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Show UTAH SCHOOLS TO CHANGE TEXTBOOKS t " Sprint cleaning In Utah's public schools this year will include replace-jment replace-jment of the teat books Bow In us. C. H. Skldmore. state gunerintendent of public instruction, announced Thursdsy. Mr. hkidmor met Thursdays wllh reprosentaUvas of 25 text book companies, com-panies, inspecting the volumes preparatory pre-paratory to a meeting of the state text book commission on March 29 The commission at that tuns will award conic act for furnishing book lo the grammar and high schools of the forty auto districts. Mr, Skidmoro explained that one-third one-third of the books In the slate ar replaced every two years to replace worn volumes and to keep the texU abreast of new deveiopmenU la education. edu-cation. Through an agreement reached this year, ha said, a number of the books will be salvaged. "While It does not appesr to ba an economical move to purchase new supplies at this time, he asserted, "the texts are so cheap that 11 really Is an economical feature.' The new books will be furnished free to grammar grade and Junior high school students and will be sold to high arhool studenU at cost. |