The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30

tional association. The total Of these
prizes will be $3.50. They will be
given exclusively to schools in towns
and villages Of 5000 Inhabitants and
less, that the schools of such COM
munities may secure the assistance
otherwise assured to schools in larger
cities. First and second premiums,
Of 500 and $50, respectively, will be
given for the best rural school. exhibit;
for the. best semi-graded school ex-
hibit; for the best graded school ex-
hibit: for the best high school exhibit;
hibit. y sag.5 "a. !; al: ~ n
The displays at St. Louis will include
free hand drawing, mechanical draw
ing, color work, ink work, illustra-
tons, paper cutting illustrations, map
drawing in ink or water colors, clay
modelling. relief maps in PAPER
nare or sat-
monthly calendars, sense training
cards, paper folding, paper weaving,
rug weaving, basketry, wood work,
sloyd, paper sloyd, sewing, cooking,
weaving, written exercises in language
and other studies, charts of original
work in arithmetis, algebra, geometry
and triginometry, samples Of labora-
tory work in physics, physiology,
botany and zoology
But there will be not few displays
altogether new, mainly in manual or
industrial training weav-
ing, woodworking, iron working-and
in household science, including cook
ing.
An exhibit in which all visiting
gophers will take pride will be the
statistics dem onstrating that the pub
lie school fund of Minnesota is rap
| idly becoming an imperial endow-
ment -@. r., &; lz@5
An attempt will be made to show
by photography all the multitude of
| methods and facilities that cannot
otherwise be illustrated.
Souvenir Is Planned.
Illustrative media will be turned to
particular advantage in the souvenir
that is to be given away to educators
visiting the Minnesota educational de.
1 partment. Such a souvenir was dis
tributed at Chicago. But at St. Loui:
a larger and more attractive pam.
phlet will be provided, showing by
it's text and SITS numerous half tones
4 that Minnesota has more and better
/ schools than existed ten years ago
K and that higher salaries have brough
1 increased skill into the ranks Of TIL
more numerous teachers.
4 That suitable contributions o
j school work will be secured by Mis-
i Sirwell is now assured. The countr.
4 schools especially have manifested !,
! lively interest in the success of TIL
i st. Louis display. From New Ulm
I for example, a superintendent cam
= the other day to consult Miss Sirwel
about a series of lessons illustrat TIM
Z the remarkable skill Of young New
4 knowledge simultaneously Of both tn
4 German and the English languages.
5 In Minneapolis the photographs II
j Illustrating the sixty schools of the cit
. must be obtained with an appropria
ton Of $3.50 made for that purpos
s by the board Of education. Al
]. schools turnout the state are to pro
! vide the photographs exhibited at s.
!, Louis, and the paper of uniforr
4 quality and dimensions, on which dis
plays are to be written, drawn Q
painted. But other expenses con
nected with the exhibits will be PAL
: by, the state commission.
Circular Of Instructions.
Minute directions for preparing TIL
| exhibits will be issued Saturday in
; circular drawn up by Miss Sirwel
) should be shown, not by loaves.
t time proof bread, nor even by edib
: fruit cake, but by specimen recipe
5 and menus, and by photographs {
) kitchens, OF dining-rooms, Of table
) set, and Of small girls playing LAD
: will be placed in cabinets on eac
! side ofsvertical leaves that swing Xix
/ the leaves Of book. In each cabin,
!. sixteen leaves will show thirty-tW
j views or pages each SO by
t inches Other exhibits will appear !
| i book cases, in show cases, on table
and along the wallis.
: Louis will be made by Miss Strive
!, about THANKSGIVING time. But ST