. Glimpses of the largest educational institution in the world, the International Correpondence Schools, Scranton, Pa . national 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
. Glimpses of the largest educational institution in the world, the International Correpondence Schools, Scranton, Pa . national 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. The upper floor was a StudentsExchange, where I. C. S. students visiting the Fair enjoyed the conveniences of a well-appointedmeeting and resting place, received mail, wrote letters, checked parcels, THE TEXTBOOK DEPARTMENT ALL PUBLICATIONS used by the Schools in connection with instruction work are pre-pared by the Textbook Department under the supervision of the Dean of the Textbook Department normally consists of about forty men, the majority of whomare also principals of the various Schools, and who are thus brought into direct contactwith the persons for whom they write. The textbook writers are, with few exceptions,graduates of colleges and technical schools, and all have had an extended practicalexperience; many have been members of college faculties. These men devote their entire timeto the preparation of technical papers and to conducting the work of our Schools. In addition to these writers, contracts are made with experts not connected with the Schoolsto prepare papers on special subjects. The work done by outside experts is, in many cases,
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