The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-05-08

AT Inc examination OF SCHOOL leaCuef
last week there were 81 applicants, only
"a of whom received certificates, as fol
lows
For 2 years: Emma Brown.
For Is months: Lizzie Gardner, Cine
vra Inman, Ada Horton, James X. Stew
art, Clara McKinniss, R. D. K. Price, G.
w. c. Perry.
For II months: Silas W. Lake J. w
Laird, jr., C P Aten, c. NJ. Richards, E
L Richards, j. Fl. Stephenson, Cornelia
Rhodes, VIM. Larabee, E. A. Johns on
T. F Johnson D Mclaughlin, Creighton
Howe, j R. Heath.
For months Adam E King, Alice
v Gillian, O. C. Stephenson.
The following were the questions:
oRTHoGRAPHY.
Moneys, Attorneys Porticos, Desper
ADDE'S. Coloneley, Engaging, Nucleus,
Sanhedrim, Riffraff, Eggnog, Ricochetted
Revaccnate, Harelipped, Singeing, Mine
ing, Parachute Anthracite, Aborigines,
.Liquefy, Surcingle.
GRAMMAR.
l. Give the uses of who, which, and
what, when they arc interrogative pro
nouns.
2 In what kind of proposition is the
subjunctive mode employed? ?
g. What kind Of supposltion does the
past perfect subjunctive represent?
4. When do the subject and predicate
change places2
5. What may the pronoun 1t as subject,
represent as predicate
6. When does an abverb denote degree,
and when manner?
T. When are propositions usually omit
ted
s. OF what number are abstract nouns?
9. What is Ennalage-Hyperbaton?
10 What is a Cedilla-a Tide?
GEOGRAPHY.
l. Which of the Western States is the
largest? the smallest? What State was
the first to adopt system of free schools?
9 How many and what seasons has
California?
s. Name all the conditions that inhu
ence climate, and explain their operation.
f. Why is the broad plateau between
the Rocky and Sierra Nevada mountains
almost desert, while the valleys at the
foot Of the mountains are fertile
5. What forms the boundary between
France and Spain between Siberia and
Russia
6. What four distinct systems of relig
ion, and with what race have they orig
mated?
T. Name the Five Great Powers of Eu-
rope
Locate London, Paris, Vienna. and
Cons tantinople.
g. Do the magnetic poles and the poles
of rotation coincide ?
10 Name the Governor and Lieuten-
ant Governor of Ohio, and give the sala-
ry of each.
ARITHMETIC.
l. 1-9 of pole stands in the mud, 2
feet in the water, and 5-6 above water
what is the length of the pole?
2 person sold a number of sheep
calves and lambs, 40 in all, for $4S; how
many did he sell OF each, if he received
for each calf $l4, each sheep Sl}, each
lamb 50 &?
When bank stock sells at discount
of y per cent. what amount of stock, at
par value, will $500 buy?
4 L ID of tea are worth ID of cof-
fee, and IA ID coffee are worth As ID. of
sugar, and Is bbl. of sugar are worth 27
10. of soap; how many bbl of soap are E
lb of tea worth ?
5. If of a yard of cloth cost S 2-5, be-
ing rs of yard wide. what is the value
of 5-8 of yard Il yards wide. of the
same quality?
G. Two persons have invested in trade
$780, by which they have gained $500;
the gain and stock of the second amount
to $l140; what is the stock and the gain
of each
T. If pipe of 6 inches discharges a
certain quantity of water in hours, in
what time will pipes. each of inches
bore discharge twice the quantity?
g. Find the contents of sphere whose
diameter is s?
9. What are the contents of a pyramid,
the area of whose base is 365, and the al
titude Sc ?
TO- If a ball 2inches in diameter weighs
pounds, what will be the diameter OF
another ball of the same material that
weighs rs l25 pounds