D.C. HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY TEXTBOOKS IN CURRENT USE WILL BE REPLACED
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On August 28, 1925, The Evening Star reports that new history and geography books are being ordered by the District of Columbia school system to replace those outdated by the end of the world war.
$89,000 worth of textbooks will be purchased "as a result of the letting of contracts by the Commissioners."
R.L. Haycock, assistant school superintendent, says this is "the largest expenditure ever made at one time for new books."
JFK+50 NOTE
The textbooks in use at the time of this announcement were made obsolete "due to changes in the map of the world" following WW I.
"Pre-War History Ousted By Board," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., August 28, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
