New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 / Report of the New York State Commission

by DeLancey M. Ellis

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]