The Penn's Grove record., 1904-08-05
THE UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION
The Achievements of individuals and Ma.
tons Faithfully Recorded by This
Encyclopedias of Society.

BY FREDERICK j. v. sKIFF, Direct
or of Exhibits, Worlds Fair.
"The wisdom OF all ages ia none too
great for the worlds work" In this
single salient sentence. uttered in his
famous address at Buffalo in Septern-
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 we'll be called an encyclopedia
OF society. It constitutes q classified,
compact, fndexed compendium Of the
achievements and ideas Of society in
all phases of tta activity, extending to
the most material as well as the most
reAned. It offers Illustrations cover
ing the fu3I Aela OF social performance,
from the production Of the shoes on
our feet anA the pavement beneath
them to q presentation OF the rarest
and most delicate creations Of the
brains and hands Of men In what are
called the tine arts of civilization.
The Universal Exposition In st. Lou
is in 1904 will be such O social ency-
clopedia in the most comprehensive
and accurate sense, 1t will give to the
world I'm revised and complete details
81 living picture Of the artistic and in
dustriai Development at which man
kind has arrived" and will actually
provide SO new starting point from
which all usen ma direct future eXer-
lions" Tt will present for the inspec-
ton of specialists in all tines of indus
trial and social endearor 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, 1T viii offer these
achievements ef society. these trophies
of civilization, in q highly selected, ac-
~curately classified array.
The creators of the st. Louis EXposi-
ton have had the. experience of all
previous great expositions by which to
plan and effect fits high organization.
The continuous and repeated burden Of
the message of experience handed
down by all e3positioBs has been more
perfect. more effective classification
and arrangement Of exhibits.
The classification Of the st. Louis
Exposition has been prepared to pre-
sent a ~sequential synopsis of the de
velopments that have marked mans
progress. On its bases will be as
senbled the most highly organized ex-
position the world has yet seen.
The st. Louis classification is divided
into 10 departments. 144 groups and
| 807 classes. These grand departments
in their order will record what man
has accomplished at this time with his
faculties, industry and skill and the
natural at his command in
the environment in which he has been
placed.
At the head of the Exposition clas-
| Gifca&ten has been placed Education,
through which man enters social life.
| Second COMES Art, showing the condt-
ton OF his culture and development.
L.beT&i Arts and Applied Sciences are
placed third, to indicate the result of
his edueSaion ana culture. illustrate his
tastes and d~eraonStrAte bis inventive
genius, scientific attainment and arts
dc expression. These three depart
mesats equip him fer the battle and
prepare him for the enioyments Of life.
The raw material departments, Agri-
culture, Horticulture, Mining and For
estry, ahow how man conserves the
forces OF nature TO his uses. The De-
paRtment Of Manufactures viii show
what he has done with them; the De-
partuoent Of Machinery the tools he
has used. The Department Of Trains
portation will show how he overcomes
distances and secures to all
parts Of the world. The Department
Of Electricity VIII Indicate the great
forces he has discovered and utilized to
convey power and intelligence. And so
through the several departments to
Anthropoiogy, in which man studies
man; and to Social Economy, which
will illustrate the development of the
human race, bow 1t has overcome the
difficulties OF civilization and solved
probisma in which society is involved.
Last is placed physical culture. in
which man. his intelligence having
reached the supreme point is able to
treat himself as an animal, realizing
that bis intellectual and moral consd.
tutiSns require a sound physical body
to prozapk them to the proper perform
ance OF their function.
Education is the keynote Of the Um-
versal Exposition of 1894. Each de
part1nent Of the worlds labor and de
vefopment viii be represented ct st
Louis, classified and installed in such
manner that &il engaged OF interested
in such branch of activity may come
and see, examine. study and go ava.
aAytsed. Each Of the separate sections
Of tho Opposition will be an equivaleat
cf--Or. rather. win be I'm actually
comprehensive and most effective OBJ
ject lesson in-the line of industrial
and social achievement and progress
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