The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-04-24
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
List Of Questions Propounded on Sat.
urday, April 10,h.
ARITHMETIC.

What number must be multiplied by
log that the product may be 569?
II u stage.coach goes at the rate Of 8
miles, 2 furlongs, 80 rods per hour, how
far will it 20 in 10 hours?
A watch case is ZIP. gold and 5.12
alloy. How many carats fine is it?
What is due to-day on note given
September oath, 1889, for $l3S.50, inter-
eat at so per aRnun?
8 OF. av. is what per cent. OF 8 lb. av.?
If men, in 18 days, cut 25O cords OF
wood, how many men, in IL days, will
be required to cut 900 cords
How much gold can buy with 500
in greenbacks at premium of l0%.
n circular field 20 rods in diameter
be worth $50, what would one 40 rods in
diameter be worth?
How many yards of tape at 28.11
cents per yard can be bought for 3 Al
quarts OF berries at 8 2.5 cents a quart?
A merchant by selling slate pencils at
II cents apiece clears 10000 profit, what
did they cost.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
Name some OF the improvements in
the art of teaching in the last twenty
years.
w HdC uO yOu COublucT suillCItUJ tuu-
cation for a common school teacher?
What means are best to be used in
securing proper government OF a
school?
What studies are best adapted to the
proper culture Of the imagination?
What works on education have you
read?
Do you punish pupils for manifesting
a disrespect for you out Of fschool hours ?
Why?
What are the objects OF recitation
How does the profession OF teacher
compare in importance with other pro.
fessiOns?
What special preparation have you
made to fit yourself for teacher?
Which do you consider the most i'm.
portant branch you have to teach? Why?
PHYSIOLOGY.
What is the blood? tsphysical prop
critics?
What are the red blood corpuscles
Their appearance and size
What are the white blood corpuscles
How numerous are they? What is their
appearance aid size? How much of
the blood is made up of corpuscles?
What conditions affect the rapidity of
the circulation?
Name the digestive organs. Give
their anatomy.
What is the effect of alcohol on grow
ing persons? Also tobacco?
How is alcohol produced? Is their
any alcohol in nature?
Is temperance progressing? Give
reasons for your answer
Why is it incumbent on every person
to learn the laws of health? The nature
of alcoholics and narcotics, and their
effects on the human system?
Are you addicted to the use of any OF
the narcotics?
OF what church were the earliest set
tiers of Maryland? OF Pennsylvania?
What circumstances led to the coloni-
zation of Rhode Island?
BY what war did Great Britain acquire
Canada?
In what body was the general govern
ment of the colonies lodged during the
American Revolution?
Why was the battle of Saratoga so i'm
portant in its consequences
What is meant by the centennial
Year.?
Where and for what was John Brown
executed?
For what is each of the following
especially remembered: John Paul
Jones Anthony Wayne? Oliver Haz.
ard Perry?
Who was President OF the United
States during the Mexican War?
Who commanded at Gettysburg?
Antietam? Atlanta?
GRAMMAR.
What are the two great classes OF con-
functions, and what is their difference
What other parts of speech besides con.
functions connect?
illustrate the offices OF what, that and
but.
When pupil has said that such
noun is in the nominative case, subject
of such verb, what is gained by repe-
tition OF the definition in the Rule: "A
noun or a pronoun which is the subject
of finite verb is in the nominative
case"?
What is parsing? Parse the words in
the following: The Queen Of England's
palace is grand.
What is the difference between "a
mothers love" and "The love OF
mother?"
Illustrate personifcation, irony, excla-
nation, simile, metaphor.
What does By and tcith imply? When
should we use by and when NTH
What is prose? Poetry? Quote
several lines of poetry.
When do adjectives need to be sepa-
rated by commas?
Diagram:
ION him baptized
Heaven opened, and in likeness OF dove
The spirit descended, while the Fathers voice
From heaven pronounced him His beloved
Son."
GEOGRAPHY.
Define erosion. Give example.
What 20 Tho form Of tho QtmOROlero.