Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1913 — CONTRACT LET FOR HIGH SCHOOL BOOKS [ARTICLE]

CONTRACT LET FOR HIGH SCHOOL BOOKS

Books As Chosen By State Board Will Remain In Use At Least Five Years.—Their Cost. for the new text books that will be used in all high schools of the state, beginning this fall, were let the latter part of last week by the state board of education. The list of books as chosen by the state board will remain in use for at least five years, at prices much lower than have prevailed. The contracts have been divided among a number of school book companies. The list of books is as follows, including the name of the author, the contract price and the exchange price, theycondition of the old book to determine' whether it will be taken in exchange: Algebra, Wells & Hart, SI.OB and 72 cents. Geometry, Wentworth & Smith, $1.17 and 78 cents. Ancient History, Webster, $1.35 and 90 cents. ? Mediaeval and Modern History, Harding, $1.35 and 90 cents. American History, James & Sanford, $1.25 and 70 cents. Civics, Garner & Davidson, 90 and 60 cents. x Rhetoric, Thomas, Howe & O’Hair, 90 and 60 cents. American Literature, same as English. Beginning Latin, D’Ooge, 90 and 60 cents. Ceasar, Walker, 90 and 45 tents. Cicero, Johnston & Kingery, 90 and 45 cents. Virgil, Knapp, $1.26 and 84 cents. Latin Grammar, Bennett, 72 and 40 cents. Prose Composition, Bennett, 90 and 60 cents. — German (grammar method), Vos, 80 and 54 cents. German (conversational method), Walter & Knause, 90 and 60 cents. Physical Geography, Dryer, $1.17 and 78 cents. Commercial Geogny>hy, Adams, $1.17 and 53 cents. Commercial Arithmetic, Modern, 75 and 42 cents. • In Physics, Chemistry, Zoologi and Botkny, four books were sanctioned in each subject, prices ranging from 97 cents to $1.41 new, and from 51 to 75 cents exchange. The law allows an option of four books in the sciences.