The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

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| Of congresses in which they are likely 10
! be interested, and asked to which they
/, desired representation. The response has
been general and givHs promise of large
| attendance of representative scientific
| men. From these will be chosen the off
! cial delegates. In other cases, where
there are national on iecal organizations
covering cognate subjects, each has been
asked to nominate delegates When these
two sources shall have failed representa-
tives are to be selected from the ablest
material available. -
Each congress complies its report of its
| own proceedings and this work devolves
1 on the official delegates For them it is TO
| note what is said and thought on a parti-
cular topic, and what conclusions Of any
! are reached. In this way will be perpet-
uated all the exposition worth preserving;
| for the sessions are not likely to be merely
! opportunities for mental gymnastics, for
multiplication of words and subtraction of
| ideas. The practical tendency of the day
leads men, not to the grating of abstrac-
lions. but to the development of theories
| growing out of the practical relations of
| things. Each report will embody view of
| the Exposition from two standpoints: That
; of the delegate. VINO serves as reporter OF
| what is said and done: that of the special
| list or technical expert, who judges the
| merits OF exhibits. II is expected that these
! accounts of each Congress will be incorpo-
rated in the final report of Commissioner
General Peck; If so, and the work is sue
cessfully prosecuted along lines laid out, IL
| is believed that they will form an impor-
| tant feature of said report.
The selection of jurors is a severe tax on
the judgment of the juror-in- chief There
are to be one hundred appointments and
| more than a fh0uSand Qualifications have al
ready been received. So great is tn
| tige attached TO these Offices that appli-
| cants are from the ranks of our country S
most noted men. Most of them have power
| ful endorsements and strong qualifications.
With the mass of material at hand, the
| difficulty is in knowing which of the good
| must be discarded. Some eminent men
have even offered to serve without fnan-
cial compensation. The jurors must be
technical experts or specialists in their
| line of activity. They must also be men
! of keen business acumen, as our country
ought TO have, besides its personally in
| terested producers. manufacturers, etc,
| men who can place just estimate upon
| what we send and impress their views on
| the representatives, of other countries. Our
one hundred jurors will meet in connection
with jurors from elsewhere. Each juror
will be called upon to submit a report on
his particular eabject,. namely. the exhibits
| in his class. He will be- with his COL
| leagues from other countries. a commit
| tee TO pass judgment on exhibits in said
| class and make the awards. The jurors
report will also be included in Ms. Peck's
| summary of he Exposition. Aside from
| the exhibits of scientific men and special
| bureaus and tb1 various art societies. the
work of jurors will be chiefly along the
| line OF commercial interests.
Our progress in art and science, our i'm
proved processes In manufactures from
| finest fabrics to heavy machinery, to-
gether with a careful selection of Ameri-
can jurors, may go "a long way toward Sc
| curing for this country "a larger share of
awards than we have ever had before on
similar occasions. Ma
There will be 121 classes Of exhibits and
$50 congresses. Most of the latter will
!ydraw largely on the Exposition for Illus
trative material. Aifew, OF course, do not
come in close touch with exhibits. and
Will, so to speak, hang in the air. OF such
will be the Congress of Stenography. of
Sunday Rest of Speculative Philosophy,
etc. Others however. will be inseparably
allied with some feature of the great
show. The Department OF Medicine, for
example, will have large surgical amphi
theatre, with the best of appliances made
in this country. Congresses in touch with
kindred subjects will here find vast fund
OF Illustrative material. Journalism in the
congress viii refer 10 Its object lessons In
the shape OF two American newspapers to
be composed, set up. printed, and issued
on the Exposition grounds. Kindergartens
and graded school work will monopolize no
small share of the Congress of Education.
which Will point to the worlds exhibit
along this line.
object Lessons Illustrated.
The wonders of electricity, and mans
control over it. how 1t has revolutionized
every kind of machinery, how it has been
bridled and made docile as the horse. Will
be discussed by the Congress of Electro
clans and illustrated in the exhibits.
Photography, Horticulture. Music, Navi-
cation, and many more fit in the category
OF congresses which can show their results
in object lessons. Delegates TO the con-
crosses will represent subjects all the way
from Aeronauties to Mines and Metallurgy:
from Mental Philosophy to Rational Feed
ing of Cattle. Besides those mentioned in
another connection, some more, taken at
random show the variety and range of
topics: Prisoners Aid Societies. Cheap
Dwellings, Folk Lore, Blind. Forestry,
Basque Studies, Hypnotism, Profit Shsr-
ing, AntiSlavery, Dentistry Dermatology.
Lie 1dNlhBr NlIlFuIIuTe, etc.
Delegates to the women's congresses will
be nominated by Mrs. Ellen Henrotin. and
the representatives will come under three
beads-"Women's Clubs. "Women's Work
and Institutions" and the Status and
Rights Of Women" Never has there been
in the past such an opportunity as the Ex-
position will afford for the universal APP
plication of the injunction, Come, let us
reason together" The advantages our ju-
rors and delegates viii enjoy, as well as the
responsibilities they must bear, will indeed
be great. There will be exchange of ideas
with the world at large chances of COM
parison. views behind the scenes OF things !
done from other standponts, different mo-
tives and impulses TO weigh, different sys- |
tens 10 study opportunities to profit by |
others errors or to follow in the steps of |
those found worthy to lead-a constant |
giving and receiving OF benefits, which |
must produce fsrreaching results and |
huoys us up in the hope that from the de |
alterations of the Peace Congress shall |
come knowledge to make the world see no |
need OF war; the hygiene will bring more |
years Of life and freedom from pain in |
those we have that education shall come |
nearer educating. and religions establish a |
clearer equation between theory and prac- |
tce. In other words that the deliberations |
of the delegates to the great international |
though they may not take us
forward with a bound to the millennium
will at least give us an appreciate lift in
its direction. Dr..
GUN FIRING AND DEAFNESS.