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THE UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION
The Achievements of Individuals and Ma.
lions Faithfully Recorded by This
Encyclopedia Of Society.

BY FREDERICK j. v. SkIFF. Direct
or of Exhibits, Worlds Fair.
"The wisdom of all ages is none too
great for the worlds work" In this
single salient sentence, uttered in his
famous address at Buffalo in Septem-
Der, 1901. President Mckinley de-
scribed the object and the result of
expositions.
A modern universal exposition Is q
collection Of the wisdom and achieve
ments of the world, for the inspection
Of the world, for the study of its ex-
perts, by which they may make COM
PARSONS and deduction and develop
plans for future improvements and
progress. Such a universal exposition
might well be called an encyclopedia
of society. 1t constitutes classified,
compact, indexed compendium of the
achievements and ideas Of society In
all phases of its activity, extending to
the most material as well as the most
refined. 1t offers illustrations cover
Ing the full field of social performance,
from the production of the shoes on
our feet and the pavement beneath
them to presentation of the rarest
and most delicate creations Of the
brains and hands Of men in what are
called the fine arts of civilization.
The Universal Exposition In St. Lou
10 in 1904 will be such social ency-
clopedia in the most comprehensive
and accurate sense. 1t will give to the
world in revised and complete details
"a living picture of the artistic and in
dustrial development at which man.
kind has arrived" and will actually
provide ga new starting point from
which all men may direct future exer-
lions" 1t will present for the inspec-
ton of specialists in all lines Of indus
trial and social endeavor and for the
public an assembly of the best which
the world has done and has to show in
industry, art and science, and, what
is very important, it will offer these
achievements Of society, these trophies
Of civilization, in highly selected, &C
curately classified array.
| The creators of the st. Louis Exposi
ton have had the experience Of al
previous great expositions by which t.
plan and effect its high organization
The continuous and repeated burden o.
the message of experience handed
down by all expositions has been NOR
perfect, more effective classification
and arrangement Of exhibits.
The classification of the St Loui'
Exposition has been prepared to pre-
sent sequential synopsis of the de
velopments that have marked man.
progress. On its bases will be as
sembled the most highly organized ex
position the world has yet seen.
| The st. Louis classification is divided
into 16 departments, 144 groups ant
807 classes. These grand department.
In their order will record what maj
has accomplished at this time with hi
i faculties, industry and skill and tn
natural resources at his command II
the environment In which he has beel
placed.
At the head Of the Exposition claa
sidcatdon has been placed Education
through which man enters social life
Second comes Art, showing the condi
ton of his culture and development
Liberal Arts and Applied Sciences ar
placed third, to indicate the result o
his education and culture, illustrate hi
tastes and demonstrate his invenhv
genius, scientific attainment and arts
tic expression. These three depart
ments equip him for the battle an
prepare him for the enjoyments of life
The raw material departments, Ayr
culture, Horticulture, Mining and Fol
, estry, show how man conserves til
forces of nature to his uses. The d.
partment Of Manufactures will sho1
what he has done with them: the Dc
partment of Machinery the tools b
has used. The Department of Trans
portation will show how he overcome
distances and secures access to al
: parts Of the world. The Department
! Of Electricity will indicate the grea
1 forces he has discovered and utilized I
convey power and intelligence. And s
: through the several departments I
Anthropology, in which man studio
man; and to Social Economy, whic
will illustrate the development of til
human race, how it has overcome til
8 difficulties of civilization and solve
2 problems in which society is involved
Last is placed physical culture,
; which man, his intelligence hayin
reached the supreme point, is able
treat himself as an animal, realizin
that his intellectual and moral const
tutions require sound physical bod
: to prompt them to the proper perform
! ance Of their function.
] Education is the keynote Of the Un
D versal Exposition Of 1904. Each d,
= partment Of the worlds labor ana d,
velopment will be represented at S
Louis, classified and Installed in sue
manner that all engaged or intereste
in such branch of activity may com
and see, examine, study and go ava
advised. Each of the separate section
of the Exposition will be an equivaler
of-or, rather, will be in actually
comprehensive and most effective oil
ject lesson in-the line Of industria
and social achievement and progress