SUNDAY, NI'H lii, 1922 THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINEr
"THE EVOLUTrION OF C'[VILIZA- The reaunme of these varioos cut- lovers. Such occasions and souts liter-WT
TIOY"lures shows a remarkably slow growvth ati, are rare, but among them, let
Bty Joseph Mctabe ofahge{oaiy h esa there lbe enrolled Robert Nathan, who,
"ascetic Self-denial" rnns through it,
(V Rteview by It. 1). s.) sbuothwoliwaprti in his "Autumn" (McBride) has dens-
Joseph Mc~'abe, in his well-informed ally as high in thae days of early Egypt oust ratedl that style, and an under- ?!"
little book, "The Evolution of C'iviliza- as it is today, a point which the author landing of sentenre structure ore stilt i
lion (Ptnas),has ottst ownthebrings home with secial emphala,. among the accomplsmn fa es
tio" Puna),ha bild ow th g ptshtet t eat Mahe btelieves that the art of the, one -American nov elist.
subectisstte ofsuc soks s 'heGreeks wilt never again be approa ched
Outline of Hlistory" and "Thse Story Isince the growing importance of the "Autumn" is hardly a boo~k which, t
will bse readt bsy mtany, yet it is one d
of Mankiind" to 128 bsrief pages. inll intellectual factor in our life is~ a hct ca i illyrcnnedett -
obstclein he a~vof realizing the wihcnb ihyrcmeddt
whbichi lie followvs the story of civiliza-1 asllt.t Iti theain noerayoeroi
tioni from the dtays of the squat Pith- 1greatest inatwtewsha o~t l.I otisicht ofk ite eotr
ass optimistic outlosok for the worldls Aitsl sartattt(t aeIt'sa
e' nthrsapu' us to the present saeof fuue oi alte'sol ssorsetters sitf tte slay s0 attractire; its
stagePltial, h wrdisnw Isasst a frank, rspen sdiscusasion sat a
cultural lite. bsettei' thasn it wasa in ancient time.s''aal atltstilsssren-
His general sit ini sumissing the lansd "thse promise ssf the app~lirationi oesesat iteis al stat itihssto sharc-
course of civilization, whirls he den- <>f science to the wvhole of life. .. .is en Irization isa a quitt, inaess characd
cribes as "a thin film of idealisnm de- the finest feature sit ousr age." OVmsalte tatia isr f l\ERl-BLt.tttShS itt cruese ste
veloped on top of a msillion years of Thsus does hie sums sil the significant jwhirls. fssr fIr Nathsn's tiurpotass is iis accnsa res s
savagery,'" is to ts'aee the or'igiin of piists Iii cusltursal evolution tharousghi Ms tensy tiin oirg cantioo srepesitet.
each ancient civitizatisi ands follow' it tie ages. IHI presets hIis evidencel111k strsangely enosughs. Mr. Jeasmiy, itiiost srilliant sit colsrs or iin
to the height of its culture. "telling ii aell asrrtanged orider, Iin the briefest sasns his quetrulouis ttttii'(eiet. Itls' iii''assltstssisait as
(if tie floss of peottles, the sapsinsg of; fotrm ptissaible bitt in a msannuer asways fm'erela subdue thee whiithe salis i
istitutions, the ustaeasdy 'ise of eisaertasining. Tos the asdvanscedl ettisi-, beens plasced is his c'hasrge','i stm uite tras s tig e'mbroider'y havie been
ideals front one age to anosther." fIlis ltsiist sir hsistosrians the hook will pratt ;sfficienit is maske "Autlismsn" ai rsather
particular aim is to diasel current jably offer nothinig nesw. It is ad- nabsle achsievemsent. e-p('iatty sdesignsesd for swear
illusios abotut the msoral statuss of dressesd, rasther, to ftse lasyman, the Idts hs cfesa.Aeia ihtepplrsis
the ulster peoples. Ile shos thast the s'mans woi hsot thsfIe timie to investi- Ais etIsserstcat.isriia isiitelstsisrut.
moural cosiditisous, in almost every esgate ssucs matters lthoroughly, and letters dousbtt ta' tristha sit sIy openisng
case. were as high as they are today. sho asa itresult, e'ntertasins vague if se'nte'ace, let its' qisste the first para-
In additiion to this side of Itheir life, sot erroneisily isdeas cossrersissy grasphlo sthIe lioik: "On Sunascsy thse
hie takes sip art, Ipolitics, religion, and thesi. 'lThis type sit ream~er 'till finds ilisirct tbells at Hitllscoro rang out
tile social standasrds of the anucient it bots instrusctive and far frot dill. across the ripesnisng fielads swithlt
civilizations. grace tatd lasly soutnd, and again ati
Ye- hoo__ -en gchre,"AMlineenting knosckedl faintly wits a qaiet iIAND-IAD "~tE asasts in bastiste
YearsU of" whlho."hakthe~tcied tsar the first star. to make sr Toile stitidshntl tailoresd nisd-
thiougha the story of eairly man as B oetNta hi ihsNgt ae n ote cso iiyi l ht n
holst bsy the remais of fossils ansd DyRbrNaiailerr bs Niilcseisstote 'stttiiiytsllwteah
croalsig sit trues. the mns rose over
stonse instruments. Fromus this lie goes' (t ARIeilew by S. T. Bteach)l Itarty IHill. Its the early morning the . feactiig citlists are being siam
sin to thse beginsnings of civilizaions as It is seldiom its this age of alteisht- grsass" still wte wtih less, chsilledthte isithsepasteia sport skirts.
