Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-17

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,,u,or BoARD.-A called meeting of
!. INV inv Sc1ool Board was held last
81 - At which there were present Col,
e. smith, chairman, and Messrs.
5 3 m Mankin, Marbury, barley,
cb bo Bryant, Carne, Harrison,
s".sney and the Superintendent.
Tb. superintendent stated that the
a. ' nj the cali was to adopt text
81 Mr. Carne offered the following:
-, .l,.l That this board is DESTROYS to
~ q. far AS possible. making expense to
~ '''' ,,,,.sof the schools. and therefore has
-, A the further use OF the books, OK
i,s,,riss low in use; yet as the state
Public Instruction at Richmond
''',.,..s change in many of the school books
. l,,.o or TWO years have elapsed, and as
y. mixers oiler. for six months, to ex-
Il, tbe new books for the old ones at
%. half price. this board, leaving 1t option
:, ..,l tine uupils to use the old books now
= - by said pupils or the new ones, adopts
~ ~ s,'rosinr list of text books in addition to
mo. ncw used.
s Mr. Carne then offered the following
BY request:
,I-,.r3r.a. Virginia, That the folio wing
- hooks VIZ: Merrill's speller. Thorn
!. B.aks Tor Written Spelling, O'Neil's
8D-.s,u Bauks (punctuation), Westlskes'
90nj p-.r.ice Words, Todd & Powells First
- second Reader, Third Reader, Fourth
9 Fifth Reader, Sixth Reader End
= ., Reader Arnold & Gibert's Stepping
e.. 10 Literature. EgglestOus Southern
~ = e, e, = stories Cookies Virginia. Cookies
S. Of the Old Dominion, Maynard's En-.
'e.4Cis,i, Series Spencerian Copy Books,
-Ssebr system Of Slant Writing, Robertson S
4 Excepting and Science OF Accounti Bon
-e,.3u', BOOK X epiag Blanks, Robertson
B15k Keeping Practice eet, Warren Colbura's
intellectual Arithmetic, Nenable's New Prac-
ill.,. Arithmetic, Venable'S New Elementary
Arithmetic fIye's Elementary Geography.
Msury's Nluual OF Geography virginia edi-
.top Hyde's Practical Lessons in the use OF
grrisb Whitney x LockwOod's English
Guum.r MyeIs's General History, MagillS
Hj..r, 40 Virginia, JouCs's School Hi tory
a The e, tod states Lees Primary History
ri tI4 l tod states, Cutters Comprehensive
Pbysoo y. Cutters lnieraedi late Physiology,
.Cu',.Fs beginners Ph> sology, Paul Bcr.'S
F.r., str,- III Three Books-Book /. Animals,
Pan. sion, 5 aud Sol 3 II. Physics, Chem
h.ry All! Pbyslocgy; IT. Phys sizes and Chem
IT,, s,ee's Physics Wentwtrth's school
Allbm V,mble's Elem snts of Geometry.
Een,wortA's Plain all! solid Geometry,
Panic lntrotucd'n 10 English Lite aturc.
Psa,er, Iutroduct'Ou to American llters-
tre. Waddey's Elements OF Composition AN
Rhe,orc Thomp on's New Short Course in
DnwuE W hster's Prim ~ Dictionary,
H., Ct High school Dictionary, Webs;er'
academic Dictionary, Harkness's Easy attn
Mshod. Harkncss's Latin Grammar, Harper
!
Il bic schools OF tho city of Alexandra
10 ,Ae ensuing four years
A long debate followed, taking in
range the cost of books to pupils; the
effect of one class using different books;
The responsibility of the board in com
pelling pupils to purchase new books
OF placing the responsibility upon the
Stale Board of Education, &c. 1t was
urged that as the State Board had i'm
posed certain requirements in reference
to the text books, that whatever new
bOokshad to be purchased might just as
vel be purchased at once, as the intro
duclion and exchange prices for the new
books would reduce the cost consider
ably.
{ a vote being taken on Mr.. Carne's
fir. resolution, it WAS lost by lie vote
-ayea, Messrs. Thompson, Mankin,
Carne, Harrison and Sweeney; nays,
lIessrs. MarOury, barley, Chapman
Bryant aud Smoot
Mr.. Bryant suggested that some mod
iication might be made in Mr.. Carne's
resolution so as TO conform to the State
Beard regulations, and offered Mr..
Carne's resolution expurging the clause
leaving it optional with the principal
Rs 10 the use of books, and adding the
S:ate Board provision on the sui ject.
His resolution, which is as follows, and
which also embraced the resolution
lntroduced by request-naming the ad-
.dtiOna text books, was adopted; viz:
Resolved, That this board is DESTROYS to
.hyold, AS far as possible. making expense 10
.iac pupils of the schools, and therefore has
authorized the further use of the books. eX-
'Ceii histories, now in use yet as the tate
boad of Public Instruction at Richmond
.c0upe.s Il change in many OF the school book:
SITTER ono OF two years have elapsed, aud as
Tie hookmakers offer, for six months, to ex'
'caaneo tho new books for the old ones at
4ulai half price this board adopts the foil W
ins list OF text books in addition 10 those now
Used aud that the new books shall be intro
tclcei in the formation OF all new classes, and
Tue old books shall be tolerated only when 8
s'0mnencement has previously betn made i'll
Sl'1 books by majority of the pupils in q
4 US'' ~ such case their use may b. continued
u III the completion of those books by the
cs;s.
All the white teachers now in the
service Of the board were then re
elected.