Counties. Vols. Mts.
Monticello Piatt . 4
Marshall Clark 3
Monmouth Warren 15
Morris Grundy 3
Mt, Carroll Carroll 1
Minier Tazewell . 3
Mound City Pulaski 3
Nashville Washington 4
Newman Douglas 22
Oregon Ogle 10
Ottawa LaSalle 22 32
Princeton Bureau 25 82
Paxton Ford 4
Peoria Peoria 18
Quincy Adams 2
Rock Island Rock Island, photos 10 14
Rochelle Ogle 3
Rockford Winnebago 33
Rock Jails Wbiteside 2
Springfield Sangamon 18
Sterling Whiteside 4
Sterling (Wallace) Whiteside 3
Sheffield Bureau 12
Sullivan Moultrie 3
Shannon Carroll 12
Savanna " 3
Sandwich DeKalb 6
Shabbon.-i 4< 1 picture 15
Wheaton DuPago 1
Winchester Scott 3
Wenona Marshall 6
Yorkville Kendall... 4
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Report of Materials, Space and Funds required for Exhibit
of the Public Schools of Illinois at the
Columbian Exposition.
CLASS A RURAL SCHOOLS.
MATERIALS OF EXHIBIT.
1. Designs of school-houses, including floor plans and
20 photos of characteristic exteriors. Also 20 photos of
characteristic interiors.
2. Apparatus and contrivances used in teaching, in-
cluding maps, charts, reference books, globes, black-
boards, etc.
3. Printed courses of study, as prescribed in the dif-
ferent counties.
4. Collection of examination work from each county
in the State, the same to be bound in pasteboard covers,
except five sets, to be permanently bound.
0. Free-hand drawing and mapping.
6. Twenty-five wall-sets of frames for exhibiting
photos, drawings, maps and other work of pupils.
7. A series of tables next the walls on which to dis-
play pupils' work.
8. Full sets of text and reference books and supple-
mentary reading matter.
SPACE.
This exhibit to occupy the room 37x30 over the en-
trance.
CLASS B GRADED SCHOOLS.
MATERIALS OF EXHIBIT.
1. Designs of graded school-houses, including floor
plans and 20 photos of exteriors. Also 20 photos of
interiors.
2. Apparatus of models, contrivances, etc., used in
teaching in the several grades.
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3. Printed courses of study for each of the eight
grades below the high school, five sets of each grade to
be permanently bound, and the rest to be in folio leaflets
for distribution.
4. Collections of pupils' examination work for each
grade to be similarly treated.
5. Free-hand and architectural drawing, as may be
suitable. Also mapping.
6. Twenty-five wall-sets of frames for exhibiting plans,
photos, maps, botanical specimens arid other appropriate
pupils' work.
7. Series of tables next the walls, on which to display
pupils' work and school collections of natural objects
for nature study, such as collections of -stones, minerals,
woods, birds, nests, insects, products of dissection of
animals, shells, herbaria, etc. These, except the paper
work to be under glass.
8. Full sets of text books, supplementary reading,
reference libraries, maps, charts and school newspapers.
9. Products of manual training schools and the chil-
dren's handicraft in general, including all sorts of useful
and ingenious articles made by boys and girls, which
may be deemed worthy of exhibition.
CLASS C HIGH SCHOOLS.
MATERIALS OF EXHIBIT.
1. Designs of high school houses, including floor plans,
20 photos of representative exteriors. Also 20 photos
of representative interiors.
2. A chemical laboratory to include a teachers'
laboratory desk, and at least four pupils' stalls, fitted
up for work in inorganic chemistry, and supplied with
proper apparatus, materials and reagents ; also a set of
the products of school class-work displayed in glass.
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3. A series of tables carrying a full set of apparatus
for illustrating physics as presented in high school work.
4. A series of tables fitted with the materials, appli-
ances and products of biological study, including plant
and animal life and physiology. This will demand a
contiguous wall display of charts, botanical, zoological,
entomological and physiological, and a display of re-
sults of secondary work in all these departments.
5. Tables carrying materials for geological and min-
eralogical study with cognate wall displays.
6. Tables carrying apparatus contrived by pupils for
illustrating science subjects.
7. Printed courses of study.
8. Examination papers, five sets to be permanently
bound and the rest put in pasteboard covers.
9. Drawings free-hand, architectural, perspective,
geometrical ; also crayon, pastel and water color work ;
a wall display.
10. School collections for nature study.
11. Full sets of text-books, with supplementary read-'
ing, reference libraries and school newspapers.
12. Products of manual training and youths' handi-
craft, including girls' sewing and fashioning of garments.
