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we 17; -. ' . By the _ Sheridan Ron} Publishing Company RALPH 1. LEE. Manager Eigihland Park News-Letter Smcripdu Prize 3|.50 a Year. 5’ Cents the Copy.- Outdny when Mr. Alfred Ioeely. the Bugllsh, philanthropist. whose “nation In: “trusted to the United Stun by Mr. Gnrdner Willis-u. In. vhhln's Hluburg [actor-y he aid to I young ”print-Meat: . “What strikes me most ubont your country in am. your workehope are filled with college-bred, young men like you. At- home e ‘vareity men is gredneted into a (rock-eon [Ind gloves. Here he is odnemed into overelln." "Well?” said the young superintendent. “Why. thet. seems to be the keynote of Auntie-n odmtion. H tninl for eflleeney. And the key- note 10 Amcrlce seems to be eduoetion.” The more he studied American life, first on a tour with s group of "Ides-union oflieers. 3nd Inter will: 3 commission of men prominent. in the British. edutimnl world. the deeper becune Mr. Moody's impresslon that our industrial success is the result. of our system of ednution. Very lately he declsred. Paw (my my a aw.“ rut. mm. “The Americans believe intensely“ 1n the educat- ion of Ihe muses. Three striking figures tre: first, the large amount n! money devoted to eddutlonel purposes, the mngniflcent buildings. and the lavish equipment: Ix condly. the tenchers are enthusiastic; and; thirdly. there is n. thirst for knowledge shown by pupils of ‘all ages which ls ltrgely lacking in ' New. fortified hy the reports of'the educationnl‘ cemmission which bear out his observation. he he; arranged | tour of investigation in the United sum for parties of English Ichooljteachers. Pre- sumhly the teeehers hue read mentions of their superiors. but he believes that they will learn more from s two weeks' visit to our schools than from any number of volumes of reports. Severel thous- ands of teachers have spplied for en invitation, from whom five hundred in diflerent ports of Eng- land will be selected. Groups of fifteen or tWenty willeome over at s‘ time, at the rate of about one hundred a month. They will examine the New York schools, and then some will go east, some west, end some south. Each ‘psrty will ' spend about twelve days in the country at Mr. Mosely’ s expense Every teacher will write a report on re- .turuing, and suggest in the light of experience, ways in which the admittedly had Edglish system of educstion can be improved. So mediaenl is the English common school sys- tem that Great Britisn csn hsrdly be said, in one sense, to hsve popular trsining at ell. The visit- ing teachers can lea rn something from even our poorest city schools. and much from the better schools, like those of Menominee, Wisconsin, in the Middle West. But now that our schools ere in I felt way tobecOme models for a. foreign nstion, we might well engage in their long needed improve. ment. _When our country schools give as good s trsining as our best city schools. and our city schools pay ss much sttention to hygiene ss they do to perfection in the three R‘sâ€"for both objects sre eompstible-we shsll be premier of then} .-â€"[The World’s Work. Susan: M Um I'm 01,70}. lflohbmd Park. m. u- u amd clan mun. Our Schools As Models For England SATURDAY” NOVEMBER I7, I906 ‘ 0! .ll uhlbluou held it tho United Shh. 3:105.th Phludelpm Come-om la mo, a» Jim'h Tor-Cnntonnlul to be held on the shout tad nur- o! Bsnpwn Bonds. In! the duo. 01 Norfolk. Pomuoutls tad New”! News. Y... April as loNovembc-r so. am, ll to be the not! unique. India origlnnllty find nonlty will con- plewly eclipse ull prevlouo oxpodtlonl. The celebration eonpemoratee the moat import- ant event in binaryâ€"the founding of the Grit English-speaking settlement in America. at Janee- town. Va.-. in 1007, where Captnin John Smith nod a email party of colonists established a village from, which has grown America. with nearly one hund~ red million pophintion. The eelehrntion will show the remarkshie position attained by the United States in history and education. together with the msrvelona industrial development and commercial expansion during thwe hundred years. Contemp- or'nneone with the exporitlon will he held on the waters of Hampton Roads the greatest ~navsl pag- eant ever witnessed in the world. in which every type of war vessel from the native. of all foreign nations will participate. Another attractive feat- ure will he the international military encampment in which detachments of troops 0! European conn- trlee will unite with the soldiers of the United Slates in a series of drills, maneuvers, parades. etc. The site of the exposivion is located within twenty mirntce‘ ride of the Tidewater cities of Virginia. reached either by trolley or steamer, and untnre has combined with the ingenuity of men in making 3 beautiful end picturesque lpot. The grounds cover more then 400nm». with two miles of weter front facing the grenteet thy in the world, and command: an unsurpassed View of in- numernble points of national and historic interest. The scheme of lnndnenpe decoration will be novel 'end elaborate. one of the attractive tenures being the floral fence Which surrounds the grounds. It is made of trumpet Vince, trained on meshed wire. intertwined with honevnnckle end crimson rambler roses, the eflect being on artistic triumph of flowering beauty. More than twenty-five exhibit pnlnees nrc now nearing completion, comprising Auditorium, Mann- !nctnre end Liberal Arts, Mines and Meaning-y, Marine Appliances. Machinery, Food Products, Arts and Crafts. Transportation, Social Economy. etc., in addition to the government and Bates buildingé and pavillions. They will be of semi-permanent construction and in appointments will excel nny nimilor group of buildings ever erected. In archi- tecture they will all be of the colonial period, form. ing an appropriate setting to the natural beauties of the environment Anothernttrwtive feature will be the govern- ment pleasure pier extending 2,000 feet into Hemp- ton Roads. At either end it will be surmounted with light towers and a working exhibit of wireless telegmphy. The entire structure will be illumin- nted by thousands of arc and incandescent electric lightereflording en nnexoelled view. of the naval dinplly. Amusements have not been lost sight of, end the “Warpath,” covering more than a mile, will offer e diversified clue of- original novelties. 1n neemhllng the exhibiie. especislly those rep- resenting the vsried industries and the liberal arts the mansgers of the Exposition have, been careful to select such as show the latest and beet sttein- ments in every line of industry. Renee, it will be the first “selective” Exposition ever held in the United Ststee, in which every phase of commercisl and industrial development will be diepleyed,eonr- renged and clsssifled thst visitors my obtein en intelligent under-tending of the hietory snd growth of any specitlo bunch of the trades snd industries, without the. necessity of visiting other buildings to inspect mother pert of the seine exhibit. Grate-t Of Expositions Hun, ”assuming“ tho «amne- theme-tsunami nu- WM. Md who. 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