CHAPTER IX

Educational Exhibit and Schedule of Awards

THE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT

BY DELANCEY M. ELLIS

Director of Education and Social Economy

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The movement for an educational exhibit of the State of New York at St. Louis was inaugurated at a meeting of the State Teachers' Association, held at Saratoga in July, 1902, at which a resolution was offered inviting the various educational associations of the State to co-operate with the above association in promoting an exhibit commensurate with the State's educational importance. An immediate response was forthcoming.

THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Ten powerful educational associations and the two State administrative departments (since merged into the Department of Education) each sent a delegate to a central committee, which took the name of "Conference Committee," and consisted of Chairman, Myron T. Scudder, principal State Normal School, New Paltz, representing the Normal Principals' Council; Secretary, Henry L. Taylor, representing the University of the State of New York; A. M. Wright, Second Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, representing the Department of Public Instruction; F. D. Boynton, superintendent of schools, Ithaca, representing the State Teachers' Association; Andrew W. Edson, associate superintendent of schools, city of New York, representing the Council of School Superintendents; Calvin W. Edwards, president Board of Education, Albany, representing the Association of School Boards; F. S. Fosdick, principal Masten Park High School, Buffalo, representing the Associated Academic Principals; George H. Walden, principal Grammar School No. 10, Rochester, representing the Council of Grammar School Principals; H. J. Schmitz, acting principal State Normal School, Geneseo, representing the Science Teachers' Association; A. C. Hill, Department of Public Instruction, representing the Training Teachers' Conference; Erwin B. Whitney, school commissioner, first district, Broome county, representing the School Commissioners and Superintendents' Association.

This Committee organized as above in October, 1902, and appointed a subcommittee to appear before the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission and request an adequate appropriation and the appointment of a director to carry on the work.

APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR

At the Meeting of the Commission held June 10, 1903, DeLancey M. Ellis, of Rochester, was appointed director, and the sum of $20,000 was set aside for the preparation of the educational exhibit. Offices were immediately opened at 46 Elwood building, Rochester, N. Y., and the work of collecting and preparing the exhibit material was begun. As the schools were just about to close for the summer holidays but little could be accomplished, and none of the work of the school year 1902-1903 could be procured. It is to be regretted that time was not allowed to procure an exhibit of work covering an entire school year. That which covers a shorter period is of necessity fragmentary and hardly conveys clearly an idea of the quality or scope of the work being done in a given institution.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Conference Committee was invited to retain its organization and to take the name of "Advisory Committee," to co-operate with and assist the director, the members of the committee to serve without compensation, but necessary expenses while in discharge of their duties to be paid from the appropriation for the exhibit.

It would be hard to overestimate the services performed by this committee. Each member took a hearty interest in the work in hand and freely gave of his time and advice in carrying the work forward to a successful conclusion. Any lack of interest or enthusiasm on the part of the members of a given association was quickly dispelled by a personal appeal to its members from its representative upon the committee. In this way the interest was most genuine and general throughout the State, and in no way could the sentiment of educational interests be more clearly crystallized than in a meeting of this committee, and to them is due the thanks of the Commission, as well as the thanks of the educational forces of the State of New York for their unselfish efforts and wise counsel, which in so large a way was responsible for the success of the educational exhibit.

PLANS PRESENTED BEFORE EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

The director was invited to present the plans for the exhibit at the following educational meetings during the year 1903: University Convocation, at Albany, in June; State Teachers' Association, at Cliff Haven, in July; School Commissioners and Superintendents, at Watkins, in September; Association of Superintendents, which met in conjunction with the Massachusetts Association of Superintendents, at Boston, in October, and Associated Academic Principals, at Syracuse in December. The subject was cordially received, and a general effort was made throughout the field of education in the Empire State to prepare an exhibit which would surpass any that had ever been gathered before. By means of circulars, several of which were sent broadcast throughout the State, full instructions were given to local authorities as to the preparation of the work, amount of material desired and the proposed plan of arrangement. Throughout the fall and winter the director visited many cities of the State, consulted with exhibitors as to the most attractive way of preparing material, and held himself in readiness to assist all who experienced any difficulty in the preparation of their exhibits. The exhibit material was collected, systematically arranged and mounted at the offices in Rochester, the entire expense of its preparation and transportation being borne by the State, with the exception of the binding of written work and small incidental expenses, which were borne by the local school authorities.

LOCATION OF THE EXHIBIT

The space assigned to the State of New York contained approximately 2,300 square feet and was most advantageously located. It was directly within and facing the main north entrance of the Palace of Education, and at the intersection of the main north and south aisle and transverse aisle "B." For its neighbors were the city of St. Louis and the State of Missouri, both of which prepared most meritorious exhibits; and the State of Massachusetts, which is always looked upon as standing in the front rank in educational progress.

The Exposition authorities announced that no unit smaller than the State in public school exhibits would be recognized, except in the case of four or five cities which had powerful, strongly centralized school systems, making them worthy of independent space and proper subjects for individual study.

