The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-08-21
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
List Of Questions Prepounded on Sat.
urday, August 10th.
HISTORY,


HISTORY.
What can you say OF biography in
connection with history3
How should recitations in history be
How may history be taught in primary
grades?
How can collateral information be
used in teaching historyf
How can dates be fixed in the mind
What dates should be carefully fixed in
Tho mind?
"'-t of mnemonic de-
What DO yoH snan'-
Vices h history II. .a
Judiciary. In what is the judicial power
81 the United States vestedf 10
Give the events associa.eoi ns! ,Ss wsth oos s1e
~, 1919, 1870, le4s, 1876 l7'H 1875.
lsSS asse tBs .tliSs. place and manner Of
electins U. 8. Senator.
Why are Representatives in Congress
elected for two years and Senators ior
six years?
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
Name some of the great teachers OF
S ~ What value, even to we'll trained
;,toi,ect il a knowledge OF the method
What are the advantages Of classifying
What il the object of a Teachers In
st;tute? What benefit did you derive
from the last institute you attended :,
What do YOU consider the highest ana
hest evidence Of success in teaching
What are the chief advantages and dis'
advantages of concert recitationsH Whicn
Is greater? Why7
What works on teaching have you
Should teachers OF the lower grades OF
schools be as we'll educated as those VINO
teach in the higher gradesf
How can you ascertain II your 'neories
are correct?
What is your mode OF securing order
in school.
GEOGRAPHY.
Define Ethnography. Name the divis'
ions of the human race.
What influence do currents have on
the climate of different countriesf VI
what value are ocean currents 10 naVi'
gationf
OF what use is the atmosphere in the
economy Of the globe. ,,,
How do the islands OF the Uniteo
States differ in structure? ~
In What mathematical zone is the U
s. situated? In what physical zoneF
Has the climate of the United State
undergone any decided change durini
the last century,
Name the States that produce sugar
Name the cotton producing States. Mann
the States that produce the creates
Bound Highland county. The town
ship in which YOU live.
Name the chief exports OF the Unite'
States. The imports. The industries.
How are the directions of cinotan
currents affected by the rotation OF tn
earth7
PHYSIOLOGY.
How does living bone differ from dea
bone? What is ossifcation
Name the cranial nerves.
What effect do injuries of the brail
have upon the mind.
Describe the peculiar arrangement
tendons.
How is curvature Of the spine pro
duced7
How are we to Judge OF what we eat
Describe the spinal cord.
What is the function OF the nerv
Where do the powers Of sensation AM
motion reside?
What effect has the use OF alcohol up
on the stomach, the liver, the heart AM
brain?
.vs,A;a,.a What is "a. ! ps.tiSiPle' ssdsy How man
What are the infinitive modes?
Why are pronouns used2
What are the accidents of nouns?
How are relative pronouns used?
From what language are the stroD
verbs derived?
Define analysis. Define elements.
Define syntax. Sentence.
Define parsinR.
Diagram
'Ths fault, dear Brutus, is not in our star
that We are underlings."
ARITHMETIC.
Reduce l.45 of rod to the fraction 9
link.
Ipay $500 premium for insuring m
nOubC AOi 81 Va AUo voAuC az ~ POA SOhG
what is the value of my house?
Find the reciprocal Of the ratio of A
to %.
What amount at @ per cent. interes
payable annually, given September Sc
1870, and not paid till March LIST, 1877
will amount to 81 ,838.712
If64 quarts OF water be put into vel
sci that will exactly hold GA quarts {
wheat, how much will the vessel lack {
being full2
An individual in one year spent
more than his income and found this
in years, by saving l-l5 of his incom'
annually, he was able to discharge th
debt and have 500 remaining? Whs
was his income
sold an article for / more than it COZ
me, to A, who sold it for So, which WI
2.5 less than 1t cost him. What did