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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH eke p Rielcefib'a a' What CoIIgqg Students Should Know " C ITS OF WORTHY A IV NAME Reasons why you will prefer a 6 or 8 Rickenbacker The Rickenbacker is thoroughly modern, for incorporated in its design are all the latest engineering ltl-- ' with f:i miliar you the refinements. Best quality of materials only, used throughout the construction of motor, chassis and body. The best quality of interior fittings, hardware and upholstering is used in all Rickenbacker models. Best grade of Spanish leather used in open models and bebt grade of silk mohair used in all closed models. The Rickenbacker is one of the most distinguished and most beautiful cars on the road. As a performer it is in a class by itself. The model you select will have a chassis identically in construction and material with that used by Cannon Ball Baker when he made such a long list of road records last year. Rickenbacker control system is so simple, so easily operated that women find these cars delightful for their use. Rickenbacker steering is positive, and the car steers without the slightest effort on the part of the driver. Rickenbacker roads so well, steers so easily, and rides so comfortably that the car drives all day without the slightest evidence or feeling of out- standing figures in tint history of tin liumnn race? Ilow largo is your knowledge of ilia outstandcivilizaing facts of present-dation? Heres nil opportunity to test yourself on these questions. Following is n questionnaire presented to one hundred students representing four college years In a of the large American university. About number were third or fourth year students. There were seven foreigners In the group. The test was given toward the end of the college year, with the work of the second semester nearing completion. v "It might well have been assumed thnt the college study In Fnglish, history, mathematics, the languages and the sciences, should have refreshed the memory In regard to many of the lending points In the questionnaire, snys the originator of the test writing In n special educational number of the New Republic. The article disclosed neither the Identity of the writer nor, for reasons which can only he guessed at, the name of the university. fatigue. Come in today and let one-thir- "There were sixty questions In the list originally he continues. "The highest grade, 98 given, per cent, whs made by a student of Slavic descent, twenty-tw- o years old. The second rank, 07 per cent, was made by a more mature Russian. The highest grade made by a native American was 89 per cent ; the lowest 10 per cent. . . . "It may he naked whut Is the purpose of such a questionnaire. Do the answers Indicate with any degree of certainty the trend of thought of the modern college student, or Justify our drawing any definite conclusions? First, the results seem to emphasize the current belief that a PART I Per Cent Correct 81. A 18th 45 25 17. Bernard Shaw. 88 58 8 18. Copernicus ... 9 21 TO 19. 26. Darwin 72 26 2 15 5 80 21. 22. Faraday H. G. Wells... Martin Luther. 72 56 20 36 8 8 28. Steinmetx 22 78 0 84. Solon 25. Anatole Franc 4 IT 44 18 52 60 33. 8 97 4 Various Answers tors 85. Name a book written by Thomas 36. 37. 88. Carlyle... What can you about Cervantes? II Who was Bismarck? Is he dead or living?.... Name the five great men who you think contributed most to our civilization 39. Which great man do you admire most? Tell why 40. Locate accurately the following famous ar- 1? chitectures: (a) The Parthenon... (b) The 3 Pantheon.... (c) The ElfTel Tower. (d) The Alhambra. .. . 3 (e) The Vatican Locate the Tosemlte.. 80 41. 42. Locate Madagascar... 33 43. Locate the Luxor 44. Have you ever heard of the Barblzon School? What can you say of 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. knew that he was a Spaniard. 1 called him 1 named him the "Father of Don Quixote. as the discoverer of America. 18 had never heard of him. 1 answered "a sort of doughnut. 