EXHIBIT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

The city of New York was numbered among these exceptions, and approximately 1,500 square feet of space was assigned it adjoining the space assigned to the State of New York. The city government appropriated $10,000 for its exhibit and bore the entire expense of the same. Associate Superintendent Andrew W. Edson was named as committee in charge of the exhibit by Superintendent William H. Maxwell. The city authorities early expressed a willingness and desire to co-operate with the State authorities in the preparation of an exhibit and agreed to follow the same general style of installation and arrangement. Due acknowledgment is hereby made to Superintendent Maxwell, Associate Superintendent Edson and to committees in charge of minor details for the adoption of plans already inaugurated in the preparation of the State exhibit, and to C. B. J. Snyder, superintendent of school buildings in the city of New York, who prepared the plans for the booth for both the State and city exhibits at no expense to the State.

THE INSTALLATION

The booth was so planned that from the outside it was apparently a single inclosure, the State and city exhibits being separated on the interior by an appropriate screen nine feet high, through which an entranceway was cut. Mr. Snyder's plans provided for a scheme of installation which, while inexpensive, was both artistic and dignified and admirably adapted for the display of the material to be exhibited. In fact it was generally conceded that much more effective results had been obtained than by surrounding states which had expended considerably more money. The inclosure was massive, the woodwork being an effective imitation of Flemish oak, and the hanging surface a burlap of a neutral green tint; the facade, sixteen feet in height, being broken every few feet at fixed intervals by fluted pilasters with ornamental caps. On the outside a wainscoting extended three feet from the floor, above which were panels for hanging exhibit material, the whole being capped by an attractive dentulated cornice. The entranceway, which was thrown across the corner at the intersection of the aisles, was a massive arch, surmounted by the coat of arms of the State, tinted in old ivory, underneath which in gold letters was, "State of New York." The interior was cut by transverse walls, nine feet high and extending seven feet from the main wall, thus forming a series of alcoves convenient for study on the part of visitors and leaving in the center an open space for the display of models, apparatus and cabinet material. Directly facing the entranceway were general and private offices. Completely surrounding the interior of the booth, on the eye line, were 100 wall cabinets which have come to be so generally used for the display of exhibit material. The wall space above the cabinets was used for the display of especially meritorious and attractive material, while below was a countershelf upon which, here and there, rested a showcase for the display of sewing, clay modeling, botanical specimens, etc. Underneath the counters were shelves for bound books and cupboards for the storage of printed matter and supplies. All work was mounted uniformly upon a Scotch gray cardboard and neatly lettered in white ink.

SCOPE OF THE EXHIBIT

Instead of confining the exhibit to the work of the public schools, as was quite generally done by other States exhibiting, it was decided to show, so far as possible, work now being done in all forms and phases of education in the Empire State. Space was freely given to private institutions to demonstrate the place which they are filling in the educational work of the State. Every subdivision of the official classification found an exemplification within the New York State exhibit. The participation of twenty-four cities and numerous incorporated villages, both in elementary and high school work, made the exhibits of those departments thoroughly representative of the work of the State as a whole. It is unfair to pick the work of a few progressive school systems, and endeavor to make it stand for the work of the State at large.

PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT

The plan of arrangement was arrived at only after the most careful thought and discussion, the desire being to so arrange the material as to be most serviceable to the educator and to those seeking suggestions and helpful ideas. In arranging an educational exhibit, emphasis must be placed either upon political divisions, subjects or grades. It was early determined that no separate space should be assigned to any single locality, but that all of the work of the State in the grades should be exhibited grade by grade and that of the high schools by subjects, and arranged under various departments, such as science, classics, mathematics, etc., thus making it possible for a grade teacher to readily compare her work with that of New York's, and to profit by the comparison, no matter in whose favor it might be, and a high school instructor in charge of a department to readily find the work of that department. This method rendered it unnecessary to look over the exhibits from several cities to find the particular work desired. Moreover, a further subdivision was made, in that the work was arranged according to the population of the contributing cities and villages. That is, the work from the city of the largest population contributing was installed first, and so on in order. While it was not the purpose to invite comparison of work between rival cities of the State, but rather to present a united front to the world at large, still if it was the desire of some to make such comparison, the above indicated arrangement was the most equitable, as all cities of approximately the same resources and theoretically working under like conditions were placed side by side, and the work of the small village was not placed in juxtaposition with that of the large, strongly centralized city system with many times its resources. A complete catalogue of the exhibit was freely distributed, and cross-references made to work of the various localities, so there was no difficulty for those interested in a single place to locate the work it contributed.

It was generally conceded that, while the above arrangement made no concession to local pride, it was by all odds the wisest arrangement to follow in an exposition of international scope. The compliments which were bestowed upon the arrangement of the exhibit, and the readiness with which all visitors found the work in which they were particularly interested, demonstrated beyond a doubt the wisdom of the committee in pursuing the course above outlined. The entire exhibit was also carefully classified in harmony with the official classification of the Exposition under the several groups and subdivisions thereof, thereby rendering additional aid in promptly locating exhibits in any particular department.

EXHIBIT DIVISIONS

Entering the booth one found to the left of the entrance the exhibit of the former State Department of Public Instruction. (It should be stated here that the exhibits of the University of the State of New York and of the State Department of Public Instruction were prepared before unification was an accomplished fact. The two exhibits can be said to have formed the exhibit of the new Department of Education.)

Next was the exhibit of the kindergartens, filling three units. (The term "unit" is used to designate one of the wall cabinets containing thirty-three cards 22 x 28 inches.)

