The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-06-12
The Cadetship.

The following were the questions usec
at the examination for the Cadetship a
Portsmouth:
ARITHMETIC.
l: What is the difference between arith
metic as science and as an art? Give
illustrations of each.
2. Write twelve and one-half per cent
in three different forms.
8. What three great principals are in
volved in proposition? By what sign il
it expressed
4. Define angle. square, rectangle, area
cube, cone, pyramid, nine square feet anc
nine feet square.
5. Why is it improper to say multiply
IS gallons by 4 quarts Define indorse
ment, negotiable, pay to order, and az
vakorene.
6 Find the length of the longest diag
onal of cubical bin which contains 5OC
bushels
7. Three men bought farm in part
nership, they divided it, A receiving 33!
acres, B / of the whole, and c twice AS
much as the other two, how many acres
In the farm?
8 A square level field containing 1C
acres is surrounded by lence feet
high find the height of monument
standing in the centre of the field the
top of which is just seen from point on
level with the field Is feet from the
outside of the fence at the middle OF one
side of the field
8 After spending 10 of my money,
Is of the remainder, 2-7 of what then
remained, and paying 81 fora hat still
had 81 more than | had spent.
10 If Is men in 20 days of 9 hours
each, dig trench 100 rods long, 16 feet
wide and feet deep, how many hours a
day will Is men be required to work to
dig ditch 200 rods long, y feet wide
and feet deep in Sc days?
GEOGRAPHY.
|. Describe the surface of the earth !;
name and define it's natural divisions
2. Defne zone. Name the zones and
give the width, in degrees, of each.
| 3. If the earth's axis were perpendicu-
lar to the plane of its orbit, what imagin-
ary lines would be removed from its sur
face? Why ?
4. Name the five great powers of Eu-
rope; name and locate their respective
capitals, and give the population of each
5. Name and describe the countries of
| North America give the population,
capital and form of government of each
6. Name and locate the capitals of the
thirteen original States. and the capital
of the last State admitted into the Union
| 7. Describe the surface of the United
State. giving its principal lakes, rivers,
mountain chains, and systems of drain
age.
8. Bound the State of Ohio, give its
area in square miles, population, name
and locate ten of its largest cities, and
give the population of each.
9. Bound the United States, give the
parallels of latitude and meridians of
longitude between which it lies, and
name, locate, and describe five of its larg
est cities in the order of their size.
| 10. Through what waters would you
sail, and what important cities would
you pass in travelling, by water, from ST.
| Louis, Missouri, to Milwaukee, Wiscon-
| sin?
HISTORY OF UNITED STATES.
l. Give the names of the original Uni
! ted States. When was Ohio admitted ?
| Which was the last State admitted?-
| When was it and what is it sometimes
called for that reason.
2 Give the places and dates in their
order of the earliest European settle
ments within the present limits of the
! United States.
3. What is the Constitution of the
United States? When, where and why
| was IL auopLeu
4 Who drafted the Declaration of
Independence When and where was it
adopted Who was the King of England
at that time?
! 5. Name the FIRST and last battles, with
the Generals in command and the dura-
ton of the Revolutionary WARP Name
the first and last battles, and give the
duration OF the last Civil War?
6 How long from the last battle in the
Revolution War to the Treaty Of Peace ?
Where was that Treaty signed? ? How
long from the Treaty OF Peace to the
adoption of the Constitution
7. Who Was the first President, and when,
and where, was heinaugurated Give the
succession of the Presidents, and the
States from which they were chosen.
8. What facts do you associate with the
names of Robert Fulton, Eli Whitney, S.
f. B. Morse and Cyrus w. Field
9. When and by what means did the
United States acquire the territory be
tween the Mississippi and the Rocky
Mountains How acquire Texas, Cali
| fornia, New Mexico, Alaska ?
10 By what two great river systems
did the French penetrate n. America?
GRAMMAR.
| On this question of principle, while act
ual suffering was yet otar Of, our fathers