A Town School, Victoria. Empire Day: Saluting the Flag. 



The Victorian State Schools' Exhibition and the Education 



Movement* 



By Amicus. 



From time to time exhibitions of State school 

 work have been held in various parts of the State. 

 I believe the first of any importance, which showed 

 the work of a particular inspectorial district, was 

 belli at Charlton, when the present Director of 

 Education, Mr. Frank Tate, had charge of that 

 inspectorate. Since that time exhibitions have been 

 held in most districts, and have had a decidedly 

 beneficial effect in showing people what was being 

 done in the schools and in fostering an interest in 

 the children's work. It was a happv thought which 

 prompted the Minister of Public Instruction and the 

 Director of Education to arrange for an exhibition 

 of school wT)rk on a colossal scale in the Exhibition 

 Building. That great display, which attracted so 

 many thousands of visitors, may be regarded as a 

 fitting conclusion to the series held in the pro- 

 vincial districts. The teachers of the State, under 

 the guidance of their inspectors, took up the work 

 of preparing the exhibits with commendable en- 

 thusiasm. 



Local committees were formed in the different 

 inspectorates, and a strong and influential executive 



arranged for in Melbourne, to carry the undertak- 

 ing to a successful issue. It redounds to their credit 

 that this great enterprise was carried out in a man- 

 ner which should make the people of Victoria 

 proud of their teachers. 



When we consider the mammoth nature of the 

 undertaking, the organising and business abilitv 

 and other qualifications necessary for successful 

 management in such a case, w'e must admit that 

 the teachers have done well — remarkably well. 



THE MAN AT THE HELM. 



There are some men gifted with prophetic in- 

 sight regarding the future. A vision comes to them 

 of what can be accomplished in some great sphere 

 of labour, and they set themselves to realise what 

 may seem to others to be a hopeless task. Happy 

 is the man who can persist to the end. When one 

 looks back over the past few years, one is inclined 

 to think that the Director of Education is this kind 

 of man. 



It seems but yesterday that he and others, re- 

 cognising that our State was lagging behind in the 



