The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-10
SCHOOL EXAMINERS QUESTIONS.
Result Of the Meeting On Saturday,
May 9Th.


May 1th.
Which State was settled by the
Spanish? :? BY the Dutchf The
French?
When and by whom was the Missis-
sippi discovered Who first explored
What English commander was de-
and Indian war?
What two distinguished Americans
fell in the Revolutionary war previous
to the Declaration of Independence
In whose administration was Flori.
da acquired? Texas? California ?
What can you say Of the Ordinance
What prominent person lately died
What influence did he have In the poll.
tics of the country?
Write fifteen lines on the present
and future condition of the U. b.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
In what respects does the mental Ca
pability Of pupils at six years Of age dif.
fer from that Of pupils at sixteen
What is meant by the objective
method of teaching?
Why must all primary concepts and
ideas be taught objectively?
Name the three teaching processes,
and give the aim of each.
OF two motives equally effective in
school discipline, which should be used,
the higher or lower? Why?
GRAMMAR.
What is q sentence? How are the
elements of o sentence classified
How can you determine what Is the
object of any sentence?
What is simple sentence? A COM
pound sentence T?
What Is a radical word? Derivative
word? Simple word? Compound
word?
Give examples of each.
Define the term gender IS used In
Grammar. .,
Define common noun. Proper noun.
| Abstract noun.
Wherein does participle differ
| from q verb?
| When is u verb said to be IN the act
| i've voice? In the passive voice? .t
Diagram the following:
| Oh! sacred star Of evening, tell
In what unseen celestial sphere
Those spirits o the perfect dwell
Too pure to rest in sadness here.
| AR1TuMETIc.
A boy cen pull the tops as fast as q
man can dig the potatoes, but the man
can pull the tops twice as fast as the
boy can dig them; how should the
wages be divided?
A drOver paid $76 Tor calves u nd sheep,
paying So for calves and So for sheep.
He sold Il of the calves aud of the
sheep for $23, and IN Sal doing lost
per cent. on their cost. How many OF
each did he purchase
| A distiller sold his whisky, losing 4
per cent, keeping $l8 of the proceeds.
He gave the remainder to an agent to
buy rye, per cent. commission. He
lost in all $32. What was the whisky
worth?
One end of a stick is 21k inches
square, and the other 4 inches square
| If it Is II feet long how many board
feet are there in it?
A man sells two COWS; upon one he
gains 30 per cent, upon the other he
loses SO per cent. He loses $4. What
| is the cost price OF each COW?
| "A ndu udo u yoIO
| Ito of an acre; he makes a gravel
the whole yard. What is the width Of
When U. & s 2O's are at 1121S, and
gold at 10, what per cent. will these
bonds yield?
A plank 10 feet long. feet wide at
one end, and tapering to point, is to
be cut into two equal parts; how long
viii! each part be?
A dealer in notions buys 60 gross
shoe-strings at 20 cts. per gross, list for
so, 10 and s per cent. of; If he sell them
at 90, 10 and per cent. off list, what
will be his profit?
Bought stock at Is per cent. discount
and sold 1t so as to gain per cent. on
my investment. Suppose ] invest
again. what ought to be the discount 80
as to bring at my next selling 80 per
cent. profit on my next investment?
Suppose invest 81 90. / sell for 81 .08.
So by selling it at 8 per cent. gain on
the investment it shall yield $l.SO.
oEooRAPHY.
Define the following terms as used in
zoology: Species, genus, family, order,
class and sub kingdom.
Whlcn OF the religions numOefe tne
most adherents? What Is religion?
In what direction does The moon re.
v0lve around the earth?
In what direction do tide waves
move? Why?
Are tides higher ct new or full moon,
or when the moon is in quadrature
Why?
What and where are: Cyprus, Sal
l TT a
| What are the termini of the Suez
Canal?
How does the western slope of North
America compare In temperature with
the eastern Why?
| Name in order the four most popu.
lous States Of the United States.
Is either pole in darkness now? Il
so, which pole?