The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07
SCHOOL EXAMINERS QUESTIONS
Result OF the Meeting on Saturday
July ID.

Result OF the Meeting on Saturday,
July I'd.
GEOGRAPHY.
1. Name the bodies of water on
which ship would sail in going from
FormOsa to Brest.
4. Enumerate the proofs of the
probable unity of the human race.
5. Where does Buddhism chiefly
prevail? Brahminism MOhamme-
danismp The Greek Church?
8. Define Geological geography,
Fauna and Ethnography.
8. What are the three causes of the
change of seasons and the inequality In
length of day and nightp When are
the days and nights equal all over the
earthY Where are the days and nights
always equal?
9. Name three conditions under
which rain may be caused. BY which
are the heaviest rains generally pro-
ducedY ..
10. What city in Ohio is nearly the
same latitude as Rome. Italyp Give
Lat. and Long. of Berlin, Omaha ,BOs-
ton and COnstantinople.
l. Name and give the terms of the
different treaties between Great Britain
and the us.
2. Describe the capture of New Or.
leans in the Civil War.
gress for the purpose of suppressing
MormonismY
4. Name FIVE distinguished generals
on each side of the war of the Rebellion.
8. Who were the different President
ial candidates in the fall of 1848p
q. What Is the salary of a Congress-
man? President of the Senate ?
Speaker of the House?
Z. What is an ex.pOst-factO law?
8. Who were permitted to vote in the
Massachusetts, cOlOnyp
8. Name three battles that were
fought in New York during the Revo-
lutiOnary war. Three in New Jersey.
10. Name the last five States that
were admitted into the Union, and
give the date of the admission of each.
oRTHoaRAPHY.
l. What is a prefix?
2. OF what use are silent letters?
3. How are vOwels distinguished
from cOnsOnants?
4. How many sounds has the letter
a? Write words illustrating each sound.
5. When Is the final y of a primitive
word changed to in forming deriva-
tive word by adding a suffix?
6. Correct the spelling, If needed, of
the following words, and indicate the
pronunciation by the use of diacritical
marks:
Lac a day sick al,
Os sill late,
A Ian tus,
Re con mis- sance,
OF Glide,
Pen y less,
Ra chem,
Mizzle,
Sheck le,
GOard.
oRAxNAR.
/. To what is the term demonstra.
tive applied?
2. Name three distributive pro-
nouns, three indefinite proneuns, three
reciprocal pronouns, and two idiOmatic
prOnOuns.
3. What is a demonstrative adjec.
tive?
4. What is a copulative verb? !,
3. In nouns ending in y. following
a cOnsOnant. why do we change y for I
in forming their pluralsp
8. The reason for the irregularity in
forming the plural of acolf, sOife, etc.p
Z. Decline Its. his, thyself and who.
8. The indicative, imperative, and
infinitive moods express what?
8. What are the divisions of English
Grammarp
10. Diagram the analysis of this SEN
oil L.
"Hini the Almighty Power
Hurled headlonv flaming from the e.hs.
with hideo1s ruin and combustion,
To bOttomless perdition."
. THEORY AND PRACTICE.
l. What are the advantages of hay
ing as few classes as pOssiblep
2. What works on education have
you ready
8. How will you prevent your pupils
from becoming dull and listlessp
4. Upon what does your success as q
teacher depend? oI- =
8. Name four of the most important
requisites of good teacher In the or
der of their Importance.
9. In what ways are you endeavOr-
ing to improve yourself as q teacher :?
I. What do you do with pupils
who fail to learn their lessonsY
8. What are teachers' institutes, and
what do you think of themy 6l
l. A merchant lost % per cent. of
his goods, and sold the remainder for
38X per cent. more than cost, and
gained e25O.76; what did his goods
cost?
2. The investment is e9,s5O, the in.
come $500 and the market value lO6 l-lO
tie ssns rate eoSftsSass cf iyiSsa cent What
8. A man. sold 5000 bushels OF
wheat at $40 per bushel, and invested
the net proceeds IN cotton. After 10
ceiving 3 per cent. for selling and
chsrsss. i how ", much dId he he invest Il, II
cott6hy q "
& "a grocer has . false gallon, which
oontains J quarts ~ pint!; what = the