The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-05-26
EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT
VALUABLE LESSONS TAUGHT AT
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Displays in the Palace Of Education
Show What Educators Are Doing
in United States and For
eign Landa

universal exposition at St. Louis will
accomplish may In measure be esti-
mated by referring to some 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 at the
South Kensington museum; the educa-
ttonal 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
nical 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
| struction as q 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 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 city or state, or a
university. should have as its central
object tho demonstration Of the value of
It's course Of study. The latter contains
the best thought and experience evolved
from the trials and experiments Of gen.
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 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
mastery grouping Of facts and their
graphic presentation to the public eye.
The entire work of class In q chem
ical laboratory, may. IN dozen photo
graphs. be accurately and completely
told The school accommodation of
city can be set forth In series Of photo
graphs with perfect accuracy. One ex-
hibit differs from another in the skill
with which these pilot graphs are COM
bined and made to tell the story.
One OF the great innovations in the
exhibit features of the ST. Louis expo
sition has been the endeavor to make 1t
an exhibit Of processes. So far as pos
sible. this has been introduced into the
educational department. Laboratories
in operation domestic science and man.
ual training schools where pupils are at
work, and the actual instruction Of the
deaf, dumb and blind will be special
features
The object Of educational exhibit is
twofold; first. to secure comparative
exhibit from all countries Of tho world
noted for educational effort; second, to
present thoroughly systematic exhibit
Of all phases Of education in the United
States
The following foreign nations have
prepared exhibits: England, France
Germany, Sweden, Belgium. Austria,
Italy. Japan. China. Ceylon, Mexico,
Cuba. Brazil. Argentina and Chilli
One of the most interesting exhibits
will be that Of the agricultural and me-
| chanical colleges and experiment sta
tons of the United States which is being
prepared under the special appropria
ton Of 100000 made therefor by con-
gross at It's last session. Many working
laboratories will be maintained In this
exhibit
In the university section OF the ex-
hibit are grouped the more prominent
universities OF the country. Among
these are Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Cor
nell. Johns Hopkins, Virginia. Chicago
| Illinois, Michigan. Wisconsin, Missouri,
Washington and ST. Louis. The work Of
the polytechnic schools OF the country
will be presented by the Massachusetts
Institute Of Technology. Troy Polytech-
mic institute, Purdue university, Pratt
Institute, Worcester Polytechnic insti-
tute, and others
In the department Of higher education
OF women the participants are Vassar,
Wellesley. Bryn Mawr, Smith and Mount
Holyoke.
A special feature at the ST Louis ex-
position will be the art school exhibit,
In which space has been granted the
leading art schools of the country, such
as the st. Louis School Of Fine Arts. Art
Institute Of Chicago, Art Students
League, New York. Pennsylvania Mu-
scum of Fine Arts, Museum School Of
Fine Arts, Boston, and Boston Normal
Art School
Another feature OF the educational
exhibit Will be lecture hall. with a
seating capacity for $50 people. fitted
out for stereopticon and lantern lee
lures. in which during the exposition
special lectures and talks will be given
by educational experts from all parts
of the world
HOWARD J. ROGERS.
Chief of Department Of Education.