Bisbee daily review., 1920-03-21
BOARD CHOOSES
 TEXTbOOkSFOR
 STATE SCHOOLS

PHOENIX, March 20. - The state board of education has completed it's labors in the matter of making adop tions of text books for the public schools, the representatives of some 20 publishing concerns who have been camping in the capitol corridors have departed and the melnpers of the board have left for their homes, heav- ing a sigh of relief that it is all over with.
 Contracts are now being crawn up under the direction of State Superin- tendent of Public Ins,r uct1on C. O. Case, calling for the furnishing to the state of the chosen texts for periods ranging from one to five years Owing to the marked advance in the cost of manufacture the board was confronted with the serious problem of keeping the outlay within bounds, with the re- suit that a large number of supplement tai texts were adopted.
 Under this plan. it is stated, the schools will be able to use part of the present supply of texts, these being gradually replaced by the supplement. tai texts. Only one adoption was made which will call for the complete SUD- planting of other books. This was in the case of arithmetics. The Every day Arithmetic, by Hoyt and Peet, pub lished by Houghton and Mifflin, was adopted for period of five years Work and Play, with Numbers for the first and second grades, was also adopted for period of five years. These texts are by Wentworth and Smith, and are published by Ginn & Co. Other adoptions were announced as follows:
 Primer of Hygiene by Richie end Caldwell for third and fourth grades. and Primer of Sanitation by Richie for fifth and sixth grades were adopted as supplemental texts for period of from one 10 four years. These books are published by the World Book Go.
 Child's Book of the Teeth, by Fer guson, World Book Co.,, publishers, adopted for period of from one to five years, one text only to be supplied each school room.
 zaner Method of Writing. Zaner, Blosser 6 Co.,, publishers, first to eighth grades inclusive, adopted for a period of from one to five years.
 New World Series of spoilers, by Wohlfort and Rogers, WolIo pouk Co., publishers, first to eighth grades in- elusive. for period Of from one to five years.
 Industrial and Applied Art series Of drawing books, published by Atkinson. Mentzer & Co.. first to eighth grade inclusive, for period of from one to five years.
 Tarr and McMurry's geography. Books l and ?, for fourth to eighth grades inclusive, McMillan Co.,, pub fishers, readopted for a period of one year.
 Mace's School History. seventh and eighth grades, Rand. McNally Co.,, pub fishers, readopted for a period of one year.
 Our United States, a history by Guitteau, Silver, Burdette & Co, pub fishers, part for the seventh grade, part 2 for the eighth grade, adopted as a supplementary text for the period of one year.
 Prevocationai ana Industrial Arts, by Wood and Smith, Atkinson, Ment ger & Co.,. publishers, for seventh and eighth grades. for a period Of five years; one book to be supplied each manual training teacher and one to each manual training bench.
 The selection of dictionaries was postponed until the next meeting of | the board, which will be held April 19 |