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Stress Educational
Exhibit at the
Wis. Centennial

MILWAUKEE, Wis.-Within
the Wisconsin Centennial Expo-
sltion, 100 acres of educational
exhibits are rapidly forming the
rich cultural pattern they Will
present to visitors WIN the gates
of State Fair Park open on Aug
Z, Tor the great 23-dayy show Of a
century.
Educators, musicians, astrEs
dramatists historians and leading
women of the state, after months
Of planning and selection, have
Eatnered together composition,
pictures, plays, and scenes to-
gether with the panoramic Wis
consin Story which proudly
mark 100 years of glorious ac-
REIMBURSEMENT and hail the advent
of a new century.
thousands of men and women
from every corner of the state
form the rank and file who are
cooperating with leaders in each
lleld OF education and the fine
arts to mold all cultural phases
OF wisconsin life as they will
De seen in Education hall the
Little Theatre, Art Gallery, Wo-
mems and Historical buildings
ana the grandstand during the
Exposition.
Priceless art treasures mus
eum-worthy porcelains. furniture
and costumes, the best work bv
school children and amateurs in
the arts will be displayed. All
/ attempts to evaluate these ex-
nibits fail. They BATTLE monetary
value because they are irreplac-
able.
A two-day, kll,state Musical
Festival, before the grandstand
Aug. % and 20, will bring toget-
her the top-cream musical tai
ent of the state. A band of 500
players, a Is piece symphony or
chestra, a 1,000-voiced mass choir
and soloisJs who have won state
wide awards and gon5e on to pro
fessional fame outside Wiscon-
sins boundaries, will contribute
to a vast spectacle Of sound and
color coordinated by Harold
Cooke, Menomonie, musical di
rector Of Stout Institute.
The Exposition music program
under the general director of Mrs
Ronald A. Dougan, Beloit, vii
overflow the grandstand into the
Little Theatre, Radio hall anC
other parts of the grounds thru
4, Is afternoons and evenings. ORR
ginal light operas written espe
cially for this celebration, musi
cal revues and musicales will fill
the Little Theatre. A Parade Of
Bands and a Barbership Quarte1
contest are part Of the big theme
OF honoring Wisconsin composers
The Art Heritage show of Wis
consin-owned masterpieces viii
bring together for the first time
for public view, the choicest pic.
lures OF private as well as public
collections in the state. The Gin.
bel store represents the bes
current work of 32 contemporary
Wisconsin artists, each painting
inspired by some phase Of Wis
cOnsin life.
An additional contemporary
collection by Wisconsin artists
the Creative Youth show, pre-.
senting the best of school art
and the Sunday Painters show
round out the most comprehen-
sive showing Of the century. The
latter represent those to whom
art is not source of income but
of pleasure. The expression with
palette and brush of what life in
Wisconsin means to them.
Clifford L. Lord, Madison, di-
rector of State Historical Society,
will fill the Historical building
with reflections of the states
mighty past. In addition, the
most comprehensive collection of
paintings of Indian chiefs, scouts
and generals-in many cases the
only likeesses existence-will
be brought to the Exposition ior
the entire % days.
| Wisconsin's $685., 100000 in
vestment in education will be
presented under the state chair
manship of Clarence l.. Greiber,
Madison, head Of vocational edu-
cation. Dr. William Lamers, as
sistant superintendent of the
Milwaukee public schools, is in
charge of exhibit arrangements,
the assistance Of Alfred G. Peli-
kan, supervisor Of art in the Mil
waukee public schools.
VOTE REPUBLICAN