WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. 



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John Bovd Thacher, of Now York, A. T. Brit- 

 ion, of the District of Columbia, A. U. Andrews, 

 of North Carolina. A. .1. Sewell, of New .b-r-r\ . 

 ami H. H. Smalley, of Vermont. This body de- 

 vised a system of awards, the basis of which was 

 a standard of excellence established in each class 

 of exhibit*, llir merits of the exhibits to be meas- 

 ured by that Standard, and not by competition 

 with each other. For the carrying out of this 

 there were H~i'2 judges appointed, who were dis- 

 tributed through I h- several departments in pro- 

 portion to their magnitude. 



Medals were awarded to '2:5.757 exhibitors, 36 

 per cent, of the whole number catalogued, exclu- 

 sive of those from Franco and Norway, who 

 withdrew their exhibits from examination. This 

 was a smaller percentage of exhibitors thus hon- 

 ored than the records of any previous world's 

 exposition show. < >ver 850^000 separate exhibits 

 were examined and reported upon. 



There were 65,422 exhibitors, and although 

 t he system of awards met with considerable ad- 

 verse criticism, still only 259 complaints were 

 submitted in any form against the awards, and 

 out of that number only 43 cases resulted in 

 actual appeals. Of these appeals, all have been 

 adjusted excepting 5. In each of them the tes- 



History. The usual official report of the ex- 

 hibition is in course of preparation under the 

 direction of '). V. Tousley. a comini-MoiH-r from 

 Minnesota, who was appointed historian of the 

 World's Fair. It is estimated that the work 

 will consist of 30 octavo volumes of 500 or 600 

 pages each. It will include an introduction or 

 prefaec to the history, which will deal with the 

 events which led up to the establishment of tin- 

 fair and the acts of Congress authorizing it. and 

 include a review of the industrial and educa- 

 tional advantages resulting from it. 



This will be followed by the report of IV-i- 

 dent Calmer, which will contain a history of the 

 opening ceremonies, and dual with the exhibi- 

 tions made by the United States and foreign 

 nations. The report of the secretary will include 

 synopses of the legislation of the commission, 

 the work of the Board of Control and the Execu- 

 tive Committee, and a full financial statement. 

 The report of the Council of Administration will 

 cover the erection of the buildings and the man- 

 ner in which the fair was conducted in all its 

 details. There will be separate reports of the 

 Board of Lady Managers, the ( 'hicago Directory, 

 and the director-general. The latter will in- 

 clude a report from the heads of each of the 



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timony has been taken, the arguments submitted. 

 and the 5 cases are in the hands of the Court of 

 Appeal awaiting judgment. 



The medals are all of bronze, designed by 

 Augustus St. Gaudens. and the accompanying 

 diplomas were designed by Will II. Low. T.hey 

 are being made under the authority and direc- 

 tion of the Secretary of the Treasury. 



13 departments into which the exhibition was 

 divided. 



The report of the Executive Committee on 

 Awards will be made by John Boytl Thacher, 

 the chairman, and will occupy 15 volumes. The 

 preparation of the reports of the congresses held 

 during the fair has been intrusted to Mr. But- 

 ter worth. 



