The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-17

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pose Of making Governor Stevenson
United States Senator.
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Examination OF school Teachers in
the Independent State.
ADDlsOS, October 81.
Mr.. Editor
The County Superintendent of Free
Schools, together with bis Associates,
Mcsrs i. NJ. Reynolds and p. +,
Duffy, met at the town school house To-
day to examine applicants for cortid.
Gates to teach in tho FREQ schools Of
this county during the coming winter.
The inclcmency Of the weather and
hi.h waters prevented number Of the
young professors from getting in 10
time Tor the examination to.dry; and
we arc sorry to say some, after
coming considerable distance be ex-
amincd for teac hers, refused to 60 bo-
fore the committee.
About half.past 10, A. NJ. tho com
miltee gave notice that they were ready
to proceed. Among tho applicants for
certificates were some who had been 10
The service for some years And By
the way, some Of the fair sex were on
hand.
place on
MATHEMATICS.
QasslionS-lst, Nums the Funda.
mental Rules of Arithmetic. 2nd,
The Bible has 31,l73 versos-in how
many days can read it, reading So
verses a day. 81, What is the mum.
Der from which il l2j b. subtraeled
I've remainder will be 222. 4ih, In au
orchard half the trees bear,applcs, one
fourth bear peaches, one.ftlh cherries
and tho remaining trees bear pears
how many trees IN tho orrliard 9th,
Reduce 3 farlOngs and 20 rods TO tho
fraction Of a mills. 9Th, If > pounds
Of butter cost ive.cights Of ono dollar,
what will throc.fourIhs Of a pound COST
7th, Find the difference between half
a solid foot and a solid half foot. Sth,
liz 4 yards of cloth cost twClyc'six.
lccntbs ola dollar, what will l yard
cost? 9th, Tho bose ofa wall is 20
| feet, the perpendicular 10, what is tue
Ihypolheuusc? 10Th, Reduce Is hours
aud IS minutes 10 the decimal Of n
DAY. These 10 questions detained the
Young professors some time. Some 81
Them, however, went through ten
like "dosc Of salts"
The next examination was on read
ling, which took about half an hour.
GEOGRAPHY.
QEEionE.-lst, What is the name
Of tho Capitol Of the United States?
2nd, What is the name Of the Capitol
Of Encland? 81, What is the name
Of tic Capitol Of France, and where is
la? 4th. Name the highest mountain
in tue United States. 9th. Name the
largest river in the United States.
9th, Name the largest lake in the
world. 7th. Name tue largest city 10
the world sth. Whatars the princi-
plc political divis ons? 9th, What is
a kingdom? l0th, What is Rcpub.
lie? A few of the class answered
these questions correctly, or nearly so,
while others stuck in the slough Of
io,pOnl.
HISTORY.
QusaiOnI.-ls, By whom was
America discovered -? Fad, What
country did the di.cOverer sail from ?
lisa, Who were the first settlers Of tho
New England States? 4th, Who
wero the first settlers Of Maryland !
9th, Who were the first settlers Of
| Louisiana? 9th, When was the lndc.
pcndencc Of the UnitesStatcs declared!
I7th, Who was the first President Of
the United States? Sth, Who was
the FIRST Governor Of West Virginia !
9th, Who is The present sovereign Of
Great Britain ? 10Th, Who is the
present President Of the United Sintest
These questions were nearly all IN.
swcrcd correctly in few minutes.
GRAMMAR.
QuestiOns.-lst What is Engl sh
Grammar? 2ud, Give and define tue
different parts Of speech, aud name the
properties Of the verbs? 80, Name
1.-The different modes aud state their uses
i,h, Form sentence containing the
different elements aud parse it 9th
Name the different lenses aud state
their uses. These Eve questions were
soon answered by a few Of the class,
while others, We must say, made hor.
rid mistakes
Tho examination lasted until 3
o'clock, p. NJ.
We are inclined to believe that
owiug to the inclcmency Of tho wealth
CT, which prevented many FROM at
tending, that another day will be given
| for tue examination Of those that
failed to be examined to-day.
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