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THE TKIBUNE, New York.
Te-xt Book Uniformity.
RESULT WHERE BOOKS HAVE TO
STAND ON THEHt OWN MERIT.
At a Convention of School Directors, of
Centre County, held a Bellefoute, Decem
ber 26, 1878, pursuant to the call of 11.
Meyer, Esq., County Superintendent, for
the purpose of considering the propriety
of taking measures to secure a uniformity
of the text-books used in the schools of
said county, the following action was
taken, over fifty directors being present
and nearly all the district in the county
being represented:
COPY OF MINUTES.
Upon motion of C. P. Stonerod, of Snow
Shoe township, the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS: Great expense and waste arc
frequently incurred by the present and eon
nstatly changing variety of text-books used in
the common schools of Centre county, there
fore, be it
Resolved, By the representative directors
here in session, that a system of text-books,
suitable, complete and uniform, be adopted in
accordance with the laws of the State
throughout the county.
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ing plan was adopted with but one dissenting
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amble and resolutions:
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board in tne county lor examination and to
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to be permitted to do any work in the county,
to be either general or local agent, beyond
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contest.
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county, after examination of the various
books which may have been submitted, to
hold a meeting at which each director shall
make out a list of the books which he prefers
to have adopted in the county, and send it to
Henry Meyer. Esq., County Superindent, at
Rebersburg, Pa., prior to* the first day of
June, 1879, who shall ma::o cuv ju (lie
several statements so sent, and the books up
on the various branches having tin ighest
number of votes or preference shall be the
series recommended for county uniformitv.
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made the above canvaos as above, to send the
result of the same to each of the papers in the
county for publication.
W. C. HEINLE, Chairman.
J. C. P. JONES, Secretary.
The following is the result of the votes
of the Directors of Centre county, Pa., on
the uniformity of Text-books* in said
county, with the number of votes cast fro
each book, under the foregoing plan and
resolutions:
READERS. No. vote.
, , for eacsh
New Graded 74
Independent 20
Appleton's 17
New American 12
SPELLERS.
Swinton's 83
New American 6
Independent 23
Appleton's 1
Patterson's
Sander's Union
Haub's 1
GEOGRAPHIES.
Swinton's 100
Colton's 14
Mitchell's 10
Independent 1
Monteith's 6
HISTORIES.
Swinton's gg
Redpath's 5
Barnes' Brief 7
Butler's
Ouackenbos'
Watson's ....
V KITTEN ARITHMETIC.
Robinson's Shorter Course 57
Greenleaf's is
Brook's
Gilne's |.. 22
Boff's 12
N rook's Union
Mew American
MENTAL ARITHMETIC.
Milne's
Greenleaf's
ALGEBRA.
Robinson's
Greenleaf's
COPY BOOKS.
Spencerian 39
Appleton's 30
Ellsworth's 10
GRAMMARS.
Kerl's 72
Swinton's i*
Clark's Brief 15
Bullion's 1
Harvey's 20
Ouackenbos' g
Fewsmith's 1
LANGUAGE LESSONS.
Kerl's 5
Clark's 1
Harvey's y
Morton's 5
BOOK-KEEPING.
Bryant A Stratton's 44
Folsom's ■
Smith's
CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
Townsend's