The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-04-27
OUR SCHOOLS AT BUFFALO.
Admirable Exhibit to be.
Sent to the Pan
American.

The school exhibit that is to be made
by the State at the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton at Buffalo, Notwithstanding the fact
that it was most hurriedly gotten to-
gether, is going to be, the best that New
Jersey has ever made, and it will speak
volumes for the public school system of
this State.
The exhibit will be in charge of Silas
r. Morse, of Atlantic City, who is an
enthusiast in the matter, and who has
earned the gratitude of the State already
by his industry and sacrihcial devotion to
the cause of displaying the doings of
the schools of the State to the end that
they have come to be regarded as cri-
terions all over the country.
When Mr. Morse was asked TO take
charge of the New Jersey school exhibit
at the Pan-American, he wrote to the
gentleman who mad charge of the Ameri-
can school exhibit at the Paris Exposi-
ton, asking for any pointers that might
be of advantage to him. The reply was
altogether complimentary and showed
that ne improvements had been made
since Mr.. Morse showed the visitors to
the Chicago Worlds Fair the work of the
New Jersey schools in such a compact
and gratifying way that his methods We're
adopted by the Paris displayers of schoo.
work
A cursory glance at some of the work
that is being shipped by Mr. Morse to
Buffalo by a reporter yesterday corrob-
GRATED the statement of that gentleman
to the effect that he was going to aston
ish the people at the coming exposition.
He has a very fine exhibit, and one that
caused surprise and admiration. Having
had the best exhibit at the Chicago Fair
he wll certainly be given the palm at the
Buffalo Fair.
The work of the schools is to be dis
played in cases that are made in this
city, and which were designed by him.
They have a table for their foundation,
on which are displayed the bound sam
pies of the work of the children. Resting
on this is a series of closets with many
doors, each of which affords a frame for
school work neatly arranged ON heavy
cards. The tables are about twelve feet
in length and each table supports eight
of such cases. In each case there are
thirty three frames. Six of such pieces
of furniture will comprise the New Jer-
sey school exhibit.
The most attractive of the school ex-
hibits are those in which pen and ink
are used. In some of the schools, poems
are given and the pupils write these and
illustrate them in pen and ink drawings
Some of these drawings that are made
by children of IA years of age are re-
markable for their skill and artistic eff
feet. In this respect the children of the
Plainfield, Morristown, Atlantic City and
Camden county schools show great ex-
cellence.
There are also some splendidly exc
cuted pencil sketches by the pupils of
various schools. A very interesting ex-
hibit is made by the Deaf Mute School OF
this city. This consists of kindergarten
work, amateur photography, half-tone cut
making printing and some of the most
beautiful specimens of embroidering.
Mr.. Morse, who is naturally an enthusi-
astic man, goes into estacies when he dis
plays these specimens.
One of the remarkable things about this
exhibit is that it was gotten up in a very
short time. The circulars were not sent
out to the schools till the first of April
When the number of exhibits is taken IN
to consideration and the elegance of the
work, the result seems to approach the
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