The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-04-22

superintendent OF Liberal Arts, Pan American
Expositon.l
woman, gentle or simple, each visito.
should gain and should be conscious of
gaining an enlarged appreciation, sub
jectively Of himself as living and
sentient being and effectively Of the
world as his sphere of living and know.
ing, realm fuller Of sweetness and
light. His lespirations should be quick.
er, his inspirations deeper and his as,
pirations lofticr and nobler.
To this end the Exposition speaks TO
It's visitors with three voces-through
its architecture, its exhibits, its amuse,
ments. The Pan American Exposition
will address its expected throngs in
all these voices.
In its architecture must be included
the whole external equipment - its
buildings in their artistic and syrImct-
rical arrangement and grouping, the
beauty Of their style, the exubcrance Of
their decorations, breathing aircsh the
genius of the Spanlard and the Moor in
graceful forms and gorgeous colorings;
the landscape effects, blending the har-
monies of forest and lake, of fountain
and tower, of cascade and castle and
eliminating spirc-of all that is lovely
In nature with all that is refined and
ennobling in art. Here, as at Chicago.
the architect holds high carnival If at
the Columbian exposition we found the
chastc purity Of the lily IN presenta.
tion "unequaled since the days Of Phd-
las and PraXiteles,' the fairies who
join hands in the pan-American clothe
themselves with the chaste hues of
Titan and Of Murillo, unequaled since
the days Of Venice and of the Alham-
bra. Another dream of beauty will
hang in the eastern sky, paralleling the
visions Of delight that llnger on the
western horizon.
Who can doubt the educative effect
Of these architectural lessons within
the hearts of the American people?
1t is, however. not enough to have
evoked, like mirage floating over the
plains, these phantasmagorial delights
which fill our lives with joy and our
memories with dreams. The president
Of the French republic in the decree
which laid the foundation of the expo
sition of 1900 declared the purpose of
that great enterprise to be "a prcsenta.
ton of the works Of art and of indus.
trial and agricultural products"-an as
scmblage of exhibits. That is without
doubt the central, the formative, idea
OF the Pan-American Exposition.
Without exhibits there can be no ex-
position.
Each new and well arranged exposi-
ton is new edition Of worlds en-
cyclopcda constructed by scientific
md exhaustive arrangement of ma
terjal things. 1t Is also landmark, a
milestone in the history of the worlds
progress and the development of man
kind. No one may expect, no one
should desire, to read through from
first to last the marvels presented in
a universal exposition. AS well expect
to memorizc the Library Of Congress
or of the British Museum. But, were
the exposition or the library truly mi.
ycrsal. every man should find therein
the latest uttprance which the world
can give upon any subject within the
scope of human inquiry. Unless this
be the fact the exposition is in some
degree deficient in the fulfilling of frs
who're o"ty' us uuty may De express
ei' iess eAhausti'eiy' perhaps, Out
win more prac'icai lfuth' thuS' IL Is Il
pace hot Ill "hich anybody VIII learn
All II can oher' but III when anybody
may enlarge Tue scope OF MS lhforina-
'ioh' no" Tar the ran American En-
position can rehlize inns criterion or
completeness ana OF excellence VIII
oepehh upon the area OF space ut us
dlsposal ana the Skill OF It's oflcers III
the management or that space. 1t
LOOKS now as II II VIII become not an
encyclopedia or all knowledge, but an
eoiIoh de luxe OF the most excellent
selcctiohs
In TINS phase OF the Exposition Will
be fonhd It's most instructive value.
whether II VIII also he the most edu-