The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-06-02
THE UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION
The Achievements of Individuals and Ma.
tons Faithfully Recorded by This
i2' Encyclopedia of Society.
b. FREDERICK j. ". sxIFF, Direct
or of Exhibits, Worlds Fair.

b. FREDERICK j. v. sFxIFF, Direct
or of Exhibits, Worlds Fair.
1.-THE wisdom Of all 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
expeditions.
A modern universal exposition is
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 universal exposition
might well be called an encyclopedia
6f society. It 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 we'll as the most
refined. It 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
Is in 1904 will be such a social ency-
clopedia In the most comprehensive
and accurate sense. It 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 ga new starting point from
which all men may direct future exer-
tons." It 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 highly selected, &C
curately classified array.
The creators Of the st. Louis Exposi-
ton have had the experience of all
previous great exposiions 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 classification of the st. Louis
I 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 classifcatio Is divided
into 16 departments, IA groups and
807 classes. These grand departments
In their order will record what mar
has accomplished at this time with his
faculties, industry and skill and the
natural resources at his command II
the environment In which he has beer
placed
At the head Of the Exposition csas
sihcation has been placed Education
through which man enters social life
Second comes Art, showing the conH
ton of his culture and Development
Liberal Arts and Applied Sciences ar,
placed third. to indicate the result O
his education and culture, illustrate hi
tastes and demonstrate his inventiv,
4 genius, scientific attainment and arts
tic expression. These three depart
ments equip him for the battle AM
prepare him for the endoyments OF life
The raw material departments, AeTi
culture, HoH1cu1tare, Mining and FQ1
esGy, show hQw man eonserves til
forces of nat4re to his uses. The DE-
pertinent de MANUFACTURES win show
what he has done with them; the be
pAkment of Mathjnafy the tools b
has used The Dapazt1nent of Isane
Qpzta{lon VIII show how be oparcme
distances end SECURES access to a
rapts of tn aos3d Tie pepaatn,an
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