The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16
STATETExTBOOKS.
Contracts Will Again Be
Awarded in May.
All VIII Be for a Term Of Five
Years.
AGENTS ARE HERE
Sure to Be an Exciting Contest
for the Plums.
Dr.. Murlin to. Preach in Berlin
Cor a Year.

. meeting here this week as prelimi-
nary to. the regular meeting early in
May at which time the contracts will
be let for the next five years for the
text books for the high schools of the
state. The contract for the books for
the common schools was let 1907 and
therefore has three years yet to run.
Governor Stubs is very proud of the
personnel of the new school book
commission. and. points to its members
as men above suspicion. The state law
empowers this commission to adopt I'M
form school text books for use in the
public schools of the state. The COM
mission shall in no case contract with
any author or publisher for the fur
nishing of any books or copyright OF
books which are to be sold to the peo-
pie of this state for use in the public
schools at a price in excess of a certain
schedule outlined in this section of the
law. At the May meeting of the board
in 1904 the following list of books were
adopted and the prices for these books
are in every case except the German
Grammar exactly the limit prescribed
by the law. (This is the contract to be
let by the commission next month";:
Astronomy. (Comstock's), 20 cents.
. Appleton & Co, Chicago.
Botany. (Bailey's) 20 cents, Mcmillan
company, Chicago.
Chemistry (Ressler and Smiths Es-
sentials). rs cents, Benz. H. Sanborn &
Co, Chicago
Drawing (Prang's Elementary Course
in Art Instruction.. 10 cents, Prang Ed
ucational company, Chicago, publish
ers.
Geometry phillips and Fishers Ele-
ments), so cents. American Book COM
pany.
Geology. CBrigham's). so cents, D.
Appleton & Co. Chicago
German Exercises (Becker's Ele-
nSents), 20 cents. Scott. Foresman &
Co, Chicago.
Grammar GCarruth's otisp, 20 cents.
Henfy Holt & Co. New York.
History. Kansas PrentisO, 60 cents,
Caroline Prentis, Topeka.
General (F'isher's Brief History of
Nations), 80 cents, American Book COM
pany, Chicago.
English (Higginson and Canning's
English History for Americans) rs
cents, Longmans, Green & Co.
Literature Gohnson's History of Eng
fish and American Literature 20 cents
American Book company.
Latin. Beginners Book (Smiley and
StorD go cents, American Book COM
pany.
Grammar darkness standarO IS
cents, American Book company
Caesar (Harper and ToIman's) rs
cents, American Book company.
Cicero (D'Ooge) 40 scents, Benz H.
Sanborn & Co.
Virgil CHarper and NiIier's) rs cents,
American Book company.
Primer CWooster's) II cents Crane &
Co. Topeka.
Combination Reading and Number
CharD $12, Farquhar & Albrecht Chi
cago.
Rhetoric (Quackenbos's PracticaD 70
cents, American Book company, Chi
cago.
Word Analysis (Hirs Dictionary.
Speller. and Etymology), 20 cents, o. P.
Barnes, Chicago.
Zoology Jordan. Kellogg and Heath's
Animal Studies) so cents, D. Appleton
& Co, Chicago.
The total amount of the contract the
commission is authorized to make with
the publishers is about $500, 900. Already
the representatives of the big book
houses are gathering in Kansas in or
der to leave nothing undone to land
fat contracts for their respective firms.
1t is said that some of these agents
have gone SO far as to get religion
three different kinds-in order to be in
position to better lay siege to Bishop
Iillis, DIR. Murlin and Rev DR.. Shell
don, the three religious teachers who
are members of the commission. The
Congregational, Methodist and Cath
ole faiths have received reinforce
ments lately in the persons of these
book agents.
The agents and lobbyists of the big
book concerns of the country who are
already here have been famous during
the past fifty years for their skill and
craft in lobbying legislatures and land
ing fat contracts from text book COM
missions. Tales of the prowess and
good luck of these representatives have
even been told in relation to the Sun
flower state in past years. But now
this may all be set aside as a part of
the ubiquitous past and Kansas this
year looks for a square deal in that
most important trust that was ever
placed in the hands of representatives
of the people-the contracting for
school books at the lowest possible
price for those who have to buy them.
DIR. MUrlin, president of Baker uni
VerSity. and recentlV anO0infed
member of the state text book COM
mission, has secured leave of absence
from the university for year and
Will go to Germany next summer and
preach in the large American church
there during the coming year. This
indicates that there will be another
vacancy on the text book board. At
the last meeting of the board of man.
ayers of the Baldwin school DIR. Muir
lin asked for and received a years
leave of absence to travel in Europe.
AS the announcement of his decision
to take the passionate of the American
church in Berlin follows close on his
application for vacation there APP
pears to be a foundation for the state
ment that the Kansan will preach in
Berlin for the next year.
DIR. Murlin is expected to take up
his new work about August first.
Rev. John Cresser, the present pas
tor has completed his year and will
leave June first for his home at Chi
cazo The big church. which is one
OF the largest in Berlin. will be filed
by supplies until Mr.. Murlin arrives.
1t is said that he will preach in Ber-
lin for the full year and will then re-
turn to Baldwin again to take up his
duties as head; of the big university
there.
The church to which DIR. Murlin Is
going is non-sectarian, being simply
q home for all the Americans living
in Berlin, or those touring the father
land The years pastorate abroad
10 Sr,1andid vacation for
Murlin.