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The Washington times., 1926-11-02

.COVANT BURIED
At ARLINGTON

Funeral services for Lieut.. Frank
H. Conant, jr., Navy air pilot. who
was killed Saturday when his plane
plunged into Chesapeake Bay. were
held early today in All Souls Memo
rial Church. Cathedral and Connac-
ticut Avenues Northwest.
The military funeral in Arlington
National Cemetery will be held at IL
&. m. The escort includes the
Navy Band and two companies of
sailors from the Navy Yard and Ana.
costa Naval Air Station
PaIlbearers are Lieut.. Conndr. "A.
C. Davis and Lieuts. A. F.. Flagg
and J. Perry. Bureau of Aeronautics;
Lieuts George T Cnddiliy,. q fellow
Schneider Cup racer. and w. g.
Toralinson, Anacostia Air Station,
and Lieut.. Il. Nv. Curtin. Philadel,
phia Naval aircraft factory.
The active pallbearers are eight
chief petty officers. Ushers at the
church were Lieuts. James Barner,
G.. r. Henderson and u. w. Litcns
from Anacostia, and Gail Morgan
Bureau OF Aeronautics.
Capt. sC. III. Dickens and Lieut..
George Murdoch, of the Chaplalns
Corps, officiated at the church ana
viii officiate at Arlington.
Lieutenant Conant's place on Inc
Schneider cup team will be taken
by Lieut.. Carleton g. Champion
231O Connecticut Ave., alternate on
the cup team.
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COOLIDGE VOTE
IS STRAIGHT
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aster unless there Is a full turnout
at the polls.
COOIidge's Train Hits
Auto, Iniuring Two at
Aberdeen: Inquiry On
~ YuternatlonaI News Service

BY international news serves
ABERDEEN. Nd. Nov. "A
thorough investigation was ordered
today by Col. q. NJ. Wesson. COM
mandant OF the Aberdeen ProvinR
Grounds, into an accident early to-
day, when two Of the men stationed
at the grounds were injured.
Hit By Coolidge Train
The automobile in which they
were riding was wrecked by the spe-
ciaI Pennsylvania railroad train
carrying President and Mrs. Cool
idge to Northampton, Mass. to
vote.
Not Seriously Hurt
The injured men-Private Helm
and Sergeant Erwin. attached to the
Forty-Ninth Bombardment Squad
ron-are in the base hospital. but
their injuries are not serious.
Colonel Vessel declared.
The accident occurred about ]
o'clock. Erwin and Helm were re-
turning to the grounds. They had
TO cross the railroad tracks near
Aberdeen station.
The front trucks Of the locomo-
tive were derailed, but prompt APP
pIication Of the brakes brought the
train to q stop without more than
q severe Jar.
The special was able 20 proceed
after delay Of Is minutes.
An official report to the railroad
division superintendent at Whining
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An fascist
PRESS BANNED

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those who plot against the premier
continues to be voiced loudly, and
the press generally approves Of the
manner III which Mussolini's %.
sailant was put to death on Sunday.
I1npero declared that the lynch
ing was holy work.
Youth Called Deficient
Antea zamboni. the youth who ct.
tempted To shoot Mussolini ~
Bologna, was suffering from ! nasal
aftliction which affected his mental
organs, according 10 statement
made to the Bologna police BY the
youths mother. who has been
placed under arrest. together with
many others Of his family.
Al thorough search has been made
Of the homes OF all members Of
the zamboni family In an effort to
determine whether they have been
connected with any anti-Fasclst or.
ganization.
Italian Consul Wants Guard
NICE, France, Nov. 2.-FearinG
reprisaIs as the result be the
demonstrations OF Italians ak Ven
timile against the French consulate
there. the italian consul at Ven.
tirniIe today asked for police pro-
lection. There had been no dis
orders up until noon.
Ventimile, on the French.Italian
border, was the scene Of denaonstfa-
tons yesterday. and Italians marched
before the French consulate there
and created some uproar.
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PIllL leo ENT RIES