evidenced bsy thse life of Ite "Mediter-
ransean Rare.'' refugees frons troszen ('tI nasturialissi s thaste finds ai uman su oe fsrlissasiaira t
schoois 'tshere, unutil, fisti o'cltock, the
Europe, 'thos hacked the eastern end its. esc'apting the oblsession 'thlich tranusil voice itt _Mr. leasiny disptsedh
of the Mediterranean asnd, us the lasad iseemus to hasve overcomse lbs greater 'tiths the hiams sit tiers, and the far sift'
bsegan. to fosunder, spreaud arosunds the Iportiot itt otir present-day Anserican slinkc of the btlacksamiths farge intse ,s
shores front Italy to Egypt, the main =PTIOIES sikro
hsod setlingin te lagearemanossvelists, sdemnsstrates that he never- village." Ih'~~ttEIS ncero
tug portitin, Crete. (thcless ussersaaids tbhit, ho w'rite a 'The refreshaing pairt of it is that there peticoats isa pussy-'tillowt aunh
hlere, 4.100 years atgo, thesse people igoodi uovel, there isnutcurgn edonn ust lie somtething iflash of brilliancy ts be qusenichedh in lslaseasoueyneesr
fotundesd a greast cutu re. They busilt becsides a testis' soul sdetailed sdiscsus- this ashter meioicrity sit Iatr cc'htspu era foIr wrt sith three piece gas'-
gigantic castles esquipped withb plumb- !Sion of infant prodsigies tor adolescent (Cosntitnued io Page 8) stest sT weedh or Trehaine.
ing systems that have nol since beenmet
equalled sil within the nast hundred el111l1lII1111ltlltlltlllll1t~111i111I1iI1111llU1111
years. Bite to ltme inality of schol
ams to translate the ancient Crselan
rcors their msorail inst meligios lie
liefs necessarily remaiun ohssure. 1
F5rons thme Cretas on, however, ic
fairly cosmplete recordl i' s aiable.!
Thme Egyptians dhevelopedh art amii a= - Y
woniderful systems of engineserinsg, (- _a { j-
Their religionm was divided 'samonig a /~, cu
a surprising nisuber of god' bust they-', "
miaisitaisned a uniformlhy high moral = t lA_
code-altogether McCabe finds thsem ,III s'E~
se people of "sober idealism."at
of culture ands, hst spite of the trads O I R s thas il
able to that of today. _r issns~f t oe so a nes' line of heavy or
The oralandrehimosm s ltuse of- - even stripes, asid thue predomin-
this Jews bas seen a constaint sinu D aREMOVE1 THE CHLLI1
enceJ\~Y2 ofciilzaiobu teiJcif II _ stn opemn chocks. Poisgee is
contribution to progress was the ehe-. WITH AN shoe 'ter newest color for Spring
msent of "the voice of the pesople" muin 11C ~ DT' ll F ' m
Judea. E ~LECTR~4IC AIR HEATER I7LJXIi numbsum.
Btut it ores heft to thue Greeks to she- -
veloap lbs first demnocracy. They also= No matter hlow your home i
bsuilt, this world's finest city ans, mote is hetd tee*r e
thuan 200n yearn agos, made conitribu-a Shae hr r ie
bons5 to politics, art, and- philosophy when you Deed additional - ''N'' mt tt asao
shich huave never heens equalled. hleat as- VNT n lppre
Rtome inaugurated lbe' first complete - sags ansd other novetiesa will bie
demiocracy ansi, sith Greece, upheld 1'AFTE iTE BAT, o Jstt hes thing ts add te finish-
high mitral ideals. McCabes points out = lES DRIESSING.
that thus lapses, of wehisch Rome has I WHEN IEIIIIVcI. intg tuch his Mademnoisele's
so often been accused, wets only Srn uft
tensporary. Thus Romsans massed cuh The Electric Air Healer- it'sguti.
sure to its highmest poist. With tie - is ideal for auxiliary heating.
fall of thseir emupire, civilizationi was'
totally suispenided, to hue revived only fe th akyas-fteMdl
Ages. The Detroit Edison Co.
Then the evolution sif c ivilization =COR. MAIN AND WILLIAMWSTREETS
{ began again, slowly developing =P OE20 IET TMI
through this period of thme Renaisasance PO E 20 ET TMI
unmtil it reauchesd its present atage. ;t.---llltlirsaNIRinlllilN11fI1111ti1liilllttllll
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