The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-08-13

EXHIBIT
Displays in the Palace of Education
Show What Educators Are Doing
in United States and For
eign Lands.

What the educational exhibit at tn.
universal exposition at st. Louis will
accomplish may in a measure be estl
mated by referring to some of the prom
inent examples of the past.
The Crystal Palace exhibition in Lon.
uon' In 1851, led to the establishment
OF the School of Industrial Art at the
south kensington museum; the educa-
tlonal exhibit at the Centennial expo.
sltion of 1876 led 10 the introduction OF
manual training in the public schools
OF this country, the introduction of shop
work as part of the curriculum in tech
meal schools, and the beginning of the
training which has rendered possible the
rapid advance of this country in arts and
crafts; the reorganization of primary
education in France as a result of the
educational exhibit at the Paris expo-
sition of 1878; the rapid growth of man
ual training and the industrial art In
structlon as result of the impetus
given by the Chicago exposition of 1893:
the action of the French government in
arranging to send students annually to
this country for the study and investi
CATION OF our industrial and commercial
methods as a result of the United States
educational exhibit at the Paris expo-
sition of 1900.
The value of an educational exhibit
lies in the opportunity for comparison.
Methods OF administration. methods of
teaching. equipment of schools and COL
leges, courses of study, with the demon
stration of the theory which underlies
their construction and the results which
attend their enforcement, are brough.
side by side from every quarter of the
globe for the investigation of the stu
dent.
The exhibit Of a city or state. or
university, should have as its central
object the demonstration Of the value of |
Its course Of study. The latter contains
the best thought and experience evolved |
from the trials and experiments of gen. |
erations. II marks the differentiation Of |
school systems and universities. and
should be made the chain to which every
Item of an educational exhibit should be
attached for Illustrative purposes, The
machinery OF an educational exhibit is
necessarily limited, and must consist In
general OF charts. photographs, printed
matter, maps. models, apparatus and
specimens Thousands OF dollars can
be expended to good advantage in the
grouping OF facts and their
graphic presentation to the public eve
The entire work Of class in a chem.
lcal laboratory may. in a dozen photo
graphs, be accurately and completely
told. The school accommodation of
city can be set forth In a series of photo.
graphs with perfect accuracy. One ex-
libit differs from another in the skill
with which these photographs are com
'ined and made to tell the story.
One of the great innovations in the
exhibit features of the st. Louis expo '
ltion has been the endeavor to make il
IN exhibit of processes. So far as pos
ible, this has been introduced into the +
department Laboratories i,
n operation, domestic science and man ,
Ial training schools where pupils are at
work., and the actusl instruction of the i:
eaf dumb and blind will be special
eatures.
The object Of educational exhibit is
wofold; first, to secure comparative (
xhibit from all countries of the world
oted for educational effort second, to
resent thoroughly systematic exhibit
all phases of educatio. in the United
tates.
The following foreign nations hav, y
repaired exhibits: England France
Sweden, Belgium, Austria, 4
ally, Japan, China, Ceylon, Mexico :
uba, Brazil, Argentina and Chill.
One of the most interesting exhibits Y
i'll be that of the agricultural and me-
lanical colleges and experiment sta (,
ons of the United States which is being = =
repaired under the special appropria- y
on of 100000 made therefor by con-
'ess at its last session. Many working 6
boratories will be maintained in this Z
Ihibit. W
In the university section of the ex-
bit are grouped the more prominent 4
liversities of the country. Among
ese are Harvard. Yale, Columbia. Cor y
III, Johns Hopkins, Virginia, Chicago.
inois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri.
ashington and st. Louis. The work of N
e polytechnic schools Of the country
II be presented by the Massachusetts, y
stitute of Technology, Troy Polytech- "A
: institute, Purdue university, Pratt =
stitute, Worcester Polytechnic insti- y.
te, and others.
In the department Of higher education
women, the participants are Vassar "A
ellesley, Bryn Mawr, Smith and Mount II
,lyoke. "
special feature at the st. Louis ex-
sition will be the art school exhibit.
which space has been granted the Z.
ding art schools Of the country, such
the st. Louis School of Fine Arts, Art "
;titute Of Chicago, Art Students
ague. New York, Pennsylvania Mu- n
i'm of Fine Arts. Museum School of "
lie Arts. Boston, and Boston Normal e
t School
mother feature Of the educational N
libit will be lecture hall. with a
ting capacity for 25O people. fitted VI
for stereopticon and lantern lee
es in which during the exposition q
cial lectures and talks will be given "
educational experts from all parts
the world. ~
HOWARD J. ROGERS ~
Chief OF Department of Education. 10
very minute 10000 gallons of wa y/
pour over the cascades at the fair "