The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-10-01

Atfhe examination of teachers last week,
there were 80 applicants, 26 of whom received
certificates. as follows:
| Twenty-four months-John D. Brown, Enoch
/ II. Lewis.
Eighteen months-David ]. Jones. Edward j.
Jones, D. C. Washburn, Columbus Weed, Lewis
| F. Sheriff.
Twelve months-Wm. T. Harper, Florence B.
GiIIiland, Eli B. Bingham, James c. Harper
Charles a. Lackey, Pleasant Horton, Leonidas,
L. Evans, VIM. H. McNeal, David &. Givens.
Six months-Charles r. Watts, Kate Mona
han, Eunice Grover, VIM. Ragland. j. W.
White, Frank Gillian, Robert E. Glenn, Mary
E. Evans, Hannah C. Evans, ]. a. White.
The following are the questions used:
GRAMMAR.
l. To what general classes may adverbs be
duce Z?
2 Give synopsis of the verb love, in the first
person singular.
3. Write sentence containing a finite and a
redundant verb.
4. Define sentence, clause, phrase.
Analyze:
5. A man who is indolent will not prosper.
Correct and Tell why:
g. There is no situation where he could be
happy.
7. The stoics taught that all crimes were
equal.
8. Give two rules for the comma, and one rule
for the semicolon-
9. Write a compound sentence and punctuate
ii.
Parse the italicized words:
10. The boast of heraIdry, the pOnlp of power,
And all that beauty. all that iceGlth e'er gave,
A,oat alike, tn inevitable hour:
The aths Of glory lead but to the grave.
PESMANsHIP.
/. When should children begin to writer
2. Do you teach writing as a branch?
L d a..
pen.
4. Make the capital stem, the capital fold, and
the stem oval.
Write the following:
5. A variety of pleasing objects, charms the
eye.
GEOGRAPHY.
L. Name the New England States.
2. What country north of England?
2. What strait and gulf connects the Red Sea
and Indian Ocean?
4. Where the Hebrides Islands?
8. What three large tributaries has the Missis-
sippi on the west?
6. Locate the Arctic Circle in degrees from the
Equator.
7. How many zones would you travel through
in going from the Equator south to the Tropic
of Cancer on the opposite side?
8. Why is it warm er in low valleys than in
high mountains?
9. What causes it to rain?
10. Give two proofs that the earth is an obIate
spheroid
ARITHMETIC.
4. A tree 20 feet high was broken into parts;
the middle part was 90 of the top, and the low
er part was 3-5 of the middle part; what was the
length of each part?
TO- At cts. per 50. foot, what would it cost to
fence so. field containing ~ acres, with
close board fence IL feet high?
7. How many yds. of paper 2 it. wide would
cover the walls of room 20 feet long, Is feet
wide and Il feet high?
s. What per cent. of bushels, is S-5 of 215
pecks?
5. If II men can load 2 3 of q ship in q OF
day, how long will it take 3 to load 8
ships2
2. What is gained or lost by selling goods
marked 25 per cent. above cost, at 20 per cent.
off?
8. The LIST term of proportion is q, the Sd g.
the 4th As; what is the I'd term?
6. a field 100 rods long and 50 rods wide, cost
5000; how much was that per acre?
8. 2-7 of s times the cost of a hat, was 40 the
cost of coat costing $50; what did the hat cost?
l. Spent l-5 of my money, lost q of the re-
mainder, and had SIS left; how much had at
first?
oRTHoGRAPHY.
Scientific, superficial, civilization, classical,
remedied, dependent, preparation, criticism,
custodian, benefited, discipline, reference, pre-
pairing, discretion, balances, salaries, visitors,
psychology, Sadducee, Galilean.