THE. BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, Jus ND. as Second Class.Matter. ; ‘GEORGE D. MANN” -_-. Editor i Foreign Representatives | G.,.LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY SSOBIGAGO + -). DETROIT Marquette Bldg.’ ~ Kresge Bldg. ‘PAYNE, BURNS AND 8MITH WEW YORK ~- - Fifth Ave, Bide. 1 leh Rema la ls da MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ———— The Associated Press is exclusive- ly entitled to the use or republl- ‘cation of all news dispatches cre- ited to it or not otherwise credit-' __ed in this paper and also the local ewa published herein, All righta of republication of “ feet 7% inches tall. : : He weighs 141% pounds. This is announced by Maj. Gen. Merritte W. Ireland, furkgoe gen-| eral of the army, after|studying the records of 1,000,000 who were ex- amined for service in the! last war. How close are you to the aver— age? HA ee i The shortest’ American men are fin Rhode Island. The tallest are in Texas and the mountains of North Carolina. 1 , Even at that, they average only about an inch above or below “the ~average American.” South Dakota.. men averaged —-heavier than any other state’s., Rhode Island men were the light- est. The two groups vatied only five pounds above and below nor-| mal. | == Out of each, 100 city men exam- ined for the army, 61 physical de- fects were found. The figure was only 53 for the farm boys. This confirms what you already know— =that health is in the country, close, to the soil, atid A-fifth of the Class One men were found physically unfit tor military “'service in the field or: for home ==quty.. This ia a very serious handi- .. cap for the next generation, as yet =="unborn—for, while few ‘physical de- fects are inherited, the weakness: =-or tendency ‘toward a physical Te- fect is denitely known to he Hable to be passed on from father to gon.’ Kansag averaged highegt of all states for physical specimens. Rhode Island was at the foot of the list. BRN Te i per yea: Three out of each” 200 men ex», amined were rejected for mental] > defects—inadequacies or abnormal-| ities. On this basis, at least 1,500,- =000 Americans have hopelegsly ink ‘bast Sunday saw the first general terior brains, some of them of the| ““yegetable type. Millions of bits-of valuable in-) -- formation, each leading to an im- portant and helpful deduction, can be drawn from Ireland’s analysis of “the average American.” — Of all these, the most important, ‘are: ONE: The need of greater health| _education and exercise. : = TWO:..The need of more intensi-' fied education for “those ‘whose. ‘> brains are below normal. . THREE: The urgent wisdom of| cautiously considering the physical “and mental health of am intended -mate, before marriage. THE RADIO SCHOOL Bismarck is to have a Radio School. Sounds very modern, for it was only a few years ago that radio ‘wag nothing but a mystery to the public: Now the youth, and a good portion of the adult popula- + tioh of the United Sates, are, not ‘only interesed in casually reading about the subject but are experi- Mehting in it. <3 John Hays Hammond controls torpedoes and submarines by radio. ‘Typewriters may be operated by radio {rom an aeroplane. Hand- writing is transferred across the Atlantic by radio. Radio. telephonea) =-are becoming everyday conven- jences, Fhe. Radio School at St. Mary’s auditorium will be conducted by, =-Fr. Hillory, professor of physics, St.’ “John’s University, | Collegeville, Minn., and under the auspices of =the. Knights of Columbus. Classes in which the building of Yadjo sets will be taken up will be “organized. Opportunity is now beckoning to the people of Bis-| marck. Before the classes in radio are ncluded everybody in the city may learn how to construct a set, and many other things about. radio ‘which are now a mystery, for the, = general principles of the subject, ~'thirst.: « The most important thing shown by the poll is that public sentiment “4s sufficiently divided on the liquor

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