. Review of reviews and world's work. s country. The major portion ofthe German educational exhibit is devoted tothe applications of science in one or anotherform. Medical and technological instruction arebeautifully illustrated. The larger portion of the educational exhibitis American, and the tens of thousands of per-sons who visit it daily prove its attractivenessand its value. The growing efficiency of theAmerican elementary and secondary school isamply demonstrated, and there is on every handconclusive refutation of the charge, not infre-quently made, that the schools of to-day areneglect
. Review of reviews and world's work. s country. The major portion ofthe German educational exhibit is devoted tothe applications of science in one or anotherform. Medical and technological instruction arebeautifully illustrated. The larger portion of the educational exhibitis American, and the tens of thousands of per-sons who visit it daily prove its attractivenessand its value. The growing efficiency of theAmerican elementary and secondary school isamply demonstrated, and there is on every handconclusive refutation of the charge, not infre-quently made, that the schools of to-day areneglecting the fundamentals of education for thefads and the frills. Nothing could be fartherfrom the truth, and the school work gathered atSt. Louis from every quarter of the countryshows that the contrary is the case. The I est-known universities, the school systems of two-thirds of the States and those of four selectedcities, — New York, Chicago, St. Louis, and Cleve-land,—have extensive exhibits that are instruct-ive in high •ALACE K EDUCATION OP THE \ \ v ii i;< iiasi. EXPOSITION. A UNIQUE INVESTIGATION. METHODS OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION BOARD. BY W. H. HECK. IN describing the methods of the General Edu-cation Board, emphasis should be placedupon the attitude of the citizen, as distinguishedfrom that of the technical specialist, in mattersof education. This board was organized in Feb-ruary, 1902. and chartered by Congress in Jan-uary, 1903. Its purpose was to act as a clear-ing-house for educational statistics and to cooperate financially in the developmentof schools so far as its resources allowed. Theheroic efforts being made by the Southern Statesto improve their schools led the board to makethe South its first field for study and coopera-tion. An office was opened in New York ; andthe executive secretary, with technical and cler-ical assistance, immediately put himself in touchwith educational leaders in the South, especiallywith those intere
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