The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-09-02
Impressions of the Young Jay
haWker at the Fair.

Inc young JdyudWhcI Is ooo ousJ
to make many excursions to distant
cities or foreign lands but we'll he
realizes that to him now is being
offered one of the greatest educational
advantages of ages, in the Exposition
At St. Louis, which cOmmorates sc
yreat an event in his own country s
history and where he realizes that his
own countrymen are foremost in max
| ing it a success,
And so everywhere IN evidence is
the young Jayhawker fresh from the
farm. the factory, the store, the
school-room, IN fact from every line
If work-sh0wing his great genius.
nor does he come as some OF his
EASTERN friends expect, with carpet
Gag and cotton umbrella OF his fore
fathers, and unless he walks away
from the tasteful parlors OF his own
handsome state building, Haunting
his sun6ower badge, little more
proudly than do his brothers and
sisters from the neighboring states,
there is nothing to mark him.
His impression at the clese Of the
first day, perhaps is little disar-
pointing, he has pictured to himself
the impossible and he can not YET
-rasp the stupen3ousness Of the
scheme carried cut before him, but by
The second day, after a ride around
1he grounds in the intramural cars ne
IS amazed at the beauty and grandeur
ana by night after witnessing the
wonderful administrations and the
cascades, be simply cannot express
ais admiration; he can only stand ana
wonder at JAe works Of man ano
Till more ut the greatness Of Goo
which had created alm.
The Exposition is decidedly educa-
;cnal iu effect. True one expects to
ENJOY himself there, aud does, but il
| is pleasure for the mind rather than
cody and everywhere one is impressed
by the studious, thoughtful nature Of
those about him and by the absense
Of AL hiarity, friyolity and roWdyism
Here the Jaynawker learns 10 think
and act for himself; he gains cou-
ddence in himself and at the same
| time is diyest ted of any surplus conceit
he may have harbored. He mingles
and deals with people from every
corner Of the earth and is thus
enabled 70 make excellent cOmparls-
ons. He has before him every stage
and degree of civilization in it,
natural conditions and after visiting
the Pygmies in their villages Of
! bqmboo, the American Indian Reser-
vauon tn its trading post aud
Industrial school, he is glad to return
to The Mode. City filed with the
best creations Of the best minds and
there TO congratulate himself on
having been a JaYhawker rather than
! en Iyor0tte
The exhibits from Kansas are all
good Ia the educational building
she has a beautiful booth, containing
work and illustrations from all the
institutions OF the state and presided
over boy John Mcdonald Of IN,
/ Western school Journal, one Of th'
leading educators Of the day. Agar
in the Mines aud Metallurgy hulldin.
| is due display, showing to "a gco-
advantage tGe naturai resources cd
the Sunnower state, while the ball
Of Agriculture aud horticulture eac.
have displays which rank well witt
those from the other states.
Thus as tue JaYhawker leaves thI
| place to return 10 home and work, hi'
greatest Impression, perhaps. of th'
! fair proper, Is the ueauty and wonder
ful symmetry and proportion VIII
which the entire scheme was worke'
Tout, but better yet, he has life-loDl
impressions OF the immensely anI
greatness OF the world and a lOyalt.
to home, state and nation which cal
never be overcome