Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-12-14

The following questions were propunded
by the Board of School Examiners, on Sat
urday, Dec. 4, 1855: d'irh ia1
ARITHMETIC. -'~r<, ,y ~.
1. What is Notation and Enumeration?
9. How many methods are there of ex-
pressing number, and what are they? 'st
3. II ciphers are pretXed to decimal
fraction is it's value increased OF dimin-
ished? Why?
A. What are the prime factors common
to 1o5 and 23l?
g. What is The cube root of number?
g. A cistern has two pipes, one ofwhich
will fill 1t in 81 houis, the other i'll Al; in
what time can both fill it? r..
7. An officer in forming his men into a
square found he had 231 over, but increas-
ing each side with one soldier he wanted
"A men to fill-up the square, how many
men had he? '
8. A soth was observed climbing tree
at the rate of 81 inches each day, but DUR
ing the night he slipped down 81 inches,
how long will it be i'll reaching limb 45
feet 6 inches from the ground?
0 A certain sum OF money is to be di-
yided between A, B and G, in such man.
lGr LIlhL n gus + uOIldlS no OlIcii dS ID
gets 3, and G gets 5 dollars rs often as Z
gets 6; A gets 5000 dollars for his share;
what is the whole sum to be divided?
g 81 12 7g
10. Reduce of -, of - of = and
II } 24 %
I, to their least common dcuominator.
GEOGRAPHY. t'''' 70
/. Wha, is the shape Of the Earth? >
| 2. What motions has the Earth, and
| what results from each?
3. How far distant ale the poles stu
ated from each other, Gin miles.
A. Name and bound the political divis-
ions of North America '.'
s. Bound Ohio give it's capital, oldest
town and principal rivers.
| 6. What is the width Of the North Tenn
perate Zone?
7. Which isthe right bank of river?
8. What are the different forms of gov
lernmenL?
Which is the his hest mountain in the
world?
10. Which is the largest city in the
world?
..- GRAMMAR.
l.. What is the distinction between a
regular and an irregular verb?
2. Decline each Of the following words
in both numbers: Conscience. Thou, Ok
and Mouse. -ai..' b.
3. What properties have pronouns?
A. What is the coniugation of verb?
s. How are adiectives regularly com
pared? 5+@
6. What is conjunctive adverb? .ae .
1--WE expected Mot they would have
come to doy." Correct the sentence, if
need be, and parse the words in italics.
g. "John and Williams wife are oous-
ms" Correct the sentence.
o. "7He otroctouS Tinee Of being yoasag
man, | shall attempt neither to palliate nor
deny" Parse each word in italics sepa-
rately.
60. Man is a HA1e lower than the an
GELS" Parse the words italicised.
oKTHoGRAPHY.
Declared, Awry, Alien, Struggling,
Separate, Pensioner, Pinnacle, Cinnamon,
Subtler, and Procession.
There were twenty-five applicants pres
ent, fourteen males and eight females, of
whom eight received certificates One
for twenty -four NOR tbs. one for eighteen
months, three for twelve months, and two
for six months. One withdrew and four
teen were rejected.
One applicant answered the second
Question in Geography as follows: "The
Earth has two motions, the Nocturnal and
Diurnal motions, one produces the vicissi-
tude of day and night" 49,
Another, the fourth question in the same
branch, as follows "The political divis-
ions of North America are Urope Asia At
rica and Oceanica. North America is
bounded on the North by the Northern
Ocean, E by Baffins Bay, South by the U.
g. on the west by the P Ocean,
Another, the fifth in Arithmetic, as
follows: ''The third square of number
is considered the cube" Res -
And anotbel, the first in Geography. in
these words: Gan oblike Spheroid."
By order OF the Board,
W. II. LASLEY, Clerk.
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