Connecticut western news., 1904-04-07
TO STUDY THE FAIR.
Excellent Opportunities For Public Schools to Attend the Exposition In Eodies-cEeeiar Rates
 to Be Arranged.

The school children living within reasonable radius Of St. Louis will have opportunities in connection with the Worlds Fair which never before have been offered by any exposition. As this Exposition Is to be distinctively ,educa- tional in all it's departments, special at tention has been paid by the manage ment to the development of the study idea in connection with the Fair.
 The correspondence of the officials shows that the teachers or directors of many public schools in Missouri md other states not greatly distant from the Exposition are desirous of making arrangements to bring their pupils in bodies to the Fair in order that the children may pass a few days in study ing the features of the great spectacle for their own intellectual benefit
 Already Il number of such trips have been planned. those in charge of each school making arrangements with the railroads for special transportation rates and securing hotel or boarding house accommodations in St. Louis, not  duces prices. There is every probability that during the summer vacation, and also in the spring and fall, there will be numerous excursions to St. Louis of school children who will attend the Ex- position In charge of their teachers and give particular attention 10 the fea- lures which are best calculated to, aid lo,,, f,, t.l .1, a1.
 Teachers as well pupils cannot fail to derive great benefit from a study of the Exposition. In the Palace of Edu- cation will be arranged an enormous mass of material collected from the schools of every state and nation, scien- tihcally classified and showing an in- valuable comparative exhibit of the work of school children the world over; also there will be a vast amount of material serving to show the best meth ods of teaching, sanitation of school rooms and other things of interest in this connection.
 Special facilities are to be provided at the Exposition for the comfort and convenience of such visiting bodies of 
 or other competent guides will be de- tailed to pilot the parties through the grounds and buildings. pointing out the objects of greatest interest to the chill dren. From time to time there will be lectures along educational lines.
 But the entire Exposition is to be vast picture of universal industry, and
 
 motion. Its factories and mines in oper- ation, and its thorough exposition of the processes of producing finished artl- cles from the raw material, 1t will fur nish object lessons to both teacher and pupil which will be entertaining as well as highly instructive. The child's natural interest in seeing how things work will be one of the greatest aids toward the acquisition of knowledge It is safe to assert that there will be thousands of children at the Worlds Fair who will learn more fin one days observation of the great moving pano- rama than they could imbibe from a whole seasons teaching through the medium of text books.
 
 desires to give bis pupils information as to the products of the various states of the Union. A walk along the Pla- teau of States. where the state build. ings are located. suggests Itself. In each of these handsome buildings the children will be able to gain informa- ton which might require months to ob. fe1Nk I'm ,N4h ha@ N1,..s. tv.F. nation may be acquired by visiting the exhibit palaces and studying the dis plays of the products of the states that will be found therein.
 If 1t Is desired that the children learn something about the actual workings of mines, trip through the great mining gulch on the Exposition Grounds will furnish the information. Here the pu- pills may see gold, silver, copper, lead and coal mines In operation, all the processes Of taking out and reducing the ores being shown.
 A considerable knowledge of history and a taste for historical reading may be imparted to the school children by slight effort upon the part of their teachers in visiting the Government building and examining the precious documents to be shown there. Here also the science of civil government may be taught to much better advan- tage than from text books. for each de- partment of the National Government will have its separate exhibit, showing the workings of the departments, its methods and aims.
 To afford the pupils n general idea of the nations of the world 1t will be necessary merely to make tour of the foreign government buildings, the teacls CTS taking the pains to describe the habits, industries and arts of the re- 8pective peoples represented.
 Suggestions as to how to study the Exposition to best advantage will be prepared by competent persons and fur nished to those in charge of school children.