Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-01-16
HIGHER BRANCHES.
GEOHETRY.-(Omit tJCO.)
JAMES DUNCAN.

GEO4HETRH.-tOB tICO.)
JAMES DUNCAN.
Lifeline axiom, problem, construction
cOrollary, and schOlium.
2. Prove that the perpendicular is tn,
shortest line that can be drawn from ;
point to a straight line
3. Define radius, secant, tangent, chord
segment, and sector.
4. A straight line moves SO that it re
mains parallel to given line, and tOuche:
at one end given circumference. Fine
the locus of the other end.
3. Find fourth proportional to thret
given straight lines.
5. What is 3.1416 or pie
Z. Prove that of isOperimetric regular
polygons, that which has the greatest
number of sides is the maximum.
LITERATURE.(- .(-Omit taoo)
l. Give an account of the life and work
of Chaucer.
2. What is a novel? Name four fam
GUS ones, and tell who wrote them.
3. Tell something of what you have read
of the writings of the following authors
Donald G. Mitchell, Oliver w. Holmes, J
G. Holland, James FenimOre Cooper, and
Helen Jackson.
4. Who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin
Why was it written? Is the author living
5. What have the following persons
done in literary line to bring them into
notoriety at the present time Edward
Bellamy, Amelie Rives, Lew Wallace,
Mrs. Humphry Ward, Henry W. Grady
Constance Fenimore Cooper, Lafcadio
Hearn.
6. Name five of the leading magazines
published in the United States, and give
some idea of the kind of articles each
one publishes.
Z. Name your favorite author, and tell
why you like to read his writings.
PHYSICS.-(Omit t1OO)
1. Give the meaning of atom and mole
cule, and explain the relation one bears
to the other
2. Give the meaning of gravitation and
gravity.
3. What is the object of experiments in
the study of physics?
4. How is the weight of the air utilized
by man?
3. Name and explain the different modes
of heat diffusion.
6. Draw a diagram of the governor of
an engine. and explain its use.
Z. What is the dead point in machinery,
and how is it Obviated in the locomotive
engine?
CIVIL GOVERNMENT -(Omd taoO)
T. P. HARRIS.
l. How are the bounds of federal power
determined?
2. Give a brief history of the formation
and adoption of the Constitution of the
United States.
3. Name and define the functions of
our government.
4. How are Representatives, Senators,
and President chosen?
5. Give the mode of passing a law.
6. How may new States be admitted
into the Union?
:. Name President Harrison's Cabinet.
ALGEBRA.
1. Expand by the Binomial Theorem
(2X+3y) 5. Give the theorem.
2. Find the G. Z. d. of IA +2X2 + 8
and 7XS like t15X+9.
3. Prove that the reciprocal of a guam
tity is equal to the same quantity with
the sign of its exponent changed.
4. The difference of two numbers is 10,
and half their product is equal to the cube
of the less number; find them.
3. X2 +y=11; y W II. Find the val
ues of X and y.
6. Two men, A and B, can perform a
certain piece of work in days, A and c
in days, and B and C in days; in what
time could each one, alone, perform it !?
And in what time could they perform it,
all working toOnthQro
RHETORIC.-(Omit taCO)
S. C. MURPHY.
1. Outline an essay on any subject you
may choose.
2. Name and define the special proper
ties of style.
8. Define and give an example of lyric,
epic, idyl, and elegy.
4. What is a stanZa? In what stanZa
is the Faery Queen written?
3. What are figures of speech? Show
the difference between metaphor and
simile by examples.
6. Define and give an example of loose,
a balanced, and periodic sentence.
Z. Give Campbell's law.
PEDAGOGY.-(Onlit tlCo)
1. Define education, power, faculty, and
will.
2. Name the powers of the mind and
show what knowledge, or in what way we
obtain knowledge, through each of them.
8. What is attention? What is the i'm
portance of attention? How may it be
cultivated?
4. State four fundamental truths of
pedagogy.
3. What three things must general
scheme of education aim at and include
6. Should teacher study the subject of
pedagogy to adopt or adapt the methods
of others? Why?
Z. At what age is the best time to COM
NIT to memory? Why? Give your rea-
sons for or against committing that which
the child does not fully comprehend.
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