The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-30
THE UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION
The Achievements Of individuals and M.
tiOns Faithfully Recorded by This
Encyclopedia Of Society.
~ FREDERICK >. v. skIFf'. Direct-
or of Exhibits, Worlds Fair.

~ FREDERICk >. v. skIFF, Direct-
or of Exhibits, Worlds Fair.
"The wisdom of all ages IL none too
great for the worlds work." In this
single salient sentence. uttered in his
famous address mt 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 achieye-
ments of the world, for the inspection
Of the world, for the study Of Its ef-
perts. by which they may make COM
parisons and deduction and develop
plans for future improvements and
progress. Such n universal exposition
might well be called an encyclopedia
of society. 1t constitutes a 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 Oh
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
is In 1904 will be such n social ency-
clopetlin In the most comprehensive
and accurate sense. 1t will give to the
n MI anpn,Iatn Ixfn a Ia
"a living picture of the artistic and in
dustrial development ut which man
kind has arrived" and will actually
provide III new starting point from
which all men may direct future cxer-
tons" IT will present for the inspec-
tion 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. II will offer these
achievements % society, these trophies
OF civilization. in a highly selected, ac-
curately classified array.
The creators of the St Louis EXpOsi-
tion have had the experience Of all
previous great eXpositions by which to
plan and effect ils high organization.
The continuous and repeated burden OF
the message of experience handed
down by all eXpositions has been more
perfect, more effective classification
and arrangement Of exhibits.
The classification of the st. Louis
Exposition has been prepared to pre-
sent scquential synopsis Of the de-
velopments that have marked mans
progress. On its bases will be as
semblcd the most highly organized ex-
position the world has yet seen.
The st. Louis classification is divided
into III departments. IA groups and
S0I 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
sification has been placed Education,
through which man enters social life.
Second comes Art. showing the cUdi-
tion 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 artis-
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 Trans
portatiOn will show how he OvercOmes
distances and secures access to all
of Electricity VIII indicate the great
forces he has discovered and utilized tc
convey power and intelligence. And &c
through the several departments tt
AnthrOpolOgy. In which man studies
man; and to Social Economy, whicl
will illustrate the development Of thu
human race. how 1t has overcome thu
difficulties Of civilization and SOLVED
problems in which society is involved.
Last is placed physical culture. II
which man, his intelligence havin,
reached the supreme point, is able Il
treat himself as an animal, realiZin,
that his intellectual and moral consti
tutiOns require sound physical bod.
to prompt them to the proper perform
ance of their function.
Education 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 sucl
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 equivalen
of-Or. rather, will be In actuality
comprehensive and most effective oil
ject lesson in--the line of industria
and social achievement and progress
which it's presents.
Cost ef Seeing the Worlds Fair.