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principle upon which It Is based and
illustrate by example.

principle upon which 1t Is ba.ed and
illustrate BY example.
6. Express In figures seventy three
thouaDndths; also. four hundred five
milliOnths. Reduce each to common
fraction: Divide the former by the latter
and reduce the result to decimal.
Z. I'll Ia tons of coal cost 110.l25
how many tons will $3.50 purchase?
8. How much pure gold in lax ring
weighing pwts
8. Find the simple, annual. and the
compound interest on $500 for 4 years
six months at 10 per cent.
10. What is the length of the inner
edge Of cubical cistern that contains
2,079 gallons Of water.
GRAMMAR-E. ID. WEBB.
l. Carefully prepare an outline Of Ian
guage work that should be done by pu-
pill before beginning the study of tech
meal grammar.
2. How has the pupil acquired the fund
of language that he already possesses?
3. Would you endeavor to continue the
same process by which be has acquired
this fund Of language or would you re-
verse the process?
Illustrate.
4. Write in simple prose that child
can understand description of home
scene found in the following lines from
Whittier:
"The house dog on his paws out spread
Laid to the fire his drOwsy head,
The cats dark silhouette on the wall
A c0uchant tigers seemed to fall;
| And for the winters fire. side meet,
Between the aEdirOn'S straddling feet,
The mug of cider simmered slow,
The apples sputtered in q row:
| And close at hand the basket stood,
With nuts from brown Octobers wood"
Show how the above might be made
the subject of language work to be done
by the pupil.
3. Should the learner in the study of
language proceed from process to princi-
pie and from principle to rule. or from
rule to principle and from principle to
process? Why?
6. Illustrate each part of speech by its
use in a sentence.
Z. Write the plural of the following
giving rules or reasons: Book. church.
berry, leaf, cargo. cameo, penny, sOn-in-
law. handful, 9. radius, stratum.
s. Write the pOssessive case form of
the following: Man. James, Lady,
Ladies, SOn-in law. |. He. She, 1t. They.
8. Parse each word of the, following
knowledge dwells in heads, replete
with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in
minds attentive to their own"
10. Analyze the following sentence
Few and precious are the words which
the lips of wisdom UTTER
COMPOSITION AND THEORY.-E. ID. WEBB.
Write composition upon the follow
ing subject: 1.-The Essentials of Il Good
School," Let it embrace the following
topics:
ID DISCIPLINE.
le Its Purpose.
&c Necessity.
&c Educational Value.
4c How Secured.
% INTEREST ON THE PART OF THE PUPIL.
lc Its Necessity.
&c How Secured.
&c Attention. What it Is and how
secured.
30 THOUGHT AND ITS EXPRESSION.
lie The use of words with which to
think.
&c The power of expression; How
cultivated?
&c Perception; how cultivated.
&c Memory; how cultivated.
SC Imagination.
40 TRAINING IN MORALS AND MANNERS.
1c What can be done by the teacher.
&c What should be done by the par
entS.
Sc How disOrderly school leads to
immortality and Ill manners.
4e The teacher in the play ground.
IL How often? When? Why?
READING.-E. ID. WEBB.
l. Give the different methods of teach
ing beginners to read and the relative
merits of each.
2. What do you consider the essential
elements of good reading?
8. Distinguish between reading and
elOcutiOn.
4. Give such directions for conducting
recitation in reading as you deem es-
sential, relating to position, articulation,
breathing, etc.
5. What powers or faculties of the
child's mind would you seek to improve
by teaching reading?
PENMANSHIP.-E. ID. WEBB.
1. Define good penmanship.
2. What system do you teach:
3. Give the general principles used in
penmanship, naming each.
4. State what you regard as the proper