Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-08-08
nook rreHr STILL on.
Representatives Of Various Firms
Still Talking to the School Com
miuioners- Two More Days
Yet Before the End and the
Decision VIII be Reached.

wednesday the board began . Iwurk
Of making the adoptions.
There IL much speculation as 10 the
outcome Of the fight and even among
the agents there is nothing uut un-
certainty as 10 what books VIII be
adopted. The members Of the board
have not committed themselves on
any OF the various subjects. and the
Representatives OF the different com
pAnies can only hope that when the
list Is announced their books will be
the favored ones,
The people OF Mexico are not inter-
ested In the fight as the city board
made its adoptions some days ago and
the books used in the county have no
connection With the city. Among the
people OF the country, however, there
Is no small amount OF speculation and
interest IN the outcome Of the deliber-
atoms OF the board. Changes in text
books are always looked on with con-
cern by the people who have children
In the schools, as sweeping change
costs the people Of the county several
thousand dollars. Only q few .peo-
pie are transferred goifrom the
country to the city schools each
year, and those who take ad van
taee OF the city schools are people who
feel very little the hardship OF buying
new books. But a change over the en-.
tire county would impose on thous-
ands Of people the necessity Of buying
new books, many of whom are people
to whom book bills are not . small
consideration. The city and county
have not been using the same books
and to make uniformity between the
two would involve 3 change Of practi-
cally every book in the country
schools.
While 1t Is not known what the
county board will do, 1t is not be-
lieved that there will be any sweeping
change Of books at this time. Two
years ago the county board made ser
erai changes In books and those books
have been in use in the schools since
that time. In such cases 1t is expected
that the board will continue the same
books. Under the new law a book once
adopted can be changed only after five
years, and the legislature made provi-
sion for the books adopted two years
ago By providing that they might be
continued till the end OF five years
from the time of their adoption. The
people are hoping that the board in
this county will follow the suggestion
OF the legislature and that there will
be no change in the books then adopt
ed for three years at least.
Audrain county Is one OF the largest
counties In the state and q contract
to supply the books for five years Is a
Dig piece OF business. Naturally the
companies are putting forth every ef-
fort to get the contracts. But they
have 10 deal with the county board
which Is responsible to the people Of
the county. The members OF the board
take into consideration the interests
Of no book company, but are governed
In their actions by the interests Of the
people. 1t Is to the interests of the
people to have the best books possible,
without mourning unnecessary ex.
pense and 1t is safe to assume that
the board In Audrain county will safe
guard those interests. The board will
undoubtedly give their attention to
selecting the best books, where they
make changes, and to securing those
books at the cheapest possible price.
They will just as certainly be careful
TO protect the interests of the people
by making changes from the books
now In use only where the good OF the
schools actually demand that changes
be made.
When seen By q Ledger representa-
tive a we'll known member OF the Mex
leo School board said regarding the
selection Of books: 81 don't think
there will be many changes in the
books as those living in the County
would not like 1t and consider the
change a hardship. Those represent
ed and the order In which the repre-
sentatiyes open before the board are
as follows.
Webb and Ware, copy book;
d. @. Heath & 90.
Maynard and Merrill &Co.
Rand McNally s. Co.
CHM s. Co.
American Book %.
Appleton & Co.
Silvin, Burdette & Co.
Hugh Stephens Printing Co.
Macmillen & Co.
Powers q Lyons.
lambert g. Co.
Lippincott & Co.