The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-08-07
At the examir,ation LAST week Ibe follou,nl

| AT the examination last week the followin
persons received certificates:
Twenty-four Months-John G. Stevenson
Alfred L. Robbins, Philander Jacobs and Wn
la. Longbon.
Eighteen Months-James ]. Bennett, William
f. Steward and Samuel c. Longbon.
| Twelve Months-Leonidas l.. Evans, Ran
| dolph Miller, Joseph H. Ray and Ella Wat
| kins.
Six Months-Henry C. Boutwell,.
| The following are the questions
| oRTHoGRAPHY.
| Malleable, Mausoleum, Hyperbole, Annalist
| Elegy, Maelstrom, Gypsum, EPSON, Glauber
Millenary, Conchology, Unique, Cazique, Ton
| tine, Demesne, Mauled, Drawled, Menace, Pin
| mace, Portemonnaie.
Define the first five words.
Put any five in sentences.
| GRAMMAR.
l. How many uses have words?
z. Which is incorrect: Mary or Grace lost her
book, or, Mary or Grace lost their book?
!. What is categorical proposition?
d. Define rytbm, syncope, epigram.
5. Name three advantages in the use of the
passive voice.
6. give the plural of medium, radius analysis,
beau, cherub.
7. What office does the word self perform? /?
g. State the difference between predication
and opposition.
g. Name the reciprocal pronouns, and give
their use.
TO- His spear, to equal which the tallest pine
heWn on Norwegian hills TO be the mast of
some great admiral, were but wand, he walk
ed auth to support uneasy steps over the burn
ing marie.
Parse words in italics.
GEOGRAPHY.
!. Give the approximate dimensions, and the
specific gravity of the earth.
2. Describe the atmosphere, its composition,
weight and pressure, density, height, and rela-
ton to organic life.
3. What is the most northern point of North
America? The most southern? The most
eastern? The most western
A. What part of Europe is mountainous?
What line marks the boundary between high
and low Europe?
5. Name five seas bordering on the west coast
of Asia.
6. Describe the trade winds, and tell why
they are so called.
Z. Describe the formation of Artesian wells
and tell why they are so called.
s. Locate Munich, Marseilles, and Milan.
For what is each noted?
9. Name the four empires, the two Republics
and the ten Kingdoms of Europe.
TO- What is the capital of a state ?-the capi-
tol ? Name the highest judicial tribunal of the
United States.
ARITHMETIC.
l. How much heavier is 2 h. of feathers than
2 lb. of gold?
2. have field 96 rods long.and so rods wide.
How much would it cost to build fence around
it, at 1213 cents per foot?
3. steamer, going from New York to Ham
burg, traversed 101adegrees of longitude daily.
What length of time was it from one noon to
the next?
A. Sold horse at 1875 per cent gain, and with
the money bought another horse, which I sold
for S12O, and lost 25 per cent. Did gain or lose
by my trading? and how much?
5. Three men engaged in the lumber trade
A furnished $1,000, and $4,000; they gained
81 $50, of which C's share was $40. Require C's
stock.
6. The sum of two numbers is 100, and their
difference is equal to "a of the greater. Find
the numbers.
7. If cubic foot of iron were formed into
bar a an inch square, without waste, what
would be its length?
g. If a cannon-ball in. in diameter weigh
12S pounds, what is the diameter of ball
weighing $50 pounds?
9. A farmer sold 100 geese and turkeys; for
the geese he received so 70 apiece, and for the
turkeys 81 25 apiece, and for the whole sl04.
What was the number of each?
10. A plot of ground is so rods square. What
is the breadth of a graveled walk around it,
covering an area equal to 1-6 the area of the
field?