The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-31
THE SCHOOL BOOKS
Ohio Comfy School Book Board
Met Friday Afternoon,
FOURTEEN PUBLISHING HOUSES
Had Agents Prsssnt-A Portion OF the
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Sold at Net Contract Prices.

The Ohio county school book board
met yesterday in the county commits
sloners' room, public building, and
awarded the contracts for school books
for this county for the next lve years.
The board met about two weeks ago
and heard the claims of some at the
competing companies, Yesterday rep
resentatlves of the other companies
were heard.
There We're fourteen publishing firms
In competition, and they showered their
samples upon the board in profusion,
and the merits OF their books We're put
forth as only the glih-tongued agent
can do. The board gave the matter
careful consideration, and yesterdays
proceedings were very harmonious, and
free from the outside influence which is
sometimes in evidence upon similar oc-
casions. Some OF the books were chosen
on the first ballot, and others required u
second ballot.
The members OF the board present
We're; DIR. j, b, Atkinson, West Liberty.
Prof, j. N. Deahl, West Liberty, Mrs.
Annie j. Emery, Clinton; j. b, GarVln,
Wheeling, j. c. Lewis. Valley Grove, j.
G, Maxwell, Triadelphla, VI. +. Nc
Colloch, Clinton. W. c. Weldman, Ro-
ney's Point. The only absentee was
Otto Schenk, OF Fulton.
Prof. Deahl, who was elected chair
man at the previous meeting, presided,
and the county superintendent, j, c,
Lewis. otilciated at the secretary's desk.
The board convened at 10 o'clock, and
the first proceeding was listening to
those representatives of books not pres
ent at the other meeting The first book
selected was the arithmetic. Brooks
series, published by Christopher Sewer,
Philadelphia. was selected.
The other books were selected in the
afternoon. There We're four series of
readers to choose from and on the sec
ond ballot the stickney series, publish
ed by GUN & Co., Boston, was adopted.
out OF the flve spoilers shown, the
Normal Speller published by Silver,
Burdett e. Co, Boston, came to the
front on the first ballot.
Houstou's physical geography pub
llshed by Eldredge & Co, was adopted.
Christopher Sewer secured the contract
for mathematics, with Brooks algebra
and geometry.
The books for the graded schools We're
next taken up A second ballot was
necessary for the American Book Com
pany TO get the adoption of Metcalf's
English grammar.
D. c. Heath & Co, Boston, secured the
contract for rhetoric with Williams
rhetoric.
GUM & Co. were awarded tine contract
for physics and natural philosophy with
Cages physics.
The last adoption was that Of Wat
kins American and English literature,
published by the American Book Com
pany.
The board decided that the books
must be sold to the pupils at net con-
tract price. and their adoption goes
into effect August /, for a term Of Ave
years.
A number Of petitions against
change In the readers and arithmeties
now in use were considered, but the
board deemed It progress and economy
to make the changes. They thought
the plea OF economy In the petitions
against change not Justlfiahle. as the
new readers are q few cents cheaper
than the old. The contracting COM
pany agrees to n liberal system OF eX-
change for the old books. The new
arlthmetics are slightly dearer than the
old, but otherwise are superior.
1t was after O'Clock when the board
adjourned Some Of the contracts were
closed before adjournment.