The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08
BOARD on SCHOOL ExAnIgERs.
List OF Questions Propounded saturs
day, April 4, 1885.


able annually at per cent?
b. A vessel contains 3 tons of wine.
how many bushels Of wheat win it
hold?
q. Sold a horse for $50, bought it
back for $40 and sold It for $50, How
much did / gain?
Z. Find the length of a fish whose
head is 6 inches long, tail as long as
the head and half the body, and body as
long as the head and tail both
8. ] bought q piece Of land l6 chains
long by 10 chains wide at 500 an acre
and divided it into lots 6 rods by 8
rods; sold them at $50 each. What was
my gain?
8. The heights Of two trees stand
ing so it. apart are so and 100 It,
Where will boy stand between them
so that he can just fly his kite to the
top of either2
TO- The volume Of a rectangular
solid is 10000 cubic ft. III the sides are
to each other as 2, and what are the
dimensions?
GRAMMAR.
I. For what parts of speech may
partiCiples be used?
2. Make a sentence having a parti-
ciple for its subject. Make a sentence
having a partiCiple for its object.
Make a sentence having a participle
used as the OBJ. of proposition.
3. Make a sentence haYing a DOrd
adverb of degree. Make sentence
having a phrase adverb Of degree.
Make a sentence having sentence ad-
verb OF degree.
4. What prOnOuns, by their forms,
distinguish sex?
8. By what distinct methods are
nouns varied to denote gender?
6. What offices do substantiYes iill ?
z. Explain the difference in mean
| ing made by changing shall to Wiu
| (d) As for being a teacher, that ShdA
never be. (b) I shdH be in Hills
borough in April. (c) I 8hGU be elect
ed. (d) / shall never laugh again.
8. What do you do with the itRli.
cized words in the following; (d) He
walks like a duck. (b) The man is 8Gid
10 be honest. 10y "Be u eUer so humble
there is no place like home"
8. In "Ah meW and "Memiserablep
| what is me?
10. Diagram the analysis of this
sentence:
"I pray you all,
! II you have hitherto COnceal'd this sigh
Let II be tenable In your silence still;
And whatsoever else shall hap tonight
Give 1t an understanding, butno tongue
GEOGRAPHY.
/. Name the peninsulas Of eacl
grand division.
2. Bound Brazil and describe it
surface and rivers.
8. Describe its government, religion
and people.
4. Name the divisions of Australia
and their capitals.
5. Tell what you know Of the Nile
! 6. Name the four largest States o
the U. s. in order of size and in Orde
of population.
! I. Does the sun continue longe
north or south of Equator? HOV
; much ?
s. What constitutes the relief of
country? Describe the relief Of EU
, rope.
, 8. Name the most northern, eastern
southern and western points of Sout
America.
TO- What and where are Tonquir
Tell, MaOris, Berber and Tahoe?
HISTORY.
Return promptly at 4 O'Clock.
Il l.. What is Mason and DiXon's line
When and for what purpose was it ei
tablished
2. Whence came the Puritans an
, why?
3. Name some Of their virtues an
some of their faults.
4. Name five American authors an
j mention one work written by each.
, 5, How can the President of the
| ~ no rnUnOUn6 from Nfiinnp
6. Name five of the most celebrate
Indian chiefs, and show how they WeI
/ connected with our history.
z. Name the Senators from Ohit
How were they chosen?
8. What difficulties have arisen /
3 Illinois to defer the selection of a u.
e Senator?
9. Who are the members Of Clev
lands Cabinet? ?
10. Give your mode of teaching hi
, tory. Do you think that the best way
= Why?
/ THEORY AND PRACTICE.
1. Name some of the recent in
provements in the art of teaChing2
2. How do you teach grammar
D 3. What educational work have 20
{ read?
4 II g. w lldb oGlONAo nave YOU hbtoAluCu
5. Should pupils be allowed to assil
each other in preparing their lessons
6. How can you prevent Whispe
, ing?
= Z. How can you prevent hardness
, 8. How can you interest parents
y your school?
8. How can you interest a pupil
his studies?
10. How can you make a schoO
room cheerful?
SPELLING.
Write your name and number on tC
of slip.
Il 1. Give an example of a primitive,
derivative, and a compound WOr
Which is most numerous?
2. Indicate the pronunciation of Il
following words: GallOWs, visCOun
vehement. illustrate, telegTaphy, bic,
Gle, finance, area, aCclimate, allOpath
legislature, pyramidal, and illustrate.
8. Correct: BUrO, kadril, dispeps
mate and CleviCe. The changing
u any word will be taken as an eYidenu
of doubt.
Transfers Of Real Estate.
Virgil A. Vaughn to Clarence NJ. Ovormh
" HilGborO. lot el,l00.