The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-08
WRITES ABOUT
ST. LOUIS FAIR
LAST LETTERS ABOUT FAIR
WITH FAIR LEFT OUT.
CONTAINS MANY SURPRISES
The New Education" Social Econo-
omy'- Whatever That Is
Good Letter.
CONTAINS MANY SURPRISES
(By Elizabeth L. Horney.)

st. Louis, October 7.
In my other letters I confess I
wrote about the Fair with the Fair
left out. However, every spare mo-
ment was taken in visiting the va
rious buildings and making notes
from which I'd better begin to quote,
for if / ever intend writing about
the Fair it's time l was beginning.
But where begin? With the building
I know most about, l think. AS I
heard Pres. Francis say few days
since "The Fair is full Of surprises"
This no doubt is true in all portions
of the only "Greatest show on
EARTH" but surprises surely abound
in the "Palace of Education and So
cial Economy especially in the lat
ter portion where you can't for the
life of you tell whats coming next.
For instance, as you descend the
steps from Festival Hall you read
the name Of this building and say to
your friend, "Guess I'll step in and
see how things have changed since [
went to school, You enter to see
globes and charts and books, nothing
Of the kind meets your gaze but in
their stead are ambulances and pa
troll wagons. Not thinking about
"Social Economy whatever that
may be you ask if that's part of
the new education you've heard so
much about. 1t may be in time if
such "scraps' as the Purdue pupils
engaged in lately continue. In the
next room hang two or three cases
from Bretillon's "Rogues' Gallery
and with which some well-known
murderers were hanged. These are
not the only grewsome exhibits in
this department, others were connect
ed with operations and the like. Near
by you are likely to see large crowd
and hear some one talking in loud
voice. You approach and a man is
discoursing upon the merits of the
"Cash Register Why this man has
any more right in this building than
he who lectures upon Wireless Tele-
graphy or the X Rays is more than l
can tell. 1t would seem that all the
misfts Of the other buildings had
been dumped into one heap and la
beled Social Economy Exhibits.
To this department also belongs
the buildings along the Model street.
These are miniature models of pub
lie edifices in different cities and
represent perfection, at least as near
lv as modern architects have been
able to plan thus far.
In the department of Education we
find more nearly what we would eN-
pect. The exhibits are divided into
those of the Elementary and Second
airy Schools, the Colleges and the
schools for Detectives, such as the
Blind, the Deaf and Dumb and the
Feeble Minded. To the uninitiated
passing hastily through the educa-
tional booths Of the different states
looking about the walls, they would
eXclaim: "Have up-to-date education
gone manual training mad?' for all
they See is wood work or iron work,
or sewing Or basketry To those, how
ever, who propose to go farther be-
fore passing judgment, the glass
eases when opened will reveal guam
titles of drawings, paintings and pho
tographs. In many instances the
drawing and painting has been mar
Well done when the age of
the pupils is considered
On the shelves beneath are hum
dreds of bulky looking books, bound
volumes of examination papers. In
the common school exhibits of Indi-
ana alone there are 800 books, Indi-
having about 40.
Should ask what seemed to be the
speciality or ''fad' In education at
this Exposition. it must be answered
training, paintings and draw
ings but III my opinion a most valu-
able innovation and addition to the
school curriculum, and the two latter
have been used to great advantage In
examination papers and
essays.
Next letter will appear in Mon
days paper.