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STATE CHARITIES EXHIBIT
In the exhibit of the Board of State Charities was shown in condensed form, the history, development, scope and operations of Indiana's charities. Under the term "charities" are classified both the charitable and correctional institutions, including public and private organizations and their supervision by state authorities .
There were about seventy-five cards in the exhibit. On one of these was given an outline showing the develop- ment of the state's charities from the earliest territorial days.
This outline also showed the development of the penal and correctional system of the state, from the territorial days of stocks and pillories to the present time, when each county is provided with a jail, and the state has a prison for men, a reformatory for young men, a school for boys, a prison for women, an industrial school for girls, the juvenile court for the trial of delinquent children, and the probation system for such of these as are found needing over- sight. For the supervision of the entire system of charities and correction, the Board of County Charities for each county in the state was authorized in 1899.
Another card contained an outline map of the State of Indiana, showing in different colors the charitable and correctional institutions in the state, both public and private.
Several cards were devoted exclusively to the work of the Board of State Charities, stating briefly its purpose and duty, the conditions existing in the state before its organization, some of the reforms it has brought about, laws which have been passed on its recommendation by the General Assembly, and the work it is doing for dependent children. There were samples of the blanks and cards used in the collection and preservation of sociological data, and copies of the annual report, the quarterly bulletin, and the "Prison Sunday" pamphlet published by the Board. By the use of shaded maps, a striking exhibit was made of the reduction brought about in recent years in the amount of aid given the poor by township trustees.
Four cards were entitled "Prisons and Prisoners." These showed the population of the state, county and town correctional institutions, the population of the state's penal institutions by decades since 1830, the provisions for contract labor in the State Prison and Reformatory, and the operations of the indeterminate sentence and parole law.
A valuable part of the exhibit was that portion devoted to statistics showing the inheritance of feeble-mindedness. One card contained a study of all defective families in which, including those related by marriage, there are 1,924
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persons, 70 per cent. of whom are defective. Another was a study of 241 defective families, including only direct descendants, 970 in number. Eighty per cent. of these are defective and 75 per cent. of the direct descendants are feeble-minded.
The remainder of the cards contained photographic views of state institutions, county poor asylums, jails, hospitals and orphans' homes.
EXHIBIT OF THE INDIANA SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE-MINDED YOUTH
The school department of the Indiana School for Feeble-Minded Youth was represented at the St. Louis Exposition by the exhibits from six divisions, viz: The kindergarten grade, lace making and bead work, fancy work, art and pyrography. The quality of the work compared favorably with that of the public schools of the outside world, with but two qualifications: First, the pupils enrolled in these grades of work would average from five to ten years more in age than the normal child; and second, three or four years are generally spent in one grade.
The kindergarten pupils displayed studies in water colors, shaping for example, tulips, wild roses, American flags, etc., and coloring the same. Charts were to be seen containing samples of busy work, weaving, folding, drawing, sewing, perforation and parquetry mounting. In this department of the school display originality was lacking, but neatness was manifest and the deftness with which it was performed would surpass the child favored with normal mind.
The grade work covered the first five years of common school work and consisted of number work, geography, map drawing and illustrated work in history, physiology and nature study. The illustrated work was exceptional and would do credit to a public city school. The early settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth were sketched and the implements used in leveling the forces of nature and stocking the common store houses for the winter's supply were as vividly traced on the papers as were the same illustrations of the text implanted on the mind of the child, mentally deficient though it was.
The drawings in physiology, including the heart, lungs, skull, structure of bones, etc, were. as clear in detail as similar cuts in their books. In nature work, animal and plant life were depicted in appropriate colors.
The class in pyrography offered several pieces of wood and leather which required delicacy of touch and artistic sense to retain values and character. They were especially creditable. The work was principally by one pupil with three years' work of one-half hour daily. The fancy work included Battenberg, Roman embroidery and Teneriffe and other pieces of intricate design.
The Art Exhibit consisted of thirteen studies, three from life, five from still life, two from the antique, an illus- trated book and two copies. The mediums used for these studies were water colors, oil, charcoal and ink. This was the work of seven pupils from seventeen to twenty years of age and of the highest type of mentally deficient children. The time of study in this class was from one to four years with one hour each school day.
