Evening star., 1932-03-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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O. Where was the new Judge of the
Supreme Court, Benjamin N. Carooza,
born?-N. A.
A. He was born in New York City
on May "a, 1870. He comes of dis
tinguished Jewish ancestry. some of
his forbears having been prominently
identified with Colonial days and the
struggles of the young Republic.
O How much are the war dis
patches from Shanghai censored?-
D.. K.
A. Less than those emanating from
any war front of recent times. In the
World War correspondents with the
allied armies had their messages CEN
sored by allied officials, the same being
true of messages from the German
lines. Because of the existence Of the
International Settlement, neutral
zone. right at the theater of the pres
ent conflict, neither side can censor.
O. When are names chosen for the
Hall of Fame? Whose names were
last chosen?-B. F.
A. The names to be inscribed in the
Hall of Fame are chosen every five
years by college of electors. Those
for 1880 were James Mcneil Whistler,
James Monroe. Matthew Fontaine
Maury and Walt Whitman.
@. Was Robert E. Lee opposed to
| slavery?-C. NJ c.
A. Gamaliel Bradford. writing of
Robert E. Lee says: For. that Lee
himself disliked and detested slavery
| there can be no possible doubt. The
| few slaves that ever belonged to him
personally he set free long before the
war, and he took time in the very
thick Of his military duties to arrange
| at the appointed date for the eman-
| cipation of those who had been left
to his wife by her father"
O. Please quote the verse about the
fleas having smaller fleaS to bite
| them.-A. r.
A. Dean Swift wrote the following:
! So. naturalists observe. a flea Has
smaller fleas that on him prey; And
these have smaller still to bite EN-;
And so proceed ad infinitum.
@. Do glaciers move more rapidly
in the Summer than in the Winter?-
1 w s.
A. The greatest movement naturally
takes place in the summer The rate
Of movement depends upon the mass
of snow and ice, the slope and smooth
ness Of the ground, and the slope of
the upper surface of the ice. The
! movement can be compared to that
of river The greatest rates being
in the center, the upper layers, and
IN restricted parts of its channel.
@. When an egg as large as a pea
is found in hen which has been killed.
how long would it have been before
the egg was laid?-G. L.
A. II takes from 18 to 20 hours for
an egg to mature and be laid
| @. When were examinations first
given in schools and colleges?-B. S. H.
A. The earliest type Of examinations
which prevailed were oral. A disputa-
ton or a definition OF a thesis were
the first forms that the examina ton
took in medieval universities. TIE
written examination was unknown at
the universities probably until 1902. at
which time it was introduced by Bent
ley, at Trinity College, Cambridge.
@. How are oil gushers captured?-
H. b
A. Wild" wells are capped in a num-