Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-21
EDUCATIONAL.
ExamInatson Of tine Pupils OF ahe High
School Yesterday.

Inc examination OF the f1lSD ScDOO1
commenced yesterday in the rooms of
the Board of Education, Odd-Fellows'
building, under the personal superin-
tendence of Mr.. II. G. Slaughter, Super
intendent. The pupils number forty
four in all; twenty-five girls and nine
teen boys. The teachers are Miss Higbee
and Mr.. I. G. Anderson. The following
are some of the printed questions to
which each pupil is required to give
written replies:
ALGEBRA-FIRsT YEAR, SECOND TERN
PAGES 1O6 TO $50.
Question-A man paid $3.50 to two
creditors, A and B, paying 4 times as
many dollars to B as to A; how much
did he pay to each? 1871 tftI
Question-The difference between two
numbers is II, and the greater is to the
less as II to Z; what are the numbers?
Question-What number is that, to
which if we add its !, ] and I, the sum
will be so? [135.1
Question-1f from ! Of my hight in
inches II be ~subtracted, is of the re-
mainder will be 2; what is my hight?
Question-The sum of two numbers is
%, and their difference is 6; what are
the numbers?
ALGEARA FIRST YEAR, THIRD
TERM-PAGES 106 to 254.
Question-A father is three times as
old as his son, and the difference of
their ages is t~wenty-four years; what is
the age of each? C126.
Question-f seventy-ive dollars be
divided between two men in the proper
ton of three to two, what will be the re-
SDpctiVa shares n291
Question divide forty-four dollars
between A, B and G, so that the share of
A may be three-ffths that of B, and the
share ofB three-quarters that OfC. 1I35. I
Question-Says A to B: "One-third
Of the difference of our money is equal
to yours; and if you give me two dollars
l shall have five times as much Is you"
How much has each? ISL.
QuestiOn-What is the cubic root Of
two million two hundred and eighty
seven thousand one hundred and forty
eight? C199.
GEOMETRY-SECOND YEAR, THIRD
TERM-BOOKs 5, 8 and 4.
Question-Prove that the plain an
giles which contain any solid angle, are
together less than four right angles"
QuestiOn-Prove that parallel straight
lines included between two parallel
planes are equal"
Question-Prove that two straight
lines that are perpendicular to the anne
plane are parallel to each other"
QuestiOn-PrOve that if two planes
cut each other, their common section is
a straight line"
QuestiOn-PrOve that " the area of a
circle is equal to the product of its cir
conference by half the radius.n
Question-Inscribe a regular decagon
in a given circle.
Question-Given the area of a rec
tangle, and the slim of two adjacent
to construct the r~ectangle.
Question-Find a mean proportional
between two given lines.
QUestion-Inscribe a circle in a given
triangle.
Question-Prove that two places,
which are perpendicular to the same
line, are parallel to each other"
GRADUATES OF NEXT YEAR.
The following will be the graduates of
next year: Luan Ivy, Ella Davidson,
Lizzie Piper, Florence Haley, Ellie Bos-
well, Lizzie BannOn, Ella Walsh, Bella
Danbury, Janet Quackenbush, Rosa X.
Knapp.
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXAMINATION.
The examinations also on printed
questions were carried ON yesterday sim
ultaneOusly in the Chelsea, Market street
and Alabama street schools.
EXHIBITIONS.
The exhibitions in all the public
will take place on Thursday,
and in the High School ON Friday. The
commencement exercises will
be held at the Memphis Theater on Fri
day.
CARPETS and furniture at Jas. NJ.
White & Co.'s, 260 Second street.
LADIES can find remnants in white
goods, Irish Linen, Pique, Gossamer,
and fancy linens for boys wear-alsO
dress goods in all lengths, suitable for
and children, at
MENKEN BROS.