The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-05-06
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Selection of Text Books for the Next
Five Year~-Eeonomy Urged on
the Sub Districts

the Sub-Districts
Ocala, Fla. May 3. 1910.
The Board Of Public instruction in
and for Marion county met in regular
session on the above date at their Of
flee in the court house with all MEM
bers present and acting follows:
Isaac Stevens, chairman: e. r Bitch
and J. S. Grantham, with ]. II. Rrin-
son, secretary.
Minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
Upon motion it was agreed that the
| matter of the adoption of text books
| for the coming five years required
| by the law and as per advertisements
| be taken up for consideration. The
| secretary presented the report of the
| committee of teachers who had been
| appointed as provided by law for the
purpose of recommending a uniform
| series Of text books for adoption for
| the public schools of the county for
| ensuing five years. AS the committee
made its report by grades the board
agreed that they would consider the
report by grades, which they proceed
| ed to do. After giving every detail
careful consideration and free discus
mously adopted to adopt the report of
| the recommending committee a
whole without change. The report of
the committee is as follows:
First Grade
! Reading-Hill's First Reader with
Graded Classics as supplementary. In
| schools having teachers who have had
special primary training the use of
|
| vised
Second Grade
| Reading-Hilrs Second Reader with
iGraded Classics as supplementary. In
schools having specially prepared pri
mary teachers the use of some stand
ard method system is advised.
Spelling-Hunt's Speller No. l.
Third Grade
Reading-HilTs Third Reader with
Graded Classics as supplementary.
Some standard method system advised
in schools having specially trained
primary teachers.
Spelling-Hunts Speller No. l.
Fourth Grade
Reading-Hills Fourth Reader with
IGraded Classics as supplementary.
Spelling-Hunt's Speller No. l.
Language - Emerson & Bender
Modern English, Book 1.
Arithmetic = Mines Elements OF
Written Arithmetic.
Geography-Frye's First Steps.
| Writing-Smithdeals Copy Book
No /.
Fifth Grade
Reading-Hilrs Fifth Reader with
Graded Classics as supplementary.
| Spelling-Reed's Word Lessons.
| Language - Emerson & Bender's
Modern English, No. /.
| Arithmetic - Mines Elements OF
Written Arithmetic.
, Geography-Frye's First Steps.
| Writing-Smithdears Copy Books.
Ninth Grade
Reading-Baldwin's Sixth Reader.
Spelling-Reeds Word Lessons.
Grammar Emerson & Bender's
Modern English No. 2.
| Arithmetic-Milne's Standard.
Geogra phy-Fryes Grammar School
Observation-Disclosures intermediate
| History-Barne's Elementary.
Writing-SmithdeaIs Copy Books.
seventh Grade
Reading-Baldwin's Seventh Reader
Spelling-Reed's Word Lessons.
Grammar - Emerson * Bender.
Modern English No 2.
Arithmetic-Milne's Standard.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. intermediate
Geography-Frye's Grammar School
L. S. History-Field's Grammar
School.
Schools.
ri inc KNIT a nRS
Eighth Grade
2 Orthogra phy-Reed's Word Lessons
' Grammar Emerson & Bender:
Modern English No. ?.
Y Arithmetic-Milne's Standard.
Observation-Disclosures Advanced.
D Geography-Frye's Grammar School
r L. S. History-Field's Grammar
: School.
Florida History-Brevard & Ben
nett's.
Civil GOvernment-Peterm
S observation-disclosures for Southern
4 Schools.
l Algebra-Wen New School
= High School-Ninth Grade
English Grammar Baskerville 6
Sewen
Algebra-W New School
, General History-Myers.
L. S. Civil Government-Peterma s
Latin-Bennetts Foundations.
Physical Geography - Maury 81
monds.
Tenth Grade
Rhetoric-Waddy
observation-disclosures New School
General HistOry-Myers,
Latin-Bennett's Caesar.
|. Botany-Bailey.
Il Eleventh Grade
Rhetorc-Brooks & Hubbard.
| Plane Geometry-Wentwor
, American Literature-Nobles.
\ English History-Montg omery.
Latin-Harper * Gallups Cicero.
I | hySics-Charhart & ChuteS
TewIfth Grade
Solid Geometry-Wentwor
!, rigonometry-We ntworth.
4 L. S. History-Adams K Trent.
| Latin-Harper & Miller's Virgil.
| The members of the committee wer,
}. j. II. Workman, principal of the Ocals
school; Frank H. Ellis, principal of tn.
= Dunnellon school, and Miss Jennie VI
, Payne. principal of the Citra school
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