A Calendar Debate by B.

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California, U. S. A. · Jul 8, 1930

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 57, No. 26.

A Calendar Debate

By B.

MANY of our readers will want a copy of the Forum magazine for July, in which appears a debate on the proposed thirteen-month “blank day” calendar. Mr. George Eastman, the kodak magnate and calendar reform enthusiast, takes the affirmative side of the argument, declaring that this business age demands a radical revision of our time-reckoning methods. Francis D. Nichol, one-time associate editor of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, assumes the negative, explaining with clarity and force why the disadvantages of the new calendar plan greatly outweigh the advantages.

We know of no better source to get the arguments pro and con on this moot question than in this issue of the Forum. There is much more involved in the calendar question than merely the adjustment of days or the regularity of the weeks. The new calendar disrupts the weekly cycle established by God at the creation of the world, and throws days consecrated by religious custom and divine command out of sequence. In order to obtain certain alleged monetary advantages, some of the calendar proponents are ready to ride ruthlessly over the religious convictions of a minority to achieve their end. This question will bear careful watching and study. B.