The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-07-11
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS
List Of Questions Prepounded on Sat.
urday, July 9th.
AB1rnMIr1c.

1 quart fill, each bottle holding quart,
I pint and. gill2 ~
A man has cows and 10 heifers
worth together $500 each COW is worth
as much as heifers how much is each
COW and each heifer worth
Puck says he can put girdle around
the earth in 40 minutes; how many
miles second would that be at the
equator
The time at A is 8 a. M, that at B Is
D. m. the same day; how far in degrees,
and in what direction is b from Az
How deep must box be made to hold
II, ,28O cubic inches, which is 4 feet long
and 8 feet wide ?
What number must be divided by 371
that the quotient may be 2.5 Of 81 of 8 ?
The interest of $3.50 at per cent was
SLIP; what was the time?
What will the plastering of ceiling
come to, at 15 cents per yard, 1t being
Fl feet inches long and 12 feet 6 inches
broad?
How much will it cost to carpet room
IS feet square with carpeting yd. wide,
which is worth 81 80 per yard
A body occupied 81 seconds in falling
through certain space; how far did II
tall the last secondp
PHYSIOLOGY.
Describe the position of each pair OF
salivary glands. What are the uses Of
the saliva?
What is food? What is meant by a
stimulant?
Name the principal parts OF the diges.
tive apparatus.
What are the functions Of the nervous
system
Why are bones as light as wood and
much stronger?
What is clavicle? Ulna? Tibia
Sacrum? vomer? Hyoid?
What is tendon Flexor? Extensor
Levator? Corrugator +?
What are arteries? Veins? Capil'
laries?
Describe the heart.
Name the membranes covering the
brain.
GEOGRAPHY.
Locate and describe the Great Valley.
What are the most important impulse
that induce man to leave the primitive
state
How far does the earth move in its
orbit in thirty minutes? The earth re-
volving on its axis, give distance point
at the equator travels in half hour.
On what bodies of water would a vesse
sail on going from Calais to Annoy?
Describe land and sea breezes?
Describe Mexico, and give principa
rivers, mountains, cities, plateaus and
volcanoes.
What are steppe lakes? Name wha
you can in each Grand Division.
Bound, give capital, chief occupations
Of the people, and products Of the "olt
Which ocean drains the largest are,
of the continents Which the smallest
What and where are Avon, Elba, Gold
en- Gate, Egmont, Palermo, Gratis, AUX
land, Kenia, and Bremen?
''Nor you, We proud impute TO these the fault
II memory, Ger their tombs, no trophies raise
Where through the long-drawn aisle ant
fretted uault, s
The pealing anthem s,cells the note Of praise.
Put the above in diagram and parse
italicized words. Certificates will not bt
granted without the required parsinl
and analysis.
Which are the defective verbs
Which have more than one tense? Ir
what person is noun in the predicate
and why? Define the present active
participle.
What is the difference between ETY.
mology and prosody? Define tn,
terms and give their derivation.
What is meant by the phrase, "Syn
tax of a sentence? Write two LEADING
rules used in syntax and illustrate b!
examples.
How is verb changed from the active
to the passive voice, and why? Write
sentence in which verb in the passive
form takes an object.
How do complex sentences differ from
compound? Write sentence contain
ing an example Of an adjective clause
an adjective and an adverbial phrase.
Name the auxiliaries and state which
can be used as principal verbs.
Explain the difference, If any, between
a pron0un in the possessive case and
possessive pronoun.
What is pleonasm? What is the op
posite OF analysis?
Name the classes into which we ma.
divide words when considered with re
gard to their origin. n
p HISTORY.
Define history, Ancient, Modern, Sa
cred, Protane, Ecclesiastical and Political
What offices constitute the President
Cabinet? What was the last one addet
and when?
Name the uses of History.
How did the expression, "Millions TO
defense, mot a cent for tribute" origin
ateP
How may bill become law withou
the Presidents signature?
What was the nature of Jackson'i
Specie Circular, and what resulted from
it?
What was the Emancipation Procla
nation? When issued? By whom
When did it take effect? Why?
What is meant by Prehistoric Amer
ica2 When does the true history of thi
country begin =? Why?
When and where was the first perma
nent French settlement made? English
Dutch? Spanish?