Adjoining the kindergarten section was the exhibit of the elementary grades, filling twenty-five units. All the subjects of the curriculum were shown, the work in the wall cabinets being "types" or "samples" of work, the great bulk of which was shown in bound volumes. Cross-reference was made on the margin of each card to the volume containing similar work, thus facilitating the search of the visitor for a number of class exercises of work of the same general nature, and relieving the visitor interested in a general way of looking over a vast repetition of material. Separating the elementary grades from the high schools was the exhibit of the rural schools of the State, those schools under the jurisdiction of the several school commissioners. It was most complete and interesting, and afforded a clear picture of the work done in the ungraded country schools. The exhibit of the high schools, filling fourteen units, was next in order, and, as stated above, was subdivided into subjects. Twenty-four cities of the State, to say nothing of the incorporated villages, private institutions, etc., contributed material in one or more of the foregoing departments.

Next was installed the exhibit covering the professional training of teachers, equally divided between the State Normal School system and the work of the training schools and classes in cities and villages, each occupying five units. Every Normal School of the State was represented, each making a special exhibit in the particular subject or subjects assigned it by a committee of Normal School principals, to whom was delegated the duty of preparing an exhibit. All of the city training schools in the State, save four, were represented, as well as the great majority of training classes, the whole exhibit having been arranged by the State Supervisor of Training Schools and Classes.

In the next section was installed the exhibit in higher education, exhibits being in place from Colgate University, Hobart College, Manhattan College, the College of Pharmacy--allied with Columbia University--and Syracuse University, the latter institution making an exhibit both in applied sciences and in fine arts. Next were installed the exhibits of technical and trade schools, which contained interesting displays from the leading institutions in the State engaged in this line of work. Just beyond was the exhibit of the industrial schools, and then the display of special work in education which is being done by institutions not wholly educational in character. A unique unit was that devoted to the work of the Indian schools of the State, each of the several reservations being represented, and the whole exhibit being arranged by the State Inspector of Indian Schools.

The next alcove was devoted to the education of defectives. It contained concise exhibits from the institutions of the State devoted to the instruction of the deaf, dumb and blind, and was carefully studied by those engaged in this work.

The exhibit of summer schools and extension courses adjoined this and was designed to show the work which is best exemplified by the Chautauqua institution. In a manner allied with this work is that of the Education Department in visual instruction, which is carried on by lantern slides to aid in the teaching of geography, history and kindred subjects. It was, therefore, installed under this head. The exhibit received hearty commendation from educators generally, but particularly from foreign visitors. The scheme is thoroughly practicable, and nowhere else is it carried on with the same careful attention to detail, nor is the same perfection of slide making reached as in the State of New York.

The last exhibit before leaving the booth was that of the University of the State of New York.

SPECIAL FEATURES

There were many features of special interest. A series of thirty-two charts were prepared as the special exhibit of the New York State Teachers' Association, and will be reproduced in the forthcoming report of that body. To one interested in following the tremendous progress made in every branch of educational activity within our State during the past decade, these charts are invaluable. The two charts here reproduced and which formed a part of the exhibit of the Department of Public Instruction were the subject of much comment.

The model of the new State Normal and Training School at Fredonia, which was prepared by the manual training and art classes of the institution, came in for its share of attention. It was an accurate model of one of the State's finest educational structures.

The State Normal School at New Paltz sent a doll house made by the seventh grade boys for the first grade children in the practice department, the entire structure being completely furnished and appointed by the children.

A special feature was the exhibit of clay modeling from the State School of Clay Working and Ceramics at Alfred, the only school of its kind in the United States receiving State aid. Near by stood a cabinet full of home-made apparatus sent from various institutions, but a large part of which came from the physical laboratories of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. The exhibit contained much of interest to a science teacher.

On the exterior of the facade was a huge educational map of the State, upon which was shown the location, grade, construction and normal capacity of every institution of learning within its borders. The superiority of New York's schoolhouses was shown by the large number constructed of brick and stone. The year 1904 marked the passing of the log schoolhouse, only four of which were shown upon the map as against approximately fifty ten years ago. The facade also contained an admirable exhibit of art work prepared by the students of the New York School of Applied Design for Women.

SIGNIFICANCE OF SOME CITY EXHIBITS

Various methods of instruction peculiar to certain cities or localities were fully set forth. Albany exhibited the work of one of the most complete systems of free kindergartens in the country, as well as the correlation of subjects in the elementary grades; also manual training and art courses in the high school. Batavia demonstrated the system of individual instruction as carried on in its schools, which involves the employment of two teachers in each classroom. Syracuse exemplified its courses in art, manual training and physical training in the elementary grades. Jamestown clearly set forth its course in manual training throughout the entire school course, while Ithaca, in addition to a well-rounded exhibit, by means of photographs, brought out the subject of high school athletics. The exhibit from Yonkers, which was general in character, portrayed the efficiency and superiority of the school equipment in that city.

EDITORIAL COMMENT

The exhibit from first to last demonstrated beyond peradventure the beneficial results accruing from a strongly centralized, and, at the same time, most liberal administration of educational interests.

