The Gavelyte, October 1909

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE. )2!:r biplanes and aeroplanes of all sorts. Their dis0overies and inventions are of great importance on account of the slowness and uncertainty with which the Springfield and Wilmington trolley line is being built. Dr. Eliot's prophesy of a new religion calls to mind the attempt of a certain Frenchman to establish a new cult. A great philosopher to whom he went for advice told him he was starting out in the wrong way. He should fir:~t get himself crucified and rise from the dead and then start his new religion. Dr. Eliot's new faith seems to be a compound of Unitarianism, Universalism, and Pantheism and to be totally unattractive and unsatisfying in its lack of a personal God. Yet his ideas are not wholly evil or unfruit– ful. . The emphasis he places upon the social side of religious life is needed today. He says that the "priests (of the new religion) will strive to im– prove social and industrial conditions. It will not attempt to reconcile peoph· to prese:it ill;; by tt1e promise of future compensation. The true end of all religions and philos0phies is to teach man to ${'JVe his fellow-men and this religion will do so increasingly." Dr. Frederick A. Cook has discover< d the North Pole. Comm;tnder Rohert E. Peary has done the s~me, and says Cook never did. But nobody lJeli1::ves Peary, as it i8 well known that the Cook tours go all over the world. Both of the expeditions were made presumably to back up the ice tru~t by discovering a new supply of that useful commodity. They found the supply all right, but whether they will be successful in their original purpose or not depends upon the transportation facilities that can be ar– ranged and the tariff rates that will be imposed. After a trip of some seyenty-five years around the universe, Halley's Comet bas decided t.o make us a friendly visit. One of the most interest– ing sights which will greet its eyes as it gets nearer to the earth is Cedar– ville college, which bad not attained to its present glory at the time of our celestial friend's la~t sojourn with us. What effect this will have upon the movements of the comet is as yet unknown. It may bring us in a new class of students. President Taft, having tired of Mrs: Taft's cooking, has taken a thirteen thoo8and mile journey, and is fortunately averaging three banquets in each stopping place. Incidently, it may be remarked that during his aliRence the White House is Leing l'nlarged . Our President is a big man ar.,l grt,ting bi~g{'r right, along .