The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-07-02
EXHIBIT
VALUABLE LESSONS TAUGHT At
THE WORLDS FAIR.

Displays In the Palace Of 1dueation
Show What Educators Are Doing
in United States and For
eign Lands.
What the educational exhibit It the
universal exposition at st. Louis Will
accomplish may In q measure be esti-
mated by referring to come Of the prom
inent examples OF tho past.
The Crystal Palace exhibition In Lon
don. in 1851. led to the establishment
OF the School Of Industrial Art ct the
South Kensington museum; the educa-
tional exhibit at the Centennial expo
sition Of 1876 led to the introduction Of
manual training In the public schools
of this country, the Introduction Of shop
work as part Of the curriculum in TECH
nicar schools. and the beginning ct the
training which has rendered possible the
rapid advance Of this country in arts and
crafts: the reorganization Of primary
education in France as result Of the
educational exhibit at the Paris expo
sition OF 1878; the rapid growth Of man
ual training and the industrial art In
struction as result OF the impetus
given by the Chicago exposition Of 1898:
the action Of the French government in
arranging to send students annually to
this country for the study and tnvesti-
CATION OF our Industrial and commercial
methods as result Of the United States
educational exhibit ct the Paris s1po-
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 COLI
leges. courses Of study. with the demon
stration Of the theory which underlies
their construction and the results which
attend their enforcement. are hrough.
side BY side from every quarter Of the
globe for tho Investigation Of tbs stu
dent.
The exhibit of city or STATE, or .
university. should have a. 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 ger
erations. 1t 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 u
necessarily limited, and must coasst In
general Of charts. photographs. printed
matter. maps. models. apparatus and
specimens Thousands Of doiIlss can
be expended to good advantags IA the
mastery grouping OF facts md their
graphic presentation to the pubile eye.
The entire work Of class n . cAem-
ical laboratory. may. in dozen photo
graphs. b accurately and completely
told The school accommodation Of q
city can be BET forth In series Of photo
graphs with perfect accuracy. One ex-
hibit di6efS from anofhsr in the skill
with which these photographs are COM
bined and made to tell the story.
ons Of the great Innovations In the
exhibit features Of the St Louis expo
sition has been the endsavor to make It
| an exhibit Of processes. 90 far as pos
sible. this has been introduced into the
educational department. Laboratories
In operation. domestic science and man
uai trimming schools where pupils are at
work. end the actual Instruction OF the
deaf. dumb and blind will BE- special
fentures
The object Of educational exhibit 10
twofold; first. to secure comparative
exhibit from all countries Of the world
noted for educational effort: second. to
present thoroughly systematic exhibit
CT all phases Of education In the United
stateg.
The following foreign nations have
prepared exhibits: England, France.
Germany. Sweden. Belgium. Austria,
Italy. Japan, China. Ceylon. Mexico.
Cuba. Brazil. Argentina and Chill.
Ono Of the most interesting exhibits
will be that Of the agricultural and me-
chanical colleges and experiment sta
tIons Of the United States which Is being
prepared urdcr the special appropria-
:ion Of 100000 made therefor by con-
sress at Its last session. Many working
laboratories will be maintained In this
Axhibit.r
In the university section Of the ex-
;bIt' are grouped the more prominent
Universities OF the country. Among
Aese are Harvard. Yale. Columbia. Cor
I'll. Johns Hopkins. Virginia. Chicago.
:.:ncis. Michigan. Wisconsin. Missouri,
Washington and St. Louis. The work Of
- ro!.'' echnic schools OF the country
i'll be presented by the Massachusetts,
institute Of Technology. Troy Polytech-
&c institute. Purdue university, Pratt
institute. Worcester Polytechnic insti-
ute. and others.
In the department of higher education
{ women. the participants are vassar.
Wellesley. Dryn Mawr. Smith and Mount
iIolJ Gle.
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