The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-10

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letters.
lGl Give five rules for the use ofpunctua-
ton marks.
90 Write correctly the following senten-
ces:
(a) Not only the teacher played with his
pupils, but he enjoyed it.
lb) It's being her makes no difference.
ge) Virginia is south of Mason and Dix
on's Line.
td) Cleveland and Hayes are the only liv-
ing ex Presidents the one lives in Ohio and
the other in New York
te) He can save little money, but not
much
(s) Diagram the following according to
any good system
lie determined TO revisit the scene of the
last eeeaiags gambol, and, if he met with any
Of the party 70 demand his dog and gun.
(9) Parse italic words in above
u0) Write each Of the following sentences
twice, and punctuate so as to express differ
ent meanings;
(a) The boy says the paper was lost in the
woods
lb) Why will you go. tc) VIII you go
now
ID My brothers John and James will be-
friend you.
(el Paul was an energetic man in deceiy-
ing the Jews he was never engaged
ARITHMETIC. D. MEEsE.
l. (al Write formula for finding common
difference in an anthmetieal progression. (bl
Some of infinite series plus Is plus 9
plus &c. what
,. Sold p Illinois As 90 so and invested
the proceeds in Vermont IS a. 81 .. How
much did increase nay income?
,. (a) What number multiplied by 81 l.?
tbl Ooi divided by 02 -
gcl Change 3 CO TO an equivalent fraction
whose numerator shall be o
4. (a) Find the volume ola cube whose
longest diagonal is 20 inches.
(b) Write the rule for finding the volume
OF pyramid
>. a and b go into partnership and gain
500. 4 owns 5 Of the stock lacking $40,
and gains s25. Required the whole stock
and share of each.
G. wish to borrow $500 at bank. For
what must write my note at 80 days, dis
court6 per cent?.
Z. A field whose length is TO its breadth as
23 contains Is acres. What will it cost TO
fence il, at Soc rod?
8. A contractor engaged to construct
miles of road in one year. lie employed for
that purpose SO men to labor 5 hours daily.
AT the end of 5 months only 800 rods were
finished. How many hours per day did the
men labor from that time forward to fin
ish the work in the time specified
THEORY AND PRACTICE o. TEACHING. D.
NEEsE.
/. (a) Name six good Treatises on the The
ory or Practice of Teaching (b) Name six
good Educational Journals tc) Name six
leading educators Of the present day.
H. Explain the terms a) culture (bl in
ductive method (c) synthesis i'd Manu-
al training te) Methods Of Teaching
should be suggestive"
III. Discuss briefly what should be the
nature and aim of school punishments.
" What benefits does child derive
from the study Of Drawing What from a
careful study of History?
v State your method of instructing some
what advanced pupils in the subject of Geog-
raphy-take France as a topic for your re-
marks.
VI (a) What is the wiud2 CO. Name its
leading faculties. (c) Which faculties of
the intellect are most active in early youth
(d) What is meant by the term saljecairc
lei Under which leading faculty would you
classify the imagination A decision to do
wrong Hatred and envy
PHIL osoPHY BY ". II. COVER.
/. What is the Office Of the mucous menu
brane2 OF The sympathies of the skin?
. Name the properties, possessed as
food, of the following Milk, egg, potato,
oatmeal, and mutton.
3. Give examples of unconscious. action of
brain. What is sleep and how is it necessary?
What is bread?
l. Discuss the blood. Take valves as
topic Name the bones of the head
). Define feion, osmose, levers, alveoli. hy-
old, antdote, vivisection, emotion, water
salt, and show the relation animal life sus-
tains to plant life.
Discuss the constituents and effects Of Opt
um and chloroform upon the human sys-
tenn What office has the nervous system
i'm the act of walking
:. How is the heat Of the body produced
How is it regulated? Explain dyphtheria?
5. Define light How do you see me ? How
DO you know me?
D Did you hear the ring OF the bell
How /? When no person is in this room
does our clock have sound
10. How wonld you teach Physiology TO
children under ten years of age2 How to
those of ten to fifteen years old? How
should advanced pupils be taught the sub
ject ?
WRITING iIY MISS IDA R. PLOTS.
/. State briefly your method in teaching
beginners to write. In conducting an ad-
vanced class exercise.
H. Define main slant connective slant
base line head line top line.
III. What is the object of shading OF
what use are movement drills in teach
ing wriring9
" Make and number the principles in
the Speneerian System. Analyze. Slate.
v Write the following sentence, with re-
gard to the proper spacing of letters All
is finished, and at length has come the bri-
dal day Of beauty and Of strength"
GEOGRAPHY BY MISS IDA r. PLorTs.
l. Principal rainless districts-locate and
account for.
II. Define ocean currents give their cause
and effect; what causes their direction.
III. Define delta estuary glacier ba-
sin; divide.
~ Europe her products and exports
Five OF her leading nations, and their forms
OF government.
V. What are the leading industries of the
United States2 Locate each.
VI. Name the leading state in the produc
ton of cotton, sugar, tobacco, petroleum and