The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-07
sUHOOL BxAnISERs' QUESTIONS.
ueault % tho Meeting on Saturday
January "a.

1. What is the gender Of parent
cousin, i, whOY What does the word
gender meanp
9. Correct the accent I'm the follow
ing words Advertisements primary
contrary, lament'able, interesting
3. Give the meaning Of each Of the
following words August August,
Instinct, Minute, Minute.
4. Parse the words i'm italics: NY
clothes are dripping wet The water
was scaiding hot. He died long ago.
8. What is the rule for the object Of
a transitive verbY
g. Do any but finite verbs have
objectsY
z. What is the FIRST class of words
that should begin with capital letters
The secOnd2 The thirdY The fourth ?
The ffthY The sixth?
8. What is the Office Of the apostro-
phe2 OF the dimresis? OF the clip
sis2 OF the indeN2 OF the Caret (?
OF the macrOny
9. What is your opinion Of the so
called common gender?
TO- Diagram the analysis Of this
sentence:
."I pr'ytbee, take thy fingers from my
For, though I am not splonotIvo and
rash.
Yet have 1 in the something dangerous,
Which let thy wisdom fear: Hold OH
thy hands"
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
]. How do you conduct q reading
eXerciseY
2. What preparatory work is neces.
sary on the part Of the teaCherY
3. Should phonetic spelling be done
in the Reading or the Spelling classes
4. Do you seek the cooperation of
parents and secure if possible the regu
lar attendance of the children al
school? How
5. How do you prevent absentee
ism, truancy and tardiness? ?
6. DO you read any Educational
| Journals?
Z. What practical matter did you
| obtain from the last one read that you
can use in your school work.
8. DO you attend the Highland
! County Teachers Associations Why
Why not?
8. What is your opinion of the 50
called New Education?
10. What is empirical knowledge
HISTORY.
l. Name the Presidents who served
! two terms.
2. What was the cause of the Hart
ford Convention? It's result2
3. Describe BraddJck's Expedition
4. Name three eminent American
historians, three poets, three nOvelists
three journalists.
5. Give sketch Of Andrew Jackson
g. What were the Alabama Claims
How settled?
T. What are the qualifications as tt
age and citizenship of a Senator, Z
! Representative and President?
8. What was the cause of the Mexi
can War? Its result?
GEOGRAPHY.
1. Name the countries of Soutl
America and give the capital of each
2. Give the area and population o
North America, South America, Europ
and Asia.
3. Describe four kinds of cora
formations. In what regions are the
found?
4. If the earth's orbit were a ciTcl
how would the seasons be changed2
5. Bound New England, name tn
/ products Of its quaTTies and its agTi
cultural and manufactured products.
g. Define marine and alluvial plains
Z. Name the divisions of Australi
and tell how they are governed,
8. Locate the greatest cotton marke
of the world petroleum market
grain market sugar market.
9. Name the Greater Antilles. T
whom do they belong2
10. What and where are Bothnia
Saghalien, Ann ArbOr, Cayuga, Pei
Chora, MatterhOrn and Trinidad?
ARITHMETIC.
!. II }ths Of a cwt. cost S6s, how MAJ
pounds can be bought for SAG 75? Soly
by analysis. Ans. $50.
2. Find the G. G. D. and L. @. N. Of
LA, 2l-22, $40.
Ans. G. @. D., 3-77Oi L. @. NJ, STA.
3. If buy at 80 cents per ounce Avoi
dupois aud sell at 80 cents per ounce Tro
what per cent do gain? Ans, 9Per cent.
4. WHAT'S the rate Of interest when a q
day note is discounted at 10 per cent o,
annum? Ans. 10 70.393
g. The ffth term Of an arithmetical pr
grsssion is l91 the 18th 17S and the SUI
Of 40 terms. Ans 7,154.
6. A note for 81 ,425, dated April IL, dJ
in months, and drawing per cent ints
est, was discounted June l5 at 6 per cenN
fnd the proceeds. Ans. Sl.4S7 73.
Z. Bought stocks at 10, sold them at II
and invested my gain in U. s. 6s at III Is
my semi-aunual income from the u. S.
was SlOs; find my first investment
Ans, $1,000
8. Sold q consignment Of wool and i
vested the proceeds in sugar after deduc
ing my commissions, 3 per cent for Bellir
and per cent for buying, my whole cor
mission WAS $50 find value Of wool a.
sugar. Ans. 81 ,O2O; &970.
o. Find the surface Of the largest cul
that can be cut from q globe 10 inches
diameter; hnd solid inches cut or
Ans. 283 50. in; 572f cubic in.
10, The internal diameter at the base
a vessel ia the form Of a fruBtrum Of q col
J is l5 inches, and 70 inches at the top, al
the depth is % inches; how many vii
) gallons will it contain2 Ans. 1913, nearly.