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How satisfying it must be these days to live in the super-state of Wisconsin, the kingdom educated by the intellectual giant Senator La Follette!
Prospective teachers at a county normal school were recently given an "identification test" according to the New York Times. Some of the answers were:
Ober-Ammergan A great German politician.
Herrin A title used in Germany.
Pinchot--A race horse.
Frances E. Willard American pugilist.
Obregon--A province in Germany.
De Valera--A bandit in Mexico.
Lloyd George--King of England.
Ford--Ran for President and backed out.
Helen Keller--A great airplano flior.
John Wanamaker--A watchmaker.
Mussolini--A region in the southern part of Eurasia.
Tariff--A city in France.
Leonard Wood--An aviator.
Venizelos--Country in South America.
Heary Cabot Lodge--Place where societies meet.
Volstead--Experimenter about laws in physics.
Fiume--A mountain in Japan.
Babe Ruth -- World heavyweight champion.
Muscle Shoals--A great coal mine in Italy.
Firpo--African prizefighter.
Steinmetz--A kind of piano.
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