The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-02-14
CANTON HICT0RT0 u.s. THE CADET AIDSHlP
MAN CONTEST. TH0AASC O., SON OF GEORGE
PRINCE, THE LUCKY BOY

A competitive examination ordered by Congress
man Mckinley, for cadet midshipman, took place
at Alliance on Wednesday Of last week. The
board Of examiners consisted Of DR.. Whiting and
Prof. L. N, Hartshorn, Of Stark, Prof Gregory, oi
Mahoning, DR.. Ross, Of Carroll and Prof. Henkle
Of Columblana, Twenty three candidates pre-
sented themselves, as follows -Four from Mahon,
ing, Ave from Columbiana, one from Carroll and
thirteen from Stark. Two were rejected on phys
ical examination. The highest per cent attained
in the scale Of lOO was SO 5.6, The winner OF the
race was Thomas c. Prince OF Canton. William
Sturgeon OF Salem was next, being rated SO 30,
and @, W. Danziger of Canton third rating 81,
Prince was duly selected by the Committee and
Sturgeon made the alternate The lucky boy Is son
OF George Prince, workman In the Plow Works
Of Bucher, Gibbs q Co. The young man is within
four months of is years Of age Is not large Of his
age but well put up and we should think would
pass muster, We have known him for years as
good student and we'll behaved lad. His only
sister, Mary, is a teacher In our schools, and he
has two brothers older. His mother has been
dead six or seven years.
A list Of printed questions were prepared es.
pecially for the occasion. We give some Of the
easiest and other school boys may try their
hands:
GRAMMAR.
Define the chief divisions OF Grammar.
Explain the different properties of the Noun.
Write short sentences, illustrating the different
cases Of the Noun, and specify each.
Decline the pronouns I, Thou grave style) and
Who.
Compare Little, Much, Wise and Force
Explain the use, form, and modification Of the
Verb.
Conjugate The verb Begin, in both the indicative
and potential modes, present perfect tense.
Write a sentence containing all the different
elements and designate each.
GEOGRAPHY.
Bound the county In which you reside.
Bound this Congressional District
Write at least one.halfa page concerning Lati-
tude and Longitude stating what you deem i'm
portant
Locate the Equator, Tropics, Polar Circle, and
Poles
Why are they named and located as we have
them?
A certain point in Ohio has North Latitude Al
degrees 80 minutes and 10 seconds. and West
Longitude 50 degrees 81 minutes and OF seconds.
Now If this point be taken as one extremity Of the
earth's diameter what will the Latitude and Long
itude at the other extremity be2
Name some of the more important ocean cur.
rents stating their cause and their effects.
Give in some order the names 'of the Cults
and Bays which indent the coasts of the United
States.
Name and locate the islands lying in that por.
tiOn Of the Atlantic ocean included In the Eastern
Hemisphere.
Locate the Naval Academy, the Military Acade-
my, the Naval Observatory, the principal Navy
Yards, and the five most important Custom
Houses,
ARITHMETIC.
Express two billion, fOrty.nine thousand and
one in figures, and 1904 0S0, $40 1o1 in words.
Divide 1879 by 45 using the factors and as
divisors instead of 49, and give the true remainder
showing how 1t was obtained.
Resolve S75 into its prime factors.
Find the amountof 500 after being at interest
for years, months, 10 days the rate being 5 per
cent per snnum.
33% per cent of 900 is what per cent of 80?
Find the area Of a triangle whose sides are
1872.
If a Troy ounce Of gold is worth 1850 20 4S
what is the value of 6192 avordupois pounds Of
gold.
SPELLING.
Separate admissible, indispensable, frolicking
regretted, cringiDg singeing benefited, gracious
spoonful, slamming hereditary, battalion, merci
tul outrageous, equation, evasion, hysician
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