58 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
LOCAL EXHIBITS. 
In order to awaken a general interest in the State exhibit 
and insure its success, it will prove highly advantageous to 
hold county and city exhibits throughout the State before the 
work for the State exhibit is sent to Trenton. The holding of 
such local exhibits will prove beneficial in many ways. It 
will serve to excite a healthy rivalry among the different 
schools of the county or city, to give the parents and friends 
of the schools an opportunity to see the work done in each and 
to compare the work of their own school with that of others, 
and give each teacher* an -opportunity-to •• become-familiar with 
the best work of other schools. 
Superintendents are urgently recommended to hold such 
exhibits in their respective jurisdictions. In fact, each school 
could, with great profit, hold an exhibit before its work* is sent 
to the county or city exhibit. 
If these local exhibits are properly managed, they can be 
made the most valuable and interesting feature of the prepar¬ 
ation of a State educational exhibit. 
There will be no assignment of separate space for distinctive 
county, city or individual school exhibits. Each will be an 
integral part of the State school exhibit. 
The plan of display introduced by the manager of the New 
Jersey educational exhibit at Chicago, in 1893, has been 
adopted by all expositions held since, and will be the only 
method used in the Educational Department at St. Louis. 
Make exhibits only in the lines in which you can do the 
best work. 
GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE PREPARA¬ 
TION OF MATERIAL. 
I. Amount of Work Required .—-The amount of material for 
exhibit that any one school will furnish must rest wholly with 
each superintendent, principal or teacher. As a general rule, 
it will not be well to attempt more than can be easily done 
prior to the date set for the local exhibit. 
