When was it published?

May 23, 1902 in Barton County Democrat

Domestic News May 23, 1902

Barton County Democrat

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Kansas Textbooks, School Book Adoption, Education Commission, Textbook Prices, Public Schools

Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas

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What is this article about?

The Kansas state text-book commission at Topeka adopted textbooks for public schools for the next five years, with bids from U.S. publishers despite unchanged low prices. Adopted books include readers, arithmetic, geography, and others from companies like American Book Company and Ginn & Co., sold to pupils at 10% above agent prices.

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The Kansas state text-book commission at Topeka has completed its work of adopting text-books to be used in the public schools of Kansas for the next five years. Every school-book publishing concern in the United States put in a bid for the books and was represented by an agent during the session. Concerns were very slow to bid to supply books in 1897 on account of the low prices fixed by the law, but they were all on hand to bid this time, even though the prices were the same as five years ago. The following shows the books adopted the prices to the local agents and the concerns which captured the contracts:

First reader, 10 cents, American Book company.

Third reader, 23 cents, American Book company.

Fourth reader, 30 cents, American Book company.

Fifth reader, 40 cents, American Book company.

Writing, 5 cents, Crane & Co., Topeka.

Speller, 10 cents, Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago.

Mental arithmetic, 20 cents, Ginn & Co., Chicago.

Elementary arithmetic, 25 cents, Scott, Foresman & Co., Chicago.

Advanced arithmetic, 35 cents. Scott, Foresman & Co., Chicago.

Elementary geography, 30 cents, American Book company.

Advanced geography, 75 cents, American Book company.

Elementary grammar, 20 cents. American Book company.

Advanced grammar, 34 cents, Crane & Co., Topeka.

United States history, 50 cents, Scott, Foresman & Co., Chicago.

Physical geography, 80 cents, Ginn & Co., Chicago.

Algebra, 50 cents, Ginn & Co., Chicago.

Physiology, 50 cents, American Book company.

Physics, Allyn & Bacon Chicago.

Bookkeeping, 40 cents, Goodyear & Marshall, Cedar Rapids, Ia.

The books are sold to the pupils at ten per cent. above the price to the agent. All the books now in use must be taken in at half the price of new books.

What sub-type of article is it?

Education

What keywords are associated?

Kansas Textbooks School Book Adoption Education Commission Textbook Prices Public Schools

Where did it happen?

Topeka, Kansas

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Topeka, Kansas

Outcome

books adopted for next five years; sold to pupils at 10% above agent prices; old books taken in at half price of new.

Event Details

Kansas state text-book commission completed adoption of textbooks for public schools. All U.S. school-book publishers bid, represented by agents. Prices same as five years ago despite past reluctance. List of adopted books, prices to agents, and winning concerns provided.