Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-05-13
THE UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION
The Achievements Of individuals and Ma
tons Faithfully Recorded BY This
Encyclopedias Of Society.
nv FREDERICK ,. v. shiff, piree'-
ar of Exhibits, WORLDS Fair.

ar nj Exhibits, World. Fair.
.The wisdom OF AL ages is none too
great for the worlds work" In this
single salient sentence, uttered In MS
famous address at Buffalo In Septeln-
Der. 1901. President Mckinley de-
scribed the object and the result OF
expositions.
4 modern universal exposition Is
CO ection of the wisdom and achieve
uents of the world. for the Inspection
of the world. for the study OF It's eA-
perts. by which they may make COM
parlsons and deduction and develop
plans for future Improvements ana
progress. Such a universal exposition
might well be called an encyclopedia
of society. Ii constiI lies a classlned'
compact. indexed compendium OF tue
achievements and ideas OF society III
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 a presentation of the rarest
and most delicate creations or the
brains and hands OF men In what are
called the fine arts Of civilization.
The Universal Exposition In st. Lou
is i'm 1904 will be such social ency-
cIopedia in the most comprehensive
and accurate sense. 1t will give to the
world i'm revised and complete details
"a living picture of the artistic and In
dustriaI development at which man.
kind has arrived" and will actually
provide "a new starting point from
which all men may direct future exer-
tons" 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 III
industry, art and science. and. what
is very important. it will offer these
achievements of society. these trophies
of civilization. in 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 expeditions has been more
perfect, more effective classification
and arrangement of exhibits.
The classification of the st. Louis
Exposition has been prepared to pre-
sent 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.
The st. Louis classifcat ton is divided
| into 10 departments. IA groups and
| S07 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 clas-
sification 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 and
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 he
has used. The Department of Prans
portation will show how he overcomei
distances and secures access to al
parts of the world. The Department
of Electricity will indicate the great
forces he has discovered and utilized t.
convey power and intelligence. And Sc
through the several departments Il
Anthropology, in which man studio.
man: and to Social Economy, which
will illustrate the development of tn,
human race. how it has overcome tn,
J difficulties of civilization and solved
problems in which society is involved
Last is placed physical culture, il
; which man, his intelligence havin]
reached the supreme point, is able t,
treat himself as an animal, realizin,
, that his intellectual and moral consti
buttons require sound physical bod,
to prompt them to the proper perform
ance of their function.
Educatio is the keynote of the Uni
versal Exposition of 1904. Each de
, partment of the worlds labor and de
, velopment will be represented at 81
Louis, classified and Installed in sue
manner that all engaged or interests
In such branch Of activity may com
3 and see. examine, study and go ava
advised. Each of the separate section
of the Exposition will be an equivalen
of-or, rather, will be in actually
comprehensive and most effective CT
ject lesson in-the line of industris
and social achievement and progress
which its presents.