The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-09
Seattle School Board Forced to
Buy Supplemental Works.
TAX Ivy seDuose FROM 1899.
Property owner. VIII ne asked 20
Pay On the Bnsis of Levy 81
81 MINIS. as Compared With
Mills Last Year-Nore Rooms
Arc needed Because ~ the Growth
sf the ninth ward Districts.

A. II. regular meeting last night the
board OF education facea the text book
problem presented BY the reprehenzihle
action OF the state authorities In adopt
ing the agner geography. the Hughes
speiler and the other inferior works.
Twenty Of the spelling books. which had
beer IA use In one Of the schools OF the
city bat short time. were piled on the
biz desk In the boards room ~ examples
az The work turned ont hy the Browne
Westland concern. The books were about
10 fall 10 pieces. the covers being loose.
dus 10 the wretchea binding. Samples
II Harr wAgners geography with its
tnnumerabie errors marked. were laid be-
fore the board for examination
IN order to handle the matter and 70
provide for snitsbie books for the pu-
pils In the Seattle schools In place Of
books thai should have been supplied by
fhe state board Of education, special
committee on text books and course Of
study was created 10 which the matter
was referred
The board transacted mn important piece
Or business when IA fixed the school tax
hwy for the ensuing year. The levy was
made sss mills. which ~ a reduction ~
oue-hAif mil! over that of a year. ago. The
levy viii yield t2ecoo approximately.
Tbere are 1880 pupils enroiIes IN the city,
~ compared with about 5000 at the be-
aiming Of the last school year. Last
Friday there were in actual attendance
In tho cisy schools $500 pupils. an conn
pared with about Ssno At the same time
year ngo.
The text book question was not debated
At length. the beard having much Inn
psytant business 20 transact. The mem
hers, however. examined the new books
with much interest, especially the wag-
ner geography and the Hughes .speller
The spelling books were found tp be In
wretched condition Ms to binding and gen
eral appearances after a few days use
The speiIer which the Hughes hook sup
planted was well bound and old copies
N existence were shown 10 be IN per-
fert conditions ~ regarded cover and
binding
The binding on The Browne westiand
book = insecireiy fastened with paste Of
poor quality.
n WAS pointed out that according 10
the rule adopted BY thc state board at
Superintendent Brownies request. books
70 b exchanged for new ones must be In
wcii~niGn perfect condition. II was
shown that the Hughes spcIler after six
month"; ordinary usage, would be urfit
tor anything hut the waste basket
The following ''poem" From page 81 Of
the wagner geography. credited to VIII
y. Msredith, county school superintendent
and member cf tho state board which
adopted the wagner creation. was read
and discussed with much interest:
"a wAinst the "A ming sunset sky
"ThA u4ympics' serried columns Law
"a iagG&d purple eword-edee huge
sf3fohen ana notehed In dSsperase frnv.
.snnerIntendeni Barnard reported that
~ cf the Krohnc phvstosories had been
orstered last June bat that they had not
yet bsen Aeiiveted ana eouid not ~ ob.
thtneds In the meantime the rupiis are
uAlng the osd books The question arose
~ 10 the power on the state board III
compel tho city 10 get along with the
DFnvue-WNatlAnd books. WAS finally
voted to REFER the whole matter TO
apersAi committee on text books and
course OF study. consisting or Directors
Smith and Patterson
Superintendent Barnard reported that
additional school hniiflnas wera required
~ Salmon bay and al Green lake, The
NaNra referred the matter 10 the suoerA
act.
The matter Of the tan levy was disposed
81 quickly Chairman Smith, OF thn
nn.nce canunIttee, exhibited axures shaw
iux that the aistrlet could yet along with
= lower levy than last year, The farmer
levy MAS mills " WAS voted TO make
TIE hwy " mills. On the valua.
ten 1T ~ ttxsNs tails wnfld bring N a
stnta apnoriienmsnt win be about sita esD
The board adjourned TO THURSDAY even.
snk AZ :. ~ 10 consider a. claim FOR extraa
from the contractor on the foundations
Ut this rev high school
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