The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-09-11

What are infnitives? What are finite
verbs
Diagram:
II can not tell what you and other men
Think of this life, but for my single self,
had as lief not be as live to be
In awe of such q thing as l myself"
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
How do you teach penmanship2
What benefit, if any, is derived from
essay writing.
How do you teach Longitude and
Time?
What are your plans to create an in
terest in study?
Write short essay on some educa-
tional topic.
HISTORY.
Name the Inter. colonial wars and
their cauGes.
Give the time, place, leaders, cause
and result of the constitutional conven-
ton.
Give the time, causes, terms and re-
suits of the purchase of Louisiana.
With which branch of Congress must
bills of revenue originate.
What does the study of history in
clude? What are some of the advan-
tages to be derived from this study2
How are Senators elected? How are
Representatives elected?
What inventions have most aided in
developing the material prosperity of
our country? Name the inventors.
What is meant by veto? A "pocket
veto"?
State fact concerning Lundy's Lane,
Chickamauga, ,Robt. Fulton, Eli Whitney,
Cyrus w. Field, Aaron Burr.
What was the Hartford Convention ?
GEOGRAPHY.
Name the States and Territories west
of the Mississippi river and give the
capital of each.
Name the Republics of South America
and give the capital of each. :,
Describe briefly the highlands and
lowlands of North America.
How could you go by water from
Odessa to Chicago?
What are the proofs OF the earth 3
rotundity? Annual motion around the
sun?
What geological changes are still in
progress i,
Locate the earth's circles, zones and
isothermal lines.
Bound the State, county and town
ship in which you live. ~,
Explain the change of seasons. The
alienation of day and night.
Locate Cairo, Seattle, Johnstown,
Chautauqua, Old Point Comfort, Sara.
toga, Victoria Falls, Trieste, Moscow,
Lakeside.
PHYSIOLOGY AND NARCOTICS.
What membrane surrounds the heart
The lungs? The bones? The muscles
Where are the muscles located that
move the fingers?
What are the functions OF perspira'
ton? OF tears? OF cerumen?
Trace a morsel OF food from the mouth
to the blood and name the organs passed
the secretions received, and the changes
produced.
Describe in full the anatomy of the
heart.
What are narcotics? Is whisky mar
cotic? Why?
Why will alcohol not aid digestion
Describe the immediate and remote ef
fects of alcohol upon the brain.
What is opium? How, from what ant
where is it obtained? In what country
is it used most extensively?
Do you think the teaching of this sub
ject in all the schools as you teach I
will affect the moral condition OF this
country twenty-five years hence? Give
your reasons.
| ASTRONOMY.
What is q sideral and an anomalistiC
year? Give their relative lengths and
cause OF differences.
| Name five stars OF the first magnitude
What planets are called inferior
planetso
In what consultations and in what
signs are the equinoctial and the solstitial
points When is the sun in these
points
How determine the latitude of a cir
cumpolar star? How by means of the
| sun?
ARITHMETIC.
Name three methods OF expressing
numbers.
How many strokes does the hammar
of a clock make in one week? Give the
rule.
A bin is feet long, 5 feet wide, and
feet deep; how many bushels of wheat
For what sum must l make my note
at months, interest 81, that the pro-
ceeds when discounted in bank shall be
$3.50?
Took a risk at 24%, insured 3-5 of it at
$40; my share of the premium was ST.
25. How large was the risk?
When it is 8 hours, IA minutes and 40
seconds a. m. at place 420, % and 4O>>
west of Hillsboro, which way and how
far from Hillsboro is it ~ o'clock (noon)
A capitalist owning 200 shares of stock
OF $iSO per share, on which he was re-
ceiving dividend of 80 semi-snnually,
exchanged them for so bonds, pur.
chased at 9S. Did he gain or lose, and
how much annually? B 'aT0
What will be the cost in New Orleans
of draft on New York payable go DAYS
after sight, for SIS, 900, exchange being at
l3% premium2 'a y 0igg
How much milk will circular tin pan
hold which 10 l8 inches across the top,
10 inchesa across the bottom and ~
inches deep? y. sii. s.} No. !,
From the middle OF the eide Of square
field containing 10 acres B runs : line
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