Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

live animals which are pests to the
farmers. Mice, ground squirrels, rab-
bits and chipmunks are favorite food.
Q. Do any men in England receive
the title ''count" "A. l. K.
A. Count" is not title in the
English peerage.
Q. What is meant by the teaching
| load?-L. B. B.
A. The teaching load refers to four
| factors conditioning the efficiency of
instruction and are: ~ The pupil
| teacher ratio. as shown by the aver.
age daily attendance; t2) the number
of classes taught by the teachers: (3)
the number of student hours per
teacher; (D the number Of students in
a class. The North Central Associa.
| ton of Colleges and Secondary Schools
| recommends the following as normal.
% Pupil-teacher ratio, %; (2) the mum.
Der Of classes taught by the teacher.
| . daily; 81 the number Of student
| hours per teacher. $50 per day; a. the
number Of students in class. %.
Q. Do genuine police dogs have
four or five toes on rear feet?-C. 8.
A. The Bureau of Animal Hus-
! bandry says that all dogs possess an
| atrophied fifth inner toe. which IS
called the ''wart of the digging leg"
O. Will soaking fence posts in oil
drained from a motor preserve the
| posts?-W S.
| A. The Forest Products Laboratory
says: "In our estimation soaking a
fence post in oil drained from a motor
| would have little effect upon its life.
| We do not believe the treatment
| would make the post rot quicker. but
| we also do not believe II would add
appreciably to the life of the post.
Spent automobile oil cannot be ex-
pected to have good preservative prop
critics. The best preservative for
fence posts Is coal tar creosote."
@. What is the fastest regular train
in the world?--C. V.
A. The Golden Arrow Express OF
the North Railway Of France is con-
sidered the fastest regularly scheduled
passenger train at present.
@. What States require but one
license plate on an automobile
r. Z. r.
| A. AS far as we are able to ascer-
tain, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas
and Oklahoma require only one license
plate on an automobile. This regu-
lation was also used in Florida.
@. Is the word "pergola" accented
on the first or second syllable?-P. D.
! A. The accent Is on the first
syllable.
Q. What does the prefix metro
| mean?-A. NJ.
] A. 1t may mean mother. or it may
| be measure. Metrochrome is color
measuring instrument; metropolis was
| originally the mother city of
| province.
Q. Why do mosquitoes bite some
people and not others?-H. NJ.
A. The apparent immunity or sus-
ceptibility of individuals to mosqul.
toes is due to body odors which at
| tract or repel.
Government statistics bring out the
| fact that the uneducdted man has only
! one chance in 500 to attain distinction.
| There is no reason tChU any one
| should Iiue under such handicap in
these days of free schools and free
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