The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-06-11
EXHIBIT
VALUABLE LESSONS TAUGHT AZ
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Displays in the Palace of Educatis8
Show What Educators Are Doing
in United States and For
eign Lands.


What the educational exhibit at the
universal exposition at St. Louis wiA
accomplish may in a measure be esti-
mated by referring to some Of the prom
inent examples Of tho 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
meal 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 a result Of the
educational exhibit at the Paris expo
sition of 1878; the rapid growth Of man
ual training and the industrial art in
struction as aresult of the impetus
given by the Chicago exposition Of 1893;
l the action of the French government In
2 arranging to send students annually to
this country for the study and investi-
3 cation of our industrial and commercial
methods as a result Of the United States
educational exhibit at the Paris expo
7 sition 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
a leges, courses of study, with the demon
~stration Of the theory which underlieA
. their construction and the results which
attend their enforcement, are brought
side by side from every quarter Of the
globe for the investigation Of the stu
dent.
m The exhibit Of a city or state, or &
university, should have as its central
mr. object the demonstration Of the value Of
TT its course Of study. The latter containa
ca the best thought and experience evolved
from the trials and experiments of gen.
of erations. 1t marks the differentiation OF
)ft school systems and universities. and
should be made the chain to which every
item of an educational exhibit should bd
attached for illustrative purposes. Tho
machinery of an educational exhibit Is
necessarily limited, and must consist in
general Of charts, photographs, printed
matter, maps. models, apparatus and
specimens. Thousands of dollars can
be expended to good advantage in the
ur- mastery grouping of facts and their
or graphic presentation to the public eye
1gs The entire work of a class in a chem
All ical laboratory, may, in a dozen photo
one graphs, be accurately and completely
gall told. The school accommodation Of
end city can be set forth in a series of photo
the graphs with perfect accuracy. One ex
ion hibit differs from another In the skill
OF with which these photographs are com
les bined and made to tell the story.
One Of the great innovations in th,
exhibit features Of the st. Louis expo
SO sition has been the endeavor to make Il
la- an exhibit Of processes. So far as pos,
IN sible, this has been introduced into thu
tn educational department. Laboratories
in operation. domestic science and man
a ual training schools where pupils are NJ
eX- work, and the actual instruction Of the
TED deaf, dumb and blind will be special
IL features.
re- The object Of educational exhibit II
10 twofold; first, to secure a comparative
~ exhibit from all countries of the worla
ny noted for educational effort; second, Il
pa present a thoroughly systematic exhibit
~ Of all phases Of education in the United
70 States.
an The following foreign nations have
prepared exhibits: England, France
an, Germany. Sweden. Belgium. Austria
10 Italy, Japan, China, Ceylon, Mexico
ces Cuba, Brazil, Argentina and Chill.
ISL One Of the most interesting exhibit
In will be that Of the agricultural and me.
Art chanicRl colleges and experiment sta
lions OF the United States which is being
lch prepared under the special appropria.
ect. ton Of 100000 made therefor by con
hit gress at its last session. Many wOrkint
laboratories will be maintained In thi'
OF exhibit.
veil In the university section Of the ex
rks hlbit are grouped the more prominen
the universities Of the country. Anon,
IRA these are Harvard, Yale. Columbia Cor
ere nell, Johns Hopkins. Virginia, Chicago
the Illinois. Michigan. Wisconsin. Missouri
vii Washington and st. Louis. The work o
re- the polytechnic schools OF the cauntr.
tee will be presented by the Massachusetts
nth Institute Of Technology, Troy POlyteoh
mic institute, Purdue university. Pratt
Institute. Worcester Polytechnic inst
tute, and others.
ana In the department Of higher educatlo
ton of women. the participants are VassRr
the Wellesley, Bryn Mawr. Smith and Noun
OF Holyoke.
onic A special feature at the st. Louis 81
- position will be the art school exhibit
lne in which space has besA granted ia
leading art schools Of We country. sue
iuu as the 81. Louis School OF Fine Arts, Al
wv Institute Of Chicago, Art Student
nc League, New York, Pennsylvania Nh
.ne scum Of Fine Arts, Museum School
Fine Arts. Boston, and Boston Normi