The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . al Ilospital, Knoxville, Knox County Schools, Cnited States Bureau of Edu-cation, East Tennessee Audulxm Society, Knoxville, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.\., Maryville College, Mar_\ville, Tenn., Buford College, Nashville. Descri])tions and illustrations of so ne of the exhib


The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . al Ilospital, Knoxville, Knox County Schools, Cnited States Bureau of Edu-cation, East Tennessee Audulxm Society, Knoxville, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.\., Maryville College, Mar_\ville, Tenn., Buford College, Nashville. Descri])tions and illustrations of so ne of the exhibits follow : ExiiiiiiT oi- TiiK [ Schools of City, Tenix^, The exhiljit from the public schools of Lnion Cit\, jennessee, was largely anillustration of methods. The value of the laboratorv method in Geography wasabundanlb- illustrated in the xarious maps—political, ])hvsical, commercial and pro-duct. The physical geography maps showing the various tides and the courses ofthe winds, furnished am])le proof that geography can be made a live issue with thepupils. The earlier years of the work, of course, were cruder than those of thefinishing year, where the mai)s on exhibition well nigh approached i)erfection. In-struction given on the subject is almost entirelv through the stu(l\- and making-


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