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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
~~CNERSECLERS
*yTORNEYGENERIL
,aoorableL. A. Wooda
,ut. ~uporintuvlent of ?ubllo Inrtruotlon
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boon noeird ud
.arefullJ 0on*1d0md lt a8 f011ov81
vlth rwp8tt t
lI p ~liOlOg i88
Oh0018 Of thi8
8d ?OP frr-
8iti 8dUC&tiOn
bed 8t8i.GSleIlt 18 8UbEitted
may be h8lpfu.l. In it ve
t Out thO8s ~Ftillent l8&HCt8
artmental practice8 vhloh apply
uaclon vlth regard LO the teach-
and healih and phy8lcal education."
The 8taLement attached LO your letwsr reads as
t0110vs:
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BOO. L. A. wood8 - pw8 2
'Th8 8tUe D8~HiMlXt Of BdUO4tiOSX 18 OO&mtOd
vlth l pmblu in ooaaoctlon vlth th8 dL8ttibUtlon
Or btAto-adOptOt¶bOOk8 in p 81010~ U&I p48iOa1
eduoatlon. &LdW &Hi810 e8
“z 3, fl@Vi8@d civil
SwUt88 Of 1925, th8PO 18 8 dOfinlL8 ~Wvi8i0.31 iOr
8 teXtbOOk in th0 BUbj8Ot Of phy8iOi0gy iOr th8
hi& rohool grYde8 urdW ti mtitiVl8 li8t PrOVi81OQ
of tin lav. AFt%Ob P66%, 8W. 1, &U’OVid@8t
"Th8t in8tmOtlol3 in p48iOa OdUCatiOtA
8ti b 8l8tM b il8&UXd
8dti0 put Of thr
OOU-8 Or irwbFUOtiO?JU&d tmbhg in th8
pub110 llUUuly Md 8.0-?2 8OhOO1r Of
the 8tato by Mptrkr 1, 1930.'
@tie18 2&i)., 3.80.2, 8trt88l
"Th8 St&o Supsrintand8nt Or ?ublio I 8trWZtiOa
8h811 pm&B&r8 COUT8.8 Of b8tAlCbiOXA ! OF th8
public $OhOO18 Of t& 8ktO iOr,th8 PtWK388 Of
OU'X7bg OUt thi8 AOt.'
'Ylthin ~CMt 8OILthr thalv h8 b88JA88tabil8h8a Vithh
the Stat8 D0pariim8ntOf ~UC84tiOIi 8 DiVirion Of iiOa.lth
ana Physical Education, the prbary purporo 0r vhic!;
18 co encourrge better Cour8e8 in hwlth ti physical
education throughout 811 the grade8 Of Lhe 8ChoO1 ViLfr
particular cmphnels upon phy8iCd tralnlng eour888 in
the last ivo year8 of the hLgh rchool. The DiVi8iOn
or Qupervislo~ u;iiCurrlculua of the Qtaio Deparment
of Education in lu latoat bulletin recomendr thar
p4qiology be Laugh; at Khe ninth gmdo level l6 a
credit course 8.nd that health and phyalcal oducaLlon
bo taught at th8 lleV8nth or tvalfth grade lOV818 &8
a credit ooumo. .
"my local rchool offloialr aov rn requertilig the
L. A.VOOd8 - ?wO 3
8tdtlODepartmoat of teuo~tlon to 8upplJ than
Vith tutbook in ply8lOlOOJ (a t.xLbook that 18
89@OifiOti1J provided for in UtiOl8 2843) Md
a80 vlth tUtbOOk iOr 0OI1F888 In Lualth U&d
ph~81Oti 6dUO~tiIX3 t0b 8OffOr 6 adtth 6 lhVUth
aad tvrlfth -0 lrvrlr. (10 tutbook in hulth
Ud -81ti lduCatiOB 18 8Q8Oiiitti4 provldod ior
b tiU 8tdiUt88 tithOU&ih &?tiOh 266;k, 880. 1,
pr88Orib88 iZi8tPUCtiOIL iS¶ pbf8iOa 6dUOaCi0&)
‘Of th6 1118 book8 OXX Lhs tit;910 ii8t Of tUt8
vbloh YIN bdo~H,rdby tin Stat. Bou'd OS tdwbtlon,
88V6rd Of thsr 4C8 $d.Urily tOXt8 in i'htithMd
phy8iCbi Yduoation inst8ad of being prlrurlly L8xL8
iIXP48101OgJ. Th 8WdJ Ot 948101Ogl iU 8t8ti-
ily a8CFW8iXhg urb th&I 8LUdJ Oi hB&h m phy81Oti
OdUUtiW 18 8tOu Uld H$idlr tiOFU8w irr
th8 plbll8 #Oh0018 0 I th. 8trt8. /I Vdd b6 hi@y
dtJ8inb1. if textbook8 Could be 8U9p11.d for in-
8tPUOtiW itIhulth Md p48iOti lbU~ttO& th@n
18 DO qUOBt;iOXt &Out tutbOOk fbr 948101o(lJ,
8-0. thi8 8UbjWt 18 8mCifiGtil.f li8tvd in th.
