The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-12-12
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS
List Of Questions Prepounded on Sat.
urday, December 9TH.
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.

prOpert1e6I Wnere does tne DiOOd De-
come red?
In what three ways is the circulation |
of the blood in the veins brought about? |
Explain each.
What are the two great divisions OF |
the nervous system What are their |
functions?
Describe the internal ear.
What is sound Explain fully. the |
way we hear sounds. Can there be a |
sound where there is no ear to hear II?
What is alcohol? How produced |
What are Narcotic Poisons?
eyelashes. What are the functions of
each?
What is said OF eating too little? OF
eating too much OF eating between
meals?
What effect does alcohol have upon
the powers OF endurance? Does alcohol
affect the intellectual powers before any
disorder of sensation or motion mani.
tests itself? Is drunkenness insanity
Describe the sclerotic and choroid
coats OF the eyes and their uses.
GRAMMAR.
Write synopsis OF the verb lay as
transitive, and also as intransitive.
Name the offices Of achat. that and but.
illustrate.
What three adverbs are compared by
adding er and est to the simple form
Diagram the following sentences and
parse italicized words:
"Stillness of person and steadiness of
features are signal marks OF good breed.
ina" "No one knows the place ,ohere
Moses was buried" "No one has been
where Moses is buried" "Ths news OF
papas puts me all in flutter."
Is there ever any difficulty of distin-
| gushing between the subject and the
attribute complement? II SO, what is
the way out Of this difficulty?
Correct, If necessary, and give reasons
| for each correction: He is as tall as
am. All is not gold that glitters. All
that glitters is not gold.
| If It rains, why do you go?
If it rain, the work will be delayed.
Give the mode of the verbs in the
above sentences.
| When does conditional or concessive
clause require verb in the indicative
mode? When is the subjunctive pre-.
ferred?
Which is superior, as an intellectual
gymnastic, analysis or parsing?
Diagram:
The heart. ache, and the thousand and one ills
Bachelors are heir to Y is contamination
Devoutly to be wished
Who first attempted to form English
settlements in America?
In what engagement, and by whom
was used the sentence Don't give uI
What is the 14th Amendment to the
Constitution When adopted?
What is the relation of the physica
geography Of country to its history?
Name five prominent men in the Con
tinental Congress 1774.
What was the purpose and what th'
effect of the emborgo of 1907?
Name the important points in which
the present U. s.. Constitution is superio
to the Articles Of Confederation.
Name and describe one OF the mos
important battles in the late Civil War
Name two political crises between lS2'
and 1860.
Name the six provisions of the Omni
bus Bill.
ARITHMETIC.
A substance is weighed from botl
arms of false balance, and its apparen
weights are pounds and 4 pounds
Find the true weight.
Determine the depth of al.shapet
wine.glasses % inches across the top
that 60 of them may hold gallon.
How many rods of fence will it take T
enclose section of land and divide !
into square ten.acre fields :?
For what sum must make note a
, go days to obtain $739.50 from bank
discounting at 8 per cent?
/Afarmer hires q boy for three years
giving him So month for the first thre
months, $40 for the next three, and 8
on. How much should the boy get q
the end of the time.?
, Three farmers, A, B and @, buy a sell
, binder ON equal shares for $240. b ha
, no ready money. A pays $l4O and
!. pays 500. How much does B owe !
and O respectively -tafASS. q
How many yards of carpet, ~ yard
, wide, will be required for hall IL fee
, 8 inches wide and "a feet longP
Find mean proportional betwee
169 and l. !i
If l2 horses can plow 96 acres in
days, how many horses will plow
} acres in days? a
Is section Of prairie land perfect
square? Explain fully. a. ID.
GEOGRAPHY.
Mention the four countries borderin
on the Baltic.
Trace the water route from Constant
nople to st. Louis.
: In what countries are plains calle
: prairies? Pampas? Stepsp a
8 Name State noted for the productio
OF the following: Gold, coal, cottol
n What capital city on the Danube
, The SpreeY The Thames? !? The Seine
Where does the water from Lax
Michigan go? Where thenf
Mention five things upon which cl
mate depends. Explain the cause
rain.
State where rain is most abundan
| WhyP Very little rain. Why?
Which end OF the Mississippi is mo-
likelv to freeze? Why