The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-26
TO SELECT BOOKS
A Subcommittee of Eight
Namt d to be This.
Will Meet and Organize This Afternoon. To
Examine and Select Public Schools
Books For North Carolina.

Yesterday mornln2 Governor AycocK
announced the appolntees on the Sub
COMMISSION on Text Books. This COM
mission is to act as a committee to eX-
anime the specimen books submitted by
the various school booI houses for use
in the public schools Of the State, and
to make their report On the merits of
the books, irrespective of the price, to
the State Text Book Commission, which
is the State Board oe Education. The
law providing for the Sub Commission
says that the Governor shall appoint
not les than five nor more than ten
members, who shall be selected from
among the teachers, city or county SUI
perintendents actually engaged in the
school business in this State. Not more
than two of these can come from any
Congressional district.
Governor Aycock has named nine gen.
tlemen as the Sub-Commission, as fol-
lows:
Prof. ]. Y. Joyner, Greensboro, N. c..
Hon. Jno. c. Scarborough, Murfrees-
boro, N. c.
Prof. j. I. Foust, Goldsboro, N. c.
Mr.. ]. d. Butler, Statesville, N. c.
Prof. ]. d. Hodges. Augusta, N. c.
Rev. C. G. Vardell, Red Springs,
N. G.
Prof. G. c. Wrighth. Straw, N. C.
Prof. j. L. Kesler, Raleigh, N. G.
These gentlemen represent various
phases of educationa! work the col
leges, the public and The private schools
all being represented On the Sub-Com-
mission.
Prof. j. Y. Joyner formerly taught at
LAGRANGE, practiced law in Goldsboro,
was superintendent OF graded schools
there and is now Professor of English
at the State Normal College at Green's
boro.
Hon. Jno. c. Scarborough was for
merly State superintendent of Schools
and is now President OF Chowan Baptist
Female Institute at Nurfreesboro.
Prof. j. I. Foust is superintendent OF
the Graded Schools at Goldsboro.
Mr.. w. l.. Carmichael is the County
superintendent of Schools of Transyl-
vania He is a merchant and has
taught school.
Mr.. ]. A. Butler represented the
Hwenty-seventh district in JtheState
Senate two years ago He is County
Superintendent of Schools of Ireden.
Prof j. d. Hodges teaches private
, school at Augusta, DaVie county. About
twenty years ago he assisted Prof. Nor
son in the Raleigh rale Academy, and
afterwards taught in Murow and other
places.
Rev. c. G. Vardell is a Presbyterian
| preacher and is in charge of the Pres
byterian Seminary at Ped Springs.
Prof. G. c. Wright is the County Su-
perintendent of Schools of Wilkes
| county.
| Prof. j. L. Kesler is q member of the
| faculty of the Baptist Female Univer-
| sity, being Professor of Chemistry
The committee in the Governors office
| will begin its work III examining the
| books submitted by the different school
DOCK publishers, who ore either here in
person rhave agents. The Sub-Com-
/ mission will make its examination OF
| the books and determine which they
will recommend in executive session
The final selection is left to the State
Board of Education
The law last passed by the Legisla.
| ture provides that tne textbooks Sc.
| lected shall be used Tor period of five
years in all the public schools of this
/ State, and it shall not be lawful TO,
any school officer to use any othe,
books upon the same branches. Sai6
| uniform series shall include the follow
| ing branches, to-wit: photography, de-
inning, reading, writing, drawing, arith.
metic, geography, grammar, languag,
| lessons, History of North Carolina, con
tanning the Constitution of the State
History of the United States, containins
the Constitution of tie United States
physiology, hygiene, nature and effec
or alcoholic drinks, ard narcotics. ele
ments of civil government, element O
agriculture, theory and practice O
teaching: Provided, That none of sail
textbooks shall contain anything of ;
partisan or sectarian character.