The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-10
MORE CONCERNING The
TEXTBOOK ADOPTION

The textbook adoption made by the
state board Of education last summer
continues to call forth much discus
sion pro and con and the fact that a
bill has been introduced in the legisla-
ture to abrogate it renders it a topic
of current interest. Advocates Of the
adoption declare it will result in
great saving to the people Of the state
and that the new books are far super
Tor to the old, while those who oppose
the adoption are strenuous in denial
Of these contentious Below is an
article BY supt, Brock Of Guthrie, ap-
pearing in the Guthrie Leader togeth-
er with the comment Of supt Ramey
on the same:
Editor Leader: The recent action
Of the house committee in turning
down as unconstitutional the bill by
J. Roy Williams which declared the
Textbook adoption made last summer
by the state board Of education null
and ycid, Is received by the school
men and school authorities Of the state
with satisfaction Since the adoption,
which has caused so much friction be-
tween the state board and the gov
ernor, and which finally resulted in
their dismissal, there have been sew
eral efforts made to have those adop-
ti0ns set aside. We have gathered
from some Of the school men Of the
state some data which shows that the
best interests Of the boys and girl:
Of the state would be best conserved
and the taxpayers of the state saved
tens Of thousands Of dollars annually
by the adoption made last summer
First there are less books on thii
new list than on the list now in use
very decided Improvement Parents
nov object 70 the purchase Of SO man,
books. and teachers complain that the,
cannot do as good work IN the thre
eR'sn because there are now so man,
books required
I'm all it has been estimated that th
ann0al saving to the taxpayers OF th
state is about sle0,0OO-very mue
worth while these days.
In the second place the text book
adopted last July are more satlsfaetor
than the ones now in use. They ar
better suited to the needs Of the chi
dren in school than tho ones adopts
five years ago some Of which ar
good, and some OF which ought neye
to have been toisted upon innocer
school children The state board ,
education after six weeks or more {
deliberation last summer made tn
adoption, keeping clear Of any boo
trust combination; it has been char
ed that the board OF education adop
ed the books in thirty minutes. Aft
they had examined text books for S
weeks OF more and had deliberate
upon which would be the best for Il
school children of the state it &c
tainly ought not TO have taken mo
Tran thirty minutes to vote on d
adopaons. Very few men spend thif
minutes nowadays voting on any Pre-
osition. though no doubt will give t
matter more thought before he
ready to vote
Before the state board Of educati
met last summer to adopt teyt-boo
they wrote the leading educators Of
s.ate asking for their opinions as
books to be adopted, changes dei
able. SO the adoption OF last sunni
| represents distinct advance edu
tionally, and the house Of represer
/ tiyes is to be congratulated upon g
/ serving the educational interests
! the state.
L There has been some talk Of try
to have the present adoption hold
two years more 1t is to be no
/ that such action is never taken.
] sides the annual saving Of Sloo,