The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-10

EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT.
That of New Jersey at the
Fair Excels Others in
Many Points.
SOME SPECIAL FEATURES
That of the State Normal and
Model Schools the Best OF
Its Kind

aud from The majority OF the States OF
our ow II nation. The display through
out shows Intelligence in conception and
great care in detail. The visitor Is
strongly impressed with " ideas: 1st.
That the educational dspartms Mt has
made great advancement since '76. 81.
That the fundamental elements of the
educational Systems of the most advanced
nations OF the world are common. 1t is
no longer, Have you This or that kind OF
work In your country or Slater"
but rather. what success have you
achieved in this or that class OF
work in your country or State2n
The arts, the industries. the
sciences and the humanities are now the
corner stones upon which the great edu-
catioual structure IS reared. The second
of these corner Stones has practically
been laid in this country siuce rs and
largely as the result of the exhibits of
some of the older nations at that time.
Each of the Nations aud STAGES has it's
point or points Of relative strength, but
there is perhaps NO exhibit that excels
IL MS many points as docs that of New
Jersey. The writer CHANGED to meet in
this deparsms nt the COMMITTEES on
Columbian Exhibit of the New Jersey
State Board of Education, this commit
tee consisting Of Messrs. William r.
Barricklo, James L. Hayes and j. Bing-
ham Woodward.
These gentlemen were very courteous
and materially aided the visitor in gain
ing a comprehensive knowledge of the
plan and conteuts of the display.
While it is impractical here TO to give
a full and detailed description of the
work some of Its special features may be
noted.
SOME OF H SPECIAL FEATURES.
First. The executive hammer ia which
the State was orzauiz I'll ftr the securing
OF the work, namely: A committee of the
State Board of Education. with full
power; an executive committee of
teachers aud superintendeuts. with the
State Superlntendent OF Public Instrac-
ton, A. B.. Poland at it's head; special
committees of experts on each of the
branches of school work, VITA method
rather than Quantity as it's object. made
an organization ideal In its possibilities.
Second. In the manner of mounting
the work New Jersey Is clearly In the
lead. The cabinets containing typical
specimens of pupils work are 80 con-
structed that the exhibition space is ill.,
creased thirty-two roid, and the speci-
mems can ba handled without Injury.
This large amount of available space
makes possibls the classification OF
work under = sufficient number of head
ings to expose all the branches Of the
system. as fur instance, city and county,
aud each OF the subjects in eacn of the
years. This cabinet exhibit serve as tho
ing the Dulk of the work,
eac b color IN binding indicating
the branch Of work contained
by the volume, rs. for instance. red, Ian
guage. etc. By means OF this very INTEL
liRent and unique arrangement one can
trace without difficulty any. branch of
WORK throug city or county, aud all the
years of its development.
Third. The comprehensfveness Of the
exhibit. 1t includes the work of the State
Normal u Model Schools. of the City
Normal aud Training Schools, aud of the
High, Grammar. Primary, Kindergarten
and District Schools.
THE BEST EXHIBIT OF ITS KIND.
The exhibit Of the Stale Normal and
Model Schools was fuller and much more
complete than that Of any other similar
institution in the country,
In coming to the front with SO com
plete an EXHIBIT Of work recommended
for the preparation of teachers, also work
recommended rs All example to be fol-
lowed In principle BY the public Schools
OF this State, this institution shows a
vigor and COURAGE In its convictions that
is refreshing. compared with Massachu-
sets and Pennsylvania, for instance,
WIN MdAo ~ atbicdl1y no uQEmal cl0OI
exhibit, or New York, who exhibits
little more than normal school status
ties.
Fourth. Completeness. In complete
ness the display of this State Ia remark
able. 1t shows work of every class aud
grade. aud from nearly every school. The
work of many OF the district schools, not
ably those OF Bergen county, shows that
careful attention IN New Jersey is not
confined to the towns aud elites. The
basis of the exhibit is method rather than
quantity, which means that instead OF
collecting WORK from each OF the pupils
OF the State aud thus simply displaying
IN u-nmanHgeeble mass, q collection WAS
made. typical specimens that would ahow
the teacuer's plan OF developing the work
AS well as the pupils ability to compre-
bend and execute. For Instance, the
worktin vocal music of the city OF Tren.
ton, especially that arranged for tn g
little children designed hot only to teach
song, but to make the spng attractive by
making 1t symbolic. The work In draw
ing from Newark. Jersey City and the
State Normal and Model Schools, shows
the various steps OF gradual devsi opment
from the most primary rorns of work To
a good degree of both industrial and
artistic dra wing.
LANGUAGE AND GEOGRAPHY.
In the language studies OF several OF
the Newark, Jersey City, East O.angs,
Bergen county a Paterson schools. Tor
instance, 1t wEs noticeable that the OBJ
ject Is TO grow the pupil In good language
by feeding his mind on choice specimen g
adapted to his various b of develop
ment. No system could be- better or truer
to nature.
In what might be termed Associative
Geography, 4 number OF the schools in
studying a country nave arranged In q
group specimens of the various prod &c Is
of thatc country. In manual training the
schools OF the State are taking q leading
part; the Newark Technicai School,
MontclaiT, the Town Of Union, the Ssata
Normal and Mode scloois, Camden.
Orange, Patf rson and d hnmber oil other
schools displayed very fine work. Il Is
impossible In u notice necessarily brief to
mention the distinctive features of all
the schools Of this State, oysr / 400 iu
number, to mention all the schools or
even The most prominent schools. Tho 10
mentioned have beeu mentioned rs typt-
cal Those making q study Of New Jer-
sey's exhibit are greatly aided by the
splendid tables OF statistics prepared by
The GU Statistics. and by the
OF the work, MIR. s. r. Morse.
COURTEOUS MR.. MORSE.
Mr.. Morse's long experiences ~ an edu-
Gator enables him TO SO comprehend and
understand the work that he can at once
lead the visitor to the characteristic feat
ures. 10 him Is due the credit for the
most valuable suggestions concerning
the cabinets which are destined to be-
come d permanent part OF our schooI
furniture aud d valuable ACQUISITION.
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