The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-04-05

the examination was adjourned until s:l5 o
Thursday morning.
On mingling with the young gentlemen al
f forwards, one might soon learn that they wer
glad of the postponement and those who them
selves know from their experiences could cas-
iIy realize how it was that some of them ex
pressed themselves as thoroughly PROSTATE,
by their afternoons work as if they had don
a DAYS severe bodily labor-some of the farm
er readers of this article will want faith to be
Iieye this but it is undoubtedly true neverthe
less, and it will forever remain true that Sc
we're and exciting mental effort is far mort
wearying to the body than an arduOus day Of
unremitting toll.
The style of the questions was matter Of
general surprise to the competitors who had
expected difficult abstruse and searching prob
lens, and they were utterly unprepared to re-
alize what vast searching power was hidden
beneath their simplicity and comprehensive
ness.
SECOND DAY.
On reassembIing in the morning the contest
ants were tried on the following:
PAPER ON eRA8rIER.
Thine allowed 90 minutes
l. Define Orthography, Etymology, Syntax,
Paosody.
2. Write simple sentence, a complex SEN
tence; a compound sentence.
8. Write sentence containing verb in the
potential mode, an adjective in the compare
tive degrees and subordinate conjunction.
T. Write the plural of penny, valley, pailful,
prospectus, cargo, folio.
5. Analyze this sentence and parse the
words underscored:
And as Hesr splendor flashed and failed,
We thought of wrecks upon the main
of ships dISnedSted that aoere hGtted
And sent no answer back again.
6. a. Compare like, ch,ef, round, III, good,
superior.
b. Give the principal parts of lag, SIT go,
lie, set, seek, strike, tc0rk.
Z. a. Write a sentence containing noun
used as the object of transitive verb.
b. Express the same sentence with the
passive form of the verb.
RETIRING CANDIDATES.
Some of the candidates left last night, re-
turning home to adjacent towns to be back in
the morning. On counting the competitors at
10 this morning, all the trains being in, twen-
ty-three are present; five therefore have re-
tired at the close of the first day.
at the close of the examination on this pa
per, the young contestants took recess for
five minutes, and on reassembling they went
to work OF the following:
PAPER ON AMERICAN HISTORY.
Time allowed 60 minutes.l
l. When, under the authority and with the
aid of what government, did Columbus make
his first discovery on the Western Continent?
2. When and where did the English make
their first settlement III America.
8. Name the chief causes that led to the war
of 1912.
4. Name the colonies that united in the war
for independence and constituted the states at
the time of the adoption of the constitution.
5. Name some of the events of WashingtOns
administration.
6. Name some of the leading events of the
year l776.
Z. By whom was Maryland settledf
8. What celebrated men were in congress
during Jackson's administration
6. Which one Of the Presidents of the
United States was elected by the House Of
Representatives? In what year was this?
10. In what year was the United States at
war with Mexico, and what victory ended the
contest and led to peaceg
at noon the competitors were released with
instructions to return at p. m.
WAITING AND ANXIOUS.
At p. m, the young gentlemen reassem-
bled, and after much waiting the following
one by one were recalled before the medical
portion of the examining board.
Messrs. Dates, Massey, Stetler, Benham,
Hopley, Pague and Sherman. These having
been re-examined, the suspense continued for
an hour longer, when the young men were
again called in body before the board, DR..
Read OF NOrwalk, only, being absent This
time it was for the purpose of enquiring into
the war record of the respective families.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
Finally the committee entered the room.
Mr.. Cowdery addressed the young gentlemen
and explained, that, to each paper, an aggre-
gate value of one hundred had been assigned
on all the questions. That in coming to de-
cision the committee had decided to reject
from further consideration any candidate who
failed to obtain a credit of 90 on any paper;
that of the others, six were found who had OBJ
tanned more than fifty on every subject, that
further after carefully weighing the respec-
tive merits of each candidate, they had found
that the one who stood the highest on his pa
per stood also as high as any, and higher than
all but one, on his physical development and
they awarded to him the first place, this was a
young gentleman whose private number was
eighteen. The competitors then called for Is
and Mr.. Samuel S. Pague of Gallon, rose up
and responded to the call in few brief re-
marks
THE FIRST SIX.
The committee afterwards announced that
at present tho paper of each candidate would
remain with Mr.. Cowdery, open to the inspec-
ton of any friend of any candidate author
lied to examine them.
The following is the name, age and standing
of the six leading competitors:
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