The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-23
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LIST Till.
State Board 5of = F due tion Stands IS
by It's Iorrle er. ction and
lVillssDo So.
al. PUT ON % EVEN TERMS.
Action 7l1 curing AZ: All Local Com
lllittces to Meet the Same
Day Rescindcd.

The State board of f5educatIon held three
sessions yesterday, consuming more than
seven hours. t decided in favor of the
by almost unanimous vote, confirming
Its former action. after discussion and
careful consideration OF tho relative mer-
Its and demerits4or! theEsingle and mul-
tiple list plans Of selection The board
elected Rev. N ed 2. IA Campbell superin-
gtendent OF schools of Coco chand county,
land will elect a. s superin tendent for
Amelia county to-day or to-m orrow,i
+ u Tho greater portlon#ofs tho days work
consisted of. the preliminary york Of
steAt-book selection; though lls5nothlng defi-
mite was given out a s to tho work Il,
ready done. Committees OF the board
have been nrecommendings and tho board
upon their $rccommanda tion has beenSpre-
pairing tentative lists of books forEuse In
The grammar andjprimary schools, These
lists are subject to revision by the board, !,
The board has not acted final upon
any books. though 1t has gone over. ten.
ttatlvely, almost the nntlraS list Of books
for tho primary and grammar grades
and made out ASH t proceeded this ten.
tativot list. subject to revision after the.
bids have not been opened. 'rlcre are
TWENTY-FIVE or thirty publishing houses
competing In tho award of books, "a
Discuss the Multiple List. .
f. The feature Of the board session was
the discussion and action on tho ques-i
ttion oftheimultiplel list. Much has been
said and written on this subject and
.prominenc, was given TO II by thS ac-'
itipn of the General Assembly In pass
siils a persuasive and advisory resolution
I'M favor of5a single list, after Ehe botird.
had announced Its decision IN favor Of a.
multlph, list, Tho duestlon8 was reopcned
at yesterdays mectlpE and thoroughly
considered in every lspect, Governor.
Montag,ie,s@ ,s@tt i Is lunderstood, raised tho
Equestlo lol.tOf demonstrating the former ac-
5tion. and declurlng for q slnGls list in-l
stead. lIo presented the arguments In
favor of the single list plan, Qthertmcnlrs
bers Of the board. including a ttorney-.,
General And elson, argued 4 for the;f null
Etiple list. showing "A It's & ad wants ges. The
discussion was full and exhaustive. it it
was brought out IN the discussion that
{toR adopt a single list woyl ID subject tho
patrons Of the schools! throughout the
sStates to an expense OF $3.50, 900 or more,
This would be caused by the fact that,
as now constituted therei Is n great ya-l9
rbsty OF text books I'M use jlS the Vayl-.
sous cities aid com ties, and IN the event
OF a. single list being adopted, many.
counties would have to llsca I'd tho books
now i ill9 use and pprc cllslse entire new
\ ssets9 for their children his was the
/ economic argument for the null lple list
/ ara against I he single list. ss 4
ii Among other arg ument Is {l,se cd ~ was
sta ted that the slnlil tiple list wis more
elastic and ad ptah he to b aeeiis5
Nae al ifferar,t seetipns, Tex " books adopthu
10 use tho schools of tain couniiess
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