The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-21
SCHOOL EXAMINERS QUESTIONS.
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! oRAuMAR.
| !. Which is cOrrect-Miss Browns,
Misses Brown. or Misses Browns?
9. Give the progressive form of each
of the following verbs: Strive, place,
work, beguile, follow.
3. Write three sentences containing
each a transitive verb, three containing
each a passive verb, and three contain
ing each an intransitive verb.
Give the principal parts of the
verbs that follow: Lay, lie, sit. set,
wet, see.
5. Write three sentences showing
the relation of the infinitive used as
noun.
8. Make compound word. A de-
rivative word.
Z. Make a sentence having q tCOrol
adverb of degree. Make sentence
having phrase adverb OF degree.
Make Il sentence having sentence ad-
verb of degree.
8. Make a sentence having parti-
ciple used as an adjective, q participlee
used as noun, and participle used
as the object of a proposition.
9. When is an adjective of the di-
minutive FORM
10. Diagram the analysis of this
sentence:
| s. % "And who knows,
Let this be good, whether our angry Foe
Can give il, or will ever? How he can,
Is doubtful; that he never will Is sure"
ARITHMETIC.
/. State the principles upon which
the rule for finding the G. G. d. nf two
or more numbers Is founded.
2. A man sold All article for $33.5l ,
which was IS per cent. less than the
marked price lie neither gained nor
lost; what per cent. would he have gain q.
ed had he sold ut the marked price?
3. How much must be invested In 5
per cent. stock, purchased at 8IX per
cent, to secure an income Of $lOOW
4. A bustel measure is 181l inches
wide, and inches deep. What should
be the dimensions of a similar measure
containing 8 bushels?
5. A triangle with II. base Of so feet
is divided by IL line parallel with the
base into two equal parts. What is
the length of the line?
| 6. A watch which Is 10 minutes fast
at IL o'clock on Monday gains 3 min.
10 sec. per day what will be the time
by the watch at n quarter past ten
in the morning OF the following Satur.
day?
I. IT u pipe of inches discharge u
certain quantity Of water In hrs., In
what time will pipes. each inches,
discharge twice that quantity?
8. A man has $l55 in 10 cent pieces
which he wishes to exchange for
cent, 8 cent, 25 cent and so cent pieces
respectively how many of each will 1t
take?
9. Two ladders are standing in a
street with their bases 20 feet apart, in
clined toward each other ut an angle
of 45 degrees until their tops intersect.
How long Is each ladder?
10. How far from the end of stick
of timber 80 It. long, of equal size
throughout, must Il lever be placed so
that men, two ut the lever aud one al
the end, may each carry one.third OF
the weight?
GEOGRAPHY.
1. What is the composition of the
atmosphere? Give proportional parts
2. Tell why the Tropics are 2S11'
from the Equator, and the Temperate
Zones each 43o in width.
3. What is the origin of the Region
of Gains north of the Equator?
4. What is dew? Under what cir.
cumstances can there he copiOus depOs.
its of dew? Why will it not be depos.
tied on cloudy night?
5. Name four hot and two cold
winds.
6. Name and locate five capes or
the Atlantic coast of North America
Z. Bound Austria, give capital and
name three large cities.
8. Trace the Meridian of Greenwich
8. When it is noon at Memphis, Sur
Time, what is the time at Richmond
Eastern Standard time?
10. What and where are Kara, Lo
patka, Archangel, Palermo, Tornes
and York?
| HISTORY.
l. Name the uses OF History.
2. How did the expression, "Milliont
for defense, not II cent for tribute, u
originate?
8 Narrate the early history Of Vir.
ginia.
4. What is meant by Prehistoric
America
5. What efforts were made for the
reconciliation Of the North and South
in 1860, 1851?
6. Which OF the States were chiefly
settled by Catholics? I? Which BY
Baptists Il? Which by Episcopalisns (ol
members of the Church OF Eugland)?
Z. What was the Ostend MsuifestO
8. In what two colonies was religious
liberty most completely secured Un
der whose leadership were these colo
nies settled?
q. How was Kentucky founded?
10. What faculties In your pupils d.
you seek tO cultivate by the study o
History?
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
/. Name some of the recent i'm
provemeuts in the art of teaching.
2. What is teaching?
3. What is intellect?
4. What is the first thing to be dom
! in intellectual life?
5. What do you understand by ,
correct method of reading?
3. Name some conditions necessar!
to secure study.
7. What are the requisites Of goot
school?
8. What are you reading or study
ing rs preparation for the work o
teaching?
8. How do you teach Grammar
10. What IL your method Of COZ
Quoting q recitation In written arith