REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 79 
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Taken from the New York School Journal, July 2, 1904: 
A DAY AT THE PALACE OF EDUCATION, ST. LOUIS, MO. 
BY JANE A. STEWART. 
We had been told that it would require every day for a week to get a 
correct idea of the exhibit in the most beautiful of the Louisiana Purchase 
Exposition palaces, where you can see tout ensemble of educational process 
and progress spread out for ready assimulation, examination and compari¬ 
son. 
We had only a day to give to it, and had to be satisfied with that for the 
time being. But what a treat it was! Let me pass on to the readers of 
The School Journal, a panoramic glimpse of what we saw in our first gen¬ 
eral view. 
We stopped to rest a bit on the comfortable red cushioned benches within 
Connecticut’s portals. Then examined the model traveling libraries: the 
“Birds and Nature” books; the beautiful water-color work from New Haven 
high school; and the pen and ink work from Hartford. 
New Jersey’s exhibit, adjoining, we declared unanimously to be perfect 
in design and systematic arrangement of work, though not so showy as 
many other installations. Mr. S. R. Morse, of Trenton, a veteran school 
man and educational enthusiast, was in charge. He is the originator, it 
seems, of the useful wing-frame cabinet which is in general use at exposi¬ 
tions, and he has been constantly sought for suggestions and advice by the 
various exhibitors. A good idea which he has introduced at this exposition 
is that of putting various classes of printed and written exhibits within 
different colored bindings for easy reference, language papers for example, 
being red volumes, and State School statistics black, and so on. The wood 
work of the wall cases in New Jersey’s section was tinted a restful green; 
and on the cornice of each case was the handsome coat of arms of the state 
done in colors on a white background, an idea in decoration which many 
other states have emulated. We spent a brief time in interested examina¬ 
tion of the Trenton school work. 
Louisiana with its quaint photograph of the oldest school in the Louisi¬ 
ana Purchase territory, and Oklahoma, with its big school-house map, 
could have but a passing glance. 
Models of New York city schools—the DeWitt Clinton seating 3,800, and 
Public School No. 62, were prominent features in the Empire state’s exhibit. 
Another unique model in this extensive and dignified display of advanced 
educational work and equipment was that of a doll house made by seventh 
grade boys for the first grade children, with wall paper designed by the 
children. 
Pennsylvania’s towering bronze walls were near at hand, and we slipped 
within the secluded, scholastic enclosure long enough to examine some of 
the finest wood carving shown in the Education Palace (that of the Central 
Manual Training School of Philadelphia), and to note the admirable ar¬ 
rangement of the exhibit, the work of Miss Zierden, of DuBois, Pa. 
