Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-12
ExAM1NAT1oN OF TEACHERS.

The following questions were pro-
pounded for written answers at the Ex-
animation of Teachers held on the I'd
inst.
GRAMMAR.
1. How does the intransitive verb diff
fer from the transitive?
2. Give the various rules for forming
the degrees of comparison of adjectives.
3. Give the principal parts of do,
haze, aciU and be, not used as auxiliaries.
f. What are the two functions of the
relative pronoun, and in what kind of
sentences is it always found?
5. Thou art the Lord, who didst choose
Abraham, and brought him forth out of
ur of Chaldees. Correct the sentence
and give the reason.
6. She that is negligent, Reprove
sharply. Correct the sentence and give
the reason.
7. This ought ye to have DONE
Parse each word
8. 'tNo precious fate with mine IN
volved, my heart is fearless, firm my
steps," Parse the words in italics
9. "The reason of his having acted in
the manner he did, aoas not fully &c
plained." Parse the words in italics.
10. "Honor thy father and thy mother, y
the first commandment with promise
Parse the words in italics.
GEOGRAPHY.
1. Name all the principal rivers that
flow into the Arctic Ocean.
g. What are the causes of day and
night, and change of seasons?
3. How many States and Territories
in the United States? Name the Terri
tories.
4. Name, and locate, and state what
waters embrace all the peninsulas of Eu-
rope.
5. Name the largest river in each
Grand Division, tell its source, it's direc-
ton, and into what it flows.
6. Define the different kinds of polit-
ical government in the world.
7. Name all the Zones, give their
boundaries, and state why they extend
around the earth East and West rather
than North and South.
8. Name the Political Divisions OF
Asia and their capitals.
8. How would you travel, most di-
rectly, by water, from Sacramento City
to Pittsburg?
10. Which Grand Division is most
and which, least indented by CULTS, bays
seas and inlets, and name the principal
bodies indenting each,
ARITHMETIC.
1. Give an example and explain the
use of each of the following arithmetical
signs, Plus, Minus, Radical Sign: Sigr
of Equality, Sign of Multiplication
Signs of Division, in the order named.
= When is a fraction in its loves
terms?
3. When are four numbers said to bs
in proportion? Give an example.
4. How may things are considered in
all questions relating to interest, anc
what are they?
3. What is the true present value Of {
note payable at future date?
6. If I pay s699,33 for 3 hhds. O.
Molasses and sell them for 1897, 1896 how
much do [ gain per cent. on the money
laid out?
Z. Bought $50 gallons of Molasses a
IS cts. gallon, 30 gallons Of which
leaked out. At what price per gallor
must the remainder be sold that l may
clear 10 per cent. on the cost?
8. The height of precipice on thu
brink of river is 103 feet, anda line o
32O feet in length will just reach from
the top of it to the opposite bank; re
quire the width of the river?
9. Two persons, A and B.. are on tn
opposite side Of wood which is 53'
yards in circumference; they begin t.
travel in the same direction at the sam
moment. A goes atthe rate of Il yard
per minute, and B at the rate Of 81 yard
in minutes; how many times must tn
quicker one go round the wood befor
he overtakes the slower?
10. A person traded 800 yards o
linen for cloth worth S1,62 per yard
now many yards of cloth has he received
and for how much has he sold the inel
per yard knowing that the price of
yard of cloth is equal to that of = yard
of linen?