The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-08-07
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
List OF Questions Proponnded on Sat.
urday, August %.

How many Colonial Congresses were
there? Continental Congresses. What
distinction do you make between q
Colonial and Continental Congress?
Where in America was New Sweden
located? New France?
Give short account OF the Burr con-
spiracy?
What were the principal events Of
Lincoln's administration !? OF Jackson's?
What is the philosophy OF history?
What effect had the invention OF the
Cotton Gin on slavery?
Name our National holidays.
When do You have your pupils begin
the study OF history.
Write fully your method of teaching
history.
Give the chief use of the red blood
corpuscles The uses of perspiration.
Whence is derived the .carbonic acid
Of the expired air?
When is blood arterial in the veins?
Name the juices that aid in digesting
the food. BY what organs secreted?
What feeds the heart with nutrient
blood?
NARCOTICS.
What is the effect of alcohol on the
blood?
What is the effect OF alcohol on the
nose and throat?
How is the opium habit formed?
What is the effect of opium on the men.
tai, moral and physical nature?
Is alcohol tissue.building food ?
Why do some call it a supplementary
food?
Effect OF alcohol on the heart? How
may this effect be utilized? How is a
fatty heart prOducedp 2
GRAMMAR.
Name and define all the sub classes Of
the common noun.
What constructions have infnitives ?
Write sentences containing infinitives
with the above constructions.
Write all of the participles OF the verbs
lie, lay, rise, raise and sit.
What is the difference between SEN
tences, phrases and clauses?
Decline her, who, truth, thine and
Ohio.
Write possessive plurals of witness,
oxen, fox, who, deer, mouse, money and
son.in-aw.
Explain the agreement OF the verbs in:
You or l am mistaken. You, he and
have to remain. You and he have to 90.
What kind of nouns may be modified
by adverbs?
Dlagram:-
J ''The world was all before shenl, where to choose
Their place OF rest, and Providence their guide.
They: hand in hand. with wandering steps and
slow,
Through Eden took their solitary way"
GEOGRAPHY.
Define highland, plateau and desert.
!. What is mountain ? A volcano?
Define coast line, cape, isthmus.
What people are called civilized?
: Upon what does the progress OF peo-
pie in civilization depend?
BY what agencies is the earth's crust
s now being changed?
: Where is Omaha? Mecca? Mt Desert
9 Islands? Gulf Of Siam? Cape Bon?
a What large city is on the equator, and
' in what country? #
q How many States in the United States
Why is the United States divided into
> States, counties and townships?
n THEORY AND PRACTICE.
l. Mention some OF the most common
. faults of teachers in hearing recitation.
q What is the difference between de-
;. ductive and inductive teaching? Which
do you prefer?
Name some of the chief elements of
success in teacher.
IS What is meant by "tact" in teaching
). Should essay writing be practiced in
N our common schools?
:, How can our schools be made better ?
:. Name three important qualifications OF
le a teacher. Which is the most impor.
Il tant? Why?
-. ARITHMETIC.
10 Define prime, composite, odd, even
:, concrete and abstract numbers.
y, How much must 1 pay for New Yori
~ = 6's 80 that / may realize an income of
ie per cent. on the investment
OF Find the amount OF $500 for year!
e. and 6 months, with interest payable an
lis nually at per cent.
II "A cannon ball inches in diamete
he weigh 10 pounds, what is the weight o
O, ball inches in diamater?
10. Paid broker $24 Is, and retained a
~, my part of the commission S42.2S, TO
s selling consignment ct S24 l6. Wha
VI was the rate OF brokerage and my rat
N, OF commission.
ST. II lot of land in the form OF NJ
mt oblong or rectangle contains acres,
on roods and ~ perches, and it's length
ch to its width as 2l to l3, what are il
all dimensions, and how many rods of fenc
en- will be required to inclose it?
ter A, b and @ dine on seven loaves c
ha bread, of which A owns 3 and B 1 /;
;'' ~ gives the others twenty one cents. Ho'
III, much does each receive?
ea II piece of silk cost so cents per var,
IN. at what price per yard shall it he marke
'as so that the merchant may sell it az
els per cent. less than the marked price an
still make 20 per cent. profit?
If a man weighs $50 pounds Avoird,
pois, how much will he weigh by Tro
de weight?
ar Find the area OF an equlateral triangl
eN who's altitude is 6 feet.