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SCHOOL BOOK ADOPTION.
Official Report Of the Howard County
BOARD OF Education.

w. b. Keune, and c. L. Terry, HCoun.
ty Auditor and Secretary of the
Board.
The meeting was called to order by
the chairman, and the board at once
proceeded to open and consider bids
submitted for furnishing school text
books for the ensuing five years.
After duly considering all bids and
books submitted, the following books
were adopted:
Bass Beginners Reader.
Cyr's Primer
Cyr's First Reader
Cyr's Second Reader
Cyr's Third Reader
Cyr's Fourth Reader
Cyr's Fifth Reader
Modern Speller
GRAMMAR
Steps in English, Book one.
Steps in English, Book two.
Arithmetics-
Smiths Primary Arithmetic.
Smith Is. Practical Arithmetic.
History
Montgomery's Beginners American
History.
Montgomery's Leading Facts Of
History.
Biographies
Frye's Elements of Geography.
Frye's Grammar School Geography.
Physiologies-
Smiths Primer Physiology.
Smiths Elementary Psychology.
Blaisdell's Our Bodies and How We
Live.
Civil Government
Chandler's Iowa and the Nation.
Writing Books
Snencar,s Practical Writing. Books.
l, 2,3, 49,, g.
Spencer's Practical Writing Speller.
Algebra
Mines Elements of Algebra.
Dictionaries
Webster's Primary Dictionary.
Webster's Common School Diction-
airy.
Webster's Academic Dictionary.
Music
Fullerton's Choice Songs and Practi-
cal Instruction in Music.
Supplementary List
New Educational Readers, Books
One, Two, Three and Four.
Music
The Progressive Music Course.
Agriculture
The School and Farm.
Essentials of photography and Or
thoepy.
Having completed the list of adop-
tions, the Board adjourned sine die.
| G. L. Terry, Helen Z. Chaplin,
Secretary. Chairman.
A reasonable time for exchange will
be allowed at the discretion of the
board.
This exchange can be made gradual
ly, for instance pupil nearly through
the small arithmetic may finish it and
then exchange and get the higher
book and receive the.exchange value of
his old book.
Desk copies Of Smiths Arithmetic
are to be furnished free to the several
schools.
The board thought it advisable to
make a change in Arithmetic. In
order and arrangement OF subjects,
explanations, rules and principles and
definitions as we'll as in the practical
character Of problems and reviews we
believe Smiths will meet the require
ments of our country schools.
Many subjects of little practical
value to the student are placed in the
appendix and may be omitted If de-
sired. 1t was found that the book now
in use is behind the times and some
subjects are not taught as they are
used in the business world today.
The demand for a change in gram
mars seemed to be practically un:vers-
al. Hyde's Language and Grammar
has failed to give satisfactory results
in so far as technical grammar is con-
cerned and the first book does not give
sufficient work to lead up to the second.
tits expected that Steps in English will
supply the deficiency and be as good
or better in all other respects. Desk
copies will be furnished each school.
The Rational vertical copy books
were considered behind the times and
spencsr's Practical Writing is one Of
the very best medium slant systems.
1t includes business and social forms
and movement exercises. No added
expense will be made anyone in pur-
chasing copy books.
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