Arizona republican., 1911-05-21
Territorial Board of EdUCa-
 ton Makes Awards CONVENTION OF AGENTS
It Broke Up at a Late Hour Last Night Books for Supplementary Reading Will Be Chosen Later by Those in Charge.

, The territorial board of education.
 after a session of two days and nights.
 most of which time Was devoted to
 listening T." the arguments Of book
 agents. and the rest of il to dreaming
 about text books while they sought
 an occasional hour or ftful slumber.
 adjourned last night about II o'clock. The net result of the session was the adoption ol all the regular text books ! that arr tn be used bN the Arizona { schools during lhe next four years. An other meeting of tn, board lyill be held
 this week for The adoption .r books
 that are Co be used for supplementary reading and study
 As most readers understand. under
 the law the board has to select the books for a four-year period and enters into contracts with the publishers L." tarnisu them in the quantities desired at certain specified prices. SD that local dealers may not take advantage of th- needs uf school children in charging higher prices. Under the contracts made tl, retail price is stipulated and ! well known in all the schools and ir| ; the local dealers dn not furnish them| ! at that fie1r, the publishing house will 1 either directly or through it's nearest : agency The selections made last night amount To the awarding of contracts i though the hour was SD late the signing | ot contracts was not undertaken The! 1 books selected and the names of the houses that are to supply them. are as ' follows. SouthvortE-Sto Arithmetic Books l l and .-Bcuj. Sanborn Company.
 Emerson Modern English. Books l. ? 1 and 3-AlcAullan Company.
 New Tarr JS NIcMurry First Book . Geography hy-NcAIilIan Company. New Tarr X NIcMmry Second Book ! Geosraph aphy-NcNillan Cumpauy
 Mace Primary History-Rand-M Me ! Nauy Company
 Mace School HiStory-Rand- -McNanyI Company
 Good Health, Gulick-Ginu X GO.
 The Body and Its Dofons.s & Co
 Applied Arts Drawing Books 21-2S-l Atkinson. Ncntzer X Grover
 Modern Music Series. Primer. First Book Second Book. Third Book Alt Third Book-Silver. Burdett Company II
 New World Speller. First Grade Second Grade, Third Grude-World Book Company.
 Champion SpeHer-Americ2n Book Company
 The Palmer Method of Business Wrilng-A. N. Palmer Company
 We3ster'S Common School Diction- Book Company.
 Wide Awake Primer-Littla Brown Company
 Wide Awake First Book-Little Brown Company.
 Wide Awake Second Book-Littie .roWu Company.
 Art Literature Readers. Books and Mentzer & Grover.
 Brooks Readers. l. 2. @. I. ,. 6. :. and N-Ameriyan Book Compaay
 WeutwOrth's Elem. Algebra CRCv Ed)-Gnn & co.
 Myers Ancient Histor,-Ginn x Co.
 Lessons in Physical Geography Dry- Book Company.
 Conn 1 Buddington Plysiolocy-S yer Burdet, Company Plane Geometry CWentworthD, Rev Ginn t Co
 Rhetoric and English Composition Carpenter )-McMillan Company.
 Y Was not only a notable meeting of .he board of education. tut simultane- pus there was in session in the lower corridor cf the capitol building the most notable convention Of book agents that r 'ver assembled in Arizona There were seventeen of them in all. including two ddicS. some houses being so much in earnest that they not only sent their representatives but reinforced them by sending along a department manager. who was supposed to know everything F. in agent knows and d lot beside and | who was clothed with "plcnary pow IT, so to speak. just as Judge Carba- dl got from the Mexican government before he Was able to do business on a peace basis.
 The "federalists" Ncr. securely bar 'icaded in the office of Territorial Su- ,erintendent Kirkt T. Moore. with Gov .rnor Sloan in command muc.I of the imc and around him enough elUcation- il major generals to almost fill the & 'opm. They Were master of the Situa- ion at all times and ran the campaign r 70 suit themselves. The plan adopted vas Co let in one agent at time to pre- ent his claims for consideration. When le retired another was called. and if r iesired one or another was recalled.
 The insurrectos. or book agents. in he meantime were encamped iE rock Ing chairs and on stools and packing 'aSes in the rOtunda. and with their | ammunition in the shape of grip sacks filed with books. presented veryl formidable appearance They were
 jolly crowd and resortcd to many de- H ices to while away the time. after they discovered that they could not make a = mass play or charge the federalists in a ,ody At first they sat around and alked Getting better acquainted they ,oked fun at each other and as last