. Glimpses of the largest educational institution in the world, the International Correpondence Schools, Scranton, Pa . hools; so, for several years, nineteen otherbuildings in Scranton were occupied wholly or in part by the several departments ofthe institution. The Instruction Building—recently occupied—was erected to meetthese new and pressing Instruction Building is a magnificent structure, strictly modern, and its floor area,added to that of the Administration Buildings, makes a total floor space of about 7 acres. In this new building there are some thirty Schools and dep
. Glimpses of the largest educational institution in the world, the International Correpondence Schools, Scranton, Pa . hools; so, for several years, nineteen otherbuildings in Scranton were occupied wholly or in part by the several departments ofthe institution. The Instruction Building—recently occupied—was erected to meetthese new and pressing Instruction Building is a magnificent structure, strictly modern, and its floor area,added to that of the Administration Buildings, makes a total floor space of about 7 acres. In this new building there are some thirty Schools and departments, including the officesof the Dean of the Faculty, the Director of Instruction, the Textbook Writers Department,the Students Record, General Correspondence, Illustrating, Shipping and Supplies, Printingand Binding Departments, etc. By assembling all these closely related departments under one roof in a building speciallydesigned for our purposes, the correction of students work is now performed with greater rapiditythan ever before, without sacrificing in the slightest its well-recognized GUILD HALL, ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION THE illustration represents the building of the International Correspondence Schoolserected at the St. Louis Worlds Fair. The name Guild Hall had its origin in thefact that in England all the different arts, crafts, and trades used to have their separatemeeting places, which were called Guild Halls. On account of our success in fur-nishing instruction to members of the different arts, crafts, and trades in America, itwas decided that the Guild Hall of the Model City at the Worlds Fair would veryappropriately be the building of the International Correspondence Schools. The I. C. S. Guild Hall was situated about 300 feet from the Manufactures Building andthe main entrance to the Fair grounds. The first floor contained an exhibit of the work done by students of our different courses,and thoroughly demonstrated the benefits of our methods
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