Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-02
THE STATE EXHIBITS


THE STATE EXHIBITS
The workings of the machinery OF
government of the great State OF
Maine may be better seen and more
easily understood today by visit
to the Capitol Of the State, where for
the purpose of entertainment Of and
informa ton for the visiting assessors
from all over the State is being
staged a living demonstration of
what the state is doing for its peo-
pie. 1t consists Of the working APP
paratus and results secured with
them from each Of the many State
departments and could the exhibit
ton be staged in City hall for
week, it would be great success.
It, was at first thought that the
Senate chamber would be large.
enough for this display, but it soon
outgrcw those quarters, so that some
of the large third floor space IS All
taken up. In Addition. those de-
partnaents which dn not have the
material for an exhibit have sta
tons assigned and plainly marked
in the Senate chamber, with an Of
fetal or clerk in charge, where any
and all information about that de-
partment may he obtained. In fact
the show" tells the whole story of
the States machinery. how it works
and what 1t has and is doing.
It is usual on the afternoon before
tie opening evening session Of the
ASSESSORS convention, for the ar
irving assessors to visit the State
House. register and pay their re-
spects 20 the various State officials
and then HE themselves downtown
or to the hotels. but it was noticeable
Tuesday afternoon that most Of them
remained to look over the exhibits.
Major E. F. Philbrook. with Supt.
of Buildings c. s. Brown and State
Librarian II. r. Dunnack. the State
House committee in charge of the
affair. were the busiest men in the
building, but they have the satisfac-
SSb4i VI hilpN iliS mat II 10 u Sp'0 Job
and we'll done. Every State House
man or woman, not tied down to
desk was also busly engaged and
the building appeared much like dur
Ing Legislative session.
IN THE SENATE CHAMBER
The State Lisrary
Each section Ct the exhibition pre-
scented for the individual departments
the features most important among
their various activities. The library
division had an imposing array Of
books of all sorts, high school fiction,
literature for rural school sections,
chldren's books, books for grownups
and for students and teachers. The
department sends out travelling lib
rarics to whatever group of people or
individuals desire such service, the
demand for these selections being
continually On the increase. Volumes
treating of occupational subjects are
among the noliceably popular Books
treating of Taxation" had a partic-
ular corner all their own.
Educational Department
At the exhibit of the Educational
dt partment books employed in tho
grades from the first through the
eighth grade were displa ytd, with
Junior high school text books Of a
decidedly progressive stamp arrayed
alongside the grade books. Spot
maps indicating by means of colored
push pins the location and grade Of
designated seven types of the de-
partmental work, among them indus
trial rehabilitation. vocational in
structon, condition of school build
ings, classification of academies, To-
cation of schools in unorga nizei ter
ritory, and of rural helping teachers
and leaders, and the territory and
work of. the school physician and
school nurse. Graphs and charts rel
atiye to the financing of schools ex-
planned the tax burdens Of the towns
Blue prints showed efficient arrange
mont of standard school buildings
Highway Commission
The Maine State Highway Commits
sion presented blue prints showing
the construction of bridges built un-
der State and county aid, and in
second group those done with federal
aid. In addition to these prints were
variety of clearcut photographs of
bridges and road constructions show
ing first those sections built under
properly engineered and designed
-It:.rrnent, and on the other hand por.
tons of construction without enEin-
ecring plan, these latter being decid-
eddy inferior in every way.
Public Utiities-Telsphons
The Public Entities based its ex-
hibit on the development of the tel
ephone from its original discovery in
1875 to the present day, employing
as articles of demonstration the in
str;no' MS owned by the New Eng
land Tel e. Tel. Company. Protec-
tors mouthpieces transmitters, and
receivers of various forms of scisn-
tifc progress were there, from the
first little sheepskin parchment Of
1915 which transmitted sound for
from three to four miles distance to
the complicated instrument OF today.
The inner workin's" Of the under
ground cable which connects the tele-
phone systems in its travels beneath
our city streets was laid out and ex-
ploined in an interesting manner.
Adiutant Generals
Equipment OF the Maine soldier boy
was featured in the Department Of
the Adjutant General, with all the
essentials Of the issue. clothing. and