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Show THE WEST POINT CAMPUS GETS Old Measurement Units as Remodeled by French FACE-LIFTIN- G i Changes Physical Appear-ance of Institution. West Point, N. Y. The J United States Military academy is undergoing a operation, completion of which will change the entire physical appearance of the face-lifti- ng famous institution. A new cadet barracks, a new academic building, an addition to the gymnasium, a cadet armory, ordnance and engineering laboratories and junior officers' quarters are being erected in a $5,000,000 construction project. The buildings will be completed by the end of 1938. Five hundred cadets will be accommodated in the new barracks, which will form a right Angle with its south wing running parallel to the south wing of north cadet barracks and its north wing running parallel to the gymnasium. Each wing will consist of a basement and seven floors. Estimated cost of erection is $1,089,400. The exterior of the building will be faced with granite rubble masonry with limestone trim, and its Gothic architecture will coincide with that of the north barracks. New Aeademle Building. The new academic building will be erected between the east academic building and the library, on a site formerly occupied by tennis courts. The structure will form an angle, one leg of which will be the east wing, six floors high, and the other a parallel to the east academic building. Also of Gothic architecture, the exterior will be faced with cut stone ashlar trimmed with limestone. A modern natural and experione-flo- or - The English units of measurement have evolved gradually from the simple standards used by the English peasants and artisans a thou- sand years ago. Prior to the French revolution, in fact, the standards cf all nations were based on the rude units developed by primitive peoples, writes Dr. Tliomas M. Beck in the Chicago Tribune. In 1790 the French government appointed a commission to place the weights and measures of France on a decimal basis. This step involved the discarding of the old units and the adoption of new ones. As there was nothing sacred about the toise and the livre and the rest of the old units, the commission could arbitrarily have chosen any stick and stone in France to be the new standards of length and weight. In actual practice, however, it is desirable to have such standards based on certain known and indestructible quantities, so that if all yardsticks and weights in the land were destroyed in some catastrophe, they could soon be reproduced. For the measurement of length the commission chose the most indestructible thing available, the earth. The unit of length, the meter, was defined as one of the distance from the equator to the north pole along the meridian passing through Paris.' Ten meters were defined as a decameter, 100 meters as a hectometer, and 1,000 meters as a kilometer. Among the submultiples, a meter was defined as 10 decimeters, 100 centimeters, and 1,000 milimeters. The new units of area and volume were the squares and cubes of these lengths. ten-millio- - U; Pole Dances Stir Indian Braves of Mexican Towns FARM POPULATION IS BEING REDUCED Lights by Decrease Is Shown for the First Time Since 1929. : : one-ha- lf - le Hi-Jac- ks forty-two-year-o- ld tick-infest- ed - Expertly made from t .e fmest ingrediwas a racing driver. He has never its its ctellc.jus ents! Its fresh quite overcome the habit. Hence a healthful. spin with him is fast, furious and exskillful and He's accurate, citing. however, and thus, his record is ' clean. But memories linger on . . . COUNTS WHERE When Tom Bragg and he were in QUALITY partnership they were not only busiHyland 2220 2103 South Uth East ness but playtime associates as well. Naturally, they were companions in various automobile adven- Mole Cricket's Ears Are tures, some of which had a humorLittle Oval Knee Patch ous aspect and give an amusing The queerest thing on a mole in of their two big brokers picture crickets leg is the little oval patch FOR EVERY OCCASION play moments. on its knee. AT REASONABLE PRICES This is a piece of There was that day when Mr. corresponding with the Smith, with Mr. Bragg as usual his membrane, of drum a car. human BOOKS out new a companion, decided to try This gives the mole light car on the rolling acres of his cricket arrangement FOR SALE AND TO RENT a great advantage over othfarm near Bedford Village, N. Y. 15c a Week Rental Rate er to hold it its insects, enabling In the back of a car were some two wide ears and then 1c a very and apart, Day boards which were carried in case of emergency. The first use oc- gauge the direction and distance curred when they reached a small of a sound