The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-11-07
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS
List Of Questions Propounded on Sat.
urday, November I'd.
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.

PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
For what purpose do we study and
teach the effects Of alcohol and narcotics
upon the human system?
Define alcohol, narcotics, chloral,
opium, laudanum.
What Ia the structure of the retina
| What is the blind spot? How may it's
existence be demonstrated Why does
It not interfere with sight?
How do the nerves OF the brain differ
from the spinal nerves. Name the two
most important nerves Of the face.
Why is alcohol so generally used as
beverage?
What is the Pericardium' Asphyxia2 ?
Styptics?
What are the present teachings of
science regarding stimulants and mar.
cotics?
Explain the aeration Of the blood.
Where does the blood become red?
| How is blushing produced2 Why is
It more evident in the cheeks? What
fact shows that II is regulated by the
sympathetic nerves?
ARITHMETIC.
A farmer raised 500 bu. 3 PIX. 4 qt. OF
oats from one field, and he found the
produce to be at the rate of 20 bu. PIX.
qt. per acre. How many acres did the
field contain?
A, B and 9 in partnership gained
$500. What is each partners share of
gain, allowing that / Of the capital EN-.
ployed belonged to A, of it to B, and
the remainder to O?
A contractor engaged to pave 16 miles
of road in IL months, and for that pur.
pose engaged 100 men. Seven months
have now elapsed, and but 6 miles OF
the road have been completed how
many more men must be employed, to
finish the work in the time prescribed
The ''evener" of a pair Of whiffletrees
is 8 Il. 6 In. long; how much must the
whifiletree be moved to give one horse
the advantage Of ! over the other?
How many OF. Of iron will cubic foot
Of cork float in water, the specific gravity
Of cork being .24O, and the weight of a
cubic foot OF water estimated 1000 OF. ?
A stick of timber is inches wide and
inches thick; how much in length will
it require to make cubic feet?
Find the mean proportional between
.01 and 225.
It is required to lay out 120 acres Of
land in the form of right-angled
parallelogram, SO that the length shall
be times the breadth; required the
sides.
Find the cube root of some number
and explain each step.
Solve q problem in division OF one
fraction by another, and give the reason
for each step.
How is the passive voice formed
How ia the tense in the passive voice
determined?
What is Figure Of Speech? Figure
OF Etymology? Figure OF Syntax
Figure of Rhetoric?
Define syncope, Tmesis, Dieresis,
Analysis, Synthesis.
Define Punctuation, Simile, Personi.
fication, Pleonasm, Enallage.
How is gender in grammar important?
Have English nouns neuter form?
May the superlative be used to COM
pare two things? What word usually |
follows the comparative, and what the |
superlative?
What is conjugation? Synopsis ? |
What are auxiliary verbs? Name them |
Write the plural of Terminus. criterion,
index, Madame, Frenchman, German. |
What is the difference between pals
full and pailfulsP
Write the feminine of earl, actor, duke,
Charles and waiter.
Diagram:
like tho lad who, when his father thought
OF vagrant worm by early songster caught,
Cried, "served him right! 'tis not at oil sur
The worm was punished, sir, for early rising"
SAGE.
GEOGRAPHY.
Which State is the largest? Which |
the smallest :? Which the longest |
Which has the longest name?
Which State has the largest number |
of large cities?
Which State has the longest coast
line?
Which State has the longest lake coast
line?
Draw diagram showing the respec.
tive position Of sun, earth and moon at
spring tide. At neap tide.
Describe the Pacific Equatorial Cur
rent. III
Describe the vegetation Of the tropi.
cal, temperate and polar climes.
Where in the United States is tobacco
cultivated? Cottonf Where is petro.
} Where in the United States is granite
found? Marble? Gold? Sand stone +?
Define Edentata, Pachyderms, Rod.
ents, Batrachians, Cetaceans, Quadru-
mana.
HISTORY.
Give an account of the Gaspee.
What was the object and result of the
Lewis. Clark expedition?
Name President Harrison's Cabinet.
Give ten dates of discovery prior to
1920, telling what was discovered and by
whom.
What can you tell OF Jefferson, his