The Gavelyte, July 1915

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE n:ore cmoUonal tl1an men. Th,:,y decide at onee 'i·rci!e men must ha,·e i i,1·e tn trnsider and ask questions. Ask a woman her reasons fo-r l::elievinq; a certain thin~, or why a particular thing appeals to he1·, and she will piolrnbly he unable to ans•ver; ncvcrthelcs.s. once her mofive is understood, it is generallr clear tliat she i~ right. Now, as ,ve would suppose, women took kindly to the new religion-more so tl:an the men. We :tnd King Agrippa's wife plcP.din51; for the life of C'.~rirt. We find women calmly goin'.',' to a terrible death in t,1e v.rena -Of 1-he c;,.cn~ Max.imus. The women of l~ome had the same spirit as Mrs. P:mkhunit ilnd her disciples. but they used that spirit for a better cau.,e. There are good reasons, however, why the Ro- mans in general wel'C unfriendly to the new religion. It would take too long to cnu1~erate and explain the many rep_l"ons why the Ro- mans were hosti'e to the Christian religion, but one explanation will suffice to vive us an idea. ·· The Christian& met together for worship, and, as was their eusto111, they kissed each other. ~ow, for a man to kiss a man .(as is the custom in some parts of the Orient) is no iiarm, or for a wo- man to kiss a woman (as i1, the custom in most parts of tlie United S'atcs) is no harm. Why, then is it an evil for a man to kiss :i woman.? I shall not attempt to answe-r the questio11, hut to make dear tbe point, suppose a local preaehei: wou'd sug;gest that ali mem- bers of his cong-"·egation ki~s eaC'b other wheneve.1· the)' met. ThP1'e won.Id be. a Rcandal, and that is just what happened in Rome, but in rpite of teJ-rible pcri'\ecution anrl wrecked homes, the women clung lo their faith, and to them, morP than to. men, we owe the ultimate victory of the Christian faith in Rome. * ~ {". * ~ * * * Can we not sav with Walter Browne: "Be merciful, be just, lie fair, To every woman, everywhere. Her faults are many. Nobody's the blame." SUMMER 8CHOOL NOTES. The first summer session of Cedarville College! Who will ever forget it? It has been a great school, not because of the throngs of of students, though the school has made a remarkably g-ood start even in the matter of attendance, but because of the quality of the stu- dents, the character of the teaching, the !,ind of work done and the good spirit of it all. · It is safe to say that among the dozens of sum~ mei· schools in session all over Ohio norie can boast of such a group of students and teachers, of such earnest work, such _good comradship. Long live Cedarville Summer School! ~o say we all of us! And it will live. The future is · brig-ht. Many more students would have been here this year had there i)r,en tin~c to let them know that there wa~ to be a summer school. >lext year everybody within Cedarville legitimate territory, and not a few outside, will know all about it, and we can count on many of them. It will he easy to double this summer's attendance. Two hund1·ed students next summer! And the same :sort we have thi!l- year! Won't that be a summer school? And it can he done. Keep it in mind and work for it a]l year. Tell everrbody what fine work you got and what a good time you had. Next year it will be better, The.next summer school bulletin will be out about December. Get 9