The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-02-21
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS
List Of Questions Propounded on Sat.
urday, February 18th.
HISTORY.

In what year was the first census
taken ? The last? Population at each
time? How many millions will there be-
probably, in 1890?
What was the boundary Of the United
States at the close OF the Revolution
What great additions were made to its
territory before the. civil war? Since
the civil war? Give date OF each.
What three political questions did the
civil war settle.
Quote the Preamble to the Constitu-
stitution. Perry's famous dispatch.
How often, and on what day, does
Congress assemble? Who decides up
on the qualifications OF members
Name some important inventions.
What has been done for education
What for science?
Name ten American authors, and give
a brief sketch of one whose works you
have studied.
Compare the settlements of Plymouth
and Jamestown.
Explain what is meant by: U The
Dred Scott Decision. (2) The Missouri
Compromise. (3) The Electoral College.
Why was Virginia so named New
York? Pennsylvania? New Hamp-
shire Ohio FloridaP
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What is the difference between Physical
Geography and Geology? Ethnography
and Ethnology? Botany and Botanical
Geography
Name the seven geological ages, and
| the predominant life of each.
By what agencies is the earth's crust
now being changed?
Describe the coral formations. How
are thew divided?
What is the general direction of PENN.
sulas? Can you name any exceptions
to this law?
What meridian passes through the
central part of South America? What
part of North America does this meridian
intersect?
Bound Germany, give its longitude
and latitude, its chief industries, name
and locate five of its chief cities, and
describe five of its rivers.
Bound Ohio, Missouri and New York.
Give physical features and area of each.
What divides the earth into an East
ern and Western Hemisphere? North.
ern and Southern Land and Water ?
What and where are Samoa, Oklahoma,
Esmont, Hecla, Dardanelles, Neva, Bar.
celona, Pembina, Hampton Roads, and
seven "cotton States"
PHYSIOLOGY.
What is anatomy? Physiology? OF
what use is knowledge of these sub.
jects?
What constitute the digestive organs?
| BY what means is food converted into
flesh?
What causes the sensation of hunger :?
What is the consequence of eating when
not hungry?
What is peritoneal coat? The pyloric
valve? The lacteal absorbents
Where do the arteries and veins nearly
meet? Describe the general circulation.
The pulmonary circulation.
What is the use OF the bones? Of
what are they composed?
How are the bones connected? Elk.
plain the hing joint. The joints OF the
spine.
bends the elbow Straightens 1t :?
Moves the shoulder?
What are sensory and motory nerves,
and how are they arranged? What is
the cause of the foot being "asleep"?
Describe the eye. What is the pupil :?
The iris The retina?
ARITHMETIC.
You find an old book with the date
MDCCXLVII, printed at the bottom Of
the title page: in what year was 1t pub
lished?
A sleigh upon which four-foot wood is
piled is ten feet long. How high should
the wood be piled to make two cords ?
If sell 4 OF an article for what ! OF it
cost me-, what per cent. do lose on the
part sold?
Mr.. A has a corner Of Ct ground, the
sides OF which measure 225 feet, 297 feet,
and 389 feet. He wishes to inclose it
with fence having panels OF uniform
length. What must be the length Of
each panel?
If I of a pound of silver dollars is
worth $40 81, what is the weight of 81
in ounces, 12 ounces making pound?
A certain article is marked to sell at
25 per cent. advance on the cost and the
dealer gives me 10 per cent. off from the
retail price, and pay $6.75 for it: What
was the cost?
$1,5OO.l24 HILLsBoRo, Jan. l, 1887.
Three months after date promise to
pay to John Smith & Go. one thousand
Ave hundred dollars l2ac.. for value re-
ceived. SIMON TRUE.
On this note are the following endorse.
ments: April LIST, 1887, received $500.
July 10th, 1887, received $450.5O. May
25th, 1888, received 325.l22. What bal.
ance is due on the 18th OF August, 1888 Z?
Divide $40 between A, B and @ in
such manner that AS share shall be to
BIS as 2 to 3, and BIS to C's as 4 to5.
II l0f yards of silk cost $l5.75, and So
will purchase one yard of broad cloth,
and Il yards Of the cloth be traded for
25 yards of Irish linens how many yards
OF the silk would be an equivalent for 40
yards of the linen?
If st hundred weight of hemp sell for
16f dollars, what will 103 hundred weight
bring at the same rate?
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
| When you had the best attendance,
how did you get it?
What is the value Of composition as
school exercise? ft.I
Have you read Richard Grant Whites
"Words and Their Uses? "Every Day
English ?"
When in distinct school there are girls
| "Who think Il amaYt 10 make n diafIrh.