Department of Public Instruction, 
State of New Jersey. 
Trenton, November 2, 1903. 
To School Officers and Teachers: 
We are again confronted by the duty of preparing an edu¬ 
cational exhibit that will correctly represent the work of our 
school and our admirable school syssem. 
Though it may seem to many that calls of this nature have, 
in recent years, been rather frequent, we are assured that there 
will be a much longer interval between this and the next expo¬ 
sition. In any event, the present opportunity is exceptionally 
important, and the benefit that will accrue to our public 
schools so certain, that we cannot afford to let it pass unim¬ 
proved. No exposition previously held has made education 
so prominent a feature, and no other has ever been projected 
upon so grand a scale, as the Universal Exposition to be 
opened at St. Louis, Mo., on May 1st, 1904. It will, without 
doubt surpass all former expositions. 
Not only in every State and Territory of the Union, but 
throughout the civilized world, school officials are formulating 
plans and preparing to make as creditable an exhibit of their 
school work as possible. It therefore behooves us to prose¬ 
cute with vigor the work before us. 
The successive exhibits held at Philadelphia, New Orleans, 
Chicago, Paris, Buffalo and Charleston, furnished unmistak¬ 
able proof of a steady and rapid advance along all lines of 
human interest; that of education being the most marked. 
In addition to this, many of the most progressive States 
have adopted our plan of exhibit, and are rightfully inspired 
by a friendly spirit of rivalry. Therefore, if we are to main¬ 
tain our present educational prestige, we must strive toward 
still higher ideals. 
Though the amount of space assigned us is not large, it is 
still our equitable share, and quite sufficient to enable us to 
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