Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-06
MissoURrs EDUCATIONAL Eek,
HI5iT AT THE WORLDS FAIR.
10y II. A. Gass, of the Missouri School
Journal

by II. A. Gass, of the Missouri School
Journal
Education occupies a more impor-
tant place In the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition than in any Of the preced-
ing worlds fairs. A special building
occupying eight acres OF floor space has
been erected for the department Of ed
ucation, and educational exhibits have
received and are receiving more atten-
ton than ever before, Here is found
the nest complete educational display
in the history OF the world.
In truth, the entire Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition Is a vast educational
exhibit. Here Is gathered specimens
Of the best products OF mems efforts In
all the walks Of life Every avenue
Of human indcstry has been searched
and compelled to give Of It's best, that
the world at large might see and know
and enjoy the fruits and the thought
and labor Of each and all. Here one
may learn as much Of mining, Of man
u~facturing, Of commerce, Of forestry.
OF agriculture. Of liberal arts and fine
arts. of horticulture and architecture,
Of music and sculpture. Of foreign ma
tons and peoples, of home folks and
visitors, of the manners, habits and
customs of civilized and savage, saint
and sinner, as he could should he
travel around the world and spend
years and a fortune in acquiring II
Here we see and study the processes
from raw material TO finished prodVct
OF every kind and quality-rom raw
dog and hungry Igorrosa. through all
the grades Of development, education,
refinement and culture; from the how
els OF sticks and stones of the naked
savage 10 the finest work Of the c1i-
tured architect and educated builder
the first adorned. oil unadoTnsd. with
smoke. ugliness and bad odOrs, the lat
ter with the finest works Of painter
and sculptor, and all else that refined
taste and cultivated judgment could
suggest and wealth purchase. All this
9nd 50 much else that 1t can not even
be mentioned, is here, and can be seen
almost for the asking.
Missourl's educational exhibit Is un-
der the direct supervision of Judge J.
II. Hawthorne, chairman Of the edu-
oational committee OF the Missouri
commission. Judge Hawthorne has had
the wise and able assistance of Supt
George V. Buchanan. of Sedalia, super
intendent Of exhibits, to whom much
credit Is dine for Mlssouri's wonderful
educational display.
In the Palace OF EDUCATION, Mis-
souri's school, or educational exhibit,
Is prominently located in front Of the
main, or north. entrance. and is divided
into three parts or sections-the state,
the city OF 81. Louis and the state uni
versity. The entire exhibit covers a
floor space OF nearly 10000 square feet,
and outranks any other state in guam
hty and quality. The state and city
expended on these exhibits about 500,
n0e.
The state educational exhibit occu.
pies a space 30 feet wide by 40 feed
long, and is the largest state exhibit
ever presented TO the public. II is be
tween two l2-foot shafts. and fronting
on the main aisle of the building.
The space Is surrounded by an ex.
quisite facade in old English oak, con.
sisting of twenty-five Romanesquf
arches. whose pillars and spandrill:
give Lodgment to nearly four THOUSAND
transparenoies of noted Missouri edu-
Gators, Missouri school buildings
school scenes and school children This