The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-07-04
BOOKS ADOPTED.
TEXTBOOKS TO BE USED IN The
SCHOOLS.

Business Vas Iivided Gut Among
Several Eouses-Fany seW
Books Selected.
The State board Of education last
week completed the adoption OF text
books to be used in the public schools
of the State for the next five years. It
is said that the list selected will COM
pare quite favorably with the book
adoptions in other States, and it is
also claimed that this Is the best list
which South Carolina has had.
There has always been more OF less
of q difference between the books used
in the public schools in the country
and those used in the graded schools,
but many OF these differences have
been eliminated in this adoption and
it is said that the list selected will do
| for any city school in the State.
Governor Heywsrd presided at tia
meeting and State Superintendent
Martin, by reason Of bis having been
In the school work as teacher and
subsequently has been able to give so
much time to the comparative study
of the merits Of text books, f srsd
valuable suggestions. The other
members present, representing the
congressional districts In the order
named. were: W. z. Tate OF Charles
ton. J. E. Boland OF Blackville, D..
W. Daniel OF Clemson College, A. g..
Rembert OF Woff2rd college. A. r.
Banks Of Lancaster, Rartwell NJ
Aver OF florence, and A. J. Thack-
ston OF Orangeburg.
The board adopted Dr.. Henry Alex.
ander Whites History Of South Caro-.
lima for the elementary grades aao
| Col. J J. Dargau's for the seventh
and eighth grades. Waddy Thomp-
sons general history Of the United
States was selected. Another book
bv a South Carolina author which
was put or the list is Dr.. D. D. Wal
lsce's book On ciVics.
Undsr the new regulations made
BIZ the State hoard Of education, there
will be established in Columbia CEN
tral depository for the handling oi
these taxi books. This meSns that
prc baby sl00, 600 year In new busi'
ness will be turned loose In Columbia.
This has been going to Atlanta and to
the publishers and it will be 8 great
accommodation to the teachers IN the
State. who may order from Columbia
ed get the books the same Gay OF
che fJnowing DAY.
In tie Common school course, the
best lot OF res6ers was given to Msy.
nard, Merrill & Co., whose Graded
Literature Series," l, 2 and 8, we're
adopted. B. F. Johnson s. Co., keep
the fourth and fifth readers. Silver,
B1rdett s. Co., we're awarded second
place, their Stepping Stones te
Literature" oeing used as suppleme u.
tary to Maynard, Merrill & 90. 's
books. The selection OF readers
3 constitutes one OF the principal items
: Maynard Merrill s. Co., were repre-
sented by Mr.. McMichael Of Georgia
The spelling books adopted were
l two: Hunts Progressive Course ir
Spelling,'' published by the American
5 Book com papy, and the Benson ane
; Glen Speiler and DeEner," by D. G.
Reath s. Co. The State company
offered the speller prepared by Supt
". b Hand OF Chester.
The selection Of arithmet:cs wss a
follows: Brooks Mental Arithme
tic" by Christopher Sower s Co.
Wentworth's elementary ard Went
sorsh's practical, by CHM s. Co.
Messrs. NewsoD b o., through
:, their representative, Mr.. Scherer
succeeded in placing both granmarE
Tor the common school course, "Bueh
lers's Modern English Grammar
with compositior); and Hotchkiss
and Buehler's Modern English Les
sons."
Frye's higher geography, by Ginr
& Co., was retained, but the Aneri
can Book company placed Redway anl
Hinman's Natural Primary Gsogra'
|, ply"
Mr.. Craw, OF D. Appleton & Co.,,
landed the order for physiologies,
there being two books Of Khron fol
advanced and intermediate classes.
Lees primary history, oy the B. F.
Johnson company, was retained, but
Wsddy Thompson's History OF the
United States, by D. G. Heath & Co.,
was put on the list and Chapman 8
South Carolina History was supplant-
ed by the history by Dr.. Henry Alex
ander White, published by Silver,
Burdett & Co., and Dargan's History
Of South Carolina, published by The
State company, will be used for the
higher classes.
! M. @. P. Barnes, publisher, secur-
ed the order for Barnes Outlook
Writing System" and D. G. Heath
s. Co., received award for their natu.
raj system Of writing. These EN-.
brace two different styles OF writing.
The Augsburg System OF Drawing
was adopted and the Riverside
Series OF Song Books" by Houghton,
Mlfin & Co., was put on the list.
Tee following books were adopted
for use in the high school courss:
Eaglish-Sykes' Elementary En-.
glish Composition; Tappan's Eng
lands and Americas Literature;
Literary Masterpieces.
| Latin-BaIn's First Book in Latin;
Gildersleeve- Lodge Latin Grammar;
| uornor e, Tofr,oo,c (1socar