The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19
school Examiners, Questions.
EATON, OHIO, nov. Z, 1885.
ARITHMETIC-Ti;me 90 Ainut,

1. Define common fraction, rehabilitation,
decimal.
2. What sum must I invest in O. s. 6's at
1925, to secure an annual income of 81 $50?
8. Ny income on a 3 per cent. stock is AZ
per cent, on the investment; at what price was
the stock purchased?
4. A merchant ownes s.. 900, payable in 9
months; if he should pay 5000 in 2 months, and
$500 in 4 months, how long should he keep the
remainder?
5. For what amount must a note be made
payable in 8 months and discounted at 12L
per cent. so that the proceeds may be $l,s15?
G. What is my per cent. of profit or loss if
! buy opium at 81 per ounce, Adv, and sell it at
81 per ounce, Troy?
Z. Bought hats at $4s per doz. How should
they be marked so that l can fall Is per cent,
and still make rs per cent?
8. Which investment will pay the best, to
buy 6 per cent. stock at Is, or 5 per cent. stock
at 60?
9. For how much must I give my note to Sc
cure 81 1000 for 80 days at 8 per cent.
10. Write a promissory note.
GEOGRAPHY-Time As Minutes.
F.. S. ALLEY, NEW PARIS, o.
1. What is the theory of tides? Define food
and ebb tides, spring and neap tides.
2. Through what countries do the tropics
pass?
3. Where do the great ocean cyclones have
their origin? Describe their rotary and pro-
| gressive motion.
4. Draw a map of Washington township, d.
vide it into sections and number the sections:
5. Draw a map of Ohio, locating principal
cities, rivers, height of land, iron and coal dis
trictS.
6. What are the agricultural, manufactured,
and quarry products of Preble county? In
what part of the county are the last named
products found?
7. Locate the principal seaports of N. A.
Of Europe.
8. What determines the climate of a coun-
try? Illustrate.
9. Locate the following Islands and tell for
what noted: San Salvador, Mt. Desert, St.
Helena, Chios, Java.
/ 10. Imagine a line drawn from Boston to New
Orleans, through what States would it pass?
GRAMMAR-Time 60 Minutes.
l. illustrate the different uses of "what."
2. Write. a complex sentence and convert it
into a simple sentence by abridgment.
8. State the difference between personal
pronouns and relative pronouns; finite verbs
and infinite verbs.
4. Name the absolute lenses, the relative
lenses, state their difference, and explain how
these terms apply.
S. Do YOU make any distinction between
gender and sex in teaching grammer? If so,
what is it?
6. was offered a dollar for Uhatc cost me
five cents. Parse italicized words.
q. DldOTdUi, L W1SH W nv u NhoO "
can tell rather than what you know.
8. Write sentences containing infinitives
and participles in the various constructions IN
which they are used.
9. Define and illustrate government, agree
ment, ellipsis and construction, as used in
grammar.
10. Punctuate and capitalize your manu-
script correctly.
UNITED STATES HIsToRY-Time so hin.
C. C. MILLER EATON, o.
l. Describe the founding of Georgia.
2. Describe the iounding of Pennsylvania:
8. Who was Peter Stuyvesant? Lord Balti-
more?
4. What was the ordinance of 1887? Name
some results arising from it.
5. In what period is the history ofthe O. S.
intimately connected with that of Europe?
6. When was England a Commonwealth?
Who was President of the q. S. during the
panic of 1873? Causes of the panic?
Z. What is it proposed to celebrate in 1883 ?
What can you tell of the history of education
in Ohio?
8. Give the Monroe doctrine. Is it still a
living principle?
9. Name some important date and event in
the history of Drake, George III, La Fayette,
DeSoto and Lowell.
10. Name the periods into which U. S. His
tory divides itself.
THEORY AND PRACTICE-Time As MIN.
L. What is required of you to be a profess
sional teacher? Name three professional
teachers who have achieved national reputa-
ton.
2. What is imagination? When useful to
the pupil? What is consciousness
8. What faculties are designated by the
three states Of the soul:.to knou, to feel, to
choose?
4. Should a study be pursued for discipline
only? Give reasons in full.
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able as a study? Do you make practicability
your object in teaching? Why?
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