The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-28
Commission Ends Its Long Labors. FEW OF FORMER TEXTS
 RETAINED FOR USAGE Small Percentage of Old Books to
 Be Used. Many Agents of Publishing Companies Hear Final Results of Consider stions--superintende Gun- neis Thinks Books seIeet-
 ed Are "Goods-No
 Other Expression.

The Text Book Commission conclude ed it's transaction yesterday with an announcement of the books that it had selected for the pupils of the public schools of Alabama to use. The fea- ture of the selection was that very small percentage of the books formerly curriculum and that the cost of the new books was not pre-eminent con- stderation.
 The Commission will meet again Monday to consider Repositories.
 The meetings of the Commission were executive for the most part. In the public hearings agents from nearly every great publishing company in the country gave notice to the Commission for the merits of his books: but when the decisions were made they were made in private and then announced.
 It is said that minority of the Com mission made fight for the retention of many Of the old books which had been satisfactory. but few of them were retained and with the exception of q few readers, high school alge- bra and some drawing books all the new texts are new. It is said that Superintendent 'Gunnnels led a minority fight for the old books. against which no complaint had been filed.
 MT. Gunnels said last night. that he thought the books selected were good. Beyond that statement. he offered no expression. It was announced that eighty-eight per cent of the school books were changed. This means there will be wholesale buying of new books in the fall. The light of the minority was broad on the claim that the wholesale changes meant a great expense to the public school pat rons.
 Following is the list of books select
 List of Aaopted Text Books.
 speIierThe Eaton speiler, Eaton and Company.
 Prefner--Arnold's Primer, Silver, Burdett and Company.
 Reader-Ffrst and second Stepping Stones to Literature. Silver Burdett and Company. Third. fourth, fifth. and sixth 3Baldwin's Readers. AnertS can Book Company.
 Arithmetic-1. Van Ariburg's First Days in Numb CTS. Silver, Burdett and Coffpany. a 1.-two booixs1 Colaws Duke and Powers and one book Cofaw and Elw8od B IT. Joffns6iSE Publishing Cofilpany. 3. Brooks Mental Arfth- metie. Christopher sower Company.
 Geography-@1. Tarr and McMurray's Geography, Macmillan Company. g.. Frye's two book series, Ginn and com- pany.
 Granmar--1. with Pen and Pencil'' Ginn and Company. 2. Emerson and Bender (two books) Macmillan Com pany. 8. Reed and KelIoggs Higher Lessons. Charles D. Merrill Company.
 Copy Books--The Alabama Copy Books. W. P. Striplin.
 United States History--Th ompson's D. C. Heath and Company. Makers of American History, Silver, Burdett and Company.
 Agriculture Duggar's. Macmillan Company.
 Afeebra-stone-M -MilIis, Benjamin H. Sanborn Company. Mines High School American Book Company.
 Drawing Augsburg's Educational Publishing Company.
 Dictionaries--Webste Series, Am eriean Book Company.
 Civil Government--''How we are Governed in Alabama and the Nation" McBain and Hill.
 Alabama History--Joel c. DuBose, B. F. Johnson and Company.
 Basal Supplementary Readers--1 and Baldwin's, American Book Company. 3. 4, and Stepping Stones to Liter ature, Silver. Burdett Company. Supplementary Reading Recommended.
 A Real Things In Nature. Holden, Macmillan and Company. B. Life of Lee, Williamson, B. F. Johnson Pub fishing Company. c. Life of Jackson, Williamson. B. F. Johnson Publishing Company, D. Half Hours in History, Hall, B. F. Johnson and Company. E, The entire list of Riverside Classics, Houghton-Miffiin Company. t