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Torchon lace by a girl of nine was exhibited with lace handkerchiefs and turnover collars. Samples showing the stages of progress and different patterns were original with a girl of fourteen. Epileptics and paralytics offered doilies, silk embroidered table sets and centerpieces, sofa pillow tops and handkerchief cases. A picture frame made from crotchet cotton was the work of an inmate of the "Cottage for Adult Females" where classes in needle-craft are held. A Persian rug made on burlap with ingrain rug yarn was the first work of a new inmate. A lace loom was shown with the work in process of construction. The Indian bead work consisted of chains, belts, watch fobs, purses and bracelets made by younger members of the class from eight to sixteen years of age.
When the many thousands of sightseers at the World's Fair read above such exhibits the "Institution for Feeble-Minded Youth," they paused and pictured to themselves a low grade imbecile fit only for asylum care. A second glance at the display would do much to enlighten. These unfortunates in mind may represent the worthiest of parents. The child inheriting from birth an affliction of the mind center, or suffering the blighting effects of a dread disease or painful sickness, may be with the tender care of the state, trainable in manual and even intellectual pursuits, as proved by the very exhibit which caused the passer-by to stop and wonder.
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT
One of the attractive features of the Indiana Educational Exhibit was that of the Normal Schools, Colleges and Universities. The space allotted to this exhibit was perhaps the most imposing in the entire building, it being at the junction of three of the long, broad aisles, thus commanding the attention of many visitors.
There was no attempt to make complete exhibits of these institutions. This was due to the lack of available space and funds. However, much was done in the way of excellent photographs of buildings and grounds; interior views of libraries, laboratories and class rooms; bound volumes of written work prepared by students; statements concerning administration and history, etc.
The following is a complete list of institutions represented with exhibits made by each:
GROUP 3-HIGHER EDUCATION. BOOTH 2.
1. Wabash college, Crawfordsville-Cabinet 1: Photographs of faculty, student body, buildings and equipment; statements of administration and history.
2. Earlham college, Richmond-Cabinet 2-
(a) Photographs of faculty, students, buildings and equipment.
(b) Statements of administration and history.
(c) Album of photographs. (d) Album of photographic prints.
3. DePauw university. Greencastle-Cabinet 3-
(a) Photographs of buildings and equipment.
(b) Statistical tables. (c) Album of photographs.
4. Butler university, Indianapolis-Cabinet 4- (a) Photographs of equipment.
(b) Statements of administration.
5. Purdue university, Lafayette-Cabinet 5-
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(a) Photographs of campus, buildings and interiors. (b) Special exhibit, aisle 2, block 7.
6. State normal school, cabinets 7 and 8, photographs of buildings, equipment and faculty ; specimens of art work; bound vol- umes of specimen student papers.
7. Valparaiso normal school-Cabinet 10: Photographs and specimens of art work; bound volumes of student papers; copies of books written by members of faculty.
8. Danville normal school-Photographs.
JUVENILE COURTS
In the section devoted to Social Economy, Indiana maintained an exhibit of Juvenile Courts which attracted much attention and called forth much favorable comment This exhibit was arranged by Judge Geo. W. Stubbs, of the Juvenile Court of Marion County, and was composed of the following items:
Photographs of officials of the Juvenile Court.
The juvenile court law for the state of Indiana.
Statistics.
Photographs, as follows: Showing old way of arresting juvenile offenders Showing new way of arresting juvenile offenders. Showing old place of confinement for juvenile offenders.
Showing new place of confinement for juvenile offenders. Showing interior of court room, court not in session. Showing interior of court room, court in session. Showing juvenile offenders being placed on probation. Showing juvenile offenders being discharged from probation. Showing juvenile offenders working out fine on wood pile Showing various views of institutions other than state institutions to which Marion county juvenile offenders are committed for an indefinite period. Copies of blank forms, etc.
This exhibit was awarded a gold medal.
HYGIENE
In the Department of Hygiene, the State Board of Health under the direction of Dr. J. N. Hurty, Secretary, made an exhibit in which was shown:
Copies of the State Health Law Health ordinances of cities and towns. Rules of the state board.
