The Coconino sun., 1920-02-27
STATE BOARD EDUCATION
 HOLD INTERESTING MEETING
Phoenix. Ariz.. Feb. 9. 1920.

Meeting of the state board of educa- ton was held in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction at 1:3O o'clock, February 9, 1920.
 Present, Prof. H. E. Matthews, Supt. c. o. Case, Supt. c. F. Phil brook, Miss Elsie Toles, Dr. J. o. Creager.
 The committee consisting of Miss Elsie Toles, MT. H. F.. Matthews and Supt. c. O. Case, appointed to report "to what extent adopted text books should be used in any grade' was con tinued to the next meeting, March 15.
 Report of Professor c. F. Phil brook on a "social science" course was postponed till March meeting of the board.
 The Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, was accredited to take ef- feet since the year 1910.
 The secretary was requested to write regarding a report from the department of history of the Univers- ity of Arizona in the matter of sup plement to the text book in civics as referred to a communication to the governor from the United States de- partment of education.
 In the matter of the application of J. w. Brown for retirement it was moved and carried that Supt. Brown be informed that it will be necessary to secure verifcation of five years teaching outside the state, after which the matter of allowing time served as county school superintendent, as teaching time, would be referred to the attorney general.
 ,Dr. A. H. Foster, of the depart ment of education of the University of Arizona, appeared before the board regarding revision of the cer- tification rules and regulations.
 A motion was made and\ carried that Dr. J. O. Creager be appointed to make report on revision of the certification rules to be submitted to the board at the next meeting, March 18th.
 The board took up general dis the call for bids.
 Assistant Attorney General F. J. K. Mcbride appeared before the board to advise regardingi the question of substitution of supplementary books for adoption of standard or basic text. It was decided by the board, upon the | advice of the assistant attorney gen. eral, to advertise for all books upon | which contracts expire May 18th, 1920, also including text for manual training and dictionary for the
 Adjourned meeting Of the state | board of education, 1:30 N. m., Feb. 10, 1920
 The board considered the wording of the call for bids. The call as pass ed upon by the board being as fol- | lows:
 Sealed proposals for text books for | the common schools of Arizona for a period of one to five years until IF F o'clock noon, March 15, 1920, and will be opened immediately thereafter. Proposals must be directed to C. 0. Case, secretary of the board of educa- tion, and be endorsed: Proposals for Textbooks" A certified check for S5O0.0O must accompany each bid. Bids are invited for text books for the primary and grammar grades for | the following subjects: Arithmetic, writing, history, dictionaries, spelling, geography, drawing, manual train. | ing text for the grammar grades and text on physiology and hygiene for all grades except the eighth. In the matter of final eighth grade examinations it was moved and car ried that Superintendent Case be in- structed to have prepared the final ex- animation questions for the eighth grade and that the examinations be held as in former years. It was moved and carried that the following resolution, submitted by pr. A. J. Matthews, be adopted by the state board of aducation:
 Resolved, That we heartily endorse all the provisions of the Smith Town CT educational bill, now under consid- eration in the United States senate