The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16

The Educational Building at the
Worlds Fair has already been COM
pleted. In this building, the State oi
Louisiana has been allotted $500
square feet of space, which will be I'll.
ed with exhibits from the public and
private schools of the State, colleges,
industrial Institutes and universities.
The public school exhibit will be very
complete; the private schools will
contribute largely; while the indus
trial institutes are making an extern
sive collection of the products of their
workshops, laboratories, etc. The
State University is also making a
very extensive collection, and will oc-
cupy central space. Tulane Uni
versity and Sophie Newconb College
will also have prominent positions,
with attractive exhibits. These ex-
hibits will consist of specimens of
work, methods of teaching. photo
graphs OF interior and exterior views,
products of the workshop, laboratory,
drawing rooms, etc. The Sophie
Newcomb College will make an extern
sive exhibit of art and pottery. The
cOlored schools will also make exten-
sive and creditable exhibits.
Accompanying the Educational ex-
hibit, win be q small handbook Civ
ing sketches of our public and private
schools, our institutions, colleges and
universities. Strong emphasis will
be laid on the rapid Improvement Of
the educational resources of our State.
LIBERAL ARTS.
In the Liberal Arts Building, in
which the dedicatory exercises took
place on April 3Oth, q space of 1900
square feet has been secured. In this
space will be a collection of over 200
maps and charts showing Louisiana
from the 18th Century to the present
time, many of which are extremely
rare and valuable. An exhibit oi
early printed books and files of the
early newspapers of Louisiana (many
OF which are now extinct) early hist0-
ries of Louisiana and documents
bearing upon events which took place
in the early days, will be placed in
this building, all Of which are being
collected and arranged by Mr.. William
Beer, of Howard Memorial Library.
There will also be in this building
exhibits of artistic photography and
portraiture, together with lithO-
graphic and other means Of illustra-
tion, appliances in surgery, musical
instruments, chemicals and pharma-
ceuticals, paper manufactured from
cane bagasse and rice straw.
The work and methods of the State
Board of Health will be shown by
photographs, statistics, ETC., and
models and processes of the Charity
Hospital, Touro lnfirmary and other
institutions OF charity, win find q
place in this building.
ANTHROPOLOGY.
In this department will be q collec-
tion OF relics of the ancient Mound
Builders and other prehistoric races,
found abundantly throughout this
State. Prof. Geo. Williamson, of the
State Normal School, Natchitoches,
is making this collection. and any as
sistance rendered him will be greatly
appreciated. The following is q list
Of implements that will be exhibited:
Banner stones, gorgets, celts, gro0v-
ed axes, gouges, deshers, mauls, an
wills, cupped and hammer stones, NOR
tars and pestles, disks and whirls,
images, clubstones, tomahawks. pipes
whetstones, pollshers, paint cups,
pendants, beads, arrow-heads, spear
heads, drills, scrapers, ornaments,
knives, cores, bunts, whistles and YES
sells ofpOttery. Literatureand photo
graphs on the subject will also be
shown.
Amateur collectors throughout the
State are most cordially requested
and invited to lend US such specimens
from their collections rs viii render
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