Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-15
STORY
" Of FALL OF MAN
nabvIoniap Version 1000 Years
Older Than Bible, Says Dr..
Chiera, Of U. of p.
sopHS ATTEND CHAPEL

"Tbc story of the Fall Of Man is
.,orfertlv good old Babylonian story
Edward Chera, assistant professor
~ Assyriology nt the University Of
yT..,n.vlyonia. y. declared yesterday in
re- le"" s"ccond of a series Of faculty lectures
" ,ne no given in Houston Hall on Thurs.
J,r afternoons throughout the winter.
AFrom internal evidence. it is. quite
o,ident that the Babylonian version OF
iaost iu 1000 years before the Bible was
,nrrr;t,en," ,rrIu br. Cbiera added. ''1'hc
ttahrew scribcs probably adopted the
.,orr from the Bnbylonians to illustrate
~ ~ their people the coming of evil into
,bo world as result OF mans own
VnTr' Cbera has been engaged in de-
oinbering the clay tablets in the Baby.
inpp;sn collection of the University
Wuso,m for more than ten years. Re-
sentlv he came upon the fragment con-
,s;ninp the original version Of the Fall
of Man story. With few slight var ia
lions the story comedies with that
siyen given in the lTebraic version of the
Bible. :.
,ho dificulty Of piccing together the
fracmpntary documents found among
Tho 1000 clay tablets in the University
Wuscum collection. lie Iikcncd it to
,aking pagcS nt random from n novel
Snd irving to identify its source and
It's authorship.
All members of the Sophomore Class
werc required To attend chuncl excr-
Uses in Weightman Hall at ] o'clock
today. Among the speakers were DR..
r Tait Mckenzie. director of the De
al T. ion n+.
Pcnniman. acting provost; Thomas G..
K. Ringc president of the Senior Class,
and George Stevens, president Of the
Sophomore Class.
The rcnnsylvan;in. the campus daily.
IL today celebrating its thirty seventh
birthday. The first issue, dated Tues
dsy, December II. 1SSJ. appeared as n
weekly newspaper, edited by Edward
". Jrfcr,s, SO. Other members of
the first editorial board were George
Wharton Pepper; s.: ldshtn"r Wit
mer, William &. Poscy aud L. J.
Perot..
The rcnnsylvanian was m outgrowtb
Of tho University Magazine. a monthly
published by members OF the Pbiloma
thcan Literary Society. At that time
there were but 1000 students in the
University Of Pennsylvania.
The first editor is now the Rev.
Edward VI. ,Jcffor,s. rector Of Old st.
Peters Church. Third and Pine streets.
IN" second editor is now the senior
Senator from Pennsylvania. Accord
ing to the class record of 81. The
PCnnsl lvanin for 1887 represented the
prose and pocticnl remains Of G. W.
Pepper.
DR.. lcnniman was editor in chief in
1880 !. Hartley Mcrrirk, acting vie"
provost. was also member Of the staff
at that time.
Presbyterian students who commute
10 the University werc entertained nt
luncheon today in Houston Hall. Dr.
Fredcrick T.. Stockwcl, of New York
City. n mcmbcr of tho General Board
y Education. spoke on ''Tbc Educa-
tional Program Of the Presbyterian
rhurrh."
4 prominent japanese business man.
Srigo Osakatani. who is studying mall
ufactUrnS methods in the Uuted
States. will be the principal speaker
tonight at the Friday evening socia
held at the International Students
lIouSr. 5000 Spruce street.
Mr.. bSakatani arrived in l'hllHdcl-
rhia yesterday. lie was escorted about
The campus by several Japanese stu
dents Of IL" University,