Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-22
BOARD OF EDUCATION
DEFERS BOOK ADOPTION
Question Goes Over to February Is
Out Of Difference to General
Assembly.
EXAMINATION DATES EIyEr
Summer Normal Plans Arc Arrang-
cd. W. Martin, OF Farrnville,
Succeeds Il. Randolph Jones Mt
Head Of Petersburg Schools.


Out OF courtesy to the General As
sembiy. which is considering the adj
| disability OF holding mn investigation
into charges OF discrimination by GER
tain publishers. the State Board OF Edu-
cation yesterday postponed tho adop-
ton OF schoolbooks until February -
To-day. ut the invitation Of the Senate
Comin-ttce on Public Institutions and
Education. Superintendent Of Public In
struction r.. G. Stcarnes will submit the
draft of bill which. II Is believed, will
| give the board power to deal with the
publishers to better advantage, and Will
do away with the necessity of an in
.est'gation.
| The board met yesterday in the Of
fees OF The state Department of Pub
! lie Instruction, in the Chamber OF Com
merce Building. All members, with the
| exception of Governor Stuart were
! present. The first matter taken up WAS
! the schoolhook question. 1t was unan-
| imously agreed to postpone action, and
later several members of the board APP
| peared before the Senate committee and
explained various points.
SENATOR RISON APPEARS
HEFORE EDUCATION BOARD
While the board was In session, a
visit was received from Senator Rison.
| chairman Of the committee, who asked
! that the board to-day take up several
! other details with the committee, and
! then to submit rough draft of q bill
which would relieve the situation There
| Will be little trouble in securing it's
! passage. II is expected. In talking with
the board, Senator Rison said in part:
I'VE are reluctant to go into an cx-
tended investigation Of the textbook sit
uation, as we have the highest con-
hdence in the integrity OF the members
or this board. At the same time, out
or courtesy to the House, we must take
up the resolution. ] would suggest that
YOU give us what further information
YOU have. and 10 furnish us :. rough
| draft of II bill, which in your opinion.
would aid us In dealing effectively with
the publishers"
After diSposng tcmporarily of the
I veNinE question. the board took up the
: matter OF summer normal schools and
| decided TO hold schools in the following
/ places this year: Chase city. Covington,
! Dublin, Emory. Farmvillc. Fredcricks-
/ burg, GalaX, IIarriyonburg, I.uray Mar
tinsrillc. Norfolk. Radford. Richmond
and the. University OF Virginia, for
white teachers, and Christiansbure
! Hampton, Lawrcnccvillc. Petersburg
Richmond and Manassas for colored
| teachers
DATES ARE FIXED FOR
/ SUMMER EXAMINATIONS
J The board decided upon the dates
Tor uniform examinations for both
/ spring and summer. The division SUI
perintcndents and normal schools will
give examinations prepared by the
state BOARD on April -. lG and Il. The
! summer schools will give cXami,la-
, tons on July 81, % and %
4 l.
elected by the board to succeed r.
Randolph Jones as superintendent OF
the Petersburg schools. Mr.. Jones was
! forced TO leave the position more than
la year ago on account of his wifc's
health and has recently resigned Mr.
Martin. who Is an educator of rccor-
niZed ability, acted as supervisor OF the
schools during his absence. and was
recommended by the Petersburg school
board to ill the vacancy.
The resolutions Of the board in re-
gard to the school-book question fol-
! low:
TEXT OF RESOLUTIONS
| As no HOOK ADOPTION
Resolved. That the adoption Of
BOOKS for use in the public free
schools be postponed until Thursday.
February 49, at IL o'clock
| That the several committees on
book adoptions, appointed last Febru
reports In writing upon their respective
/ assignments with the secretary of this
board on or before Friday, February
! 3: and the said reports shall not only
show tho book recommended by each
| committee for adoption, but shall also
| contain the titles Of all books which. in
the opinion Of the committee, possess
sufficient merit to be used in tho
schools Of Virginia. Indicating In all
cases their second. third and fourth
choice and showing the retail price
bid on each book so reported
| That the committees be instructed
| to meet at Richmond not later than
| February / for the purpose of for
mulating their respective reports.
! THAT the secretary OF the board is
hereby instructed to make COPIES OF
said reports and mail the same to each
member Of the board not later than
| February S.
That the Superintendent of Public
instruction be requested to report In
writing the result of his investiga-
ton into the feasibility OF the plan
of renting plates. together with his
recommendations thereon, and such re-
port shall be sent out by the secrc-
tary OF this board to the members
thereof on or before February 8, along
with the reports of the several COM
mittees on book adoptions
| THAT the members of the board Will
not see any representatives Of the pub
| fishing houses to discuss the merits
! OF textbooks except in those cases
| where members may already have made
appointments, but will receive commu-
lnications in writing"
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