National Republican., 1883-06-05
WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
Members Of All the Classes Put Through a
Severe Examination.
All Passed the Ordeal Creditsbly and Some
with High Honors.


through to-day and tomorrow. Tho three
classes composing this school were examined
and subjected to very rigorous course of in
quiry as to their scholastic attainments
This high school ranks with the very best in
this country. The standard raised by its
principal, Mr.. Edward A. Paul, is as high as
in the earlier classes of many colleges, and
the degree of proficiency required to be at
tanned is higher than in a number of first
class collegiate institutions. This was shown
by tho examination yesterday. The number
of pupils in tho third year or graduating class
is IS, Of whom IL are boys and "a girls. The
second year class numbers S6-boys 81 and
girls 40. In the first year class and unclassi-
fed there arc 25S, of whom 101 are boys and
151 are girls Total in the school, 352.
The graduating class is composed of George
II. Ayres, James IL, Brown, Frank Il. Cal
houn, Appleton =. Clark, jr., Charles w. Cur
tbs, w. Parker Cutler, Harry English, A.
A. Fisher, Charles q. Forster, Henry G.. Shcr-
wood. Clement M. L. Sites, Harry III. Stock,
Schel H. Stutzman, Hawkins Taylor, jr.,
Misses Hanna A. Brecht, Clara +. Crown,
LYDIA Dalton, Emma A. Doyle, Olivia ID. East
wood, Ida Edwards, Emily Enthoifer, j. A.
1Iammett, Wilhelmina {. Hartmann, lrma
Heilprin, NJ. Cornelia Hilton, Maggie NJ.
Hines. Phoebe Holmes, Alice r. Hutchinson,
Mary c. Kelley, Mary S. Mckinney, Helen e..
Nichols, Leila X. Nowlin, Lillian NJ. Orcutt,
Eliza 8. Owen, Florence Perry, Sarah L. ST.
mons, Susan B. Sipc, and Fannie Il. Towner
The young ladies are all candidates for the
normal school Being but "a of them, with
25 vacancies ~ from the second class have
been allowed to compete in the examination,
which began on Saturday for the normal
school and closes on Friday.
The results of yesterdays examination
have not yet been determined, and had they
been would, of course, not be published for
the present. This examination, IL is re-
ported, is one calculated to thoroughly test
the pupils proficiency. 1t is thorough, and
is not surpassed by that of any other high
school in the country.
Tho questions submitted to the first year
class yesterday were on physical geography
and English literature. They were IN Eng
lish.
/. What forces were at work in the growth OF Eng.
lish up to the time OF Chaucer?
2. What Is Chaucer's place in British poetry.
3. A passage from the Morte dArthur oil Ienhy-
son being given, the class was asked
q. Tell how this passage illustrates Ienny"oh'
b. Teilmyson's rank as poet.
=. Upon what does his fame chiefly rest?
why?
An exstract from "a Legend Of Sleepy
Hollow" was given, and the pupils required
TO criticiso it.
In physical geography the questions sub
mitted were:
/. Explain some Of the sources OF evidence as u
the eRrths temperature.
2. State the direction and extent OF the TWO grea
g. What are the names and directions of the pri
mary and secondary highlands OF North
4. Describe the appearance of a coral island.
3. Explain the methods of signaling adopted by
the United States signal service.
G. What is now Known of the origin, motion, bot.
tom, and usefulness OF the guii stream?
T. Mention three effects Of the motion OF glaciers
s. WHAT successive changes of vegetation might
you expect TO meet in climbing Mount Wash
ington?
The second-year class were examined in
physics as follows
/. A stone is thrown vertically upwards with I
velocity of 220S feet n second; what Is It's en-
ergy reckoncd in heat units?
o what govern the (a) intensity C) pitch; &c,
3. Eject Of change of pressure on boiling and
melting points Why does water boil AZ 1OOo Z
Explain the cooling Of water standing In
L. Explain the protecting action OF lightning
B. Inthe formula for ohm S law how would you in
crease L and diminish II and r.
6. Explain, with diagrams, mirage aud the color
oisonp bubbles.
=. Work out either of the following problems:
a. block ofwood weighing in air lbs. is ueC
TO piece of metal Weighing lbs IN wale
both together weigh lbs, while the meta
alone weighs lbs. Find the specific grayit!
OF the wood. ,,
b. A vessel with elastic sides contains 7545 liter
OF air under II pressure Of "a cenume!ers
Require the volume under the stahdar'
pressure OF 76 centimetres OF mercury.
8. Explain, with examples, the principles OF N,
conservation, ualsmutatlon, and dissipation
ofeneTgy.
In history the questions wcre
/. Describe the work OF Frederick the Great II
Prussia? ,,
among the nations OF Europe? Name some of til
early writer's ana writings.
3. Causes. period, chief events and results o
the cTusndes, -
admission 10 kuighthood.
s. Explain briefly the peace of WestphaliG
s. Who were Charlotte Corday Gambetta an
Dore2
The graduating class submitted to the fol
lowing examination in chemistry:
|. Write three reactions showing how the unio
of ali acid and base forms u salt.
z. Describe the manufacture OF nltrio acld IN
cuding the reaction and the apparatus employed
g. Describe the manufacture Of Cl. and writ
the reaction, How does Cl act rs bleaching all
disintectnnt agentY 80,
A. Tell what you know Of the sources, qualities
aud uses of potassium aud Its most common com
{. State the law of definite proportions; also tn
law OF multiple proportions; u,. 4, A.. -.
D. Write two oxides OF Cu. What ID the De-
Write Tie formula OF ethyl alcohol. aceti
acid, and the general formul@ OF the marsh 81
8 Describe the manufacture of illuminatin
gus. What are its principal constituents and mo-
common impurities
In Latin tho questions were as follows
!. Translate: -..-
Tun rapidus, iamdudum arcu contenta paral
Teia teneus, fratrem EuTytion in yota yocayi
jam yacuo lelam cieio speculatus. o. ais
Plaudentum nlgra tgit sub nube columbian
DeCidit sXauims, vitamquo reliquit in hstr
4Ethers, fxumque rciert delapsa saGlttam'
a. Who is meant by JrGtemF
b. Give synonyms for rdptdus, voco, astrum.
C. Construction OF dtis cflO.
decidd.
2. Trace the course of Eneas from Troy TO Italy.
3. Translate:
Alma, precor, miserere-potes namaue omni
nee te
Neauiauam lucIs Hecate prpiecit Avernls--
81 potuit Names 9rcessefe, GShonJuSs lis' OIPnGiuS'
81 fratrem PolluN alterna morte redemlt
Ilque redilque vfam totiens. Quid These
ouid msmofem Alclden2 Et mi genus a
Jovo summo."
a. Scan the last line.
b. Explain the first letter OF 0ndu.
g. Derivation Of AUernis and cqnorlS.
d. What kind OF a noun is Accident
c. Construction OF paris, tuctS, ciLtdrd.
4 Explain all the references to person al
0. Qiote one well known passage from t
.Fned.
Translate into Latin
A boy once met an old woman driving ass
Good morning, mother Of asses" said
"Good morning, my son" replied the G
q. Transiate; Atque is tamen cumen in sigeo
Achillis tumulum adstiti.set; o fortunate l
quit ddulCSceils qui tue Trtutis Honerun pr
cone,a inrenerisl III we're. Nam nil llias
cNsutissel idem tumuluS qui corpus ejus co
tcxtrAt nomen etiam obruisset.
1t will be seen from these questions he