Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-02-16
Propounded at the teachers examination
held at st. Clairsville, Feb. IL:
GRAMMAR.


comma, and a sentence to illustrate each
THEORY AND PACTICE.
lOmt any tro. crctpt I ami ~
l. What should be the temperature OF
the air in SchoOl-rOOm? Explain your
method of ventilating a SchOOl-rOom.
,. Should pupils be kept in |" at recess
and after school for bad conduct or neg
lect of duty? Why?
3. How do you test the progress and
thoroughness of your pupils?
1. How does grammar differ from Ian
guage lessons? State the object of the
study of each.
.. State your plan of teaching history.
>. What use should be made Of text
book on geography?
I. What is a concept? What mental
processes are involved i'll generalization
SCHOOL LAW.
l. Is an order on the treasurer for
teachers pay negotiable? Why?
,. Whose duty is it to fix the wages of
teachers?
3. When may time lost by the teacher
be made up?
1. What must be the qualifications of a
teachers substitute, and how must such
substitute be paid?
D. What is the source of the state com
mon school fund? The common school
fund? The contingent fund?
6. On what conditions are the state
funds distributed to the sub-diStrictS?
I. What is a joint sub-diStrict? How
established?
READING.
II. L. PECK.
(OmH any tIcD.)
l. What is a parenthesis? Write a sen
tence containing parenthesis.
2. Should a teacher do much reading
for pupils to initiate? Give reason for
your answer.
3. How does reading compare with ar
ithmetic in point of Importance? Give
reason.
4. How do you determine whether a
pupil understands what he reads?
D. Give two rules for the use of the riS-
ing infection.
6. What is antithetic emphasis? Ex-
ample.
I. Does a pupil necessarily know the
meaning of sentence when he knows
the meaning of each word in it?
WRITING.
l. State the comparative heights of a, ],
and t.
2. What system of penmanship have
you studied? Give its principles.
3. Describe the proper position of pen
hand, and body i'll writing.
1. Name the several movements in
writing.
). What are the units for measuring
the height and width of letters?
ORTHOGRAPHY.
(Omt Glly tIrO)
1. What are cOgnate letters? Example.
2. Indicate by diacritical marks the
correct SyllabicatiOn and pronunciation
of banana, plebeian, lamentable, heniOuS,
strategic.
3. What c0nsonant combinations repre-
sent elementary sounds?
4. State briefly the methods you use in
teaching spelling.
.. What sound has u when peceded by
q i'll the same syllable?
6. What is a diphthong? Example. A
digraph? Example.
I. Give example of a simple word. a
primitive word. derivative word. and
a compound word. May word be both
primitive and compound?
L. S. HISTORY.
(OmH t,ro.)
l. Why is the Fourth of July celebrat-
ed? The twenty-second of February? :?
The eighth of January?
2. What was the Ordinance of 1887 {?
Name some Of its provisions.
3. When and by what party was the ex-
preston, "Fifty-fOur forty or fight" used
as political battle cry? Explain the
origin Of the expression.
4. Give an account of Arnold's treason.
3. Discuss the Mexican War under the
following topics: |. Causes. 2. Results. g.
AS to which side was right
6. What are the prominent questions
at issue between the political parties of
to-day?
Z. State briefly how President of the
United States is elected.
GEOGRAPHY.
5. C. MURPHY.
1Omh dRy tlCO.)
l. What constitutes the following: Eng
land, Great Britain and Ireland, and
British Empire?
2 Bound the German Empire. De
scribe its surface, soil, and climate. Name
its products.
B. Draw map of Missouri, locating its
principal rivers, lakes, mountains, and
cities.
4. Write concerning Loo ChOo, Anadir,
Geneva, Elba, and Nubia.
s. Define isOthermal lines: Ecliptic, lat
titude, meridian circle, and lagoon.
6. Explain as you would to an inquir-
ing pupil, the cause of the late eclipse.
I. Where are the following produced:
Rice, indigo, opium, silk, tin, lead, coffee,
and sugar?
ARITHMETIC.
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At what ape SBOUIH we commence