The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-22
STATE SUPERINTENDENT CAM.
ERoN GIVES INSTRUCTIONS
WILL AllAY ALL CONFUSION
Dealers Must Exchange Grammsrs
for Grsmmsrs, Arithmeties for
Arithmeties, Regardless OF
Grade, or Refund Money.

State Superintendent OF Education
f.. ID. Cameron has issued circu.
lar letter to all county superinteud-
ents and boards of education in the
state which should to very great
extent remedy the discordant evil
regarding exchange of text books.
Superintendent Camcron's construc-
tion of the law is that book dealer
must accept from you an old book
of first grade, even thoug you
want a third grade in exchange, ~
paying the difference. You cannot
expect, however, TO receive a gram
mar in exchange for an arithmetic.
The letter will he found interesting
and is here given in full
Guthrie, Okla, Sept. 81, 1908.
To County Superintendents and
Boards of Education of Oklahoma.
In the revised official circular re-
lating 20 the state uniform list of
text books issued from this office
a few weeks ago this langueg was
used in regard to the exchange price
of adopted text books in Oklahoma
The exchange price in Oklahoma
Is the price at which supplies or
basal text books may be obtained
when old books of corresponding
grade of other series in use are
given in exchange. Te period for
completing the exchange will expire
Sept. II, 1908.
| find that confusion has arisen
in regard TO the exchange price of
books, and that the book companies
are only exchanging new books for
old books in the same grade. This
sstement from our Office was based
on clause i'm the contracts signed
by the book companies, but | find
that the contracts further stipulate
that the act of the legislature pro.
vidh(g for uniform system of text
books is made a part of the contract
with each and every book company
and my understanding of the law is
as found in Sec. of House Bill
331, that it provides that books
shall be exchanged regardless OF
the grade and that "A porper ex-
change price shall be fixed on each
old book 10 go as far as IL will
toward the purchase of the new book
needed; that is 10 say, the books
in use in any grade may be ex
/ changed for books placed by the
adoption for any other grade at the
price fixed on the respective books.
Grammars may be exchanged for
grammars, arithmetics for arithme,
tics and readers for readers, and
so on through. think the word
respective" in the law refers not
to the grade but to the class or
series; that is TO say. as above in
dicated, grammars may be exchang
ed for grammars, arithmetics for
arithmetics and readers for readers
etc" regardless of grade at the
| price fixed.
II is the opinion of this Office that
/ the book dealers should be required
/ 10 exchange books as above indi
Gated regardless of grade. This was
evidently the intent of the law and
will save our people thousands o.
dollars. Where book dealers have
refused to make exchange as abov,
indicated and books have beer
bought for cash when exchange coulC
have been made, the dealers SHOULD
he required to refund the money
II any book company refuses +,
comply with this circular, report tn,
matter to this office.
Yours sincerely.
f. d. CAMERON,