Show SCHOOL BOOX convention adibi will all chril y meet in in ell chiy I 1 or of county school lent and other on onil late for ih 0 purpose 0 of f a d opt 1 nor school for tit 1 chrt 6 next live year I 1 hill hia Is ilehr it bomo bamo w orax it c fly t y u I 1 fit 11 inas t to a in inn lie h i atio chantre change in illo leation booan liko in up ciffo in iho 1110 bublie 1 e nere to follow tin lite of the agents ot of tile irlon NATI Olo CJ illies it old lie be to mhlor A L complete chuff in fil antl it our tet hol suh such n 0 rike c could not net be made abe of a I 1 amount ot of money I 1 submit that fuel a Is lint ri bioc c kiy I 1 r let I 1 1 liv it bould rot ailt 1 t a eg in jeri ty of oc if onla on I 1 ir crar fe chmela acro ere mini aa th tart reade aart for cx hue tile oly cody limen lit 1 u uw luri lurince ncr rr lex e and amt ha as the they lejk laii KI given results rc ull 1 H I to fo malf might veil en bo be adopted for Ano titer term I 1 uld ft til con call r gift to alint hil bil hoi dren tired oi a ilia books tini dealt it charick thin any lit in th jho taa or of arithmetic or L tog fifty lie ile be ink or tend to lo promote n u renew d lnor t in aho 11 a a particular even these e h 1 wres rould could not net b be annc d without H L ro pailon hi i outi an in tin tile port of lint eat narl tit a os one on 0 f them I 1 to re to tile iho tile iho ol of MI as fw few as P 71 ble in hiir or text I oaks romp illel klith the iho best interi a is a 0 I 1 th malt kool 1 IT we believe the feeling Is very ken cral aral which atrich the above express s the people are arc in n no financial condition condolon to ind make he sweeping clit ili i school chool books book still v ne c to do not bellev that great changes are in view it Is true that there M abo be agents in the c convention on urging change changes but there loll 1011 also alao bo or of the holles bilat supply the books now in use ard the convention will not lack advice both ways probably a few ark changes n should bo be made in the interest of proff tells find ana the discard of 0 what ties has been round found antiquated or impractical but u t as to the bulk of the books in use ev oven aie n if they are not just juat 4 hat they ought to be it it 19 extremely doubtful if 1 to change would be to gain none 0 of the books entirely fill the ideal especially for us in in the arid west alicy arc illustrated largely by things s unfamiliar and they leave out such examples and illustrations as would most easily appeal to tile the children of this region they are arc all alike in this and it Is a condition that wll never be bettered until a aerick of textbooks text books Is issued in this region that hat will nill deal with rith what surrounds us and U ue 0 our visible conditions for text and loncon lesson in history for instance the pupils should begin with the origin and growth of 0 tile tb city the 0 state slate tho the surrounding states the general region we inhabit then pass to tho the united StAt slates tes canada mexico lex ico L etc C la in geography the plat of the city should come first then the county coull ty the several counties the state stale tho the surrounding region and so on in gratho tile the examples should relate to practical practicalities liters in uso ilse here the irrigation problem power of water in its various uses machinery for falm faim work for mines and for mills in geology the formations of our on own n hella and valleys shoula be first noted tile the trolls I 1 mine minerals fossils lla mineral Ja caters wat erit and the hk like ought to have first conj eltion in zoology tho the ar dinallo that thai aro are native hero should be first studied wo we would have it ft so eo all along tile tho line kne teach I 1 tho the child first to know now une usefully fully and intelligently ills on surround surroundings inga and from that branch out but as far as you like but wo we ready yet for all that and as aft there is 1 little to choose among the books that pill bo ba offered oft cred wo believe it wisdom Is doin to make inako few chalsea ch cha asea provided pro aided proper rates can be agreed upon As to tho file changes change for tho the pupils these are arc pretty well a secured e by the passing from one grade to another and by a and nd such books as nearly every child can a get for use it will bo be an important convention and we aro are glad to see parents waking up to its |