Evening star., 1932-02-04

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@. What Is meant by the national
and international demonstrations, with
reference to the Olympic games?-W A.
A. The national demonstration will
be o game Of American foot ball, played
in Olympic Stadium the night of Au-
gust between two teams, one made
up of players from Yale, Harvard and
Princeton, with r. A. D. Jones as
chairman Of the Coaching Committee,
and the other made up Of players from
California, Stanford and Southern Cal
ifornia, with Howard Jones as chair
man Of the Coaching Committee. The
six participating universities have Of
ficially sanctioned the game and they
are assisting in the preparations. The
international demonstration will be
by teams representing three nations.
O. How long did the depression Of
1873 last?-F. v. c.
A. The acute depression lasted be-
tween four and five years.
@. What became of the Mayflower,
the former presidential yacht?-E. H.
A. After being reduced to hulk by
fire, it was sold and Is now at Will
mington, NJ c. 1t will be reconditioned
and preserved as a national relic The
vessel is being planned to exemplify
the characteristics of early twentieth
century design. When completed, it
will visit Eastern seaports take part
in the Washington Bicentennial CeIe-
bration and in all probability be on
exhibition at Chicago during the 1888
World Fair
verbally for wedding presents?-T. H D.
A. 1t Is not. A personal letter must
be written for each present
O. What Is the name of the school
in Alabama which has neither grades
nor promotions ?-R. l.. M
A. The School of Organic Education
at Fairhope, Ala, is organized along
such lines. 1t was begun 25 years ago
as an experiment bv Mrs. Marietta
johnson, its present director, who de-
veloped it according to her belief that
education is life, and school program
should be lfe-giving to the body as
we'll as mind. No standards are set up
to measure a childs achievements in
this curriculum, consequently there are
no grades, marks or promotions.
O. How much coal does the ordinary
locomotive carry?-B. S. A.
A. The modern coal tender has a Ca
pacity of from 16 to 80 tons.
@. Who invented linoleum?-R. F. c.
A. Frederick Walton. an Englishman,
in 1850 secured a patent on floor ma
terial to which he gave the name IL
noleufn, term which he coined.
Q. What flag has been adopted by
Mahatma Gandhi in his war" for ths
independence of India?-E. " M
A. No flag has been adopted to SYM
bolize the Swaraj movement for Indian
independence 1t is doubtful whether
this movement has advanced far enough
to warrant an individual flag.
@. What inspired Schubert TO write
Who Is Slvia"?-A. B.
A. This is one of his best known
compositions of its kind. At the writ
ing of the piece, Schubert was un-
questionably In love with the name,
Silvia, or his conception Of her. The
song Was inspired by Shakespeare