The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-04-12
SCHOOL EXAMINERS QUESTIONS.
Result or the Meeting on Saturday.
April 9TH.
GEOGRAPHY.

GEOGRAPHY.
Bound the physical zones. What are
cn.tdal lines?
Mention five islands In the Mediter-
sea and the countries they be. |
long to.
Give the products, government, cap
itai and race vt Persii.
What meridian Is assumed as .
boundary between the Eastern and
Western Hemispheres
Name two regions below the sea
level
Which has the longer day In June,
Chicago or the City Of Mexico?
Account for the low state of civiliza.
tiOn In Africa.
Name II volcano in polar zone.
What and where are Aspinwall,
NJ rajO, Saghalien, Orkney and Angle.
sey?
What Is meant by Mercator's pro-
jection? What projection is generally
used?
What led to the war with Mexico?
In studying war what do you re.
quire pupils to commit?
What do you understand by Central.
ism =? State rights? Socialism
Name the most important act Of
JacksOn's administration. Why?
or MOnrOe's. Why?
Give short sketch of the life of the
first Secretary Of the Treasury.
Name the three qualifications neces
sAry for Representative. The three
necessary for q Senator.
What was the Clayton Rulwer treaty?
In whose administration was the first
Pacific railroad completed?
What event is connected with each of
the following dates: 1920, 184l, 1902
and 1913?
Has secession ev sr been advocated in
the Northern States? Give facts.
THEORY ARD PRACTICE.
How many kinds of school districts
in Ohio? Name them.
To what use is your application fee
applied?
Distinguish between telling and
training in teaching.
Why Is it a mistake to allow whis-
pering on the plea of "aliowing pupils
to assist each other?"
What is meant by current events?
What has the teacher to do with
them?
What is attention? How can 1t be
secured?
What educational matter do you SUBJ
scribe for and read?
AnITHMET1o.
A tailor has "a garments, worth $l44.
He has coats, pants and vests, worth
$l2, So and So each, respectively; how
many has he of each?
Five men were employed to do q
work; two of them failed to come, by
which the work was prOtracted AZ
days; In what time could the five have
done it?
A received s57 90, and B $29.7O, from
Joint speculation; If A invested 81. .S3 ID
more than b, what did he invest?
A father divided his estate, worth
50, ,28S. go, among his children, giving
A n of 1t, b l.5, and G S. as often as
he gave D S.; how much did each
receive?
| A man bought IL horses, agreeing to
pay $40 for the first, and in an increasing
arithmetical progression for the rest,
paying $37O for the last. What was
the difference in the cost, and what did
| lie pay for them all?
Wheat IL piled up in the corner of a
| granary It. high and extends #.
from the corner on the floor; how
many bushels of wheat?
Ifcanal stock be yielding per cent,
and Is 20 per cent, below par, how
much would have to be invested to
bring an income of $3.50?
/ Sold 1000 boxes sugar (20672 lbs. },
commission, 21s per cent, guaranty,
2M per cent, net proceeds due cOnsign-
or, $2448.34; what did the sugar cost
per h.?
How many inches in width must a
lumber dealer measure of in measur-
ing A.foot lumber ~ inches thick to
make 2l7O feet
The breadth OF room is two thirds
of it's length and three halves of Its
height; the volume of the room is
6832 Gu IT, Find its dimentiOns.
| sRANNAR.
Make compound word. A deriva.
tive word.
How may we know that word is a
noun?
Define the term gender as used in
Grammar. What nouns are not mOdi.
fled by gender?
How do you form the plural OF nouns
ending inys Inf In tes Give the
exceptions.
| Name the compound relatives.
Analyze the words a0hatever and Who-
ever.
Make sentence whose verb is In the
subiunctive mode. Imperative mode
Make an infiuitive phrase, and use II
as an adjective. Make an infinitive
phrase and use it as an adverb. Make
an infinitive phrase and use 1t indie
pendently.
Make sentence having al advert
| of time. Make u sentence having q
phruse adverb of time. Make a sen
teDce having sentence adverb o
place.
Where do participles become ad
verbs !?
Diagram this sentence:
"Thou say'st his sports were bindered by
brawls;
Sweet recreation barr'd, what doth ensue
But moody and dull melancholy,
Kinslnan to grim aud comfortless de
spair."
J.. . Yes, heloves you now, it's true,
Lass with eyes of violet blue,
Lips a. sweet ~ honey dew,
A.