The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-09
BOOKS ARE CHOSEN
STATE COMMISSION HAS CON-
GUIDED ITS LABORS,
AFTER A MONTH SPENT IN
CONSIDERING THE BOOKS OF
MANY CONCERNS.

During Five Years the New Text
Books Will Represent Saving OF
$6OO,OOO to the People of the
State-QunIity Is Not Sacrificed
for Price-BOOks Unfair to the
South Not Considered at AII-Fric-
ton Expected in Enforcement.
Atlanta, Dec. S.-The State School
Book Commission completed it's labors
tonight after a months hard work,
examining hundreds of samples and
hearing from many book company rep
resentatives.
The commission has secured text
books for the common schools of the
state, which during the next five years
will save the people of Georgia about
100000, the new price being 20 to so
per cent. below the old ones. The
commission, at the conclusion of it's
labors, issued statement, in which
it says, in part;
In the selection of books we have
not thought it wise to sacrifice quality
for price, and yet we have not thought
it proper to ignore price altogether
where books were of the same class.
No Partisan Books.
mo book that is partisan in char
acter or unfair to the South and her
traditions has, or could for a moment
find, favor in our eyes. 1t has been
our aim to get the best books at the
least possible price. When we have
selected a different book it was be-
cause the price of the book recon-
mended made it advisable. In no in
stance have we adopted a book which
in the opinion of the sub-commission
was unworthy of adoption.
1--WE may add, upon the whole, that
we have been delighted with the books
submitted, and we note with genuine
pleasure the improvement of school
books over those we. as boys, studied
The books adopted, we think, are the
best, and they have been secured at
a price ranging from 20 to so per cent
OF the former retail price. This means
a saving of hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually to the people of
Georgia.
We have also arranged for a fur
Their reduction in the price of books
adopted ranging from Is per cent. to
20 per cent. to such county boards of
education as will undertake to distrib-
ute these books for their respective
counties, in lieu OF requiring deposl-
tories to be established by the contrac-
tors in said counties.
I'VE are aware that the practical en-
forcement of the report of this COM
mission must of necessity be attended
FHvif h L..
adoption necessarily means the dis
placement of many books already pur-
chased and owned by the children of
the state. This is incident to the law
and was duly considered by the Legis-
lature when they enacted it.
I'VE have arranged in every instance
for an exchange of old books on the
same subject for new ones. the old
books being accepted in payment at
from so to &C 2-3 per cent. of the con-
tract price of the new ones.
The accompanying list shows the
books adopted, some of said books sub
ject to revision in particulars specified.
Joseph M. Terrell, Governor, president;
Philip Cook, secretary of state; Will
liam A. Wright, controller; John c.
Hart, attorney general; w. B. Merritt,
state school commissioner"
The Books Adopted.
Following are the books adopted by
the State School Book Commission:
Readers-Maynard Merrill & Co,
graded literature, First Reader, pres
ent price 25 cents; adopted price, cloth,
20 cents; adopted price, boards, 15
cents.
Maynard Merrill & Co.. graded liter
allure, Second Reader, present price, 40
cents; adopted price, cloth, 28 cents;
adopted price, boards, "a cents.
American Book Company-Lee's
Third Reader, present price, 40 cents;
adopted price. cloth, 30 cents; adopted
price, boards, rs cents.
American Book Company-Lee'
Fourth Reader, present price, so cents;
adopted price, cloth, IS cents; adopted
price, boards. 30 cents.
American Book Company-Lee's
Fifth Reader present price, 60 cents;
adopted price, cloth, 35 cents; adopted
price, boards, 30 cents.
Administration d Co., Bacon's In
termediate Arithmetic, present price,
40 cents; adopted price, cloth, % cents;
adopted price, boards, nothing
CHM & Co.. Wentworth Practical
Arithmetic, present price, SIS cents;
adopted price, CLOTH 40 cents adopted
price, boards, nothing.
American Book Company-Milne's
Standard Arithmetic, present price,
65 cents; adopted price, cloth, As cents;
adopted price, boards, nothing.
ITO be used in Eighth and subse-
quent grades).
Grammars-p. c. Heath & Co.,
Hydes course in English Book /, pres
ent price, 55 cents; adopted price, cloth.
rs cents; adopted price, boards, % cents.
Maynard Merrill & Co., Reed & KEEL
loggs Graded Lessons in English, new
edition, present price, 40 cents; adopt
ed price cloth, IS cents; adopted price,
boards, 30 cents.
Newsome & Co., Buchlers Modern
Grammar, present price, so cents;
adopted price, cloth, so cents; adopted
price, boards, As cents.
Geographys-Ginn e. CO., Frye's
Elementary Geography, present price,
65 cents; adopted price, cloth, 40 cents;
adopted price. boards, 30 cents
CHM & Co., Frye's Higher Geography,
Georgia Edition. present price, 81 25:
adopted price, cloth, So cents; adopted
price, boards, 60 cents.
MISREPRESENTATION Publishing Com
pany, Beginners History of our Coun-
try, present price, so cents adopted
price, cloth, 40 cents; adopted price,
boards, 3S cents.
American Book Company, Fields His
tory of United States present price,
81 90; adopted price, cloth, IS cents;
adopted price, boards. nothing.
University Publishing Company.
Evans History of Georgia, present
price. 81 90; adopted price, cloth, G5
cents; adopted price, boards, nothing.
Agriculture-Cultivato Publishing
Company, Hunnicutt's Agricultural,
present price, 81 90; adopted price, cloth.
So cents, adopted price, boards, none.