Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1888 — COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The County Board of Education met in the court house, last Saturday in their regular 7 annual Septeinber meeting. The adoption of text books for the schools of the county, to replace those the term of which expires in October, was the most important business of the session. The revised editions of the works heretofore in use, were adopted. The following are the books adopted and the retail prices agreed upon between the Board and th© agent of the house which publishes the books: McGuffey’s revised Ist reader $0.20 “ “ 2nd “ 0.3 a “ 3rd “ 0.50 “ . “ 4th “ 0.60 “ “ sth “ 0.85 “ “ speller 0.20 White’s primary arithmetic 0.25 “ intermediate 0 10 complete “ 0.75

Harvey’s revised elementary Grammar 0 50 Harvey’s revised English Grammar 0.75 -New Electic elementary geography 0,65 -*-• —L- -- -oomptete - “ ~—-1.35 “ copy book 1 0.10 The Committee on School Supplies was instructed to obtain bids from responsible parties for furnishing all the schools inthecOunty, with necessary supplies, at a uniform price. The necessity of this action is evident from facts -like;--for instance, that some of thStrustees had been charged 50 cents per square foot for blackboard slating while to some other trustees the same article had been offered for 14 cents, per square foot; and that the same desk had been offered for 82.50 each, to one trustee and for 83.75, to another trustee.' _ The trustees unanimously agreed to hereafter enforce the law requiring teachers to attend the township institutes of tp forfeit one day’s wages for each failure to attend.