Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-04
SPECIMEN ExAMIsArIoN PAPERS.

SPECIMEN EXAMIhAflOh PAPERS.
Below are given the papers upon English
grammar, natural philosophy and arithmetic
upon which the applicants for teachers GER
tifcates were examined st the last session Of
the County Board of Examination. The
three papers are selected from the lot as be.
ing fair sample of all. Out of the twenty,
seven applicants but six were successful. The
questions were prepared by Professor w. J,
Hyde, member of the Sacramento County
Board of Education:
GRAMMAR.
l. (a) Define grammar, analysis, diagram.
ing, declension, conjugation. ~ Give and
illustrate the difference between an adj sctive
and psrticiple. verb and verbal linfni-
| tive) an object complement and an objective
/ complement. (c) State eight different uses of
the noun in a sentence, and give some verbs
which in the passive voice take direct OBJ
! ject.
| 2. Give the several ways OF forming the
plural Of nouns, and pluralizs the following
Rabbi, Henry. Knight.errant, aide.de-csmp,
pailful Frenchmsn, Mussulman, I, +, Mad.
| anne, miasma, chrysalis. Miss Mary and Su.
san Davies, Mrs. Montague, Monsieur.
3. State the principles which guide in the
use of the possessive forms, and write the
possessive singular and the possessive plural
of the following: Son-in.law, sheep, prin-
cess, whoever talisman.
| 4. (a) Write the correlatiye masculine or
feminine. as the case may be) of Infants,
Marquis. Sultan, Don. hart, hind, Jesse,
! Earl. ~ Give the chief parts of hew, chide,
| bid, fly, lie (recline), reave. seethe, slide,
smite. (c) Compare first, last, utmost, next.
5. Diagram the following: The mere we
study English grammar, the better we like it.
He is too proud to beg, and too honest to
steal.
6. Parse in full the UNDERSIGNED words in
the following: (a) Let as lore one another.
~ There is no one but sees the Importance of
thorough grammatical knowledge of his
mother tongue. (c) Kate. l have no doubt Of
ny being a successful applicant (dD Al me
this poor head of mine is full of idle fsncies,
| and though it did not cost me cent, to me at
| least it is north millions.
Z. Give one good general law for the posi-
ton of modifiers in the structure of sentences,
s. Improve the following, and give brief
reasons for the corrections (a) Mary, let
you and l study grammar, and at the end of
the next recitation we will go out to play.
| ~ This is the store of the brother.in-lsw of
the partner of the son of our minister. (C)
! Pope wrote to Addison that he was aware of
his secret efforts to injure his reputation.
9. What is the real object of punctuation?
TO- Give three general rules for the use of
the comma, and illustrate.
ARITHMETIC.
l. (al Define arithmetic, like numbers,
denominate numbers, compound numbers.
| (b) Write a mixed rumber, consisting OF In
tegers and decim 4ls, and illustrate, as you
would to class of pupils, how arithmetical
operations may be abbreviated by judicious
application of the great law of Arabic nota-
ton. (c) Illustrate the difference between
the simple and the local value of figures.
.. (a) Give four simple business problems,
illustrating respectively the four fundamental
class, the relation between addition and null
tiplicatien, between subtraction and division,
between multiplication and division. (c)
Show how subtraction, multiplication and
division can be proved.
3. (a) Add Sd, 5-S, and GIG, and illus
trate by diagrams, as to class, why it is
necessary in addition of fractions to get
common denomination. If be added to both
terms of the fraction :. will its value be in.
creased or diminished. and how much Illus.
trate the work by diagrams.
4. (a) Illustrate the difference between a
common and a decimal fraction. ~ Multiply
= .
appropriate remarks on the great principle of
multiplication and division of decimals. icy
What is the value of 3 4+5 S-13M2 80?
>. td) Illustrate by simple example how
reduction descending and reduction ascending
mutually prove each other. (b) Which ia the
heavier, and how much, pound of feathers
or pound!of gold? An ounce of lead or an
ounce of silver?
s. Solve the three following problems By
analysis and use the equation sign throughout
the solutions Make brief and appropri-
ate remarks on the nature of percentage. (a)
My agent sells 800 worth OF goods-what is
the amount Of his commission at per cent?
% paid my agent s. for selling goods, which
was commission of % per cent.-what was
the amount of the sales? (c) l RENTED to
my agent S105 to invest in goods, less his
commission at ) per equired, the
amount of the investment. (d) A Sacra-
mentsn has ) per cent. stock, the market
value of which is Is per cent. If he sells it
anG takes in exchange per cent. stock at
4 per cent. premium, what per cent Of his an
nual income does he gain or lose?
7. Give only the statement of the follow
ing problem: What is the compound interest
of 500 for two years, two months and two
days at per cent, payable semi-snnually
s. If 80 horses eat l6t of grain in sc
days, in what time will three times as much
grain be consumed, if five horses are added
when the grain is three-quarters eaten?
9. What are the contents of stick Of
timber whose length is 40 feet, the diameter
OF the larger end being AZ inches and of the
smaller end u inches
10. Extract the square root of G25, and
illustrate by diagram, and explain, to
class, lChy the root already found is doubled.
and lchy the last figure Of the root is placed
in the divisor.
n. B.-You ability to instruct pupils will
be CLEANED from your power to illustrate the
few underlying principles of arithmetical
processes.
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
l. Define natural philosophy. What is
matter? What are its forms?
2 Define, classify and illustrate the follow
ing properties Of matter: Cohesion, inertia,
adhesion, impenetrability, mallesbiIity, po-
rosity.
8. Define and illustrate by practical exam
pies the following: Capillarity, endosmose,
exosmose.
4. (a) State Sir Isaac Newton's great law
of universal gravitation (5) A body weighs
4, 600 pounds upon the surface of the earth
what would it weigh 1900 miles above the
surface 5000 miles below the surface
;. (a) State the great law of all mechanics,
and illustrate by a single example. ~ How
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feet along an inclined plane, lift weight OF
1872 pounds.
6. Give the great law which is the basis of
all the mechanical phenomena of liquids.
Illustrate.
7. How may the specific gravity of bodies
that float on water be sscertained?
8. On what law of physics is the action of
the common lifting pump based
9. (q) Define latent, sensible and specific
heat ~ How is heat communicated
10. On what principle does the electro
magnetic telegraph depend
METROPOLITAN THEATER.-The attendance
a. the Metropolitan Thester last evening to
witness the performance given by COPYRIGHT
& Hawkins Minstrels was good, and, from
the continuous applause that greeted the
company from the time the curtain raised
till the performance closed, was q sufficient
guarantee that the audience was pleased.
This is one Of the most complete minstrel o.
gauizstion N the world, and they give first
class performances in every respect This
evening the members of the company ana
large number Of volunteers, both from Sacra-
mento and San Francisco tender the man
sger Of the thester, d. j. Simmons, grand