452 ISTew Toek at the Woeld's Columbian Exposition. 



correspondence was the calling of a special meeting of the Board of 

 Eegents on September 29, 1892. Mr. Thacher was invited to come 

 before the board and present the matter fully for their consideration. 

 The following extract is from the official minutes of the meeting : 



" Mr. Thacher made a statement of the plans for the educational 

 exhibit at the World's Fair, and said that the Board of General Man- 

 agers for the State, after careful consideration, felt that it was essential 

 to the best success of the State's educational exhibit that the Kegents 

 should allow the secretary of the University to undertake its organiza- 

 tion and immediate direction. He said the State Board had already set 

 apart $5,000 for expenses up to January 1, 1893, and if more was nec- 

 essary it would be provided, as they would prefer to stop some of their 

 judicial district work, if necessary, rather than cripple the educational 

 exhibit, which ought to be the special pride of the State. Many ques- 

 tions were asked and answered, and after Mr. Thacher's withdrawal 

 the board discussed the question at length. 



" On motion of Eegent Harris, it was iinally unanimously 



" Voted, That the secretary be authorized to accept the appointment 

 of director of the bureau of the educational exhibit of the State of New 

 York at the World's Columbian Exposition, and to devote so much of 

 his time to the new duties as may be consistent with his necessary 

 supervision of the regular work of the university ; provided, that the 

 State Board of Managers meet all necessary expenses of the bureau, 

 including needed assistance." 



This action was ratified by the Board of General Managers, and on 

 October twelfth Mr. Howard J. Eogers, of the Albany Academy, was 

 selected as Mr. Dewey's executive officer, with the title of assistant 

 director. Prof. Lucy M. Salmon, of Vassar College, was made director 

 for the Women's Board. Thfe following advisory board was appointed 

 to assist in preparing plans for an exhibit : l*res. Seth Low, Col- 

 umbia College, ISTewYork; Pres. David J. Hill, University of Roch- 

 ester, Eochester ; Hon. James F. Crooker, State Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, Albany ; Pres. James M. Taylor, Vassar College, 

 Poughkeepsie ; Pres. J. G. Schurman, Cornell University, Ithaca; 

 Prof. Lucy M. Salmon, Vassar College^ Poughkeepsie; Et. Eev. 

 Henry Gabriels, bishop of Ogdensburg, Ogdensburg ; Frederick B. 

 Pratt, secretary Pratt Institute, Brooldyn; Hon. A. S. Draper, 

 ex-Superintendent of Pubhc Instruction, Albany ; Miss Ella Weed, 

 Barnard College, ISTew York ; Felix Adler, Society for Ethical Culture, 

 New York ; Pres. William J. Milne, State Normal College, Albany ; 

 William H. Maxwell, superintendent of schools, Brooklyn ; Prof. P. C. 

 Eicketts, director Eensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. 



As indicated by the name, the powers of the above board were 

 purely advisory, and after two meetings, in which a general policy was 

 outUned, the further development of the exhibit and the execution of 

 all details were left in the hands of Director Dewey and his assistant, 

 Mr. Eogers. 



Plan foe Securing Exhibits. 

 The short time intervening between the opening of the fair and the 

 establishing of the educational bureau required the most active work on 