BtdiUt.8.’
~tiCl6 2343, vIX7bpoLL’8 AlUb0t~t.d feu8 civil
StbtUt88 POti8 68 fO11OV8;
‘Art, 2843. UnifOm 8T8tU
‘%%mTextbook Com.irrlon authorhod
by thi8 AOt 8m h4V6 WtboPit~ t0 8ObCt ti
WiOp t l WlfOm 8y8f.U Of WXtbOOk8 t0 be U88d
in th6 $UbliO fF6a 80&018 Of l’Oxx8, md tb
book8 80 88hCt.d Md dOpL8d 8hal1 be pX'iXlt6d
in the -1i8il 1lmgU48, 8nd 8m1 inClUd8 Uid
be limited to toxtbook6 on the follovlng rub-
Jectr, 89.11&@, CUdiIQ, Ellg118h 1-*8 md
g r r p la geogmphy,
r, liLkaPetic, phyriology-hygiene,
civil government, hirLory of the United aLaLea
(ln vhlch the con8trucrlon placed on the Federal
Conrtitutlon by the father8 of the Confoder6cy
8h811 be fairly reyrebented), NsLsry of Texar,
agriculture, A 8y8t6n of VrLKiXXg book8, l
8y8tU Of dWing
bOOk8, Md Uy &80, if d80IS6d
mC888w, rdO$t l g8Ogti$hy Of 'fOXa Md a Civil
gOVeX%WXXt Of T6,xr8; pl'oVid6d -iho$noIl6 Of Iaid
book8 rhall contti 8nyLhlng of a partL8an or
rectarlan character, snd LhaL nlthlng ln this Act
shall be consLru6d LO yre'feni Lhe tdrching of
GCRUFA&I,Bohemian, Spenlsh, Fi%ACh, LaSti, Or
gon. L. A. Yoods - rag* 4
Orrek ln any of the pub110 lohools.
%ld Textbook
Cammlsslon sJml1 also adopt
l a r ltlp lo list u se ln t& e blgh saJaools
o f b o o k s fo r
or the 8tat0, said mult1p1. list 1na1udlng not rover
than thr.. (3) no? 1000 than fir. (5) tutbooks on
tha folloviry subjootsr algobn, glame lrautry,
Solid 6O-tF7, 6Ul.m SOiMOO, bioloq, ~~siO8,
ohamlst~, b one-yew #Moral history, uloIont hlstor~,
modrmhIstory,morIarrr hlstory,Utln,bpml~,
ohyslaxl geogmp4, mgllsh co4msltlon, history of
Anricxn litomtu~o, hlrto~ of wlrh llteraturs,
g4SiOlw, ~l’i.tUM, M OiVil 6OtWMOlbt Uld iOr,
loh high school braaah of study any OIU or srror8l
or tk83 tab00k8 OS raid matip ti8t adopted SOP
the subjaot my br releotod$ prorldad, hovetar, tht the
sweral textbooks do not oxcod the xllonbh number
.Q8ittiMt to on. textbook for aad used Ln MJ hQh
sob001 88 tha toxtbook o? In suah x brumh io tb8t
a y hr o & o l, b utw& n luah book or hooks 18 or 81% so
a&sea bf loaxl ruthorltlos fro ths multIdo llsr;
adopted auah book or booka &al1 ba aontlnued la that
high school for tha uhtlra fit0 (5) pars of t5e
adoption porlod. rmvia04, hovrrrr, tbt tha multi-
plo list hareuh provldau ror shll bpply to all high
sobaols alxssd by the Dapxrtnant or ~o4tlan as
hi& schools of iA* first olus. Par us0 in all other
high sohools a unIfonr s-tom of textbooks an mob
subjrat wntloaad abors shsll bo srlectod by tno
00a8rian~ pr0ria0d, tmi irr my oity or ~~~O~OIKIML
lohool dlstrlot hxvlq more t&u ana high sobool of
the first 01~88 sxld 8ity or indrponduh school
dlstriot s&l1 adopt from said multlplo list for use
ln rrch of s8lA hi@ sohools t-ha sua books ami
shall use s&M books so adopted for a period of not
less than fit0 (5) yosrs.
