The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-07-01
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 Lands.


accomplish may in measure be esti-
mated by referring TO some OF the prom
inent examples Of the 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-
tional 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 a 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 result Of the
educational exhibit at the Paris expo
sition Of 1875 the rapid growth OF man
ual training and the industrial art In
struction as aresult Of the impetus
given by the Chicago exposition of 1898;
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
sltlon OF 1900.
The value OF an educational exhibit
lies in the opportunity for comparison.
Methods Of administration, methods OF
teaching. equipment Of schools and coll
leges. courses OF study. with the demon
stration Of the theory which underlies
their construction and the results W hlch
attend their enforcement, are brought
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 It's central
object the demonstration OF the value Of
Its course ofestudy. 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 m
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 10 chem
ical laboratory. may. In dozen photo
erapns. De accurately ana completely
.o s ne senool Recommendation Oh
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