Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-08-26
MISSOURI TRT SOCKS.
Eige Selected for Use In the Schools for Five
Years-A Circular From Supt. Kirk.

hist Selected for Use In the Schools for rive
Years--A Circular From Supt. Kirk.
In response to the widespread de-
mamd for information concerning the
school books selected by the state COM
mission for use in the schools for the
next five years, Supt. John &. Kirk.
who was president of the school book
commission, has issued the following
circular, which fully answers all in
quiries:
1. In response to an almost universal
demand for mental arithmetic"
Whites Oral Arithmetic was adopted.
The design is that this book should &C
along with the written arithmetic It
can be used from the beginning of the
third grade upward. It's author is q
well-known Missouri teacher and SUI
perintendent.
2. Mines Elementary and Mines
Standard Arithmetic takes the place of
Rays Elementary and Rays Practical
Arithmetic.
8. Speer's Part One and Hewitt's Pri-
mary Arithmetic are adopted for use
of teachers only. 1t is expected that
every teacher having first and second
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little books for a guide in preparing
arithmetic lessons for such pupils
4. The Stricken chart adopted is the
work of a Missouri teacher, and is
designed for primary classes.
5. The Rand-McNally biographies
take the places of those formerly in
use, book for book.
6. Morris Elementary History is
adapted to use in the fifth and sixth
grades.
2. RAIDER and Tunnels History and
Civil Government of Missouri is by Mis-
souri, authors and is thought to be
adapted to classes from the fifth to the
seventh grade. If used by a class as
textbooks are ordinarily used, this
volume can easily be completed in one
year. So can the Elementary United
States History mentioned above in
clause six.
s. Shinn's History of the American
People takes the place of Barnes, the
one formerly in use.
9. Language lessons: De Garmo's
First Book is designed for the third
and fourth grades; De Garmo's Second
Book, for the fifth and sixth grades.
author that country schools take the
first and second BOOKS complete in one
volume. This volume is adapted to the
third and fourth reader classes of good
country schools.
10. In response to a strong demand
for more grammar IN the elementary
schools, Patrick's Lessons in Grammar
was adopted. 1t follows the De Garmo
language books. It is adapted to the
last two years below the high school,
or to the most advanced group of pu.
pills in a country school. This book Is
exclusively Missouri product.
IL. The Natural System of Vertical
Writing will be furnished in two forms:
l. With the horizontal base lines only;
or, 2. With horizontal base lines, and
guide lines to indicate the height of the
letters. Teachers should instruct deal
ers as to which kind they prefer to have
ordered.
IL. For instruction in physiology and
hygiene, Baldwin's Essential Lessons
may be used from the fifth to the
eighth grade, but any good class can
complete the volume in one year, or
less time.
Is. The readers are already we'll
known. AS to primers it is optional
with each school whether the children
shall use the Taylor or the New Frank
lin, or both.
IA. The Sever Speller takes the place
of the one formerly in use. Its author
is well-known Missouri superintend-
emit.
Is. School and Home, by William l..
Thomas, st. Louis, was ''recommen nd.
ed" for use in all schools desiring q
periodical for supplementary reading.
16. Comment on the high school books
is deemed unnecessary. The law af-
fectS their use the same as it does the
use of the elementary or ''coramon
school" books.