Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-25
THENEW EXPOSITION.
Its Management and Its Policy Must
Lie in the Hands of a Board
OF YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN.
The Old Life Members Must Lapse and New
Voters Must Come In.
FORECAST OF GREAT COMING EVENTS

A little fact. and at the same time most
importaut one seems to have somehow es-
oaned the ewes, or rather thoughts, of the
legion of friends of the coming Exposition.
The fact may be called little one, be.
oause it does not exactly concern the pres.
ent; but it is a most vitaIly important one,
because it concerns the future, and it is
toward the grand future possibilities, nay
probabilities, of the splendid coming Expo.
sition. that the people of the two cities are
gradually learning to turn their thoughts.
, The fact that has called forth so much in.
PRODUCTION with so little explanation j;
simply this: The future sale of life mem
berships, the future voters of the institution,
the future officers of the board and the
future wielders of the policy of that superb
public educator, an Exposition, must be to
the young men, for the young men and OF
the young men of the present day.
Then it would be pity that such great
institution should lie wholly in the power
of the men, when the women are as greatly,
If not even more, interested, since schemes
for their advancement in public affairs are
becoming more and more popular, as their
kind and wise influence become more and
more felt in various ways. For this reason,
and for several other reasons that may not
be perfectly understood at the present day,
but most certainly will
IN THE FUTURE,
life memberships should, and probably
will, be largely purchased by the young Ia
dies in the two cities; and for every men,
bership so purchased, the assurance may be
accepted, that one vote for a wise, broad,
a progressive, and high policy for the E1-
position managers, will be cast in the max
ings of the future boards.
The present board has recognized the fact
that the day is coming when the young man
and the young woman of the present day
will control an institution that presents IL
.limitable opportunities for the culture, the
advancement and the actual moldlng OF
the breadth of character of. future genera
tions.
Recognizing this, there is not a member
of the present board who has not taken one,
two, or even three life memberships (and
as many votes) for their sons or daughters,
providing those gentle reminders of married
life and of growing age are on hands.
Then, while not acknowledging by any
means that they are growing old, and
hoping and expecting to live for many
wears to see the results of their public spirit
and enterprise succeed, even beyond their
expectations, the present members of the
Board will, probably before they are
through, double and even treble the life
memberships in their families.
The Young men of the cities are learning
to think, and beginning to see that the
future of the Exposition lies entirely in the
hands of the present generation of young
men and women, for
THE TIME MUST COME
when the very last membership, as held BY
their fathers, must expire with the death of
the holder, and it is wisest and best FOR all
that they and their sisters should some day
hold the balance of power.
The reason can easily. be seen. The pres
ent board is perhaps, building wiser than it
knows. Even though it is looking forward
far into the future, its members cannot see
the end, for the day will come when new in
stitutions new thoughts, new facts and new
necessities, will be far, far in advance of
their bewildered nineteenth century grasp,
and they must relinquish, lovingly, tender
lv, vet with confidence, an institution that
has far outgrown them into the hands of the
molders, the makers of the events and the
history of the twentieth century.
Schemes that are now undreamed of will
then be realized. The whirling advance of
time, the infinite progress of thought, of
science, of mechanism, and greatest of all,
education, the pivot around which
revolves all of these, will be too
much for the kindly, good old men,
and they will relinquish their tired
grasp of an institution that has become
uncomfortable, and turn it over to the com.
ing generation with cheerful "We have
done our best, boys; God bless you
When that day comes, all glory and honor
will be to the Exposition Board that has
passed; all glory and honor to the Exposi-
ton Board that has come. "The king is
dead; long live the king!''