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May Be Traced Back Five Thousand
Years, to the Babylonian Era, as
Explained by Students of
the Past.
The cross is so old that the records
jf men do not go back to the first one.
Christianity took a very ancient sym
bol and made it Christian, but nobody
knows' just -why.
To understand all there Is to know
ibout the cross we must go back tour
Dr five thousand years to astronomy
and astrology as LT.'lerstood by tne
indent Babylonians, 'finder their clay
tablets and stone monuments, and
upon the monuments of the Persians,
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nation we find crosses of all shapes
and kinds. Even the Egyptians deco
rated their high priest when he was
officiating In the greatest of their
temples with the figure of tne crosa.
There must, therefore, be some great
and universal significance in this sym
bol or Its use would not have oeen
to widespread.
The Babylonians offer the clearest
explanation of this symbol in their
expression, "the four ends of the
eariu," which is also found in the
Bible. The people of Bible times
knew that the earth was round, tor
Isaiah speaks of the "circle of the
earth" and then of the "ends of the
earth.' This makes the conception
plain that to the early Semites for
Babylonians and Hebrews were all
Semitic and the Cuneiform and He
brew languages have many words in
common the earth was round and
had four ends, or, as we put It today,
"four points of the compass."
If the circle of the earth Is drawn
and them bisected In either direction
by straight lines the perfect cross Is
made, thuB symbolizing the whole
earth.
The early Babylonians went further,
and In their polytheism 'established
one of the gods as ruler over each of
these eads of the earth, identiflying
each god with one of the great planets,
whose notions they studied so care
fully. The north was presided over
by Nergal and the planet which we
call Mars. The east had Marduk and
the planet Jupiter, the south had Nln
lb and the planet Saturn, while the
west was ruled by Naba and his
planet Mercury. The names of the
stars were different in Babykmlaa,
but they corresponded to the planets
as we know them by these names.
The north was Identified with winter
and midnight, the east with morning
asd splng. the south with midday
sad summer asd the west with eves
lag asd autumn.
Some of the Babylonian Inscriptions
also show that the tour phases of the
zaooa -were Indicated by the cross.
The mystic quality of this symbol pen
etrated the life and literature of the
people because they held that ths di
rect Influence of the moon asd start
upon the affsf rs of sea was constant
ly felt
It is more thaa suggested that there
u a direct connection between this
four-fold divistos of earth and heav
ens, as symbolized by the cross which
stood for the complete- whole asd the
so-called TetragramraatoB or four-lettered
nase for God of the Hebrews.
ThU fa the word rendered is English.
Jehovah or by advanced scholars,
Yahveh. The four consonants is tse
TUhrnw are YHVH. the vowels cot he-
fag reckoned as of any slgnlHcance.
It Is sow suggested taat Because o
the sBOBethefsm of the Hebrews, be
Ueviag I erne God asd sot la many,
they used the four consonants to Indi
cate the four esds of the earth and
heavens, asd cossbialsg them into one
word made that stand for the one God
of heaves asd earth. Cleveland
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Agricultural Items.
Some 1,543 people visited the State
Farm during fair week Guides were
provided to show them through the
various departments and explain the
exhibits. In previous years the num
ber of visitors has been much larger.
The shortage this year is due to the
bad weather conditions that prevailed.
Out-of-town people were unable to get
in before Thursday or Friday and
utilized the remainder of the week at
the fair. However, this is not a bad
showing considering the small attend
ance at the? fair.
Miss Huldah Peterson, state leader
in charge of Boys and Girls' clubs,
and Miss Mable Daniels, assistant pro
fessor of home economics, are ex
pected to return today from Albion,
Xebr., where they had charge ot
Junior day at the Boone county fair
on Wednesday.
Miss Maude Cheuvront, secretary to
Harry E. Bradford, principal of the
School of Agriculture, is spending her
vacation at Enid, Okla.
"Rushing" Starts.
Yesterday it was a common sight to
see an innocent, unassuming fresh
man being lead to the slaughter by a
friendly upperclassman and would-be
brother.
The different fraternities report
most of their old men back and an
abundance of excellent new material.
There are several changes in loca
tion this year. Tiie Delta Chis move
into their new home at 1345 South
Eighteenth street. The Kappa Sigs
have been settled for quite a while in
the ex-Governor Aldrich property on
South Eleventh street, formerly occu
pied by Dean Davis. The Delta Chis
now have one of the nicest places in
town. The Sigma "Nus" as well as
the old ones go to their stone home
at 2530 Q street
Among the sororities, the Alpha
Chis go to 1410 Q street, while the
Chi Omegas go south to 1426 E street
Tbe Tri Delts are now at 800 South
Eighteenth street looking after the
Betas, and the D. G.'s have moved a
few blocks, to 420 South Eleventh
street
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