Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-07
LIST OF BOOKS ADOPTED
BY COUNTY COMMISSION
Text Books for the Schools of the
County Chosen Wednesday After
Weeks Of Investigation
OIL FIVE YEAR PERIOD
Commission Suggests Districts Vote
for Free Text Books and They Will
Save Students Money

After several weeks of careful in
spection of books and two days Of
thoughtful deliberation, the Audrain
County Text Book Commission I'M
animously adopted the following list
of books for use in Audrain County
for the next five years, at its meeting
Wednesday.
Before giving the list, just a word of
explanation: The law requires that
books be adopted every five years and
that the adopted book be used. 1t is
just a little bit like this. Suppose
there were a commission to adopt the
machinery that the farmer must use
for the next five years. Of course,
they would adopt what they consider
ed the best on the market at the time.
Five years passes. Now, they must
either readopt the same machine or
one with the latest improvements.
Then we should either have to con
tinue to use the old three horse pillow,
the six-foot cut binder and the horse
and buggy; or some must throw away
these before they are worn out to
make way for the gang pillow, the
eight-foot binder and the automobile.
And so it is with books as with i'm
plements. School books are the tools
for acquiring an education. And if
the children are to get the best re-
suits they must have the best tools
Books. 1t is unfortunate that they
must throw away practically new
books to do this, but even this is far
better than to go on compelling the
children year after year to pay the
same price for an old-fashioned carry
all that his city cousin is paying for
an automobile.
But there is an excellent solution for
this matter. Vote free text books.
Adopt and buy your books for five
years. If properly handled they will
last five years The county foreign
insurance tax will pay for them.
They will not cost the district a pen
ny, get the best tools - books - on
the market for class use and put the
old ones in the library for reference
work, which every school needs a
great deal of. You can call a special
meeting yet for the purpose of vot-
ing free text books. 1t is the proper
solution of the text book question.
And now for the list of books as
adopted. But first, the speller,
Biographies, arithmetics, histories,
were adopted two years ago. These
must be used three more years.
Frye's Home Geography was re-
adopted. 1t is published by CHM &
Company.
Two sets of readers were adopted,
because the board realized the need
of reading more books. The River
side Readers, Houghton Mifflin &
Co., were adopted for the first six
grades, with Grammar Books Three
and Four of the Elson Readers, Scott
Foresman & Co., for the 7th and 9Th
grades. The Merrill Readers, Chas.
E. Merrill & Co., for the first four
grades; Easy Road to Reading Book
Four, Lyons & Carnahan, for the 9Th
and 9th, and Flanagan Classics for
the 7th and 8th.
The Aldine Speller, Newsom &
Co., and the American Book Co.'S
Number Primer were put in the first
and second grades. Health and Clean
illness, Macmillan Co., will supple
ment the 9Th and 9th grade book in
physiology. Carpenters Around the
World With the Children will supple
ment the Home Geography. Thorn
as Rural Arithmetic, American Book
Co., will supplement the work in
arithmetic and agriculture. The
Ransomerian System of Rapid Bust
ness Writing, C. W. Ransom, sup
plants the Berry System. Lapp's,
The Elements of Civics, Bobbs Mer-
riH Co., was adopted to teach citi-
zenship and Missouri history. Gu
hin's Drill Chart, S~tudebaker's Prac-
tice Tests and The Economy Arith-
metic Drill Material were adopted TO
secure better results in Arithmetic.
Live Language Lessons, University
Publishing Company, was adopted
for 3rd and 4th grade work. Final
action has not yet been taken on the
other Language and Grammar books.
Emerson and Bender, Macmillan and
Company are now being used.
Feeling that great good will re-
suit to the children of Audrain Coun-
ty as a result of this work of your
commission, and praying that time
may prove the wisdom of our selec-
tons, we beg to remain your humble
servants.
Ed C. Offutt, Secretary,
W. Clyde Johnson, Chairman,
Miles c.. Thomas, Member.
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