The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18
state Examination at the Blooms
burg Normal school, June Q, 1886.


Battalion. gneiss, stupefy, stultify, CON-
parison, comparative, eligible, quintessence,
calisthenics, icice iminent, centenary lilly.
capillary, category, metallurgy, odious,
rallery, raspberry, rise, rustic, salable,
statistician, supersede, maintenance.
GRAMMAR.
Prof. A. r. Beyerly, Examiner.
What is personal pronoun2 What is
comparson2 Compare III, noble, far. What
is conjugation? Give synopsis Of go.
What is meant by person and number of
verbsr What is syntax? Parse the itai-
cised words in the following have been
now twenty years an inhabitant of this will
derness, in which l never saw man before.
Correct the following, and give reasons for
your correction Every one OF our friends
have went to their homes, and shall, sup
pose, never return no more.
ARITHMETIC.
Supt. r. NJ McNeai, Eraniner.
Write out such an explanation as you
would give your pupils for inverting the
terms of the divisor in division of fractions.
merchant bought a cargo of flour for
$21739, and sold it for twenty-five twenty
thirds of the cost, thereby losing of dol
lar per barrel; how many barrels did he
buyT A drover bought horses for $1055O;
he sold certain number for $S925, at S1O5
each, by which he lost $40 a piece; how
must he sell the remaining horses, each, to
gain 1926 on the drove2 A merchant SELL
ing groceries gives fourteen and nine six
teenth OF. for a pound; how much does he
cheat a customer who buys from him to
the amount Of $38.40? Develop rule for
finding last term, and also the rule for find
ing sum OF series in arithmetical progress
sion. A man borrowed $500 and at the
end of 2 years, 0 months, IS days he paid
S91s0 to secure his note; what rate of inter
est did he pay? The end of the minute
hand Of clock passes over 31.416 inches
in 40 minutes, what is the length of the
hand? Explain fully why you double the
quotient for a new divisor in extracting the
square root Of number; in extracting cube
root why do you point off into periods of
places each, and what is the meaning of
the numbers 30 and 800 which appear
mining stock and invests it in stock of the
same company at 70; the par value of his
stock was then $10S00 what was the
amount of his diyidend2 The sales of a
certain merchant amount to 100000 a
year, one-fourth of the sales are made at a
profit of twenty-five per cent, nine twen-
tieths at profit of twenty per cent. and
the remainder at a loss of four per cent; re-
quired the cost of the goods.
Write complete solution of one of the
problems in this list
CONSTITUTION U. S.
Supt W. Opers, Ecamlaer.
What are the departments into which the
U S. Government is divided? Tell the
title of the officer in charge of each depart
ment, his qualifications, length of term, and
how elected How may new states be ad-
mitted into the Union2 How may the
President be impeached2 Name some of
the powers of Congress. What is treason |?
What are the 18th, 18th and 10Th amend
ments to the constitution?
RHETORIC.
Prof. A. r. Beyeriy, Examiner.
Give one rule each for the use of the
comma, semi-colon, colon, period and in
terrogation point. What is purity and to
what is it opposed? Give one of the ways
in which clearness may be violated; also
each OF the following: Emphasis, unity
strength and harmony. Define and illus
trate simile and metaphor. and give one
rule each for their use. Discuss the fol-
lowing rhetorically: And the doctor told
the sexton, and the sexton tolled the bell.
ALGEBRA.
Supt r. NJ. McNeal, Examiner.
Define monomial, polynomial, elimna-
ton, radical, quadratic. Write homoge-
neous trinomial of the fourth degree, with
the second term negative Write the the
orems applicable to composition and fac
toring. The fraction whose numerator is
Pc plus and whose denominator is 3,
minus the fraction whose numerator is a
minus and whose denominator is equals
the fraction whose numerator is plus 2
and whose denominator is 3, plus 81. Find
| the value of 4. Illustrate each method OF
elimination by solutions of the following
problem 5r lus 2y equals Al 81 minus 4,
equals D. De..ve and state the law of signs
in the Binomial Theorem; the law of expo.
nents the law Of coeflicients Find the
| value, in simplest form, Of the following
(D Two times the square root of 3, plus
three times the square root Of /. CD -Four
times the fourth root of 32, minus four
times the fourth root of /. (c) Two times
the square root of }, multiplied by two
times the square root of (. Cd Twelve,
divided by the sqaare root of 3. What is
the general form of an affected quadratc
| equation? State the different methods
OF completing the square. Find the
value of and q in the following prob
lem squared plus squared equal POS,
plus equal 90? A square field contains
| one'iourth as many acres as there are rods
in the fence inclosing it; what is the length
OF the fence? There is fraction whose
Wy uutl tut ut-
| nominator by the numerator, the value is /;
but 1t the numerator be increased by the
dcnomnator, and the denominator by So
| its value is ). What is the fraction?
U. s. HISTORY.
Supt. W. Owens, Examiner.
What territory was acquired by the L.
5. as result of the war with Mexico
Who discovered the following Labrador ?
Florida? The Hudson riverp The Miss
issippi river? When did the battle o.
Bunker Hill take place Who commanded
the different forces2 WHAT is the Monroe
doctrine? ? Discuss the occupancy of Mex
leo by the French, during the Rebellion
Where was the battle between the Merri
mac and the Monitor fought? What was
the result ? What two important victories
were gained by the Union services, Jul,
A, 1861 What was their effect upon the
Southern Confederacy? Name five proml-
nent Union Generals and five prominent
atesmen, who have died within the last
quarter Of century.
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