Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1899 — Books for the Schools. [ARTICLE]

Books for the Schools.

The Governor has issued his proclamation declaring the adoption of text-books for use in the Indiana schools for the next five years. The whole set of book to be used was completed by the adoption of the new revised readers by the State Board of School Commissioners. Following is a list of the books that will be used, with their prices: Frye’s Introductory Geography, 80 cents; Frye’s Advanced Geography, 75 cents; CookCropsey, Elementary Arithmetic, 35 cents; Cook-Cropsey New Advanced Arithmetic, 45 cents: the New Era Slant System of Writing Books, Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, 5 cents each; the New Era System of Vertical Writing Books Nos. 1 to 6 inclusive, 5 cents each; Indiana Educational Series, First Reader 10 cents; Second Reader 15 cents; Revised Third Reader, 25 cents; Revised Fourth Reader, 30 cents; Revised Fifth Reader, 40 cents.