When was it published?

December 30, 1884 in Idaho Semi Weekly World

Domestic News December 30, 1884

Idaho Semi Weekly World

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Idaho Education, Textbooks Bill, Public Schools, Uniform Series, Assembly Bill

Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho

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What is this article about?

Bill introduced in the Idaho Assembly by Adams of Washington county to establish uniform series of textbooks for public schools, to be used for four years starting July 1, 1885, with exchanges for old books and a specified list of books.

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The bill introduced in the Assembly by Adams, of Washington county, to establish a uniform series of text books for the public schools of Idaho, provides that the text books adopted shall be used for four years, commencing from the first day of July, 1885, and that the publishers shall exchange copies of the books adopted for all books of other series now in the hands of the pupils, a stated price to be allowed for the old books. The series to be adopted, if the act becomes a law, is as follows: Bancroft's readers from first to fifth, inclusive, Milne's First Lessons, Milne's Elementary and Practical Arithmetic, Ridpath's History of the U. S., Harper's Introductory and School Geography, Swinton's Language Primer and Language Lessons, Swinton's English Grammar and Composition, Pacific Coast Spellers, Sweet's School Elocution, Child's Book-Keeping, Requa's Combined Trial and Copy Page Writing Books from No. 1 to No. 12, inclusive. School trustees can authorize the use of text books supplementary to, but not to the exclusion of those mentioned.

What sub-type of article is it?

Education

What keywords are associated?

Idaho Education Textbooks Bill Public Schools Uniform Series Assembly Bill

What entities or persons were involved?

Adams

Where did it happen?

Idaho

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Idaho

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Adams

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The bill introduced in the Assembly by Adams, of Washington county, to establish a uniform series of text books for the public schools of Idaho, provides that the text books adopted shall be used for four years, commencing from the first day of July, 1885, and that the publishers shall exchange copies of the books adopted for all books of other series now in the hands of the pupils, a stated price to be allowed for the old books. The series to be adopted, if the act becomes a law, is as follows: Bancroft's readers from first to fifth, inclusive, Milne's First Lessons, Milne's Elementary and Practical Arithmetic, Ridpath's History of the U. S., Harper's Introductory and School Geography, Swinton's Language Primer and Language Lessons, Swinton's English Grammar and Composition, Pacific Coast Spellers, Sweet's School Elocution, Child's Book-Keeping, Requa's Combined Trial and Copy Page Writing Books from No. 1 to No. 12, inclusive. School trustees can authorize the use of text books supplementary to, but not to the exclusion of those mentioned.