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58 THE ATHENAEUM College? Have your raging passion been cooled, by a few defeats? Do you still posess a portion of that spirit that made former patriots with almost helpless arms and legs in splints plunge through seem ingly impregnable lines ripping off extensive yardage for touch downs? Are you still Morehouse men? Then let us hear you roar like a mighty thounder bolt on December 6th. I call upon former students of my college who are too strong to be swayed by false sentiments and insidious argument, men who have been drenched by blood of Morehouse patriots, after realizing what a potent factor your presence will be; to lay aside every thing and be with us in our struggle to defend the Maroon and White that has not kissed the dust for twenty years and all indications point to the fact that she will not do so December 6th. —W. Wallace Stewart, ’26. LITERARY NOTSS THE MIND IN THE MAKING (J. H. Robinson) By A. W. DeYampert, ’26. A very interesting book entitled “The Mind in the Making” has been recently written by Mr. J. Harvey Robinson., In his essay he deals with the development of the human mind from the begining of civilization down to the present time, pointing out the different types of thinking which accompanied our various cultural epochs He gives due credit to the Egyptians, the Greeks, and the Mediaeval scholars and thinkers for their contribution to the world’s present civilization. The Author shows how the thinking of certain Greeks like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle influenced the minds of thinkers hundreds of years later and contributed much to the mediaeval dog matism which greatly hampered the progress of civilization. The authority of Aristotle was accepted as final and students were sever- ly punished for disagreeing with his writings. The evil effect will be noticed by a comparison of his works. His writings on science are to us now almost absurd. But we are now not yet far removed from his ideas, of social and political sciences. This shows that the later 25type of our thinking was hindered for centuries while our scientific thiitkijig was absolutely free. Hence what has happened? The hu man element in life has been the object of ridicule by scientists. Human emotions, sentiments, and religion have undergone serious blows by reason of materialistic thinking, consequently the lack of the human element has caused us to use our scientific knowledge merely to invent horrible war machines and deadly gases to kill our-