Arizona republican., 1913-10-19

 EXHIBIT ID BE
 THE BEST EVER
Under Superintendency of Mrs. w. w. McNeff the School Showing at State Fair Promises to Be More Than Usually Important

Than Usually Important The educational exhibit at the Ari- zona state fair, always one of the most important features of this annual event 1 promises this year to be no exception to the rule, except that it is to be i greater, more comprehensive and more 1 interesting than ever before. AS in
 other years, this department remains | under the exclusive direction of Mrs 1 w. w McNeff, who as superintendent l has gained a more than statewide rep 1 utation for her successful engineering of one of the most difficult problems presented to the head of any one de- partment of the annual exposition. One l of the most interested women of the l state in educational work in Arizona l and gifted with a keen perception not only of effectiveness in arrangement but of the true value of each unit in 1 tended to make the composite, it is | doubted if any one other woman in 1 Arizona could have brought about the state of near perfection which obtains i year after year in the educational ex- 1 hibit at the fair and which has brought l this department to the favorable atten- | tion not only of the educators of the state but of those of almost every other state in the union.
 | To present a list of those institutions which have awakened to the import ance of taking part in the exhibit would
 be practically to name every education al institution in Arizona from the Uni ] versity and the state normals, down to l the most remote country district school with a single teacher Even the Indian | School, the l1indergartens and the pri-
 vate schools send the work of their
 pupils as individuals or collectively to
 be placed among the exhibits No an
 nual report of faculty or school board, no periodical review of pupils nor any | final examination could possibly con- vey to the general public better idea
 of the work that is being done or the
 advancement being made than does the | educational exhibit
 Through the efforts of Mrs. McNeff 1 there is being gathered for the 1913 fair
 an educational exhibit, most complete
 in every detail, presenting as nearly as possible evidence of the work being 1 done in the schools 'of Arizona an ex- 1 hibit that will justify the pride of all l Arizona in the standard of excellency
 to which her school system has been | raised.
 Mrs. McNeff, who for the past seven years has been in full charge of the educational exhibit and who through her untiring efforts in her work of su- perintendent has won the admiration
 and respect of teachers, professors and eminent educators throughout the | country, was seen yesterday and asked with regard to the exhibit proposed for this year Said Mrs. McNeff:
 This school exhibit this year means
 much more than ever before as the ex-
 hibit placed at the fair will be used in connection with the teachers institute
 which will be held in Phoenix during fair week and which will be the great | est and best attended institute in the
 history of Arizona. All but two of the counties of Arizona have announced | their intention to attend the institute
 In the mornings during fair week the teachers will listen to the words of | wisdom given by men who rank among the foremost educators of the United States and in the afternoons they will examine the results of their own ex- cellent work in the educational exhibit l at the fair.
 Although our state fair offers so many attractions-horse racing, auto mobile racing, agricultural and live 1 stock exhibits and a thousand and one other things-the educational exhibit always receives its full share of atten- tion from the thousands who pass through the buildings each day Not
 many are too sshort-sighted or too
 much of a hurry to spend a few min- utes examining the work done by the
 pupils of the schools of Arizona and
 the man, woman or child who passes
 the exhibit by cannot say they really
 have seen all that is of interest at the fair.
 l "No one can more fully appreciate | the excellent work being done in the | schools of Arizona than those who have
 watched the results each year as it
 came to the educational exhibit at the
 fair.
 1 And what has brought about this
 great improvement in our school sys- tenn? It came not by chance. but by
 the good judgment shown by the trus-
 tees of our schools in placing the reins of management in the hands of capable
 superintendents and teachers.
 The plan of the educational exhibit I has been changed somewhat this year | For the past few years prizes have
 been awarded to schools considered as
 a whole as well as to the children for individual work This year $225 in
 cash prizes will be awarded for indi- vidual work Each piece entered for 1 this individual work will not be ex-
 hibited with the school from which it
 came but in booth set apart for this
 class work and will be known only | by number. The name and address will be in a sealed envelope attached to
 the piece, not to be opened until after