St Ignatius College - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Ellie Palate nf Ehuraiinn emh Smrial Ernnnmg WAS the most interesting building at the '-7 Exposition. On that point there is no doubt in th-e mind of anyone. It was commonly Q3 ,Q known as the Educational Building, but that was not the exact title, as only one-fourth , of it was educational. The Palace of Edu cation and Social Economy is the name the building properly goes by, thus giving wider scope for its various exhibits not all strictly educational. With regard to the first part of this title, we shall consider those exhibits which explain the vari- ous educational systems in vogue throughout the world. Under the second part comes man's moral and religious life. Some exhibits kept close to the topics indicated by these titles, but others wandered to such a distance as to require a twist of the imagination to apprehend their connection with them. There were some departments that treated the ques- tion so extravagantly that the people questioned the validity of their representation under that roof. Still the subject was too broad to draw a close line of demarcation, and conse- quently there were displays that were apparently irrelevant. We shall try to review, however, the most striking features recalled by this broad title. The main part of the building was taken up with the Educational section, including private displays, school and government exhibits. The Social Economy section included Religion, Moral Reform, and Medicine. The two latter sec- tions can be divided into those under private and those under governmental management. ' We shall first cast a glance at the educational section proper. The thing here primarily to be noted is this: of all theschool work exhibited in this sec- tion, we, the people of San Francisco, had not a place that we could point to with pride and say, There is the work of the San Francisco schools. There was not, for that matter,

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Jlgnaitian O DECEMBER, 1915 'f ' No. Uhr Gem Glhaiflmaa A pearl thou Wast upon our shore, 1 'Disclosed to raptured viewg Fair as the rose, whose petals store The shimmering morning dew. A bubbling spring amid the Waste, Amid the clouds a star, Which lighted 'pilgrims here to taste- .Thy sweets, from lands afar. But now, beneath the shifting sand, Our gem is lost to sight, Our rose has drooped, and parched our land,R ' a Our star now yields no light, Thou glimpse of heaven snatched away, Before our longing gazeg Our hearts reflect thy glorious day, V Our voices sound thy praise. . Darrell W. Daly.

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PALACE OF EDUCATION ll' 7 .rg even a California State exhibit other than through tliiyiiiedium of' motion pictures. But while these are suflicieiit, perhaps, for the quick survey of a subject, they are inadequate for the display of the work of a State. Other parts of the country, however, enjoyed in this respect a good representation. Smith's College, Boston, the St. Louis city schools 3 the Gary city schools, the States of Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Oregon, Wisconsin, Utah, Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland all have much in common, and differ principally in their mode of presentation. Through them all runs the germ of the American Educational system. The last three States named were somewhat jejune in their real educational display. They dwelt chiefly on economic questions, and it was to ex- hibits of this character that their departments owed their prestige, for the latter subject lends itself very favorably to interesting presentation. The governments participating were our own United States in its department of education, China, japan, Argen- tine, and Uruguay. The first just mentioned gives us the work of the department, as well as does the extremely in- teresting exhibit from the Philippine Islands. Uncle Sam here did his Work in a manner it would be hard to improve upon. There was an excellent pictorial demonstration of agricultural education, in itself a mostinteresting subject, and the work of the Islands was so well arranged, and in- cluded excellent' topics that it left not much more to be desir Chinese gave us an example of what an educa- ' a ii ' liding should contain, and they were very consistent. Il allowed nothing which wash not conformable to school r f. and 'in this particular they certainly excelled. They us sample of every form of education in their country, including machine work and handiwork of every description. Under the latter is to be mentioned with very special interest the exhibit from the Zi-Ka-Wei orphanage at Shanghai. This exhibit is probably the most!-delightful display of its kind in the Exposition, Its antique lacquer screens and . QQ' -rr sh -'IL ' ' l me . 'I 34-Q 1- .,. . 4 1 ':- fa'-s. if- 1'