The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-04-06
FEATURES OF EDUCATION.
low the Exhibit at ST. Louis Will Be
Distinctive From That at Any
Other Centennial.
Nv CLAUDE H. wETMoRE.


Education finds more recognition in
he Louisiana Purchase Exposition than
in any previous centennial celebration.
1t is the keynote of the great enter
prise, permeating every display. More
over, the idea in'its abstract has home
OF its own, in that for the first time in
history the appliances of school life are
shown in building constructed ex-
clusiyely for this purpose.
At Chicago and at Paris this exhibit
was made q department of something
else. At st. Louis it is seen alone,
housed in a palace which many con-
slider the most perfect intellectually
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-
nence had not been given to education
before, aud 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
arrange in booths samples of text books
and of apparatus of the laboratory and
observatory. Appliances used in the
schoolroom were displayed convention
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 be
| actual demonstration of the use made
| of all such appliances and the multi
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 school for the blind will demon
strate the methods in vogue where the
] sense of touch is made to supply that
/ of sight, and 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 taking photographs of the sun,
moon and 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
| one booth and turn the swinging doors
| of movable cabinet You will see
picture after picture illustrating school
life, the children entering class room
| the pupils at recitation, in 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 vii
bring their systems into comparison.
Higher education is exemplified al
never before at worlds fair. All tn
large colleges of the United States
have prepared extensive exhibit