The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1903-11-06
PUPILS MADE BIG MAP
California Students Show Inter-
esting Worlds Fair Exhibit.
COUNTY DONE IN PAPIER MAoHE
Ono California County Raises a
Worlds Fair Fund Of $4,000 and
oeVotes $1,000 to Showing Her Edu.
eatlonal and Social Advantages.

Alameda county. California, will
make an exhibit at the Worlds Fair
that will be credit to many state.
The superyisor8 OF that county have
appropriated about $4,000 for the
purpose, and OF this amount $4,000
win be used in installing the educa.
uonal exhibit, f. o. Crawford. super.
intendent OF schools In Alameda c1un-
" will have charge of the exhibit,
and he will personally conduct the
installation and will remain in charge
during the exposition.
Alameda county is an irreguarly.
shaped tract comprising about 1900
square miles, being about the size Of
Rhode Island, and with population
OF 100000. II is In the extreme west
ern part Of California, and San Fran
cisco bay forms parts OF its western
boundary The assessed valuation Of
the property OF the county is 100000.
600. and the school fund raised last
year was s629, 900
One Of the striking features OF Ala-
media countys educational exhibit will
be paDier mache relief map OF the
county, liN2O feet made by the pupils
Of the public schools The map Will
be carefully compared by the county
civil engineer, and at the close OF the
Fair will he returned 10 Oakland the
county seat, where II will be placed In
the rooms OF the county surveyor and
kept as the official map OF the county.
The map will be inclined aga nst
the wall and every hill and valley will
he developed. The highest part OF tho
map will be about II inches above the
sea level Every railroad and public
road In the county viii be shown.
Every schoolhouse, every public build.
Ing, each township and city and VII
lago viii be shown and perfect
scale maintained The school children
will do the actual work OF forming the
map. but the coloring will be left TO
the county surveyor. The site NJ each
sehoolhouso will be marked by a small
photograph OF the school building that
occupies IL. Larger photographs
showing the buildings in detail, will
he contained In books. 10 which those
who care 10 see may have access.
Another feature OF interest will be
the series OF reproductions OF Alame-
da county school rooms Mr. Craw.
ford obtained floor space In the Educs
ton Palace for this exhibit and will
build room 30x40 feet AZ one time
II viii be fitted up TO represent the
kindergarten room in particular AL
ameda county school The identical
furniture will be installed, the maps
and charts from the walls taken from
their places and placed In the World'I
Fair school room In fact It will bC
a perfect reproduction, so that or,
may see exactly what a certain room
In Alameda county. California, is.
The furniture and decorations will
b. changed at intervals and durinl
the Exposition type Of every schoo
In the county will be shown Spec
mems OF the work from all the school
will also be shown,
In Alameda Is situated the Univel
sity OF California, at Berkeley. III
: largest In the state, with 5000 81,
dents st Nary's Catholic Colleg,
I and Mills College for Young Ladie.
/ are all important institutions, and
is expected that each viii make ind
Ndual exhibits
Alameda county is proud OF h,
school system The buildings are a
up-to-date, and many of the count
schools were erected at cost I
] $4,000 to $4,000 each.