The Washington times., 1903-07-01
TEXTBOOK CHANGES
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Board Holds Last Session This Fis-
cal Year.

Important business along the lines of
transfers, appointments, designations
and textbooks was transacted last night
by the Board OF Education in the final
meeting of the fiscal year. The board
unanimously passed a resolution ex-
pressing its deep regret at the decllna-
tion of Gen. George II. Harries TO serve
another term as member of the body.
The board discussed the adoption of n
hymnal for the public schools, but moth
inc definite was done and a report on
this subject Will be made I'm September
G. y. Thompson was transferred from
the seventh to the fourth division: H c.
Nichols. from sixth and seventh grades
to eighth grade; S. G. Otterback. from
fifth grade to sixth and seventh grades;
G. NJ. Walsh, from fourth to fifth
grade: T. l. Sexton, from third to
fourth grade; f. l. Morrill,, from first
and second grades to second and third
grades; Miss Eleanor Robinson. from
first to fourth grade. and Miss NJ E.
Yount, assigned to the second grade.
Miss Kate Tindall, Miss Rosalie Robi-
nette. G. W. Kelly, Miss l. NJ Camp
bell. and c. G. Rivot were appointed
teachers In the high schools.
designations of the following teach
crs in the high schools were accepted:
Miss S. c. Graham. Central High School
Miss N. H. Hayes, Central High School:
DR.. B. NJ. Roszel, Central High School
z. A. Playter, Eastern High School; @.
| Costet. Eastern High School. and Miss
G. c. Robinette. Business High School.
The following textbooks were adopt
ed for use in the high schools:
I Latin-First year. substitute Collar
/ and DanieIls First Year Latin" for
| Collar and Daniell's First Latin
/ Book" and Churchill and Sanford s
"Viri Romae;" second year. substitute
Collar and Daniells First Year Latin
and Bellum Helviticum" for Churchill
and Sanford's 'Viri Romae;" third
year, substitute DanielPs New Latin
| Composition" for Dodge and Tuttle's
| Latin Prose Composition"
J BOokkeeping--FiTs and second year,
Business High School retain Robert
sons Practice Sets" provided correc-
tions are made, otherwise permit the
substitution Of other sets at the same
price.
! Physics-Substitute Andrews and How
lands Elements of Physics" permit
use OF Jackson and Jackson's Magnet
Ism and Electricity" in the fourth year
physics class; Thompson's Elements OF
Electricity" should remain. the choice OF
book being left to the teacher.
MathematIcs-Third year, insert "sec-
ond revised edition." instead of revised
edition." Wentworth's "Trigononetry
and Surveying" fourth year, write after
Wentworth's college Algebra First
edition"
4 German-Second year. substitute Jage-
mann and Polls Prose Composition
for Jagemann's Prose Composition; .
third year, make the above change; IN
addition adopt Newson's German Daily
Life" fourth year. substitute Jage-
mann's Prose Composition" for Jage-
mann and Polls Composition: adopt
Newson's German Daily Life"
Greek-Fourth year, adopt the revised
edition Of 1901 OF Seymour's Homer'i
"Iliad"
History-second year. adopt Mont
gomery's English History" for use II
the VI Street High School. instead o
IIarned's English History" third year
adopt Robinson's History of Western
Europe" instead of Drury's History o
France"
French-Thlrd year, adopt "Ce qu'or
volt" Maynard. Merrill & Co.; Sicardt
Easy French History" and Longman'
Advanced Unseens." Tartarin de Tar
| ascOn, Daudet's, by Otto Spierman
fourth year. adopt Ballots "Frencl
Composition" Benton's Easy Frencl
Plays" Super's "Histoire de France,
Rostands Les Romanesques." Dro1
the following books: Third year. lie
Prosateurs Francois du XIX Steele,
Grandgents French Composition
fourth year. les Poetes Francois d.
XIX Steele" Grandgent's Grammar"
Zoology-Fourth year, substitute Kel
logg's Elementary Zoology for Par
ker and Haswelrs Manual OF Zoology;
substitute Jordan et ais Animal Stud
les" for Jordan and KeIlogg's "Anima
Life"