Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-05-27
City reachers' Examination.

An examination for the city teachers
was held on Saturday last, and below We
give list Of the questions, used for all
grades below the grammar school, those
above being too lengthy for publication,
together with the result Of the whole:
ARITHMETIC.
l. The fonr sides Of a garden are l6S
it., $50 it., 1s2 It and 252 it., respective
liz. What is the greatest length OF
boards that can use in fencing It, with
out cutting any of themf
2. A fisg pole $50 feet high casts
shadow 135 #. In length: what is the
distance from the top of the pole 10 the
end Of the shadow?
3, When 1t Is IN. 36 min. A. n. st
the Cape of Good Hope, 10 longitude 1s
degrees ~ minutes east, what is the time
at Capc Horn. in longitude 81 degrees q
| minutes west?
A. A man had yard 80 #. long and
| ~ #. wide; he reserved two grass plats
each It. square, and had the rest paved
with stone. at 40 cts. q 50. yd.; what did
the paving cost?
&. What il the square root Of
MDCCCXL1X, expressed in roman
! characters.
THEORY. AND PRACTICE.
| /. In what respect Is teaching q SCI
/ ence? In what an art?
2. Is it necessary for those who teach
the lower grades Of schools. to be as well
educated rs those who teach the higher
grades? Give reasons.
2. What Is the Monitorial system? Do
you approve of itf Why?
a. What works on teaching have you
read!
s. How many months have you taught
wRIrfSa.-Copy the following rs a
specimen Of your penmanship:
"The melancholy days have COME"
GEOGRAPHY.
/. How many degrees from the Tropic
of Cancer to the Antarctic Circle?
2. Which Is farther north, London or
New York;
8. Locate the Aleutian Islands.
4. Locate the CULTS OF Tonquin and
Alden.
S. Name eight tributaries Of the Ohio
river.
6. Bound Indiana. Name and locate
capital:
of seasons and the alterations of day
and night?
8. Whist are geysers? Where found
9. On what waters wonld you sail In
going from New York to Calcutta?
10. What Ia the difference In miles be-
tween the polar and equatorial diane
terss
GRAMMAR.
One day Iheard boy say tn his yornf
brother who was crying Justify, "NOw
/ Tom, know you don't want anything
but what do you think you wsnt?''
That hoy was philosopher.
/. In the above extract name all the
simple subjects and predicates, placing
the subjects in column and opposite tC
such subject In another column Its prop
er predicate.
2. Parse sag In full and tell what Ii
object ia.
2. Parse what In full.
4. Give the present, the perfect and
: the compound participle of every vert
In the extract. Write them in columns
: the presents In one, the perfects In xn
/ other, &c.
F 8. Parse day in full and decline yor
in both numbers.
ORIH0aRAPHY.
Thesis. Phaeron, Pulssance, Thvme
Reciprocity, Sleight, IsacleronoHs. Keel
son, Calliope, Obeisance, Connoesseur
Microscopy, Hemisphere, Antepaschal
, Misguidance, Izothermal, Ostracize,
Forecastle, Scarlatins, Mythical.
Il CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
II Mrs. Alex. Baird, jr., Rewena p
Cooke, Lucie M. Walker, (the last II
music only each &c mon tbs.
Mrs. A. C. Newsomc, Mrs. 8. v
Harper, Emma McCiurg, Ada Lsning
Kate Dillon, E. II. Lauer, Flora Com
, stock, Bell Laning, Carrie K. Brading
Maggie Vaughn, Betty Webster. Mar,
Glassburn, Annie Ysnden, Alice Pitrat
: b. u. Maxon. A. g. Hubbard, Eli
I Schenk, each "a months.
i Z. J. Allen, Ella Lupton, Lille Stew
art, Emma White, Flora Blazer, Kat
, r. Lawson, Annie M. Sanns, Mar.