The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-14
SELECTED SCHOOL BOOKS

SELECTED SCHOOL BOOKS
Hoard vi Education Made the selec-
ton of Text Rocks Tuesday for
Dawson County
The board OF education. as proNid-
ed by law. met Tuesday. June llth.
1907.
Board called to order by r.. j..
Quigley. county superintendent of
schools. and the following were pres
: ent: William Nash, j. r. Allison, A.
j. Annis. T. b. Haynes. f. ID. Wat
kins, S. G. OathouI, o. +. Browne.
d. Nj. Powell. Martin Gleason, f. II.
Hoff. o. 7. Litchfield, r. III. Winsor,
T. j. Spangler, w. S. Snyder, f. j.
Quigley and III. b. Anderson.
Motion made and carried to allow
each company twenty minutes to pre-
sent the merits of their books, and
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the board: j. H. Grey for American
Book Co.; f. w. Arbery for Silver,
Burdette & Co, and |. C. Hise for
CHM & Co.
Motion then made and carried to
adjourn to 1880 p. M.
Afternoon Session
BOARD called to order at 1880 p. m.
Members all present. The secretary
then opened bids for the adoption by
the board from the different book
companies, to-wit:
The Educator School Supply Co.,
CHM & Co., Silver Burdette & Co.,
American Book Co., Rand McNally &
Co, Maynard Merrill Co., Heath &
ICo., Educational Publishing Co.
Board then proceeded to adopt
school text books.
Motion made and carried to make
informal.
Spoilers, first ballot, Progressive
ISpeller, by American Book Co, had
Is votes. Motion made and carried to
make ballot formal.
Readers, informa1 ballot. Stepping
Stones by Silver Burdette Co., had
IS votes; Barnes reader had one
vote and Brooks readers had two
Votes.
Formal Ballot, Stepping Stones
had 13 votes, Barnes reader, / vote,
Brooks reader, 2 votes.
Arithmetic, formal ballot, Smiths,
by CHM & Co., had 10 votes, Whites
by American Book Co., had 6 votes.
Geography, formal ballot, Dodge,
by Rand McNally Co., had s votes;
New Natural, by American Book Co,
3 votes; Old Natural, by American
Book Co., 5 votes.
Second ballot, Dodge had 8 votes;
New Natural, Z; Dodge was adopted,
Grammar, formal ballot, Max
wells had IL votes; Reed and KEEL
logg, l vote; Steps in English, 2
votes; Guide Book in English, Q;
Maxwell's was adopted.
Webster's School Dictionary was
adopted.
History, formal ballot, Barnes had
one vote; Montgomery's Leading
Facts had Is votes. Montgomery's
Leading Facts was adopted.
Physiology, formal ballot, Over.
tons had IA votes; Crums had 2.
Motion made and carried to pas.
bookkeeping.
Writing . books, formal ballot
!Spencerian Practical Writing had
votes; W%hitehouse Educational Sys
TEN and Natural Movement Prac
'tical Writing had IL votes. White
house was adopted.
Physical geography. Motion mad,
and carried to adopt Monteith's Ply
steal Geography.
Motion was made and carried t,
adopt ROSS civil government o
ISouth Dakota.
Motion made and carried to adop
,iRobinson's Brief History of Soutl
dakota.
}, Motion made and carried to adop
Augsburg's Drawing Manual.
Motion made and carried to ad
i journ sine die.
/; State of South Dakota, county o
!, Dawson, IS.
1. H. B. Anderson, secretary o
!, board of education of Dawson coun
ty, South Dakota, do hereby certif
{ that the above and foregoing is
: true report of the proceedings an,
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