Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-06

exhstft Is Of the composite arrange
menk. being so placed as to show the
twelve successive years OF schooling,
provided by the state system. with
The kindergarten below. Over each
arutl in illuminated Mosacis IS the
name Of the grade whose work is
shown in that particular booth. The
written work is bound into neat vol
umes of uniform size, and so lettered
thar the work Of any child, in any
branch. can be located In 8 moments
time. Numerous samples Of all kinds
of work Of each grade are shown
above In the most modern style of
wing frame cabinets, OF which 139 are
used. Specimens in rafia. pottery and
wood work are shown. with the grade
where made, throughout the entire ex-
hibit.
Fer the general display Of manual
training work, special cases were de-
signed by Supt. Buchanan, and built b.
the School Church Furniture Co, Tren-
ton, n. ]. THIS case makes a new and
important step in the display Of school
work. As used in thu Missouri exhibit.
It shows the manual training Of each
grade in a conspicuous place at the en-
trance OF the booths. County maps.
free-hand drawings. water color pic
lures. ard a variety OF forms Of school
work are shown in cases Of portfolio
drawers all labeled plainly and easy
OF access Several thousands OF photo
graphs Of school buildings. with teach
ers and pupils in the foreground. are
shown in wing frame cabinets, In sew
eral cases ell the schools OF the county
are shown.
Several revolving casee show work
in industrial and conimercialgeography
and elementary agriculture. School
Rotations, In various branches, are
recited by two graphophones, which
get their Inspirations from numerous
rooms of the state. Specimens OF the
physical culture OF the Missouri schools
is faithfully and attractively repro
dueed by seven microscopes, or bicgens,
around which groups OF visitors are
klways found watching the physical
Culture exercises from the simple but
beautiful movements Of the kinder
garten to the precise and difficult one
of the high school gymnasium. This is
the only educationai display at St.
Louis in which the grapophone Is used
for reproducing school work, and the
throng constantly in the Missouri ex-
hibst tells OF it's popularity.
One OF tho exhibits thai attracts spe-
cial attention is that prepared by Prin-
cipal W. H. Martin Of the Morse school,
Kansas City. 1t Is a geography dis
play based on the idea that industries
and occupations grow out OF mans
struggle with nature TO obtain food,
clothing and shelter. The subject Is
treated from two standpolnts-the
physiographic. including surface, eli
| mate, soil. vegetation, ard animals;
and the Notwithstanding indus
tries. occupations. trade and transpor-
tation. Thousands OF teachers have
! studied this exhibit with much interest
and great profit.
Besides the thirteen booths used to
set forth the kindergarten and the
| Twelve grades or years of the state
kschool system, there IS space enough
| Cor the ample displays OF seventeen OF
our state institutions. Those represent
ed are the state normal schools at Cape
J Girardeau and Kirkgville, and various
colleges, all Of which are very fine.
The z schools are literally repre-
scented in a large booth containing
work from Lincoln Institute and from
various other negro schools through
out the state.
One of the most useful features OF
the state exhibit. perhaps, is the mod
ern rural schoolhouse, which stands In
a beautiful grove near the Fine Arts
| building. This building is 80 feel
square. and contains a school room
| cloak room, toilet ana basement
il Is lighted In the most modern way
and has as good system Of water serv-
ice. ventilation and furance heating as
could be found in any city building
This building can be made, complete
In every respect, in any country dis
trict for not TO exceed twelve hundred
dollars. Perhaps the only Just criu
eism that could be made on this schoo'
buildings is the cost, 1t is the rar'
exception that a rural schoolhoust
costs more than 500 or $500. II ths
price could be reduced to make th'
cost come within the latter figure, thu
model would be more generally adopt
Ell.
| Missouri sets a new mark for edu'
cational exhibits in the way OF popu
%Iarity. Careful estimates show tina