The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-29
TO STUDY THE FAIR.
Excellent Opportunities For Public
Schools to Attend the Exposition
In Bodies-Special Rates
to Be Arranged.


The school children living within a
reasonable radius of st. Louis will have
opportunities in connection with the
Worlds Fair which never before have
been offered by any exposition. AS this
Exposition is to be distinctvely educa-
tdonal 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 may pass few days in study
ing the features Of the great spectacle
tor their own intellectual benefit.
Already 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 the summer vacation, and
also in the spring and fall, there will
be numerous excursions to ST. Louis of
school children who will attend the Elk
position in charge Of their teachers an.
give particular attention to the fea-
lures which are best calculated to aid
them in mental development.
Teachers as well pupils cannot fail
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-
dfcally classified and showing an in
valuable comparative exhibit Of the
work of school children the world over:
also there will be vast amount of
material serving to show the best meth
DDS of teaching. sanitation of school
rooms and other things of interest in
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 Gc.
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 Il
vast picture Of universal industry. and
with It's many marvellous machines il
motion. its factories and mines in oper.
alton. and its thorough exposition Of
the processes of producing finished arti.
cles from the raw material it will fur
nish object lessons to both teacher and
pupil which will be entertaining A.
well as highly instructive. The chlld's
natural interest in seeing how tn.a~s
work will be one of the greatest aids
toward the acquisition of knowledge,
1t is safe to assert that there will ,,a
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 fnforma-
ton which might require months to OBJ
tain in any other way. Further il.for-
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.
II IT, 70 desired that the ehtlAsa iearn
something about the actual woekinss Of
mines, . trip through the srsat mining
/ gulch on the Exposition Grounds will
furnish the information. Here tie pu-
/ pills may go gold, silver, coppsr, lead
Z and coal mines IN operation, Ill III
processes Of taking ont ma Fsfucina
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