Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-23
bS' SELECT TEST
NCS OUT "HOWLERS"
.n eral Information Quiz,
(nrung Unexpectedly, Brings
Unexpected Answers
AND CHAOS

~. men have said that the workings
!. rhlld's mind are many and marvellous
diversified. -
S.sL men. though, never had the chance
Iy.', ,he results of the general informa-
xps.,.t given at the Friends Select
y1,s, 1ao North Sixteenth street, when
ae those assertions. Had they seen
~. .nswers made public today by the
-, ,a,cials they would have run out
'.,,.,,,vee describing the workings Of
=, mind. .,o ,o,.
Hn the children. They never know
"a coming, and they never have an
Et. ~ what the questions Will be. I
,.ar's contest brought forth an
IhS .sst make comic valentine look
- an obituary ooium'.
,,stance. one bright young hopeful
IsasS Ben Lindsey, Judge or Denvers
knunle'u court as a mountain in Scotland.
rNen,'e. .anoted Jeanette Rankin as the
~ carson in the world, and never mem
nnss he fact that she Is the hrst Con-
w.,on,an. Another lad, remembering
Esv Eelantine, the famous Ittie Sn,cken,
10y Ne answer to the question, VINO is
pr MS pankin?" as another famous
CARDINAL AN AUTO
r. usoyer. who has been doing
n.rvelous work for the hungry chill
- Europe. was identified by Friends
W. eiIl :" ,,n, as a member of the firm OF
a smith, jewelers., this city: car
h0o,su h0, usrcier came in for the epitaph OF "a
Ssd OF an automobile.
v,.r Buffalo Bill was sighted by the
S,nss of the mind of the youngsters
y. - whom said, "William F. Cody was
~ y. Inventor of the code system wn,le
us.,rs ~ the Hindoo poet, who visited Phiia-
i',,hia short time ago, was termed
,.vish preacher in one answer
-. Kine of the Nickel was variously
.s~ed as the King of Russia, the puHaio
IA Z. T. Stotesbury'
n.neral Pershing had powers placed on
N ,shoulders which he never knew ne DOS
..s.sd before, when one child said, 'Pers-
~ a commander r-in-chief Of the army ana
.r1 ..Sy NJ the United States. And the Magi
~ said to be a body of political ADVISERS
.r.nne the famous men who died during
:. iast wear, one child named, Admirable
nsvey, a great German man. who inventeu
avators."
fns thought the date IF Easter was set
nv the President of the United States
.S.,hsr thought it was determined by leap
- and a third by the almanac. The
witch of Endor was Joan of Arc" and
r.niasnn Franklin won his fame because ne
Snvsnted lightning" and submarines COM
punicate by underground wireless.
shakespeare too had hitherto unknown
anna heaped upon him when he was held
,,sponsible for the characters OF Scrooge,
CHARLES Dickens marvellous creation and
Isp.Hur, who lived in the pages Of Law
Wallace.
intern means ito keep inside" and when
,our turn comes and censor is "a per-
cn who takes the census" and party
4 men in Washington who open foreign
httsrs." The Reichstag may be either a
German holiday" a German city,. or a
rattle." Duma Is a 'leader of india" a
9fench novelist" or "one dumb or stupid"
4 nlibuster Is new gun used In war" and
u overt act 'one that is over the limit"
While conscientious objector rs "one who
lnds fault. according to the dictates of his
enscience'i or 'one who objects to what his
Gnscience tells him."
MORE "HowLERS"
Capital punishment is "the United States
Enlshment' the Statue of Liberty Is 'in
NJ river in Philadelphia" Mount Vernon
! I'm the Himalaya Mountains; the Span
ID Main is 'at the bottom of the sea-"
M 'colored people" are the only nation
Without flag. Let brotherly love con-
tme" and I'm God we trust" were given
\ lines from America
The pupils were marked on a per cent
hss The highest score was made by J.
Acuse Burns. of the class of 1919, who
sored s6k the second best paper was that |
4 Dorothy A. Buckley, a senior. with a
scre Of S9&, and the third best paper
~ that of Paul Haviland, of the class of
lsao which scored 85h. In the whole |
!chool the average mark received by the |
loys was Al and that by the girls 45. The |!
nnior class had the best average, II per |
mt while the average of the seventh year
e1n was 23 per cent