Deseret Evening News | 1901-12-05 | Page 7 | The School Book Ordinance

HOOK i I iI There cerns to bo be omo opposition to th t tho the ordinance introduced liy b Dr nUll mid by the tho City Council on Tuesday evening In reference to school 1 looks Tho Mayor lias hM been requested I Ii i to veto yeto tho thu bill The Tho Hoard Bonn of ot Edu 1 cation complain that tho the of 1 those thom books booko boo lIS and 1111 tho the changing of ot the covers from cloth to paper poper would bo be expensive and tedious that it would Youl lake too much time nn the fumigation tion required would lake lako at nt least I ast five days ays involving the of the Wo It IB 18 I also als argued that diction dictionaries ones aries nod an maps would have bovo to be ho ex ox excluded from tho the schools or that each eloh I pupil would havo to bo 10 supplied with witha a dictionary nail and map tOLt It appears to us that this is Ia rather in i the th nature of or straining ft n point or two against a U very vory necessary regula regulation regulation tion The Tho holiday time I 13 near at nt hand when the regular school vacation will place and luring tho the period of ot closing tho the schools tho the necessary changes and can eal ca bo be attend attended ed cd to tu without other Interruption of tho the 7 School courno That will me meet t tho the chief chlof objection now urged Arrangements call con bo b mods mo by hy prop proper i er rules for tor the tho examination of a n t map or dictionary without doIng violence to lu the tho which has hns passed the I Council Tho Jhu use ot or school books which the new regulation proposes to abolish refers reters to thoo books that are constantly handled by bytho bytho bytho tho pupils and aM ore ure frequently changed from one ono person to another and l not to works of ot reference that arc occasion occasionally ally consulted nil II which may and should houM lie ho under the charge and nOlI direction tion of at the principal or teacher It Is 18 always cay rasy to 10 pick some acme apparent ent lIt flaw In Jn a I piece of ot legislation no matter how carefully It may have been prepared It should bo tie 10 remembered that it H la Is the tho spirit of at an nn enactment that should Rovern overn rather than the tho mere letter hotter of or the law The he purpose In view Is not to educational oin om omers of ers cern or Instructors nor or to hinder tho the progress of ot tho the schools but lIu t to protect i the pupils and also tho public from tho the danger of spreading infection by means of ot school utensils and appliances ll ances ance that may havo hao been boen handled l by y children smitten with a n contagious dis disorder disorder ls order The Tho ordinance Is la a It good measure ond wo we hope It will become operative Without unnecessary delay