Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-06-30
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.
The I.quisisien Begins This hern.
isg-The Questions In Arisn'
mesic - Grade Quessions-
censage Required.

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mesie - Grade Quessiens- .
censsss Required.
The examination Of applicants for
teachers certificates was commenced ct
the Virginia Third Ward school.houss
at 10 o'clock this morning. T. B. James,
Superintendent Of Public Schools, j.
Knox Brown and a. B. Loomis, consti.
.uting the Board Of Examiners, were
punctuslly present. In opening the
business Mr.. Loomis. at the request OF
Superintendent James. made a brief
statement on behalf Of the Board. he
said: "This examination will bs con-
Quoted strictly IN business principles.
There must bs no communication be-
tween the applicants. and no smuggling
in Of outside aid. All who appear here
for examination are on an equality. No
n has any inamation Of what IL to DO
REQUIRED. There Is to be no un~fairness
and no partiality."
The names OF applicants are a. follows:
First Rrads-Mary DAILY, Ada Ellis. A.
II. Willis, D. A. Ewing, II. F. Baker.
Mrs. N. E. Jones, Jennie L. Hodgins,
Mary O'Farrell, H. G. Dettsnreidsr,
Julia Nicholson, Emma N. Everitt,
Kittis Blaksly. Mrs. N. Boyd JsssuP.
Bessie Nicholson, N. A. Eysritt, Jennie
Macksy, Lulu CASTOR, Ella McNealy,
Nelly Lynch. Minnie Leslie, Kitty
Mackay. Maggie Long, NJ. E. Beck, F.
A. Caldwell, Alice Habicht. Henrietta
Schvartz, Mrs. NJ. H. Swift, ]. E. Bray.
John McMartin. Messrs. Baker and
Bray = from Lyon county. Second
Grads-Mary E. Farrell, Cassie w.
Lowman, Mollis E. O'Connell, Lille
Soholl, A. E. Anglum, n. Richards,
Jennie Lynds. Julia Rippingham,
Mary Burnett, Fslicie Gsnssy, Mag.
ale Brophy, Ella Mackay, Winnie
Timmons, Jennis Brophy, Carne
Herns, Ella Hurd. Mollis d. Scaniker.
Ida E. Morgan, @. Courtney. Mrs. E. R.
Davis, NJ. E. Cashion, Della Mccoy,
Annie Gilroy. A. II. Sullivan. Ada
Holmes, Lizzie McMsrtin, Maggie
Holmes, Kate Nsall. Lizzie Cardwell.
Minnie Lewis, Katie A. Dupe. Mary
Hsnnessey, Maggie Neall, Maggie Madi.
gan, Julia Maiigan. Hattie May. Annie
Baker, Mrs. H. G. Mysatt, Abbie h.
Harris, Mrs. A. II. Potter, o. L. Tay-
lor, Mollie E. Hanlsy, Florence Lynch.
The following are the branches In
which applicants for certificates are to
bs examined First Grads-Chsmistry,
physiology. grammar, philosophy. alge-
bra, geography. arithmetic, reading,
spelling, history and penmanship. SEQ
ond Grade-Grammar, geography. arith.
mstic, reading. spelling and penman-
ship.
There are to be ten questions In each
branch for each grade.
The standing in penmanship IL to be
made up from the papers on grammar.
A standing OF gu per cent. will be re-
qaired In each branch 10 secure q oertih-
cate.
The first subject taken under consid.
Grafton this morning was arithmetic.
Following are tho questions:
/. Define quantity, problem, theorem,
concrete number, denominate number.
2. Find the greatest common divisor
of SAT and 1907 and give demonstration.
8. Analyzs the following: A boy lost
4 OF his kite string and then added Ask
feet, when Il was Just 4.5 OF Its original
length. What was its original lengthP
4. Reduce Gle, At. 24.72 and 1.58
to equivalent having the least oommon
denominator.
6. Multiply 80 by As and deduos the
rule for multiplication Of fractions.
Q. In what does Q decimal fraction
differ from q common fractionf Define
pure dscimals. compound decimals and
complex decimals.
z. II I buy 65 shares OF stock at
SIT S7L per share and sell the whole Of
It, realizing %, LAG 62H after deducting
ono per cent. for expenses, what per
cent. do I gain2
8. What 10 true discount how found2
Bank discount how found2 What are
days OF grace and protest2
8. II ] sell o horse for $475 30 and
gain 10 per cent. what did the horse
cost me2 Analyse process.
10. II II takes 1850 bricks to build
q wall 200 feet long 20 feet high and 10
inches thick. each brick being 8 inches
long 4 inches wide and 2 inches thick,
how many bricks 10 inches long 8 inches
wide and 3H inches thick will II require
TO build q wall 600 feet long "a feet
high and 20 feet thick?
IL. The sum OF two numbers Is lao
and their difference 10 equal TO one.siIth
OF the greater. What are the numbersf
~. Find the spare root OF 67l,638.
IS. The soliditiss OF two balls are 1879
cubic inches and 875 cubic inches. The
diameter OF the second 10 17H inches.
Find the diameter Of the first.
IA. A man paid $3.50 to 81 laborers,
consisting OF men, women and boys.
To the men no paid $40 per week, to
the women %. and to the boys 81.
How many were there OF eachf
15. What 10 the greatest area OF
ground enclosed within four circles the
"Reminiscences Of each Of which 10 4
rods and the circumference OF which
touch each other.
OF these questions, the first ten ques:
tions-irom I to 10-ars for the second
grade applicants, and the second ten
from 8 to 15-for the first grade sp-
plicants.
The subjects Of grammar and orthog.
rsphy were taken up this afternoon.
The examination will continue TO.
morrow and Wednesday.