Arizona republican., 1893-06-28
EXCEPTIONAL EXHIBIT.
Great Feature Of the Liberal
 Arts Department.
mt pr. Peabody Has Done to Make His Work of General Interest and of
 Value to Countless Thou
 sands of Visitors.
Lspec'al Worlds Fair Le,terI


 Hns great department of the exposi-
 u is under the guidance of Dr. Selim Peabody, president of the Illinois
 ate university. By the liberal action t < the exposition officials a very large \ stion of the great Manufactures and \ beral Arts building has been de- 3 sted to education and its allied Nups alone, thus increasing the pros
 .Sts for the greatest exposition of feral arts ever known. Education
 lone receives half the space set apart \ e liberal arts. The other groups in. ude hygiene, sanitation, charities, \ sdicine and surgery, literature, ssOkS, libraries, journalism, physical ssnce, engineering, government, law,
 snmerce, social and religious organ { srons, music and the drama. In a
 bOrity of these groups the exhibits \ 4sVe for their motive the advancement science or humanitarianism, there sng an entire absence of commercial siive. Time or money have not rn spared to make this a splendid lowing of the educational interests the world, and willing specialists < bye lent their best efforts to con rbute to its completeness.
 The space devoted to the liberal arts Rartment, compared with other ex- rsitions, is in itself tribute to ad- aDcing ideas of culture and reform. lr Dr. Peabody's uses have been set l Eart 175,O0o feet of space. This in. lgdes 29, 900 square feet set apart for be special educational exhibit by the loman Catholic hierarchy In ad- f,ion there are about 5O,OO0 square tet of space set apart for the use of hreign countries. The bureaus have SsH crowded out and will hare their HhibitS in the Anthropol0gical build.
 g These arc the bureaus of char tss and correction and hygiene and shtation. At Philadelphia in 1876 htre were only 35,O0l square feet of pee st apart for the liberal arts dis bay and at Paris in 1878 lIO,0 square st 1t Paris in 1880 the area for lib- al arts alone wa about 25l, ,001 square bt but this included archaeology l ni ethnology, both of which are l ssrately housed at the worlds fair. nus while the worlds fair liberal arts | Hhbit has h""n cut down in space | bun the original estimates, it will siIl compare favorably with the lgeSt foreign exhibits aud be many | ines larger than the display at the snltrnial exhibition.
 The liberal arts department at the | rTdS fair Is centrally housed in the post colossal structure ever erected. ! ,gmatter by what route ths visitor 1 aler, the grounds, the mammoth ! lldng will be the center of attrac- Dn The liberal arts display is easy iaccess, being located in the south lnery of the building, which in arch lecture and decoration is typical of ,e uses to which it is dedicated. TalS- E the north facade as a typical rep sentative of the others in the great fracture, it is sufficient to note that ,e main entrance is in the form of iumphal arch, the central archway sing % feet wide and so feet high. bOve the portal is an attic story or amentcd with sculptured eagles IS et wide. Over the side arches on thCr side arc immense panels with in- rptions, while sculpturcd figures in ls.relicf ornament the spandrils. At lch corner of the building are pavil- ls with archcd entrances, and these, ing designed in harmony with the ]rtalS, give an added effect to the inn cDsc facade. On all sides of the nding are series of arches the lower ytion forming a covered loggia, hich makes an open promenade for k public.
 The educational exhibit, in which e public generally will be most iu- rctcd, has been arranged in strik- manner. At the south end of the .Iory there is a long row of exhibits
 thc primary grades. A series of dgcs connect these primary exhibits th another tier running the width of e building. which is devoted to the aibjts of the higher colleges and uni. Ntics. Between these two extremes ranged the various intermediate : a'" exhibits The most striking l'nrc of this part of tue exhibit is display made by the states, which grouped by themselves. Most of states include kindergarten exhib- manual training and other special itnrcS of their school systems. al- 'ugh there arc groups by themselves all the special classes of schools. ere are conspicuous and interesting lures in the form of drawing, color fS anG the various achievements of D.lc school pupils that are likely to ract the eye of visitors. To edu- DTS and school specialists the point greater interest will doubtless be
 exhibits of regular school work. 'curricuia. continuation papers, etc r7r arc specimens of clay modelling prOfusion, and the technical features nodern school work are given prom Oce. irouped by themselves are the ex' Hts of manual training schools, art !OOls, medical schools, business col B and schools for defective classes, ;Iuding blind, deaf and feeble nded, Among the leading manual 'lning schools that are arranging {,