A prominent morning daily paper, commenting editorially upon the exhibit, says: "It is worth your attention; it means more to every citizen of the Empire State than any other exhibit shown. The chief product of the Empire State is men; neither fields of grain or manufactures, invention or art are as important a product as men. In New York State are produced some of the greatest men of the country. A large part of the raw material comes into New York harbor past 'Liberty Enlightening the World,' and is gradually converted into citizenship. ... Some of the raw material imported is next to worthless; some of the domestic stuff is equally unpromising, but in the great bulk, year in and year out, there is the making of fine men. ... New York State men are scattered throughout the country. They found the cities of the west; they run the railroads; they manipulate the finances; they capitalize the new enterprises; they invest in the futures; they get into the public offices; they plan the political campaigns; they produce the new ideas; they center current history. Men are made in New York State in the schools. ... The better the schools the finer the quality of the men produced. Therefore, the school exhibit of New York State should interest every citizen, as the schools have been bettering year by year and the product increasing in value. ... The Commission in charge of this exhibit has spared no expense to make this educational showing a storehouse of novel ideas and suggestions dealing with the advance in pedagogy, and of the State's resources in the teaching of the young idea."

DISPOSITION OF MATERIAL

Many requests were received from the representatives of foreign governments, agents of pedagogical museums and individuals for portions of the exhibit, but the determination of the Lewis and Clark Exposition Commission of the State of New York to send the entire exhibit to the Exposition at Portland, Oregon, precluded the possibility of acceding to these requests and insures the holding intact of the entire exhibit throughout the Portland Exposition period, at the conclusion of which it is to be hoped that provision will be made for the establishment of a Pedagogical Museum at the Capitol in Albany, of which this exhibit may be made the nucleus.

ITEMS OF EXPENDITURE

The appropriation of $20,000 was expended approximately, as follows

Installation: Booth, wall cabinets, furniture, etc. $6,000 Salary of Director and assistants and maintenance at St. Louis ----------------------------------- 8,500 Freight, express, cartage, telegrams, etc. ------- 1,000 Material used in preparation and general supplies 2,700 Traveling expenses ------------------------------- 1,250 Printing and stationery -------------------------- 350 Expenses of Advisory Committee ------------------- 200 ------- Total -------------------------------------------- $20,000 =======

THE STAFF

The Director acknowledges the loyalty and efficiency of those associated with him in the work of the department. To them belongs a large share of any credit which may be forthcoming for the value of the exhibit.

In an educational exhibit, probably more than any other, the necessity of a personal explanation to supplement the work exhibited is necessary. Miss Olive C. Kellogg, of New York city, and Miss Clara M. Paquet, of Cohoes, expert attendants, were always ready to explain the work exhibited, and to give full information concerning the distinctive features of the various city systems and institutions. They spoke the principal foreign languages, thus aiding visitors from abroad in more easily grasping the ideas set forth and the methods exemplified.

Miss Mary MacArthur, of Rochester, N.Y., served throughout the period of preparation and through the Exposition period as general assistant and stenographer; Hugh J. Kelly, of Albany, N.Y., as assistant and clerk, and E.J. Haddleton and H.B. Skinner, of Albany, as expert letterers and draftsmen.

_Catalogue of Exhibitors in the Department of Education, Arranged by Groups, with the Awards, if Any, Received by Each_

