Evening star., 1925-10-28

So degree and 20 degree temperature
in preference to II degrees. Proper
humidity must always be provided.
Q. Where is the university TO he
located that is patterned after Eng
lish uniVersities?-G. A. G.
A. A new educational institution
in Claremont, Calf. is being estah-
lished which VIII be patterned after
oxford and Cambridge and will be a
group Of colleges rather than one col
lege. Pomona College at Claremont
will be the nucleus of the new home
of learning. Other colleges, each dis
tinct from the other, will be grouped
on the Claremont campus. Each
school will have it's own faculty. but
the entire grDup will be undo the
general supervision of nine directors,
three Of whom viii retire each year.
O. What IS the amount of Florida ;
indebtedness w. l. D.
A. The net Indebtedness FUNDED
debt less sinking fund assets) Of
Florida on December 81, 1924. was
$8,9O8, ,030, or S7.26 per capita. Practic-
ally all of tre outstanding debt re
ported was Incurred for drainage pur-
poses.
Q. How much money is spent for
education by the Cuban government?
o. S. 7.
A. One-sfxth Of all the expenditures
Of the Republic of Cuba during the
coming fiscal year viii be devoted
TO education. The bduget recently
approved by the Cuban Congress car
ries total of $50, 3,787,5 ,5SS, and the
education department will expend $i4,-
055, 1916 Of 1t. No other branch Of the
government received so much. Guate-
mala's budget for 1926 allots an even
larger proportion to education. namely
1872 per cent; only treasury and pub
lie credit" received more.
Q. What is the oil test used to
determine whether material is linen
or cotton?-W. ID. NJ
A. The oil test consists Of miners
ing a fringed sample with dressing
removed. in olive oil or glycerin.
After squeezing out excess oil, if linen,
the sample becomes transparent, while
cotton remains ojaque.
Q. What are pieces OF eight
A. The name pieces Of eight was
applied to the Spanish dollars or pesos
Of the fifteenth century. They were So
called from the figure eight which
appeared on the coins and which in
dicated the value as s reals, a lesser
Spanish coin.
Q. Under what conditions. if any,
is it possible TO magnetic mercury;
L. 7. A
A. The Bureau Of Standards says
that mercury is one OF the so-called
none-magnetic clements and cannot
be magnetized in the ordinary sense.
As q matter Of fact it is "dia mag
netic" and when placed in 4 magnetic
field carries fewer lines Of force" per
unit Of area than the space around
il. The effect is very small, and very
sensitive apparatus is necessary To
measure It.
Q. From what source is the word
moron derived. y. r.
\ The word IS derived from the
. Greek term amoras, which means
stupid. Moron is defined a 5 an adult
having the mentality of a child of y.
@. What IS the name of the groove
in the face between the nose and the
mouth?-C. +. r.
\. The term IS philtrum.
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