River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-10-21

4. Show why orthoepy is a practi
cal study.
5. In accented syllables ending in
final or followed by another con.
sonant, a, e, i, o, u and y have what
sounds? illustrate.
GRAMMAR.
/. Write the plural Of mother-in.
law, monkey, thief, tomato, spoonful
man-servant. Write rule for form
alton of plurals.
2. Distinguish between the active
and passive voice of the verb; be-
tween regular and irregular verbs;
between comparison and declension.
3. Correct and give reason: (a) 1t
is him. (b) Who did you say it
was? Co | think this is the best
book of the two. (d) He had lain
down to rest. (e) When / come, l
relieved him from duty.
4. Place in sentence and name a
proper adjective, a collective noun, a
verbal noun, conjunctive adverb.
5. Write an essay on the subject
" Prosperity of the United States"
HOME GEOGRAPHY.
Draw a neat map of Wisconsin
placing everything upon it that you
would require of your class when
studying the state geography. Use
pencil and ruler if necessary.
FOREIGN GEOGRAPHY.
1. Name in order the six largest
cities of the United States with the
population in round numbers of
each.
2. What is a globe? Tell me care
fully and fully what use you would
make of one in your school-room.
3. Australia-climate; soil; pro-
auctions; principal cities; govern
ment; occupations.
4. Discuss California as to pro-
auctions, manufactures, extent, pop
ulation, cities, natural wonders and
climate.
5. What cities on or about the
same latitude as Philadelphia?
6. Locate Grampian Hills, Tur-
kestan, Bordeaux, Caracas, Puget
Sound.
WISCONSIN CONSTITUTION.
/. Enumerate the rights of accused
persons in all criminal prosecutions.
2. Define Habeas Corpus; Man
damus; Quo Warranto and Ger
tiorari.
3. How long may lands be leased
in Wisconsin? What are feudal
tenures? Why prohibited?
4. Give qualifications of voters in
Winconsin. Name the classes who
are denied this privilege.
5. Name the offices to be filled at
the coming November election, viz.
National, State and County.
READING.
1. Name three things essential to
the correct reading of a sentence.
Why essential?
2. Give three rules for the riSiRg
infection, two for the falling in
Election and one for the the circum-
fex iR77eCtiOR.
3. Mark the infections as you
would teach them-(a) Diligence,
industry and proper improvement
of time, are material duties of the
young. (b) The prodigal, if he does
not become a pauper, will at least
have but little to bestow on others.
4. What are the leading charac-
teristics of the work in Upper Form?
5. Read selections.
HISTORY
1. When and by whom was each
of the following states settled: Vir-
ginia, New York, Georgia.
2. Write a good description of the
battle of Shiloh.
8. Name four noted American
inventions; when and by whom
invented?
4. How many and what states
seeded from the union at the time
of the War of Secession? Which
state led off?
5. What were the Alabama Claims?
How settled?
6. Who was Miles Standish: John
C. Calhoun; Sam Houston; Samuel
J. Tilden and H. w. Longfellow?
7. Name three leading American
poets, three leading writers of fiction
and two historians and name one
production of each.
THEORY AND PRACTICE Z.
/. How should school be opened
each morning?
2. In what respect is a well graded
school superior to one that is carried
on without system?
3. Carefully state how you would
ventilate a school-room that has no
other means of ventilation than by
the door or windows.
4. Give the substance of "Grube's
Method"
). Write your views of corporal
punishment in our common schools.
6. Why is good order necessary in
every school?
7. Why should the head be exempt
from punishment?
8. Give your method of conducting
an examination in Reading.
WRITTEN ARITHMETIC.
(Ieave indicated work on paper.)
/. How many yards of carpeting
30 inches wide will carpet a floor
16l feet long and 10 feet wide, if the
strips run lengthwise, and there be
no loss from matching?
2. A street $50 #. long and y #.
wide, averages As feet below grade.
Find the cost of filling it in at AZ
cents per cubic yard.
8. If | sell of an article for ! OF
its cost what percent is gained?
Analyze.