GROUP ONE

_Kindergartens, Elementary Education, and Training of Teachers for Same_

Albany, Board of Education, public schools. Gold medal Administrative blanks Forty-one volumes class exercises Photographs Course of study in drawing and drawings Ballston, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Batavia, Board of Education, public schools. Gold medal Eight volumes pupils' work Photographs Charts Pamphlets Cambridge, Board of Education, training class Photographs Canajoharie, Board of Education, public schools Pupils' selected work Canajoharie, Board of Education, training class Students' written work Canton, Board of Education Administrative blanks Photographs Cape Vincent, Board of Education, public school Three volumes pupils' written work Cato, Board of Education, public school One volume pupils' written work Cattaraugus, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Clayton, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Two volumes drawings Clyde, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' selected work Cohoes, Board of Education, public schools Pupils' drawings Colton, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' selected work Corinth, Board of Education, public schools Six volumes of pupils' written work Photographs Corinth, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Cortland, Board of Education, public schools Photographs Administrative blanks Pupils' selected work Annual report Depew, Board of Education, public schools Six industrial charts DeRuyter, Board of Education, teachers' training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work East Aurora, Board of Education, public schools Six volumes pupils' written work. Catalogues Education, State Department of. Grand prize Charts Statistics Administrative blanks Reports Maps Lantern slides Publications illustrating visual instruction system Fairport, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Freeport, Board of Education, public schools Three volumes pupils' written work Froebel Normal Institute, New York city. Silver medal One volume catalogues Photographs Students' written work Administrative blanks Kindergarten songs Glens Falls, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Gouverneur, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Griffith Institute, Springville, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Hamilton, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Herkimer, Board of Education, public schools Pupils' selected work Hornellsville, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' work Hudson, Board of Education, public schools One volume pupils' work in penmanship Ithaca, Board of Education, public schools. Gold medal Sixteen volumes pupils' written work Sloyd work Administrative blanks Photographs Jamestown, Board of Education, public schools. Silver medal Nineteen volumes pupils' written work Statistical charts Cabinet of manual training work Administrative blanks Photographs Johnstown, Board of Education, public schools. Collective award, gold medal Six volumes pupils' written work Industrial charts Annual report Johnstown, Board of Education, training class Students' written work Kingston, Board of Education, public schools. Collective award, gold medal Seven volumes pupils' written work Drawings Photographs Little Falls, Board of Education, public schools Pupils' selected work Malone, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Map, Educational map of New York State (See award to Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission) Mechanicville, Board of Education, public schools Six volumes pupils' written work Medina, Board of Education, public schools Six volumes pupils' written work Map drawing and relief maps Mexico, Board of Education, training class Students' written work Mohawk, Board of Education, public school Four volumes pupils' written work Newark, Board of Education, public schools One volume pupils' written work Catalogues and administrative blanks New Rochelle, Board of Education, public schools. Collective award, gold medal Eighteen volumes pupils' written work Drawings Photographs North Collins, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Norwich, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Nunda, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Ogdensburg, Board of Education, public schools Four volumes pupils' written work Drawings Administrative blanks Ogdensburg, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Oneida, Board of Education, public schools Seven volumes pupils' written work One volume annual reports Administrative blanks Oneida, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Onondaga, Board of Education, academy Pupils' nature study work Phelps, Board of Education, public schools Five volumes pupils' written work Phoenix, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Port Byron, Board of Education, public school One volume pupils' written work Port Henry, Board of Education, public schools One volume pupils' written work Port Henry, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Port Jervis, Board of Education, union school Drawings Administrative blanks Port Leyden, Board of Education, union school Two volumes pupils' written work Photographs Public Instruction, State Department of (See award to Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission) Administrative blanks Pamphlets Charts Statistics Publications Fifty-six volumes, report of superintendent Pulaski, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' work Richfield Springs, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Rochester, plan of Clifford street embellishment Rural schools: Collective exhibit from following counties Broome county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Photographs Cattaraugus county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Photographs Chautauqua county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Photographs Chenango county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Photographs Columbia county Pupils' industrial work Cortland county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Dutchess county. Collective award, gold medal Photographs Genesee county Photograph Herkimer county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Lewis county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Madison county. Collective award, gold medal Photographs Monroe county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Nassau county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Photographs Niagara county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Photographs Oneida county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Onondaga county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Photographs Ontario county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Oswego county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Rensselaer county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work and industrial work Schuyler county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Photographs Ulster county. Collective award, gold medal Photographs. Washington county. Collective award, gold medal Pupils' written work Rushford, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' work Sag Harbor, Board of Education, public schools Seven volumes pupils' written work St. Patrick's Academy, Catskill Two volumes pupils' written work Photographs Drawings Salamanca, Board of Education, union school Eight volumes pupils' written work Photographs Salamanca, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Sandy Hill, Board of Education, public school Photograph Sandy Hill, Board of Education, training class Photograph Schenectady, Board of Education, public schools. Collective award, gold medal Eight volumes pupils' written work Administrative blanks Photographs South Byron, union school Pupils' selected work Photograph Syracuse, Board of Education, public schools. Gold medal Pupils' selected work in drawing Photographs illustrating physical training course Manual training work Unadilla, Board of Education, training class Photographs Union, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Photographs Utica, Board of Education, public schools. Collective award, gold medal Nine volumes pupils' written work Manual training and construction work Graphic charts Photographs Warrensburg, Board of Education, public schools Nine volumes pupils' written work Waterloo, Board of Education, public schools Pupils' selected work Catalogues Administrative blanks Photographs Home-made apparatus Watertown, Board of Education, public schools. Collective award, gold medal Thirteen volumes pupils' written work Drawings Annual reports Watkins, Board of Education, public schools. Collective award, gold medal Six volumes pupils' written work Photographs Administrative blanks Watkins, Board of Education, training class Students' written work Wellsville, Board of Education, public schools. Collective award, gold medal Seven volumes pupils' written work White Plains, Board of Education, public schools Nine volumes pupils' written work Course of study in drawing and manual training Drawings, manual training, and Venetian iron work Photographs Administrative blanks Statistics Whitney Point, Board of Education, training class. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Yonkers, Board of Education, public schools. Gold medal Nineteen volumes pupils' written work Drawings Photographs of buildings Photographs illustrating physical training and school plans

The following awards were made in this group to exhibits not a part of the collective State exhibit:

New York city, Department of Education, collective exhibit. Grand prize a. School system b. Collective exhibit of elementary grades c. Collective exhibit of vacation schools and evening schools d. Collective exhibit of manual training, drawing, and domestic science e. Physical training and methods for atypical children f. Kindergartens g. Free lecture system h. Training schools i. Exhibit of school buildings New York city, Department of Education, collective exhibit. Gold medal Manual training. Drawing. Domestic science New York city, Department of Education, collective exhibit. Gold medal. Vacation schools. Evening schools New York city, Department of Education, collective exhibit. Gold medal Physical training methods for atypical Children

The following awards were made to collaborators:

Andrew S. Draper, Albany. Grand prize Education Department Charles R. Skinner, Albany. Gold medal Department of Public Instruction DeLancey Al. Ellis, Rochester. Gold medal State exhibit William A. Wadsworth, Geneseo. Gold medal Improvement of school grounds Luther H. Gulick, New York city. Gold medal Physical training Theodore C. Hailes, Albany. Silver medal Educational map John Kennedy, Batavia. Silver medal Individual instruction James P. Haney, New York city. Silver medal Manual training Mrs. Anna L. Jessup, New York city. Silver medal Sewing Mrs. Mary E. Williams, New York city. Silver medal Cooking Evangeline E. Whitney, New York city. Silver medal Vacation schools Matthew J. Elgas, New York city. Silver medal Evening schools C. P. J. Snyder, New York city. Silver medal Facade of exhibit

A grand prize was also awarded to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission of the State of New York for its collective exhibit in this group, with special mention of the Department of Education, administrative features; Department of Public Instruction, administrative features, visual instruction system, and the educational map.

