Show f TEXT BOOK CONVENTiON Day Spent in the Selection of Arithmetics COMMITTEE TO ABEA2TGE FOR PUBLISHERS BONDS A long Discussion in Which Many Views Were PresentedSpeers Elementary and the New Franklin Frank-lin Series Selected The text book convention yesterday wrestled all day with the selection of arithmetics The subject was discussed with a great deal of animation and finally resulted in the choice of Speers elementary and the new Franklin series of arithmetics THE BIDS The bids for the different books were as follows American Book Company Milnes Elements of Arithmetic exchange 18 cents wholesale 27 cents retail 30 cents Mimes Standard exchange 39 cents wholesale 58 cents retail 65 cents Ginn CoSpeers Primary Arithmetic Arith-metic exchange 20 cents wholesale 29 cents retail 33 cents Speers Elementary Ele-mentary exchange 20 cents wholesale whole-sale 23 cents retail 35 cents Christopher Sower CoBrooks New Mental Arithmetic exchange 18 cents wholesale 25 cents retail 31 cents Brooks Rudiments exchange I I 20 t cents wholesale 31 cents retail 39 I cents Standard exchange 40 cents I wholesale 57 cents retail 72 cents Standard part first exchange 20 I cents wholesale 31 cents retail 39 II cents Second part same Leach Shewell 8 Sanborn Essentials I Essen-tials of Arithmetic first book Exchange Ex-change 21 cents wholesale 30 cents retail 40 cents Second book Exchange Ex-change 36 cents wholesale 45 cents retail CO cents Houghton Mifflin CoColburns i Intellectual Wholesale 2S cents retail I i re-tail 35 cents Thompsun Brown Co Bradburys I i Sight Mental Exchange 18 cents I wholesale 25 cents retail 30 cents 1 Becktold 8 CoElementary Arithmetic Arith-metic Exchange 10 cents wholesale 20 cents retail 30 cents Complete I Exchange 15 cents wholesale 35 cents retail 40 cents New Mental Exchange Ex-change 10 cents wholesale 20 cents I retail 30 cents Z C M IRand McNallys Primary I Pri-mary Exchange 20 cents wholesale 24 cents retail 30 cents Practical I Exchange 35 cents wholesale 42 cents retail 50 cents D C Heath CoWalshs Primary Exchange Ifc cents wholesale 25 I cents retail 30 cents Primary Teachers Teach-ers Manual Wholesale 11 cents retail re-tail 15 cents Grammar School Exchange Ex-change 39 cents wholesale 54 cents retail 65 cents Grammar SchoolTeachers j I School-Teachers Manual Wholesale 38 cents I retail 50 cents i i Maynard Merrill CoThomrons First Lesson Exchange IS cents wholesale 25 cents retail 30 cents I Complete Graded Exchange 42 cents wholesale 58 cents retail 72 cents d Commecial Exchange 63 cents I wholesale 84 cents retail 103 i Werner School Book Company Werners Arithmetic book 1 Exchange I Ex-change 24 cents wholesale 32 cents retail 40 cents Book 2 Exchange 30 cents wholesale 04k cents retail 501 I cents Werners Mental Exchange IS I cents wholesale 24 cents retail 30 cents I Sheldon CoXew Franklin First Exchange 28 cents wholesale 32 cents retail 40 cents Second Exchange I 52 cents wholesale 60 cents retail 75 cents Tu J I > I centsPUBLISHERS = PUBLISHERS BONDS Secretary Christensen offered a resolution reso-lution authorizing the appointment of a committee to arrange the matter of II bonds to be given by the publishers and agree upon the just and proper terms for such instruments I The resolution was adopted and us a committee the following were named Superntendents Christensen Fishburn Porter Nelson and Van Cott PROFESSOR STEWART SPEAKS Professor Stewart then took the floor and addressed the convention on the subject of arithmetic He cited a few stl lf I fundamental errors generally in arithmetic arith-metic the first being that nearly all I authors made comparisons by fixed units Quantity and number are constantly con-stantly mixed The speaker illustrated illus-trated his ideas by examples of division di-vision and multiplication on the blackboard black-board A POINT OF ORDER Wootton at this juncture rose to a point of order We are not here to listen to a discussion of principles of pedagogy he said Professor Stewart Stew-art is bringing out a great many new ideas that are good but hardly in order or-der here at this time Chairman ParkThe point is well t taken unless the professors speech has X I a direct bearing on the books up for discussion The speaker said he would get to the heart of the subject very soon and proceeded Speers Arithmetic lIe thought was the proper book to adopt for the elementary grades For the higher grades he advocated Franklins Arithmetic The latter did not suit him exactly but it was