by comparing the two brook. The boards were laid across signals received. The comparison, the stream and the car rolled over observes a writer in Pearson's London Weekly, is made instinctively. amoothly. Shortly after that, they The common house-flis only one came to a moderately high stone of thousands of insects which can wall. because they suck 1080 East 21st South "Whatlf we do now? inquired walk upside-dow- n with their feet. The two little sucIn Sugar House Smith. That's easy,' returned Bragg. tion pads on a flys foot they are , Put up the boards and drive over. something . like the little rubber Lightning and Clouds "suckers used for attaching no0. K., came the response from tices is nothing more than an Ligtning to windows, glass only they "and act as captain. Smith, youll are. sticky. When walking right electrical discharge between two up, or on a rough surface, flies bodies in which there is a large difMr. Bragg immediately assumed way use their claws, as their suction ference of potential, says a writer command and when the wheels were pads are delicate organs' which must in the Montreal Herald. Clouds are aimed directly at the boards, gave be wtear and usually considered as being static the order, "Let 'er go an give her tear.spared unnecessary charges of negative potential, while ' plenty of gas. the earth is considered to be posiTwo little knobs on stalks, just beMr. Smith obeyed. The car leaped low the base of the tively charged. When a sufficient are called wings nobly to the task and shot up the "balancers because they are used voltage or potential has been built boerds. But when it hit the top of in the same up in either of these bodies to over- -' way as a tightrope the wall, it stopped and spraddled walker uses come the lesistance of the air gap his long pole. with the front wheels on one side between them there is a flash which crane The or fly, and the rear ones hanging over the has much we call a bolt of lightning. Since which larger balancers, other. can easily be seen when the insect is objects on the earths surface, such Puzzled by his predicament, flight. If these are cut off, it as buildings or trees, lessen the disSmith crawled out with the query, in flounders about, and not even the tance between the two bodies they "Whatll we do now, Tom? can save it, though it can are likely to be struck; they offer a long legs "Thats for you to figure out," fly There quite easily when one or two legs pathno of reduced resistance. was the quiet reply as Bragg ia doubt that In the great maare missing. strolled away. jority of cases of forked lightning The next day, they were back on Ostrich, Largest Bird; the flash appears to the observer to Wall street putting over big deals. Humming Bird, Smallest be coming earthward and strikes The ostrich, largest bird in the from above. Speaking of driving, Im wonder- world, presents an interesting coning what next I'll see on the streets trast to the humming bird, the smallof New York. In old days, concrete est. Of the latter there are about Dog Days Traced to Egypt mixers were stationary or were 500 species. They have weak legs, Dog days, so often misinterpreted, towed in the backs of trucks.' Now- -. powerful wing muscles considering go back to ancient Egypt, for on ad ays they travel under their own their size, and brilliant plumage. Of the Nile the star Sirius (named in power and travel fast too, presum- the ostrich, there are but few spe- honor of the dog) denoted the hot ably chewing up sand and concrete cies (some Scientists say only one). flood season. Its rise was the signal as they plow through traffic. A They have powerful legs and pro- for lowlandera to move to higher concrete mixer moving at high portionately weak wings, dark and ground. The fact that Sirius rises in the summer has brought dog days speed is something to meet. But quiet plumage. the other day, on Eighth avenue, I The 'male is polygamous, notes a to mean something entirely differsaw what would be called a steam writer in London ent This story baa a Magashovel, if it were not gasoline op- zine, and during the breeding seacounterpart in the tale of Maera, erated, bowling along merrily. It son consorts with two to seven fe- the dog of Icarus. After disclosing had an escort a dozen or more males. The whole group will share to Erigone the place where her murtaxicabs with drivers muttering be- a common nest for the incubating dered father lay, Maera died of cause they were unable to pass. of the eggs, info a single one of grief. For his faithfulness Maera which could be packed a dozen or was rewarded by being taken up The recent announcement that more bumming birds. The females into the heavens and becoming the This