The mirror., 1923-02-15
QUERIES
NOTICE TO INMATES

For the Denent OF any inmates VINO appre-
ciate and see 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
ton in connection with their work in
ious departments, will herewith be privileged
to use the Query column. You are welcome
yourself, THE MIRROR with the kind collabora-
ton OF Miss Miriam E. Gary. 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course, will not be published only the initials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 querist being used.-Editor.
Q:-Please let me know the weekly pa
pers published in Greenville, Mississippi
that are allowed in here, also the price
A. L.
A-Democrat-T Times Weekly. Sub.
$3.50 per year.
O-Would you please give me the cor
rect distance by rail between Los Angeles
and San Francisco.-R. G. ."
Assistance by rail between Los
Angeles and San Francisco 484 miles via
Southern Pacific Railway; 593 miles via
Santa Fe route.
Q-Kindly give such information that
covers the profession as that of an Apothe-
Must the whole of the Latin be learned?
What books in the library are best to start
with?-W. E. A.
Ain answer to the inquiry of w. E.
A., l would suggest that he get copy of
of Dh,r bx,
some good Elementary Chemistry. These
two books will give him good start in
preparation for the work he wants. AS
regards the study of Latin, while it would
be of some aid, it would not be absolutely
necessary can be found in the Remington
book. Advise him also that for preliminary
examinations, he should prepare in simple
academic subjects, as the elementary ex-
animation contains questions in spelling,
grammar and arithmetic, generally through
fractions at least.-John Il. Norton, Princi-
taL Knights of Columbus Educational
DiVision, 100 West Sixth Street, ST. Paul,
lMinn
OIL notice the 1928 calendar states
that Easter Sunday this year comes on
April 1st. Webster's Collegiate dictionary
states: easter Sunday is the first Sunday
after the full moon that falls on or next
after the 21st of March" The same cal
endar that gives April first as Easter Sun
day states that the full moon referred to
above comes on April 1st. 1t would seem
therefore that Easter Sunday, 1928, would
be April 9Th. Will you please give me the
reason for naming April 1st as Easter Sun
day?-R. ]. T.
AIN answer to the question about the
date of Easter, it should be noted that the
actual moon is not the basis of the compu-
tation but fiction known as a calendar
moon. 1t ordinarily comedies with the
actual moon but, sometimes and in some
places, it does not. The reason is to secure
uniformity of the date of Easter for all
the countries of the world regardless of
the varying time of the moons phases.
have not looked up the data for 1928 but,
if the facts are as stated, this will explain
it.-Chas. CorCoran, Catholic Chaplain.
NOTTCE-An inmates using the Querv Col
umn and desiring more detailed information to
their queries invited to use the splendid
reference books in our library 70 he had on
request The International Text Books are
especially complete in their information on
technical subjects Consult the Reference USE
full Arts, Literature, Chemistry Biography and
Science divisions of our library catalogue for
diversified subjects.