Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1899 — The New School Book Contract. [ARTICLE]

The New School Book Contract.

Wednesday evening at Indianapolis after a struggle lasting all day, the State Board of Education, sitting as the State Board of Schoolbook Commissioners, awarded the contracts for geographies, arithmetics and copybooks which will be used in the schools of the state for the next five years. The contract is said to be worth $500,000, and the successful bidders on geographies were Ginn & Co., of Boston. They secured the contracts for both introductory and advanced geographies, and Frye’s will be furnished. On arithmetics the bid of Silver, Burdette & Co., of Boston, was accepted. The elementary arithmetic which will be furnished will be that of Miss N. C. Cropsey, assistant super inten dent of the schools in Indianapolis, and the advanced will be Cook’s. The bid of Eaton & Co., of Chicago, for copybooks was accepted anil that firm will furnish both vertical and slanting writing books. It was further agreed that the contractors shall be compelled to furnish all dealers who may apply for them the books at a reduction of IQ per cent, from the contract price, of which reduction onehalf will be borne by the school corporation and the other half by the contractors, The prices at which the books, are to be sold, and also the exchange prices, are as follows. Regular Exch’ge Price. Price. Introduot’y gepgraphy. 30c 23c Advanced geography. .75c 55c Elemtr’y arith 35c 25c Complete arith 45c 35c The price of the copy books is to be 5 cents each.