Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-08-22

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6. 4 and B are partners; a put in S3,OOC
md B $1,000; after months A put in
81, 900 and B took out $1,000; they did the
,ame when they had been in partnership
, months: divide the 1920 which the
irm is worth at the end of the year.
GEOGRAPHY.
(Omif tlpO.)
l. Explain the terms, peak, range, chain
system, and axis, as applied to elevations
2. Describe the surface, drainage, soil
and climate of Texas, and name some Of
It's products.
3. Why is the Sahara desert?
4. Give, approximately, the latitude o.
the southern extremity of each granC
division.
5. Name, locate and describe three O.
greatest river systems of the Eastern
g. What reason can you assign for 10
eating the Polar Circles where they are
State the length of the longest day at tn,
Polar Circles and at the Tropics.
Z. What and where are the following ?
Damascus, COrea, Oklahoma, Ceylon
Teneriffe, Cevenne, Sand,
Hook, COnemaugh, BOsporus.
ORTHOGRAPHY.
S. C. MURPHY.
(Omit ttuO)
1. What is an elementary sound? How
many in our language? How do yol
teach your pupils to find them?
2 Write all the different phonetic char
acters.
3. What are some of the defects of tn
English alphabet?
4. Define and give an example of syn
Onym, of hOmOnym.
). By example give all the different use
Of the hyphen, the diereSis, and the caret
6. Indicate the pronunciation of cam
elopard, cOlonelcy, Maude, Clara, Law
renee, quay, matinee, illicit, English
Prussian, and last.
z. Give the significance of syn, Infra
supra, (5), [obs. and o. H. Ger, as uset
in Webster's Dictionary.
HISTORY.
(Omit tlUO)
l. Who was the founder of the presen
banking system? How is bank char
tered?
2. On what did Virginia base her claim
to the n. W. Territory? How did sh,
dispose of this territory?
g. What was the most Objectionable
provision of the Omnibus Bill to the peo
pie of the North?
4. Where was Lincoln nominated P
What brought him so prominently befor
the people previous to the nomination?
8. What was the Federalist? Wha
persons were connected with it
What good, if any, did it accomplish?
6. What Office did Carl SchurZ holt
during the Hayes administration VIII,
would he not be eligible now?
z. Name six leading men of the Cont
mental Congress. What was the verdic
Of the world in regard to the characte
and ability of those who composed tn
gathering at Philadelphia?
WRITING.
(Omit tlUO)
l. Name the different movements
Which is the most practical?
2. Give few exercises suitable for tn,
development of the above movement.
3. What is the proper position at tn,
desk? Do you see that your pupils hav,
it while writing?
4. Which is the more important, form
Dr. movement? Give your reasons.
5. What is shading? What one of tht
thirteen small letters receives shade?
6. What is a space? Give the rules fol
spacing between letters, words, and sen
Jences.
Z. Analyze NJ, l, u, r, p, F, b, N, and i.
READING.
1. How do you teach children to read
When do you teach them to read script
2. What are punctuation marks? Art
hey intended to aid the reader? How ?
3. What is supplementary reading mat
ter? How do you make use of it.
4. Define series, volume, climax, anC
infection.
5. Define and give examples of the diff
ferent kinds of emphasis.
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
JAMES DUNCAN.
Omit tluO
1. Name the parts of the brain and give
he function of each.
2. Give the function of the gastric, pan
,reatic and intestinal juices.
3. What parts of the system do alcoholic
thinks injure?
4. What change is wrought in the blood
n the lungs? In the capillaries
5. In what ways does the use of tobacco
njure the system?
6. Tell how to ventilate schoOl-room,
md why the air should be kept pure.
z. Name the tissues of the body.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
(Omtt tl0O.)
1. AT what age should children COM
nence the study of technical grammar
live your reasons for so saying.
2. Give four methods of conducting a
ecitation.
3. Which do you prefer? Why?
a: How do you punish pupils for i'm
,udence?
5. How much composition work do you
equire of your pupils?
8. How do you try to improve your
'upils in their morals and manners
Z. What advantages has a pupil in an
Ingraded school over one in a graded
chOol?
GRAMMAR.
(OnlIt tIUO)
l. Decline the personal pronouns.
2. Write seven forms of complex SEN
enceS.
3. Define tense, case, mode, and con-
truction.
4; Define simile, metaphor, metonymy,
nd synecdoche.
5. Give six ways of forming the plural
f nouns.
6. Analyze:
Thou lingering star, with lesSenng ray,
That lOyst to greet the early morn,
Again thou uSherest in the day
My Mary from my soul was torn.
Z. Scan the stanza and tell the kind of
1eter.
PRIMARY WORK.
1. Name four methods of teaching
eading.
2. Which method do you use? Why?
3. When should counters be discOntin-
ed in teaching numbers?
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