Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-08-29
Teachers Colorcd Schools

EXAMINATION or APPLICANTS.
To-day the examination of applicants for
positions as teachers in the colored schools was
held at the Stevens School-hOuse on 21st street
Mr. George II. II. Cook (Superintendent COlored
SCHOOLS, G. b. Vashon, w. j. w. Asor, G. F.
Mcclellan, and j. o. Wilson Superintendent of
Public Schools) being the examiners. Messrs
King, WOrmley and johnson, trustees of colored
schools were present. Thirty-fOur applicants
procented themselves, tlirty-One being residents
OF tins city. As in the examination of applicants
IN the public schools, the names OF the pupils
were not known TO the examiners, each one
selecting number and filling up the follow mo
blank iOr the trustees, while the answers With
corresponding number, were delivered to the
examiners:
Number -. Write the following sentence.
In this examination pledge myself not to give
aid to any one, nor to receive it from any source
whatever.
stSign YOUR name in fuu)
Place Ofbirth, -. Present residence
Where and in what grade of school educated
The questions were as follows:
Preliminary QuestjcRs.-1 Have You ever
taught a school, and how long? q Can Won
sing, and can Won teach vocal music?
ReGdin9, SpeH.rg, A'ithmetie.-1. 4 is what of
z? >. Express decimally A. of 3I-S and 10 of
G3i-1ls and then divide the former by the lat
ter. s. II laborers dig trench 81 yards long
In 10 days, how many yards can % labOrers dig
in 10 days? t. A mote of $50 rs, due 2IL months
was bought at a discount of one per cent a
month; what was paid for the note? 5. Bought
S25Ho0 worth OF stock at \ per cent. below par
anu Sulu IL AOI ~ per cent. above par; what is
my per cent of gain?
GecgrGphy.-1. Name all the States of the
United States bordering OH salt water, COM
menCing with the most northeasterly and pro-
ceeding southerly, in their order. q Give the
rlver systems Of North America. 3. Over what
natural divisions of water and political diyi-
siOns Of land does the Tropic of Cancer passP
4. In sailing from Chicago to Odessa, through
what waters would you pass? 5. What are
trade winds, and how are they produced?
History Of he United StGtes.-1. Mention some
gNc nf fIa ID
Give a brief account of the Florida War g.
Presidents? 4. What was the Missouri Compro-
mise? .. What can you tell of the Battle of
Gettysburg?
Grammar.-1. Name the auxiliary verbs. 2.
Write the plurals OF chimney, myself frtheT-ip-
idE, and q. B. Correct the errors In this sem
tence: Mother said to her and that we had not
ought to have set up so long. 4. Analyze the
following sentence, and parse the italicised
words: 80 Fear not each sudden sound and shock:
It's Of the wave, and not the rock"
A Poison PANIC.-At an early hour this
morning a dispatch was sent from the first
(lsland) precinct station-hOuse to police head
quarters, requesting the police to keep lookout
Tor and arrest Sarah Simms who had ATTEMPTED
to poison Rosa Simms, her step-mother and
family 1t appears that the step-mother dis
covered some powder in a bucket of water
which was thought to be poison, and she raised
an alarm, and the girl ran oil. The policemen
9re Of the opinion that the supposed poison was
dust which had blown into the house.
FROM the National News Co., Philp & Solo
mOTs, and j. G. Parker, We have Harper's Baxar
for September 9,