Asa phoenix vol 2 no 10 nov 1915

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THE

PHOENIX

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·mtUME II

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. .NUMBER . . . 10 ..

HERM3S (Continu e C:) the s~ eci al pa t ron of physicians. an ~ ' loake(l L 1or.~._ one of his : _:> ar·c icular a ttri')utes·- a s the SJ.<"'nbol of "Gh e me c. icn l prof ession. It is interesting 1; ~ no"Ge, rr.oreov er, that t he color GREEN hel~ s~cred to He~mes, :::>art l y bec cu s~ 1t 1s_tlle color of the palu, but more esp~cu1 ~ly because the grn~n of vegetat1on 1s s ymbolic of regeration is the distinctive color for doctor~ of me cl(.'cine. Henc e its use in the linin;:: f or the hoo cs of gowns worn b y those t~k ing t~ c ir M.D. de grees, as well a3 the emp loymentGof the green cross on the physicia n 1 s a u tomobile. One me d lcal :fraternity, P}li J~ lpha Sigma, uses the canuceus ent~ed with serpents and topped with wings us its bn.dg c , an:1 :: dent a l fra t ern i t :r , Psi Omega, emp loys the s ymbol on it s pin . ·~ · HERMES OF OLTI.!PIA One of the l a r t;, cst c ol lege frat er n i t ies. Ka p -, ..:. S i gwa, u s cs the s ~:rnbol, a n d ca ll s its I:lO. pl Z in<' "The Caduceus" l;houe;h it nal:cs no ,claim to Eerme s hims elf, a t l eas t s o fa-r ns is knovm ' Interesting QS is He mes in t h e role of PHYSICI.AlJ, an e esi' ecic.lly in vieVT of the fnct th:.:t ou:r other exem'Jlars h ave h a C. that 1urne name ap:>lied to theD,-Christ as tiw t Gr e at Phirs icianr, st. Val ent i;. :s the nenG.cr of broken hen.rt f: , anc. Asn., '~ ho s e n ane means 'physician 1 , ; ct it is rather for his other at tr ibu te s th ~ t the god r &S chosen as n :.J~ cc ial patron of ASA. He :.. de ·; · 12. s r c;::;o r (. e G. ·.J ~T ·che C~ :::: e cl:s a2 t'he .J.l'. th o :: c· f a variety of inventi ons, S1' Gh c..s the lyre . t he s~rrin.x , or pan-pipes, ti1c alphabet, numbers, weight s, mvc:·su res , as tron omy, mus ic, gymn astics ::ne! mnn:7 other things . Herr:ws , then, i s c 3s en t i ally the Eatron god of ~.bA C~R8.

The picture given abov e i s a. re'!_)ro du cti-on of the uppe r .c..rt of a ver;l famous stat'..le fcun c, ::t Olymp i a. Tl:is was the town in ·~:·e c ce at which there were held e v ery four ye rs t h e f ar..1ous Olympic j ames. Hennes was particularly w orshi ~)peG. a t that time a nd ne-s sup:)osed to be -l:ihe on e who t:;ran ·ce d the prizes, ~y prepr rinfS the contes t e n cr in the c;arnes and in the li tere ry e:::·~ ercises . Her nes was re garded a s t h e 5r cat edu,cator. AIJ!l.:mna t:'ii ght 'bestov:T br2. ins on ti-le ch i ld. , but it was :r~ rm(3s FhO :levcl:)p ed the menta lity. Please note th e lov ing interest i n l iS face a s he hold!J sor:1 e cov eted prize just out of r each of t h e baby 1 j,'J:nS, in order thn:L tho ohild s h ou lC: h ave to str e t c h ou t his ha nd s t o ~ e ta. in his cl o s ire. To ins p ire effort is the a i m of Edu c '"' t ion .. Hemes m~ the great lover of cLildren, as were al so our o t h e r exe:np lars.


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