| Show IT BEGAN ATMEMORABLE TIME by the 10th of the month following billing man whose name is indelibly impressed on journalism education achievedsignificant position in 1893 He was Walter Williams elected President of National Editorial Association that year at age 29 Fifteen years later he was the driving force behind the establishment of the University of MissouriSchool of Journalism first in the nation Asked years afterward how successful the school had been Williams smilingly producedletter from an Illinois editor which read Please send mereporter who has been graduated from your school married the last one you sent me andknow you turn out good material This time you had better send aman In Chicago Marshall Field Company opened the doors ofmassive department store which covered an entire city block and employed000 Not far away in the windy city the WorldColumbian Exposition was unveiled The most talked-about and heartstopping ride at this worldfair washuge vertical steel device 250 feet in height called the Pleasure Wheel Sixty people could occupy each of the 36 passenger cabs which were suspended on the outer rim -2 160 thrill-seekers could ride at once Todaymodified open air versions seen at amusement parks and carnivals are known by the name of the inventor Gale Ferris 34-year old engineer from Galesburg Actually his full name was even longer -George Washington Gale Ferris Utah Territory appropriated 50 000 to equip its display at the exposition located not far from Lake Michigan Near it tents of William Buffalo Bill Codyinternationally-known Wild West Show were erected There huge audiences thrilled to real-life Indians soldiers and cowboys re-living the bitter conflict when settlers began taking over the plains Said the Chicago Evening Post It is onlyshow but it isshow of the truth as it was young would-be sculptor named James Earl Fraser came away from these parallel events impressed by the publicbelief in the sad but inevitable extinction of the Indian Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
