The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-11-08

At the examination last week there were Is appli-
examined, all of whom received certificates,
follows:
Six Months-J. A. Arthur, j. W wills, r. W. Poor
s. A. D. Burris, H. W. Burris, E. A. Poor.
Twelve Months-Ada Tolley, Sarah E. White, Peter
Strausbaugh.
Eighteen Months-D. W. Williams, j W, Riegel
T. L. Evans, j. E. Evans. D. f. Phillips Ada Horton
The following were the questions:
okTHoGRAPHY.
Inferable, transcendent, vinous, vial, triumvir
trochee, microscope, medieval, liquefy, ibeler
levee, iset ensconce, dissentien diphthera coali-
tion, charlatan, calcine, artistic, victualer
GEOGRAPHY.
l. Shape size and situation of the earth.
3 Land and water.
g. Revolution and rotation.
A. Latitude and longitude,
s. Equator and Ecliptic.
g. Tropics and polar circles.
T. Zones and seasons.
s. Day and night.
g. Races and religions.
10. Governments and civilizations.
NoTE.-The applicant is expected to treat each top
ic briefly and accurately.
u. s. HISTORY.
1. The first four permanent settlements made by
white men in North America.
2. The beginning of slavery in the U. S.
5. The first treaty made in New England.
4. The founding of Georgia.
5. The exile of the Acadans.
6. The treaty of 1888.
Z. The first bloodshed of the late war.
s. The capture of Mason and Slide1l.
9. Alaska.
10. The Centennial
NoTE-The applicant is expected to treat each top
ic briefly and accurately.
ARITHMETIC.
l. Define Arithmetic as a science and art.
2. What is simple proportion9 A direct propor-
ton? An inveese proportion? compound propor-
tion?
3. Give the principle involved in finding any power
of number.
4. Explain how distance is measured by time, and
how navigators determine their longitude at sea.
3. What is an annuityr Name and define the kinds
of annuities.
If 1,2O4 march $50 miles in II days. how long
will 1t take 5000 men to march 400 miles?
7. If pipe inch in internal diametr, discharges
water at the rate of foot second how long will it
take to fill cistern Il feet deep and feet in diameter
8. and partners, whose capitals as to 4.
At the end of months withdraws y of his capital
and adds equal to half of his previous capital
At the end of the they divide $780, What does
each receive?
0. A general forming his army into a square found
he had 231 men over but increasing each side with
soldier, he needed Al men to fill up the square.
How many men had he?
10. An heir fortune of $50 0o0 which is divided
and put at interest that the two bring equal
incomes. If the first out at the rate the
second, it would bring income of Sl47O; but the
the of the first would only bring $3.50.
What the rates?
GRAMMAR.
1. What is parsing? Etymological parsing? Syn
tactical parsing?
2. PARSE
Alike for feast and fight prepared,
Battle and banquet both they shared.
5. Name the auxiliary verbs and tell which ones
sometimes used as principal verbs.
and 5. Diagram
For see, on deaths bewildering
The rainbow Hope arise
A bridge of glory oer the grave,
That bends beyond the skies.
s. Define coordinate and subordinate connective.
Write two sentences in illustration.
7. What principal part of the verb ought to follow
the auxiliaries ''be, and "have"?
To what classes of words does infection belong?
9 and 10. Parse the words in italics:
The mighty clouds,
Kissed by his warm efulgence hang around
Like pillars of some tabernacle grand
In all their eongregated hues of pride,
Worthy his gloWiHg presence.