Evening star., 1926-05-09

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author The judges responded with
the declaration that regardless OF
whether he refused the prize because
of his sincerity, or whether ne was
actuated by noteriety seeking, he was,
of course, within his rights.
A Committee Of 160." organized to
rid the State OF North Carolina or
evolution teaching, met in Charlotte
last week, but it's session was cut
short utter frequent rows between the
delegates One minister threatened 10
do physical violence TO layinati ",io
had made some protest ABOUT Tug
''bit tter-tongued ministers VINO hao
spoken. The committees PLATFORM
contemplates the elimination OF anu,
Bible tea ching in the schools, ana ~
the elimination can he gained ny Ho
other means 1t Is to be brousht auou1
hy the LEGISLATURE. The commAttee
also seeks to bar from employment
within the state any teacher whose
Bible views are not 'fdndameEtal'
Miss Myrtle Posey, 17-year-oldi
Eastern High School senior, VIII
represent the Washington district as
Il competitor III the Natlonal t ola-
torical Contest, to be held here next
month. when six girls and boys,
chosen from the United States. will
deliver orations on the subject,
"America's Contribution to Constitu-
tional Government" This is the
third successive year the honor OF
representing this district has gone 10
a girl, while it is the second success
sive year that 1t has been won by
Eastern High School. The winning
OF the contest will entitle Miss Posey'
finals, to q prize of $500 presented by
The Evening Star and to a three
month trip 10 Europe. in addition
to whatever award she wins III the
final contest.
Ii the English language IS to be-
come entirely phonetic, changes III
the spelling of 10000 words are neces-
sary, the Simplified spelling Board
reported at it's meeting last week III
New York. \ committee. OF the board
was appointed to confer with the
Simplified Spelling Society Of Great
Britain in q tWo-day conference which
is to be held as a step toward making
English the international language.
Scientific.
A feature OF the news reports III
America OF the British general strike
during the last week has been Their
illustration with radioed photographs
of scenes Of the strike. PICTURES
taken III London one day have been
appearing In American newspapers
the next. The service was tnaugur-
ated at the beginning of the week BY
the Radio Corporation Of America. 1t
will be extended, ultimately. TO cover
the Worldwide wireless scheme OF
communication, II Is stated. The
transmission of the pictures does not
interfere with the broadcasting OF
entertainments, as the wave lengths
used are of low frequency and out
side the zone of interference. While
the pictures are somewhat spotted.
they are remarkably good when the
process by which they are trans
For the first time, physicians have
succeeded In measuring the rate OF
speed that blood flows through the
human body, II was revealed before
the American Society OF Clinical In
vestigation at its meeting in Atlantic
City last week. The method involves
the use Of radium, which Is injected
into the blood at one point and its
emanations registered at another
point. The blood in a normal person
goes from the left arm through the
heart and lungs and through the
right arm in from Is to % seconds.
In disease this passage of the blood
has been known to require as long
as a minute.
The dash for the Pole nears.
Last week the Norge, big dirigible
Of the Ellsworth. Mobile polar expe-
dition, completed her long flight OF
400 miles from Leningrad to Kings
hay, Spitzbergen, where she will
jump off in an attempt to fly across
the Arctic Circle to Point Barrow.
Alaska The first leg Of the trip was
uneventful and the big ship reached
her destination without mishap. In
Kings Bay she will be boarded by
Capt. Amundsen, discoverer Of the
South Pole, before she starts her
final trip.
While the Norge was forging
across frozen seas, Il nlishap at
tended what was to have been an
equally interesting flight from Fair
banks, Alaska, where the two man
expedition headed by Capt. George
II. Wilkins was starting q flight
which they hoped to discover the eX-
istence OF an unknown continent in
the Far North. In taking off the
monoplane in which the discoverers
were flying struck the ground and
lost Il wing. the plane being rendered
useless. The alternative Is to use the
big three-motored plane, the De-
uybich xS,ao takon hIr fha