Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-06-26


It ia very doubtful whether even the
parents Of our school children. a. .
general thing. fully understand how
much hard work is required Of pupils In
order to prepare for admission to the
High School Departments Of u graded
schools. In fact. few Of the grown.up
people who consider themselves fairly
educated, could pass the examination
required Of graduates from the First
Grammar Departments. II parents
would pay . little moro attention to
their childrsn's education. they would
perhaps learn to encourage and assist
them in their ~endsavors. and thus benefit
teachers, scholars and schools.
In Gold Hill the character. standing
and attainments Of the First Grammar
Class for ten months 60 to determine
who shall DO promoted to the High
School ut the end OF the year. Each
months record. with the average at
tanned by each scholar. Is kept. At the
end OF the ten months these averages are
again averaged, and those who have At
tanned 80 per cent. throughout the year
are promoted to the High School.
This does away with all extra exam.
nations. all temptation to idle at one
time and cram at another. and all pos.
sibility Of favoritism, unless scholars
have favored themselves by . uniform
course Of good conduct and attention to
their duties. The last month 10 q very
heavy one on the scholars, a. 1t includes
q sort Of review Of the year. Is q prepar-
atory step to promotion.
In Virginia the examination for like
promotions In going on at the room OF
Professor Willis, Of the Third Ward.
There are some sixty scholars in the
| First Grammar departments OF the city
and they are on the rack. each attentive
and almost absorbed. in fact, in their
sndeavors to remember what they have
learned during the year.
The examination IL conducted by
written questions, and each scholar IL
expected to giys written answers to
them. These questions have been pre-
pared by q committee, Of which Prof.
Ewing. Principal Of the High School, is
Chairman. The examination Is being
conducted by Mrs. Jsssup and Miss
Habicht, Mrs. MacNamars, the third
member OF the Examining Board, hav-
ing been called to San Francisco by sick.
ness.
As specimens Of the questions to
which these scholars are required to pre-
sent written answers, the following,
taken ut random from those presented,
will suffice
In spelling fifty words were submit.
ted, including the following Plagiar-
ism, accessible, susceptible. bilious.
gazetteer. specious. facetious, hauled,
juiciness. passabls, unacceptable. allsgs-
ton. colleague.
In grammar the following. among
other questions. were submitted
Define photography, prosody, letter.
digraph, trigraph.
Give the different ways Of distinguish
ing gender. and give the opposite gender
Of Earl. aunt, bensfsctor. peacock, poet,
duck. Charles.
Define person and give Q sentence
containing a nsun in the first person.
In how many ways may q noun DO
put in the absolute case Give sen.
fences containing an example OF each.
What belong to ~pronouns I? How arc
these properties determined, and how
should subjects Of different persons DO
placed
What is voice, and how is the passive
voice formed? Give sentences in which
the following verbs appear in both
voices hear, sing, resemble to.
In arithmetic the following questions
were asked among others:
Suppose the Carson river to be 4 rods
WIDE, 8 feet deep. and TO run at the rate
Of 4 miles per hour, how many days and
hours will Il take to fill q cubical reser-
voir one mile on o side
Sold two horses for $500 each. On
the one / gained 20 per cent. and on the
other / lost 20 per cent. Did I gain or
lose by the transaction, and how much
What Is the difference between the
true and bank discount OF $l.264 for 10
days ut 10 per cent?
II I buy Virginia bonds drawing 8
per cent. at Is per cent. premium and
receive payment at par in 20 years, what
rate Of income will I receive?
In United States History the ten
questions submitted were as follows:
/. Name Eve English discovsrsrs.
Where did the English make their
claims {?
2. Give the cause Of the French and
Indian war and the terms OF the treaty
which closed il? What wa the "Navi.
CATION Act?" the Boston Port Bill?"
3. Name Ave battles OF Revolutionary
war; their results: commanders on both
sides.
4. Give the events Of Jsffsrson's Ad.
m~inistration. During whose admins.
tration was the war OF 1912? Give
cause Of this war and an account OF the
last battle.
8. What was the I" Modification Act
and during whose administration?
g. What was tho Missouri Compro-
mise , the Kansas-N Nebraska bill ? the
bred Scott decision
z. When and by what nation was
slavery introduced into the United
States? When was 1t abolished?
8. Give the principal events Of John.
sons administration.
o. When wal Ohio admitted into the
Union ? Indiana 2 Michigan 2 Calitor.
MIA? Nevada?
10. Tell who commanded. who wen,
and in what States the following battles
were fought: Corinth, Perryvills, Muir
fressboro. Gettysburg?