Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-06-28
The Sill YER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS AND
CLOSING EXERCISES.


Answers-List OF Promotions
Standings in the High School
Etc.
The examinations of the public
schools of this city, which had been
in progress since Monday, were
brought to close yesterday in the
intermediate and High School De-
partnaents, the closing exercises in
the Primary Department having
taken place on Thursday. The ex-
aminations are said to have been the
most exhaustive ever had in Silver,
and great praise Is given the teachers
for the proficiency displayed by their
respective classes. Many Of the test
questions were very hard" but the
average percentage Of correct replies
was unusually high, and the showing
very creditable. The following are
few of the questions:
In Define discount,
bank discount, interest, compound
interest, days of grace, insurance,
percentage, profit and loss, commits
sion, promissory note, partial pay.
ments, usury, assessment, present
worth, bank?
/ have 1879 bushels wheat, 1917
bu. corn, 35 7l16ths blu. rye. l want
to put this grain into the largest
sized bags possible and not mix the
grain. What will be the number Of
bags, and the capacity OF each?
How much money must / borrow
at the bank, for six months, at six
per cent, that the proceeds may be
sufficient to pay for twenty shares of
New York Central Railroad stock at
two per cent. premium, brokerage
one per cent?
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.-Why is
there little or no rain in Nevada7
Explain the cause of dew?
Name the foUr classes of lakes,
and give the cause of salt lakesy
Explain by diagram the cause OF
tidesr
HISTORY When and where were
each Of the thirteen original States
settled?
Name important American inven-
tons and inventors?
What were the causes of the Revo.
lution, Rebellion, Mexican War.
War Of 1872, Last French and In
dian War?
Name the seeding States, and the
Slave States which did not secede?
GRAMMAR. Define conjugation,
decIension. synopsis?
Write tho conjugation of the verb
shoot in the potential mode, past
perfect tense, passive voice?
Name and define the properties Of
verbs?
Gle will do what is right" Dia-
gran and parse what?
ORTHoeRAPHY. - Spell: Mignon-
nette, gazetteer, vignette, efferves-
cenee, chamois, stereotype, saerileg-
ious, hecup, Tennessee, place tfish),
Isaiah, mirage, chilnneys, studies,
Marys, assassinate.
BRANCHES TAUGHT.
The branches taught in the various
departments are as follows: In the
High School Reading, writing, ar
ithmetic, photography, grammar,
History of the United States, alge-
bra, bookkeeping, geography, ply
siology, and composition. In the
intermediate - Primary geography.
history, grammar, reading, writing.
photography. vocal music, and arith-
metie TO decimals. In the Primary
Reading, writing, arithmetic, or
biography, drawing, and object les
sons.
THE PROMOTIONS.
As the scholars were examined
they received credit marks for cer-
rect answers. At the close these
credit marks were added up, and
compared with the number to which
each scholar would have been enti-
tied IL he or she had answered every
question correctly. The percent
age" was thus aseertained, and all
whose percentage was sufficiently
high were promoted to another de-
partment, Following is the list OF
those so promoted, with their per-
centagc, 100 denoting perfection:
From the Primary to the Interme-
diate.-Gracie Rourke 81, Chester
Sabine s3, Jimmy Powers 81, James
Powers 81, James Powning "a, ToM-
my Bedford OIL, Annie Wilson So,
Bertha Young %, Carrie Durron-
berger 81, Eunice Hunt 81, Josie
Common IS, Jennie McQuintrall 90,
Elliott Rourke 50, May Foose 90,
Henry Stock rs, John Dunnigan 20,
Sammy Henry SO, Julia Barrett 70,
Lizzie Wogan "a.
From the intermediate to the High
School.-Willie Allen 10, Barton Al
lea 70, Willie Bambrock 70, Duen