The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-09
SCHOOL EXAMINERS QUESTIONS.
asssIs or the Meeting on saturday,
February 4.


February 4.
State the distinction between ETY.
mology and Hyntax. Which Of these
slO you deem of the most value Ia teach.
ing language, and for what reason?
What is Sentence? What is an
Abridged sentence? Write two abridg.
ed sentences.
Which DO you deem of the most
value, f,drsing or the analysis of the
sentsnce? For what reason?
FOr what is the Suhjunctive Mode
used? Write two sentences, each
having verb in this mode, used with
cut the sign.
What Is the difference between q
finite ver6 and an inyfnites
What Is q dependent clauseP What
kind Of elements may such clauses be :?
Analyze the following:
HE that filches from me my good name,
Robs me OF that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed"
What is your view as to the value of
technical grammar as means of train
ing into the use Of good English.
What difficulties have you encoun-
tered in teaching grammar
What means have you employed to
make grammar interesting to your
classes !?
HISTORY.
Name the events in our history
which seem to you providential.
How many invasions of Kentucky did
Bragg make and how was each stop
ped2
What was the "Town Meeting" of
the early New England tines?
From what continent did the first
Inhabitants of America probably come
and how did they get here?
Can you give any account from your
ing to educate the Indians?
When, where and by whom was the
first permanent French settlements
made in America?
When did England awake to the i'm.
portance of American discovery? Give
account of the English possessions at
this time.
Tell the story of Bacon's rebellion.
Was Bacon a patriot or a rebel?
How are new States formed and ad-
mitted?
Who are required to take an oath or
affirmation to support the constitution
of the United States?
Fs GEOGRAPHY.
What land areas are included in the
Land Hemisphere What part of the
earth's volume is water
Name the divisions of the order
mammalia and give characteristic OF
each {?
Name the planets in order of their dis.
tance from the sun, and in order OF
their size, naming the largest first.
Name the three movements of the
ocean and give the cause of each.
Why are the Tropics and Polar cir
cles SO located?
To what race do the Esquimaux be.
long?
How do you account for the spheri.
odal shape of the earth? How do we
know it Is spheriod?
What and where are Tornea, Quay.
mas, Manila, Spitzbergen and Bermu
ds?
What is state? Bound Missouri.
Give the divisions and subdivisions
of religion by outline.
ARITHMETIC.
Divide $542 between A and B, so that
q of AS part plus $24 shall equal "a of
A farmer sold horse for $50, and
thereby cleared LILO of this money il
he had sold it for $92, what would he
have gained per cent?
A merchant lost Is per cent. on his
old stock of goods. How much did he
lose on those that cost l21s cents, $6ss,
381 cents and $3315?
II q of the cost OF an article equals q
of the sum for which it was sold, what
was the loss per cent? D.,
"A speculator sold two building lots
%rkp0 h.
per cent, and on the other he lost
i8sa per cent; how much did he lose I?
A grocer lost from 7-8 of a, hogshead
s0f moiasses As of gallon and 5.6 of a
quart. How much of the hogshead,
expressed decimalIy, leaked out, and
how much remained?
A school site of IL acres, whose
length is twice its breadth, has school
house of the same shape as the lot,
which covers 16-l089 of its area. Find
the length in feet of the school house.
The difference between the areas of
two squares inscribed and circumscrib.
ed about circle is 338 square it. Find
the radius of the circle.
What length must be cut from the
narrow end of board to contain one
square foot; the length of the board
being 6 it,, and its width IL inches at
/ one end, and inches at the other?
Ifa woman had note Of $1,000, dated
In New York July 18th, with ~
months interest, how much more or
less would the avails of this note be II
she had 1t discounted in Pennsylvania
Sept. 18th, or in New York Sept. 18th :?
ORTHOGRAPHY.
Give two rules for spelling.
Separate the following words into
syllables: recipe, epitOme, sinecure,
enallage and zoophyte.
Write word which shall show the
use of the dier esis.
Indicate the pronunciation of the fol-
lowing by diacriticals: facade, jaundice,
Wednesday, gorgeous and eclat.
Spell correctly: recuzant, forcing,
ventillate, missible Capable of being