ia the Ciro Terranova, for a number' of sit on the eggs during the day end constellation Canis. of version an Greek earlier known as the artichoke are Babymales the The males at years night. king, had given up his Pelham vigorous fighters and will defend lonian legend. Manor mansion because hed not their own with alacrity, kicking Famous Twelfth Century Teacher only been deposed but had gone sideways or forward with their powwas the Peter Abelard broke, brings to mind the story of a erful legs, equipped with hoof-lik-e young advertising man and a pro- toes. It is said that they have killed most famous teacher of the Twelfth hibition era New Years eve. His men and even horses in this way. century. Like all teachers of that wife and he were invited to a party The ostrich can make a noise reday he was trained for theology and the wife went on ahead. The sembling a roaring lion, but usually and his fame rests largely on his husband, somewhat fuzzy, forgot prefers to hiss. His featherless legs, ability as a disputant. He was an where the party was and went out with which he can take opponent of William of Champeaux, looking tox it Seeing a big house strides, carry him with great speed. whom he seriously worsted in theall lighted up, he .rang the bell, was The ostrich will eat almost anything, ological debate. He became a heradmitted and found himself a guest including all' sorts of hard objects mit in Champagne, where hundreds of Terranova. And in his embarthat will aid digestion, just as a of students flocked to him. He Is rassment, several times he referred chicken will pick up pieces of grit .one of the important forerunners of to the "pineapple king.? But ' he and small pebbles. Stories are told the school of theology which afterhad a pleasant evening. of ostriches eating knives, and even ward became the University of Paris. watches. Simile by Ralph Rotgers, orchestra leader at the Starlight roof: "As shiny as the seat of sitdown strikers pants. BY ... ... Gifts of Giaracter tightly-stretche- d . THE ARTCRAFT GIFT 8 BOOK SHOP y - daddy-long-leg- five-fami- ly ever-wideni- TIIE WHOLE FAMILY WILL ENJOY IT 4 4 . down-they- Laura Larson Icc Cream for Dessert L.L STEVENSON i back-to-the-la- - SERVE 4 5 . 1937 Laura Larson Icc Cream Shop Net migration was 80,000, due to the fact that farm births far exceeded deaths 716.000 to 349,000, the bureau explained. farm During the years 1930-3population increased every year. Since 1910 there have been several periods when the farm population showed decreases, particularly during the World war. The present farm population is a little less than the peak figure of 32,076,900 reported for 1910, but nearly 2,000,000 greater than the reported for 1930. In this connection, the bureau noted: The result of all the changes of the last twenty-seve- n years is that the farm population today is about one per cent less than in 1910. Although the number of persons in the United States has increased by nearly 40 per cent since 1910, the number of persons living on farms today is slightly less than it was in that year. Since 1920, however, more people have moved from farms than to farms during every year except 1932. The increase in farm population between 1930 and 1935 was due more to the fact that fewer people were moving to towns and cities than to moveany great ment," according to. the bureau. With the resumption of urban employment opportunities in recent years, there has been an increase in net migration from farms.. - New York 27, ' 447,000. double-quarter- s. of FRIDAY, AUGUST There's an organization known as T Drove With Ben Smith Once club. The large membership consists of those who have been given thrills by Ben Smith, who before he became a .big Wall Street operator, Washington. The nations farm population has decreased for the first time since 1923, the bureau of agricultural economics reported. There are now 31,729,000 persons bn farms, as against 31,809,000 a year ago, the bureau estimated. During the last year 1,166,000 persons left farms, while 719,000 moved to farms from villages, towns and cities. Thus gross migration totaled Of those age-ol- d rites which survive among the Indians of remote villages in Mexico, one of the most which will be isolated from the east interesting and spectacular is the strange dance of the flying pole. wing to eliminate vibration. In a symbolism centuries old, the Estimated cost of the building is performers dance at the top of a $741,600. The new gymnasium addition will tree trunk as tall as a ships mast, form a letter T, with a west wing then fly to earth on long, unwindFuneral for Old Flags .. directly in the rear of the .present ing ropes. When the Otomi Indians perstructure. Held Over Pyre in Ohio The cost has been estimated at formed the dance at Pahuatla, says Urbana, Ohio. In an impressive The building will be a correspondent in the Detroit $980,000. 