The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-08-22
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS
List Of Questions Propounded on Sat.
urday, August 18th.
rnyEoR AND PRACTICE.

THY HOh AMI fhACTlCEs
Name the advantages Of having well
prepared programme. -
What are the qualifications Of sue.
cessful teacher
What is the object Of a teachers in
stitute
What have you learned from the last
institute that will be OF use to you?
How much attention do you give to
the correction Of errors in the use Of
language?
How do you train the beginner in the
parts Of speech?
What educational matter do you sub.
scribe for and read?
Has the teacher any right to infiict
corporal punishment If 30, when2
ARITHMETIC.
The sides OF triangle are 20, 28 and
30 feet. Find the diameter of the in
scribed circle.
Henry's income is $3.50, and Williams
is S6l6; how much should Henry give
William OF his income 80 that what he
has remaining shall equal 5.7 of B's2
BY discounting note at 10 per cent.
per annum, / get IL per cent. per annum
interest; how long does the note run?
II a pipe of inches discharge a Ger.
tain quantity OF water in hours, in
what time will pipes, each of inches
in diameter, discharges twice as much
water?
The hour and minute hands Of watch
are together at II; at what time will
they be together between 5 and o?
0What number multiplied by 3 Of itself
will give Ola for quotient?
A party OF hired coach. If there
had been A more the expense would
have been reduced one dollar for each
person. How much was paid for the
coach?
If 3 men working IL hours day can
reap 20 q. in IL days, how many men
working IL hours day can reap a field
$50 yards long and 800 yards broad in A
days?
How much must 1 invest in United
States per cent. bonds at l02 7.8 to
give me quarterly income of $500?
A piece of copper weighs 03 grains in
air, and 82l grains in water. What is
its specific gravity?
HISTORY.
When did Columbus discover Cat
Island? In whose name did he take
possession?
Name the passage of the two most
unpopular laws OF John Adams admin.
istration.
What three events distinguished JET.
ferson's first term?
Name one or more important events
of his second term.
When did the British government en-
ter into q treaty OF peace with the U. S.?
When was the seat of government
transferred to the city of Washington
What duel was fought in July, 1904 ?
What memorable battle was fought on
the Stls of January, 1915?
What great con1agrations in 1871 and
1872?
Name the eleven seeding States.
What Southern States refused to
secede
GEOGRAPHY.
Explain fully river system, a river
basin, an estuary, and delta.
How is the earth warmed? The air ?
What is the snow lineS
How are winds caused? What are
the trade-winds?
Upon what does the distribution OF
animals depend?
How is rain caused? Dew? Snow ?
How does Ohio compare, in surface,
with Tennessee?
How do the productions of Alabama
compare with Michigan?
How do the manufactures OF Penn.
sylvania compare with Massachusetts,?
Who is the German ruler?
Locate five OF the most noted rivers in
the world and tell for what noted.
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
What are Haversian Canals 2. The
ephitheleal cells? The ephithelium
What is the temperature of the stom'
| ach? What is the first work of the stom-
| ach in digestion?
Describe the appeudages of the skin.
Describe the movements of the head.
What is the number of bones Ia the
human body? OF what are the bones
composed? How may each substance
he obtained from bones?
What are joints? How fabricated?
How many muscles in the human
body? How are they classified as to
their form?
What is coughing? Sneezing1 Hic-
cough? Signing? Yawning?
Locate the os hyoid, the patella, the
femur, the fibula, and tibia.
Why do not the bones OF children
break so easily as those of grown per.