The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, April 16, 1936, Image 7
SUCH IS LIFE—Not So Foolish
By Charles Sughroe
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Language of Jesus
Is Traced to Origin
Ancient Aramaic Is Studied
at Chicago University.
Chicago.—The language that Jesus
spoke—Aramaic—Is being traced word
for word from Its earliest beginnings
before the Persian klhgs ruled the
world to Its development in the Syriac
of the Sixth century by Dr. Raymond
A. Bowman, Instructor in oriental lan
guages at the University of Chicago’s
Oriental Institute.
The occurrence of every known word
In Aramaic Is noted, traced, dated,
and translated from passages on man
uscripts, tablets, bowls, and vases dis
covered in areas from the Caucasus
mountains to southern Egypt, from
Greece to India.
“We are chiefly interested in the
material on Aramaic for - historical
reasons,” said Doctor Bowman. “We
are finding personal names, geograph
ical names, and names of deities which
are pf utmost Importance to the his
tory of the ancient empires and na
tions of the East. We are particu
larly interested In the cultures of the
many peoples who used Aramaic."
Five Years’ More Work.
Work on the compilation of Aramaic
has been going on for live years.
Doctor Bowman considers that he is
about half way done with thg project.
Mere is Mrs. I,. M. Strait of Kansas
City, Mo., with a telescope she com
pleted recently. Mrs. Strait is one of
about twelve women astronomers in
this country who have built their own
telescopes. The instrument shown in
the picture has a U-inch lens. Mrs.
Strait plans huihling a smaller tele
scope In the near future for th**young
er members of the church to which
idle belongs to take on hiking parties.
When it Is finished, the Oriental In
stitute will have a complete record
of one of the most important lan
guages of the times when the Baby
lonians, Assyrians. Persians, Greeks,
and Ilomans, successively, ruled the
world. It will be enough material to
publish a history of Aramean culture,,
and Aramaic grammar, and'fi-conT- <
plete Aramaic dictionary.
“Many statlce and set phrases and
formulae, such as lawyers use today
in their documents, are contained in
these documents," Doctor Bowman
said, “These aid in making good
guesses In filling in the meaning of
fragmentary manuscripts where large
gaps cause difficulties in reading, and
only hints remain as to what the au
thor meant."
In addition there are a large num
ber of words which can only he found
once from all available sources which
are in dispute among scholars, as well
as many personal names that can be
separated into meaningful-components.
“To take an Assyrian example,” said
Doctor Bowman, “a persona] name
such as Nebuchadnezzar can he broken
down to “Nehn.’ meaning ‘God’; ‘ku-
dur,’ meaning ‘boundary’; and ‘usar,’
meaning ‘protect.’ The real meaning
of Nebuchadnezzar, then. Is ‘God pro
tect my boundaries.’ So with many
Semitio personal names We can
break them down to the basic words
and jerb-forms for purpose* of classi
fication.”
Reach Christian Era.
“The work has been completed up
to the time of the Christian era," he
said, “although, in general, It was on
the decline from the time of the Greeks
onward. It exists today in its later
form as Syriac.
“After Its decline, the outlying vil
lagers and nomads continued to speak
Aramaic. The passage in the New
Testament of the Bible where Peter
was singled nut from the multitude
by his Galilean speech is an example
of how Aramaic persisted In the pro
vinces.
“Just as the ^Phoenician language
and alphabet speead westward to sup
ply the b#Ms for Greek, I^itin, and
European alphabets, so the Aramaic,
derived from the same Phoenician al
phabet. spread to the East. Chinese
books have been discovered in central
Asia, which were written with an
alphabet derived from the Aramaic.”
An obscure language, “Pahluvi,”
which will shortly he taught at the
Oriental Institute by Dr. Martin
Sprengling. professor of Semitic lan
guages and literature. Is a Persian
language In which Aramaic words are
pronounced In the Persian manner,
Dr. John A. Wilson, acting director
of the Oriental institute and succes
sor to Dr. James Henry Breasted, said.
Victoria Still U -ed
Toronto.—The Misses Mortimer and
Elsie Clark, daughters of the late Sir
William M. (.’lark, one-time lieutenant
governor of Ontario, still use a horse-
drawn victoria to travel about the city.
Thetrs is the only horse-drawn car
riage still in daily use here.
AMAZE A MINUTE
SCIENTIEACTS — BY ARNOLD
MENTAL
HEALTH
By
LEONARD A. BARRETT
If there ever wus a time when we
need healthy-minded persons, it is now.
Not'only does our
political and soda!
leadership demand
mental health but
the need is sorely
realized In the less
conspicuous realms
of daily toil. Re
gardless of social
rank, the effects of
the depression hit
everyone. There
have been no ex
ceptions. Of course,
some have suffered
more than others,
but all have paid
a price incident to the liquidating
process. Some lost fortunes over night.