GROUP TWO

_Secondary Education. Training of Teachers for Same_

Adelphi Academy and College, Brooklyn Catalogues Albany, Board of Education, high school. Gold medal Fifteen volumes students' written work Photographs illustrating manual training course Drawings Albany, Board of Education, training school One volume students' written work Photographs Avon Club, Jamestown High School Administrative blanks Program of exercises Batavia, Board of Education, high school. Gold medal One volume students' written work Photographs Drawings Beck Literary Society, Albany Academy. Bronze medal Historical sketch Administrative blanks Programs List of members Brockport, State Normal School. Collective award, gold medal Seventeen volumes students' work Photographs Buffalo, Masten Park High School. Collective award, gold medal Administrative blanks Two volumes students' written work Four volumes student periodical and drawings Buffalo, State Normal School. Collective award, gold medal Two volumes science note books Illustrated science work Ten volumes publications Photographs Buffalo, Board of Education, Teachers' Training School. Collective award, gold medal Four volumes students' written work Lesson outlines Canajoharie, Board of Education, high school One volume students' written work Cape Vincent, Board of Education, high school Students' selected work Cattaraugus, Board of Education, high school Photographs Catalogues Cohoes, Board of Education, high school One volume students' written work and drawings Cohoes, Board of Education, Teachers' Training School. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Corinth, Board of Education, high school Three volumes students' written work Photographs Cortland, Board of Education, high school. Collective award, gold medal Administrative blanks Students' selected work Photographs Cortland, State Normal School. Collective award, gold medal Six volumes students' written work Photographs Administrative blanks Catalogues East Aurora, Board of Education, high school. Collective award, gold medal Two volumes students' written work Photographs Catalogues Education, State Department of. Grand prize Charts Statistics Reports Bulletins Administrative blanks Elmira, Board of Education, training school. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Photographs Fredonia, State Normal School. Gold medal Model of building and floor plans One volume lesson outlines Freeport, Board of Education, high school One volume students' written work Genesee Wesleyan Seminary Announcements Photographs Geneseo, State Normal School. Collective award, gold medal Eleven volumes students' work Photographs Illustration of course in drawing Goshen, Board of Education, high school Weather maps Hazen's School for Girls, Mrs., Pelham Manor Science work Herkimer, Board of Education, high school One volume students' written work Ithaca, Board of Education, high school. Gold medal Four volumes students' written work Administrative blanks One volume catalogues Drawings Photographs Jamaica, State Normal School. Collective award, gold medal Four volumes lesson outlines and students' written work Photographs Jamestown, Board of Education, high school. Gold medal Ten volumes students' written work Administrative blanks Photographs Publications Statistics Jamestown, Board of Education, training school Students' written work Johnstown, Board of Education, high school Two volumes students' written work Annual report Kingston, Board of Education, high school Two volumes students' written work Burnt leather work Photographs Kingston, Board of Education, training school. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Little Falls, Board of Education, high school Students' selected work. Map, educational map of New York State. Gold medal (Award to go to Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission) Mechanicville, Board of Education, high school Students' selected work Moravia, Board of Education, high school Drawings New Paltz, State Normal School. Gold medal Ten volumes students' work in art Photographs One volume publications Rope work Doll house Administrative blanks New Rochelle, Board of Education, high school Five volumes students' written work Photographs Ogdensburg, Board of Education, high school Two volumes students' written work Olean, Board of Education, high school Home-made apparatus Oneida, Board of Education, high school Three volumes students' written work Administrative blanks Oneonta, State Normal School. Collective award, gold medal Eight volumes students' written work Drawings Science note books Photographs Oswego, State Normal School. Collective award, gold medal Two volumes students' written work Cabinet of manual training work Relief maps Photographs Palmyra, Board of Education, high school One volume students' work Phelps, Board of Education, high school Students' selected work Plattsburg, State Normal School. Collective award, gold medal Five volumes students' written work Photographs Port Byron, Board of Education, high school One volume students' written work Port Henry, Board of Education, high school One volume students' written work Photographs Potsdam, State Normal School. Collective award, gold medal Four volumes publications and lesson outlines Photographs Pratt Institute, physical laboratories, Brooklyn Home-made apparatus Photographs Rochester, editors of "Clarion," East High School. Bronze medal Three volumes students' publication "Clarion" Sag Harbor, Board of Education, high school One volume students' written work St. Patrick's Academy, Catskill, academic department. Collective award, gold medal Students' selected work Photographs Salarranca, Board of Education, union school, high school department. Collective award, gold medal Two volumes students' written work Photographs Schenectady, Board of Education, high school Eight volumes students' written work Mechanical drawings Administrative blanks Photographs Syracuse, Board of Education, High school. Collective award, gold medal Students' selected drawings Floor plans Photograph of building Syracuse, Board of Education, training school. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Photographs Tappan Zee High School, Piermont Botany note book Tarrytown, Washington Irving High School Home-made apparatus Utica, Board of Education, high school. Collective award, gold medal Drawings Two volumes students' written work Photographs Utica, Board of Education, training school. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Warrensburg, Board of Education, high school Administrative blanks Two volumes students' written work Watertown, Board of Education, high school Six volumes students' written work Drawings Administrative blanks Watertown, Board of Education, training school. Collective award, gold medal Students' written work Watkins, Board of Education, high school One volume students' written work Photographs One volume students' publication Administrative blanks White Plains, Board of Education, high school One volume students' written work Administrative blanks Photographs Yonkers, Board of Education, high school. Gold medal Six volumes students' written work. Photographs

