The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-06-09
New Orleans Times Democrat. 1st inst.
Ohio Educational Exhibit.

and number of graduates.
3. Examination papers and other
school work from thirty towns and cities,
and from sixteen colleges.
4. Nearly 5000 drawings
5. Six'y.six photographs OF school
buildings and libraries.
6 Twelve large maps, which graph
ically and comprehensively illustrate The
growth of common schools in Ohio /;
and
z. More that 300 other miscellaneous
articles from various public and private
schools.
The statistical tables show that IN Ohio
there are 1074 557 children of school
age, Of whom there are enrolled 762,-
755 in the public schools. The average
daily attendance is half million, and
the average number Of days that the
schools we're in session 10 1884 was 165.
The number Of teachers necessary to
supply the schools Is II 243.
Ohio deserves just praise for her in
terest in free libraries. there being ZIG
of these In the State, with nearly mil.
lion of volumes free to all who wish to
read them. In Ohio thev say "The best
school is not possible scithout a free u.
brary," and much Of the efficiency Of
the schools OF the State is attributed TO
the large amount OF reading done By
the people in their homes, thereby com.
plementing and supplementing the work
Of teachers.
In Ohio there are twenty col.
leges. enrolling 1853 students, who are
taught by 305 Instructors. at an annual
expenditure of s343,34O. Ohio evidently
believes in the higher educStion.
In the college exhibit the specimens
OF drawings and the work in iron done
by students Of the State University are
worthy Of especial notice. Bnt Ohio is
particularly strong in her exhibit of CON.
mon schools work from her to wns and
cities.
Cincinnati, as Is usual for her at ex.
positions, Is prominent because OF heI
beautiful penmanship and excellent ex
animation papers presented. Cincin
natl also exhibits admirable work in
drawing and 21S volumes and pamphlets
by Cincinnati authors.
The drawings from Columbus are con
ceded to he unsurpassed in the Expos
tions. The logical arrangement OF thest
drawings have exhibited general admi
ration and merited praise, The vertica
sections represent the twelve years
course OF study pursued 10 the schools
while the three horizontal sections show
the development OF fundamental ideas o
the system, viz. designing representa-
ton, construction. The examination
papers and the annual reports of th'
Columbus Board OF Education also ado
much to the valve of the Ohio exhibit
Mkt to Cincinnati and Columbus in thi
exhibit come Springfield, Hamilton
Xenia,:: ::Chillich,he, UrclevilIe, Gallip,lis
Portsmouth, Oberlin and Nav Pbiladel
phia.
All OF these cities make good show
ing. The scroll saving from Spring
field is suggestive OF the growing inter
est taken in Industrial education. Belle
vue, Belpre, Button, Cleveland. Felicity
Lebanon, Manchester, Norwalk. Oxford
Painsville. Smithville. Steubenvllle, Troy
Warren, Wellsville, West Milton, an,
Z,leski are all represented favorably b.
photographs of school buildings or VOL
| of puris.
The forty drawings from the Dayto
Night School (industrial) show the in
terest which the practical mechanic ha
in seliimprovement, and reinforces tn
argument which President johnson ha
recently made in favor of the establish
ment OF an industrial school in connec,
ion with Tulane University. In th
Ohio school exhibit there are some poi
traits worthy Of notice.
Among the distinguished educator
whose faces may be seen, are Horac
Mann, once president OF Antioch Co
lege; Samuel Lewis, the 6rst State Su
perintendent of Schools Prof. Matthews
the father Of Judge Stanley Matthews &
the U lited States Supreme Court; Hiram
H Barney, the first State Com nissione
Of Schools; Prof. William D Hinkls
late editor. OF the Ohio Educations
Monthly, and DR., John Hancock. lon
st the head of his profession as super
intendent of city schools.
| Mr.. Leroy D. Brown, the Ohio Stat
Superintendent OF Public instruction
has been 10 New Orleans for the last tw
months studying the educational exhit
its Of the Exposition and visiting the ei
ucational institutions of the city. ett
Mr.. Browd is one of the foremost edu
Gators OF the North, and probably n
visitor to the Exposition will carry ava
with him greater fund OF observatio
and information about the Improvement
in bis speciality in the work OF huma
advancement than will the ardent studer
from Ohio
RELIEF MAP or OHIO.
| 1t would be an oversight to end thl
notice of Ohio's educational displa
without q reference to the remarkable to
biographical map of the State, whic
forms part, OF Ohio's collective display
This is the most complete map OF th
kind ever made 10 the United States an
cannot fail to prove Of immense value t
the scholastic Institutions OF the Stat
long after the Exposition, which called
forth, has passed into history. 1t va
made bY one Of the ablest civil engineer
of Ohio, who has employed In it's pre-
duction more than 1000 actual measure
ments OF elevations. It shows ever
plain, every highland and everv valley !
the State, the water courses and the va
ter sheds. and how the railroad builder
of Ohio overcame the natural obstacle
in their way while building their road
into every county Of the State. Th
permanent value OF such a map to th
educational system OF the State -canno
]! be estimated In figures or told ia words
! " will prove for all Ohio the very hes
possible souvenir of the New Orlean