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KNOIV LEDGE
A LITTLE learningId case you care, here's how to say "July" in four languages: Spanish — julio Portuguese — julho French — juillet German — Juli And speaking of July, the fifteenth of this month is St. Swithin's Day — the day which determines, by old superstition, the weather for more tnan a month afterwards. If it rains on St. Swithin's day, it'll rain every day for forty days thereafter — they say.
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FUN AND GAMES—
Here's a game that any number of people can play. One person is sent out of the room. Each player is provided with pencil and paper, and one person is appointed timekeeper, and the timekeeper chooses a subject to be drown, and announces it aloud to the group. (Any subject, the sillier the better, will do — such as "o pig and a pup on'a picnic") At the word "go" each player closes his eyes, and keeping them closed until the timekeeper calls "time" makes the best possible drawing illustrating the subject Time limit should be two minutes. The person sent out of the room (remember him?) comes back, collects the papers, and tries to decide, from the drawings, vrhal the subject was. The picture from which he guesses, or comes closest to guessing, the subject wins the "ortist" a prize.
WHAT'S THE WORLD COMING TO DEP'TMy granddad, viewing earth's worn cogs. Said things were going to the dogs; His granddad, in his house of logs. Said things were going to the dogs ; His granddad, in the Flemish bogs. Said things were going to the dogs; His granddad, in his old skin togs. Said things were going to the dogs ; There's one thing that I have to state — ■ The dogs have had a good long wait!
— Author Unknown
HALF-MINUTE QUIZ #3
Allen's Alley is an American insfltution-as well-known as Main Street. Where can it be found? Check one:
In a comic strip featuring
Skeezix
In the slums of New York
City
On a radio program
FILE AND FORGET—
Diameter of the earth at the equator — 7,926 mi.: through the poles — 7,899 mi. Area of earth: sq. mi. of water. 139,440,000: of land, 57.510,000.
Kay Kyser'a College of Fun and Knowledge is heard Mon.-Fri.
DIONYSIUS THE ELDER (born 430 B.C.) SAID IT— !'Let thy speech be better than silence — or be silent."
"HERE LIES" DEPARTMENT—
This is the grave of Mike O'Day Who died maintaining his right of way. His right was clear, his will was strong — But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong!
OVERHEARD IN CLASS—
Mrs. CUflford MacMillan, a gadgetniinded grandmother, from Saskatchewan, created a stir in the classroom when she challenged inventive genius to devise a bed jack in order to help her out with her sweeping chores. "Why not?" she wanted to know. "They jack up autos to change tires!"
HALF-MINUTE QUIZ #4
"The course of true love never runs smoothly." What's the source of this quotation? Check one:
A road map
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
William Shakespeare