The Dickinson press., 1893-09-16

play proper. SHOWING. mat INC stale
has Il school enrolment of ;as,.uo
ana an annual support of SS.'aa.tso-
The endowment of the public schools
is Slu.3uN.sN. which Will Increase in
value unit. it reaches S~20.ush,U1, the
greatest possible amount for any state
in America.
The Iowa educational exhibit occN-
pics Il Very prominent position iii the
Liberal Arts building. III. SI.nGpoiMi>
of he collection ara lis displays uf
wood work and clay modelling. Near
lA everything of Importance is placed
upon the walls of the Time booths I!llci
hy tho Hawkcye state. They had ap-
parrntly Il great abundance oi mater
ial TO draw from and preferred to make
use OF all SuprrtluouS material i'll order
TO furnish Il cr,Slitahle display Tor the
state building of the same kind. There
are many crcdi,ahlr drawings illustrate
ing zoology. botany and geometry.
and some gems i'll black and white
of the free hand order. The rural
schools of the state display some eN-
cccdingly good work. l am inclined
to say that il is The best OF the kind
tn the building. The pictures of coun-
Try schools evidence the fact that Iowa
being Il rich agricultural state is en-
ablcd perhaps To furnish the best coun-
try schools to he found anywhere.
The MAJ drawing Work Of these
schools is excellent. The cooking dc
par,mcnt of the Iowa schools have
made Il notable display. The school
population of Iowa numbers G.1,o.+
and the enrolment fools up %2l.toS.
In iSt.D tl,,,., N.aS nril In f,lrItrS
$4.oS9..23G. The total expenses of
| schools in that state for 1SG We're
S1.iO, l9l.
The Wisconsin exhibit is situated
next TO and right north of tho Mime
sofa display and is notable for the COM
pletcncSS of its normal school collection
of work and its plaster cast 1utl re-
lief modelling in fruit. The normal
school exhibit aims to show everything
connected with the course from the
beginning 10 the end. The plaster cast
work is IL novelty not attempted III
anything like as complete Il form 10y
any other state educational exhibit.
The water color work IN" the engineer
and mechanical drawing work are feat
urps which stand forth prominently Iii
the collection.
A Columbian history of the cduca-
tional system from its very beginning
in Wisconsin has been published 10y
], w. Stcarns. which contains 30
pages. 1t is Il historical work and
largely differs from the Minnesota
pamphlet which treats the Minnesota
schools as they exist To-day mainly 10y
about one hundred cuts and as many
brief descriptions. The school prpula-
ton of Wisconsin is GlS.SSl. The VALUE
of the school property of the state
reaches the sum of Sll. 7GG.22S2. The
taxes raised annually for the support
of the public schools amount TO S".'
33339, 4339.49.
South Dakota and North Dakota nat
urally would not he expected, on nc
count of their youth as state govern
men,s, to possess as complete and care
fully worked out systems of education
as the three states first mentioned
There are many things. however. IL
their displays which Indicate that they
have already made great progress to
ward the excellence of the older North
western states. The physiological char
and maj work OF South Dakota arc
n SlrpriSc to IL great many people
WHO inspect lltE tSlltStt'AohstA AA'
The state has also designed maps show
ing the location Of the various school:
of the state and the lands devoted I,
creating IL revenue for the school fund
Both South and North Dakota hav'
set apart large amounts of lands 10
educational purposes. The state UNI
vcrsitirs of the Dakotas, IL at Nermil
lion, S. d., and the other in Nortl
Dakota have already attained Il pros
porous and growing condition. both Il:
to attendance and financial support
South Dakota's educational eNhibi
shows some excellent work ill countr.
schools no less than in the cities mani
Testing that the good work is not con
fined to particular grades OF schools
or to localities.
North Dakota has had considerable
trouble and some misfortune i'll max
ing her educational display. \ portion
of the material which was to constitute
the browning feature Of the eXhlbl
got lost on The railroad and it rrqtlirct
over six weeks before il WAS 1mall.
!, traced to the an~throrolosical building
One of the features Of the North Iaku
tn educational exhibit Which attract
greatest attention is the colorcd ma.
work from the Grafton schools. Their
!, is also some work i'll the botany col
lection and classification which woul'
; do credit to much older schools. VI
the whole, cvcn if the educational IN
!. hibits of the Northwest must NATURAL,
take IL secondary position as compared
with the agricultural displays OF iii
same states. yet they furnish the great
rst surprises and the greatest indic;
ton of rapid development and careful
work.
i Ralph Mckenzie.