n8peclflc rules as to the manner of the
selection of books by the high school shall be made
by who State Textbook f.%mlsslon.
“The coamisslon, as heroin provided for,
shall adopt tsxLbook8 in accordance vlth tirepro-
rlslons of this Act for every public free school in
thin 8tet0 ubd 80 prblio r-0 sohoo~ in this 8tato
shall uso my tutbook unless sari lms beon provlously
adopted and approved by this ooiuisslon~ and tJw com-
mission shall prescribe rules under vhlch all Lox\;-
books sdopted and approved shall be in\.roducedor
gon. L. A. Y0od8 - Page 5
used by or lo thr pub110 solroolsor tha &ate.
‘fa the wuat ls many as thraa sultabla
texts are sot offand ior adoption on uw one
subjrot, the aomlsslon UJ srloot iaVer tha thaw
(3) text*.
Wara oontraots sml not k m00t0a
adoptians mado under this Aat. AB uuulod
b* Y
AOtS 941,47th. -6. P. 1366,Oh. 617,800.1.'
48 corpusJuris,0. U78, dofiaesthe tern
‘Jhyslology” u follovsr
“Pbj81010g7. TM s~uaco 0r thr tunctlons
or al.1t;heaffrersnt parts uid orgaas of 8nl.uls aad
piat8, tb0 0rri008 th0y p~f,iom in tb, l00no4 0s
tb 0
baidau*l, thair propebtiu, lta.O
WoDstor~r iov mtaFr&Aorul DlotIoru&, &W.BBd
pditm, aazk08 the tom aply~i~l~~~ a8 f0110v8~
"Tin breach of blologf deal& vlth the
prowesses, batl*Itlrs 4nd phanoraaa inaiaaatal
to and ohanoterIstla ot ur0 or ot llt~ ogtiaui
tb 8tdy 0f th0 iurrcti08i8 0r thr 0rgw, ti88u0h
oells, eta. dur* lire, as distlnot from aa4t
vhich 6uls with thair stmoture. Tbs tidal
tha pheaomaaa 0fmantallIfe lra
usually n&dad bs outside the or-m SaOm of
p481010qt:
Corpus Jurls Qacuadum, Vol. 42, p. 36ir,
defines
the tern mQgieM’ as follovsl
“qgleno , A noun derived fru the Oreat
vord ‘RJgela J a systoa of prlnciphs and niLeD
designed for the promotton of hsalth.”
Corpus Jurls, Vol. 19, p. 1015, dsflnes "p4slc~l
lduc a tlo n”
as follovsr
'?4sloalfducatlon - The Inoludes all term
that relates to the derelopunt and care of ths orgurs
of smsatlon and at ths muscular snd nervous sysLems.’
BOO. L. A. wood8 - PW 6
Artlolo 167Sb-5(o) provider for the dlscon-
tlmzrnce of the State Textbook Conlssion snd the transfer
0s it8 duties ma run0~10~ to the 8taLe Boera 0r Educe-
t1on.
Tour questioa is aasvored in the aegatlve,
The rsglslatw has not suthortsea the 8tate Boml 0r Mu-
oetlon to jnwcbso textbooks on p4sioel la u0r tio ItI n.h a s
luthorlsed that Board to p ur o h up4sloloff
o uml physlologp
byglene textbooks.
Yours veq truly
ATTORHBY
OElcBBAL
OF TEXAS
B7 W%J.hnninO
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