The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-05-13

!. On what does the length of degree of len
gitude depend2 '''
q Name the longest rivers in each of the Gv
Grand DvisionsY
8. Between what degrees of latituda 10 w..
mont
4. What is the difference of longitude betwea,
Trinidad and New Britain: the former being GO .
west longitude, the latter, $50 Q East longitude
D. through what bodies Of water would a per.
son pass in sailing from New York CITY TO Con.
stantinople? " wi"
6. Through what divisions Of south Amsrioo
does the Equator passY
I. Through what States and Territories would n
person pass in going from Omaha to San Francis
co by rail
g. Describe the river Nile, and the Danube.
ba. "'N '''e Oo'uui-
:, 10. Locate the following Capes Horn, Good
Hope, Mendocino, Farewell, Clear.
ARITHMETIC
/. Express 1876 in Roman notation.
l. inc difference of time between Cambridge
observatory and Greenwich is hours a minutes
tude? " ''"s'
g. What Is the difference between percentage
and interest? f"s'
;. a. Express decimally the quotient arising from
dividing 1877 by FIVE millions. '''''
o. Is worth 80 l-S per cent. less than b
how many per cent is B worth more than A.
D. what is the value of a city lot rods long.
ana oo feet wide at one end and 80 feet wide at
the other. at S711 cents per square foot
Z. When gold sells at LAX, what is A five
dollar greenback worth in gold?
=. Paid Charles Bush $3.50 for EXCHANGING
$3.50 OF town bonds; what was the rate of brok
erage?
0. What is the difference between n cubic half.
foot and one-half a cubic foot
III. The premium for insurinp 81 achoolhousa No
the rate OF "a per cent was $25; for what gu m
was the house insured?
GRAMMAR.
l. State the difference between Orthography
and Orthoepy.
2. State the difference between defective ard
IA redundant verb
5. Write the present and the perfect partici =
pies of sw"', pin, Nnge, vie, he.
A, Write, if used, the plui al of ayea, aop,ad,r.
phafdnI, srdph, Samen, udtey. ufrfigo, unfuoso,
Flagstaff 0iamnn.
3. What is the effect Of the prefix be. unon
such verbs as moan he,
q. How has you come to be used, instead of
thou IN addressing an individual
I. Name the auxiliary verbs in their present
and past lenses.
:. When is 10 as sign Of the infnitlye omit
ted2
9. Write the possessive care of goodness. h,.,,.
plural Gf the word has plural).
III. Parse the following italicised words "Jaa
teyond the church is n lot siIty feet square" I
have more than know uhat to do rith.'
HISTORY AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
/. When did the MayAower set sail from Ply
mouth Eng
z. When, and where was Gen. Wolfe killed
.. Which was the first State admitted into the
Union under the Federal Constitution
g. Nhai are tho three general departments Of
the nited States Government
.. What is the length of a full term oc of,ca
of U. S. Senator UNIV
6. How can the President Of the United State.
be removed from office
I. How can the Constitution of Vermont be
amended,
s. Who had command of Fort Sumpter when
the secessionists first fired upon it?
3. Where was Gen. Ethan Allen buried
TO- How many Presidential Electors is Yer
mont entitled to,
Now we ask any intelligent man after
examining these questions, to point out
among them those which he deems to be
improper, or to constitute too severe an
ordeal for those aspiring to the response.
BILE position Of teachers in the schools of
the county. Let US not have any more
general accusations ON this matter, but
let those who complain specify definitely
the questions which they think ought not
to have found place in the schedule.
Is there any man who would wish his
children to be committed to the care of
a teacher who could not answer seventy.
1--WE per cent. of the above d?
But your correspondent urges that
many who have obtained license
heretofore are unable to secure it
now. This was the avowed purpose for
which written examinations were institu.
led, to weed out incompetent teachers
rom the ranks Of the profession, and to
gradually carry the standard of attain.
nents necessary to obtain license to
/ higher point than has heretofore been
cached. To say that it has done this is
'nly to say that it has accomplished the
publicly declared design in which it
originated. From time to time the can.
lidates for examination and the public
AVE been notified that il was the purpose
o make the examinations more searching
md thorough, for the very purpose Of
better qualified class of
eachers, and elevating the character of
ur schools, now, to our shame be it said,
over than is to be found in any other
tate in the northern portion of our coun.
ry. Teachers have been warned that the
act that they had been licensed this year
nust not be accepted as guaranty that
hey would be in years to come that
hey were expected to study and to
row. Those who did not heed the
Farming are now suffering the eonsequen.
es of their neglect.
But some fail "who have obtained {
God reputation as teachers" Very {
kelly; for in the prevalent neglect Of
he schools in many localities ON the part
{ committees and citizens, there has been
good opportunity for anybody to obtain
lch reputation, who would please the !
hildrcn, and who would work cheap.
n our experience as superintendent we 8
ave had old teachers of established I
,putation apply for license, who could |
either write numbers correctly, nor
ghtly construe and parse an easy sen.
nee in their mother tongue, 1t is time,
Ugh time, that such teachers should fail. Q
In regard to the older members of the !
oard we may say that it is we'll known Il
} those who have been accustomed to
tend these meetings, that the reverse Of
hat is said by your correspondent is the
ct. As rule the harder questions,
Ie questions which are rejected by the q
oard as too difficult come from the =
'unger members, sanguine in regard to
hat is practicable, with none too high a
andard, when considered simply in the
ght of what is desirable, but who have
I'd no experience of the low attainments q
the candidates for the office. The "
der members, remembering the past, , ,