Description of Indiana method of collecting, tabulating, analyzing and publishing of vital statistics, together with a full set of blanks used for such purpose. Set of pamphlets upon the prevention of consumption, diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, smallpox, measles and diarrhoeal diseases, for free distribution Set of annual reports of State Board since 1881, the date of its organization. Copy of book of instructions to state health officers.
Elevations, plans and specifications for sanitary school houses
Photographs, plans and specifications of sewage disposal plants at Eastern Insane Hospital, Northern Insane Hospital, Boys' Reform School, and Rome City. Photographs and descriptions of water filtration plants at Terre Haute and Vincennes
Photographs and descriptions of sanitary plants, paved streets, parks, sewer systems and sanitary work in Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne, Richmond, Lafayette, South Bend, Terre Haute, Vincennes, and Evansville. Statistical tables and charts showing deaths from certain causes by months and years. Typewritten account of methods of doing general sanitary work by the Board.
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This exhibit was awarded two gold medals, one to the State Board of Health and one to the Department of Sanitary Science of Purdue University. A gold medal was also awarded to Dr. Hurty, as collaborator. No greater commendation can be given the State of Indiana in connection with this exhibit than to state that the entire section was placed in the hands of Dr. Hurty, and the collective exhibit of Hygiene for the United States and for the world was prepared under his superintendency, and to the great satisfaction of the Exposition management. He was assisted by Dr. Severance Burrage, of Purdue University, who was in direct charge of the working laboratory of hygiene during the Exposition period, and was also awarded a gold medal as collaborator.
DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTION
The exhibit installed by the State Department of Inspection, under the direction of D. H. McAbee, Chief Inspector, and David F. Speer, Chief Deputy, was arranged to show the systematic completeness of method adopted for obtaining data and information necessary for the proper enforcement of laws, and was composed of the following items:
1. The Act of 1899-Concerning labor-providing means for protecting the liberty, safety and health of employes in industrial and mercantile establishments, forbidding the employment of children under the age of fourteen years, and requiring age certificates for minors employed between the ages of fourteen and sixteen; law and blanks.
2. The law providing protection from fire in factories, hotels, schools, sanitariums and all buildings where persons are employed, roomed or housed above the second story: law, specifications and blanks.
3. For the sanitation of all food producing establishments, etc ; law only.
4. An Act providing for safety appliances on steam boilers and the semi-annual internal inspection of such boilers; law and blanks.
5. The law governing the operation of inland water craft propelled by power and for the carriage of passengers; law and blanks.
6. An Act requiring temporary flooring in buildings in course of construction, three or more stories high; law only.
This exhibit was awarded a gold medal.
THE COLLECTIVE EXHIBIT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
This exhibit was made in the General Education Exhibit and consisted of three principal features.
The first consisted of three winged cabinets exhibiting about two hundred photographic views and floor plans of the Municipal and Institutional Libraries, beside a library map of the State and a table of statistics.
The second consisted of one winged cabinet exhibiting the work of the Public Library Commission, with photographs of typical public libraries and traveling library centers; and two sample traveling libraries.
The third feature was a History of Libraries, a volume of 160 pages giving a brief history and the plan of organ- ization of the several Municipal and Institutional Libraries of the State, with map and statistics. The exhibit was awarded a gold medal on a collective exhibit.
W. E. Henry, State Librarian, had charge of collecting and installing the library exhibit.
AWARDS
The following awards were made upon Indiana exhibits in education and social economy, based upon a per-
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centage scale prescribed by the general regulations of the Exposition.
(1) Grand prizes-
1. State of Indiana, for collective exhibit of (a) Elementary, secondary and higher education. (b) State school administration.
2. Board of State Charities, for collective exhibit. 3. School for feeble-minded youth, participating in general exhibit.
(2) Gold medals- 1. Laporte high school, exhibit of art instruction.
