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@. Ie there any kind Of n stadium
for athletic games in Washington
-. r. c.
a. The United States is the only
country among the so-called first
class powers that docs not boast o
national stadium. Movements have
been started to establish such an In
stltuton In Washington. but up to
the present time they have progressed
no further than the making papier
mache models surveys and inyesti-
cations as To tho success OF the
Fields" or bowls" maintained by the
various colleges OF the United States.
The elite contemplated for the pro-
posed stadium IL that section OF East
Potomac Park just north OF the
ground that has been dedicated TO tim
can tourists. II is now covered by
unsightly frame warehouses that were
constructed hastily during the war
emergency. II is estimated that
crowds OF from 150, 900 10 200. 900 could
be handled there. go far as the trans
portation problem is concerned. and
that II would not be neceseary to
spend more than sl.500,000 on the
stadium Parts Of Potomac Park are
now given Over TO golf. polo tennis,
hockey, lacrosse, baseball. archery,
quoits, croquet, a sylvan theatre, and O
bathing beach.
@. What wac the origin Of ougen-
les? X. f. n
A. Eugenice ls from a Greek word
meaning we'll born. and was first used
by Francis Galton, the noted English
scientist. In 1888, who defined Il as
"the science which deals with all in
fluences that improve the Unborn
qualities OF race"
q. How long have there been nigh
schools in this country? r. r
A. Tho fret successful evening
schools in THE country were establish.
ed about the middle OF the 10Th cen.
tury. although an attempt withou
. permanent results was made in New
York In 1894.
Q. who wrote You'd scarce ex
, pect one OF my age to speak in pub
tic on the stage?''
! A. The lines quoted were writer
, by David Everett, the American writer
who was born in Princeton. Mass, il
, 1770 and died in Marietta. Ohio. 1913.
@. Has IL ever been contended tha
q Darwin did not originate the theor,
: of evoutlon that bears his name
q j. -. 5
o A. Darwin originated the natura
c selection theory Of evolution, SO IA
. as he himself was concerned. but It
a curious fact that by an extraordinar
coincidence Alfred Russell wallac
: formulated the same theory at tn
very same time Of its utterance b
Darwin Both men published article
presenting this theory in the sam
number OF the Journal OF the Linnae
= Society In 1853.
n @. What is the widest bridge /
q the world? H. T. ]
= A. The Scientific American eay
i that probably the Manhattan Bride
>, across the East River at New Yor
d city is the widest bridge. Its width
!" 120 feet
v @. What is graham -four made ot
= 3. T.
a A. Graham -four ls defined as IL,
"a bolted wheat -four.
"A What is the official flag OF New Yoi
City? II. s.
n A. The flag has three perpenficr
\ lar stripes. blue at the left, then whit
r then orange. These were the colo
"A OF the United Netherlands under whi
II New York was first settled. In L
center of the white stripe is the En-
~ Nsh municipal seal commemorative {
20 English authority which replaced {
a. Dutch. This official flag OF the city
40 New York was adopted June "a, 10.
no q. What kind Of a vehicle is
"a dandy" J. D.
nc A 1t consists OF a wooden frar
a, work which is covered with canv
,r or American cloth. The cross poles
AZ each end are carried by four COOL
40 usually on their shoulders, but som
times on their heads. 1t Is used
-, travellers on the corkscrew roads
~ the hill country of India.