Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-12
WILL MAKE CHANGES
IN SCHOOL TEXTS
Some Sweeping Reforms In Books
Will Become Operative In This
State Shortly.


are making arrangements to accom-
modate themselves to the changes in
the school texts OF the texts used in
Berkeley county the past five years
only those in L. s. history, geography.
civil government and general history
viii be retained. This will mean Il
wholesale change throughout the
county. 1t is important. therefore,
that the attention of all be called to
the following provisions of the law
bringing about the State uniform text
system.
/. Publishers are required e FUR
nish at their own expense to at least
three responsible dealers in each
county sufficient quantity Of books
to supply the demand.
. Pupils and boards of education
may exchange old books of Ike Kind
and rtade for new ones. at 80 per
icam OF INC value of the new books.
| This means that boy who has an old
Heath dfth reader may exchange i
for a new Jones fifth reader, on lhe
payment of half the price OF the Jones
reader. And the same is true Of 9th
er books displaced
3 Boards of education in cities and
| Independent districts containing 3 500
population or more may reserve the
fright to select their own text books.
| L. Each teacher IS to be supplied
with list of the new books In
] berkeley county lis will be done not
Halter than the time of the county in
stitute.
3 Any teacher permitting in his
school the use of any unauthorized
book shall be deprived of his salary
during the period of such violation
of this act supplementary readers
may be used provided they de not dis
place The adopted readers.
8, Upon complaint in writing ~ any
citizen or contractor that teacher
is using unauthorized books. board
of education may investigate, ane, f
the complaint is we'll founded, the
penalty above provided may be i'm
posed Board members who fan TO
comply with this regulation upon con
viction before any justice Of the peact
may be fined not less than SIS nor
more than $50
I. Parents of pupils may order
fbooks from the publishers and re-
ceiyc them prepaid at the prices fixed
s. The books adopted will be in
use AT least five years
The new books will be on sale at
points IN this county not yet selected
Every effort will be made to have an
ample supply of books on hand before
lne opening Of the schools
While the general change brought
about may WORK some hardship, yet
much ultimate good will come of the
new text book law 1t will now be
certain that every teacher in the
W III tNhio u WI IS
with, a thing which was not true in
some parts of the State under the old
rule of county adoptions. Pupils who
move from one county to another will
/ find the same books in use. More
over, with the new books in use all
, over the State, it will be possible %
outline the course of study so that
| there will be greater uniformity in
the grading and classification OF pu-
pills. Altogether the benefits are
many,
Below is given list of the common
school texts adopted
Spelling, Champion Speller, Ameri-
can Book Co, Cincinnati
Reading, Jones, / to 5 (of books,
CHM & Company, New York.
New World Primer, World Book
Co, Yonkers, n. Y.
Grammar School Literature, Scott
foresman & Co, Chicago,
Arithmetic, Appleton, d. Appleton
& Co, New York.
Mental Arithmetic, Lipincott, J.
B. Lippincott & CO., Philadelphia
Penmanship, Berry b. D. Berry &
Co., Chicago.
Agriculture, Soule & Turpn, B. f.
Johnson & Co, Richmond, Va.
Physiology Ritchie-Caldwell, World
Book Co, Yonkers, N. Y.
Geography, Frye, Gin & Co., New
York.
Grammar, Modern English, The
Macmillan Co. New York.
Drawing, Prang, The Prang Co, New
York
T. S History, Montgomery revised)
CHM & Company, New York
General History Myers, CHM &
Company New York.
State History, Lewis, American