The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-10-23
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Teachers Examination.

Teachers Examination.
At the last examination of teacher
here were 10 applicants, 6 of whom re
ceived certificates, AS follows:
For one year, NJ. T. Patterson.
For two years, T. w. Patterson, w. T
Steward. Daniel Alban. Isaac Parry.
For three years, John Harper.
The following were the questions:
OKTHoGRAPHY.
Slough, Banana. Cupola, Finale, Prem
i-r, Bestial, Preface, Altache, Coterie
Maritime, Isolate, Conduit, ,Jugular. Wise
acre, Sl-lght, Antipodes. Appellalive
Polondise, Cor"llary, Barr+nness.
US. HISTORY.
/. Who We're the first Spanish, French
English and Dutch discoverers?
2. Who was John Eliot? William Kidd
Patrick Henry Benrdlct Arnold? Major
Andre2 Isaac Hayne? Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton? James M. MasoI
and john Sliuell?
8. What We're the names of the captors
# Andre, and how were they rewarded
f. Give the date of Washington's inau
| guratiun as President. What day COM
nences and cluses the Presidents term OF
'tfice, and ends the regular session ut
| Congress?
5. What was the chief object in captnr-
| ing the British General Prescott, and how
Was the Capture accomplished?
6. What great territory in the United
States WAS still left i'll f,reign posse~si. \
at the close IF the Revolution, and what
was Bnnaparte's design III ceding it to the
United States?
7. Name the rebellions which have oc-
CURED in our history.
8. When AMI by whom was Abraham
Lincoln assassinatedP ? James A. GarttlI lI {
| W hat became of the assassinS?
9. Name five persons IF the Revolution
ary period who made themselves famous
as patriots, and also as statesmen or wrl-
tiers.
10. Name three prominent poets, three
historians. two orators and two novelists
OF the United 81 ates.
GEOGRAPHY.
]. What is firth. or estuary? An
al n uCltdg ~ lOdI, VI 1Octu-
stead? An oasis?
2. Name and give the length of the
longest four rivers of the world.
3. What is ap empire? A kingdom
A republic? A ceuity2 a township
What is the government of Great Britain !
T. How many distinct races of men
| How many prevailing systems of re-
| ligion? How many classrs of Christians
What is the principal d ference between
the Christian and Jewish religion?
5. What is the length of the longest day
at the equator? At the Tropic of Cancer
At the Arctic Circle? At the North
Pole?
6. What are the Uanos? The Sel0as
The pampasf The aOastes of Patagonia
What is the PeruUtaD Raksa2
7. What is Terra d'l Futgo, and why
so NAMED? Why Was Patagonia 81
named?
s. What are the distractions to navl-
cation from the Gulf of st. Lawrence to
Lake SupeIi r?
9. What are the three distinct move
ments of the ocean? For what is the Bay
of Fnndy noted?
10. Name eight important places on the
globe situated on or near the 10th parallel
north latitude.
ARITHMETIC.
l. State the difference brtween the En-
glish, and the French method of enumer-
alton.
2 What is cancellation? When num-
ber is Cancelled, what remains in it's stead ?
g. How do you find the least Common
multiple of two or more fractions?
4. How much grain must take to mill
that may bring ay 144 bushels, after
the miller has taken 7 9-13 per cent OF all
I took there?
5. If IL 10 gallons will flow through an
orifice of 1 10 inches in diameter in l sec
ond how large should be the orifice SD as
to discharge 24 gallons in the same time?
6. The stock of bank is divided into
80 shares, and is owned equally by 8 per-
sons A. b. c. &c. If A sells 8 of his
shares to ninth person and B sells 2 of
his shares to the Company, what propor-
tion of the whole stock does A and B still
own?
7. Divide bar of lead weighing 40
pounds into four pieces, With which (and
a pair OF seales) any humber OF pounds
from To 40 may be weighed,
s. A farmer having sheep in two differ
ent fields s,.ld a of the number from
each field, and had lO2 sheep left. Alter
II Sheep Jumped from the first field into
the SECOND, the number remaining in the
first field as to the number remaining
in the second us to 9. How many sheep
were in each field at first?
9. The product of two numbers is 24O,
and the quotient of three times the
greater divided by the smaller, is 5;
what ARE the numbers?
10. Required the side of cubical box
that can be made from board ~ inches
thick and containing 495s square feet.
GRAMMAR,
1. How does a verb agree with disjupct
?. Compare well, i'll, badly, much. far.
3. Name the auxiliary verbs What
forms have they? Which are sometimes
used as principal verbs?
4. Form the plural OF the following:
court-martial, criterion, news,
,eraph, crisis, mouthful.
5. Write a sentence containing "that" as
a relative pronoun, conjunction, and an
adjective.
6. Give the signs of the lenses of the
Indicative and potential modes.
7. Correct and give reasons:
(a) Many talented men have deserted
rom the party.
(6) l believe that he is the man that I
Jaw.
() never have and never will support
uch man.
ld1 The white and black inhabitants