Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-12-14
Maine EducntionalIy at the Centennial.

| We are glad to know that measures have alread.
been taken TO have a fair exhibition from Maine
at the Centennial Exposition in the Department Of
Education and Science. Other States are rapidly
moving in this direction, and we are pleased te
see from a circular issued by Supt. johnson, that
definite plan of work has been laid out for Schoo
officers and educators in our State. This plan, we
understand meets the favorable views of the State
| Centennial Board.
According to the classification adopted by the
Centennial Commissioners, the principal exhibit.
are to be drawn from the following specifications
| PaJifc instruction. Infant schools and kinder
| garten arrangements, furniture. appliances and
modes Of training. Public schools, graded schools
normal schools, buildings and grounds, equipments
courses of study methods Of instruction, text
| books, apparatus, including maps, charts. globes
ETC. pupils work. including drawing and pennian-
| ship; provisions for physical training,
Righer Education Academies and seminares,
COLLEGES and universities. Buildings and grounds,
Libraries, museums of zoology, botany, mneralogy,
art, and archaeology; apparatus for illustration and
| research, mathematical, hysical, chemical, and
| astronomical courses of study; text books, cata-
| logues, libraries, and gymnasiums, professional
schools, &c.
| The ground to be covered by this exhibit may
| be summarized briefly, as follows
lst-Historical.
2d-Results.
3rtl-Pictorial and objective representations.
Hisf0rcal-Brief historical statement OF rise and
condition of public school system, by State Super
intcndent. Same of the several cities and towns
exhibiting, by city superintendent or school OH
GERS. Same of seminaries, colleges, &c, by the
Principals and Presidents.
Results-Scholars work. such as drawings, sam
pies of penmanship. examination papers, compost
| lions, and all kinds OF graphic representations.
| Courses of study, methods Of instruction, text
books, &C. plans for warming, lighting and ven
| tlatng school-rooms, hygienic regulations, &c,
all to be exhibited in cabinets as described below
The foregoing to be furnished by school officers
| and faculties.
graphs and plans of school buildings. public and
private, with brief descriptions. Photographs of
schools in session. of teachers and educators, with
brief biographical notes, III portfolios or albums
Photographs of higher semlnares and colleges, oil
| biographical data as above. The double album is
suggested for the foregoing purpose with likeness
in ono compartment and sketch in adjoining space
Prize and miscellaneous drawings, forms, solids
busts, kindergarten gifts, school apparatus, &c
Educational map of Maine, which will be map
Of the State surrounded by two broad margins, the
outer for the representation of the Public schools
and the inner for academies, semlnarIes, colleges
&C., pictorial illustrations of towns and institutions
contributing to The exposition being used with line
|
der each illustration references will he made to
cabinets, albums and portfolios, numbered to COR
respond with illustration.
| No space has vet been allotted by the commits
sioners in which to make the foregoing exhibit
We only know that sufficient room will be allowed
in the main building. Probably the space will be
in the form of library acove. say ten by twelve
feet, utilizing the rear end, two sides and floor
| SPACE The Educational map, State reports, doc
| uments &C. may thus be conspicuously placed on
the rear WALL while the cabinets will occupy the
side space, and school furniture, large portfolios
mans. apparatus, models, &C., will be exhibited in
the central floor area. The casual visitor at the
| Exposition will thus at glance get general idea
of Maine educ ,tonally, while the interested edu-
Gator or student may pursue his researches by in
vestigating State, municipal, or institutional rec
ords and exhibits in detail by the convenient rel
| erences on the map.
The map will be prepared at the State Educa-
tional Department. The cabinets will be filled by
the several towns and institutions exhibiting
These cabinets for the present will be provided by
the State, and sent TO school officers ordering
They will he made of black walnut, two
feet wide, three feet high, and one foot deep
glass fronts and plain finish. Being uniform
in size they can be conveniently arranged
Parties can use more than one, and thus
perfect their exhibit. The cabinet number
will correspond with the town or institution
number on the map. 1t is desired that these cab
inets some of them at least, be filled up as early
exhibition in the State House. We shall thu:
show our legislators what we propose to do, ano
how we propose to do it. We shall have the ben
ett of their criticism and suggestions, and shall
we hone deserve and secure their financial aid
We hope to SEQ this educational exhibit com
plete success, and for further particulars refer ou
readers to the circular which may be obtained b,
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