The spectator., 1922-03-14

| uIo dAu alt oAO AohNON l as standard colleges. Arkansas is rapidly consolidating | it's rural school districts. thereby mak- | ing possible the establishment of
 strong schools with high school ad vantages.
 Arkansas has a State Agriculture Mechanical and Normal College for
 negroes. It also has three denomina-
 tional colleges for negroes. Arkansas rural schools are offering l vocational education courses, teach ing agriculture and domestic art. | Gilsonite, rare mineral used in
 making glossy paints for automobile l bodies, is a recent discovery in Ar
 kansas.
 Insulator brackets used by tele-
 graph and telephone companies all over the United States are manufac- | tured from Arkansas hardwood Arkansas leads in the production of oak railroad ties,
 The largest nugget of zinc ever
 mined in one piece weighed 70 tons.
 It was quarried in Marion County.
 Arkansas, in 1893. A small piece of
 this, weighing 12,400 pounds, was ex.
 hibited at the Chicago Worlds Fair,
 and after taking a first premium for
 purity was placed on exhibition in
 the Field Museum, Chicago Arkansas produced the largest mug get of lead ever mined. It weighed 2,400 pounds and was mined in Ma
 rion county It was exhibited at the St. Louis Exposition. Arkansas has a marble which is elastic, bending under pressure and rebounding when the pressure is re-
 leased. This elasticity enables the
 stone to adopt itself to variable eli
 mates without disintegration. It is
 quarried in Independence county in large quantities.
 Batesville marble. quarried in Ar
 kansas is more dense and compact than granite, therefore absorbs less
 moisture It is fine grained and is especially adapted to the sculptor's chisel.
 The largest block of marble quar- ried in Arkansas weighed 220 tons.
 It came from near Batesville, Inde-
 pendence county.
 Arkansas has chain of mountains
 extending along the entire western border, over 1000 feet above the sur
 rounding plain, which shelter the re-
 mainder of the state from the cold
 waves and blizzards experienced north
 and west of them.
 An Independence county boy has a six-year average of 92 1-2 bushels of corn to the acre.
 The faculty of the University of Ar
 kansas hold degrees from 65 different colleges and universities. Seventeen members of the faculty
 of the University of Arkansas are listed in the latest edition of Who's Who"
 Six hundred school teachers attend
 ed the six weeks summer school term at the University of Arkansas in 1921. The University of Arkansas is one of the few colleges in the United States employing a trained dietitian,
 thereby safeguarding the health of
 the students through a balanced diet.
 The University of Arkansas main-
 tains plant for the manufacture of
 anti-cholera serum for hogs. which
 is supplied to the farmers of the state
 at cost.
 The University of Arkansas main
 tains an Extension Service in agricul- ture and home economics by which 750,000 people were reached this year.
 Arkansas university. through it's agricultural experiment station, has
 issued more bulletins during the past five years than similar institutions of
 other states in the South. Over 65 per cent of Arkansas high school graduates continue their edu-
 cation at the State University. The University of Arkansas con-
 ducts instructions by mail in agri-
 culture, engineering and the liberal
 arts and sciences.
 Students from the University of
 Arkansas are accepted in the leading
 universities with full credit for the
 work performed.
 Arkansas planters originated the
 plan of cooperative system of ac- [ counting, whereby an expert account
 ant supervises the bookkeeping for s
 number of large plantations. Arkansas has 5,240 miles of rail
 road. networking the state like street railway system Arkansas has compulsory cduca- tion law and every child between
 the ages of 6 and 15 years is com pelled to attend some school. Arkansas has begun to develop it's
 water power. Work is progressing
 on two projects which call for the
 expenditure of s20,0O0,000. Arkansas supplied 76.241 men in tho
 World War. One of the first soldiers
 wounded in action was an Arkansan. ArEansaS furpicbad gaperaJ nfpi.