Show NEW READERS AND SPELLER the special convention changes both in of adjournment the special school convention met at 10 a in ato today to day the committee appointed yesterday to consider the matter of a change in readers and speller rendered the following report i ot 1 to the text agog jooa convention gentlemen your committee on readers and spellers recommend the adopt lon of Ban crofts readers Ee aders with one dissenting the prices are given in the proposition of the agent of the publishers herewith given we also recommend the adoption of Harring tens tons graded speller in one V volume two parts prices herewith as per proposition of publishers publisher sj agent GEORGE brimhall JOHN B R PARK WM M STEWART T C E H ANDERSON A minority report was rendered by E H anderson recommending the adoption of the new national readers the majority report was adopted the proposition of the publishers cf the readers adopted is to exchange them lor for the old ones now in use free of further charge and to furnish them at a cost of 40 cents per set less than is being paid for those now in use the publishers of Harring tons speller spelle r harper brothers propose to furnish it at 5 cents per copy less than is being paid for the one now in use Wt watsons sons and to exchange free the prices of the books adopted will be as follows reader 10 cents 2nd and 20 cents 3rd ard 25 cents ath 35 cents botn 45 cents Harring tons speller 20 cents the above are introductory prices holding good for the period fixed by we the convention viz till feb lat 1888 after transacting the above business the special convention adjourned sine die at 2 the REGULAR convention met the minutes of the previous session were read aad accepted and the reports ol of the several committee commet 1 1 appointed hinted to consider gp daffe r ae n t books 0 were being rendered dered d aja when we went to p ress |