New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-13
THE UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION
The Achievements of Individuals and Ma.
tions Faithfully Recorded by This
Encyclopedia of Society.
by FREDERICK j. v. skIFF, Direct
or of Exhibits, worlds Fair.

SluSle SdlleuL# SeuleuCe, utLSICu IL LID
famous address at Buffalo in Septem-
Der, 1901, President Mckinley de
scribed the object and the result of
expositions.
A modern universal exposition is a
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 deYelop
plans for future improvements and
progress Such universal exposition
might we'll be called an encyclopedia
of society. 1t constitutes a classified,
compact, indeXed compendium Of the
achievements and ideas Of society in
all phases Of it's 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 a 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
lis 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
ga living picture Of the artistic and in
dustr1al development at which man
kind has arrived and will actually
| provide s'a new starting point from
which all men may direct future eXer-
tions." 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 a highly selected, ac-
curately classified array.
| The creators Of the st. Louis EXPOSE
| ton have had the experience Of all
previous great expositions by which to
| plan and effect its high organization.
The continuous and repeated burden Of
the message Of experience handed
down by all expositions has been more
| perfect, more effective CldSS1uCdl1Ou
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
sembled the most highly organized ex-
position the world has yet seen.
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into 16 departments, LA groups and
SO7 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 resources at his command in
the environment in which he has been
placed.
At the head Of the Exposition elias
sifcation 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 are
placed third, to indicate the result OF
his education and culture, illustrate his
tastes and demonstrate his inventive
genius, scientific attainment and arts
tic expression. These three depart
ments equip him for the battle anC
prepare him for the enjoyments Of life
The raw material departments, Agri
culture, Horticulture, Mining and For
estry, show how man conserves the
forces of nature to his uses. The De
partment Of Manufactures will show
what he has done with them; the De
partment Of Machinery the tools h
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
forces he has discovered and utilized t
convey power and intelligence. And s.
through the several departments t
Anthropology, in which man studio
man; and to Social Economy, whic
will illustrate the development of th
human race, how it has overcome tn
difficulties Of civilization and solve
problems in which society is involved
Last is placed physical culture, i
/ which man, his intelligence havin
J 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
! versal Exposition Of 1904. Each d.
! partment of the worlds labor and d
velopment will be represented at S
Louis, classified and installed in sue
manner that all engaged or intereste
s in such branch of activity may con
and see, examine, study and go ava
! advised. Each Of the separate section
Of the Exposition will be an equivalel
of-or, rather, will be in actually
: comprehensive and most effective o
ject lesson in-the line of industri
and social achievement and progre
l which its presents.
9 Cost of Seeing the Worlds Fair.
Is From anv noint within 200 miles