The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23

Examination of Teachers.

The great event Of the past week i'll
Abbcville was the examination Of candl-
dates for the position of public school
| teacher in this county. The law requires
that the examination be in writing be-
| fore the board of examiners, and as the
applicants usually number more than
one hundred it is evident that a satisiact0-
nv examination cannot be held If they
come singly. The board consists this
wear of Mr.. J. A.. Wier, School Commits
sioncr, w. c. Benet, Esq, and S. c. ca
| son, Esq, and these gentlemen were
| unanimous in their desire to secure q
| fair, Just, and impartial examination. To
this end they drew up 4 list of questions
covering all the requirements of law rs
| to the three grades Of teachers. Mr.. Ben
| cts long experience as Il teacher enabled
the board to prepare a testing paper, and
to conduct the written examination III a
proper and business-like manner. The
following is copy of the questions:
ENGLISH.
Write what follows, and correct the
| plumbers it contains:
1t is pertitly SURPRISING to notice how
menny mistakes is evry day made by
sensible people both in spellin and gram
mcr. We believe very few persons
seems COMPETENT to write descent eng
lish. Their writeinS is bad, their spell
in is wuss. an their pronunciation Is, il
possible, more wuss. General popular
cdicarion is not only valuable DutnecccS-
sarv. Them that has u excellent Opcrtuni-
ty Of r%eceavinS u colnpleat cddication
by Il dilligent coarse of study is Obliged
in my judgement to he considered i'll the
character Of q lunitlc it he don't make
it his pertlckler bizness again all Obstacles
to seek knowledge and persuei it. Them
what can't spell the tollerin words correct
" should jest be reckined enable prop
purify to fulfil the dutys of good citizen
Ship, to hold oriice under the govern
ment, nor to operate in polytics nohow :
Agreeable, seperate, reliet, ~suposcing,
skillful, heighth, pidgeon, pieces, ceiling.
wagon, ascertain, appearantly. suddenly,
beginning, handkerchief, absense, non
sense, brethren, streat, wheel, repete,
collection, wealthy, presumptious, Feb
uary, literature.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
l. Define Grammar -- -.-..
>. Name the parts of speech.
.. What is a verbal conjunction,--a
prOnoun,-an adverb?
4. Parse the following sentence:
Poverty and Ignorance are the fruitful
parents of crime, but they and their off
spring may be checked aud repressed by
industry and intelligence, the spade and
the spelling book.
HISTORY.
l. Tell what you know about the va
rious discoveries of Misunderstanding
names and dates.
=. Mention the various wars waced in
America from 1885 to the present time.
3. Where were the earliest settlements
in America made, and by whom?
4. Give the m of the Presidents in
order Of time.
5. State something about Cromwell
Mohammed, Napoleon, Cortez, Sir Wal
ter Raleigh.
GEOGRAPHY.
/. Write what is meant by geography,
latitude, zone. equator. ocean, island, pen-
insula, isthmus, archipelago, lake, wa
tershed?
,. Name the counties in South Carroll
ia.
3. Name the townships in Ahbeville
County.
4. Where and what are the following
| Chicago, Savannah, Quebec, New Or
leans, Boston, Liverpool, COnstantinople,
Jerusalem, Paris, Calcutta. the Hima-
layas, the A~lleghanies, the Alps, the An.
des: Cape Cod, Cape Horn, Cape of Good
Hope; the Baltic; Behring's Straits; the
Dardanelles the Gulf Stream?
). Name the highest mountain, the lar
gest CITY, the smallest continent and the
longest river in the world.
g. Name the States of the Union.
ARITHMETIC.
/ Divide G535S547S23 by 557s.
2. A man left II, 204 dollars among nine
children; how much did each receive?
3. Multiply fifty thousand and ninety
three by nine thousand and seven.
4. Multiply 1856 by q.
5. How many seconds are there in o
week? y
6. How many feet in seven miles?
7. Subtract 46, 004 from seven hundred
thousand and thirteen. 80
!. Add nine thousand and forty-seyen;