Arizona republican., 1905-12-26

In respect of such incida l-s il is wei tO 37& that nobody in the grand stand s'tOuld feel the slightest .,arm from fire. In any event they could be ic no personal danger for if a fire were pGrposely built under the big structure and people kept their heads, it could be emptied before loss of life could ensue. And should it first start else Whele the people in the grand stand owe it to humanity to keep theic seats and let the hundreds on the outside, extinguish it. This only for the req son that should a panic start. women and children might be trampled down in the stairways, an entirely useless situation for the crowd is in no more danger there tran in an open field and a panic in a vacant lot would have the same result. The motto of every fair visitor should he "dont get excited"
 REFORMATION FACILITIES.
 A word should also be spoken at this time about transportation. The report was circulaId yesterday that there was an increased charge on the street car line, which is not so. Five cents is t!:e price and nobody should pay more. The street cars did their best to handle the crowd yesterday and
 
 mediate hours of opening and closing when as was to be expected there was necessarily some waiting. To aid at the busy times the s. F. P. & P. put on Q suburban service, running trains during the afternoon hours every twen- ty minutes the fare being fifteen cents. The attendance yesterday forenoon was not quite up to expectations but in the afternoon there was an i'm mense throng, about 4OOO persons pass ing through the gate. But almost every seat in the big grand stand was occu- pied and there were several hundred who did not go into the grand stand.
 EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT.
 Yesterday being children's day there is no more fitting time iihithich to re- fer speciftcaify ru'-rf1e- cducatIonaI- ez- hibit, than in the story of yesterday $ 1 events. This exhibit is situated in the northwest corner Of the brick exhibi- | ton hall occupying one fourth of the building. It is due not only to this ex- hibit but to every other, to say that there is a deplOrable lack of room. Ev- cry available inch is utilized and every department ought to have at least as much more space to do itself justice even iIlOuSn IL dlItdus UdS d llDeTdl proportion. Another year. with the knowledge that there will be a fair ] more time to prepare fO~ it and the knowledge of experience about how tc \ prepare, it is likely this one depart ment could well utilize that entire building Visitors should bear in mind that much of what they want to see in- stead of being spread out is piled up ,h tp h, educational exhibit properly one should spend two or three hours making 2 careful inspection. The longer ht stays the more he will see to interes him. Many of the finest exhibits ar, ed to he seen.
 This department is under the super. vision of President A. J. Matthews O the Tempe normal. He has been very ably assisted by Prof. Stilwell, super. intendent of the Phoenix schools, ever! one Of which has made an exhibit Prof. Hall and Prof Anderson Of tn, Tempe normal have devoted mucl work to the cause both in the schoo and at the grounds and Prof. McClur, of Yuma is to be credited with work ing up the Yuma county display. Sev eral scores of teachers throughout tn
 territory whose names are too mum erous for mention, have done all the, could to help. But probably more thai to any other one person, is credit du
 to Mrs. Ernest E. Ford of this city fO the arranging of the display after arrived on the ground. She has work ed unceasingly, has utilized every pos
 sible inch of space and made the mos of the opportunities she had. She wa
 the recipient yesterday of the highes compliments from Prof. Matthews, am
 indeed from all who saw her and knev to whom the work should be credited
 In the following reference to the dis
 play the reader should understand tha
 only a few of the good things are men
 toned, for indeed they are all yer
 good and none of them the least bi bad. And no doubt there are man
 things that will not be mentioned O 1 equal merit with those that are, fo | the purpose in attempting any mentio
 at all is not to set one exhibit abov
 another, but merely to give an idea c | the nature of the display And no | body who carefully looks at the educa | tiOnal exhibit, can find fault with tn
 school work of the Arizona children a | a whole, nor have aught but praise fo l their instructors.
 li The exhibit of the university include l pictures of all the university buildings | school rooms, class rooms dormitorie | laboratories, shops, cottages, etc.
 | The exhibit of the two norma l schools includes three large foldin | cases of written work from the differ
 ent departments, note books, essay | papers, class work, training schoo
 drawing construction, still life drawing
 some of which is most excellent, pal
 ticularly the cast work, fruits an
 other things in both black and colol | and all free hand.