Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-06-15
The Educational Column,
D, I. oonn, CO. supt., Falling Waters, viva,
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS.
ORTHOGRAPH.Y.

i. EXplaln the dllfefcnce De-
tween the name of letter and the
power OF letter.
2. of what use are silent letters.
3. Define prellxcs and suffixes.
A. Mention three words in which
e final is dropped upon taking suf
fix Beginning with consonant.
5. State the rule for the forma-
ton Of the plural in words ending in
6. Spell the following words
beni6tted, hawty, aknowledg, COM
unian, sentepld, chrystalize, new
matte, newter, pueter, sentrel SEN
final.
READING.
L. What is PRESERVATION
2. Name and define the Etymolo-
gical points.
3. What is the compass of the
voice
4. What effect does emphasis
sometimes have upon infection 7
8. How should parenthetical
clauses be read7
PENMANSHIP.
/. What should be the distance
between the figures
2. What is taken as the INIT for
measuring the height of figures!
3. TO what groups especially do
small q, 4, and belong9
4. What principles are prominent
in capital o, X, and LIZ
8. Name the semi.extended let
tiers.
GEOGRAPHY.
1. What European powers have
possessions in Asia?
2. What countries occupy the
Scandinavian peninsula 4?
3. Mention eight seas that bord.
er on Europe.
4. How is the District of Columbia
governed
3. What are isothermal lines9
6. Explain the trade winds.
Z. State the relative attractive
power of the sun and moon.
s-E. ARITHMETIC.
/. Define Present Worth.
2. What is Compound Proportion :?
8. If an article has cost me 12I per
cent more, my rate of gain would
have been 5 per cent less. What
was my rate of gain?
4. Bought barrel of syrup for $40,
what must / charge to gain 20 per
cent on the whole?
5. Find the length of the minute
hand whose extreme point moves 4
inches in minutes and 2S seconds.
6. What is the difference between
2i square inches and 2f inches square.
7. AS salary per annum is $500,
BIS $500 and C's $50. AT the end of 3
months settlement was made in
part. What was the share Of each,
supposing that Sl47 80 was the amount
to be divided.
s. There is box twelve feet long,
6 feet wide, and feet deep; what is
the distance from one lower corner to
the opposite upper corner?
8. A man contracts to NOW field
furlong, IA rods, 3 yards long, by
36 rods, yards, feet wide, for $3.50.
What does he get per acre?
10. A tax of $4,000 is raised in a town
by poll tax of SIPS, and property
tax Of49c. on 800. The value of the
taxable property is 81 ,000, 900. Require
the number of polls.
- GRAMMAR.
/. When is achich preferred to
that
9. What ale the notifications of
pronOuns?
3. Name the several parts of
speech or classes of words, and state
the chief office which each usually
lulullS Ill sentence.
4 Give examples of the various
uses of achat
8. A verse consisting OF flee feet
is called what?
6. Analyze: When the tempest
ceased, the sea birds were heard, az
they arose in the air, clamoring so
shrilly and loudly, that the ear was
panied by the sound.
PHYSIOLOGY.
/. What are the uses of the mus
cles; and into what two great classes
are they divided?
2. Name the uses of blood.
8. Why does wound stop bleed
ing
4. What are the solids of the body
5. What are the principal uses of
the bones.
6. Compare the lungs and heart CIV
ing three points in common and three
points of difference.
HISTORY.
l. What was the great exciting
problem of the Is century.
2. What was the cause of King
Williams War; and how were the
Colonies involvedf
3. When did the first trouble
arise in reference to slavery?
4. Who were the founders of
American literature
8. Name the first representative
body that convened in the Colonies.
6. When were Virginia, Missis-
sippi and Texas restored to the
Union.
ART OF TEACHING.
1. What are the advantages of a
program
2. What preparation should a