The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-03-08
SCHOOL EXAMINERS QUESTIONS
sesuls Of sAe Meeting On saturday.
march ID.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.

THEORY AND PRACTICE.
What sre the rules Of memoryf
What does education do for individu.
alsf
Do we devote too much or too little
time to the study of Arithmeticf
Do we devote SUFFICIENT time to the
study of the use Of good English
Can you answer the questions present.
ed to you to-day, with properly con.
structed sentences; proper use OF capital
letters; proper use Of punctuation marker
Name some habits which unfit per-
son Tor teaching,
Should we teach Elementary Natural
Science in our common schoolsf
Write q biographical sketch of some
educational reformer.
GEOGRAPHY.
Name the political divisions Of Austria.
liza and give their capitals.
Name and give the capitals of the three
small divisions between Austria and
Turkey. When was each. formedf
To what country do the Bahamas be.
longf What is their capitalf
To what countries are the following
islands subject: IceIand, Sardinia, st.
Helena, Miquelon and Gambia
What and where are Zacatecas, Alder
new, Kara, Paramaribo and Er Riadf
What is the latitude and longitude OF
Hillsborof
,aoo ~ xno nosth sa S sno % Ui
s'I th ,a,,,wa ~ norsn OLA ,naa h"u GV mes. ~, Mn
.ne me-. ias'tuoe ana ionsitude OF 'ts aF'i-
Whsre a.. n. as.r... a, ,.,,trao .h.
,.S WHY s:o oosroe' VI ia'''"oo 'no
Wbioh ~ ssyther rorth N.v yorr c,to
or Parish
What is the greatest difference OF time
sns' INA Nv two p.sces - can naVe' HiVe 'ne fea-
'o" 'oi yo"' "'"o''
HISTORY.
Who composed the committee to revise
and arrange the Articles of the Constitu-
ton as previously reported to the conven-
tionf Which Of these is said to have
written the hnal draft
nat se1atlons aaa burI, vanboren,
yler .h., smd Sonns1n tha nnaily sustain 70 tne
p"Wuy pWyyst -s sdsnsU,str.,;dpno s ,nara ero,h,.a
v;th hsttIss vith the Ind,ansS
In what wars we're the following wars:
Camden, San Jacinto, Plattsburg and
Chancelior.ville?
What General refused the rank Of
Lieutenant General offered him since the
late warf Why did he not accept II?
What was peculiar about the battle Of
oia1snsuug W1sn. M .. to-, =,
wash;natan So u0 yoTssson va @ M.d;ae o no.e Isot VI
so" and Garf,s,dS "' '"'A
What can Won saw of General Gates ?
rs lines
Did the wilmot Proviso become lawf
OF what was its language repetitionf
Who was the author Of the Missouri
compromise us cniei advocste3
snAxxAs.
Give Give three t,l,s constructions Of the in
nnltives with examples.
What parts OF speech are used as sub.
ordinate connectives? I? Of what person
are predicate nominatives?
Write the plurals of analysis, datum,
focus, rostrum, cousin. german.
phrase. and show the diffarent wavs n
NAV be used.
Write correctly the following: Never
mind. YOU shall find the purse. The
captain with ali the crew were lost.
Neither of these hypotheses are correct.
The herd of cattle were feeding quietly.
Perhaps 1 will come to-morrow.
What ia a pronominal adjective :?
Give the principal pronominal ad.
iectives.
Write sentences containing Final
and Concessive Clauses.
Turn the folIowin1 nhrasas into
clauses: I see his brother. In spite of
the rain, the people assembled. With
all his faults. Notwithstanding his
efforts.
What Ia parsing and it's use?
Diagram the following:
lMessenger.) "But yet. madam,
(Cleopatra.) I do not like but yet, 1t does
aliay
Tne Inc go! 1000 precedence; rye upon o." yet;
S"1n D%e se' on1s 70 sao,os W ,nsg Dlng ,or'n p...
'o'o ,r,a"d '''ous na'o'"o''' 'n0o'
Pour ont The mack os matter tn m,na asr
The good and bad toeether.n
AATHsT1o.
If8 lbs. of tea are worth Z lbs. of cof.
fee, and IA It's, of coffee are worth is
lbs. of sugar, and l8 lbs. of sugar are
worth 27 lbs. Of soap; how many
pounds of SOAP are 8 lbs. of tea worth !?
II u of q ward of cloth cost S2.6.
being Y of q ward wide. what in the
value Of q Of a ward lN var1is wide. of
the same quality?
A specuiator sold q quantity of rye
for SSl, and by so doing gained l.6 Of
what II cost him; how much would he
have gained per cent. II he had sold IL
for SlOO?
What IA the sm.,,e.t ann, ~ r,o,.v
.or which can Inv q nnmher ~ "e..s
at SIiZ each or a nnm her ~ tnrLaSys ~
S2I each. and how MANY of each cnnjT
be bought for that sum