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Show Present Day Calendar Result of Many Eeliefs The calendar has been regulated by mathematics and astronomy. It has been compounded of superstitions supersti-tions and religious riles. Primitive man noted the new moon, watched it wax and wane. He knew the moods of the seasons, and after awhile he sensed they came at regular regu-lar intervals and that their coming would be sure. The ancient Egyptians Egyp-tians calculated time from the rising ris-ing of the Nile, which occurs in mid-June. mid-June. The North American Indians computed the length of a journey in so many "sleeps." The Gregorian calendar, which is built around sun, earth, moon and stars, is as accurate accu-rate as scientific knowledge can make it. It is the calendar most of the world follows. Some conservatives conserva-tives in eastern churches of Orthodox Ortho-dox faith cling to the Julian calendar, calen-dar, which is 13 days later. This year is 2G02 in Japan, 5702 to the Jews. In mid-January the Roman year 2G95 will begin. In February, the Mohammedan year 1361. But here in America it is 1942. Let's make the most of every shining shin-ing hour! Time marches onl |