The following awards were made in this group to exhibits not a part of the Collective State Exhibit:

New York city, Department of Education. Grand prize New York city, Department of Education, Commercial High School. Gold medal New York city, Department of Education, training school. Gold medal New York city, Department of Education, manual training. Gold medal

The following awards were made to collaborators: J. Russell Parsons, Jr., Albany. Gold medal DeLancey M. Ellis, Rochester. Gold medal Myron T. Scudder, New Paltz. Gold medal A.T. Marble, New York city. Gold medal Frank D. Boynton, Ithaca. Gold medal F.B. Palmer, Fredonia. Gold medal. James P. Haney, New York city. Silver medal

A grand prize was also awarded to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission of the State of New York for its collective exhibit in this group.

GROUP THREE

_Higher Education. Colleges and Universities, Libraries, Museums, Technical Schools_ Albany. State Normal College. Gold medal Statistics Publications Clarkson Memorial School of Technology, Potsdam, N. Y. Bronze medal Nine volumes theses Three volumes students' written work One volume catalogue and addresses Photographs Mechanical drawings Colgate University, Hamilton. Silver medal Thirty-seven publications Map of grounds Mechanical drawings Statistics College of Pharmacy, Columbia University, New York city Drugs Pharmaceutical preparations Eight volumes text books Education, State Department of. (See State Library.) Grand prize Reports Bulletins Administrative blanks Statistics Hobart College, Geneva. Bronze medal Map of campus Eight volumes publications Photographs. Charts Hobart College. Gold medal Astronomical department and discoveries Manhattan College, department of civil engineering, New York city. Silver medal Theses Mechanical drawing illustrating construction of dams and embankments. Also bridge construction Annual catalogues Map, educational map of New York State. Silver medal (Award to go to Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission) Post Graduate Medical School and Hospital, New York city Photographs Publications Catalogues Rochester Theological Seminary Two volumes catalogues State Library, Department of Education. Grand prize Traveling libraries Blanks Statistics Syracuse University, Syracuse. Gold medal College of Fine Arts Drawings, architectural and free hand College of Applied Science Metal work Wood work Model of steam engine Home-made laboratory apparatus University of the State of New York. Grand prize Bulletins Reports Decimal classification Traveling library for the blind Photographs Large pictures Statistical charts Specimens from Museum Department

The following awards were made in this group to exhibits not a part of the collective State exhibit:

Columbia University, New York city. Grand prize General exhibit Columbia University, New York city. Gold medal Special exhibit of Teachers' College Columbia University, New York city. Gold medal Special exhibit of Department of Botany Columbia University, New York city. Gold medal Special exhibit of Mines and Metallurgy Columbia University, New York city. Bronze medal Special exhibit of Department of Indo-Iranian Languages Cornell University, Ithaca. Grand prize General exhibit Cornell University, Ithaca. Silver medal Special exhibit of water color sketches Cornell University, Ithaca. Silver medal Special exhibit of Sibley College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. Grand prize General exhibit Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Grand prize General exhibit Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, New York city. Gold medal Relief map, Protestant College at Beirut, Syria Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. Gold medal Special exhibit of Polytechnic Department New York University, New York city. Gold medal Kny-Scheerer Company, New York. city. Gold medal Operating tables Hospital appliances

The following awards were made to collaborators:

Andrew S. Draper. Gold medal Monograph James Russell Parsons, Jr., Albany. Gold medal Monograph James McKeen Cattell, Columbia University, New York. Gold medal Monograph Edward Delevan Perry, Columbia University, New York. Gold medal Monograph Melvil Dewey, Albany. Gold medal State librarian

GROUP FOUR

_Education in Fine Arts_

Clay Working and Ceramics, State School of. Silver medal Specimens of pottery and modeling tools New York School of Applied Design for Women. Gold medal Framed designs and prospectus Syracuse University, College of Fine Arts. Bronze medal Architectural and free hand drawing

The following awards were made in this group to exhibits not a part of the collective State exhibit:

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, Art Department. Grand prize Mademoiselle Veltin, New York city. Bronze medal School of Fine Arts for Young Ladies

GROUP FIVE

_Education in Agriculture and Forestry_

Education, State Department of, State Museum Division. Grand prize Publications Statistics Charts Scientific discoveries

The following awards were made in this group to exhibits not a part of the collective State exhibit

Cornell University, Ithaca. Gold medal Exhibit of root crops Cornell University, Department of Botany, Ithaca. Gold medal Apparatus for photographing Cornell University, Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca. Silver medal Poultry breeding Cornell University, Ithaca. Bronze medal Insects New York Agricultural Experiment Station. Gold medal Investigations on milk New York Agricultural Experiment Station. Gold medal Curing and paraffining cheese New York Agricultural Experiment Station. Gold medal Commercial feeding stuffs New York Agricultural Experiment Station. Bronze medal Investigations on rusty spot in cheese New York Agricultural Experiment Station. Bronze medal Wax model showing scale Kny-Scheerer Company, New York city. Gold medal Biological preparations Biological and anatomical models

