The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-28
H. C..l. TO HIT STUDENTS
Big Increase in Book Prices-state
Let's $1,000, 900 Contract.


High cost of print paper. as we'll as
the general advance in living prices
will be felt by high school students
next. season when they will be COM
PEELED to meet an advance of 3 per
cent in price of texts. Contracts made
by. the state school book commission
provide a big advance over former
prices. The letting of five year con-
tracts for thirty-four texts and APP
prevail of seven additional texts, call
for an expenditure of a million dol
lars.
The State Teachers association ad-
visory committee approved most of
the books adopted by the commission.
The commission to a great extent was
the first time this cooperation has
been effective. Old contracts for be-
ginners' Latin We're adopted. The
Whitemore Latin text is to be tried in
a dozen high schools next year Fol-
lowing shows adoptions for the five
year periodicals marked with star
being re-adoptions:
"The First Year of Science with manuaD,
HessIer, Benz; H. Sanborn 4 Co, $l26,
ClippiDger, Silver, Burdett & Co., Sis.
Century Handbook of Writing, Greever <
Jones, the Century Co, 7sc;
can Book Co., $1.5S.
sHistory of American Literature, Hal
h, IL
English and American Literature, Tap
pen, Houghton Mifflin Co, A.2i
Outlines of EuropeaG History tgaEt u.
Robinson & Breasted, CHM & Co., $1,4;
Outlines of European History (part III
Robinson & Beard, CHM & Co., $154.
Modern Progress, West, Allyn & Bacon,
$1.6o.
Advanced American History, Forman, the
Century Co, $1.49.
government and Pol1ties In United o States
practical Physics, Black & Davis, the
Macmillan Co, SIPS.
manual in Physics, Black, the Macmillan
Science Of Plant Life, Transeau, World
Book Co, $1.2S.
'Latin Lessons, Smith, Allyn & Bacon,
96c. Contract extended for one. year,
HCaesar -four book edition., Walker,
Scott, Foresman & Co. s1.O6.
*Cicero (select orations), D'ooge, Benz. III.
Sanborn Co., $1.0S.
New Latin Composition, Bennett, Allyn &
Bacon, 96c.
Elementary Economics, Thompson, BENZ
H Sanborn & Co., S1.20.
Community Civics, Hughes, Allyn &
Essentials of Agriculture, with Kansas
/ supplement Waters, CHM & Co, SIPS.
| Agricultural Laboratory Exercises and
Home Projects, Waters & Elliff, CHM & Co.
elementary. Chemistry, Smith. the Cen
| tury Co., S1.26.
! Laboratory Outline of Elementary
! Chemistry, Smith, the Century Co, SIC.
"Lyons Bookkeeping. Lyons G. Carna
| han, same price as heretofore.
Industrial and Applied Arts Books 1 II
| VIII, Atkinson, Mentzer & Co., dc pc
| SNew Shorter Course in Drawing, Angus
burg, Books L to VIII, Educational Pub
| fishing Co., 221ac per copy.
sEnglish History, Larned, Houghtoi
Mifflin Co., $1.2S.
Commercial Law, Burgess, Lyons, & Car
nahan, $1-20.
Food Study, wellman; Little. Brown 4
Co, $1.O0
Pre-vocational and Industrial Arts
| Wood & Smith, Atkinson, Mentzer & Co
$1.O4
Progressive Music Series, Parker-Mc
Conathy- Birge; Silver, Burdett Co., (fo
grade school use).
The commission made the following
approvals:
Commercial Geography, Brigham, Gin
& Co., S1.31- 5rir-.
Business Arithmetic, Smith, Lyons 1
Carnahan, $120.
Complete Business Arithmetic. Van Tuy
American Book Co, $1.16.
Essentials of Business Arithmetic, Va
Tuyl, American Book Co, Sac.
Business English aRd Correspondence
Davis & Lingham, CHM Co., $1.O6
| Elements of Animal Biology, Holmes,
Blakiston's Son & Co., $10l.
Facts and Backgrounds of Literatur
Reynolds & Greever, the Century Co.. Sic
!, Prices listed are for delivery to boo
. dealer. The retail price will be 10 pc
cent higher