The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-05-05

SCHOOL EXAMINERS QUESTIONS.
Rssuls Of she Meetlsg On satsrasy, ,
May 1st.
ARITHMETIC.
I. II I buy goods 33,5 per- ceDt. he.
cent. Is allowed for prompt payment,
what per cent is my profit II / sell them
at 10 per cent. above their value?
2. Al 81 rod, what viii Il cost to
fence II acres In the form 0f q rectangle
8. What is n definition? Write y
systematic outline Of guadri!aterais.
4. Bought cloth ~ yards wide Mt
$50 per yard. The cloth getting wet,
shrunk 8 per cent. In length and ~
per cent. In width. At what price per
square yard must I sell It 80 as to gain
10 per cent?
8. The interest on certain sum of
money for 4 yrs. Is equal to One.half
the principal. What is the rate per
cent. /?
6. What must ask for sugar that
costs IL cents, that | may fall per
cent. and still gain 10 per cent, allow.
ing IL per cent. for bad sales?
Z. I hold bonds which bear 4 per
cent. annual dividends. At the end of
the year take In payment of my divi.
dend of the same bonds at 26 per cent.
discount. The par value Oi my stock is
then $l6.S00. What Is my dlvldend? I?
8. Int0 an empty cistern Is turned u
stream which would fiji It in two
hours but for leak, which, II the els.
tern were full, would empty It in 10
hours. In whst time will the cistern
fiji?
Q. Find area Of right.aDgieti isos.
celes triangle, the eide opposite the right
angle being 40 rds.
10. A sold two horses for $500. He
gSined 10 per cent. on the first, and IL
per cent. on the second. How much
did each cost II the second cost $50
more than the first?
aRAvMAR.
]. What Is meant by the essential
and accidental properties Of part of
speech
2. How many parts Of speech, and
why are there Just that number?
3. Give the rules for the use of capi.
tai letters, and follow tl,Ose rules In
your work to-day.
4. What Is embraced in etymclOgy
s. Give the feminine plural, pOsses.
sive, of hero, executor, marquis, sOn.in-
law, and the plurais of crisis, genus,
phenomenon. dye.
8. Parse the italicized words in the
following; (a) Paul made sermon
during to midnight. 10y She came
stumbling over chairs.
z. (c) He told him to 90. (d) To be
plain with you, l think you uiireasonn-
bic.
8. Parse the italicized words: (a) 1
was taught lesson by n man named
Smith. (b) She needs must mourn the
loss she has sustained.
Q. Infect the verb see in the future,
indicative, passive.
10. Diagram the analysis of the fol
lowing sentence:
"Leave wringing OF hands; Peace; sit
And let mo wiring your heart; for so
shall,
II 1t be made of penetrable stuff"
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
!. When you had the hest attends nee,
how dill you get It? a.-e
2. What Is the value of composition
an ScuVWi cAcICtse
8. Have you read Richard Grant
Whites Words and Their Uses ?''
"Every Day English ?"
4. When In district school there are
girls "who think 1t. smart to make u
disturbance and are too old to punish, !"
and perhaps think to screen themselves
behind the sanctity of their sex, what
course do you pursue to master the sit.
uRtiOn?
S. d., you spend n,,icn time IN your
intellectual arithmetic IN teaching your
pupils to nnalyze examples? Why 2
q. State what you consider the requi-
sites Of good school.
Z. How many terms have you taught?
8. What are the objects of a recita.
ti0n?
1. What is 4 protective tariff? Rev.
enue tsriff? Free trade?
2. What issue Is now most prOmi-
nent before the people Of the U. s.?
8. State the circumstances under
which the Dred Scott decision was
given.
i. How long were the Articles of
Confederation In forceY How many
departments of government provided
for by them?
5. What was the leading battle of
the Revolutionary wary Give your
reason.
6. Name the committee appointed
to draft the Declaration of Independ-
ence. fas III III
Z. What rebellions have occurred in
the Colonies and the u. B.? Hrt.. lr
8. In what did President johnson
and Congress differp Which in your
opinion was In the right?
.. What States were admitted dur.
ing MOnrOe's administration
4 10. Who was the author Of 1.-THE
Sketch BookY" Thanatopsisp Bige'
low Papers?
I. What are Fields of Fire, Mud
Volcanoes and SOlfatarasY
2. Describe the formation of q Gla.
cier.
s. Define Equinox. Solstice, Nadir
Zenith and Horizon.
I. Name the South Central States
bound the smallest and give capital.
8. What resemblance do Land and
Sea Breezes bear to Monsoonsp
8. Name the primary forms OF
clouds. The secondary forms.
Z Trace the Meridian Of Augusta,
Me.
s. On what lake or river are the fol
lowing cities situated: Quebec, Port.
land, Saragossa, Columbia and Macon
8. Describe the extent of Asia, civ.
ing Latitude and Longitude Of it,
10. Name six rivers of Africa that