The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-01
TEXT BOOKS FOR
STATE SCHOOLS
Work of Selection Is Begun by
Convention.
PROCEEDINGS OF FIRST DAY
COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED
AND BIDS SUBMITTED.

THE STATE text book convention,
upon which devolves the import
ant duty Of selecting text books
for the county schools of the state for
the ensuing five years, met in the Office
of State superintendent Nelson at .
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The mem
bership of the convention comprises
State Superintendent Nelson, Professor
W. NJ Stewart Of the State Normal
school, and the various county super
intendents. Every county in the state,
with the exception Of Iron and Uintah,
was represented and these two coun-
ties viii be represented on Monday
The roll call was answered by the fol-
lowing: State superintendent Nelson,
Professor Stewart, and County Super
intendents Charles Woolfender, Beaver
county; Nephi Anderson, Box Elder;
George NJ Thompson, Cache; 1. W.
Bowman, Carbon; T. NJ. Whitesides.
Davis; D. e. Woodward, Emery; Jane
lie Fevre, Garfield A. Molyneux,
Grand; d. d. Bowen, Juab; Mrs. Ma
rinda Halliday, Kane; Harry 2. Brown,
Willard; Thomas r. Condie, Morgan;
William Johnson, Piute; G. H. Robin
son, Rich; b. ". Ashton, Salt Lake;
Miss Lillian Decker, San Juan; George
Christensen, Sanpete; Jacob Magleby,
Sewer; Clarence A. Blocher Summit;
William S. Marks, TOOele; ]. l., Brown,
Utah; H. NJ. Arid, Wasatch; Charles
A Workman, Washington; Scott Nc
Clellan, Wayne; w. =. Wilson, Weber.
The convention was called to order
by State superintendent Nelson, after
which superintendent Nelson was Sc
lected as temporary chairman and A.
c. MathesOn, temporary secretary. on
motion of w. S. Marks of ToOele cOun-
ty. the chairman then appointed the
following committees:
Credentials - Charles WoOIfenden,
Mrs. Marinda Halliday and H. p.
Brown.
Permanent OrganizatiOn-J. L. Brown,
George NJ. Thomson and G. II. Robin
son.
Order Of Business Clarence A. Bio
cher. w. S. Marks and Jacob Magleby.
After a short recess the various COM
mittees reported and their reports
were adopted.
The committee on order of business
recommended that the order be as fol-
lows: Permanent organization, roll
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cellaneOus business.
The committee on permanent organ
ization recommended that the perma-
nent officers be: A. G. Nelson, chair
man; W. NJ. Stewart, assistant chair
man; Charles WOOlfenden, secretary;
A. G. MathesOn, assistant secretary; D.
{. woodward, ergeant-at-armS.
The committee on credentials report
ed that all representatives present were
entitled to seats, and the convention
was ready for business.
Many Bids Submitted.
The first matter taken up after the
adoption of the various reports was
the opening and reading of the bids
submitted by the score or more Of rep
resentatives of book publishing houses
who were present The bids received
We're from the following persons and
firms, all being from Chicago, except
where otherwise stated: Globe School
Book company, New York; Ainsworth
& Co., American Book company, Kinds
& Noble, Prang Educational company,
A. Flanagan company Whitaker & Ray
company, San Francisco; W. H. Wheel
er company, Sandborn & Co, Boston;
Deseret News Book company, Salt
Lake; b. F. johnson Publishing COM
pany, Richmond, Va. Educational
company, Butler, Sheldon & Co., Prsc-
teal Text Book company, Cleveland;
CHM & Co, Rand, McNally & Co, Sad
Ter, Rowe & Co, D. Appleton & Co,
Scott, FOresman & Co, Crane & Co,
Topeka: Woodward & Herman COM
pany, st. Louis; Ainsworth & Co, Mac
MILAN Publishing company, Charles
Scribners' Sons. Werner School Book
company, J. y. LippincOtt q Co., Phil
adelphia; d. .. Heath & Co., Central
School Supply house, Silver, Burdette
& Co. the Morse company, HOughton,
Miffin & Co, Boston; Maynard, Merrill
& Co, Shelton Publishing company,
Provo; Eaton & Co., Milton, Bradley &
Co.. Newson & Co, W. o. Krohn & Co.
After the bids were read, and on mo-
ton of W. II. Marks, the following
committees on tabulation were ap-
pointed:
hematics-Molyneux Miss lie
Fevre, Arid.
Geography and History-Whitesides,
Workman, Johnson.
Grammar, Drawing and Music
Christensen, Ashton, Bowman.
Nature Study, Bookkeeping and Mis-
cellaneOus - Brown, Miss Decker,
Bowen.
Reading, Writing and Spelling-Rob-
insOn, Anderson, Woodward.
A committee was also appointed on
supplementary reading, consisting of
Professor Stewart and Superintendent
Ashton, Marks, Christensen and Mag
leby
Adjournment was then taken until
tomorrow morning at o'clock.
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