The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-19
BLIND PUPILS WILL
"SEP" WORLDS FAIR
Palace OF Education VIII Pre-.
sent No End of Useful
Object Lessons.
Special to The Globe

HlSItors Will see and understand bov,,
the science of education has made this
posslole. In the Palace of Education
hIIi1tS nnodel schoolroOms have been
I'M IN Tor the reception of pupils from
THESE schools for afflicted persons rTbo
aoolils are built as exhibits by repre-
sentative firms. They are confirmed
s Silh the latest approved apparatus and
btuI dLIe all of which are exhibits. The
,pIaI;hDoards, desks, tables, globes and
s,1ot al. are supplied as exhibits and as
suGn VIII be of the highest standard
Inc schools will be conducted ex-
10y a. as they are in the school making
| Inc eAhlDlt- One school for the Hind
III New York state viii send six of lie
tlpleSt pupils, IN charge of an expert
t,.a'SIIe ihey will remain at the
Worlo fa1r for one or two noDtbe
J comfortable quarters have been pro-
VIoed Tor all pupils in the dormitorfes
| VI the washington university. whose
new buildings are included in the
MorIds 1alr grounds. The pupils win
pursue thelr studies at the worlds fair
Just as they do in the school that sends
lnelh. Broad aisles will intersect the
| SIoup OF schoolrOoms and visitors NAV
pass through the aisles and witness the
pupIls at study or when they are re-
eIung. Partitions divide all the rooms
put there is no wall adjoining the main
aisle. Thus the visitor in passing
enlough the exhibit may hear in the
SECTION for the education of the deaf
tne recltations of the oral classes. learn
| the object and action of work and Coo
| now language and other primary meth
Gus are taught. In the Industrial sec
| tion ne may see the pupils at work in
| the shoe shop, in the art rooms the
tailor shop, carpenter shop and the
pruning office, and he may observe the
methods of the sewing and cooking
| classes and the Sloyd class.
In the section for the blind the rev.
cations will be equally interesting
| mere may be seen the writing class
| using the various point systems and
the reading class. In another room
language, geography and other meth
gus are taught. In the industrial sec
tlon may be seen the blind pupils max
ing baskets, sewing and cooking. maxi
ing pfooms, binding books and uphoI-
STEERING and all of the other ACCOMPLISH
ments that the blind may acquire.
Many states will send pupils and
teachers and supervisors. The stay OF
the pupils will be limited to one or two
iiontns' mus allowing all prominent
SCHOOLS IN all the states to take part in
the demonstration. Certain hours will
| De used for seeing the fair" Dur
ing these hours the pupils will be in
| charge or the supervisors and they
may go at will through the grounds.
| Inc supervisors will point out to the
| deaf and dumb the wonders of the fair
ana IN the silent language explain the
details.
The classes for the blind will also be
| conducted through the grounds. and
they will be made to see the fair
through the eyes of the teacher, who
VIII describe what he sees, and the
pupils will be permitted to increase
thelr understanding by feeling of ar
ticles.
The week of Oct. 1S, 1904. will be Of
special interest for those interested in
the education of the deaf. dumb and
blind Miss Helen Keller, who will be
| graduated from the Radcliffe college.
| Cambridge, Mass, next June, will be
the guest of the exposition that week
| Ihe special international congresses of
| instructors for the deaf and blind has
been called for that time, and Miss
Keller will address the congress. She
will also visit the schools and address
| the pupils. Oct. Is will be known at
the worlds fair as Helen Keller day.
Mrs. Alvin E. Pope is superintendent
OF the model school for the deaf and
blind.
The First Bell.
In the misty long ago a nobleman OF
France came up the Mississippi from
New Orleans. His errand was to find
a place for a trading post-a place on
the great river whence the furs which
the red men bartered to the white
might be ioated down to civilization.
| Many a pleasant spot he saw. but al
ways shook his head, and said quietly
but firmly I'VE will proceed, my
friends"
On they went, past bluff and bar and
rivers mouth. until one morning they
came to place where the land, in
stead of rising abruptly, or going back
for mil In Ion ~ IL,
gradually upwards, hundreds of feet
Here they landed, the Frenchman and
his companions. They walked to the
summit of the hill. To the east was
the mighty river, it's farther shore but
a faint outline, and all around was
forest
AS the Frenchlnan looked. he said:
MY friends, our search is over. Here
shall be the spOt-and more, for we
now stand where in coming years
shall stand a great city!" And he
planted a flag there and called the
place after him who was to the French
| the greatest Of men, st. Louis.
Years later. when a village grew
| there, the residents expressed one
| great want; it was for a church bell.
| When in the evening the sounds of the
Angelus should have foated out on the
silent air. only the harsh beating of
drum told that it was the hour for
prayer.
The people longed for a bell. and as
none could be cast nearer than South
America, they prepared to send for one
The silver that should give the tone
nearly every family contributed--one
a teapot, another a tankard or q plat
| ter, still others spoons How the silver
| was sent down, how the bell was cast,
! how it was stolen by pirates, ran
| somed and sent UP the river, is a story
| too long to tell, but one day, when the
barge came up from New Orleans, a
! package carefully wrapped so as to
conceal it's contents was brought to the
/ house of Monsieur lie Cure.
The good priest, with two men 20
help him, climbed into the steeple OF
the little church. long ago made ready,
and hung the bell.
Ring" my children, he then called
! out. Ring. and may Gods blessing
| be on my flock"
| The soft notes floated out and all
who heard them fell OH their knees.
| On that spot. from where the bells
notes rang forth, now stands the great
Louisiana purchase exposition. but Of
| all the bells that will ring in 1904. none
will be sweeter than the one which
first sounded the hour of evening
| prayer.