The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-05-31

ers may grant certificates for five years tC
such applicants as in addition to the nee
essary qualifications, have been for thre,
gears 1ae!ct preceding their application
engaged in teaching, taOel0e months Of
which experience shall have been in one
place; and such certificate for five years
shall be renewable Ipo7a the same co7adi
tions but a0ithout examination, at the
discretion of the examining board"
Following are the questions used:
SPELLING.
Declarable, legitimize, devisable, filial
nepotism, inducible, inedited, movable
lacerate, legendary, liquifier. molecular
myrtle, oscillatory, ostracize, polysyllabic
fictitious, koran, Britannia, kidnaper.
ARITHMETIC.
1. spent Pill of my money and then
received $65. I then lost q of all my
money and had $40 less than at first: how
much money had I at first?
2. If oranges are bought at the rate of
for cents, how many must be sold for
$12 in order to gain IS per cent?
8. Add lbs. Troy, 62s o.; N lbs; 126s
pvt; II o., IS pvt, 10 is gr.; IS h., 1916
o.; SO pvt.
4. $3O4.75. JACKSON, O., May 8, 'SS.
For value received, 6 months after date,
l promise to pay John Jones or order,
No payments. JOHN SMITH.
What will be due Nov. 8, 1888?
5. An agent owing his principal $1O11.-
81, bought draft with this sum and re-
mitted it; the principal received 1902.
Find the rate of exchange.
6. I bought cask of brandy containing
46 gallons, at $3.50 per gallon; if 6 gallons
leak out, how must sell the rest so as to
gain 25 per cent?
6. If men on women perform a piece
of work in 35 days, in what time can 5
men and 7 women do the same?
s. What sum of money will amount
to $500, in two years and six months,
reckoning interest at per cent?
9. From the quotient of 1919 divided by
S256, take 1872 reduced to a decimal; di-
vide the remainder by 25 millionths; null
tiply the quotient by ten-thousandths !;
10. How many iron balls, inches in
diameter, will weigh as much as one s
inches in diameter?
U. S. HIsToRY-TIME, ONE HOUR.
1. For what are the following dates
1885, 1902, 1912, 1884, 1541
and 1865?
2. Name six early navigators who sail
ed in the interest of Spain.
3. What does the name Esquimau sig
nifty? Who were the Huguenots? De-
fine the word aborigines.
4. Name two famous clergy who came
over to Georgia with one of the early par
ties Who was Marco Polo?
,5. Who were citizens and allowed to
vote in Massachusetts Colony? What is
the american Doctrine?" The British
Doctrine?"
6. What signal is Indicative of surren-
der? Who made the first surrender in
the war of '12?
7. What war ended with the Treaty of
Ryswick? the Treaty of Utrecht? the
Treaty of Aix-la- Chapelle? the first Trea-
ty of Paris?
s. During the siege of Richmond what
two important events occurred?
9. What was accomplished by the late
Civil War?
10. Name four great American states
men, four authors, four orators, four
most noted military commanders, and
three most able editors.
GEoGRAPHY-TIME,o ONE HOUR.
1. What constitutes the solar system?
What are luminous bodies? Opaque
bodies?
2. When does the earth move with the
east velocity? Where are the suns rays
on the 21st of December? 4?
8. On what part of the globe is the
point having zero latitude and zero lati-
Jude? When do the sun and clock agree?
4. How many States in the United
States? How many Territories? How
many counties in Ohio? What does the
Western Reserve comprise?
5. Name the loftiest peak in Europe,
Asia, Africa, North America, and South
America.
,hirds of the mountain ranges of the
world extend, and two thirds of the
'ivers flow? In what general direction
10 most of the peninsulas project?
7. What nine rivers have extensive
lelta formations?
s. Name the form of government and
,he title of the chief ruler of each of the
following: Great Britain, France Rus
ia, Turkey, Germany and Greece.
9. How many miles farther north can
grain be raised in Norway than on the
Atlantic shore of America? By the erup-
ion of what volcano was Pompeii de-
troyed?
10. What is a mirage? What is a BOOM
srang? Where and how used?
GRAMMAR.
1. When can an adjective not be COM
pared? How are adjectives compared to
express degrees below the positive?
2. Define the following prefXes: eX, in
er, post, prefer, peri, dia, sym, hypo.
3. How is verb in the active voice
hanged into the passive? What is said
If such verbs as are come, is gone?
4. WHAT'S meant by the grammatical
construction OF word? Name five diff
erent constructions for the noun in the
objective case.
5. What may be the subject of an infn-
tive, and why has the infnitive neither
person nor number2
6. Howdo clauses differ from phrases? |
live examples of relative clause and an
objective phrase.
7. Write sentence containing an adj
ective element and an adverbial element, |
)ut no adjective or adverb, and tell what |
ZACH modifies.
s. What is the differenc between a pos
essive pronoun and pronoun in the