The Green Forest tribune., 1893-08-31
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Arkansas Educational Exhbit--An Interview with
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Special Correspondence to THE TRIBUNE.
The Columbian Exposition is the
most stupendous FAIR the world has
ever seen. The site is more than
thousand acresin area, about four times
the space of any previous Exposition.
The location was happy selection.
Perhaps no city in the country could
furnish the excellent water that Chica-
20 gets from Lake Michigan. The
transportation facilities are unsurpass-
ed. 1t matters not from what part of
the country the visitor comes, one of
the thirty-seven railroads centering in
Chicago will land him near the gates of
the Columbian Exposition.
No other part of the city would furp-
ish site SO suitable. 1t is portion of
the South Park system known as Jack
son Park and Midway Plaisance.
Jackson Park has frontage on Lake
Michigan of one and half miles, while
the Midway Plaisance extends west
ward one mile, forming connecting
link between Jackson and Washington
Parks. Thus is located the beautiful
"White City, into which great multi
tudes of people come pouring every
day.
No language can convey an adequate
idea of the extent and variety of its
beauty and conveniences. Verdant
lawns, cooling fountains, varigated
landscapes, inland lakes, ornamental
bridges, avenues, statuary, floral de-
signs, artistic in beautiful arrangement
command admiration. This city was
created in a few moments, asif by mag
ic, and when the object for which it was
built no longer exists, aud the millions
who were attracted here have all wend-
ed their way to their homes in the var
Gus parts of the world, and the wonder
Eful exhibits have been removed, the
"White City, will as quickly disappear.
Superb edifices, colonnades, and peri
styles will be torn down, and the bill
lows of Lake Michigan will again kiss
the shores of quietude, and the myriad
wonders of the vast and beauteous
"White City" will exist only in the
memories Of men and women.
| There are miniature entrances to the
Park. When the visitor first approach
es the entrance gate, he is struck by
its novelty. He drops his ticket, the
automatic turnstyle lets him in, ma
chinery connected with it mutilates his
ticket and at the same time registers
his entrance.
To-day 1 met Prof. J. H. Shinn, our
State Superintendent of Public instruc-
tion. He was found at the Arkansas
school exhibit in the Manufactures
building. Prof. Shinn thinks the Ar
kansas exhibit compares favorably with
like exhibits from other States. l con-
cur with him in this opinion, consider
exhibit was made. Only $500 Of public
money was available for all purposes
connected with this department., yet
there is fine exhibit from many of
the schools of the State, among them
the one from Eureka Springs stands
prominent. The excellent work and
neat arrangement shown in their exhib-
1t, are credit to Supt. Barnett, his
teachers and their pupils, and reflect
honor upon Carroll county and especial
ly upon the city of Eureka Springs.
The educational exhibits Of the world
here shown, no teacher should fail to
study with care. A week of assiduous
doing, with careful observation Of
their methods as shown by their exhib-
it's is. worth more than an ordinary
Normal course" perhaps. Afterwards
when he goes to his own school, a
thousand suggestions caught from this
Exposition, will be utilized by him.
When one gets wearied by the exam
ination and study of exhibits, it is rest
full to find seat outdoors and watch
and study the great throng of men and
women of different nationalities as they
perambulate by. Their dress, their
form, their features, and their manners
make an interesting study.
While thus engaged I heard voice
say, "Yonder's Fred Douglass Look
lug in the direction to which attention
was called, saw an elderly man with
! long wavy white hair who was, evident