Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-05-31
TEXT BOOK CHANGES
Will Be Offered For the Five Yeay
Adoption-The Regulations Made
By the Board.

III the State pressing the claims OF
their respective publications. The
"book fight rs it is known. re-
ouires ti,c services Of scholarly writ
ers and indefatigiblc workers. The
general public has no idea how inter
esiing this campaign really is 1t is
said that one member of the State
board of Georgia received over $50
worth of sample copies Of text books.
To examine each and every one woild
be an endless task and the State
board perhaps makes selections as
much on the reputation OF the writ
crs and publishing houses as for any
other reasons. 1t Is said to be The pol
icy Of the department of education
10 make rs few changes rs possible,
but 10 get rid Of any trashy publica
tions which might have been adopted
in former years.
The adoption Of books is to cover
period of five years. as is the case In
other states. May 22nd was Ia, day
fixed for fling bids, and bids will be
received from this time until the 90
OF June when the board will meet TO
make adoptiorS.
Readers, histories. aritlmctics and
Biographies are the branches of study
,,,, ,,.l;h ,l,n I,,r.lo-t G.,b,c ,vn ,no1n
1t is said that there will he e hard eff
fort made To get the board TO adopt
The history of the United States writ
ten by Mr.. Waddy Thompson. of At
lanta, brother Of Col. Henry II.
Thompson of Columbia. This is pub
lished by ID. c. Heath & Co, of New
York. Another strong effort is being
made in behalf of the history of the
United States written by the Rev.
Henry Alexander White, ID. d., Of
the Columbia Seminary, and publish
ed by Silver. Burdctt & Co The
board will give careful considcra-
tion to these two propositions, but
are lust as good. The board may not
have time TO examine the merits or
errors of all text books offered. but
in the matter OF selecting histories
great care will probably be observed.
In selecting text books. the first
thing to be considered is subject mat
ter. then price and finally relative
merit i'll mechanical excellence with
the promise of durability. TO those
whose school days knew nothing more
poetic than Wcbstcr's "bluc back
spcllcr,' the beautiful primers of to-
day would be revelation. The in
gcnulty OF writers and of printers has
been taxed 10 work out color schemes
which would be in good state and yet
would teach children the colorS and
shades III Il way which would make
the entire reading lesson entertaining
"a well rs instructive.
IL is stated on good authority that
only one or two of the biz publishing
houses do their own printing and that
some printing houses get out books for
two or more competeing publishing
houSes. This is statement which
sounds anomalous, but is made on the
authority of an author and publisher
VINO has his printing done elsewhere
The following regulations have been
adopted by the State board of educa-
ton:
First: That the session Of the State
board of education of South Carolina.
beginning . p. m. June 22nd,. 1906.
shall be continuous until adoption is
complete, except necessary lecesses.
second: That no representative of
a publishing house shall appear before
thc State board OF education or any
member thereof during SAID session
unless requested by the full board TO
| do so.
Third: That no announcement shall
be made of the adoption or any part
thereof until the entire adoption is
complete and signed by the chairman
and secretary.
Fourth: That the State board of ed
ucation, at its meeting June 22nd.
adopt 100 additional library books.
The condition of the above proclama-
ton shall not apply TO this adoption.
Dut the resolutions do apply.
The instructions sent out bv the
State board state:
mo bid shall be considered unless
'' be accompanied by an affidavit of
the bidder to the effect that the per-
son, company or corporation bidding
is IN no way, directly or indirectly, a
party to any compact, syndicate or
scheme whereby the benefits of com
petitlve bidding have been or will be