Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-01-13
. ExanlInaIion.

following quss.ions were given for writer
answers: h'"'
ARITHMETIc.-l. How many values ha.
every figure, and what are they? g
Twelve men received $4,000 for days
work, and they worked 10 hours u day
how much did each man receive per hour
;. A man has farm 1876 rods long anC
so rods wide, and he wishes to divide i
eqnally between his 6 sons; how much viii
each son receive? 4. What is the great
) est common divisor and what is tie leas
common multiple Of two or more numbersi
3. Multiply u by 2S; and divide the pro
duct by 2a. 6. What is the interest or
S950.5O for two years, five months, and
twelve days, at Z per cent? 7. What is
the square root of 1929? 8 A man has
a cistern feet long, feet wide, and a.
feet deep: how many barrels, gallons, de-,
will it hold?
GEoeRArHY.--1. In what direction is
Australia from Europe? Q Where are the
Rocky Mountains, and in what direction
DO they extend? 8. OF what race of peo-
pie are we descendants? 4. How many
States are there in the "Union?" 5. What
river in Africa empties into the Mediter-
ranean sea- 6. What is the Capitol ofthe
U. S. and on what river is it situated? 7.
What islands east Of North America? 8.
Into what branches is the science of Geog-
raphy divided?
GRAMMAR.-1. Define grammar, name
its divisions, and define the first. 2. De-
fine etymology. 3. Name the parts of
speech, and give examples Of each. 4.
What are the notifications OF essential
properties of noun? s. John is good
boy Parse "boy." 6. Honesty will be
rewarded. Parse the verb. 7. Write the
plurals of elf, seraph, chimney, radius,
staff, Henry. 8. l have came home and
wrote several times Correct, and parse
"home" and "times."
ORTHoGRAPHY.-Christmas, Wednes-
day, Chord, Patient, Peddlcr, Anxious,
Commercial, Peer.
Of the eighteen candidates present,
thirteen received certificates; three for six
months, two for nine, five for twelve, two
fot eighteen, one for twenty-one.
The Examiners desire to call the atten-
ton of Directors and Teachers to the fol-
lowing extract from the School Law:
.''No person shall be employed as a
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Teacher in any primary common school,
unless such person shall have first obtained
from said Examiners, or any two of them,
certificate of good moral character, and
that he or she is qualified to teach orthog-
raphy, reading, writing, arithmetic, geog.
raphy and English grammar; and in case
such person intends to teach in any COM
mon school of highergrade, he orshe shall
first obtain certificate of the requisite
qualifications in addition to the branches
aforesaid" p School Law Section As.
AS examinations are now held once
month, it seems unnecessary to violate
the spirit and letter Of the Law by allow
ing teachers to commence their schools
without certificates. Teachers are hereby
notified that no certificates will be ante
dated. This has been done in few ex-
treme cases; but the Board seeing its evil
effect, and believingit contrary to the spir-
it of the law, have decided to do it in no
case, hereafter.
By the returns at the Auditors office,
there are between one hundred and thirty
and one hundred and forty schools in the
county; and by the Examiners Register,
there are now one hundred and seventy
tour valid certificates. There are about
forty more teachers in the county than
there were two years ago. If 1t should
happen atany time that districts are in want
of teachers, directors can generally obtain
them by attending the monthly examina-
tions, or by wiring to the Clerk of the
Board Per order of the Board.
GEO. B GROW, Clerk.