The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-01-01

urday December Both. and the second Saturday,
June Goth, with the year-date following.
g. January LIST an: July LIST fall on Sunday,
the first day of the week, and Wandering" Sun
day is avoided. regular rest day every week
is vital for the welfare of humanity.
g. Only seven days are changed Two days,
the 10th and 3Oth in February, added; the
31st day Of March is taken away; to April is
given a 31st day; the 31st days of Mav and
August are eliminated; and the seveH& day,
the 31st day of December, is converted TO Year
day, an extra day, the second Saturday, Decem.
Der Both.
10. The 12-month calendar is economic
saving; it does not add to existing expenses !;
neither does it call for an increase in labor. A
chance of injustice through unnecessary frac-
lions is avoided. All phases of living are not
subordinated to commerce
IL. This calendar, which is regular in it's sys-
TEN, contains certain variety within each quar-
ter division Of the year. Thus it avoids the cut
and-dried method of fixed mechanical plan by
giving it flexible regularity. This gives life to
its structure
II. In the world calendar the revsions are
few; there are no drastic reforms: and the
transition into the order is made easy by
the retention of the twelve months.
Calendar reform is not new subject to trou-
BILE the mind of man for he has been tinkering
with this method of reckoning time for many
centuries. 1t all began away back in the days
of the Roman empire when Julius Caesar insti-
tuted, among other innovations, calendar of
his own. Previous to that time the empire had
been conducted according to a lunar calendar
founded upon the Greek method. Practically
all the nations Of antiquity had lunar calen-
dar of one sort or another. with the notable ex-
ception of the Egyptians They built pyra-
mid after another until the Great Pyramid at
Gizeh provided the perfect timepiece By meas
uring its shadow they kept record Of time as
accurate as the solar year.
From them julius Caesar evolved the Julian
calendar. with its year of 365 days and six
hours, or a year too long by eleven minutes and
fourteen seconds He divided the months into
alternate periods of 80 and 81 days. introduced
leap year rule. and persuaded the senate to
name July in his honor
When julius Caesar died Augustus Caesar
followed upon the scene He felt that he, too,
must have month named in his honor by
which reason have August. AS the month
of July contained 81 days, that of August also
must have 81. He robbed February to obtain
his day. and, having started upon calendar re-
form, took a day each from September and
November, in favor of October and December.
Thus came about our calendar of unequal
months. julius Caesar provided the convenient
makeshift OF leap days. but in 1852, long after
he passed to rest, the extra minutes of his year
amounted to difference Of ten days between
the calendar and the seasons. Pope Gregory
NH undertook to set this right, and dropped
ten days. Italy, Spain, Portugal and France
adopted the change, but the Protestant and
Greek Orthodox countries were reluctant to con-
form to Roman Catholic innovation. Not until
1852 did the British parliament change from
the Julian calendar. By that time the lapse
amounted to eleven days. For almost 200 years
there was confusion of dates correspondence
records and negotiations being dated old style
(Julian) or new style (Gregorian)
The last few years have seen a FESTIVE stir
ring on the part of man in regard to the cal
endar. And now there is an effort to bring
about vast. far-reaching changes in the Gregor
an calendar, affecting the course of everybody's
life. 5fs
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