The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-03-30
TO STUDY THE FAIR.
Excellent Opportunities For Public
Schools to Attend the Exposition
In Bodies-Special Rates
to Be Arranged.


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 distinctively educa-
tional in all its 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 i'm
bodies to the Fair in order that the
children may pass few days LII study
Ing the features of the great spectacle
for their own intellectual benefit.
Already number Of such trips have
been planned, those tn charge OF each
school making arrangements with the
railroads for special transportation
rates and securing horel or boarding
house accommodations ID st. Louis, not
too far from the fair grounds, at re-
duces prices. There ls every probability
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 and
give particular attention to the fea-
lures which are best calculated to aid
them in mental development.
Teachers A. well pupils cannot fail
to derive great benefit from a study OF
the Exposition Tn the Palace OF Edu-
cation will be arranged an enormous
mass OF material collected from the
schools of every state and nation, scien-
tffcally 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 fer the comfort and
convenience of such visiting bodies Of
teachers and pupils Jefferson Guards
or other competent guides will be de-
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 a
vast picture OF universal industry, and
with its many marvellous machines In
motion, its far1pries and mines i'm oper-
alton, and its thorough exposition OF
the processes ,Gf producing finished artf-
Giles from the raw material, lit will fur
nfsh objert lessons To both teacher and
pupil which will he entertaining al
Wen as highly instructive. The chfld's
natural interest In seeing hCW things
work Will be cne OF the greatest aids
toward the acquisition or knowledge
1t rs safe to assert that there win he.
thousands Of children at the Worlds
Fair who viii learn more In one davis
observation or the great moving PIANO
rama than they could imbibe from
whole seasons teaching through the
medium of text books.
suppose, for instance, that atteacher
desires to give his pupils information
as te the products of the various eta tes
OF the Union. A walk along the PIa-
teau of States, where the state build4
1ngs are located, suggests itself. IN
each of these handsome buildings the
children viii be able to gain informa-
ton which might require months To OBJ |
tain IN any other way. Further infor- |
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.
IL it is desired that the children learn
something about the actual workings III
mines, trip through the great mining
guleh on the Exposition Grounds will
furnish the information. Here the pu-
pits may see gold, silver, copper. lead
and coal mines In operation, all the
processes Of taking out and reducing
the ores being shown.