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State of New York, as stated by the findings of the judges and juries 

 of awards, are as follows : 



To tlie educational exhibit of the State of New York an award is 

 granted for the following specific points of excellence : 



1. Comprehensiveness : In presenting a systematic exhibit of educa- 

 tional methods and results in all departments from kindergarten to uni- 

 versity, including all institutions of secondary, superior and profes- 

 sional instruction under the Kegents of the University, and all schools, 

 primary, grammar or normal, under the direction of the Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction. 



2. Installation : In point of fine equipment for display and artistic 

 arrangement of exhibits, covering 12,000 square feet of floor space, with 

 handsome oak furniture and partitioning, the body of the walls being 

 upholstered with purple, the State color. 



3. Arrangement : A graded classification, thus presenting year by 

 year a collective and comparative exhibit of school work from all parts 

 of the Sta_te ; its arraiigement also typifies the organization, peculiar to 

 New York, of departments and institutions. 



i. Complete system of signs, labels, numbers, indexes and cross-ref- 

 erences to allied exhibits. 



6. Efficient management in providing a large corps of expert attend- 

 ants and interpreters, speaking the principal foreign languages, and in 

 the many provisions for making the exhibit the headquarters for New 

 York educators. 



6. Kindergarten and elementary schools : A complete exposition of 

 the organization, government and work of the kindergarten, primary 

 and grammar grades from the schools of Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, 

 Cohoes, New York, Plattsburgh, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Syracuse, 

 and many other places. 



I. Schools of academic grade : Photographs, specimen work and 

 courses of study from over 300 academies, high schools and union 

 schools under the University of the State of New York ; also, a similar 

 display from many of the best private schools of the State. 



8. Normal schools : Photographs, illustrative work, courses of study, 

 methods and teaching devices from eleven normal schools. 



9. Colleges and universities : Photographic, historical, statistical and 

 literary dis_plays from the following institutions : Columbia College, 

 University City of New York, Cornell University, Hamilton College, 

 Vassar College, Colgate University, University of Rochester, Teachers 

 College, College City of New Yoi-k, and Normal College. 



10. Technical schools : Photographic, historical and statistical dis- 

 plays, together with specimen work of all departments from Rens- 

 selaer Polytechnic Institute, Pratt Institute, New York Trade School 

 and Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute. 



II. University of the State of Now York : An extensive and syste- 

 matic exhibit of the organization, government and methods of each of 

 the six departments, viz., executive, examinations, extension, State 

 Library, State Museum and public libraries. 



12. University extension : A valuable collective exhibit of forms, 

 methods and examinations from the University of the State of New 



