THE SALEMITE
Saturday, February 23, 1929.
BRIEF AND INTERESTINGS FACTS CONCERN
ING GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE ANNI
VERSARY OF WHOSE BIRTHDAY WE
CELEBRATE THIS WEEK
George Washington’s parents came from York
shire, England, and, according to some historians, first
settled in the Barbadoes, coming from there to the
State of Virginia.
The Washington family finally settled in Mount
Vernon, then known as Hunting Creek. There young
Washington studied mathematics and became a sur
veyor in the employ of one William Fairfax.
During a trip to the Barbadoes with his employer
Washington contracted smallpox. Shortly after his
return he entered the military service of Virginia,
and served under General Braddock in the war be
tween the English and the French.
Washington took command of the Continental
Army, at Cambridge, Mass., July 3, 1775, under a
commission issued by Congress June 17, that year;
after winning the Revolutionary War, he took leave
of the officers of his force, Dec. 4, 1 783, at Fraunces’s
Tavern, New York City, and formally resigned to
Congress, Dec. 23, that year, his commission as lieu
tenant-general and commander-in-chief.
He was president of the commission that drafted
the Constitution in 1 787.
Washington’s death was due to exposure in
storm while riding over his estate with his managers.
He went to bed with a sore throat which rapidly be
came worse. The end came at between 10 and I 1
o’clock on a Saturday night. A vault was made for
Washington’s body under the dome of the capitol atl
Washington, but the remains were interred at Mt.l
Vernon.
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er” Salemite—for one week at least.
At a recent meeting of the Fresh
man class on editorial staff was
elected and it is upon their should
ers that the tremendous task is
shifted with pleasure—for one only
too short week! This staff is com
posed of the following: Mary Mar
tin, editor-in-chief; Sarah Graves,
managing editor, and Martha Pierce,
literary editor. The remaining mem
bers are to be appointed. It is hoped
that the Freshmen will make use of
their unusual genius and ability and
make this issue of the Salemite the
best of the year. Good luck,
Freshmen, you have our heartfelt
sympathy in the gigantic task be
fore you!
Traits Revealed by
Abnormality in Nose
Is it true that singers frequently
have noses that are too broad to con
form to the accepted standards of
feminine beauty?
The typical singer’s nose is said
to be wide at the top and broad
and muscular in the wings. It has
been observed, too, that singers
whose noses were, to begin with,
delicate and slender, acquired in the
course of their training broad noses
of the sort described. Jenny Lind
had a nose that was even ugly. The
nostrils were broad and the ridge
though spacious was flat_ This for
mation was said to be especially fa
vorable to a soprano voice.
Napoleon Bonaparte chose
with large noses for responsible sta
tions, because, as it was explained,
such noses allowed free and
inhalation, and thereby kept the
brain cool and clear. However,
among notable men who possessed
quite small no»es might be mentioned
Peter the Great, Thomas Jefferson,
Oliver W. Holmes, Robespierre and
Thackeray.
Width between the cys is said to
indicate ability in judging distances
and conditions. It was especially
marked in the face of George Wash
ington, who was an able surveyoi
and, of course, an excellent judge of
conditions.
Primitive Counting
While enjoying a holiday in Fin
land, writes an English traveler, I
flew across by seaplane to spend a
day in Reval, the capital of Ei
thonia, and I was very interested to
see tliat in all shops they still use
the ancient and primitive abacus, the
frame with colored balls, used
kindergartens, for purposes of add
ing. I went first to a bank to change
a sovereign. They accepted the
with some suspicion and checked
the notes they gave me on on
these ball frames, and when I went
to the post office to get a set of
stamps as a souvenir they totaled
the amount I had to pay by the
same method. I am no mathematic
ian, but I got my total first.
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The natives of western Java are
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The varied and radiant hues of their
raiment, the adornment of finger and
ankle and wrist, the true artistry
of an occasional batik “sarong” lend
them a picturesqueness unknown to
the simpler-garbed Tahitan. Along
the wayside everywhere they are
grouped in a colorful multitude, for
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