Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25

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@. How can learn TO play golf when
I have no friends who plsy2-L NJ Z.
A. You should go to q golf course and
engage the services of the professional
for preliminary instructions.
O. How much does 1t cost to learn
to be an airplane pilot?-N. M.
A. The cost of training courses in
aviation is a matter of primary i'm
portance to the student. recent sur
vey of the approved schools conducted
by the AeronauticS Branch, Department
of Commerce, showed that the average
costs of the different courses are as
| follows: Private pilots, $3.50: limited
commercial pilot, $l,207: transport pilot,
| 81 ,255. The prices Of the training
courses range from S345 to $3.50 for pri-
vate pilots, 81 $50 to 81 500 for limited
commercial pilot, apd $3,075 to S4,620
! for transport pilot. These prices do not
include room and board, the average
cost of which is reported TO be APP
| proXimately $l2 per week. While all
| the approved schools adhere to the
standard of minimum requirements es-
| tablished by the Department of Com
merce, there are many that go above
and beyond these requirements, which
explains in many instances the greater
tuition charges of some schools.
@. What is bran?-C 3.
A. Bran is made from the broken
coat Of the seed of wheat, rye or other
cereal grain, separated from the -four
or meal by sitting or boiling.
@ What poem contains the lines, Il
left them sweating and steaming a year
aud a half behind? G. Il. Il.
A. The quotation IS from The Ballad
Of the Mary Gloster." by Kipling: They
copied all they could follow. but they
could not copy my mind. and | left
them sweating and steamng Year ami
a half behind"
". HOW IOhS Eci4ou dncS ulSuIcFa a.
history coyer2-- j.
A. Usually it is considered To cover
the time from the year $40 10 14SZ,
modern history dating from the dis
coyery OF America.
q. Please give some information
about the school built b. the President
near his Summer camping place.-V.
vi. A.
The President Herbert Hoover
Community School was built upon pri-
vate-y owned land, which was donated
for the purpose of erecting the school.
The money was given by President
Hoover and rs fr.ends. It was equipped
by Mr. AID Mrs. Hoover with the money
donated by them and tt-ei- friends
twenty-five students are row enrolled
IN the school. Miss Vest Is the teacher
in charge It is located ct Crtglers-
vile, Va.
O. What is sage brush?--T. ID. H.
A. The term is loosely applied to sew
eral kinds of closely related plants.
The West has the largest variety. 1t
ranges from 3 to feet high and
in stream channels will grow as high as
from to feet. The diameter
of the shrub next to the ground is