460 Ne-w York at the "World's Columbian Exposition. 



Alcove " C " was occupiea oy the high schools, the chief contributors 

 to which were, the high schools of Albany, Buffalo, Einghamton, 

 Poughkeepsie, Rochester and Syracuse. The most noteworthy exhibits 

 were a splendid collection of drawings from the Albany High School, 

 which had been submitted for the Annesley art prize and the City prize, 

 which are given annually ; specimens of manual training work illus- 

 trating the system pursued in the boys' department of the Albany High 

 School, and also the Sloyd system, practiced in the girls' department of 

 the same school ; a graded system of manual training from ISTewburgh 

 Free Academy ; a collection of rock and wood specimens from Broome 

 county, contributed by the students of the Einghamton High School, 

 and a large memorial window etched for the Rochester High School by 

 its class in chemistry, as is the custom of each graduating class. 



Alcove " B " was assigned to private schools. No other State has so 

 many or so good private schools as New York, and it was eminently 

 fitting that they should receive recognition from the bureau, although 

 they are not a part of the State school system. Some very fine exhibits 

 were received, the best of which were the photographs, prize drawings, 

 rock and mineral specimens and administrative forms and blanks from 

 the Berkeley School, New York ; cabinet of geography and history 

 charts and portfolios from Dr. Sach's School for Girls, New York ; 

 sewing from Mrs. Leopold "Weil's School, New York, and Christiansen 

 Institute, Brooklyn. A graded course in sewing from the Industrial 

 School of the Church of the Holy Communion, New York, was also 

 highly instructive. 



Alcove " A," the last on the right of the New York aisle, contained 

 the collective University Extension exhibit which was prepared by the 

 bureau. It formed a comparative exhibit of the methods, administra- 

 tion, forms, examinations, etc., from the extension department of the 

 University of the State of New York, University of Chicago, University 

 of Edinburgh, People's Palace, London, Chautauqua and Catholic Sum- 

 mer School of America. The exhibit of the University of the State of 

 New York has already been spoken of. The Chautauqua exhibit was 

 also veiy complete, and thoroughly presented the manner of conducting 

 this organization. 



One-half of alcove " P " was occupied by the splendid exhibit of the 

 "Workingman's School, which is conducted under the auspices of the 

 Society for Ethical Culture. The aims of this school, as tersely put by 

 its chief promoter. Dr. Felix Adler, are " not merely to teach the three 

 R's, nor to enable pupils to earn a living, nor to endow them with 

 accomplishments, nor to make them merely intellectually efficient, but 

 to build up manhood and womanhood. It is believed if the highest 

 aim is achieved the lesser also will be attained incidentally." The 

 scientific course of study and intelligent work displayed were among 

 the most admired exhibits at the fair. A special feature of the school 

 is its manual training, which is introduced in the lowest grades and 

 developed throughout the course. Its objects are so concisely stated 

 as to bear repetition here : To train eye and hand ; to develop the 

 imagination ; to give definiteness to the elementary conceptions of 

 geometry ; to furnish the pupils with the opportunity of making their 



