| Show THE SCHOOL door BOOK QUESTION tim THE subject to which our monroe correspondent calls calis attention Is doubtless worthy of consideration that incorrect ideas are inculcated in tile the minds ot of children by what they read in the text books commonly used in schools is quite possible indeed we have hear heald d the made more than once and the tho latter matter li of providing school books free trum the objectionable features which those in pres elit use possess has been often olten discussed the question of doing something to re remedy medy this evil bee see seemed ined to take definite snape shape a lew few years sears ago aso when a competent committee were appointed ai at the territorial convention of school superintendents to prepare and revise matter watter for school fools fooks their operations were wele however nipped in tile the bud by an injunction issued irom from the third district court restraining lestral nin them from lurther further action in the mauer mauei this was done at the instance of attorney van zile who ima lma glued that it was a step toward teaching Mormon mormonism ism ibm iii in the common schools of course as our correspondent is evidently aware neither the religion of the latter day saints nor that of any other sect can can cau lawfully be taught in the tile strict district ai schools corcan nor can any other class of books than those adopted by the school convention appointed for that purpose some sonic three years ago be lawf lawfully ully used in those chose schools dur inc inz inythe the next two years private or church schools however which oo 00 not look to the tile school tax lor for support are aru not bound by the action ot of that convent convention hm and can use what books they like best bast there is no reason vily why school books in conformity with tile the faith of the latter day should liot not be published for the use of such uch school sand they probably uio pio bably babiy will avill be 1 some isome day tile the desei desel et sunday bunday school union has already done lone something in that line and uhe he books now used asca in our sunday bunday schools are tire almost invariably latter day saint publications it latter da day saint teachers in the district schoor schools notice the evil tendencies to which our correspondent alludes f for or instance such as lead to an incorrect idea ot of the we ave see no reason why they should not correct the same by bv referring the children to what the bible teaches upon the subject this would not be sectarianism |
