﻿154 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 



THE NORMAL SCHOOL BOOTH AT THE EXPOSITION 



The Philippine Territorial Exposition was held in Manila 

 in 1895. At this exposition was an exhibit by the Superior 

 Normal School. It is interesting to note the contrast between 

 that exhibit and those which are given at the present day by 

 the public schools at the Philippine Carnival. 



In the center of the hall was a large booth surmounted by 

 the sign of the normal school. On the right-hand side hung 

 12 geographical and statistical maps, showing the condition 

 of public instruction in the Philippines. All of the villages in 

 which there were schools were shown, even the number of 

 grades in the various schools being given. These maps were 

 drawn by the pupils of the normal school under the direction 

 of their teachers. On the left side were the plans of the building 

 of the Superior Normal School and the observatory of Manila. 

 On each side were photographs of the pupils in their holi- 

 day, Friday, and ordinary uniforms. There were photographs 

 of the various rooms in the building, including the chapels 

 of the fathers and the students, the dining room, the study 

 hall, the upper classrooms, the baths, the garden, the basin, 

 and the gallery. , 



Below these plans were carefully colored maps of Spain 

 and the Philippines, surrounded by a collection of trophies 

 and prizes and by beautiful copy-book pages, the whole forming 

 an artistic and intricate pattern on a bright green ground, 

 surmounted by the normal-school shield. This was drawn by 

 the boys in the practice school. 



In the center of the normal-school booth was a table with 

 drawers, and on its sides two pyramid-shaped stands on which 

 were placed the following agricultural implements in miniature : 

 A spade, a shovel, a hoe, a rake, a pick, a trowel, a mattock, a 

 hatchet, various instruments for cutting, a harrow, a combina- 

 tion pickaxe and hammer, a Coleman cultivator, a Scott cultivator, 

 a foot ruler, a Crasskill ruler, a Bochin seeder, a lawn mower, a 

 hay mower, a riddle, a Bochin straw cutter, a Bochin weeder, a 

 modern thrasher, a plow, a two-pronged fork, a small grape 

 vat, a coconut vat, a grape squeezer, a well, and a hydraulic 

 chain pump. 



In the central cabinet were the following: Different prizes 

 given in the Normal School, consisting of medals, diplomas, 

 and recitation rewards; the Regulations in Force, as applied 

 in the schedule of the course for superior teachers ; the Elements 

 of Pedagogy, by Father Jose Murgadas; the three volumes of 



