The sun., 1891-05-18
sns eroenArnrcAI COLLECTION.
10 0pens, % Hosto. ana - Meeting with
Great Success.

SHD GEoGRAPHrCAL COLLECTION.
| t opens % Boston and - Meeting Will
Great Success.
The geographical collection which the De
partmsnt OF Geography OF the Brooklyn Insfi
tuts spent q year In getting together wal
placed on exhibition in Boston on last Mondai
| under the auspices Of the Appalachian Noun
tain Club. The citizens OF Boston are much In
debtsd to this enterprisinG geographical societ,
for bringing this splendid collection within thu
| rsAch Of Its students. Tho exhibition will con
tinue there for three weeks. Those who saV
the collection In Brooklyn had meaQre oppor.
tunity to Judge Of its great extent. for part o.
it was not exhibited at nll. owing to lack o.
space, and q great deal Of II was shown uudeI
disadvantages which made careful examina.
tlon dif1cult The Brooklyn exhibition was
greatly cramped for lack OF space. This was
ESPECIALLY true with regard to the aliases and
text books. which werc usually piled three OF
four deep. making It very inconvenlsnt to ex-
anime them.
While tho Brooklyn exhibition occupied only
q little over G.000 foet the collection in Boston
Is s'snread over 12.5oo square feet. or moro than
double the space. aud q most valuable and In
terestinc loan collection occupies about 1,5O0
square feet more. Tho exhibition In Boston
is at Windows Skating Rink. In the most fash
ionable part Of the city. The maps In tho
Brooklyn collection are shown on thirteen
racks. each nifty fsot in length. The space be-
tween the racks is ten feet afIordlng a botter
perspective for the examination OF these beau
tilul products. AL the books In the collection
have each separate place SO that 1t In vory
easy to find ard study them. Tho books
globes. and relefs cover nearly 1000 square
fost OF table room. A large number OF labels
have been written for the exhibits, and they
add much TO the interest OF the exhibition. as
they give many important and instructive
facts.
The loan collection is contributed By the
geographical and geological laboratories OF
Harvard University and by the Appalachian
Mountain Club. The club shows q complcte
list OF i,s own valuable publications. among
the most interesting OF which are various high
class maps OF the White Mountnins.
This entcrprising young society has be.
come one Ct the leading contros Of
geographic activity in this country.
and It deserves the admiration and support
Of evcry one who is interested in advancing
Our geographic standards. Its contoured map
OF speciai interest. The club have also placed
on screens n large number OF beautlfu! photo-
kIuino % views % % taRen By tie Fate Mr. Donki". and md
the. huaSian photographer who has recently
won much reputation Tor his remarkable Sc.
rieS OF Cuucasiun views. are most prominent.
exhibit is an album Of photographs OF Rocky
iosrap9er. Which which INCLUDES i many nm examples sol Of
delightful workmanship 10 the way OF noun
The ex b lit iron, Harvard University includ, -
iliustrating the causes which w produce changes
ssries of models usel in this country which SO
graphically tells tho story Of the growth and
n large ' number 0t models from Prot. Shaier's
s se 'soda. Of
Wurster OF Zurich. whose maps are ons Of the
ies,ion. K large number Of geographical peri:
pSiSbas from q" yeT the Mnrd uL are exhibited
A must useful feature Of an exhibition or thus
original sources accessible to them for the
sssay pnScstons viii
added to future exhibitions OF the Brooklyn
The people OF Boston are taking the greatest
interest IN the exhibition. It was secured for
Boston by the Apralachlan Club as . means
love lhss ;he S sxhS!slSn viii have ] a. inpros: % ~
hive been made for large bodies OF teachers
md students to visit tho exhibition from u
faSS ahs
crested. and so are IN. librarians OF Harvard
University und other educational Institutions.
he eshibi,ion that tho eolisotion was in 4
mott congeniai ntmosphere. md that its great |
asb s.ss
money for ths hall aud the cost Of getting the
Toward the end Of last week tho attendsn |
s ses ae
Sn Friday ali lie the sesoos IN ca@brdao Ws1:
,sGsssSdsns "a 9, IS,5s VIZ E Schools; Went 9
)ne Of the city nriyate schools, cont aiming fifty
1oaId o. Education has issued q circular. to
he teachers reluestirg them 70 improve this
to ee the ,a nes 81
llIy requested to give some study to the exhi-
his W way It Is thought thai the pupils viii do.
I've more benefit from inspecting the collec-
The committee OF the Appalachian Mountain
ists I ei Prot y. n Davis Of Harvard Si tGn!ver.
+ SnrtIs; Prs.!qsnt q III the ,ASpaisshisa
he. distineuisbed educators who. have Joined
sth the c9%%t,ee In calling public attention
ersity; Ptof;;, Capen Of Tufts College.
.oiosy. Prot. i. i. Whiting OF Wellesley
:cilege. Mr; 4: r. seever; SuHerintsndent OF
he Boston PUBLIC Schools and many others,
ei.t II tho Itcmen's Education Association,
nd Nrs. Louis Agassiz. The, Boston people
hueiasln, believing that tho collection will
ender. dlatinct service tc the cause OF geo.
Other sxhibitions for next fsll and winter
70 now arranging, and II IL hoped thata great
Many Thousands CT people In this country will !,
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