Evening star., 1932-06-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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@. Will the Canadian swimming
marathon be held this Summer. B.
A. While definite arrangements have
not as yet been made concerning the
swimming program for the 1882 Cana
dian National Exhibition, tentative
plans at the moment all indicate that
the activities in this connection will be
| Identical with those Of former years.
The tentative dates for this years races
are August 26 for women'S contest and
August 81 for the mems event.
| Q. How many stamp-issuing coun-
tries are there?-D. S.
| A. There are some 900 countries
listed in the cross index of q standard
catalogue. Allowing for duplication,
there are about 800 countries which
at one time are known to have issued
stamps. At present there are approx
mately 100000 major varieties listed in
the catalogue. This accounts for only
those stamps officially authorized by
recognized governments.
| @. How many senior clerks and
| junior clerks are there in the American
| foreign seryice?-W. c. B.
| A. In the diplomatic and consular
services there are approximately 100
senior clerks and $50 Junior clerks.
@. Why are the Virginia highway pa
trolmen equipped with white motor
cycles and white helmets?-D. E. d.
A. The American Motorist says that
it is in order to prevent highway acci-
| dents, rather than to encourage acci-
dents by making the highway patrolmen
as tnconspicuous as possible. These
men patrolling the highways of Vir-
ginia serve as a vivid reminder TO all
motorists that the safe way Of driving
is the legal way to drive. They do not
| lie in wait until some motOriSt either
thoughtlessly or deliberately has violat-
| ed some safety or legal provision which
may cause death-their purpose IS OBJ
| viously TO prevent the motorist from
committing the cause of the accident.
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@. Upon which side Of the mortar
board should students wear the tas-
| Sel?-E. @.
A. The Collegiate Bureau Of Academic
| Costume says that the tassel should be
worn on the left side for the doctors,
| masters and bachelors degrees and
also by students without degrees. There
are several colleges that have made
! local ruling in accordance with which
| the students wear the tassel on the
| right side and upon the comforting OF
the degree, change it TO the left. This
is matter of local concern.
@. What kind of language is Anglic?
e. r.
A. Anglic IS a new international Ian
guage proposed by Prof. R. E. Zachris-
son in 1880. 1t is based on an analysis
of all English words in general use
without adding new letters to the
alphabet at the same time keeping
the continuity with the conventional
English orthography 1t embraces the
most common Of the existing spelling
variants, introducing at the same time
a few new digraphs-uu, oh, zn-Which
have do the duty of new letters. Ang-
lie has so letters or letter combinations
to represent the 40-odd sounds that
occur in English words in current use.
@. Was any American soldier shot by
firing squad during the World WARP
NJ. w.
A. American soldiers who were SEN
fenced to death as a result of court
martial were not executed by firing
3 cn,,o during bp World War