THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE
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(Continued from Page 3) tions and may in turn, under highly the later results of Galileo's discovery.
ness in all decisions in which their favorable circumstances, affect the He himself was led to reconsider and
amour propre is involved. Thousands views and lives of others, even for successfully to refute the old notion
of argumentative works have been generations to follow. An example or of falling bodies. It remained for New-
written to vent a grudge.. . . A his two will make this unique human pro- ton to prove that the moon was fall-
tory of philosophy and theology cess clear. ing, and presumably all the heavenly
could be written in terms of grouches, Galileo was a thoughtful youth and bodies. This quite upset all the con-
wounded pride, and aversions, and it doubtlers carried on a rich and var- centrated views of the heavens as
would be far more instructive than ied reverie. He had artistic ability managed by angelic engineers. .
the usual treatment of these thenies. and might have turned out to be a On the 28th of October, 1831, three
Sometimes, under Providence, the low- tmusician or painter, When he had hundred and fifty years after Galileo
ly impulse of resentment leads to dwelt upon the monks of Valambrosa had noticed the isochronous vibra-
great achievenents. Milton wrote his he had been tempted to lead the life tions of the lamp creative thought and
treatise on divorce as a result of his of a religious. As a boy, he busied its currency had so far increased that
troubles with his seventeen-year-old himself with toy machines and he in- Faraday was wondering what would
wife, and when he was accused of heritcd a fondness for mathematics. happen if he mounted a disk of copper
being the leading spirit in a new sect, All these facts are of record. We between the poles of a horseshoe mag-
the Divorcers, lie wrote his noble may safely assume also that, along net. As the disk revolved an electric
"Areopagitica" to prove his right to with many other subjects of contem- Icurrent was produced. This would
say what he thought fit, and inci- iplation, the Pisan maidens found a doubtless have seemed the idlest kind
dentally to establish the advantage of vivid place in his thoughts. of an experiment to the stanch busi-
a free press in the promotion of One day when seventeen years old ness men of the time, who it happen-
Truth. . t.e wandered into the cathedral of his ted, were just then denouncing. the
Z flow Creative Thought Transforms native town. In the midst of his rev- child-labor bills in their anxiety to
the Worldr, erie ie looked up at the lamps hang- avail themselves to the full of the re-
This brings its t another kind of ing by long chains from the high cell- sults of earlier idle curiosity. But
thought. . . . It has not the usual ing of the church. Then something should the dynamos and motors which
qualities of the reverie, for it does not very difficult to explain occurred. He have come into being as the outcome
found himself no longer thinking of of Faraday's experiment be stopped
hoversahout our personal comptacen- the building, worshippers, or the serv- this evening, the business man of to-
ies and humliations. It is not made ices; of his artistic or religious inter- day, agitated over labor troubles,'
up of the homely decisions forced upon ests; of his reluctance to become iiight as he trudged home past lines
us by everyday needs, when we review m
our little stock of existing information, physician as his father wished. of "dead" cars, through the dark
consult our conventional preferences As ie watched the swinging lamps he streets to an unlighted house, engage
and ohblgations and make a choice was suddenly wondering if perhaps in a little creative thoughtof his own
of action. It is not the defense their oscillations, whether long or and perceive that he and his laborers
of our own cherished beliefs and short, did not occupy the same time. would have no modern factories and
prejudices just because they are Then he tested this hypothesis by mines to quarrel about had it not been
our own-mere plausible excuses fr counting his pulse for that was the for the strange practical effects of the
remaining of the same mind. On the only timepiece he had with him. ide curiosity of scientists, inventors,
contrary, it is that peculiar species of This observation, however remark- and engineers. . . .
thought which leads us to change our able in itself, was not enough to pro- The origin and progress and future
mind. duce a really creative thought. Others promotion of civilization are ill under-
It is this kind of thought that has may have noticed the same thing and stood and misconceived. These should
raised man from his pristime, sub- yet nothing came of it. . . . Galileo be made the chief theme of education,
savage ignorance and squalor to the may have seen that the warts on a but much hard work is neessary before
degree of knowledge and comfort peasant's face formed a perfect iso- we can reconstruct our ideas of man
which he now 'possesses. On his ca- sceles triangle, or he may have no- and his capacities and free ourselves
pacity to continue and greatly extend tied with boyish glee that just as the froni innumerable persistent niisappre-
this kind of thinking depends his oficiating priest was uttering the Sol- (Continued on Page 8)
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iced peot'es of the world now find
themselves. In the past this type of
thinking has been called Reason. But W
so many misapprehensions have grown W a rni ng to
up around the word that some of us -
have become very suspicious of it. I
suggest, therefore, that we substitute
a recent name and speak of "creative_ Radio Operators
thought" rather than of Reason. .
Curiosity is as clear and definite as
any of our urges. We wonder what
is in a sealed telegram or in a letter
in which. some one else is absorbed,
or what is being said in the telephone Ilprotection to all concerned
booth or in low conversation. This
inquisitiveness is vastly stimulated by connect radio antennae to
jealousy, suspicion, or any hint that
we ourselves are directly or indi- e lih d
rectly involved. But there appears to e LCaS.. and svat poles
be a fair amount of personal interestE
in other people's affairs even whena
they do not concern uts except as a= In p oe in t al c ncr d
mystery to be unraveled or a tale to =)
be told. The reports of a divorce it is our duty to cut down aeri-
will have "news value" for many
weeks. . . . This is not an examplea *r u
of pure curiosity, however, since we a wires which are found so
readily identify ourselves with others,
and their joys and despair then be- connected
come our own.
Veblen, however, uses the term "idle=_
curiosity" somewhat ironically, as is Your co-operation is earnestly
his wont. It is idle only to those who
fail to realize that it may be a very
rare and indispensible thing from solicited
which almost all distinguished human B
achievement proceeds. Since it may=-
lead to systematic examination and
seeking of things hitherto undiscov-
ered. For research is but diligent
search which enjoys a high flavor or T
primitive hunting. Occasionally and T
fitfully idle curiosity thus leads to T
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Sport
Clothes
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Now that warm weather
seems to have come to stay
Milady must add to her
wardrobe certain sport ap-
parel.
For hiking or riding on the
boulevard she will want a
tweed knicker suit. If she
is embarrassed when she
reaches the city limits she
may unclasp the snugly fit-
ting cape, and presto change,
it becomes a modish circular
skirt.
Scarfs of silk and fibre silk in
brilliant or subdued coloring
are the latest addition to sport
costumes.
Dainty blouses are abso-
lutely necessary to wear with
the new tweed suits and sep-
arate sport skirts,
Liberty at Main
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