The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-07-06


plies, then read the following which
was signed by himself and members
March and Anderson, and approved
by Superintendent Baxter:
We, your committee on text books,
recommend for adoption the following
books to be used in the various grades
and high school of this CITY,, provided
satisfactory terms can be agreed upon
between the board of education and
the respective publishers of the books
hereby adopted
HIGH SCHOOL.
Composition and Rhetoric, Herrick
and Damon; Physiology, Cutler; Phys
ical Geography, Crane-Appleton, Gill
bert and Brigham; Algebra, Wells;
Latin, Bellum Helveticum; Ancient
History, Vests Ancient World; Arith-
metic, Lyman; Medieval and Modern
History, Crane-Appleton, Munro and
Grammar, Thomas; American History.
CraneAppleton, Mclaughlin; Civics,
James and Stanford; Geometry, Wells;
Zoology, Crane-Appleton, Jordan Kel
logg and Heath; Botany, Bergen; Cic-
erO, Allen and Greenough; Latin
Prose, D'Ooge; German Prose, Harris;
French Grammar, Whitney; French
Reader, Aldrich and Foster; History
of English Literature, Pancoast; Ply
sizes, Mann and Twiss; Trigonometry,
Wells; Chemistry, Remsen 1906 ed);
Vergil, Knopp.
GRADES.
Rational Method in Reading; Heath
Readers; Writing. Natural slant, Spen-
GER; Spelling, Quincy Word List; Ar
ithmetic, Rational Elementary, Whites
Complete Arithmetic, Stoddard's Ia
tellectual; Language and Grammar,
Steps in English, books / and 2; Ge-
ography. Dodges Geography by
grades; U. S. History, Montgomery's
American History; Physiology, Blais-
dell's Our Bodies and How We Live;
Drawing, Prang Art Text, books to
Z; Music, Modern Music Book, the
same as now in use.
After plain statement by March
that the full board in caucus assem-
bled had agreed on the list as a COM
promise in which there would have
been some changes had each member
had an opportunity of making his own
selections, the board by a unanimous
vote adopted the committees report.
WHERE THEY BALKED.
Chairman Neiderhauser then sub
mitted the following report signed by
Members March and Anderson, and
recommended by Superintendent Bax-
ter. but which he would not father:
We, your committee on text DOCKS
recommend the adoption of Dodge's
Biographies, Nos. l., 2, 3 and for
use in the elementary grades.
Neiderhauser said his objection to
recommending these books was that
he had not had sufficient time to study
them as he would like to. President
Lehman said that he also could not
conscientiously vote to adopt them for
similar reason. March advocated
that they be purchased not onIy be.
cause majority favored them, but
also because they had been approved
by the school superintendent, whose
opinion, he believed, should be unani-
mously coincided in by the members.
Anderson, as a member of the com
mittee favored their adoption and
Member Yost was of like mind 4
vote on March's motion to adopt the
committees report was carried by a
vote of three to two, March, Anderson
and Yost voting aye and Lehman and
Neiderhauser nay.
Then a recess was ordered to give
the clerk an opportunity of looking up
the date at which the American Book
Co.'S Natural Biographies. now In use
were adopted. The records were por.
ed over and searched minutely, but
not scratch of the pen could be
found. This search was made to see
whether the American Book Co.'S ge
ographies had been in use more OF
less than five years. The new school
code provides that it shall require a
four-fifths vote to change a text bool
| in the schools which had been in us,
longer than FIVE years, but in case
less than five years have elapsed &
majority vote makes a legal adoption
The records being silent oE the ques
ton, the chair ruled that he could no
declare the Rand -McNally book
adopted, so pending a legal opinion
on the matter and a further starch o
the records q motion by March to post
pone further action for two weeks wa
carried. March, Neiderhauser and Leh
man voting aye and Anderson AM
Yost nay.
DICTIONARIES ORDERED.
At this juncture in the proceeding
which had been carried on good-patul
edly but with neither side willing t
yield an inch March was summone'
to make a professional call.
| Neiderhauser made motion, whicl