Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
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BEREAVEMENT OF PUBLIC INsrRuCs
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Richmond, Va, July 81. Is
It is the design of this article to
give in the clearest yet briefest
possible form all necessary in
formation as to the workings of
the exchange system prevailing
under the new adoption of text
|books-that is, the plan by which
the cost of the new books may
be materially reduced for school
patrons through the return of
the old or displaced books on the
same subject in part payment for
the new texts.
In this connection it may not
be amiss to say that the terms of
Exchange required by the State
Board of Education, and allowed
by the publishers in the new
iadoption are far more liberal
Ithan those which have ever be-
/ fore obtained in Virginia. 1t is
not unreasonable, therefore, to
: lSuppoSe that thousands of dol
lars will be saved school patrons
by the new system especially if
this article is studied with even
a reasonable degree of care.
First of all. attention should
be directed to the fact that the
exchange prices provided for in
the contracts with the publishers
shall be available until March j,
In other words, the old
+: books may be returned in part
payment for the new ones, for a
zIperiod of year and a half.
II No old books, however, will be
= taken in exchange unless it ha:
been in use in the public school:
oIof Virginia within the last foul
: Years. Any such old book may
be exchanged provided the sam'
o may be identified and contain!
" more than three-fourths of :h'
4 number of pages which it origi
nallv contained.
h Exchange has not been asked
Iof publishers whose books wer'
e lre-adopted on exactly the sam,
S basis as heretofore. Revised edi
# ltions of books on the old list
However, present different case
oil Exchange is allowed on these.
hl Elementary school books arr
e not exchangeable for high schoo
y books. Exchange, however, il
y allowed on new high schoo
l. books which take the place O
It high school books on the old list
is To give a concrete illustration
e The school patron may exchang
If an old American history of ele
d mentary grade for new Ameri
e can history of the elementar.
It grade. So, too, lie may exchang
r an old American history of higl
school grade for a new America
# history of high school grade
2 but he cannot exchange an oil
# American history of elementar
n Igrade for a new American his
:. tory of high school grade, o
Twice versa.
81 Three kinds of exchange ar,
6 Iprovided for in the contracts fo
: 1.-THE new books as follows
IL Grade exchange, which mean.
: that price which must be PAID
for a book in addition to the re
turn of an old book of the same
Igrade and subject for example
1.-THE return of an old First
!, Reader for a new First Reader.
Devotional exchange, which
means that price which must be
Ipaid for a book in addition to the
return of an old book of higher
Igrade on the same subject; for
Iexanple. the return of Second,
Third, Fourth. Fifth or Sixth
Reader for a First Reader.
Promotional exchange, which
means that price which must be
lpaid for a book in addition to the
return of an old book of a lower
Igrade on the same subject for
lexa mple, the return of a Fourth,
Third, Second or First Reader
for a Fifth Reader. The allow
lance under the plan of Demo.