FIRST RACE me Taslser:: two.ysar-
olds: first dIvIsion 1850: furlonEs.
Policeman pay..fl4 IPialn Folly .....1 OF
Byrd -. n ~ time ..s.s.. w
Landlord .s....11 81 Burd Helen =. 81 !
War Eagle -. n l4tSlr Harry ...s..1l&
SECOND RAEEElie Tnekers two
year-olde: second division; t1.s0o:
ktffl0ngg.
PoIyTuel ....... f0StEaiTy Maiden. -. lob
Wsrtng Minstrel ! ~ lBtrIey u. Gee IL
Black Curl. -. Iia lssyatal Donla0 b 4 z
Lasss s. 1899. II 1al Herman -. los
THIRD RACE Three year.oids ana
upward; claiming maidenss purss.
9f.a00: I mile ana 40 yards
xF0v VVIlsiama. 40 9lTlllie $3.50 .sss 104
ECeorEe J...ss1 70 2lkAipha .a...-.. los
FOURTH RACE wo-year the
aSaxcn ....... = 30la I.fg reao ~. =. ITO
Foundation ....113 lBroWu Bud 11e
Painted Lady. IS 81 IL. b The Hist iis
Festive ....s... n 1t False Pride ..ss1 1S'
bBlaok Panther. 81 port TriaI. !. Ills
Revolver ......1f q bPoiyrnel 11s
Landlord 80. 81 5EaJoCk ss.ss.s.a. 116.
Chairman -. ..1z3l
Rfmlico H6fno-breds purse S9.8ee aad.
cd q 1ltrian0es
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ton, DEL, declared that the two
soldiers drove through the closed
gates at the crossing. and their
automobile struck the tender of the
locomotive.
Byt the time the train stopped
and the train crew rushed back.
the injured men had been picked
up In Q passing automobile and
taken away.
Few Of the passengers on the
train were aware at the time that
an accident had occurred.
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Odds Drop on smith.

Odds Drop on Smith
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Having
provided New York state with the
most hectic campaign 1t has had
In d generation. Governor Al Smith
and his Republican opponent. Ogden
L. Mills, sat back today 70 await
the counting OF the votes.
AS the polls opened. Republicans
claimed they had forced the bet
ting odds on Governor Smith down
to to /. and in some instances
2 to /. Yesterday the odds on
the governor. were quoted at 4 and
S to /. The odds on WadsWorti
remained steady at 8 to s.
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padded pIficers liave been invent
u 50. German 70 cleanse Pen
points without removal from their
holders.
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omerge from this trial 1indlcated
and terribly wronged woman" said
q friend who knows her well.
Mrs Hall remained in seclusion
"a her palatial home In New Bruins
wick today, bat she has assured her
attorneys she Is ready for trial and
that she viii take the witness stand
ia her own behalf. -
Poses for Pictures
She has just had new pictures of
herself made for the press $50 the
world can see me as I really am. :,
She posed for % views ana selected
five which che considered did her
more Justice than the cold. maacu-
line picture that has been constantly
reprinted IN the newspapers.
The new pictures lake her seem
much younger than her So years and
lend touch OF optimism and hap.
piness Co an aristocrAtic face
crowned with a wealth OF gray hair
con1bed back from the forehead.
Mrs. Hall IS expected to prove q
dramatic witness. Her own story
from the witness stand will be one
OF the hfghIigkts of the trial She
was seven years older than DIR. Hall
when she married him. Eventually
he fell In love with the young and
pretty Mrs. Mills. wife OF the church
sexton, soprano ia THE choir and
mother OF two children ID the Sum
day school
Two In Jail
ssWiIlias stevens and Henry
Stevens. the other two defendants.
are lodged h the small white jail.
directly back Of the dazzling marble
courthouse. where the trial viii be
held. Both of them. IKE Mrs. Hail.
have professed their innocence.
They are wen known hereabouts.
willie was rather queer man
ana was known about New Bruins
wick as Fireman Willie" because
he wore red shirts and made the
fire department his headquarters.
He dressed for years In q fireman's
uniform. Henry was an expert in
demonstrating firearms.
Mrs. Hall and Willie" say they
were in the Hal home the night
the murder was committed. Both
admitted they left the home late on
that fatal night looking for DIR.
Hal, but insist they were home
about the hour Il is believed the
Staying occurted-9:10 p. m.
Henry Stevens claims he was IN
his home ii LavaIlette. n. j.,
although witnesses have claimed he
was IN New Brunswick.
More than one hundred. witnesses
have been subpoenaed for the trial.
Special writer's are here In droves.
There are only 276 seats In the
courthouse and already 200 rer
porters have been assigned to cover
the story.
Both Sides Ready
Attorneys for both sides are ready
Tor what promises to be one OF the
greatest legal battles Of the decade.
The States case win be chiefly
handled by State Senator Alexander
Simpson, q diminutfve, fiery prose
cutor especially appointed 10 handle
the investigation.
Mrs. Hall and her two brothers
viii Be defended by . battery Of the
best lawyers in the country.
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Both sides Ready