100 per cent named Lincoln; 99, Shakespeare; 56 Napoleon; 32, Roosevelt; 84, Washington; 16, Edison: 8, Bell; 3, Marconi; 22, Foch; 19, rershing; 22, Franklin. Other answers were Coue, Columbus, Wilson, Caesar, Alexander, Jefferson, King Tut. 48 gave Lincoln because he was so devoted to his country. Washington, because he saved America from England. Edison, not because he invented the electric light, but because he can "do without Bleep. Fifty thousand hundred thousand hundred and fifty The Irishman in overalls is counting as the heavy kegs roll onto the sidewalk, where two husky assistants, one at each side, hoist them onto the rear of the armored express truck. "There you are," he says, finally, when 40 kegs are aboard; "thats $2,000,000 enough for this trip. Well have to come back later for the rest of this gold. Back in the building from which the kegs have come the United States assay office coopers employed by a bank are busy nailing up two or three more millions in gold with hardly more concern than if it was so much salt. The business of physical shipment of precious metal, to keep the world financial balance straight. Is Just everyday work to those on the d. it? Which human race Is the most populous?... What state has the largest population to the square mile? What recent Inven tions do you consider the most useful to mankind? What is a mausoleum? Can you locate a famous marble mausoleum In India? Who applied the ele ments of Plane Geometry the first time 800 B. C. 50. 3 How much money does France owe America? Should she pay her debt? 25 gave the American race." (14) gave "Anglo-Saxo- Coupe Sedan Coupe Rdstr. Brougham Sedan Sedan 2195 DeLuxe. Cpe. 1995 war tax 679 SO. STATE ST. SALT LAKE CITY LOAD KEGS OF GOLD LIKE SO MUCH SALT Placed variously In France, In Paris, In Jerusalem. On Sheridan Road and Wilson Avenue, Chicago (a movie theatre); In Italy, In Athens, In Washington. In Versailles, In Italy, In Eiffel (Germany). The majority placed it In Greece; some in Paris. Florence, Italy, Versailles. Colorado, North Carolina, and In various other states. One (an American) had never heard of the Tosemlte. in Spain, In Persia, In Asia Minor. 65 did not know. In Greece, In Constantinople; one young woman answered Luxor Is a cosmetic powder, cream, and rouge." 94 had not heard of this school. The others thought it must be a school for boys In Eng-lan- 1750 1795 1495 1920 1795 1995 Geurts - Schofield Inc. Most of the students had heard of T. C., but could not name a book. 1 gave him as an American novelist. 7 called him "still alive. 1 had heard him lecture a year ago at the Club. - WRITE TODAY trlbuted. All others gave groups of various nationalities. One of the groupings given Included Titian, 62 18 Pass. Roadster $1795 and WYOMING. False answers were Bernard Shaw, Bossuet. Womans tell - IN UTAH, IDAHO, NEVADA were unable to name any Russian writer. The only Russian writer named was Tolstoy (28 times). False answers were Nietzsche, Conrad, Balzac, Maupassant. 90 did not know. Rembrandt, Corot, Angelo, Millet. 81 did not know any. 5 named Lorado Taft; 4, Rodin; 1, Pascal; 1, Pericles; 1, Praxiteles. the names of several famous sculp- Prices WE HAVE SOME VERY DESIRABLE TERRITORY OPEN FOR DEALERS 82 had never had any French literature. Others thought that Dumas (Pere et Fils), Victor Hugo, Kipling, Montaigne, had con-- 5 34. Give A German musician; atheist Who wrote the Inferno? Who wrote Paradise Lost? Who were the French writers who largely contributed to the French Revolution?... Name five Italian painters (Luther Burbank). a German philosopher; a composer; a rich German Industrial man. All those who gave incorrect answers believed him still alive. Many had heard the name but could not remember who he was. One answered "a Hebrew dancer" (probably had In mind Salome). A religious man; an artist; a cynic; an 0 "Six Pass. Phaeton Pass. Phaeton is 60 writers 82. Greek mathematician; a philosopher In the (One student only mentioned century. having read Platos Republic.) To the majority Pericles was a Greek philosopher. a law mnker, or an American scientist. An English writer (15 answers); A Greek, (2). Two named him as an "Italian painter," livSeveral ing In the 14th or 15th century. named him as an American writer. He was usually called a "great fighter, a "great general, and "the French Emperor who died for France." Named a number of times as a great writer, an American scientist, a doctor. A painter, a musician, a writer, and the "Inventor of the law of gravitation. A "German commander." a religious man." a general. A Greek sculptor (1); one student ventured the information that he "died a few years ago. The one who pasteurized milk" (several!; a chemist, a physicist, a pastor In a church. A Roman; the Queen of Italy; the Queen of Sheba; the Queen of India; a princess; an Egyptian princess; Anthonys friend; sister of Julius Caesar; a famous vamp; a bad woman. Lived variously In the 15th, 16th, 17th, and following centuries. To some he Is still alive. He was "the Inventor of the Nobel prize." He was also placed as an American orator, an American poet, and a famous American philosopher. A French painter. 