4:58 New York at the World's Columbian Exposition. 



of buildings and interiors ; set of statistical charts ; plans of old and 

 new site ; 190 volumes of works of faculty and alumni ; curriculum 

 of King's College and of Columbia in 1Y84 ; historical exhibit of old 

 paintings ; copper crown given by George III to King's College and a 

 valuable collection of pamphlets and handbooks for free distribution. 



The Teachers College (alcove " O "), which is in a certain sense the 

 pedagogic department of Columbia, made exhibits in two departments 

 only — the Horace Mann School of English, and manual training. 



it was New York's good fortune to tlirow a volume of light on the 

 much discussed question of manual training. The graded exhibits 

 from New York city public schools, Workingman's School, New York, 

 Albany High School and Newburgh Free Academy were all in evi- 

 dence. The system presented by Prof. Chas. A. Bennett oi the 

 Teachers College, however, was without doubt the most scientific 

 course of manual training adaptable to American schools shown at 

 the exposition. It won the highest commendation from American 

 and foreign critics. The exhibit of wood working was a carefully pre- 

 pared series of models to illustrate Prof. Bennett's "group system." 

 There are six courses, each consisting of a series of groups designed to 

 teach certain principles and their applications. Each group contains 

 two or more required pieces, or models, which every pupil in the class 

 must make. It also contains supplementary pieces which are made 

 by the rapid and more skillful pupils. These courses are designed for 

 boys and girls between the ages of eight or nine and fourteen or 

 fifteen, with a supplementary course of one year in wood turning for 

 boys only. A small cover adjustable to any ordinary school desk and 

 pontaining an outfit of bracket saw, knife, pencil, rule and triangles 

 sufficient for the first two years' work was a special feature of the 

 course, as it permits its introduction in any school room and saves the 

 expense of fitting up a work room for primary pupils. 



Accompanying this course was one in clay modeling designed by 

 Prof. Herrick. It comprises a series of clay sketches. Each piece, 

 except in the case of the last year, is done in one lesson. The begin- 

 ning of this course is intended for children eight or nine years old, or 

 for those who have had preliminary training in form. The work is 

 planned for six consecutive years, and a part of the time is spent in 

 drawing and color work. The object is to lead children to observe 

 closely and to express readily ideas of natural forms, and of the charac- 

 teristics of the great styles of architecture and ornament. The idea is 

 to have this work practicable in all public schools. The only expense 

 for the first five years is the clay and the school slates upon which the 

 children work. The sketches of architectural forms, the ornament and 

 the vases are made from large outline drawings ; the natural forms are 

 modeled from nature and the work of the sixth year from casts. 

 Literary work on architecture and ornament is done in connection 

 with the modeling. 



Cornell University abandoned its idea of making a detailed exhibit 

 on account of the inability of securing space in time from the Chicago 

 authorities. At the request of the bureau, however, Cornell prepared 

 a series of 145 eleven by fourteen-inch photographs, and thirty-live 



