Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-14

such system has one rental agency or
more in each Of 22s cities. sas&
@. Please describe rigid and semi
rigid airships. Which Is the ZRcS?--
A. r.
A. The Yrs is rigid airship. An
airship Is an aeroetaE provided with
propeliing system and with means
OF controlling the, direction Of motion.
II it's power plant - not operating,
1t acts Ike a balloon. A non-rigid
airship IL an airship whose form Is
maintained by the internal pressure
in the gas bags and balloons. A
rigid airship 10 an airship whose form
Is maintained by rigid structure.
whose form Is maintained by means
OF a rigid or Jointed keel in combina.
ton with internal pressure in the gas
containers and. ballonets.
@. Has the humber Of colleges
Offering military training decreased
materially?--A. T.
a. The Bureau Of Education has
not compiled definite information con-
corning compulsory military training
in the high schools and colleges OF
$50 representative colleges IL was
found that 81 public and Z private
schools require two years OF military
training and l public college requires
four years. There was a decrease be-
tween the years 1918 and 1924 Of the
number Of schools having military
training. In 1918 there were l45
units and in 1924 there were 81 units.
@. How many kinds Of Baptists
are there?-E. ].
EoAA lxfT avO1,@
Year Book lists &c organizations
which with some variations embody
the principles of the Baptist Church.
The three principal Baptist organiza-
| tons are the Northern Convention,
| the Southern Convention and the Ma
tional, or colored, Convention. Tho
| minor organizations are the following:
Six Principle RaptIsts. Seventh Day;
Baptists, Freewili Baptists bullock
ites1. FFeewiil Raptists (colored), Gen.
eral or Armenian Baptists, Separate
Baptists, Regular Baptists, United
Raptists, Duck River Baptists. Print
tive Baptists. Primitive Baptists lpro-
| gressiyel, Scandinavian Independent
Baptists, Two Seed in the Spirit lpre-
destinaEian1, German Baptists ibreth-
REM, Old Order OF German Brethren,
Brethren Church progressive Dun
kers). Church of God thew Dunkers),
Seventh Day Baptists (German). Piym-
outh Brethren, River Brethren,
1 Brethren in Christ known as Dun.
kers in Canada), Free Baptists, and
Freewill Baptists.
@. Is air-slaked lime or quicklime
used as q disinfectant?--A. 3.
A. Quicklime should be used, not.
aiF.siaked lime.
Q. What is the best kind Of wood
to use for a basketball hoor?-A. d. L.
A. Maple Is the best for such use.
1t has more resiiiency and is a hard
and permanent wood.
@. Why IL the United States Public
Health Service in the Department OF
the Treasury?-L. r, A.
i A. 1t really dates back to 1898, when
Congress passed an act for the relief
Of sick ana disabled seameB, This
small beginning accounts for the pres
ent location Of the bureau in the
Treasury Department, the customs
services having always been closely
connected with the Treasury.
@. What evidence exists tending to
prove that the North Pole once had
q tropical climate &C. b.
A. The evidence that climatic con.
ditions have changed In the Arctic
and Antarctic Circles q mainly geo.
logic, ~ Is believed that tropical con.
ditipns existed as far north as Green.
land between the glacial epochs. Re-
mains of animal and vegetable life
have been found in these regions,
which indicated that once the climate
was warm enough to permit Of their
growth and existence.
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person iObO gets on 70 GllCGys the one
tDho acts Upon reliable iRforgEdttoH.
This popeY employs Frederic J. Has
kin to conduct On iBfofnGtion bureau
In Washington for the free use Of the
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Write to him today for any f0cts
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