Show JT DENTS DENTS' SHOW SHO i OF j JJ l' l E VE N NT T I 1 5 l Startling Answers O on CU Cur Cur- tre t Happenings Made Mad to School Qu Questions Questions' V r EW YORK Sept ept 5 5 Seventeen Seventeen and five hundred students In grammar schools ool and cal col- leges ot tho country averaged only 44 of per cen cent on on an nn examination on current t. t events Somo Some of ot the questions dealt I with Charles E. E Hushes Hughes Sinn Fein i ib b b budgets sales ples tax and Lodge The Institute for tor Public Service which 1 h was Informed that Lloyd George Is king of Ireland that Sinn Fain Fein Js is a a. group group of ot th theta there ro and that Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- uel Gompers Is Js a pO poet t and minister to France made mad Its Ith report today There to wonder whether the tho public haa hM not lee les to fear from even Oen biased blued histories than from schools which do donot not teach c current It said eald The current events questions called for knowledge and understand- understand tK of frequently mentioned m men n places and rd Issues They are from young men J an and young women In big schools and colleges College Collego seniors and juniors averaged 0 0 per cent freshmen 63 53 the tho same as high school graduates First year high school students averaged 35 and grammar grammar gram gram- mar school seniors 42 p per per cent Seventh grade grado pupils earned 30 per cent Some of ot the tho answers answer follow tollow In on one state college three of ot thir thir- ty six Juniors did not Identify Identity a. a cartoon cartoon cartoon car car- toon ot of Un Uncle lo Sam head Samuel Gompers was was' given as ae of ot the shipbuilding trade c a poet labors labor s representative In congress secretary of or labor head of ot the tho strikers tho the civil service commission and all unions of ot I the world and minister to France Eng Eng- land and Japan Lloyd George Georgo was given as king of ot Ireland king ot of England prominent In England ambassador to the United States States' and d English diplomat Senator Lodge was was was' given as ex sen ator secretory secretary of or war writer r on psychic chic research am ambassador to England d believer in conversations with the dead member of ot the cabinet president of ot the senate English speech maker advocate c cate to te of or spiritualism Charles E JD Hughes Huches was Pre Provident Wilsons Wilson's private secretary and now wants to conquer Russia Budget Di Director Di- Di rector Dawes Is secretary ot of the navy Senator Borah fighter for disarmament ment IK Ia widely unknown marked as Uncle Sam and dubbed a n Socialist Senator Budget 1 Is 8 a bill of particulars a booklet for keeping expenses the amount of ot money spent In one year an estimate of or revenue in the British house bouse ot or commons S Fein Is Js a 8 gang of ot mysterious men a lawless mob In Russia a party parts of t people In Russia trying to get in power ower or the socialists In Ireland Our SOur last two constitutional amendments amendments amendments' amend amend- ments ments' brought us s railroads railroads- ste steamships steam steam- m- m ships paved streets and restricted Im im- im- im migration The Knox peace resolution called for tor Indemnity from Germany abstinence o fr-o from foreign relations reduced navy and national disarmament |