geography courses. This work has met with signal suc- 

 cess and would have been developed more rapidly but for 

 the frequent necessity of using Manigault Hall as a workroom, 

 and because of the limited time at the disposal of an over- 

 worked staff. 



A small amount of loan material has been sent out to the 

 Memminger Normal school at the request of the teachers. 



One of the most promising activities of this department 

 has been the completion, during the closing weeks of the 

 year, of the first of a series of travelling exhibits, designed 

 for circulation among the schools of the city. The subject 

 of this exhibit is the "Iron and Steel Industry." It includes 

 specimens of common iron ores, maps and diagrams of their 

 distribution, and stereographs, photographs, and spec- 

 imens to illustrate the mining, transportation and smelt- 

 ing of the ore and the manufacture of iron and steel. The 

 exhibit includes a circular of information for teachers and 

 directions for use of the exhibit. As a further aid to teachers 

 and to insure the best use of the exhibit question blanks 

 have been prepared to accompany the specimens. When the 

 answers have been filled in, the blanks constitute an epitome 

 of the subject and can then be made the basis of a composi- 

 tion or essay in which the student shall describe in his own 

 words what he has seen. 



This exhibit is now ready for circulation among the schools 

 of Charleston and similar exhibits will be prepared as rap- 

 idly as possible to illustrate the industries and natural re- 

 sources of Charleston and other subjects related to the courses 

 of study in the schools. 



At the invitation of the Rural School Improvement As- 

 sociation the Iron and Steel Exhibit was demonstrated at the 

 educational convention at Columbia, December 30 and 31. 

 The Director offered to extend the circulation of the travel- 

 ing exhibits to the schools of the State if special funds for 

 this purpose can be provided. 



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