The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-06
FACTS ABOUT SCHOOL BOOKS.
What New Ones Will Cost and Prices
on Exchange.

The rush of the school children to OBJ
tain new books before the opening of
the public schools is now on. This is
the year when all the school books In
the state are purchased under the new
state contract, and most of the last
years books are no longer used in the
public schools.
If a pupil has Davidson's United
States history, or a HoensheIs COM
plete grammar, he can use it this year,
for there was no change in these books,
and consequently the school book
dealers make no Exchange" price. On
nearly everything else, the school pupil
can take his old book to the dealer, and
turn it in in exchange for the same
grade of book in new edition.
OF course this exchange system won't
help the boy or girl who is buying new
books of a higher grade than he used
the year before, unless he can get hold
of the last years books. but If there
is a smaller brother or sister who wants
the lower grade book the old books
can be turned in in exchange for the
new - 49, --ss--s-. ----..-s-
The rules regarding the exchange of
text books are strict. and dealers have
to follow them closely or become in
volved in many business tangles- There
is not much in it for the dealer to han
die the books anyway, except the fact
that many people who buy school books
are also likely to buy other things
which the dealer has for sale.
All the old school books which are
collected on exchange are shipped here
to Topeka, where the state agency is
of this agency, and all the book pub
fishers send the new text books to
them, and through them distribute to
all parts of the state to local book
dealers. The old books are concentra-
ted here, and shipped out in carload
lots, most of them going to the paper
mills to be ground. up and made into
new paper. A few of the old books,
,iat, fvo tn of
sent to the places where they are in
demand, and sold as secondhand books.
The following list shows the cash
price for the new text books adopted by
the state text book commission, and
also shows the allowance which is made
for the old style text books on ex-
change deals:
Rathburn's Graded Speller, lie; Rand |
McNally SpelIer and Word Book, &c.
Silver, Burdett's First Reader, lie; |
Appleton's First Reader, DC.
Silver, Burdett's Second Reader, 19c; |
Appleton's Second Reader. Sc.
Silver, Burdett'ss Third Reader, Csc; |
Appletons Third Reader. lie.
Silver. Burdett's Fourth Reader, SSc; |
Appleton's Fourth Reader. 16c.
Silver, Burdett's Fifth Reader, 44c; |
Appleton's Fifth Reader, Zoe.
Myers-Brooks Elementary Arithmetic, |
csc; Revised Model Arithmetic, Ere-
mentary. 12c.
Myers-Brooks Grammar School Arith-
vanced, tic.
change.
44c; Our State and Nation, Kellogg &
T., zoe.
Scott-Southworth Lessons in English.
book 1, pc; Hyde's Practical Lessons IN
English, 10c.
Hoenshers Complete Grammar, 3sc; |
No exchange.
Kings Primary Geography. s3c; Nat
ural Primary Geography, !5c:
Kings Grammar School Geography,
s3c: Natural Complete Geography, SIC.
Krohn's First Book in Hygiene, SIC
No exchange.
Krohn's Graded Lessons in Physiolo-
gy and Hygiene, SIC; Elementary Elementary, ana ma
tony, Physiology and Hyglene' anu
High School Physiology Zoe.
Gilbert & Brigham's Int TO Fhyslcal
Geography, ssc; Davis Physical Geos-
ra ply, 40c.
Brigham's Laboratory Manual OF
Physical Geography, ACC; No excnanse'
Boyle Comp. Bookkeeping, 44c; dooo-
years 60 Lessons in Business, Zvc. .e
Sets Bogle's Bookkeeping Blanks' ooc'
Marsh's Elementary Algebra, Doc;
Wentworth's School Algebra, 25c; oo
Wentworth's Mental Arithmetic zzc'
Carhart & shuttle Elem of Physics.
55c; No exchange.
Outlook Writing Books. Nos l, 2 D.
4, 8, 6. Z. each, &c; No exchange.
Outlook Copy Slips, Nos. 1, 2, 3, g.
5, 6, Z, each. &c; No exchange.
a. Practice Books, wide space &C.
No exchange.
b. Practice Books. medium space. &c;
No exchange.
c. Practice Books, narrow space. &c;
No exchange.
d. Practice Books, for book No. Z. &c;
No exchange.
From Ball Player to Policeman.
Worcester. Mass. Sept. 6--John
who recently left the Washington club