the best book i before the convention because it treats oJ the art and science of mathematics Speers Arithmetic had been used in tIlt university training school with I splendid success The speaker then said he would give ev ry teacher in the state five weeks tuition free at the university to study the principles of comparisons taught I in Sjjeers book 40Is that a bid for the Speers arithmetic arithme-tic asked the chair Xo sir replied the speaker I dont want this offer to inlluence nits vote in any way I make it simply because be-cause I have the interests of the children chil-dren In the state at heart Superintendent Oldham favored a I I conservative change in text books He I I was opposed to the adoption of the I I Speers system for the reason teachers I I I were generally unacquainted with the II principles taught The Speers was too 1 radical a change to make j Superintendent Hall was in favor of i Speers arithmetic but was decidedly opposed to tacking a book of some other series to iL He believed Werners I system was much better and should be adopted both for the elementary and higher grades Franklins arithmetic I was too complete for the common if schools P A VARIETY OF VIEWS Superintendent Sowards raised his voice > In advocacy of the Werner system Wootton on the other hand wanted Franklins and went on making mak-ing a very lengthy speech in favor oC his choice Superintendent Johnson counselled the convention from allowing itself to I be led astray After listening to Stewart it would appear there was nothing in the world in the line of arithmetic but Speers books Professor Christensen advocated the adoption of Speers elementary and Werners higher for the more advanced grades He replied to those who were afraid to adopt Speers because it was new by saying that the convention Jnade a mistake last time when adopting adopt-ing arithmetics because the better hook was new Let us not make the mistake mis-take again he closed If the Speers is a good book let us adopt iL Superintendent Van Cott did not relish the Idea of asking chances in text books After discussing the different differ-ent books he declared himself in favor of the the Essential arithmetic as a standard system for the schools and i 4 iIU 1til i o > I I the Speers as a handbook for the teachers teach-ers Superintendent Marks of Tooele said he came to the convention entirely at sea as to the kind of arithmetic to adopt He was not much in favor of a change but if one should be made he favored adopting the Essential series of arithmetics AGAINST A CHANGE After Porter had spoken in favor of the Werners arithmetics Superintendent I Superin-tendent Scott of Emery spoke vigorously vigor-ously against making any change of text books I We have started in to make changes all along the line and some of the superintendents su-perintendents have said they would not dare to go home unless changes were made Now I want to say that we have made so many changes that I dont dare to go home Laughter I invite you all to a funeral when set home Laughter Now there are some other things to consider than the theories taught by the different books There Is a financial I finan-cial consideration that should not be lost sight of Emery county has few schools and much to contend with I from the prairie dog to the Robbers I Roost gang and there is not any too much money among the people Our j children need something else than j I books They mush have clothing on j their backs and we must not adopt I I books and do anything in this conven j roh dr 7It tion i that will be a factor in loading down the taxpayer I would rather retain i re-tain Hoopers second book though rk much I dislike it THE VOTE After some further discussion the convention preceded to vote and the first ballot resulted Speers elementary ele-mentary 10 Speers primary 17 Wer ners primary 6 Werners advanced 8 Franklin elementary 12 Franklin advanced 12 Essential series 5 Harpers 1 Some confusion followed as it appeared ap-peared that many of the delegates voted for Speers primary under the apprehension ap-prehension that it was a book for the pupil instead of the teacher Chairman Chair-man Park ruled the vote Improper The second ballot resulted Speers elementary 17 Speers primary 4 Essential series 4 Franklin Frank-lin series 13 Werners first books 6 Werners higher 11 The chair declared Speers elementary ele-mentary selected On the following ballots the New Franklin series sold by Shelton Co came in winner with Werners a close second |