A process has been patented foI
making q flour for bread from 9
mixture OF wheat and cotton seed
from which the oil has been ex
fracted,
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BOSTON, Nov. 2.-Along With
the President and his wife, more
than q million voters were going
to the polls In Massachusetts, to-
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q. o. r. Landslide Seen

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2.-Polit.
zeal observers predict as fore.
gone conclusion that United States
Senator Samuel M. Shortridge will
be reelected and that Lieut.. Gov.
C. @. Young viii land In the guber.
Material chair. All are RepubH-
cans. Expert readings Of the poiit.
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ical barometer indicate . Republic
can landslide.
In addition to the election the
voters are passing judgment on
initiative and referendum PROPOSE
tons on the ballot.
A spirited fight has been made
for and against the Initiative meas
ure which provides for the return
OF the racing game to California
with pari.mutuel betting.
The question OF prohibition. put
directly before the voters, hinges
upon repeal OF the Wright act.
the State enforcement code back
ing up the Volstead law.
Total registration for the cleo
ton was l.912.S63. or these it is
expected that at least 1000. 900
viii visit the polls today.
Quiet in PennsyIvania
HARRISBURG. Pa. Nov. a.
Election day in Pennsylvania was
expected to draw between million
and > million and . half voters 70
the polls
Only the contests between William
Dl, for the United States Senate
and between John 8. Fisher dal
ana Eugene c. Bonniwell ID. for
Governor. attracted statewide In.
terest.
Democrats said the chief issue
was campaign expenditures" and
the Republicans claimed the issues
were administration support" and
tariff. The prohibition issue took
It's place In the background.
Rain In Massachusetts,
BOSTON, Nov. 2.-Along with
the President and his wife, more
than q million voters were going
to- the polls In Massachusetts, To-
day.
Western Massachusetts, was
blanketed by drizzling rain, but
the eastern section was favored by
the sun with an occasional threat
Of rain. The Democratic vote IL
concentrated In the cities, and not
bothered by weather conditions.
Whether the rain in the western
tier Of counties would cut down
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ME RGER FIGHT
To Be STAGED

The legal tangie involving the
owuership OF local utility corpora
lions probably viii receive q
thorough airing tomorrow at the
public hearing on the bill, before
the Public Utilities Commission. In
the District Building. to. force 4
merger or the local street railway
companies.
Officials Of the companies con.
cerned. representatives Of the va
rious civic associations. and others
interested In the merger problem.
have slgntfted their intention Of ct.
tending the hearing.
Tt will be the first opportunity
officials Of the two street railway
companies have had to enter their
say into the controversy over the
North American sCompany's holdings
IL local public utilities.
The real purpose OE the meeting Is
to find out whether the Washing
ton public desires = merger Of The
two local traction companies. ana
Il 90 what measures should be
adopted.
the Republican vote was probe.
NAUTICAL
Eex-Senaf1Ir David j. Walsh
Democrat and Senator William M.
Butler, Republican. were both ex-
pressing confidence. as were Gov
er1ior Avian T.. F4lIer. Republican,.
candidate for reelection. ana Col
onel William a. CASTOR, Democrat.
his opponent.
Rain ana Apathy Ii South
a
ATLANTA, Nov. 2.-With cloudy
ana rainy weather reported from
many parts Of the Southeastern
States. . light vote was forecast
az voters went to the polls today
to confirm their choices In Demo
cratic primaries.
Interest was at low ehb IN most
parts OF the Democratic South, and
voters were more concerned with
local issues and Constitutional
amendments than the choosing of
senate RS and Representatives.
whose nomination In the summer
primaries was equivalent 70 cleo
ton.
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Exampies Of incorrect Answers

