The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18
VOCAL MUSIC.
Prot. |. ". Miles, Eraminer.

syllable do we get tone one? How many
tones are there in the scale? How many
half.tones are in the scale, and where are
they? WHAT is the name of a hollow note
without stem? A hollow note with a
stem A black note with a stem !? A black
note with stem and y hook How many
necessary properties have sounds Of
what does melodies treat What are
musical sounds called What is the essen.
tial pitch of tones called .? WHAT are used
to indicate the absolute pitch of tone ?
Supt. W. Holmes Examiner.
Why is only one sharp used as the sigma
ture of G.? What do you mean by a
change of key What is the basis of the
change of key How is the transposition
by sharps effected What is the other
How many sixteenths would you sing in
the time OF one eighth How is a repeat
indicated WHAT is a bar? What is a
measure ? How is time indicated
BOOK KEEPING.
Dept. .Supt II. Houck
by secretary and the president, for your
first months salary as teacher Wlite a
receipt? Write receipted bill. Write a
promissary note also check. What is
! the first book you would turn to settle a
bill of goods ? How would you find the
page ? If should want to know some
thing of the items, where would | look for
them How would find the page of the
| day-book -? What other books are some
times used ? Is everything first written
into the day book How would .you use
an order, to obtain money Should it be
endorsed ? Can a stranger get check
cashed ? Can you get check cashed at.
bank in which you have no deposit Who
protests note }? Where would you en-.
dorse a check received from another per.
son to obtain the money?
| NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
Prof. A. r. Byerly, Examiner.
Explain and illustrate the rarallelogran
of forces or, name the physical properties
of matter, and discuss malleability. A
body that would weigh 1914 lbs. at the
equator would weigh 1876 lbs at the poles.
Why What is specific gravity, and how
is the specific gravity of liquids found /
How is the rainbow produced, and why is
it circular How does lightning rod
protect from the effects of lightning
BoTANT,
Prot A. r. Byo.'y Examiner.
| Mama tho floral ornooa o,,l lo,ox:l,o
of them Wlat is the difference between
stem and root Describe the various
modes of leaf arrangement. Describe q
pinnate leaf also a palmate leaf De
scribe the parts of an exogenous STEM
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT
Dept Supt H. Huoek, Examiner.
What constitutes an education Give
four reasons to prove that teaching is q
science. What studies btlong to childhoodi
| What to youth ? Give reasons. " nat are
the characteristics of good advanced il
structions How would you teach pupi
an idea A thought ? Illustrate. Under
what circumstances does getting know.
ledge give no discipline ? Show the signi
iicance of the personality of the teachers
as factor in education. Give five incen
tives to study in the order of their value
Why is it natural for a child's mind to pass
from the concrete to the abs tract, in &C
| quiring knowledge ? When was the com
nor school system adopted in Pennsyl
vania Name some of its early advocates
Give the number of pupils in the public
schools of Pennsylvania the number O.
teachers the entire annual cost of publ,
education.
In teaching the seniors were examined
in four sections In reading in three, anl
the juniors in five, No notes were tsker
of the questions in teaching or of those il
reading.
The whole senior class passed the exam
ination. THIS was the largest class (63
the school ever recommended for examina
tion.