The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-02-07
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS
List Of Questions Propeunded on Sat.
aFday, January I'd.
PHYSIOLOGY.


ously?
What circumstance stimulates the flow
Of gastric juieef
By what muscular action is the cavity
of the chest enlarged?
Why does the fracture Of the spina
column produce paralysis?
Name three functions or offices of the
skin.
Name the vessels by which the bloot
passes from the right Side of the heart tt
the left.
OF what use is the hair that grows in
the nostrils? Of what use is the eaI
wax?
What constitutes mixed diet? How
are fluids swallowed?
What is meant by the "vital eddy ?'
What is epithelium? Connective tis-
sue? Choroid coat? Conjunctiva
Iris? Retina?
ARITHMETIC.
Find the largest number that is con.
tained without q remainder in 9 SO, 9 z
lS, III and 10 1-6.
Which is the higher freight on wheat,
:374 cents per hundred or 223 cents per
.bushel?
A, B and G are employed to do Ger.
tain piece Of work for $26.45; A and B
together are supposed to do Z of it; A
and G 2.lO, and b and @ 1920, and are
paid proportionally to this suppOsition.
What is each mans share of the money
Three persons in joint speculation
gain 81 ZOO. which is divided so that the
first share shall be the second as to 2,
and the second to the third as to g.
Required the shares.
Bought cranberries at $3.50 per bushel
and sold them at Is cents per quart,
measuring them out by liquid measure,
whereas bought them by dry measure.
What per cent. was my profit?
The sum of of AS plus J of BIS
money being on interest for years at 9
per cent, gives $3.50 interest. How
much money has each, provided of BIS
money is three times / of AS?
When the dividend is abstract, what
must be the character Of the divisor and
quotient? Can we divide bushels by
yards? Why?
How many kinds of United States Sc
curities are there, and what are they
called?
How many values has figure? Illus.
trate.
What are the fundamental units of
the metric system2 What is a meter
k'pt' PPSfV StaHl
GRAMMAR.
About how long has the English Ian.
guage been growing, and in what CEN
tury did it assume substantially its pres.
ent form?
What is the power OF a letter? What
is simple word?
What is an infnitive? A participle ?
Give the Office of each.
When are that and what relatives
Write sentences showing their use.
What is the difference between par.
ticipial noun and a participle used asa
noun? Write sentences illustrating
each.
Correct: civilian is more honest
than Robert" "Among us two there is
q lie somewhere" u expected to have
seen You yesterday"
Tarse italicized words: Mark well my |
fall and that that ruined me. They knew |
hin, 10 be a rascal.
Diagram and parse italicized words:
Why he acted like he did is unknown.
He who openly tells his friends all
that he thinks of them, must expect that
they will secretly tell his enemies much |
that they do not think Of him, Diagram
the above.
Write and punctuate correctly letter
to I. A. Walker, asking the appointment
Of clerk in his store.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
Do you read an educational periodi-
What special preparation have you
made for teaching?
What qualifications should a teacher
possess to manage school we'll
Have you ever taught school?
Are YOU member of the Highland
County Teachers Association?
What importance do you attach to the
purity and integrity OF the teachers own
life and conduct? .a~'.
Can strict discipline be maintained
without corporal punishment? If you
think it can, tell how if not, tell why.
OF what do the country schools of our
land now stand most in need?
What is the duty of the teacher in re-
gard to self-culture?
OF what does the philosophy of history
treat? Name the divisions OF history.
How are the public lands disposed of ?
How would you dispose of them?
What battles did Washington win
What battles did he lose?
What is the value of globes and maps
in learning and teaching history?
In what war did the Americans gain
every battle?
How is the cost OF the Government
paid? The national debt?
Who said ~ am not worth purchas-
ing, but such as am the King of Eng
land is not rich enough to buy me-" II
regret that have but one life to give to
my country" II would rather be right
than President"
How many invasions of the north did
Lee make? What victories induced him
to ATTEMPT each of these invasions? BY
what battle was each checked?
What President was impeached? ?
What ex-Vice.P President was tried for
treason?
What is "squatter sovereignty ?"
Who was its author?
GEOGRAPHY.
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