The Gavelyte, July 1915

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE rr·ore emo:ional than men. Th"'y decide at once w}jJe men must hal7e ; i, · e to c:0nsider and ask questions. Ask a woman her reasons for teliev-jn-~ a certain thing, or why a particular thing appeals to . her, and she will probably be unable to ans,ver; nevertheless, once lu~r motive is understood, it is generally clear that she is right. .r ow, as we would suppose, women took kindly to the new religion-more so than the men. We i 'i.nd King A~-rippa's wife pl cnding for the life of C',rist. We find ,Y,,men calmly goin~ to a terrjble death in t.he tJT(:'na of the r;,·c 1 1c: Max:imus. The women of llome had the same spirit as Mrs. Pankhm st and her disciples. but they used that spirit for a better cause. There are good reasons, however, why the Ro– mans in general we,:e unfriendly to the new religion. It would take too long to enumerate and explain the many reasons why the Ro– mans were hosti:e. to the Christian religion, but one explanation will suffice to irive us an idea. The Christians met together for worship, and, as was th"'ir custom, they kis sed each other. Now, for a man to ki ss a man (as is the cust om in some parts of the Orient) is no harm, or for a wo– m:m to kiss a woman ( as iE' the custom in most parts of the United S atf's) is no harm. Why, then. is it an evil for a man to kiss '.l woman? I shall not attempt to answer the question, but to make dear the point, suppose a local preacher would suggest that all mem– bers of his con°;:·egation kiss eaeh other whenever they met. There would be a scandal, and that is just what happ:med in Rome, but in F!pite of terrible persecution and "recked homes, the women clung to th ir faith, and to them, morP than to men , we owe the ultimate vidory of the Christian faith in :Rome. * * r. * * * * * Can ,ve not say with Walter Browne: "Be merciful, be just, be fair, To every woman, everywhere. Her faults are many. Nobody's the blame." SUMMER SCHOOL NOTES. The first summer session of Cedarville College! Who will eve1· forget it? It has been a great school. not because of the throngs of of students, though the school has made a remarkably good start even in the maiier of attendance, but because of the quality of the stu– dents, the character of the teaching, the Vind of work done and the good spirit of it all. It is safe to say that among the dozens of sum– mer schools in session all over Ohio none can boast of such a group of students and teachers, of such earnest work, such good comradship. Long live Cedarville Summer School! So say we all of us! And it will live. The future is brig·ht. Many more students woul<l have been here this year had there b0en time to let them know that there was to be a summer school. Ne'<t year verybody within Cedarville legitimate territory, and not a f w outside, will know all about it, and we can count on many of them. Il will be easy to double this summer's attendance. Two hundred students next summer! And thf' same sort we have this year' Won't that be a summer school? And it can be done. K p it in mind and work for it all year. Tell everybody what finE: work you [!ot ancl what a good time you Ji:ld. Next year it will be better. The ne.. t summer s ·hool bulletin will be out about Decemb r. et t 9