60 American flags ritual worn out d coswore bright-reframed with structural steel and News, they tumes, and two bandannas crossed ' in service were destroyed here by fireproofed with concrete. 'members of the H. M. Pearce post, ' in the back gave vague resemblance Sixty families will be accommo'American Legion. dated in junior officers quarters be- to wings. Five were dressed as Neither the army, navy, nor the men and the sixth a in woman. as of the north end erected the ing In the center of the bustling plaza American Legion heretofore has post. towered the flying pole, almost .70 used a ceremony on such occasions, j Twenty Double Quarters. feet high. A thick vine had been Lieut. Col. William Vance, army reThere will be twenty sets of dou- twisted around the pole to afford a serve corps, who drafted the one ble quarters, five three - family foothold. One by one they climbed 'here, said. houses and five houses, to the lofty The ritual prescribes an outdoor woman the hqight, all two stories high. Each of the somewhat hindered by the service with officers and members long ' quarters will have a basement, stor- skirts fluttering in the wind.. Once assigned to stations around an open age space, combination living and on top, they sat down in a frame fire. The ceremony opens with the dining rooms, kitchen, front hall, and supported their ' bodies by sergeant-at-arm- s presenting to the three bedrooms, two baths and a thrusting their feet against the commander all flags to be destroyed pole. maids room. Sun porches will be these words: Then one after another they with ' built on each of the I wish to present a number of on the platform.- One step danced ' The houses will be of brick supflags of our country for inspection misplaced, one slight loss of balported with structural cinder blocks ance, and nothing could have saved and disposition." .and arranged so that families will them from plunging to sudden death. After their condition has been have private entrances. They are pole-to- p After aU tied noted the commander declares: the dances expected td be finished by Novem- the ends of the ropes around their "They have reached their present ber 17. state through a service of tribute and waists with a piercing cry A cold storage plant has been launched into and memory and love. one For space. completed, and additional water dis- breathless moment they hung along "A flag may be a flimsy bit of tribution facilities consisting of two the five gauze, or a beautiful banprinted of them head 8,000,000-gallo- n steel water tanks for pole, the woman flies withdown, ner of finest silk. Its intrinsic value her only with electrically driven centrifugal head came in may be trifling or great. Its real up. Then pumps were completed January 18, a steady crescendo of value is beyond price, for it is a 1937. symbol of all that we and our comcircles. Plans and specifications for the rades have worked for, and died ordinance and engineering laborafor a free nation of free men, true to the faith of the past, devoted to tories, which will cost $203,000, have Highest Tides In the World not been completed. A new target The highest tides in the world are the ideals and practices of liberty, range, a quartermaster garage and the spring tides at the head of the freedom and justice, a freight receiving warehouse are Bay of Fundy, on the coasts of Nova The flags are then ordered dipped also near completion. Scotia and New Brunswick, where in kerosene and placed on a rack they reach 70 feet. In the Santa over a fire. As this is being done Cruz river, Argentina, the rise is the bugler sounds To the Colors, British School Presents and the entire company stands at 40 feet, and at Cape Virgin, in the Students Some Teasers Straits The chaplain says a of Magellan, they reach an attention. prayer. London. Write the letter which equal height. In the Bristol chancomes after P in the alphabet un- nel,' England, 44 feet is attained; less today is Wednesday, in which along the Welsh coast, 36 feet; at Children Bad In Good case write no. Liverpool, 26 feet; at St. Malo, Weather and Vice Versa This is part of an examination ' France, 35 feet. At no place in the Milwaukee. A study by probation which schoolchildren at Barnsley Orient or along the African coast or had to pass to get a secondary our own western coast are any such officers .revealed that when the school scholarship. heights reached. Bombays high weather is bad children are good. Another poser" put to the York- tide is seventeen feet; Surat, the John