The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-11-08
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
List Of Questions Propounded ON Sat.
urday, November Sd.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.


THEORY AND PRACTICE.
Should whispering be prohibited al
together in schoolp How shall pre-
vent 1t?
What do you think of examinations
Give reasons.
What are the advantages OF attend.
ing teachers institutes?
Give arguments for or against teach
ing music in common schools.
How do you teach your pupils to do
neat and orderly black. board and slate
work?
Are you preparing yourself to teach
Physiology?
How can best talk to pupils about
their faults2
Give some directions in the assigning
of work to be done at home.
ARITHMETIC.
The driving.wheels OF three locomo-
tives are respectively 12, lS, and 81 feet
in circumference. Required the short
est distance in which each OF the wheels
will make an exact number Of revolu-
tions
AS gold increased by 3.5 OF its value
plus 1896 3.5 equals S2,9S7 what is the
value of his stock?
What must be the face value of a note
so that when discounted for 9 months
and IL days, at five per cent, the Dor.
rover shall receive Sll6.75?
of BIS money equals AS money.
What per cent. is A's money less than
BIS, and what per cent. is BIS money
greater than AS?
On base Of 120 rods, a surveyor wish.
ed to lay off rectangular lot of land
containing 40 acres what distance in
rods must he run from his base line?
A man wishes to make a cistern, of 8
feet in diameter, to contain 60 barrels, at
80 gallons each, and 231 cubic inches to
the gallon what shall be the depth OF
the cistern?
The first term of decreasing series is
102, the last term 4, and the ratio ]; find
the sum.
If OF AS number OF sheep plus 4 of
BIS number equals $50, and I OF BIS
number is to I OF AS number as 6.7 to
Z; how many sheep has each?
A plane is As feet long and 3 feet high;
what is the power OF the plane?
What will be the amount of an annu-
ity of $50, to be paid annually, but for
borne 20 years; simple interest at 6 per
cent?
GEOGRAPHY.
Define equinoxes, solstices, ecliptic,
zodiac, zenith, and nadir.
Are the winters in the southern hemi-
sphere colder or warmer than the win
ters in the northern hemisphere? Why?
Explain the formation Of mountains.
What are the premonitions Of a vol.
canic eruption?
Describe the Rhone and the Zambesi
rivers.
In what respects do the governments
Of England, Russia, and France differ
What and where is the international
date line?
Where is Harper's Ferry, and for what
noted?
What is the mean distance of the earth
from the sun? The moon from the
earth
Explain antipodes.
GRAMMAR.
Define grammar as science; as an
art.
Give the different methods of distin.
gushing the gender of nouns.
Define personal pronoun, relative pro-
noun, and interrogative pronoun.
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verb, and an auxiliary verb.
What is conjugation, infection, and
synopsis
Parse the italicized words Which
seliat was it that you parsed? saw him
shot.
Parse italicized words Talking is not
understanding. He came hunying home.
Give three nouns that have no plural,
three that have no singular, and three
that are alike in both numbers.
Write a sentence in which an infini.
tive is used in opposition with noun.
Diagram -
"What II that light,
Sent from her through the wide trsnspicuous
To the terrestrial moon, be Is star
lEnlishtninng her by day, as she by night
PHYSIOLOGY.
Describe the alimentary canal. The
peritoneal coat. The mucous coat.
Describe the tubes OF the mucous coat
The lacteal system. The lacteal absorb
ents.
Is food always digested in the same ,
tims2 Why? Is the time the same in
the same person?
Describe the general circulation. The
clgCulaWOu.
What Is the use OF the bones? OF
what are they composed? What mostly :
In early life? What in old age?
Name the cones O. tie arm. The head.
What are the muscles? What power
have they? What muscle bends the
elbow? What sttaightens 1t? What
muscles move the shoulder? The fin
gers7 The toes?
What are sensory and motory nerves,
and how are they arranged? What is
the Office OF the nerves OF sensation and
of motion?
Name five special nerves Of sense.
What connection have the stomach
and liver with the brain?
HISTORY.
Under what circumstances was the
"Star Spangled Banner" composed?