The General Conference Text-Book Committee
On the last day of the General Conference, the General Conference Committee appointed the members of the Department of Education, whose names were recently published in the REVIEW AND HERALD. The members of this department at once organized, and appointed various committees, among which was a committee on text-books. The addresses of its members are given below, and they should be preserved by all interested in their work:— Chairman, C. C. Lewis, College View, Neb.; Secretary, M. E. Kern, College View, Neb.; M. E. Cady, College Place, Wash.; B. E. Huffman, College View, Neb.; Miss Sarah E. Peck, Sanitarium, Cal.; Miss Fannie M. Dickerson, 222 N. Capitol St., Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Sara J. Hall, South Lancaster, Mass.; Mrs. N. H. Druillard, Madison, Tenn.; Mrs. Flora H. Williams, Industrial Academy, Battle Creek, Mich. It was expected that the Text-Book Committee would examine all text-books now in use in the schools of the denomination, not only those written by our own teachers, but also those obtained from other sources, also that they would examine manuscripts submitted to them, and be prepared to make definite recommendations to a general educational convention for the denomination, to be called next summer. It is the desire of the committee to do thorough work; and in order that they may have material upon which to begin, they would request all who are interested in the improvement of text-books for our church-schools, intermediate schools, academies, and colleges to comply with the following requests as soon as possible:— 1. Will those authors having text-books already published or about to be published kindly send copies to the members of the committee at the addresses given above, with such suggestions in regard to the purpose and use of their books as they may think helpful? 2. If authors will send manuscripts of unpublished text-books to the secretary of the committee, the committee will take pleasure in examining them, and in making such recommendations as their merit may deserve. 3. The committee will be glad to receive suggestions from any one in regard to the best plans of carrying on their work, and of selecting the best books for conducting the work of Christian education. Address all communications to the secretary, Prof. M. E. Kern, College View, Neb., or to the undersigned.