12 had heard the name but could not remember. To some he was an author; to another the one who made the first steamboat. He was also named as an American Inventor. A French doctor; a novelist. An "ancient scientist"; a French general; a Jewish king; the inventor of the airplane. One wrote that he must have Invented the wireless but she was not sure whether he lived In the 16th or 17th century. Of the 62 giving Incorrect answers, all believed him dead. A German musician (many); a Greek philosopher. 42 called him an American writer; 15 called him dead and one wrote "he has Just died." One knows him as the author of "Candide." He was of four nationalities, Italian, Roman, Greek, Persian. He was a navigator, an astronomer, a writer, a philosopher, and lived before Christ. To many he was an American noted for his theories." One student wrote that he was an impious man who told us that we descended from monkeys." He was named frequently as a philosopher, a zoologist, and a botanist An English author; an American statesman; the Inventor of the steamboat. An American historian (20). A churchman; a dead politician; a preacher; the founder of the English Church; a botanist several Russian Famous Pass? Pass. Pass. Pass. Pass. Pass. PART II Answers 29. Name 80. Examples of Incorrect Answers 80 Vertical "Eight Prices a Tell why tho following men and women were great. Give their nationality and, If possible, give the century In which they lived. Mention at least whether they are living or dead: Goethe go to college today for . . . The memorizing of facts diploma. seems Important insofar as It brings about this end. They are as quickly forgotten, and leave no lasting Ifnpression. In the modern college life there te no time for meditation ; no time for assimilation or digestion. Students hurry to their classes nnd hurry away; the car facilitates their departure. An hour of Jaz, a movie, or a whirl to the next town assists in eradicating any impression which may have been received in the classroom. How many of these questions can you answer? Any good dictionary ought to provide most of the answers against which you can check your replies. majority of young people THE QUESTIONNAIRE 16. ua give you a demonstration. WhoZfire? red-face- Job. The stout kegs in which the gold is carried are of about size, and when filled with metal and packing weigh about 180 pounds. In each, to facilitate counting, is $50,000, so that the 20 kegs hold $1,000,000. The Mentor. ten-gallo- n The remainder Art Long, but Doesnt Pay One French painter who has exhibited for many years at the salons and has acquired considerable reputation recently performed the duty, incumbent on all citizens, of declaring his income for the last year. A few days later he received a polite letter from his tax collector in which the official expressed surprise that a master of such talent did not derive a larger Income from his work. The artists reply was brief and to the point. Ha wrote : I am Just as surprised as you are. Courtesy Indeed Suzanne, two years old, had been away from her mother Josephine for a few hours. On returning she extended her tiny hand and Inquired. "How is Mother Jo?" And then, after a moments thought, and with a twinkle In her eyes : And hows your husband?" Cot Heat From Engine When the heating plant of tho Nashua (N. H.) railroad station went on a strike, a passenger engine was used to supply heat temporarily. The locomotive was run on a side track and connections were made with the steam pipes of the station. n. CAUGHT ON THE FLY the liars closet' The automobile, the caterpillar, radio, radium. Insulin, and the "Marcelle Waves. The first duty of a man is to do his duty first than they discover. Most of the students did not know the meaning of the word. We waste time because there Is so much of It A warm heart isnt very valuable without a wise head. Lots of men have an aim In life but lack ammunition. A thorn in the flesh is more troublesome than two on the bush. Much personal enjoyment results from kind and charitable acts. thought It was New York. Texas and Washington. 75 Others named 7 The majority named Pythagoraa not know." Many did 37 did not know the amount. One thought All except 1 agreed that France should pay her debt. 1 thought (very generously) that America should cancel It 99 "a million or so. Nine-tenth-s of the bom leaders of men are women. A bad memory la the skeleton In Circumstances make fewer men The average man seems to think that others expect too much of him. j |