The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-22
TO STUDY THE FAIR.
Excellent Opportunities For Public
Schools to Attend the Exposition
In Bodies-speeial Rates
TO Be Arranged.

The school children living within a
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
other states not greatly distant from
the Exposition are desirous Of making
arrangements TO bring their pupils in
bodies to the Fair in order that the
children may pass few days In study
ing the features Of the great spectacle
for their own intellectual benefit.
AlrealiF Il number of such trips have
been planned. those In charge of each
school making arrangements with the
railroads for special transportation
rates and securing hotel or boarding
house accommodations in St Louis. not
too far from the fair grounds, at re-
duces prices. There is every proba bility
/ 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 Ex-
position in charge of their teachers and
give particular attention to the fea-
lures which are best calculated TO aid
them in mental development.
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I to derive great benefit from a study of
the Exposition. In the Palace of Edu-
cation Will be arranged an enormous
mass of material collected from the
schools OF every state and nation. scien-
tifically classified and showing an in
valuable comparative exhibit of the
work OF school children the world over;
aoo there will be a 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 for 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 cut 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 q
vast picture OF universal industry. and
with its many marvellous machines In
motion. its factories and mines In oper
alton. and its thorough exposition OF
the processes of producing finished arti
cles from the raw material, it will fur
nish object lessons TO both teacher and
pupil which will be entertaining as
well as highly instructive. The child's
natural interest in seeing how things
work will be one of the greatest aid:
toward the acquisition of knowledge
II is safe to assert that there will be
thousands of children at the Worlds
Fair who will learn more Ia one day.
observation OF the great moving pano
rama than they could imbibe from
whole seasons teaching through tn,
medium of text books.
Suppose. for instance, that a teacher
desires to give his pupils information
| dS " Nut plOuuNAs VI lIc NdElOus sldlei
Of the Union \ walk along the Pla
tcau Of States, where the state build
ings are located. suggests itself. II
each OF these handsome buildings th,
children will be able to gain informa
ton which might require months to oh
tain in any other way. Further infor
nation may be acquired by visiting thu
exhibit palaces and studying the dis
plays Of the products of the states tina
will be found therein.
. If IL Is desired that the children leari
something about the actual workings o
mines. trip through the great mininl
gulch on the Exposition Grounds viii
furnish the information. Here the pu
pills may see gold, silver, copper. Leaf
and coal mines in operation. all tn
processes of taking out and reducing
, the ores being shown.
/ A considerable knowledge of histor.
D and a taste for historical reading ma.
be impaired to the school children b.