Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-04-21
TO STUDY THE FAIR.
Excellent Opportunities For Puhlie
Schools to Attend The Exposition
In Rodies--speeiaI Rates
to Dc Arranged.

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The school children living within a |
reasonable radius OF St Louisville have
opportunities In connection with the
Worlds Fair which never before have
been offered by any exposition. AS this
Exposition il 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 and
other states not greatly distant from
the Exposition are DESTROYS of making
arrangements to bring their pupils in
bodies to the Fair In order that the
children mar pass few days In study
Ing the features Of the great spectacle
for their own intellectual benefit.
Already a 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
too far from the fair grounds, at re-
duces prices. There is every proba bility
that during che summer vacation, and
also in the spring and fall. there will
be numerous excursions to st. Louis of
school children who will attend the Eek
position in charge of their teachers and
give particular attention to the fea-
lures which are best calculated to aid
them i'm mental development.
Teachers as well pupils cannot fall
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-
tificaily classified and showing an in
valuable comparative exhibit of the
work of school children the world overs
also there will be a vast amount of
material serving to show the best meth
DDS of teaching, sanitation of school
rooms and other things of interest ir
this connection.
Special facilities are to be provided
at the Exposition for the comfort and
convenience OF such visiting bodies of
teachers and pupils. Jefferson Guards
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
with its many marvellous machines In
| motion, its factories and mines in oper-
| alton, and it's thorough exposition of
the processes of producing finished arti-
cles from the raw material, it viii 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
| lit is safe to assert that there will be
| thousands of children at the Worlds
/ Fair who will learn more In one days
observation Of the great moving piano.
rama than they could imbibe from a
whole seasons teaching through the
medium OF text books.
Suppose, for instance, that teacher
desires to give his 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 informal
ton which might require months to OBJ
| tain in any other way. Further infor-
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 it 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
1 processes of taking out and reducing
i the ores being shown.
i A considerable knowledge of history
and taste for historical reading may
be impaired to the school children by