Louisiana purchase exposition, St Louis, 1904 . lion,forming a supplementary entrance, and these are connectedby a colonnade of monumental proportions. A liberal useof architectural sculpture lends a festal character to theotherwise somewhat severely classical exterior. The Department of Education is made the first departmentof the classification, in accordance with the theory upon\\hich the entire Exposition is founded. Through educationman comes to a knowledge of his powers, and of the possi-bilities of life, and upon it are dependent the processes whichextend throughout all fields of indust
Louisiana purchase exposition, St Louis, 1904 . lion,forming a supplementary entrance, and these are connectedby a colonnade of monumental proportions. A liberal useof architectural sculpture lends a festal character to theotherwise somewhat severely classical exterior. The Department of Education is made the first departmentof the classification, in accordance with the theory upon\\hich the entire Exposition is founded. Through educationman comes to a knowledge of his powers, and of the possi-bilities of life, and upon it are dependent the processes whichextend throughout all fields of industry. This corelation ofthe powers of the brain and of the hand of man extendingthroughout the entire exhibit scheme of the Exposition, will,for the first time in the history of expositions, afford a strictlyscientific basis for the collection and classification of objects. In the educational department, every effort will be madeto bring together for comparative investigation the educa-tional systems of every country in the civilized world noted. for educational prog-ress. The entire field ofeducation has beensubdivided into def-inite groups. Thefirst deals with theelementary educa-tion, public, privateand parochial, fol-lowed by secondaryeducation, as shownin high schools andacademies. Inhigher education areshown colleges anduniversities, and variousmuseums. Fine arts in education include art schools and institutes,also music conservatories. Group five consists of specialeducation in agriculture, which will include experiment sta-tions. Congress appropriated $100,000 especially for thisexhibit. Publishers of educational works and manufacturersof school furniture have liberal space in which to exhibittheir wares. ENTRANCE TO PALACE OF EDUCATION. technical schools, libraries and
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