13. Twenty-five wall sets of frames for carrying
photos, plans, drawings, maps, etc.
SPACE.
The N. E. room, 2d floor, 60x30 would contain this
exhibit.
CLASS D MANUAL, TRAINING AND PHYSICAL CULTURE.
MATERIALS OF EXHIBIT.
1. A specimen battery of manual training appliances
for working in wood.
2. For working in iron.
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3. The different kinds of apparatus and manuals for
physical culture, or as much of it as can be accom-
modated.
4. Full set of base-ball goods and costumes.
5. Full set of foot-ball goods and costumes.
6. Full set of tennis goods and costumes.
SPACE.
The galleries, 2d story, would receive this exhibit.
30x60, 1800 square feet space.
CLASS E STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS.
Ask each for 1500 ieet of floor space, and might have
50x30 on each floor adjoining that already assigned.
CLASS F MISCELLANEOUS.
1. A complete set of catalogues and reports of such
public schools as publish them.
2. A complete set of reports of the Superintendent of
Public Instruction.
3. A compend of certain statistics, illustrating the
progress of the public schools in Illinois setting forth
the growth in population, the increase in number of
children enrolled in the schools, per cent of attendance;
number of schoolhouses, number of teachers, expeudi-'
tures for public schools and exhibited by decades, the
same to be printed in cheap leaflet form for distribution
everywhere in the educational exhibit.
4. A collection of the oldest text books and apparatus
to be found.
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ESTIMATE OF THE FUNDS REQUIRED TO CARRY OUT
THE ABOVE SCHEME.
1. A superintendent of the exhibit "at not
less than $2,500 per annum," for two
years $5,000.00
2. Seven assistants at $800 each, one for
supervision of model schoolroom ,.. 5, 600. CO
3. Expenses of superintendent 2,400.00
4. Help in receiving, selecting and installing
the exhibit 1,500.00
5. Freight of goods to and from 1,000. CO
6. State Normal Schools 5,OOO.CO
7. High School Laboratories 700.CO
8. Materials used in laboratories ,.... 300. CO
9. Furnishing the three school rooms 1,200.00
10. Furnishing the manual training room... 1,000. CO
11. Furnishing the physical apparatus 400.00
12. Cost of printing 500.00
13. Photography 50000
14. Exhibit of text books, reference library
and supplementary books 900.00
Total $26,000.00
FLOOR SPACE.
Besides the three rooms designated above, 4,800 square
feet in the adjoining room on the northeast of second
floor.
It seems desirable to supplement the foregoing report
with the following considerations: First: It is impos-
sible to accurately foresee the exact cost of many of the
items which enter into the preceding financial estimate.
For instance, Nos. 3 and 4 may be too great, they
may be too small ; again the cost of the proposed high
school laboratories may be greatly lessened by the loan
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in great measure of the various articles of apparatus
from some furnishing house which would be glad to be
thus advertised. Item 8 might be made in like manner
disappear. Item 11 likewise, though this is hardly to
be anticipated. Item 13 might be possibly brought
down to $300, while item. 12 might prove inadequate.
The "expenses" of the Superintendent have necessarily
to be lumped, and may go either way of the mark. The
duties of the Superintendent contemplated in this report
are such as to demand the immediate and continuous
service of an energetic and expert person, entirely familiar
with the ideas sought to be realized through the exhibit
and in touch with the educational public of Illinois.
He would need at once, by circulars of information, by
visiting educational bodies in session, and by being in
personal contact with the schools of the various locali-
ties to generate a working interest in the exhibit, and
so correlate the efforts that should be made as to bring
them into contribution to the ends proposed; this be-
cause our public schools are without a centralizing or-
ganization through which they may be brought into
action.
The Superintendent would need to have oversight of
certain necessary expenditures of the funds, as the ex-
hibit should progress; to plan and direct the specific
preparation of the room assigned for its various uses;
to receive, assort and install the exhibits; to have cus-
tody of the same through competent assistants and
guides during the Exposition, and to make final dispo-
sition of the same at its close. The schools should be
gotten in hand and put to work on their preparations
at the earliest possible moment, inasmuch as a multi-
titude of deficiencies would disclose themselves subse-
quent to the first aggregation of their work, which
would have to be supplied by a subsequent arrange-
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merit. Whether or not a suitable person can be had for
this responsibility for the sum named in the estimate as
matter of conjecture. It is to be remembered that the
duty would spoil three years of a schoolman's time. It
has been the endeavor of the Committee to make a con-
servative estimate of the expenditures required for the
realization of an educational exhibit which should be
within the limitations prescribed by the law, at least
modestly creditable to the State, and in this sense it
respectfully submits the same to the consideration of the
State Commission.