2. Board of school commissioners of Indianapolis, high school exhibit.
3. Board of school commissioners of Indianapolis, exhibit of elementary education.
4. State of Indiana, collective exhibit of rural schools.
5. State of Indiana, exhibit of consolidation of rural schools.
6. Reading circle board. Collective exhibit.
7. Indiana department of inspection, general exhibit.
8. State of Indiana, collective exhibit of public and institutional libraries.
9. Purdue university. General exhibit
10. Indiana state board of health, collective exhibit.
11. Department of sanitary science, Purdue university.
12. Juvenile court, Marion county.
13. Dr J. N. Hurty, collaborator.
14. Professor Severance Burrage, collaborator.
15. Superintendent W. A. Millis, collaborator.
(3) Silver medals-
1. Boards of education of Crawfordsville, Marion, Richmond and Terre Haute, collective exhibit of high schools.
2. Indiana state normal school, general exhibit.
3. School board of Fort Wayne, exhibit of elementary education.
4. School board of Richmond, exhibit of elementary education.
5. School board of Terre Haute, exhibit of elementary education.
6. State of Indiana, collective exhibit of colleges.
7. Culver military institute, exhibit military education.
8. Purdue university, special exhibit.
9. Purdue university, special exhibit.
(4) Bronze medals -- 1. School board of Marion, elementary education.
2. Board of education of Franklin county, elementary education.
At least four results of the labor, time and money expended upon this exhibit should be realized:
1. A better definition of the lines and directions of educational offort.
2. A steadying of educational thought
3 Increase of public interest and faith in public education. 4 The establishment of more definite and higher standards of excellence in the work of the schools.
During the summer hundreds of school officers remained to study for hours and sometimes for several days. And not least gratifying was the large number of Indiana people who came to see the work of their own children and went away with a larger respect for and interest in the work of the public schools.
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Publicity and Promotion
This report would be far from complete if it failed to acknowledge to the fullest extent the valuable services rendered by the newspapers of Indiana in creating an interest in the Exposition and the part Indiana was to take in it. Soon after the organization of the Commission, the Committee on Publicity and Promotion organized for a very thorough campaign of exploitation through the press of the state, and employed Mr. Frank W. Spencer to have charge of the literary work, as well as mailing the bulletins and preserving clippings from the newspapers. A bulletin made up of three columns of original matter was printed each week and mailed to a list of 600 newspapers covering every town and city of importance in the state. The newspapers used these articles very freely and gave much space to editorial comment thereon. The assistance rendered by the state press in keeping before the people of the state the doings and purposes of this Commission, cannot be overestimated. These services were gladly rendered without expectation of financial reward. In all, 46 of these weekly bulletins were issued and it is esti- mated that an aggregate of 25,00 columns of reading matter was furnished by the newspapers before the opening of the Exposition. In addition to the newspapers which used the weekly bulletins, there were a few of the more important papers of the state which requested special articles of greater length and more detail than were supplied by the bulletins. This work was placed in the hands of Mr. Claude S. Watts, and three such articles were prepared by him and given space in a number of publications. As a small acknowledgment to the editors for their valuable services and to slightly express our appreciation of their assistance, we arranged to have June 10 designated as "Special Press Day" at the Exposition. This day was devoted to the entertainment of the editors and every possible courtesy was entended in order that they might enjoy to the fullest extent not only what Indiana had at the Ex- position, but the other features of the Fair as well.
Literature and Fine Arts Exhibit
As already indicated, the Commission determined soon after its organization that the position of the state in literature and the fine arts was worthy of special representation at the Fair. To this end the entire subject was referred to a committee consisting of C. C. Shirley, Chairman, S. B. Fleming and W. W. Wicks.
It was found that no separate recognition of the states, as such, would be given by the general management of the Exposition in the Department of Fine Arts; the classification of exhibits in that department was limited to the various nations, no reference being had to state lines or other political subdivisions. Under these conditions, the first problem which the Committee was called upon to solve was how to best present in concrete form the literary and artistic advancement of our people. After full consideration, it was determined to encourage individual artists of the state, as far as possible, to exhibit their work in competition with the world in the Palace of Fine
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Arts, and, in addition, to invite them to co-operate with the Commission in making a distinctive Indiana exhibit of fine arts in the Indiana State Building. To this feature it was proposed to join a complete exhibit of the meritorious literary productions of Indiana authors.
The Committee at once put itself into communication with representative artists and authors of the state and it is gratifying to say that their response was immediate and cordial. Of the pictures offered for exhibition in the Palace of Fine Arts, nineteen works of Indiana artists were accepted. Only one other Western state was represented by so large a number in the general exhibit. Of those exhibiting in the Palace of Fine Arts, Mr. Wm. Forsyth was awarded two medals, one of silver and the other of bronze, and Mr. J. Ottis Adams was awarded a bronze medal.
