The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-29
FEATURES OF EDUCATION.
How the Exhibit at St. Louis Will Be
Distinctive From That at Amy
Other Centennial.
ny CLAUDE n. NJ


Other Centennial.
by CLAUDE III. wETMORE.
Education finds more recognition in
he Louisiana Purchase Exposition than
in any previolk, centennial celebration.
1t is the keynote of the great enter
prise, ~permeating every display. More
over, the idea in its abstract has a home
OF it's own, in that for the first time in
history the appliances of school life are
shown in a building constructed <
cluSively for this purpose.
At Chicago and at Paris this exhibit
was made : department. of something
else. At st. Louis it is seen alone,
housed in a palace which many con-
slider the most perfect architecturally
of any on the grounds.
Besides, in the classification Of ex
hibits education leads all others, taking
rank over fine arts, manufacture and
all the industries.
In remarking these facts visitors have
added that it was strange such promi-
hence had not been given tG education
before, and they are loud in their praise
of those who have carried the idea so
prominently to the front. &
In st. Louis the revealment of process
will be carried out in the Palace of Edu-
cation as well as in the other palaces.
Formerly it was deemed sufficient to
orange in booths samples Of text books
and of apparatus of the laboratory and
observatory. Appliances used in the
schoolroom We're displayed conventions
ally, and visitors could pass through
aisle after aisle and view only the
technicalities Of the world of instruc-
ton. AS a result the pedagogue only
was interested.
In st. Louis, however, there Is to he
actual demonstration Of the use made
of all such appliances, and the muij-s
tude will find itself entertained. Thus
the model training school will be a
creature of life-boys to be seen using
the tools of the various trades. Pupils
of a school for the blind will demon
strate the methods In vogue where the
sense of touch is made to supply that
Of sight, anG. those who are deaf and
dumb will also be given opportunity
to display their method of instruction.
College professors at work in labora-
tories promise entertainment for the
layman, and likewise there will be
demonstration Of the methods EN-
ployed in using the modern telescope
and tal1ing photographs Of the SUM-,
moon II stars.
supplementing these active exhibits
will be others quite as interesting that
have been secured from all over the
world by means Of the camera. Enter
n booth and turn the swinging doors
of a movable cabinet. You will g
picture after picture illustrating school
life, the children entering a class room,
the pupils at recitation, in a fire drill,
during the recess hour-in fact,
through all the stages from the hour
when they assemble for their studies
until time comes for dismissal.
AS illustrations of public school life
In large cities, New York, st. Louis.
Cleveland and other municipalities
have planned to make extensive dis
plays, while cities Of the old world will
bring their systems into comparison.
Higher education is exemplifed as
never before at a worlds fair. All the
large colleges Of the United States
have prepared extensive exhibits
which are supplemented by displays
from technical institutions.
Both interesting and novel will be
the exhibits made by the Agricultural
department. of the Federal government
in the Education building, for which
congress made a special appropriation
of 100000. These will be in the ma
ture Of experiment stations such as
have been established at various places
throughout the country for the practi-
cal education Of those who desire to
study the scientific questions Of agri-
culture and horticulture. Here will be
demonstrated the best system Of fer
tilizing the soil, of sowing the seeds. Of
caring for the crops, Of harvesting
them, and then for handling the same
in barns and storehouses. Visitors to
the Exposition will be given the on
portunity for instruction in the
diseases which infest the realm Of
Flora and the medicines or g
that must be employed to combat the
dangerous inroads.
Located N the Grand basin and com
handing a view of the Cascades, the
Terrace Of States and the Hall of Fes-
t1vals, the Palace of Education, itself
a portion Of the main picture, AN be
reached by either the broad b~oulevards
or by transit over the crystal waters of
the Lagoon. Its visitors may reach its
doors in roller chairs. on foot or in gon-
dola or electric launch.
In this building, as in the others, es-
pecial arrangements have been made
for the comfort Of the sightseers. Mul
titudinous windows permit OF free cur
rents of air constantly circulating, and
withdrawal rooms are at every hand
where one can sit down after becom-
ing fatigued from too much exploration.
Agricultural Plans Completed.
MI. James L. Farmer Of Tennessee.