The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-11-02
QUERIES
NOTICE TO INMATES

NOTICE TO INMATES
For the benefit of any inmates who appre-
ciate and the opportunity that their spare
hours give toward means of self education
through correspondence school courses, study of
good literature, acquiring an education in our
Night Schools or, who need helpful informa-
ton in connection with their work in our var
ious departments, will herewith be privileged
to use the ''Query" column. You are welcome
to send in any queries OF serious interest to
ton ' Of Miss Miriam E. Cary, Supervisor of
institutional Libraries, will gladly endeavor to
supply the requested information.
NOTICE-In order to regulate the conduct
of this column inmates must sign their NAME
register number and lock number to all queries
submitted for publication. Inmates names of
course, will not be published only the initials
of each querst being used.-EditOr.
O-Do you know of any book contain
ing the trigonometrical functions, i. e.
sines, consines, tangents and Cotangents
reading to the seconds of a degree. If
such a book is known, please give me
name and price and where it can be
bought.-C. H. p.
A :-Wentworth and Smith, Plane and
Spherical Trigonometry with tables St.
Paul Book and Stationery Co. Price $1.66.
The library has Trigonometry listed on
pages 1O4 and 10 of the library catalogue.
Q:-Please publish in the query column
of THE MIRROR the name, publishers, and
subscription price of magazine devoted en-
tirely to the subject of "Avation. "A. H.
A:-Aviation and Aircraft Journal,
Franklin Square Agency, New York, N. Y.
Price $500.
Q:-Q) Where was the first Chautauqua
Circle established? In what years. (2)
When was it first introduced into this in
stitution and by whom? 81 Was Arms-
tice day set aside by Congress as holt
day? If so what year?-T. S.
A:-The Chautauqua assembly was
established by Bishop Vincent and Lewis
Miller in 1874 at Fairport, N Y. for Bible
study and the training of Sunday school
teachers. But the ideal and purpose of
the assembly were gradually broadened;
and to the specifically religious study a
great variety of subjects were added. The
best exponent of the spirit of the institu-
ton was its chancellor, DR.. John H. Vim
cent. He infused into it the idea that all
sound learning is sacred, and that the
secular life may be pervaded by religion.
The work of the Chautauqua may be
classified as follows: First, School of Eng
fish Languages and Literature; second,
School OF Modern Languages; third, School
of Classical Languages; fourth, School of
Mathematics; fifth, School of Science;
sixth, School of Education; seventh, Schoo!
of Social Science and History; eighth,
School of Library Training; NINTH School
ct Home Economics; tenth, School of
Music; eleventh, School of Arts and
Crafts; twelfth, School of Expression;
thirteenth, School of Physical Education;
fourteenth, School of Practical Arts. An
important part of Chautauquas influence
is made effective through classes and
courses for home study offered by the
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
&C. L. S. CO. founded in 1878. (2) On
Sunday March %, 1890 meeting of
few inmates was held in THE MIR
ROR Office for the purpose of establish
ing a branch Of the Chautauqua Literary
and Scientific Circle in the Nj. S. P. AS a
result of that meeting the Pierian Chau-
tauqua Circle came into existence a few
weeks later and from that day to this has
been a continuous factor for good and we
trust it will continue to be so, for many
years to come. (3) Last year, Armistice
due to the Disarmament Conference meet
ing on that day.
DC. claims that the Mississippi is the
longest river in the world. Is he right?
M. M.
A:-The longest river in the world is
the Amazon, which runs through Peru.
Ecuador and Brazil in South America. 1t
is 1914 miles in length. The second longest
river is the Nile in Africa, which is $500
miles long. The Mississippi is only the
third longest river with length of $500
miles. The Missouri, however, is its long
est branch, and including it the Mississippi
has a total length of 1900 miles. The
Mississippi drains most of the territory be-
tween the Rocky and the Allegheny noun
tains, embracing an area of 1,2s7,S45
square miles.
NOTICE-An inmates using the Query Col
umn and desiring more detailed information to
their queries are invited to use the splendid
reference books in our library to be had on
request. The International Text Books are