Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-05-05

0.--V naJ influence mas temperature over
the circulation?
9.-How may clothing modify the cir
culation?
1O.-Describe the pcriosteum
HISTORY.
1. When was Washington inaugurated
President?
2.-Whcn was Ohio admitted into the
Union?
3.--Givc the history of the Embargo
| Act.
Allow was John Quincy Adams
elected President?
5.-What Presidents have been elected
by the House,
6.-When did the London Company get
a second charterg
WHO was Lord Delaware?
S.-To what was he appointed?
9.-When was the Constitution adopt
ed?
1O.--What was the origin of the Con-
stitution of the United States?
AT the examination, April goth, twenty
applicants were present. Five applied to
raise grade.
The following persons received certifi-
Gates:
Peter Better, Troy Mills, I'd class.
A. l.. Dickerson, Jesup, Cd class.
Mary c. Noyes, Independence, 1st class.
In second class Arithmetic, question
No. is given to test compound numbers
as applied to longitude and time. In
Rays Arithmetic, part third, this subject
is treated before fractions. Eight persons
failed to solve this problem.
No 2 tests lightly one of the applica-
tons of percentage. The selling price
and rate of gain are gwen, to find the cost
price. Six failed to solve this.
No. 3 is found under mensuration. 1t
requires the application of proportion to a
stated principle Ten failed to solve
this.
No. requires an analytical solution
1t is merely comparison Of numbers. 1t
tests, what is Divisiong Four persons
failed to solve this.
No. 5 tests this question. What Is an
nuaI interest? Ten persons, failing to dis
tinguish between simple, compound, and
annual interest, gave the wrong solution.
No. tests compound proportion. This
subject is required before passing half
through Rays Arithmetic part third
SIX persons failed to solve the problem.
No. asks this question: What is 35
per cent. of 40 per cent Seven failed
to solve il.
No. tests very lightly square measure,
and the definition of cube. Six failed
here.
No. asks THIS question: Seven is what
per cent of S7z; how find what per cent.
one number IS of another? This question
must be answered at a very early stage in
percentage. Ten failed on this
No. 10 requires Il quantity composed of
two denominations to be reduced to the
decimal Of a quantity composed Of three
denominations. This comes after the
simpler operations in decimal fractions.
Six persons failed to solve this. principal
ly in pointing the quotient There is
quite difference between 1875. O125 and
.00125.
In first class Arithmetic, the principles
tested are about the same as in the above
But, of course, as they ought to be, the
applications are generally more severe
No. 1 is compound proportion. All
solved this problem.
No. . Is an analytical test Two failed
here
No. 3 tests some definitions in stocks
and investments. On what is dividend
declared? What is the value of certain
stock? What is a stock dividend, and
how does stock dividend affect the orig
inal stock? The solution is this: 100 is
what per cent of 10? Seven failed to
solve this problem.
No. is allegation alternate; all the
quantities limited. Only two failed on
this.
No. 5 is arithmctical progression. Civ
en- the extremes and common difference
to find the number of terms. Six persons
failed
No. is found under mensuration -
Five failed TO solve this.
No. is the application of percentage
to investments. If a 800 share yields a
specific sum, $40 at Is per cent, to yield
the same sum at one per cent, there must
be $500 stock; and to yield the same
specific sum, $50, at 10 per cent, there
must be 10 of $500, which is $50;
that Is, the market value is $50; the pre-
MUM is $50 per cent. less 100 per cent,
which is 80 per cent Seven failed to
solve this
No. is the average of accounts. This
subject is found in nearly all of our
Arithmetics, common school and higher.
This particular question requires consid-
cradle work; perhaps too much for an
examination. Six persons failed to solve
this
No. is bank discount, a common bus
mess transaction Six failed on this
No. 10 requires rigid comparison of
bank discount with interest SIX persons
failed here
In Grammar, second class, some did
the work well; others did the work poor
ly. Four write deere for the plural of
deer; four write horses for the possessivc
of horses; six write it's for the possessive
of it. Under No. 8, nine parse spring as
the subject of the sentence. Many did
not correct the sentences, but parsed the
words just as they occur.
With but one or two exceptions, the
work in the first class questions was well
| done. "The trachea is a tube in the
throat" ARTERIES and veins are con-
nected by ligaments. "Periostum is a
membranous fluid" emit. Washington is
in Main" Monmouth Cave is in Yer
ginia"
In general, the spelling is good. We
note the following: Principle parts, mus
les, beautiful cenery, Mlssura, Illanois,
Tenasee, territory, Europ, led region, Mos
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