Evening star., 1922-08-01
nr the Assnciated Press.

BY the Associated Press- =
CHICAGO August 1.--History was
rewritten here today. shorn OF fmucn
OF les romance and amplified by facts,
by the Yale University Press. To do
this. medieval sailors dressed IN gay
1y ;colored tights and jenkins, with
huge knives in their belts. clambered
through the rigging of the Santa Ms.
ria off Jackson Park. and Christo-
pher Columbus leaned over the rail.
crucifix in hand and gazed at the re-
ceding shores. Meanwhilef two CAM
era men kept grinding away.
All this was done that the popular
idea of history might be revised and
the school children of America might
have accurate Information, uncon-
taminated by the legends and myths
which have grown around the ois.
covery of America during the last 400
years, it was stated.
Spain Built Ship.
The Yale University Press is max
ing series of historical pictures Tor
school! use which the history depart
ment of the college insists will be as
accurate as research and study can
make them The exterior and yoy-
age views are being made In Chicago,
because in the lagoon az Jackson
L ~
chor, lies an exact reproduction of
the great .navigator'ss flagship, the
Santa Maria. The Spanish govern
ment, which built the boat for the
Chicago worlds fair, says 1t is cor
rect in every detail
The historic anchor was drawn up
today and the Santa Maria was towed
into Lake Michigan just opposite the
point where the cross of La Rabida,
replica of the convent from which
A. iv,fo
skyward. Here accuracy comes into
play. No shots" except silhouettes
are being made Of the convent be-
cause the history department at Yale
says it is accurate only in outline and
not in detail.
Doubt Jewels Pawned.
On board the Santa Maria there
were mutinies and troublesome times
Martin Alonzo Pinzon, Spanish gen.
tleman who owned the Santa Maria,
commanded the Pinta, and furnished
the cash for the trip. climbs aboard
for a conference with the navigator
Much more Is made Of Pinzon in
Jewels, for the history professors at
Yale do not believe she pawned them
at all.
They say, according to the men
making the pictures, Pinzon furnish
ed most of the money and that al
though Isabella was willing to part
with her gems it was not necessary.
I'VE are trying to make this pic
ture a model of accuracy, not only
in details but in facts said Roswell
Dague, assistant production manager,
in explaining the work. I'VE are not
writing in a love story to make 1t
more interesting. This picture, which
is the first of a series dealing with
American historical events, will be
checked over foot by foot by the Yale
history professors and everything
they do not like must come out or be
maze over.
Picture Has No Plot.
There are no actors playing the
parts of priests on board this boat.
While Columbus was an extremely
DELICIOUS man, I might say almost
fanatically religious-he did not have
a priest on his first voyage. and the
popular picture Of him landing. fol-
lowed by priest bearing a banner,
is not accurate. Extracts from Co
lumbus' log book tell US lot about
the voyage and we are producing ev-
erything in the Sjourney which has
any bearing on the story. There is
no plot to the picture.
I'VE take up Columbus in Portugal,
where King John received him and
then double-crossed him by hitting
out his own expedition. We show the
mariner fleeing for his life from the
>aur. and then his solicitations to
the French and English courts.
FINALLY he is accepted by the king