Palace of Education and Social Economy

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Palace of Education and East Cascade from Art Hill

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Pestalozzi entrance, Palace of Education and Social Economy

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Education, the source of all progress, is given the chief place of honor.

Palace of Education

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The Grand Basin gives a touch of life to many of the beautiful vistas.

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PALACE OF EDUCATION AT NIGHT.

The Exposition of 1904 is cosmopolitan, it is universal, it is ancient and it is modern. No one need try to enjoy what another enjoys. There is variety enough to give everyone full sway for his pleasure or whim. In the Palace of Education we have a triumph of classic architecture, transformed at night and made visible by the latest achievements in electrical engineering. By day one thinks of this building as a stately ivory structure housing innumerable exhibits that show the latest supreme effort of the great minds of the age When one sees it at night, he forgets that it has even so remotely utilitarian a phase. Seen across the Grand Basin, in one of the most prominent situations on the grounds, the Palace of Education is simply part of a glorious picture. It stands on a great island that came into being when the lagoons were carved out, and it faces an expanse of water whose beauties are enhanced a hundred fold by the sparkle and reflection of myriads of lights. The outlines of the building are reduplicated in the mirror of the Grand Basin, where they sway and flutter and palpitate as the lake is agitated by the increasing flow from the cascades and fountains, or seamed and rippled by the gondoliers’ oars. The Exposition should be seen by day and by night. If but one visit can be made, let that be at night.

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PALACE OF EDUCATION

Classic Grecian architecture is reproduced in the great Palace of Education. The beautiful colonnades on the four sides are in fine proportion and the loggias offer an attractive promenade. The building covers eight acres and stands on the east side of the Grand Basin, surrounded by lagoons. Access is by means of several beautiful bridges. The cost of this palace was 3100,000. The educational exhibits show everything from the kindergarten to the highest university courses. A complete exhibit of laboratory operations is made. Technical and agricultural schools and commercial and industrial training all have their place. A commercial school is in full operation. In addition to the exhibits from many states and countries, five large cities have independent exhibits. Leading colleges also have exhibits. A model lecture hall, schools showing methods of training deaf, dumb and blind pupils; fine art institutes and the work of polytechnic schools are among other features.

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Palace of Education