Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-10-26
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
List OF Questions Prepared by the
Examiners.

List Of Questions Prepared by the
Examiners.
The examination Of the teachers in Lyon
county who are teaching in the county with
out regular Lyon county certificates and
whose Storey and Ormsby certificates are in
valid under Judge Wells late decision in the
Sweeny case in Nye county, commenced yes
terday and will be finished to-day. There
are seven applicants, Miss Lizzie Fitzgerald,
Of the Messner district, Miss Bessie H. PEN
rose Of the Strosnider district, Miss JAMIE
Vosburgh, Of the Sanders district, Miss Flo
ence V. Spurgeon, Of Walker district, Miss
Katie G. Blake, of the Greenfield district,
Miss Helen Hrf, Of Sutro, and Miss Dell
Willis, Of Pine Grove.
The Board OF Examiners consist Of John
Lothrop, County Superintendent, A. E.
Harris, Principal Silver City schools, and
Robert Levers, Principal Dayton schools.
All the applicants have applied for first grade
certificates, with one exception, fact which
speaks we'll for the schools Of the county.
We give here the questions in geography
and grammar, and will give complete list
next week.
GEOGRAPHY.
I. State three facts which tend to prove
that the earth is round. What is the gener.
ally accepted reason for the flattening Of the
earth at the poles9 What is,he length Of the
equatorial diameter or the polar diameter9
2. Explain the causes Of winter and
summer.
8. What is the horizon1 A meridian1
Circle Of Illumination
4. Name ten peninsulas that project in q
southerly direction.
s. Locate and define the following: o.
tawo. Yukon, Hatteras, Yucatan, Nicaragua.
Hayt, Halifax. Sitka, Bermuda, Sandusky,
Yankton, The Thousand Isles, Itaska, TIE.
huantepec, ella, and Fundy.
6. Name the principal cities on or near
the fortieth parallel Of north latitude.
7. What language is spoken in Brazil?
Bolivar Austria? Denmark Irelandf
Holland1 Sweden? India1
8. How are oceanic currents producedp
Name the most important oceanic current.
How are the tides produced1
9. What countries, islands, etc., are in.
cluded in the British Empire1
10. Name the most important products Of
Pennsylvania, France, Russia, China, New
Zealand, California.
GRAMMAR.
1. Define etymology. Syntax. Language.
Verb. In6nitive.
2. Write the plurals of the following
words; Ottoman, alderman, court martial,
mouthful, focus, ELF. Nero, and goodness.
3. What is the difference between rela
tive pronoun and personal pronoun? What
is comparison? How many degrees Of com.
parisone
4. Analyze.
"Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to
clay
Might stop hole to keep the wind away;
o, That the earth which kept the world
in awe,
Should patch wall to expel the winters
flaw"
s. Parse the italicized words.
"We A4ve gathered posies from other mems
flowers,
Nothing but the thread that binds them is
owS."
6. Diagram.
"But they that fight for freedom undertake
The noblest cause mankind can have at
stake"
7. Give three or more rules for the use of
capitals.
s. Write short letter showing position
Of date, complimentary address, etc.
9. Write short composition on "Charles
Dickens"
10. Correct If necessary,
"Let that remain a secret between you
and l and the gatepost.
The lilac bush was about that high.
Beelzebub, than whom, none higher sat"
SPELLING.
Alteration, aborigines. acacia, accelerate,
ach,evable, acquittal, deciduous, contagious.
encore, genial, inebriate, janitor, labyrinth,
obesity, nadir, irascible, heinous, contempt
BILE, conspiracy, hymeneal, restaurant, sala.
ry. regicide, chomois, decency, sapphire,
deleble, proboscis, victuals, hypocrite, cyni.
cal, paralysis, separate, optics, tinsel, schism
arstocrat, Tennessee, environs, Connecti-
cut, sopori6c, piquant, diocesan, interfere,
irreparable, bronchitis, raillery, incompara.
BILE and amenable.
Don't Experiment.