Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-11-12

janitor, he has few equals, and per-
haps no superiors.
The Institute was conducted by
the County Superintendent, who also
had charge of Didactics.
The daily sessions were opened
with instrumental and vocal music.
Last year the session Of the Nor
NAL Institute was three weeks; this
year it was four weeks and one day.
Comparing the results of these Insti-
tutes as to the length of time they
were held, we feel safe in making the
statement that an Institute Of six
weeks would in good results be
double that of four weeks. TO hold
session of SIX weeks would how,
ever require more means than is usu-
ally obtained during the year; which
consists Of the fee of one dollar for
every certificate issued; the one dol
lar registration fee for each person
attending the Normal Institute, and
the fifty dollars State appropriation.
THE EXAMINATION.
Ninty-nine applicants were ex-
amined at the close of the Institute,
and with the exception of seven or
eight all had attended the Institute.
The following facts may not prove
uninteresting or Improbable.
Thirty-eight were natives of Iowa;
eleven of Illinois; nine of Ohio; nine
OF New York; seven OF Wisconsin;
seven of Indiana; five OF Pennsylva-
mia; three of Vermont; two of Ire
land: two of Canada; one ofScotland; !;
one of New Jersey; one Of Minnesota;
one of Maine; one of Massachusetts;
and one of michigan.
Five only of the whole number
received instructions in Academies
or Seminaries and not one was a
graduate, or had any attended Il
Normal School. Sixty had attended
Teachers Institutes from one to ten
sessions; fifty had been members of
Teachers Normal Institutes; forty
had studied higher arithmetic and
the advanced part of English Gram
mar; four had taught in graded
schools; sixty-three had read works on
teaching, principally Wickersham,
and few, Page; twenty-four are TAX
ing an educational journal, and fifty
seven intend making teaching pro-
fession.
Sixty of the entire number attained
the percentages on the branches ex-
amined to cntitle them to certificates
These statistics are significant, and
afford abundant matter for reflection
and Improvement.
ARITHMETIC 1sT CLASS.
Find the G.. c. D. Of 10, 1927, 23-45.
2-Divide three and siX-tenths by six hun
dred-thousandths.
3-Reduce .279 to a common fraction.
4-If IS men, in 12 days, build a wall 40
feet long, 3 feet thick and 16 feet high,
how many men must be employed to
build wall 360 feet long, feet thick
and 10 feet high in GO days?
5-What per cent. would a man realize
on his money, who should invest in U.
S. 5-20's, when they are purchasable
at 10S and gold stands at 1876?
6-What must pay for perpetual lease
of S756.40 a year to secure Sper cent in
terest.
IA merchant has Is pounds of Young
Hyson, worth "a cents per pound, and
90 pounds of Old Hyson, worth 81 cents
which he wishes to mix with GunpoW
der tea, at 70 cents, and Imperial, at 81
cents, so that the compound may be
sold for Ga cents How much of the
last two must he take?
S-A rectangular box contains 110, ,592 in
ches. The box is twice as deep as it is
broad, and twice as long as it is deep.
What are its dimensions?
"a gentleman in Geogia bought 90
shares of stock in a certain railroad at
par, the par value being 800, and while
he held it he received SO per share per
annum. He sold the stock at $105, and
bought stock in another railroad, pay
ing $629 per share, the par value being
$50. He received of this, while he held
it, 81 per share semi-annually. What
was the difference in the rate of his in
come on the original sum invested, be-
fore and after the change of the invest
ment?
1O-A boat makes Is miles down stream
and 10 miles up stream; how far can
she go and return in 8 hours9
ARITHMETIC-2D CLASS.
What is the smallest sum Of money
for which can purchase either sheep
at $4 per head, or cows at $21, OF oxen
at $40, or horses at $72?
2-If $40 of barrel of flour be worth
$25, how much is one barrel worth?
3-If man travel 13, ,543 Al miles in 365ii
days how far does he travel in of a
day?
4-How many acres of land can be pur-
chased in the city of New York for
$73, ,750, at $1.25 square foot?
5-If 4 men in q days NOW 81 acres of
grass, by working 81 hours day, how
many acres will Is men NOW in 81 days
by working 8 hours days
6-B has per cent, and c 4 per cent.
more money than A, and they all have
$11, 100; how much money has A?
Bought land at $50 an acre; how much
must ask an acre that ] may abate %
per cent. from my asking price, and still
make 90 per cent on the purchase
money:
S-If merchant wis hes to draw $4,000
at bank, for what sum must he give his
note at 90 days, discountng at per
cent?
"a merchant has three different qualities
of calico, valued respectively at 8 Cts,
12 cents, and II cents per yard; how
many yards of each must he sell so that
the average price may be Is cents?
1O-What is the value of the cube root of
1O24192512?
ARITHMETIC 1ST AND Cd CLASSES