GROUP SIX

_Industrial and Trade Schools_

_Business Education. Education of the Indian_

Albany Business College, Albany. Gold medal Pen drawings Six volumes students' written work Photographs Binghamton School of Business, Binghamton Photographs and prospectus Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls, New York Photographs Industrial work Education, State Department of (See Indian Schools) Henley Business School, Syracuse Photographs Administrative blanks Students' written work Indian schools. Silver medal [Footnote: Award to go to Education Department, State of New York] Collective exhibit, including material from the Allegany, Cattaraugus, Tonawanda, Onondaga, Shinnecock and Poospatuck Reservations Pupils' written work Photographs Drawings Industrial work Industrial School, Rochester Two volumes pupils' written work Manual training and industrial work Manhattan Trade School for Girls, New York city. Silver medal Pupils' written work Industrial work Photographs Statistics New York Trade School, New York. Bronze medal Photographs. Courses of study

The following awards were made to collaborators:

S.E. Bartow, Albany Business College. Silver medal Pen drawings

GROUP SEVEN

_Education for Defectives. The Blind, Deaf and Dumb, Feeble-Minded_

New York Institution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-Mutes, New York city. Photographs New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, New York city. Gold medal Photographs Drawings Pupils' written work Pyrography Publications Eighteen volumes of reports Text-books Administrative blanks Northern New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, Malone Pupils' selected work in drawing New York Institution for the Blind, New York city. Bronze medal Cord, rattan and raffia work New York State School for the Blind, Batavia. Silver medal Three volumes pupils' work Basketry Broom making Mattress making Piano action repairing Sewing Photographs Administrative blanks State Library, Home Education Division. Silver medal Traveling library for the blind Western New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes, Rochester. Bronze medal Four volumes pupils' written work Five volumes reports and catalogues Twenty volumes publications Photographs, Administrative blanks Drawings Charts

The following awards were made in this group to exhibits not a part of the collective State exhibit:

American Association for Instructors of the Blind. Grand prize New York State collaborators: State School for the Blind, Batavia New York School for the Blind, New York city Association of Medical Officers of Institutions for Idiots and Feeble-Minded Persons. Grand prize New York State collaborators: State Custodial Asylum for Unteachable Idiots, Rome State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, Syracuse Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf. Grand prize New York State collaborator: Wright Oral School for the Deaf, New York city New York city, Department of Education. Gold medal For the establishment of a special school for the education of atypical children New York Institution for Feeble-Minded, Syracuse. Gold medal Wright Oral School for the Deaf, New York city. Bronze medal

GROUP EIGHT

_Summer Schools, Extension Schools, Popular Lectures, Educational Publications and Appliances_

Adirondack Summer School, Saranac Lake Photographs and pamphlets Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, N. Y. Grand prize Photographs Publications Administrative blanks Prospectus and syllibi City History Club of New York. Bronze medal Six volumes pupils' written work Photographs Charts Statistics People's Institute, New York city. Silver medal One volume, "Working with the People" Prospectus Photographs Teachers' Association, New York State. Gold medal Statistical exhibit, 32 graphic charts Training School for Deaconesses, New York city. Silver medal Administrative blanks Catalogues Photographs Young Women's Christian Association, New York city. Silver medal One volume of reports Administrative blanks Clay modeling Pyrography Artistic design and art furniture

The following awards were made in this group to exhibits not a part of the collective State exhibit:

Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York city. Grand prize Dodd, Mead & Company, New York city. Grand prize Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, New York city. Grand prize American Book Company, school and college text-books. Grand prize Silver, Burdett & Company, New York city. Grand prize Prang Educational Company, New York city. Grand prize Charles Beseler Company, New York city, stereopticons and appliances. Gold medal Pitmanic Institute, Phonographic, New York city. Gold medal C.W. Bardeen, Syracuse. Silver medal S.S. Packard, New York city. Silver medal

The following awards were made to collaborators:

Henry L. Taylor, professional education in the United States. Gold medal

A grand prize Was also awarded to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission of the State of New York for its collective exhibit in this group

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A special Commemorative Diploma was conferred by the Department jury upon Andrew Sloan Draper, Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, "in recognition of his distinguished service to Education."

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RECAPITULATION OF THE AWARDS MADE TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Grand Prize Gold Medal Group I................ 5 Group I................ 63 Group 2................ 3 Group I, collab........ 2 Group 3................ 7 Group 2................ 36 Group 4................ I Group 2, collab........ 5 Group 5................ I Group 3................ 14 Group 6................ ..Group 4................ I Group 7................ 3 Group 5................ 6 Group 8................ 8 Group 6................ I Special................ I Group 7................ 3 Group 8................ 4 [**Total] 29 Special................ 4 [**Total] 139 _Silver Medal_ _Bronze Medal_ Group I................ 2 Group I.............. .. Group 1, collab........ 8 Group 2................ 2 Group 2................ I Group 3................ 3 Group 3................ 5 Group 4................ 2 Group 4................ I Group 5................ 3 Group 5................ I Group 6................ I Group 6................ 2 Group 7................ 3 Group 6, collab....... I Group 8................ I Group 7................ 2 Group 8................ 5 [**Total] 15

[**Total] 28 Grand prizes................. 29 Gold medals.................. 139 Silver medals................. 28 Bronze medals................ 15 Grand total................ 211

[Illustration: PALACE OF EDUCATION FROM FESTIVAL HALL]

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