Bisbee daily review., 1903-04-28
AN EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT.

AN EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT.
 Along the lines suggested in The
 Review last week, that in addition to the articles put on exhibition from Arizona at the St. Louis worlds fair, there should be suppliei a liberal
 amount of printed matter descriptive of the industrial and social conditions. | it has been suggested that nothing would perhaps be more appropriate for the Arizona exhibit at St. Louis than an educational exhibit. This suggestion is a good one, and it should
 be a prominent feature of the Arizona exhibit. The special reason for the importance of making prominent our educational facilities and the splendid work which is being done in the pub lie schools now and which has been done in the past. is to correct the CT
 roenous impression sent broadcast by the senate committee report re
 garding the illiteracy of the population of Arizona
 To one not posted in the work of the
 school room the question of what
 would be included in an educational exhibit might be a perplexing one. but nevertheless such an exhibit could be made interesting. instructive and high y beneficial to Arizona It is a fact that the public school system, now well established in this territory, is equal to that of any of the states, and it is true that we have large number of public chools that are equal to any in the old states so far as good results are concerned. We have a territorial university at Tucson that is frst-class in every equipment, and where a corps of professors and teachers are in charge. who can not be excelled in the west. Of course there are educational institutions where branches of study run higher, but there are none where more satisfactory results are obtained in the work undertaken. We have two nohmal schools and in every city there are 10 be found graded schools affording educational advantages equal to any public schools in the country. no matter where located. In every neighborhood where as many as ten children can be secured for a public school one is promptly opened and there are probably more public schools in Arizona according to its popuuation than are to be found in any state.
 All this information should be put into an Arozona educational booklet, which should also include the pictures of all the important educational build ings in the territory and this should be supplied to those who seek for in- formation at the Worlds Fair con cerning Arizona.
 Nothing is more important that the work of advertising the educational adantages of Arizona, which is one of the most distinctively creditable feat ures of the territory. The best class of people will certainly hesitate about coming here 10 make home until they learn of the condition of our public schools and the opportunities existing here for their children receiving an ed ucatton at home.
 We hope the press of the territory will see the. importance of an educa- tional exhibit at the Worlds Fair and give to it 8 hearty support. If the work Of preparing such an exhibit is placed in the hands of an energetic. practical school worker it can be made a success and a credit to Ari- zona. The very fact of Arizona un- dertaking to make prominent her edu- cational advantages will attract the at tention of educational workers
 throughout the country, who upon in vestigation will discover our credita-
 ble school system and learn of the ex- cellent educational work now being
 done in this territory, and in this way we will receive the benefit of having the truth known about the liberality found here in maintaining efficient
 schools.