Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-06

oupI anu ms cap3Die fESlst-
ants are constantly engaged in showing
and explaining ogF educational dis
play. Without any persistena efforts
it would not have attracted srch large
numbers.
THE NJ. s. u. EXHIBIT.
The university joins the state. and
occupies a larger space than that OF
any other university. II is divided into
two parasitic general exhibit-which
shows what the university is. and the
departmental exhibits, showing in part
what the university is doing. The first
shows a model of the campus Of the
university. with buildings. trees, walks,
columns, etc, all accurately located.
In a separate case are shown models
OF some Of The university buildings that
are not located on the campus. as the
Horticultural building. Read hall, Dairy
building and Live Stock building.
To show the changes that have taken
place in the building and grounds. q
series OF ~water-colof views are placed
on the walls OF tho exhibit space. show
ing six important periods in the his
tory OF this great institution. The
arst picture shows the university at
the completion of the first building in
1913; the second shows the campus in
1873, thirty years later, with three
additional buildings; in 1885. the main
building shows the addition Of two
large wings. The fourth picture. that
az 1892, shows the ruin wrought by
the burning OF the main building. The
last two pictures, those OF 1895 and
1904. show the marvellous changes that
have taken place since the great fire.
The university seems to have made
greater progress In the last twelve
years than In the forty years preceding
the fire.
The growth OF the university is also
shown by a number Of charts. giving
the number OF students and teachers
from year to year, the value of equip
ment. endowment and income. For ex-
ample, the number Of teachers In lS42
was five, the number of students SO; in
1892 there we're 40 teachers and SOC
students; In 1904 the numbers had in
creased until there were 120 teachers
and 1.645 students.
The granite shaft erected over the
grave of Thomas Jefferson in 1896 Ii
the property Of the university, and oc-
cupies an honored and conspicuous
place In the exhibit. II seems appro-
pirate to have the monument here
since Jefferson brought about the pur-
chase of the Louisiana territory and
was the father of the state university
in America
But 10 know what the university Is
doing. the nearly thirty departmental
exhibits must be carefully and criti
caily examined. A detailed descrip-
ton of this part of the university
display could not be entered into in
a newspaper article. The displays are
instructive and educational in the
highest sense, are worthy of the great
institution they represent, and 1t, in
turn, is an honor to the great state
which Is proud to claim 1t as its own
DIR. John Picard is in charge, and with
his assistants gives courteous atten
ton to all visitors.
ST. LOUIS EXHIBIT.
The board of education prepared the
exhibit. which presents the work Of
the st. Louis public schools in sys
tematic arrangement and logical Sc
~quence. The actual work was done by
the pupils, the teachers and Other
representatives of the schools. AS
sistant Supt. Carl Wrathman, Will
several obliging and competent assist
ants, is ever ready and willing tc
show visitors any attention that is in
his power.
The space occupied by the st. Loui:
exhibit Is about twenty-seven by one
hundred and forty feet, and Is JUS
across the aisle south of the display
Of the other schools OF Missouri.
II is somewhat similar in kind ant
arrangement to that OF the states OK
hibit. II consists of transparent pho
tographs of school buildings, of classel
at work. of groups OF children, out
door scenes, history of education. ant
ch%ildren's heads; a number of wal
cabinets containing selected specimens
of pupils written work, work in draw
ing. and in domestic science; bool
cases filled with constructive work o
pupils in domestic science, manua
training work. collections of mounted
birds. of minerals, of fossils, of but
terfiies, ETC.. used in various schools
and Of Still life" models used In draw
ing: wall decorations of modern schoo
buildings. casts, busts. original paint
ings and photographs; wing frame!
containing statistics and selected
drawings; plastic models of modern
school buildings and many othei
things Of interest too numerous Il
mention.
The facade contains 16 columns, The
style of architecture being that of the
Roman triumphal arch. In the from
panels are 16 transparent paintings
representing a history of the develop
ment of education. These painting
are the work of Miss Marie r. Ga
resche. teacher of art in the Contra
High school. Miss Garesche selected
the 160 subjects, composed the groupl
for which teachers and pupils Of thu
schools posed, photographed thI
groups. and after the pictures hat
been made transparent. painted them
The paintings are artistically executed
and are greatly admired by every one
The exhibits are full and complete
In every particular from kindergarten
through all the grades to and includ
ing the high school. The work is pre-
scented in logical sequence. enabling
the visitor to follow the course o.
study and to observe the training o.
the child and his progress from the
time he enters the kindergarten unit