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CHAPTER THREE Science GLASS-BLOWERS OF MURANO The American painter, Charles Fredrick Ulrich, who delicts in painting people working at their profession, has in this picture given us a glimpse of Glass-blowers in the Italian city, Murano. plying their trade which has been an art since many centuries before the dawn of Christianity. mm §§ VERY branch of knowledge had at some time a beginning. So science at some time in ages past had a beginning—probably a very meager one, and one which was not added to very rapidly or with any great- degree of certainty. This branch of knowl- edge has met with many misfortunes and with much bitter opposition but it has pros- pered and grown because of the fact that- it has a solid foundation of truth, and because it has rendered a service to the world which fully justifies its existence. Probably, if we should go back to the very beginning of science, we woud find it nearly contemporary with the first appearance of man. Even in his simple primitive life he observed scientific facts, though he could not recognize them as such, lie saw the daily rising of the sun in the east and its setting in the west. He saw the flowing and the ebbing of the tide each lunar day, the passing of the seasons and their recurrence each year. Each Spring he saw the melting of the snows with the coming of warm weather. Then came the budding of the trees and the springing forth of the grass, the sprouting of seeds and the growth of many flowers and plants; in the animal kingdom there was increased life and activity. Man learned to look forward to the coming of Spring each year, and he had faith, because of past experiences, to believe that it would come. By this time he had discovered that the laws of nature are uniform and that their existence was permanent. It was expected that winter would again follow the warm days I’ao
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A. J. HOSTETLER Registrar: Director of Teacher»' Trnininir: H. S.. Ohio Northern Univer- sity : A. M. Wittenberg College. of summer. He knew that there would then be a scarcity of food and a need for shelter and clothing. Another step forward in his development was taken when he used his scientific knowledge to provide for the coming season. Then in spite of all this knowledge of facts and laws came an error in man’s thinking. He failed to realize that all the things which happened about him were the result of some cause, and that there was a scientific reason for it. Even though he had seen the uniformity of these laws and had even ap- plied some of them for his own use, when he began to search for the reason and causes for things, he sub- stituted fantasy and superstition for the true causes. He would rather have a number of mythical gods and live in a world ruled by their whims and fancies than to accept the well planned and orderly world in which he actually lived. These superstititions and opinions were so popular that when someone did use sound reasoning and arrive at true conclusions he was not believed; in fact, he was in danger of being persecuted for his heresy. The early scientists were said to be practition- ers of “Black Arts” when, in truth, they were the most enlightened individuals in the world. So we find that science met with such bitter opposition and had such a struggle for existence that its growth was very slow, especially in these early years. The old super- stitions, however, were so popular and so firmly fixed that they persist even to this day —a day which is said to be the scientific age. Truly this seems to be the beginning of a great scientific era. People are becoming science-minded. We have in our grasp a great fund of knowledge and an aptitude for its application. Our duty is to apply it in the right way. It can easily be seen that with im- proper motives and objectives this whole civilization of ours could be wiped from the SOI’HOMO RE CLASS Kir.t row: Trubce. Ferryman. Ferguson. McNamce: Second row: Fylc . Mount. Patterson. WutVin . Lunsford. Atchison. M. Gordon. Hull. Spahr. Ilcnnelt: Third row: Taylor. Harrirnnn. Stralcy. Ford. C. Brill. West. P robas co. Crawford. Walker: Fourth row: Kitchen. Finney. Rife. Christian. Tindall, K. Spencer. Kcnfield. Cosh. Nelson, Donaldson, McCallistcr. I'cOf Tu-tnty-iit
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