In order that a high standard of artistic excellence should be assured in the exhibit at the Indiana Building, a committee of well known artists was appointed and vested with plenary power to pass on all work that might be offered. Messrs. J. Ottis Adams, T. C. Steele, R. B. Gruelle, Wm. Forsyth, Otto Starke and J. E. Bundy comprised this committee and rendered valuable assistance to the Commission in collecting and installing the exhibit. Of the many pictures submitted to this eminent jury of artists, seventy-eight were accepted and adorned the walls of the Indiana Building during the period of the Exposition. The pictures thus assembled did not participate in any competitive art exhibit, but constituted a most attractive decorative feature of the Indiana Building, and, as the Commission is encouraged to believe, did much to emphasize the high position to which we have attained in the world of art.
A full list of the paintings thus exhibited, together with the names of the respective artists, is as follows:
ADAMS, J. OTTIS. The Mystery of the Hills. Midsummer Morning. Gray and Green. Soft Shadowy Days. October Afternoon. Blue and Gold.
FORSYTH, WM. The Cliff Road. The Ford. October Afternoon. Autumn Landscape. Street in Corydon. Autumn Roadside. GIRARDIN, FRANK J. October Sunshine. The Old Flood Gate. The Old Sycamore. GRUELLE, R B. Dome of State Capitol.
IZOR, ESTELLE P. In Southern Indiana. Landscape. KEEP, VIRGINIA. Old Fashioned Girl. Child with Book. Girl Sewing. KETCHAM, SUSAN M. The Debutante. The Incoming Tide.
ADAMS, WINIFRED. A Pot of Poppies. BUNDY, J. E. Beech Woods in Autumn. October Twilight. Beech in Autumn. A Gray Autumn Morning. Idylwilde. CONNOR, CHARLES. Village Church. Banks of Noland's Fork. Cloudy Morn. CULBERTSON, M. E. B. Marie Monk's Daughter. Pastel of Herself.
Across the Harbor. When the Moon Hangs Low. A Strange Light on Land and Sea. Moonlight. Summer Afternoon.
KING, EMMA B. Hillside with Sheep. NORDYKE, M. T. Winter. OVERBECK, MARGARET. Firelight. RUDISILL, MARGARET. Return from the Field.
SHARPE, JULIA G. Girl With Veil. SICKLER, E. E. In Evening Dress.
FAY, MRS. HENRY M. Indian Study.
HAMILTON, AGNES Roses. HAMILTON, JESSIE. Young Girl Head. Old Lady Reading. HENDRICKS, BESSIE. Fountain in Woodruff. HIBBEN, HELEN. Twelve of a Kind.
STARKE, OTTO. Girl with Parasol. The Committee. Hoosier Girl. The River at Twilight.
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August Afternoon. Fisher Boy. STEELE, T. C. The Ravine. Blue and Gold Mill at Brookville. October Morning. Blue Hills, October. Low Tide, Oregon Coast. Late Winter Afternoon.
TAGGART, LUCY. Shaker Sister. Kentucky Pasture. TICE, TEMPE. Colonel C. Jeanette. TROBAUGH, R. B. Hickories in Autumn. TUCKER, RENE E.
Rock and Waves. WEISENBERGER, MRS. SADIE E.
In the Park WILSON, MRS. L. A. In Columbia Place. ZARING, LOUISE E. Woman Knitting. Still Life. Study in Green and Red.
It is believed that the collection of literary and scientific works by Indiana authors placed in the library of the Indiana Building was the most complete ever assembled. It included practically every literary production of per- manent value that has been contributed to the world of letters by an Indiana author. Many original manuscripts by some of the most eminent Indiana writers added much to the interest of the exhibit, while the walls of the room were adorned by the portraits of those whose literary genius has shed imperishable lustre on the name of the state. The entire exhibit of literature and fine arts installed by the Commission in the Indiana Building, was, throughout the Fair, in charge of Mrs. May Warthin Dunn, the efficient Superintendent of the department.
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