J. Kenney, chief probation ofshire pupils was: highest in India, nineteen feet. At . ficer of the juvenile court, said that If Tuesday comes before Friday the other extreme is Trincomalee, ' juvenile delinquency increased 25 '.write yes, unless seven is greater Ceylon, where the neap tide reaches per cent in the first five months of 'than two, in which case write a height of only one foot The high- -, 1937 over the same period of 1936. est tide in the United States is found, In 1936, Kenney said, snowdrifts and'. An authority on intelligence tests at Eastport, Me., which rises to a and zero weather kept children infeet. said that this particular test may height of twenty and doors, but in 1937 the winter was so mild that the youths were outsound odd, but people will admit doors much of the time and more of that they need their wits about them Windmills Long 'in Use them got into trouble. to write down the correct answer. Related by Washington Irving in Kenney said there always is an inverse relationship between the his "Lives of Mahomet and His SucFence to Build 200-Micessors is the fact that Khalif Omar weather and child delinquency. Keep Texas Cattle Out was murdered in 643 A. D. by a Cows of Milk New Orleans. Louisiana has built Persian carpenter skilled in the , A Thus Nashville, Tenn. a fence to keep the neighbors' cat- construction of windmills. negro taught the world a tle out. The fence is 200 miles long. we know that for well over 1,200 From Logans port, on the Texas bor- years, notes a writer in Successful new racket when he took a bucket cows at the der and 40 miles south of Shreve- Farming, man has spread his wings and began port, the barbed wire barrier ex- in the wind for pumping water and Union stockyards. tends deep into the marshlands of grinding grain two kinds of work southern Calcasieu parish to pre- to which windmills were especially Texas cattle from adapted because both pumping and vent Owner Gives Up Car river when it is grinding could, without great inconSabine the wading to Pay $10 Tow Bill venience, be intermittent and could low in summer. vary with the force of the wind. Marshfield, Ore. Albert Prass of Marshfield went to town for aid after his car stalled on the Chinese Waitresses Why Pawnbroker Is Uncle Coast highway near a Oregon of pawnbrokers railroad overhead crossing. Told How to Behave asWhy do we speak "uncle? One theory is that it In his absence, a policeman Nanking, China. A code for was derived from "uncus, meana wrecker. When Pratt called was behavior of waitresses hook. Pawnbrokers used hooks ing a movehe found his car missLife returned, "New the adopted by to lift up the articles pledged with ing. ment: Dont curl your hair, is Curious to note It rather them. Pratt and the wrecker met at dont rouge your lips, dont wear that the French use "ma tantr, a dresses. nearby town. The wrecker prepeculiar foreign or my aunt, in the same way. sented Pratt with a $10 towing The code explained that these we Where speak of pledged property turned the 1925 auto bill. to correct Pratt were necessary steps being up the spout, or at unto the wrecker and marked over a wrong impression in regard across Channel the cles, they say it up as a total loss. to Chinese waitresses. it is chez ma tante, or at my aunt's. London Answers Magazine mental philosophy laboratory will be established in the west wing, bulletin Srr.AR IIOl'AE . s, Tit-Bi- ts , - (1079-114- 2) 25-fo- ot . . C Bell Syndicate. WWU Servlet. Indians Want Museum to g Skull Return Rain-Makin- The Gros Ventres Washington. Indians of westerfi North Dakota asked the Indian office to help them recover the sacred skull of their thunder bird from the Heye Foundation museum in New York. Legend says 'the thunder bird promised the Gros Ventres that as long as they kept his skull rain never would fail them nor would they suffer want. Severe drouths and grasshopper plagues in recent years reminded the older members of the tribe of the promise. They failed to persuade the museum to return the "sacred bundle, acquired when the tribal custodian embraced Christianity. Horte-and-Bugg- Drives y at White House Must Go Washington. President Roosevelt has approved plans to replace the winding driveways on the south grounds of the White House, dating from the days, with a series of wider and straight-e-r automobile drives. ' Improvements, which will necessitate the transplanting of several large trees and old shrubs, will cost $27,000. They will be financed by the roads and trails division of the national park service, Department of the Interior, and the work will be done by the bureau of public roads, Department of Agriculture. horse-and-bug- AMAZE A MINUTE ARNOLD SCIENT1FACTS |