The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-09-02
Examination of Teachers.

At the examination of teachers las
week. there were thirty-four applicants
tTenty-six of whom got certificates, a
follows
TwENTY-FoUR MoNTHs-Chas. R. Smith
T. J. Harrison, Emily F. Ford.
TWELVE MoXTHs-Jennie Reynish, Bell,
Gilliland, Joseph Miller, John G. Van
dervort, E. B. Bingham, H. A. Hunter
David E. Steward, Joel Baker, Mary A
Morgan, S. W McClung, J. K. McClung
VIM. W. McKinniss
| Six MoHTHs-Hannah Evans, A. E. Nc
Laughlin, L. F. Hathaway, Edgar Thomp
son, L. c.. Steele, John W.-White, Rob
ert Harper, Albert U. Parks, Mary E
Evans. S. J. Maloney, S. B. Poindexter
The following questions were used:
oRTHoGRAPHY.
Convalesce, ghoul. fantasy, defective
dehexion. escutcheon, exchequer, excis
ion, gramme, guinea ,decemvir, ,debauchee
desuetude, iageolet. gudgeon, dahlia, fa-
kir, daguerreotype; empiricism, hoeing.
GEOGRAPHY.
L. From what Is the term geography
derived?
2. How many and what planets are
there in our system?
3. What river separates Canada East
from Canada West?
t. Between what countries is the Per-
sian Gulf?
5. Name the states bordering on the
Great Lakes and give their capitals
g. Name the countries bordering on
the Mediterranean sea, and give their
capitals
7. Describe the trade winds and state
their causes.
8. How many general departments in
our government?
g. What are the functions of each ?
10. Describe the location, physical
character, and vegetable and mineral
productions of Ohio, and give an analysis
of its government?
GRAMMAR.
l. Define the divisions of grammar.
2. Classify sentences with respect to
use and form.
3. Construct complex declarative
sentence.
4. Conjugate the following verbs in the
indicative mode, present and past lenses:
lie (to reclIne); lie Ito tell falsehood }
laS-fto place).
5. When a verb has three nominatives,
each in different person, how should
they be arranged and with which should
the verb agree?
6. Give a sentence containing the word
that used as a relative.
7. How does the participle ending in
'ed" differ in use from the past tense of
the same verb?
8. In what instances may "to" be
omitted before an infnitive?
9. Between what parts of speech may a
proposition show relation?
10. How many words are necessary in
the construction of simple sentence2
ARITHMETIC
1. Bought at 20 per cent discount and
sold at par; what per cent did gain
2. had $50; he gave B Sc per cent of
it and C 8 per cent of the remainder;
how many mills had A left?
8. What will 2 pairs of napkin rings
cost. each ring weighing OF. 16 pvt, at
81 per o.?
4. How much lumber in an inch board
Is feet long, IA inches wide at each end,
and 10 inches wide in the middle?
3. What will it cost to carpet room
Is feet square with yard wide carpeting
at $3.50 per yard2
6. Bought 20 boxes of peaches at per
cent under cost, and sold them at 10 per
cent above cost; l gained $l2; what was
the cost per box?
Z. If 1 sell my oranges at cents
dozen, I lose Is cents; if sell them at
ii cents a dozen l gain Is cents; how
many have L and what did they cost?
s. Sold a house and gained 20 per cent
had it cost $1,000 more l would have lost
20 per cent required the cost.
9. Find the number of square feet in
one side of a cubical mound containing
l02, sos, ,232 cubic inches
10. What must l mark calico at that
cost l6 cents per yard, that may sell it
so per cent under the marked price, and
still clear 80 per cent?