Graham guardian., 1915-06-18
TRIP
To the California Expositions
Interestingly Described
by LeRoi c. Snow

The great Panama-Pacific Exposi-
ton at San Francisco, Cal, with its
beautiful buildings and fine exhibits,
the greatest exposition the world
has ever known, is very interesting
Iy described by LIE Roi c. Snow in
the following article:
The great exposition here has
three main divisions. The first and
most important covers more ground
than Stafford or Thatcher and con-
sists of eleven immense exhibit
palaces, Festival Hall and the Audi.
tOrium, where musicals, lectures,
convention, etc, are held.
This main division of the eXposi-
tion should occupy the major part
of ones time and is a very great
Improvement and advance in every
way over the main exhibit section
of any other worlds fair that has
ever been held. For the first time
in the creation of expositions this
entire section is built in one homo
genious whole and still devotes a
So parate palace for each department,
such as mining, art, education,
manufactures, horticulture, varied
industries, etc, but all are brought
together as one great idea instead
of being separated, as in all previous
fairs, into as many distinct exhibits
with no relation, one to another,
Then each department is complete
in itself and covers its respective
field without any duplication. In pre-
vious eXpostions this was not done.
For instance in the education sec
ton in St. Louis and in Chicago,
each state had it's exhibit and one
was almost a complete duplication
of all the others. The schools in
New York state exhibited the maps,
drawings, manual training work,
etc, of the pupils, as did also the
schools in Utah, California ald the
other states, and all were very much
the same. Here, however, it is diff
ferent. The schools of New York
exhibit the most advanced methods
known for the education of the
specially slow, dull or deficient
pupils, segregating them from the
normal pupils and helping them go
on with their grades by special
methods. Utah develops the idea
of group education and the combin-
ing of school districts Gust as you
are doing in Stafford and Layton)
into larger and more efficient dis
tricts, where much better accommo-
dations can be offered.
In this way each exhibit has its
own story to tell, its own idea to
work out, which is not duplicated
by any other exhibit, and so it is
throughout the entire exposition,
each exhibit is complete In itself, is
different from all others and pre-.
sents clearly and definitely system,
method or idea not shown anywhere
else. This idea has never been
carried out in any previous worlds
fair and marks very great advance,
indeed. This one fact makes this
exposition more important to every
one who can visit it. The exhibits
are far more complete than ever be-
fore and even for the casual visitor,
who makes no special study at the
exhibits, this is the most interest,
ing exposition ever created, because
of the lack of duplication and
sameness" which has marked all
previous eXpositions.
The second great section of the
exposition consists Of the foreign
and state buildings, nearly one hun.
dred in number. Of the foreign
buildings, by far the most interesting
are France, Italy, Canada, Japan,
China and Argentine. Among the
most interesting state buildings
are Massachusetts, PENNSYLVANIA,
New Jersey, Oregon and New York.
Here, too, there is great advance
over previous fairs. The arrange
ment of the grounds and buildings
and the hRildings themselves are
better th@ Yer before.
Thgg reat division is the