River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-26
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Palace of Education, having Massa-
chusetts and Pennsylvania across the
aisle, New Jersey on the east, the
Lutheran Synod of Missouri on the
west, and Missouri-S Louis dag
onally southwest.
In the exhibits are found repre-
sentative articles from all classes OF
schools in the state. The organiza-
ton of goods is pleasing and the
structure of the pavilion is easily
among the handsome ones of the
whole palace.
Many directors of exhibits ignored
the individual exhibitor and made
all things take forms that should
promote the unity of the whole-and
the result in the mere matter of
housekeeping is satisfactory - but
exhibitors in Wisconsin contributed
what they (each) selected, and out
of the mass has come creditable
whole that does credit to the state.
State institutions justly occupy
prominent places the Home for
Feeble Minded at Chippewa Falls;
the Home for Dependent Children
at Sparta; the Industrial School for
Girls at Milwaukee and for Boys at
Waukesha; the State School for the
Blind at GAINESVILLE, and that for the
Deaf at Delavan show varied features
of manual training that may en-
courage friends with the hope for
largest results from the public care
given to the inmates.
The seven state Normal schools,
the seven County Teachers Train
ing schools, and the two County
Schools of Agriculture and Domes-
tic Economy, are represented by
manual training, drawings, manu-
script books, and statistics in ways
that are Ineligible.
The cities of Appleton, Ashland,
Burlington, Chippewa Falls, Fond
du Lac, Hayward, Hurley, James
vile, Madison, Merrill, Neenah,
Oshkosh, Sheboygan, Superior, Me-
nomonie and Milwaukee show draw
ings, paintings, manual training, and
photographs that denote excellence.
The last named two cities have
complete exhibits of all departments
of their model organizations. In
the exhibit of the city of Milwaukee
is photograph that speaks the
recitation and sings the song of the
Milwaukee children four hundred
miles away, and crowd hovers
about the booth to listen and won
der.
Beloit college, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
er college, Milton college, and Hill
side Home school afford photographs
and books that are of interest. The
University of Wisconsin occupies a
separate booth in the section of the
palace that is set apart for higher
institutions, and great interest cen
tiers there owing to the excellence
of material shown; it consists of a
topographic map OF the campus of
the University, having all buildings
in place, the lakes, and every one of
the three thousand trees to be found
on the Madison campus, is shown
on the map in its right place. Of
the many topographic maps at the
Fair this of the University of Wis
consin is the finest piece of work
manship. 1t may be of interest to
our citizens to learn that Ellsworth
Wescott, formerly of River Falls,
did most of the work of construction
of the base Of this map. Another
feature of the University exhibit is a
model of the Engineers laboratory
that has every machine i'll that COM
pletely equipped place, and each is a
model that may be operated. The
other exhibits in this space are in a
high plane of excellence and all re-
ceive uniform praise.
The Wisconsin state exhibit con-
tains line of material contributed
by county superintendent that re-
lates to rural schools. It includes
Photographic views of rural school
houses, interiors of schools with pu-
/ pills in place; and the vehicles now
used for carrying children to the
central schools of concentration are
shown as they appear in the coun-
ties of Bayfield,, Buffalo, Clark and
Gates. 1t may be stated that the
county superintendent of all these
counties named have been students