The Dickinson press., 1893-09-16
THE EDUCATIONAL DISPLAY
MINNESOTA TAXES \ LEADING
PLACE: IN i'll ENlIIRlTS.
The Display Made hN minnesota and
the Northwestern Stat.~ ii ReNcln-
tiOn To Eastern Dak0tax
and WISCONSIN We'll Represented.

and Well Represented.
jackson Park. Special Corresponds
encc.-Thcre We're no displays i'll which
The old and etTrtc East expected 10
score such Il completes victory us i'll
educational exhibits. When the ma
trrials of these displays We're being
put in position none of The great East
crn educators expected The surprise
that awaited them from The North
west. In conversation With one of th,.
many Eastern authorities in education
Nho We're busy here With their dis
plays about May ], l fooliShly VEN
turrd III" remark that l believed that
Minnesota would make the whole cut
tit ashamed "f themselves when they
SAW her display completed. The man
addressed WAS from classic Yale and
he proceeded To make minccmrat out
of my rash assertion in about the fol
lowing wise: minnesota surlraSS in
''i'i''tiioli'ii eAlllniiS. ltoN collu That
ID" possible: Why. Minnesota" said
he. is 4 new stale. 1t is an utter i'm
possibility for her Ia take rank with
the Eastern states" l loft the man
to his glory and the acquired wisdom
of an "A. NJ" and Il "Ph. d." \
month later l saw him very buSily
engaged in looking over the large col
lection of portfolios in the Minnesota
educational exhibit. and then he pro-
cct'ird I" dd insult To injury by re-
luSi1S To h"lirve that public school
scholars not vet advanced In the rank
OF high school could ever have done
such work in Illustrated language and
in Typographical maps and drawing.
Nevertheless, whether he meant it so
or not. his doubt was Il high compli-
ment to the excellence of this actual
school work. When il becomes known
that the pupils in their every day tasks
can show Il height of skill That leads an
Eastern authority To doubt his own
senses (which no Western man would
have TIL" auhacity To question: it is
about time that we people of the wild
and wu"lly" began to shake hands
With ourselves Il Ii George Francis
Train. But we have more direct cvi-
dcncc as To the excellence of the Min.
ncSota educational display us well rs
that of the entire Northwest. No less
authority than DIR. Reid has pronounced
the system of instruction given i'll the
Minneapolis and st. Paul schools tho
best i'll vogue in America. 1t is now
generally acknowledged by other eN'
hibitors here that Minnesota has the
ideal state educational exhibit in the
Liberal Arts building. One of tho
leading authorities on education il
California. who is preparing III articl,
on the educational exhibits for III
Eastern magazine, u~nrcScrvedly de
clarcS that Minnesota is ahead of then
al. He has spent three weeks in max
ing Il thorough inspection Of all o
them. The gentleman in Chicago of Tho
Wisconsin exhibit on educational sub
jrcts adds his pacon of praise to tht
general chorus. and it strikes the Ell,
much stronger because his opinion cam
gratuitously and unsolicited. He salt
that Minnesota had III ideal education
al exhibit.
The Minnesota classification of sclloo
work has been made by the teacher
of The schools Which are Represented
i'll the display. II shows Il very clos
and careful selection of exhibits TO
the wallis of the space allotted. Mos
of the educational exhibits WHICH
have seen embrace m endless and M
parently disconnected wilderness o
specimens that lead 10 confusion an,
dctract much from the effects of rcall.
mcritorious work. The space give
to Minnesota is arranged with six al
coves on each side of a central aisle
upon the walls of which are hang
ing the best specimens of work. Will
other displays are made in revolvin
eases and in portfolios. The first thin
that strikes the hclloldcr is the displa,
in the prepondcrancc of drawings
models. etc, kindred to the fine arts
These drawings. paintings and model
are admitted To be equal and i'll man
instances superior to the same elias
of work displayed by normal and tecl
meal schools in various parts of til
Liberal Art building. There are man
instances in which improvements coul
have been made il more funds la
been ut the disposal Of Prof. Il. T. Wi
son, in charge of Minnesota's educ:
tional exhibit. The lack of funds Il
of course. noticeable. particularly j
the placing and hanging of the displa!
which sometimes suffers OH account {
its setting.
On one side of the central aisle ar
rooms devoted to sowing and cookin.
to wood and metal work, wall pape
designs, Illustrated botany lessons, i
Illustrated language lessons and m;,
work. On the other side are alcovt
devoted to country school exhibits, phi,
tograplls of public educational instit,
tons. normal school work, Carleto
. college exhibits and state %universit
exhibit. The college exhibits are III
up to the standard set by the publ
schools of Minnesota, OF that set b
. other colleges of other states. All til
exhibits on the walls are placed undo
glass except the wood and metal worl
The schools Of the state which hay
contributed most to the display i'll
Minneapolis. st. Paul, Duluth, Still
water and WinOna.
The Minneapolis exhibit eXcelS /
carved and general wood work. i'll Il,
signs for wall paper, i'll sepia DRAWN
work. in pencil and India ink sketcht
and i'll display of sewing work Il
ranged by Miss Susie T.. Sirwell, of til
Minneapolis public schools. This III.
mentioned display seems to be Il no,
city in so far as state educational wor
is concerned. and has no duplicate an,
whrr" iii its vicinity i'll the Libcr:
Arts building. The exhibit embrace
all kinds of needle work displayed
glass eases. besides specimens of til
kind of work required by each pup
during the three years course. I'll
st. Paul schools have excellent G,
hibits in water %colOrs. i'll illustrate
language work, i'll crayon work, /
relief map work and in sewing wor
They excel the other exhibits in Il
first two mentioned. Duluth appea
TO have made {; speciality of relief III:
work and crayon drawing. i'll whit
they excel. Winona has upon eXhil
zion n small TlISS C;,Sp in which NJ