Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-25
Letters to the Editor
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TO the Editor o, tho Evening Public Ledger:
Sir--Having just completed reaulns .ans
truthful article in re the SesQui. Cen
tcnnial, II recalls to mind an enort 70
boost" the celebration on the occasion
Of the annual convention OF the Order Oh
Independent Americans, held September
8, 6, z. 1921, Prior to our demonstra.
tion, Durrell Shuster, secretary 20 tMe
Mayor. suggested to me that We DooSt
the Centennial. We accepted nis sug.
gestion with the result that, InoMiass Iius
Jefferson and compatriots psraaSHooSS aSoS
down Broad street ut the head or oOyV
| citizens from various parts OF fenHSy at ~.
vania signing the Declaration OF IN
dependence, the float preceded by large
transparency. calling attention to tne
1920 celebration. -
On the back page Of q very large IL
lustrated program book. filled with .ne
Importance OF the port Of philadelphia
(illustrated). which was mailed to oil
United States Consuls and foreign
Chambers of Commerce throughout the
world, there appeared an article VIII
ten by Mr.. Edward Robins, at my re re-.
quest, boosting the Centennial. me
float and book were donations ron our
With no desire for personal reference
| in this matter, I had passed unanl- =
mously in the convention a resolution
approprinting SO for membership In the
| Sesuui Centennial on behalf of the or
der. Mr.. Pike, the State secretary,
| forwarded the check to Mr.. Robins some
! time in November, 1921. Much to our
surprise the check was returned Dy
Mr.. Robins with an accompanying let.
ter, which stated in substance, ttt that
'orders" were not accepted ana that
| only individual membership was de-
sired. When this bucket of Ice water
arrived we quit. 49,,
! NV thought in the matter was this
! first have the order represented as
whole; then, second. go after the in
! divduals through the whole order.
eventually securing fair percentage OF
| the memberships interest throughout
the State, using the main body for pur..
poses Of centralizing the interest | had
hoped to accomplish. I feel that the
0. of I. A. was the first froternal or.
gnnization to take up this boost bus; !;
ness. and guess we were the hrst ana
last to receive 9 kindly Kick IN the
slats by Colonel Mccain S well de-
, scribed 9ntiouated composed committee.
Some wears ago I served on a general
committee with "Hampy" Moore, when
we celebrated the fiftieth jubilee of the
Republican Party. My experience with
him then was energy personified, Dut
no one man can contain sufficient en-
| crgy to do two big Jobs Mt one time.
EDWARD WILSON.
Former State Councillor. Order OF In
| dependent Americans.
Philadelphia, March p, 1922.
"Faet Of Evolution" a Misnomer
TO the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-That w. X. uses the term ''fact
of evolution" proves that he, along with
many others wrongly taught. accepts as
| fact q hypothesis that those best in
! formed know has never been proved and,
so fur as can yet be seen. cannot be.
because it now seems more likely that
truth lies in another direction.
| we have heard for years of the
"missing link" and the common as.
sumption of the shallow thinkers and
| those who accept their teachings is that
only one link is missing. The fact Is
| that all links are missing. Of course
if one link could be found it would be
positive proof that other links were not
impossible, but until that time the wise
man will simply remember that tht
claims for evolution are not proved and
act accordingly. .,- >,
Darwin himself termed it "a theory
as properly stated by \. HennesFy. and
bewailed the acceptance OF his theor!
for q statement of fact as the act oi
Immature minds drawing unwarrantec
conclusions If W. X. will but &C
back some years and see what the wise
ones were teaching he will find many
things then taught as facts now In the
discard. The nebular hypothesis, o.
Laplace is 10 longer held; Newton helC
the emission theory of light and aDan'
doned it on evidence that to many seems
insufficient. When the mode OF motion
theory became pretty generally accepted
Nine. Curie found radium and proveC
emissions to exist. On top OF TINS come
those who show US that light can bt
attracted. which is pretty good proc
that il contains mass, while most of u'
know that waves move forward. leaving
the waving matter In the same place
but the light drives the tail of comet
from the sun. Most of us believed thu
teachings that the sun by giving ou'
heat had to be shrinking in size TO- main
tain its temperature, but nowadays II
Is admitted that this explanation docs
not explain. I'm
teachers twaddle Is Josh Billings ad'
vice that "it Is better not to know sc
much than to know so much that Is no,
So" There are plenty opportunities
for gaining real knowledge OF daiiy us'
and value, so our teachers would &c
better to teach those things and leave
the theories alone until the students
reach an age where they can judge o.
their value for themselves. &. r. ID.
pbilodalnbia March 2c 1922.