The times., 1901-05-16
THE HIGH SCHOOL EXHIBIT
An Effort to Demonstrate the Value
of the instruction.
The System to BE Explained in an
Exhaustive Displny-The Utility of
Science as Employed in the Cur
rfcuIum Throughout the District.

In order to show what practical results
may be expected from the education chill
dren receive in the Washington public
schools, DR.. F. r. Lane Superintendent
of the High Schools has had prepared an
exhaustive exhibit which will be on view
at the Central High School after o'clock
this and Friday afternoons.
DIR. Lanes intention is to dissipate GER
tam preconceived and erroneous notions
among the general public in regard to the
educational methods employed, especially
In the high schools. and to make possible
a better understanding of the purpose of
some branches lately added to the cur
riculum, which have been somewhat criti
cised
This exhibit is made to be looked at.
said DR.. Lane, "and / hope that people
viii come to see it. 1t is designed to
make perfectly clear to the business
man, and to the workman, and to the rich
man as well as the poor man. that the
things we are teaching the children in
the Washington schools are not mere
frills, but of a definite practical value
Each course is calculated to make the pu-
Pill a better and more capable worker, and
by the work shown here we expect to
make plain the answer to a question often
asked, What can the boy do better for
having taken this course? The entire
display, we think, will demonstrate the
main point of our system, that we are
educating men to do good job of work
in whatever line of life they happen to
fall and that we are training them to be
ready men, with clever hands, quick
brains, and weE-marshaled thoughts
Our effort is to point out that each of
the arts or sciences we have elected to
include in our curriculum does do it's
share in accomplishing this end at which
we aim, and that upon whatever the stu
dent works not an hour of his labor is
expended uselessly, but rather for his
greatest good. We make a display of re-
suits. and we hope business men will rec
ognize that we are training business men
in business-likeI way"
The exhibit itself is notable because it
represents eXceIIenty the. good work on
the part of The pupils, and is comprehen-
sibly arranged. In each department are
large lettered piacards showing the
course of WORK, the hours given, and the
purpose of The study, with the part it
takes in thesg General development of the
pupil. There are exhibits in history and
English, composed chiefly of papers. and
in mathematics, including display of
surveying work. The largest exhibit of
papers is that demonstrating the work of
the Business High School. A study of
the almost endless variety of typewriter
sheets on the wall shows that the stu
dents have been set to work solving prob
lens that are presented every day to the
practical business man, and in arriving
at the solution are obliged to use their
own intelligence in gathering facts and
developing methods The Manual Train
ing School makes a fine showing, with
elementary work and with real and com
mercially valuable productions from the
members of the higher class. The devel-
opment of the exact and scientific method
of thinking comes to the pupil through
physics, chemistry, botany, and zoology.
on all of which subjects visitors can see
examples OF work
An especially elaborate outlay has been