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booklets from these different resorts have been distributed to 
those attending the exhibit. This exhibit secured a gold medal. 
COMPARATIVE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT. 
This is the first exhibit of the kind ever shown by any State, 
and has proven very successful and instructive, having been 
studied by hundreds of teachers and educators. It has done much 
good, as it showed the advancement the State of New Jersey 
had made in the past thirty-one years in the educational line. It 
consisted of work shown at Philadelphia in 1876, at New Orleans 
in 1885, at Chicago in 1893, at Buffalo in ror, at Charleston in 
I9g0I—1902, and at St. Louis in 1903. The new work showed 
conclusively that great improvement has been made since the 
World’s Exhibit at Philadelphia in 1876 up to 1907 under the 
supervision of the several State Superintendents and the State 
Board of Education. 
Great credit is due to the City and County Superintendents and 
the able teachers for this success of our school system. 
This exhibit received a gold medal as a whole and twelve silver 
medals for city schools having work there. 
The Development of the Pennsylvania Rails and Tracks 
in its New Jersey Roads, Shown by Sections 
of the Rails, etc. 
Collected by Samuel L. Roberts, of Bordentown, N. J., and 
presented by him to the New Jersey State Museum in 1907. 
This is a very valuable addition to the Museum, and one that 
is appreciated by the Commission and the public. It consists of 
sections of all-rails, spikes, etc., and complete sets of joint fasten- 
ings, as far as possible, used by the roads now under the control 