All of which is most respectfully submitted,
HENRY RAAB,
Chairman Sub- Committee.
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"B"
ILLINOIS BOARD
OP
WORLD'S FAIR COMMISSIONERS.
PUBLIC SCHOOL SECTION.
CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION NO. 3.
EXHIBIT OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ILLINOIS
AT THE
WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
DIRECTIONS RESPECTING SELECTION, ARRANGEMENT AND
FORWARDING OF MATERIALS.
To School Officers, Superintendents and Teachers of the
Public Schools of Illinois:
Circular of Information No. 1, which contained a brief
but comprehensive statement of the nature of the exhibit
to be made by the Public Schools of Illinois at the
World's Columbian Exposition, was issued in March last.
In this circular the schools were classified as A Rural
Schools, B Graded Schools, C High Schools and D
Manual Training Schools, and the character of the ex-
hibit from each of these classes was set forth.
It is deemed best in this circular to repeat so much of
Circular of Information No. 1 as may be necessary to
make it clear to those who may not have that circular
at hand. It is the intention, furthermore, to give final
instructions respecting the arrangement, selection and
forwarding of materials desired from each of the classes
of schools mentioned.
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The work desired from Rural Schools is:
"Collections of the work of pupils, including examina-
tion work, essays, outlines, mountings, manual work,
free-hand and instrumental drawing."
"Photographs of groups and classes of pupils and of
all matter that can be shown best in that way."
From Class B., Graded Schools:
"Collections of the work of pupils, including examina-
tion work, essays, outlines, reports of observations, de-
velopment lessons, free-hand and instrumental drawing."
"Photographs of groups of pupils, classes at work in
gymnastic drill and of all matter that can be shown best
in that way."
"Collections of stones, minerals, woods, birds, nests,
insects, grains, grasses, condiments, shells, products of
dissection, mounted botanical specimens, in cases or on
cards 22x28 inches."
"Products of manual training, whether the direct re-
sults of instruction or otherwise, also mounted on boards
22x28 inches wherever possible. In other cases to be
exhibited on tables or in glass covered cases, on shelves
or brackets."
From Class C., High Schools:
"Collections of pupils' work similar to those mentioned
in Class B., and in addition thereto products of pupils'
work in chemistry, physics, botany, entomology, appa-
ratus designed or made by pupils, and collection for
nature study, mounted or prepared for exhibit as in
Class B."
"Free-hand and instrumental drawing, crayon, pastel
or water color work."
"Photographs of groups of pupils, classes at work,
laboratories and libraries in use, instantaneous views of
classes at work."
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"Products of manual training, whether the direct re-
sults of instruction or otherwise, including girls' work,
such as sewing, darning, fashioning garments, etc.
The intention, as expressed in Circular No. 1 to give
the utmost possible opportunity for the schools to make
the most significant exhibit of the plans, purposes and
results of their work, has been kept steadily in view.
MATTER OF EXHIBIT.
TABLE DISPLAY.
What to exhibit, therefore, cannot be definitely stated
without limiting the freedom necessary to secure the
best results/ The exhibit as a whole should indicate
what the schools are aiming to do, what they are ac-
complishing, and as far possible in what way. To this
end it should consist of representative work from every
grade and department of the public school system. Ex-
actly what the contribution shall be from any particular
school or system of schools cannot be specified, but in-
asmuch as suggestions have been frequently requested,
the following are offered in the hope that they may
prove helpful:
A series of eight volumes, one for each grade or the
work of two or more grades bound together upon
language work, including reading, spelling, penmanship,
language and grammar. This might show the methods
of teaching reading, subject analysis, dictation exer-
cises, pictures, stories, abstracts, methods of teaching
definitions, paraphrases, reproduction, letters, business
forms, imaginary descriptions and narration and other
essays, grammatical analysis and parsing and transla-
tions.
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A similar series of volumes for number work or arith-
metic to show methods and results in primary work, in
securing accuracy and rapidity, in developing the reason-
ing powers, clearness of conception in applied knowledge,
solutions, test statements of definitions, principles,
abbreviated methods and business forms.
Another set for elementary science work which would
include in botany, charts, drawings, analysis, mounted
specimens, woods, leaves, fruits, seeds, etc., in accom-
panying mounts or cases. In zoology, dissections of and
mounted specimens of animals, with drawings and speci-
mens of birds, nests, eggs, insects, shells, etc., in accom-
panying cases. In physiology, of diagrams, drawings,
definitions, products of dissection, recitations and essays.
