Show WILL ATTEND FAIR numerous teachers of the schools of the state will avail themselves of the offer recently made by the state board of education to accept their attendance at the panama pacific exposition as equivalent to work of summer school and other special work required in many instances ad vices to the effect that a large number of teachers will go to the exposition reach the office of state supt bupt E G gowans daily by the offer of the board teachers whose certificates expire with the close of the school year and the renewal of which is conditioned upon attendance at summer school and in some instances upon examinations in specific topics will be exempted from both attendance at the summer school this summer and from the special work if they will attend the saw francisco exposition arrangements are re now being made with those in chargi charge of the educational exhibit of utah to keep a register for the teachers of the state who visit the fair and it is required that each teacher expecting to be exempted under the terms of the offer of the board report at the educational exhibit and enter his name upon the book to simplify the matter of certifying attendance at the fair faai in each case the board of education is preparing applications for renewal of certificates to be filled out while the applicant is at the utah educational exhibit at at the exposition the applications will be witnessed by the official in charge of the exhibit in granting the exemptions referred to the board wishes to encourage teachers to attend the fair more generally than they otherwise would do supt gowans says the exposition is the most educational that the corli f has aas ever known and by attending it teachers will be given iveli education almost invaluable in it its 3 nature and extent he also called attention to the fact that it may be years before another worlds exposition will be held so near utah the letter advising the county and district superintendents of the exemptions on the terms referred to was sent out may 10 and already a large of letters have been received notifying the state officials of intended visits at the exposition the offer applies only to teachers whose certificates are subject to renewal upon presentation of six hours credit from summer slimmer school and to teachers who in addition to attending summer school v aid bc required to take exa minati itt ni i special su injects not to exceed ex bcd four in addition to the exposition it itself self the national education association will be held at oakland cal august 16 to 28 and many teachers who would probably not go to the pacific coast solely to see the exposition it is though will vill attend it in connection with the visit to the convention deseret erveing news |