A Greek mathematician; philosopher in the ,
18th century. Gone student only mentioned
having read Platos Republic.)
To the majority Pericles was Greek philoso-
pher, law maker, American scientist
An English writer (15 answers; "A Greek"
(2).
Two named him as an italian painter" liv-
ing in the 14th or 18th century. Several
named him as American writer.
He was usually called a great fighter
great general" and "the French Emperor
who died for France"
Named number of times as great writer,
an American scientist a doctor.
A painter, musician, writer, and the "in-
ventor of the law of gravitation."
German commander" religious man." a
general
Greek sculptor ~; one student ventured
the information that he died few years ago.
THE who pasteurfzed milk" (several);
chemist, a physicist, pastor In a church
Roman; the Queen of Italy; the Queen OF
Sheba; the Queen Of India; princess;
Egyptian princess; Anthony's friend; sister OF
Julius Caesar; famous vamp; bad
Lived variously in the 18TH 10th, 18th, and
following centuries. TO some he is still alive.
He "the inventor of the Nobel prize"
He was also placed as American orator,
American poet and a famous American
philosopher. A French painter.
IL had heard the name but could not remem-
the one who made the first steamboat He
also named American inventor.
A French doctor; novelist.
An ancient SCIENTIST; French general;
Jewish king; the inventor of the airplane.
One wrote that he must have invented the
wireless but she was not whether he
lived in the 18th or 18th century, OF the 60
giving Incorrect answers all believed him
dead.
A German musician Cmany); Greek philoso-
pher
AZ called him American writer: Is called
him dead and one wrote "he has just died"
One knows him as the author Of "Candide.''
He of four nationalities. Italian, Roman,
Greek, Persian. He navigator,
tronomer a writer. philosopher, and lived
before Christ
To many he was American NOTED for his
theories" One student wrote that he was
"impious who told us that descended
from monkeys He named frequently as
a philosopher, zoologist, and botanist.
An English author an American statesman;
the inventor of the steamboat
An American historian (20).
A churchman dead politician; a preacher;
the founder Of the English Church; botanist
(L0ther Burbanl9.
German musician; German philosopher;
composer; a rich German Industrial man All
those who gave incorrect answers believed
him still alive.
Many had heard the name but could not re-
member who he was. One answered "a He
brew dancerg (probably had in mind Salome)
religious man; artist; a cynfc; an
atheist
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it beneficial. Mas. GERTRUDE L. STEW
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Valuable for Weakness
''I have found Lydia 3. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a valuable medi9
cine for weakness. Mas. j. A.
PETscH, Box 397, Lancaster, Pa.
Hundreds OF letters like these are
received by the Pinkham Medicine Co..
Lynn, Mass. Grateful women from
Pennsylvania to Washington, from
Texas to Illinois and from Rhode Is
land to Nebraska say that their health
has improved since taking Lydia 3.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
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I were unable to name any Russian writer.
he only Russian writer named Tolstoy
IS times). False answers were Nietzsche,
bnrad, Balzac Maupassant.
0 did not know
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| would not be with
out it in the house.
AS I am a children's
nurse, I have to be
on my feet . great
.Geal and your medi-
cine has helped me
wonderfully. I was
hardly able to do my
homework when I
began taking it, and
now / am a strong
and well woman,
able to do all that
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1t would take train as long as
from Washington. p. G.. to New
Haven, Conn. to haul one average
days output of the Lituminous coal
mines of this country.
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"There were sixty questions in the list originally
given' he continues. 1.-THE highest grade, SO
per cent, was made by student of Slavic
descent twenty-five years old. The second rank,
81 per cent was made by more mature Russian.
The highest grade made by a native American
was 80 per cent the lowest 10 per cent. :.
"It may be asked what is the purpose of such
a questionable. Do the answers Indicate with
any degree OF certainty the trend of thought Of
the modern college student, or justify our draw
ing any definite conclusions2 First, the results
seem to emphasize the current belief that a
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majority Of young people 60 to college today Tor
a diploma The memorizng Of facts
seemsIimportant insofar as 1t brings about this
end. Iehey are as quickly forgotten, and leave no
lastifaI impression. In the modern college life
ther%tls no time for meditatibn no time for
assi1lA alton or digestion Students hurry to their
clasxfa and hurry away; the facilitates their
departure An hour OF JAZZ a movie, or a whirl
to #next town assists in Graduating any Inn
pressiH which may have been received in the
classrN PM
Hon many of these questions can you answer?
Any BOD dictionary ought to provide most Of
the al Bwers against which you can check your
replieN
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large American university. About one-third Of the
number were third or fourth year students
There were seven foreigners in the group. The
test was given toward the end of the college year.
with the, work of the second semester nearing
completion
1T might we'll have been assumed that the
college study in English, history mathematics, the
languages and the sciences, should have re-
freshed the memory in regard to many of the
leading points in the questionable" says. the
originator of the test writing in special educa-
tIonal number of the New Republic. The article
disclosed neither the identity of the writer nor
for reasons which can only be guessed at, the
name of the university.
THE QUESTIONNAIRE
PART
Tell why the following and women were great
na
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20. Name several Russian
writers ..............
80. who wrote the Infer-
81. Who wrote Paradise
80. Who were the French
writer's who largely
contributed to the
French Revolution7...
SS. Name five Italian
painters .............
81. Give the names of
several famous sculp-
tors ......
35. Name book written
by Thomas Carlyle... Il
So. What can you tell
about Cervantes?.. L
81. who was Bismarck? Is
he dead or living?. /;
SO. Name the five great
men who you think
contributed most to
our civilization ......
SO. Which great man do
you admire most2 Tell
why. ...............
40. Locate accurately the
following famous ar
chit&ctures:
(a) The Parthenon... 81
CD The Pantheon. 2
(c) The Eirel Tower. 5
(d) The Alhambra. 8
(e) The Vatican. $3.50. 8
II. Locate the Yosemite. s
40. Locate Madagascar. 81
40. Locate the Luxor. 2
"A. Have you ever heard
of the Barbizon School?
What can you say of
it? Neutrality-suspicious..
As. Which human race is
the most populous?.. 6
46. What state has the
largest population to
the square miller.
AZ. What recent inven-
lions do you consider
the most useful to
mankind?
As. What Is a mausoleuIn?
Can you locate a ia
nous marble nausea
leum in India?.
40. Who applied the ele-
ments of Plane Ge-
ometry the first time
500 B. C. ....... 8
so. How much money does
France owe American
Should she pay her
debt? .............
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CHILDREN'S
NURSE RESUMES
Her DUTIES
Praises Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

