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Show fl Revising the School Books -j J When the peace conference ii ended all the geographies unci t histories in use in the public and private schools of the United States must as soon as possible be revised. l Let's think: What does that mean? Mow big a job is it? f A'hat will it cost? Who must pay the bill ? Well, it means two new books for each of 205oiooo school jtiildren, or 41,000,000 new books in all. r ; If each book fs half an inch thick that means a stack of books t.J,500f000 inches liigh-e-or well you figure out the number of llft there are in 20, 500,000 inches. : : Each of these books will cost parents about Si each, or I 541,000,000. In some cities and states school books are provided Tat public expense. In the end every taxpayer parent inubt help foot ; this bill as one of the consequences of Bill HohenzoilenTs war. t : (And books worth as many more millions of dollars must be ji irked. Total bill, 82,000,000.) i It will take months vf time to revise these books, print them . Old get them into the hands of teachers and pupils. I And teachers must get new books and learn all over again. 7 iut they'll be paid, of course, while studying if they work, too. 5 4e average wage of the average American school teacher is 70.2t r I month and comes out of the average of $6.2$ a year paid by each : tmerican taxpayer for education. i I How generous we aren't with our education shop! |