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2. Class rooms in which class exercises illustrative of the best modern 

 teaching can be carried on. 



3. Convenience for the comfort of the public while watching these 

 class exercises. 



, 4. Special rooms wherein regular industrial work such as domestic 

 science, manual training and agricultural work will be in operation by 

 teacher and pupils. 



5. . Covenience for the public to watch this work. 



6. Rooms adapted to displaying the results of school work of all kinds 

 including industrial work. 



7. Rooms for the exhibition of the best modern text books, note books 

 and other school supplies. 



8. That the amount of money appropriated to this department be the 

 as seats, desks, maps, globes, charts, work benches, tools, cooking utensils 

 for schools, etc. 



9. Small booths in which the colleges may maintain headquarters. 

 10. A medium sized auditorium prepared for darkening and supplied 

 with a lantern equipment where slides and moving pictures of school work 

 may be displayed at certain hours every day. 



11. Power provided for running such apparatus as must be seen In 

 motion to be appreciated. 



When these or any of them are provided our premium list will need to 

 be materially changed and the most marked characteristic of the school 

 display will be its living, moving activity instead of a still life display ol 

 results only. This will make it possible to hold conventions of teachers, 

 parents and pupils interested in seeing and discussing the best in modern 

 education. 



I have already furnished your secretary, Mr. Simpson, detailed reports 

 of the expense in connection with the work, but append a summary of it 

 here. 



In closing this brief report I wish to express my sincere regard for the 

 members and officers of the board and my appreciation of their high 

 ideals regarding the mission of this great educator of the people, the state 

 fair. Only men of broad conceptions, abounding faith, lofty ambitions and 

 clear vision could ever have developed this marvelous exposition to its 

 present and splendid proportions. I wish also to thank all of them for 

 the kind encouragement and generous treatment and cordial co-operation 

 which they have universally extended to me in my efforts to establish this 

 department. My thanks are also due to Mr. T. C. Legoe, superintendent of 

 the exposition building, for the many courtesies and the continuous 

 assistance which the schools department and its officers have received 

 at his hand without which the Installing of this new exhibit would 

 have been much more difficult. 



I cannot close without a few words of appreciation of the sterling 

 loyalty of those superintendents, principals, teachers and pupils of the 

 state to whose efforts we are entirely indebted for this first exhibit. 



