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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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O. How long did II take 10 build
tho Mormon temple al Salt lake
city? A. A.
A. The construction Of tho Mormon
temple IN Salt Lake City was begun
in 1853 and the temple was dedicated
In 1893. the time occupied IN its con-
struction being 40 years to a day.
| q. What is cumulative" voting?
c. r.
A. Under the cumulative system
/ Of voting tho voter may cast as many
/ votes for ono candidate as there are
/ cificers TO be elected, or may dis
/ tribute tho game number OF votes or
equal parts thereof among the candi-
| dates as he may see fit Fer instance.
| IN a district in which three repre-
seTtatives TO the state legislature
were TO be elected the voter could
cast three votes for one candida te,
ono vote for each three candidates, or
one and one-hah votes for each OF
two candidates. The object OF
cumulative voting is to make pos
sible minority representation.
Q. Who bought Manhattan Island
for s2s and a bottle Of whisky
". A. L
A Peter Minuit, a German colo
mist in America who was appointed
governor OF New Netherlands by the
Dutch West India Company, landed
on Manhattan Island on May 4, 1926
and purchased the island from IN,
Indians in a trade in which n,
articles he gave, whether whisky o.
what not. were valued at approx
mately s24.
Q. Who was me French Demos
thenes?" D. S
A Comte Mfirabeau. who is said I,
, have been the immediate cause OF th-
French Revolution, was sometime
called the French Demosthenes
Q. What was the Hume argumen
, against miracles? 3. Z
A. \ miracle, according 10 tn
Hume argument. IS contrary 10 eX
, perience, but false witnesses IN his
tory are not contrary TO experience
therefore It Is less probable that IN
miracle IS true than that the witnes
Is false.
.. VINO had charge Of the Phila
delphia Centennial? Z. A
A. Joseph r. Hawley was presi
: dent OF the commission and Alfred I
=, Goshorn was director general OF tn
: Philadelphia Centennial or World
Fair.
@. Did the fact that a man had a
ear cut of. cause a war? J. E. Il
A. The War OF Jenkins Ear wa
y the popular name given TO the wa
between Spain and Great Britain &
1899. which was occasioned partly b
: the tortures undergone by RobeT
II jenkins, a ship captain, at the hand
OF the SpaniardS. This outbreak wa
merged into the War OF the Austria
Succession.
III Q. What ere Very Lights? X.
II A. Lights used 10 signal betwee
II airplaues or stations or between tn
Il ground and airpsnes. when cod
/ Is prearranged are known as Yer
| Lights. >as are also flares used for &
| Illuminating the enemy's position.
i Q. In the West Point class wher
! Robert e Lee ranked second, VIII
II ranked first? L. s. y
Ill a. Charles Mason stood first in IN
II class Of 1929 in which Robert e. lie
/ I stood ~.at.nrNd