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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
SIDELIGHTS ON OUR PR E SID E N T S
duration of the stops naturally increase with depth.
At a- depth of 200 feet there is a water pressure of
The only President ever elected unanimously was nearly 90 pounds to each square inch of surface. Thus,
George Washington, the first President of the United at that depth, a diver with an average exposed area of
States.
720 |nches would feel a weight equivalent to more than
ÀndfeW JôhflSôn’s wife taught him to read and write 30 tons. No wonder, then, that a diving suit weighs
about 260 pounds and costs in the neighborhood of
after they were married.
The first President to be informed of his nomination $1,000. At 2,0'the pressure is 8 1-2 pburtds to the
square inch; at 30 feet, 13 pounds; at 40 feet, 17
by telegraph was James K. Polk.
pounds, and this increases proportionately with depth
Thomas Jefferson was the first President to be inau until at 300 feet the equivalent weight is 150 pounds
gurated in thé City of Washington. He also originated to the square inch.
Another of the many dangers that beset a diver is
the decimal system of currency for this country. He
to
rise from the depths too rapidly and so receive an
did this, however, while a member of Congress as
excéssive amount of compressed air in proportion tq
orgEfnized under the Articles of the Confederation.
the water pressure. This is at the risk of rupturing a
There have peen six presidents jyho died in office. blood vessel, or worse, Most divers are deaf because
They ’were, William Henry Îïarrisoh, Zacharÿ Taylor, sudden changes of prèssure break theif ear drums. A
Abraham Lincoln, James A. Gârfiëld, William McKinn diver must swallow constantly to keep his head clear,
and that is the reason most divers chew gum while at
ley and Warren G. Harding.
work. Some have been known to smear vinegar on
Grover Cleveland was married in the White House. fheif face plates, ficking it from time to time to’facili
Thro presidents of the United States, Theodore tate the flow of saliva.
Full bldoded men, or men with weak lungs, cannot
Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, were awarded the
be used in diving or submarine work. Evefi for those
Nobel Peace Prize.
in the prime of health, a few years of work at high
Theodore Roosevelt was awarded, as this prize, pressure finally cause gas bubbles to form in the blood
$40,000-00 for his influence in bringing to an end the and result in severe nervous twitchiUgs Or premature
Russo-Japanese war in 1905. In 1920 Woodrow retirement because of pfaralysis.
Notwithstanding^ the profession has a strong hold
Wilson received it as a prize for his làbors in behalf of
on its followers and the writer has yet to hear one
world peace.
diver say that diving is not fascinating and thrilling
Twice in the history of the United States the elec work.
tion of the President has been thrown in the House.
In 1801 the House elected Thomas Jefferson.
TO B R U SH U P ON
Gleaned bÿ FRÀNK JOHNSON, Chema-wa Student
And in
the same thing occurred when John
In 1918, May 1, all the Allied Powers agreed that
■Quincy Adams was elected.
Foch should be the Generalissimo of the Allied Armies?
James Barrie wrote a one1-act1 play called “ Panta
THE D IV E R ’S B ISK S
loons?” It was played by Lionel Barrymore with great
The risks in deep sea diving are very great. Dan success.
The background of the Canterbury Tales is a group
gers ïürk everywhere, ànd ÿët there seems to1 be à
fascination in the work as men continue at it even of pilgrims1 in the fourteenth gehtuty, traveling from
London to' Canterbury to the Shrine of St. Thomas, à
though the monetary returns are not large and the Becket?
occupation is a killing one. Boats are raised from the
The man that quoted lines from Shakespeare as his
depths of the sea, bodies of drowned persons recovered, last words on earth was Moody, the actor? His last
ânid much treasure of various description salvaged. All’ Words Were: “ If I do lose thee, I do lose1 a thing that
of this makes the calling of a deep sea divei a necessity none but fools would keep. ’ ’
General John J. Pershing, commander of the A. E.
to mankind. We were greatly interested in reading
E. ÏU T ja fi® was nominated to the permanent rank of
the following article in an exchange;
general by President Wilson, a grade held previously
For years the diving fraternity has been trying to by only four Americans, Washington, Gra'nt, Shermaii
perfect methods to enable man to go down to greater and Sheridan?,,
depths and remain undersea longer than is now possi
Greenland is a continental island just east of
ble. Divers rarely work beîôvÿ ¿00 feét, and even at the northern part of the Dominion of Canâda? The
that depth they Qa>u stay but a short time. It takes islaffd pf Greenland is more than 1400 miles long
about three minutes for a diver to descend to 200 feet, and has an area’of more than 827,000 square mile&.
This’ island belongs to Denmark and enjoys? a rather
but it takes a longer time to bring him back. The liberal form of government which seeks to meet the
hauling is not continuous; pauses must be made to needs of the Eskimo as well as the Danish population.
allow thé gas occasioned by great pressure to ës.capé The lea'ding industries of this island ate' fishing, hunt-
from the body fluids and tissues. The number and ing an'd dariyifi^. '
Compiled by FRANK JOHNSON, Chemawa Student