In geography, of drawings, diagrams, maps, graphic
representation and written observations of outdoor
work, topical and other recitations, etc. These would
include science work from the most elementary to the
most advanced, or any part of it.
A similar series of volumes, each of which should con-
tain selections showing the entire work of one or more
grades. Additional volumes showing the work of whole
classes, in different subjects.
Similar series of volumes as needed for high schools,
increased as to number of topics as the enlarged curri-
culum demands.
Other arrangements may in many cases be deemed
better, if so, these suggestions will not stand in the way.
The writing should be in ink in all cases except early
primary work and drawings, in which pencil work will
be accepted.
Photographs of pupils at work may be bound as illus
trations in the volumes of their manuscript.
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MOUNTED WORK, FOR WALL AND WING FRAME DISPLAY.
1. Circular of Information No. 2, covers this matter
in the line of drawing in detail. The general heads only
will be reproduced here. The circular will be sent to
anyone desiring the details, and who may not have it at
hand.
All the work in this department should be grouped in
the following manner:
Group I. Constructive Drawing.
Group II. Representative Drawing.
Group III. Decoration.
Group IV. Modeling.
Group V. Making.
2. Mounted work, including maps, charts, photo-
graphs, manual work, products of dissections, botanical
specimens.
3. Shelf or Bracket Display: Models, apparatus,
zoological and entomological mounts, maps, clay and
putty work.
Portfolios are not recommended for any purpose, but
will be accepted.
MATERIALS.
The card board used for mounted work of any kind
should be 28 inches long by 22 inches wide, the long
side to be vertical. It should be six ply and court grey
or light drab in color.
One design or a group on each card.
For all written work to be bound, the paper should be
not less than 8 inches wide and 10% inches long, nor
more than 8% inches wide and 11 inches long.
1 inch to 1% ruled from left side for binding.
The length of paper is from top to bottom of the page.
Binding at left side, not top.
An excellent quality of paper, 8x10% inches, ruled on
one side, can be bought for $1.05 per 480 sheets.
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The paper should be ruled and the writing appear on
one side only. It should be of good, firm quality, weigh-
ing about 6 pounds per 480 sheets.
Care should be taken that all mounts be firmly secured,
and in case of pasting, the best quality of mucilage or
alcoholic glue should be used.
EXPENSE.
All expense of transporting the exhibit to the Fair and
returning it, all expenses of installation and care during
the six months of the Fair will be borne by the Commis-
sion. And in addition thereto it is probable that a con-
siderable percentage of bills for materials, binding and
mounting, can also be paid, although that was not con-
sidered in the estimates of the Committee of the Illinois
State Teachers' Association.
The original bills rendered for these purposes should
therefore be carefully preserved.
HEADINGS.
A printed heading with the blanks filled for the first
page only, is recommended to be used by each pupil, in
each subject. Following pages should have the pupil's
name at the left end, the subject in the middle, and the
number of the page at the right end, of first line.
For Kural Schools. Heading for Papers.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ILLINOIS.
RURAL SCHOOLS.
County
Subject
Name Age Year or grade
District No Township No R P. M.
Teacher
Remarks ...
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For Graded Schools.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ILLINOIS.
GRADED SCHOOLS.
City
Subject
Name Age Grade.
Teacher
Remarks...
For High Schools.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ILLINOIS.
HIGH SCHOOLS.
City or Township
Subject
Name -Age Year.
Teacher
Remarks..,
Under the head of remarks may be stated the time of
writing the paper and any other conditions that will
aid in understanding it. Similar statements in compact
form should be affixed to mounts.
BOUND VOLUMES.
There should not be more than 50 to 75 leaves to a
book; less would be preferable.
The books should be plainly and strongly bound in
black muslin or similar material, and labeled on the
outside of front cover as follows:
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For Rural Schools (Class A).
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ILLINOIS.
RURAL SCHOOLS.
County
Subject
County Superintendent of Schools.
For Graded Schools (Class B).
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ILLINOIS.
GRADED SCHOOLS.
City ;
Subject
Supt. or Prin.
For High Schools (Class C).
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ILLINOIS.
HIGH SCHOOLS.
Name of High School ,
Subject ,
Principal.
And on the back of the volumes the name of the county,
city or high school put in bold lettering lengthwise.
These labels may be written, printed, partly written
and partly printed, or stamped in gilt.
SHIPPING DIRECTIONS.
It is recommended that shipping boxes be made 27 by
30 inches inside measure as deep as needed and top
screwed on, not nailed. These will be suitable for bound
volumes and mounts.
