-
test over the Augsburg system.
Professor Augsburg's proposition was
to furnish the correspondence course
in drawing" which consists of % leaf
let's, together with all special features
and directions that are necessary or
are issued in connection with the
course. for 81 per set or cents per
leaflet, postage paid to any point in
Utah.
4 lengthy discussion ensued as to
whether the leaflets were intended for
the pupil or teacher.
Someone objected to considering the
leaflets at ali, as the law referred to
text books and not ''leahets.''
The chair. however. ruled that they
might properly be considered under the
law. and the debate was resumed. After
an hour or so of discussion. it was dis
covered that the leaflets were for
tea cheers and not for pupil, hence could
not be considered. The subject of
drawing was then passed.
DIR. TALMAGE'S BOOKS ADOPTED. !
Science was then taken up, and q
motion 20 pass the subject was
amended by Christensen. who moved
to re-adopt Talmage's First Book of J