The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-22
TEXT BOOK CHANGES
WILL COST PARENTS
OF State Big sum
Kentucky State Text Book Commits
sion Changes Works In Five and
Half Subjects-Big Ex-
pense to Parents.

Frankfort, KY, February 21-TeXt
books in five and a half subjects of
the common public schools were
changed today by the State Text Book
Commission and six and half were
left unchanged. The changes were:
Spelling, reading, arithmetic, gram
mar, geography and half of the ply
siology. Subjects readopted were:
Writing, civics, half of the physiology,
composition and rhetoric, history
Kentucky history and agriculture.
The subjects changed will run
about two-thirds of the school book
bsuiness of the State. That is, there
are more reading arithmetic and
grammar books used than books of
any other study.
Changes made today will probably
cost parents of the State 100000 the
first year. During the five years it
is probable that the changes will cost
the parents of the State $1OOO,OOO.
The spelling and writing texts
went to the Pennsylvania Book Com
pany, owned largely by Representa-
tive w. F. Klair, of Lexington, and
Phil Grinstead, of Fort Thomas.
The new physiology is owned by
Dr. w. l.. Heiser, of Bowling Green.
formerly secretary Of the Kentucky
State tuberculosis Commission.
Halleck's American Literature is
owned by Professor Hallack. of the
Louisville public schools and Crom-
wells parliamentary law is owned by
Mrs. William Cromwell, of this city,
enrolling clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives.
The adoptions were agreed on at 4
o'clock this afternoon. and announced
Immediately by Governor Stanley.
Governor Stanley said:
| II felicitate this commission upon
its diligent and assiduous attention
to the business in hand, and I have
every reason to believe that your
careful selection of text books for the
common schools of Kentucky has
been most judicious.
ut is gratifying to know that ev-
cry selection has been made after
careful consideration of the merits Of
the various texts offered and is the
unanimous choice of the entire corn
mission.
You have given many days and
nights Of tireless labor to this great
work take great pleasure in ex-
pressing my hearty commendation of
your faithful services.
"Of the twelve subjects for the ele-
mentary schools prescribed by law
the text on five and half has been
changed, and six and a half have been
readopted. OF the "a subjects at pres
ent prescribed by the State Board of
Education for use in the high schools
Of four and five-sixth of the tests have
been charged. The other texts are re-
adopted, except in cases where the
present texts were not re-bid by the
publishers.
"The secretary, for the information
of publishers, will read a complete
statement of the adoption and. re-
adoption for all books and all sub.
jects prescribed by law.
"Of the thirty books constituting
the elementary course, the present
text has been changed in thirteen in
stances and re-adopted in seventeen
OF the forty-four books constituting
the high school course, eleven hav,
been changed. In the entire common
school course, constituting a total o
"a books or volumes contained in tn
entire common school course, twen
ty-four have been changed and fift
/ have been adopted"