Many homes were sacrificed because
of unpaid mortgages. In the struggle,
some voluntarily opened the door and
let themselves out. The problem of
unemployment still ‘stalks abroad in
the land. It Is a remarkable credit
to tne strength of our citizenship that
so large a number came through the
experience still optimistic and hope
ful. Upon a smaller group, crnel ex
perience wrought nothing short of
tragedy. They became cynical. Bit
terness dominated their mental /alti
tudes. Many lost courage and be
came fatalists. Physical disease is
cruel enough but mental disease is
worse. This cynical attitude is fre-
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quently expressed in statements' indic
ative of remorse and in some cases,
despair. Life holds no meaning. It
has lost its zest. It is nothing more/
than “a meteor in an infinite abyss
of nothingness, a rocket fired on a
dark night, a fleeting moment of music
arid warmth and color between two
eternities of silence.” Consummate
pessimism! Bitterness dams up men
tal and spiritual resources; the spirit
of love and good will releases them.
A mother may be worn to her limit
both nervously and physically hut her
love for her child, especially if it he
dependent, impels her to forgt t her
self in sacrificial service for the one
who has a Just claim upon her love
and loyalty. So, love, good will, call
it whatever you will, taps new reser
voirs of strength and energy. Our
modfrn psychology informs us of lev
els of strength hidden deep in the sub
conscious mind. When one level is
exhausted, the next is tapped, and so
on.. As long as there is a sufficiently
vital incentive to impel us to “carry
on.” the needed strength is supplied.
The future of our country as well as
our own personal welfare depends upon
our mental as well as physical health.
Avoid the perils of the cynic and the
'pitfalls of the fatalist. Find some ap
pealing need which you can help to
assuage, or abide in the presence of
some radiant personality and you will
find released within you those hidden
resources which will heal the mental
diseases prevalent today.
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Fear of Contempt
None but the contemptible are ap
prehensive of contempt.
T HE habit of making clippings from
newspapers is an excellent one to
cultivate, provided you cut out the
wanted article or paragraph as you
read the paper, or so mark the page
on which it is, that it can be known at
a glance. Just to mentally note the
wanted Items, and then lay the paper
down, is to Invite trouble. This may
come back on you, or It may cause
ferment In the
household.
When the annoy
ance of searching
for the item, or re
linquishing It be
cause of the time
required to find it
again, falls solely
on you, It is dis
turbing enough. But
when some one else
In the family is In
volved because of
losing the paper, or
of throwing it away,
then the whole
household may suf
fer. This may be
because they regret
your failure to find
what you may need,
and certainly what
you desire, or It
m ay be because
you cast the blame
of your misfortune
on the family or
some member of it. There are fam
Hies who dread such experiences so
much that a mass of unwanted news
papers are stacked away, .or remain
cluttering a room to the disadvantage
of the looks of the place, or to take
up needed space.
Distinguitthmg Marks
All these bothers can he eliminated,
and the humor of the household re
main tranquil. If the person making
the clippings will mark the pa^r in
a way known to the family, who may
want to read tiie paper without Its
being mutilated. A ponril mark above
the column in which the 'tem appears
and a notch cut of turn away from the
upper margin of the page, nr pages
are distinguishing signs used to ad
vantage In some households Only
1 hose pages are kept, if the clipping
is not cut out on the day of date.
The simplest way, however, and one
whirli ran bo followed should the
leader find no reason for keeping the
paper In tact, is to cut out the Item
immediately, and put It In Its correct
envelope or folder without delay. A
man. whose plethora of pockets is the
envy of women, usually slips the clip
pings In one of these pockets, until
its use Is over, or a convenient time
for filing if conies. With either of the
methods given, the person wanting the
clippings has no bother in getting it,
and the family is relieved of responsi
bility.
Rest for Busy Folks
Tiie word rest can be quieting or
disquieting. It all depends upon wheth
er you can take advantage of it or not.
If you are weary and can relax with
a peaceful mind the word lias an allur
ing sound. Just the thought of rest
ing is beneficent.
It is when persons are so actively
occupied tiiat any leisure In which to
take advantage of resting scorns ut
terly impossible that tiie very word Is
disquieting and actually irritating. Tiie
kindly advice to rest is frequently re
ceived with resentment, which, hv the
way, -^s not really toward the person
making the suggestion, but toward the
barriers preventing following the ad
vice.
It is these very persons who must
have rest or finally succumb to broken
down health. How can they do other
wise than continue in the grinding
round-of work until nature snaps their
strength, and takes her toll from the
offenders? How can they get rest in
the midst of their activities?
One Way Worth Trying
Without attempting td solve any In
dividual problems, I can suggest some
ways of providing means for rest, all
of which have been followed advan
tageously. One woman whose work is
arduous finds keeping a correct pos
ture a decided aid. She is on her feet
a great deal and standing properly
keeps the mechanism of her body func
tioning as it should. It is a preven
tive measure—and aid to rest.
Taking advantage of opportunities
to rest Is one tiling ordinarily oyer-
looked. Journeys to and from work fre
quently provide such chances, although
they may add to the weariness If cars
are crowded. Commuters, however,
can use their train rides as times for
rest. Learn to relax mind and body.
Many persons get rested in tiie twenty,
thirty or more minutes’ ride. One
young woman, who had a long trolley
ride daily to the conservatory of mu
sic. discovered it could he a pleasure
when she learned to rest In the pe
riod. Before that she was exasperated
because the time seemed wasted.
• A busy homemaker can snatch five
fninutes out of every sixty in which to
throw herself down oft a couch or •'e-
lax In a chair, especially if she real
izes her tasn will get done faster by
taking advantage of this rest
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