The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-11

or a professor of q college to select hi
books and the public school teachers I
select theirs. Do you think this Is
correct parallel"
Il do not think so. Indeed. I can Sc
no parallel"
Mr.. Eggleston was asked II he hal
any object lesson since he had bee
superintendent of the advantage Of tn
single over the multiple list.
He said he had, and cited cases wher
the State Board had recently given ex
} elusive adoption on two books on Moral.
} and Manners" and In one case Their,
was q saving OF rs per cent. and in tn,
other Of 80 per cent.
Have you ever heard any book pub.
fishing house a they would furnish
books cheaper under the single than un.
der the multiple list?' he was asked.
Yes" was the reply, and witness rea6
a strong letter from D.. C. Heath & Co.
along this line.
Here the witness read the resolutions
adopted by the county board Of Prince
Edward. memorializing the state board
to adopt the single list, and when he had
concluded. he said with emphasis: 81
never received the slightest acknowledge
ment Of the letter enclosing these reso-
buttons. and I understand similar reso-
lutions from Culpeper met the same
fate"
This was the opening gun for the
single list in Virginia. Mr.. Eggleston
was then county superintendent, and the
public will recall the resolutions. as they
were printed in full at the time.
All Satisfied.
Mr.. Eggleston said he had correspond
ed with the authorities in all the States
where the single list prevailed, and had
heard from all save one. All those re-
plying had expressed their entire salts
faction with the system.
In combating the argument made by
DR.. Kent tina the books under the single
list were inferior in mechanical makeup
to those furnished under the multiple list,
he declared hat the contention was abb
solutely without foundation in fact.
'If they are Inferior" he declared. sit
is not the fault of the principle, but of
the administration.
1T is purely a matter of contract, and
depends entirely upon the quality of
books contracted for by the board.
II believe DR.. Kent said while he lived
In Tennessee, under the single list, the
books in use We're Of such an Inferior
quality that he would not permit his chill
dren to use them. AS a matter of fact,
DIR. Kent left the State Of Tennessee
some years before the single list was
adopted I"
DHt-lllHS uDotl III uiiSSSh ~
the quality of books under the two sys-
TENS, the superintendent brought in a
great stack of books. and, taking two
"Maury's Elementary Biographies one
North Carolina edition and one Virginia
edition, they were closely examined by
the committee. The members could dis
cover no particle of difference. The Vir-
ginia edition under the multiple list sells
for fifty cents, and the North Carolina
edition, under the single list, for forty
cents. II want to say another thing
about these books" he went on.
Under the multiple list the children
are liable to overcharge by tl3 local
dealers, for there is no price stamped
upon the back. You will see that these
words are stamped upon the back of he
North Carolina book:
Contract price. 40 cents; exchange
price, 20 cents. The price fixed hereon
is fixed by State contract, and any de-
therefrom shall be reported to
your county superintendent OF public
instruction or the State superintendent at
Mr.. Eggleston submitted a large num-
Der of other books to the committee for
comparison, and the results We're found
to be along the same lines. both as to
the similarity Of quality and the vide
in prices. Mr.. Eggleston vas
saying something about the color of the
back OF a Virginia book. He said he
1t was brown"
Chairman Byrd could not resist the
temptation to take a shot at the State
Board, and quietly observed: All Vir-
glnla books should be bound in green,
in conformity with the action of the
State Board"
At this point the committee took a
for lunch.
At tie Afternoon Session.
When the committee resumed at 500
,'clock. Mr., Eggleston again took the
stand. and proceeded to make further
comparisons between books under the
wo systems. The Wheeler Primer, which
ellis for thirty cents In Virginia, was
ompared with an Indiana primer. at
en- cents, though 1t should be said that
he Virginia book has more pages than the
no used In Indiana. IN other respects
here does not appear any great difference
etween them.
What do you think are tho relative
alues of the cloth and board binding for
rimary books?" asked the chairman. )
II should say that the cloth binding
'ould last longer thar the board. but I
o not think there is five cents differ
nee. | do not think that the patron ]
hould have the option, however, of buy \
IL either" 9
What is the use of an elaborate spell
Is blank, such as Thomas's blank, at Il c
of eight cents?" G
We'll. a good spelling blank, such as 9
Thomns's or Johnson's, can be Il
lade and sold at five cents ut u very q
ice profit" II
1T is well. however, to have uniformity
nong the blanks. but''I can sec no rea-
N for having a very elaborate blank" Il
do you know any State that has a -
milar method of adoption as Virginia." "
y do not know or any that has n r
stem which Is identical. In reality. q
e have county adoption" II
Mr.. Eggleston here produced n Virclnf. y
'ition OF Whites Arithmetic. which was n
RELEASED by him in Atlanta for forty ~
nus, and the same book sells In Viz ;,
MIA at NIFTY cents. 1t Is stamped "yir- q,
MIA Edition" on Its cover, and is sold r.