The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
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that cheapness is the chief object.
No mans child should be- compell-
ed to use inferior text books even
though such books were furnished
free of cost. Time once lost by the
child through poor books, is never
recovered and the damage done is
irreparable. People living in the
country, are, as "a rule, not in posi-
ton to keep up with the advance in
text book improvements. These ad-
vances are on par with, or ahead
of, improvements, along other lines;
and books that were relatively good
four or five years ago may be rela-
lively poor today. Surely the coun-
try children are entitled to as good
books as the town children are. This
advantage the Board was fully de-
termined they should have, without
regard to criticism.
Increase in Prices.
Most of those who have made COM
parisons between particular books OF
the old and the new adoption have
fallen into serious and misleading er-
ror.
Primer and reader.-1n the case
of the Primer, although the one
adopted costs 13 cents more than
the old one, 1t contains $500 words
or reading matter, whereas the old
Primer, pasteboard bound, cheaply
made, poorly illustrated, gave only
10 words of reading matter for one
cent, while the New Primer, cloth
bound, fully and beautifully illnstrat-
ed, gives 225, words of reading mat
ter for one cent. The Judgment Of
the school world upon this new book
may be inferred from the fact that
it has been adopted in eleven States.
So, also, are the Readers adopted
superior to those discarded.
Reading is the most important sub
iect taught in the school, because
the child's progress in all other STU
dies depends upon his ability to read.
That series of Readers which enables
the child to gain this power in the
shortest possible time, is in the end
the best and cheapest. Such series
undersigned members of the. board
claim to have adopted.
Geographies.-In the comparison
between the old and the adopted Pri-
mary Biographies, the following is
the fact: The book thrown out was
confessedly Observation-Disclosures
confessedly unsuitable and was not
supported by a single member of the
Board. The Board was finally lin
tied to a choice between the New
Primary Frye at 40 cents and the
new Primary Maury at As cents, a
difference of five cents and not OF II
cents, AS alleged.
Phys,ologies---It is equally unfair
and misleading to compare the cost
of the three book series Of Physiolo-
gies adopted with the two book SER
les discarded. The third and added
book is to be used as an elective
science in one of the high school
classes, and was adopted In response
to the most marked movement of the
day-the call for the education of
the people in health laws and pre-
servatinn. In the two lower books.
these adopted are so far ahead Of the
old books that there is no compar1-
son. The Primer CT Sanitation alone
If placed in the home of every man
in South Carolina and read and even
partly followed would save in one
wear more money than this adoption
will cost.
Arithmetics-The comparison be-
tween the old and the new' Arithme-
tics Is an instance of the glaring In
Justice done to the Board. The fol-
lowing is the statement given:
;, Cost of old arithmetic, elemen-
marry. 90 -
) Cost of old arithmetic, advanc-
ed. :, nv
Total. >. =. SO
Cost Of new arithmetic, elemen-
tary.. -. :. :. .''' ''|
Cost OF new arithmetic, inter-
=. mediate. 80
) Cost of new arithmetic, advanc-
ed. .. .. - ri
Total. :. .. =. :. ".Sl.os
Making the apparent increase OF
; arithmetics At cent?. Al matter
of fact, the New. Advanced Arithme'
tic quoted at Al cents in the second
list above, was on the old list and
is re-adopted book. The proper
comparison should be:
Cost of old Wentworth arith-
metic, elementary. z:
Cost of old wentworth arith-
tic, advanced. :. :. AZ
Cost of old Milne arithmetic
advanced. 81
Cost of new Milne arithmetic,
elementary. :. IS:
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