Special boxes may be needed for other matter.
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ADDRESS.
The boxes should be addressed:
WILLIAM JENKINS,
Supt. Public School Section,
Illinois State Building,
Jackson Park,
Chicago, 111.
From ..
An invoice of contents should be enclosed in each box
and a copy sent by mail to the same address.
Forward all matter by express, not prepaid. The charges
will be paid here. It should be shipped during March,
1893, and as early in the month as may be.
CLASSIFICATION.
By the conditions of Circular of Information No. 1,
which was projected upon the decision reached by the
committee appointed by the Illinois State Teachers' As-
sociation, the smallest unit of representation for Rural
Schools was the county; for the Graded Schools the city
or town. Each High School was a unit by itself.
It is recommended that the county superintendents of
schools upon the receipt of this circular call meetings of
the teachers of their respective counties, preferably in
connection with a Saturday institute, and decide upon
the best methods of procedure in each case, in preparing,
gathering and selecting the work.
No questions will be sent out from this office.
It is further recommended that the work from the Rural
Schools be sent to the county superintendent, who, with
a committee of teachers, or otherwise, may make such u
selection as may be deemed best to represent the Rural
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Schools of the county, have it bound or mounted, as the
case may be, and forward, as directed in this circular.
Superintendents or principals of Graded or High
Schools should proceed similarly.
CLASSIFICATION OF SCHOOLS.
For the purpose of indicating approximately the quan-
tity of work desired from each of the three classes of
schools (A, B and C) a classification of counties upon
the basis of the number of schools in each has been
made for the Rural Schools (A). A classification of cities
upon the basis of the number of teachers employed in
each system has been made for Graded Schools (B). A
classification of High Schools (C) upon the basis of:
1. Those managed by a corps of teachers exclusively
engaged in high school work, and
2. Those which are in part or wholly under the in-
struction of teachers part of whose duties is instruction
or supervision of other grades of work.
CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTIES.
CLASS I OVER 400 SCHOOLS.
Cook.
CLASS n314-175.
LaSalle. Henry.
Champaign. Ogle.
Vermilion. Iroquois.
Hancock. Fulton.
Moultrie. Adams.
McLean. Knox.
Bureau. Sangamon.
Will. Livingston 16.
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Kane.
Macoupin.
Pike.
Coles.
Kankakee.
McHenry.
Stephenson.
Whiteside.
Clark.
Jackson.
JoDaviess.
Marion.
Piatt.
Tazevvell.
DeKalb.
McDonough.
Shelby.
Edgar.
Macon.
Montgomery.
Warren .
Winnebago.
Bond.
Cumberland.
DuPage.
Greene.
Marshall.
Saline.
Washington.
Cass.
Gallatin.
Johnson.
Monroe.
CLASS in 175-100.
Ford.
Jasper.
Lake.
Mercer.
Kandolph.
White.
Lee.
Peoria.
Christian.
Fayette.
Madison.
St. Clair.
Wayne.
Carroll.
Grundy.
Jefferson.
Logan.
Morgan.
Rock Island.
Williamson.
Woodford 43.
CLASS IV LESS THAN 100.
Clinton.
Henderson.
Kendall.
Perry.
Stark.
Calhoun.
Putnam.
Crawford.
Douglas.
Franklin.
Lawrence.
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Class IV Concluded.
Pulaski. Richland.
Alexander. Union.
Massac. Brown.
Clay. Edwards.
DeWitt. Jersey.
Effinghara. Menard.
Hamilton. Pope.
Mason. Wabash.
Schuyler. Hardin.
Boone. Scott 42.
FROM RURAL SCHOOLS CLASS (A).
From the county class I, it is desired to receive ap-
proximately, bound matter, 30 volumes; mounts, 120.
From each county of class II, bound matter, 25 vol-
umes; mounts, 75. From each county of class III,
bound matter, 20 volumes; mounts, 50. From each
county of class IV, 10 volumes bound matter and
mounts 25.
FROM GRADED SCHOOLS CLASS (B).
From systems of graded schools employing 500 teach-
ers or over, 100 volumes, 400 mounts. From systems
employing 75 to 500 teachers, 40 volumes, 150 mounts.
From systems employing 25 to 75 teachers, 20 volumes,
8C mounts. From systems employing 10 to 25 teachers,
15 volumes, 50 mounts. Graded schools employing less
than 10 teachers, 8 volumes, 20 mounts.
FROM HIGH SCHOOLS CLASS (c).
From each high school, class C, 1 and 2, a sufficient