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The' Haileyburian" Thursday, Dééentber 22; °296047 The symbol of Father Time is considerably older than the pop- | ular coneeption of Santa Claus. ' The Santa that we recognize to- day is of somewhat recent vin- tage when compared with Father Time, who is traced to Greek le- gend. Father Time, complete with scythe .and time worn brow, comes to uS\as a descendant of the Greek god Cronus, lord of universe. But, whereas Father Time is considered somewhat ven- erable, Cronus, like many of my- thology' s earthly gods, was not al- together an admirable fellow. Bad Habit : According to . legend, Cronus was warned: that one of his chil- dren would dispose of him. To prevent such a happening, he de- veloped a habit of swallowing them at 'birth. His wife, Rhea, upon the birth of their child, Zeus, hid the infant and presented Cronus. with a stone /wrapped in swaddling clothes. ' Everything ended happily. Cronus' disgorged the stone-as well as the previous children. he had swallowed. Zeus later, as prophesizéd, dethroned his father and settled on Mount Olympus where he ruled as chief god of the Greek pantheon. Symbol Emerges : Through the ' years, Cronus' name' became confused with the word 'cronos' which means time. Eventually, -someone placed an hour glass in his empty hand and, togéther with the scythe, the pop- ular image of Father Time was presented to the world. The New~ Year Babe is ~ not quite so easy to date, although it is known that a baby was paraded as a symbol of rebirth during the ancient Greek festival of Dionysus, which would make the Babe symbol almost as: old 'as thatYof Father 'Time. A chief ceremony in the Eleusinian Mys- teries also featured the image of a child. . More recently, a 14th century German: folk 'song depicts» the New Year Babe as we know it]. today-the fresh, New Year. symbol--of a Wrapping Hints \ Do you have trouble gift-wrap- ping such. items as vases and bottles? If so, aluminum foil will solve your problem. 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Happily, Eudora Best placed di- vinity and fudge on gift plates in the roomy, old-fashioned kitchen. Robert had his mother's big, brown eyes and dark hair, but 'lnone of her relaxed good humor. 'Mother, you've always been so understanding. Why can't you let me go on the Culligan houseparty with Mary?, They'll be skiing, Mom, and ice skating.' 'I_don't, care if they have a winter carnival in the living room of, their lodge.' Eudora tied sprigs of mistletoe to her bows for the candy. 'You're not going.' - 'Aw, . Mom,"' Robert's rough naked voice betrayed his youth even though he looked every mus- cular inch of a man. 'I'll stay home-tonight, Christmas Eve, and drive up afterwards. Don't forget Mary's father is dead so-she and her mother need someone around on Christmas day and you have. the three kids, Dad, Grandma 'and ~ninety-eleven turkey eating relatives.' 'The 'Meaning "And you!" Eudora began gift- wrapping '"jars _ of ° marmalade. "Christmas celebrates the birth of '(Christ and; to: me; a renewal of 'family ties and traditions." Robert made one last effort. "But, 'Mom. I'm 'almost twenty. Till be 'off' on my own soon and you mean I'm to drop everything 'and come tearing home for Christ- mas until I have a family of my "own?" "T certainly do. Meanwhile, I expect you to observe and enjoy finding your brothers and_ sister so you. can distribute this candy around the neighborhood."' "I haye,to call Mary. first and 'tell her the bad news." 'Uneasy , Ncrecas tes Gracelessly, -Robert' aided his 'brothers, John and Ted, seventeen and eleven to~ shop for gifts. | John, whose' current girl lived in town, told him to stop acting like 'a Sorehead, but that was the only obvious notice taken of Robert's' Robert made a last effort. 'But, mom, I'm almost twenty." listless participation in the family rituals. He helped John bring in armfuls of wood for a roaring fire, his father rig up a loud- speaker system so that carol rec- ords could be heard inside and Outside the house, and redid the grimy packages his sister, Fran- cie, had tried to wrap. He did all of this quietly and, the sage patiently. A : question His mother didn't think so. She Stopped him as he stalked through the kitchen that evening. 'I know you think I'm unfair, I know you wanted to go' with the. Culligans, but do you -have to spoil things for the rest-of us?' © Robert.tramped gloomily up the stairs; and found his sister -hud- dled on top of them. Francie was her- teeth, but had a promising prettiness. Not right then, though, as; she was> crying softly= Robert hada, horror of tears, so-he asked impatiently, "What's wrong?' "Everything.- I hate Christmas.' ' Robert's: voice showed his shock. "Don't be silly! Of course you 'don't,' gear | 5 'I, do. too. "Mother Tuer te let me go. earoling in the truck with -ev- erybody.. Counting Time Man's Problem For Centuries Time is, as no one can deny, very valuable, so it is not surpris- ing man learned how to count it accurately, down to the minute, even to the second. But man is not yet, the complete master of time. The Gregorian Calendar, 'sented to the -- world brought about the first achieve- ment of any unity on the world time front: But, it took a long time to catch on. England didn't adopt Pie; young and there's nobody to be responsible for' me.' Is that all?' Her seemed insignificant beside his own, but solvable. 'Come on.' He argued -his mother into letting Francie go with him and_ she didn't capitulate easily. The truck was jammed with en- thusiastic, off-tune carolers, the air was crisp .and_ Robert -soon joined in wholeheartedly and throatily. When they arrived home, he raced into the kitchen, problem grabbed a handful of mincemeat, | cookies, grinned at his mother's agonized yell and realized ex- ultantly that, Mary or no Mary, Christmas was made up of such heart-warming. rituals . as cie's shining eyes, cookies caroling. and in 1582, |noxes congruent. Fran-- the Gregorian system until 152. after most other European. coun- tries had done so. Egyptians The ancient Egyptians aeaean a fairly accurate calendar, simi- lar to the Gregorian in that it was divided into 12 periods and con- sisted of 365 days. The differences between the Egyptian metho and our present time counting system, however, was that the 12 periods used in Egypt consisted of 30 days each, with the remain- ing five days of the year 'tacked on' to the last period, or month, without any provision for leap years. : The purpose of our Leap Years, then, is not to give every girl the chance to catch herself a man. Instead, Leap Years help us keep the calendar and the solar equi- An adjustment is necessary because of the fact that the solar year consists of 365 days, 5 hours, 48 Minutes and 46 seconds. Without Leap Years, we would have to do something oc the extra hours. How To Tell How are Leap Years deter- mined? Years divisible by - four are Leap Years-except the years numbering the centuries. They ») are Leap Years only if divisible ~ by four after the ees have been removed. The use of this system guaran- tees the accuracy of the Gregori- an calendar until 2500 A.D. 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