The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-05-07
THE UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION
The Achievements OF individuals and Ma.
tons Faithfully Recorded by This
Encyclopedia Of Society.
BY FREDERICK J. v. skIFF, Direct
or of Exhibits, Worlds Fair.

or OF Exhibits, Worlds Fair.
"The wisdom u AL 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 a
collection of the wisdom and achieve
nents 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 Il 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 ton 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
Il in 1904 will be such a social encI
clopedia in the most comprehensiN
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 "a new starting point from
which all men may direct future exer
lions" II will present for the inspec
ton Of specialists in all lines OF indus
trial and social endeavor and for the
the world has done and has to show in
industry, at and science. and. whit
is very important, 1t will offer these
achievements of society, these trophies
OF civilization. In highly selected, ac
curately classified array.
The creators of the st. Louis Exposi
tion have had the experience of all
previous great eXpostions 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 classification
and arrangement of exhibits.
The classitics ton of the ST. Louis
Exposition has been prepared TO pre-
sent a sequeutial synopsis of the de.
velopments that have marked mans
progress On its bases will be as
sembed the most highly organized ex
position the world has yet seen.
The st. Louis classification Is divided
into lG departments. IA groups and
SO7 classes. These grand departments
In their order will record what man
has accomplished at this time with hi
faculties, industry and skill and th
natural reo0urces at his command l.
the environment in which he has been
/ placed.
| At the head OF the Exposition cla"
sificaton 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 Trans,
portation will show how he overcomes
distances and secures access to all
parts of the world The Department
of Electricity will indicate the great
forces he has discovered and utilized to
convey power and intelligence. And so
through the several departments to
Anthropology, In which man studies
man; and TO Social Economy. which
will illustrate the development OF the
human race. how It has overcome the
difficulties OF ciyiliza don ard solved
problems in which society IL involve.
Last is placed physical culture, ia
which man his intelligence having
reached the supreme point is able to
treat himself as an animal, realizing
that his intellectual and moral cOnsti
tutions require a sound physical body
to prompt them to the proper pc form
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 viii be represented at St
louis. classified and installed In such
manner that all engaged or interested
/ In such branch OF activity may come
and see, examine, study and 20 away
1 advised Each Of the separate sections
Of the Exposition will be an equivalent
of-or rather will be In actually a
/ comprehensive and most effective OBJ.
ject lesson in-tbe line OF Industrial
and social achievement and progress
which its presents.
/ Cost Of Seeing the Worlds Fair.