ri have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for some time and
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THE QUESTIONABLE
pa Pr I

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,ARTII
Various Answers

Ct Various Answers
81 were unable to name any Russian writer.
The only Russian writer named was Tolstoy
(3S times). False answers were Nietzsche.
Gbnrad, Balzac, Maupassant.
80 did not know
False answers were Bernard Shaw, Bossuet.
So had never had any French literature"
Others thought that Dumas (Pere ct Fils).
Victor Hugo, Kipling, Montaigne, had con-
tributed.
All Others, gave groups of various natioRalities.
One of the groupings given included Titan.
Rembrandt, Corot, Angelo Millet.
81 did not know any. named dorado Taft;
4, Rodin; l, Pascal; /, Pericles; l, Praxiteles.
Most of the students had heard Of T. c. but
could not book l gave him an
American novelist. called him still alive"
had heard him lecture year ago at the
Woman's Club"
SO knew that he was a Spaniard. 1 called him
the Father of Don Quixote" named him
as the discoverer of America.
Is had never heard of him. ! answered "a sort
OF doughnut.'
100 per cent named Lincoln; 80, Shakespeare
"a, Washington; Sc Napoleon 30. Roosevelt
15,- Edison; s, Bell; 3, Marconi; %, Foch; 49,
Pershing; %. Franklin Other answers were
Coue, Columbus, Wilson, Caesar, Alexander
Jefferson, King Tut
As gave Lincoln because he was so devoted
to his country. Washington, because he saved
America from England. Edison not because
he invented the electric light but because he
Placed variously in France in Paris in Jeru-
SALEM
On Sheridan Road and Wilson Avenue. Chi
cago Ga movie theatre) in italy, in Athens. in
Washington.
In Versailles, in italy. in EiffeI Germany. s
The majority placed it In Greece; some in
Paris.
Florence. italy. Versailles.
Colorado, North Carolina, and in various other
states. One Can American) had never heard
of the Yosemite.
In Spain. in Persia, in Asia Minor IS did not
know
In Greece. in Constantinople one young wom-
answered Luxor is cosmetic powder,
cream, and rouge"
"a had not heard of this school. The others
thought 1t must be school for boys in Eng
land
rs gave the American race" The remainder
(14) gave Anglo Saxon"
75 thought it was New York. Others named
Texas and Washington.
The automobile, the caterpillar radio. radium.
insulin. and the ''Marcelle Waves"
Most Of the students did not know the mean
ing Of the word.
The majority named Pythagoras. Many did
not know"
SO did not know the amount. One thought
"a million So" All except agreed that
France should pay her debt. thought Every
generously that America should cancel it.
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L Plato ....... 5 80 IS
:. periclea 49,. ls 81 .
). Horace Mann. 20 II so
Z. peatnlouai -. Is IS .
). Napoleon 100 . ?
j Edward 5snnsr 7 Il -
4 Kepler ........ Is IS 50
.. Kant ..... 10 II 7s
8 Michelangelo s5 5 o
10 Pasteur ...... 20 "A
II Cleopatra ~. Il 20 .
- Alfred Nobel. : il 50
Ia. Isaac Newton. 81 SO .
j. L. 4. Forest. .,
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z74Rz2zSu0y -D7zerezH9

RE you familiar with the out
standing figures in the history OF
the human race? How large is
your knowledge of the outstand-
ing facts of present-day civiliza-
ton?
Here's an opportunity to test
yourself on these questions. Fol-
lowing is a QUESTIONABLE present
ed to one hundred students repre-
sentfng four college years in