Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-01-16
TEACHERS QUESTIONS.


TEACHERS QUESTIONS.
Examination held in Bellaire, on Sat
urday, Jenuar 18th:
GRAMMAR.
(OnH tlDo)
JAMES DUNCAN.
l. Give the present and past indicative
of the following perfect participles:-
Smelt, stridden, sweat, come, cloven, born
meant, lit, cleft, let.
2. Use the above verbs in sentences il
the active voice, and then re-write then
in the passive veice.
3. What kind of verbs are they? VIII,
so called?
T. Write an invitation to friend to at
tend an evening party at your house
Write reply accepting the invitation.
3. Which is the more important to know
the use or structure of language? Which
should be taught first?
6. Write eight forms of the complex
sentence.
:. Give some of the defects of the Eng
lish language.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
(Omit tl0o.)
1. What rev duty does the Compulsor!
Education Law require of teachers?
2. To what extent should teachers aiC
pupils in their preparation for the reel
tation?
3. What systematic method do you per
sue to improve your pupils in the use o.
language?
f. Explain your meaning gofsupplement
airy reading, and how it should be used.
). What records do you keep of you
school work? Why do you keep them?
6. Tell how you would teach the use Of
the apostrOphe?
Z. Give your idea of successful teacher
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
(Omu any tIuo of the FIRST 50
l. Name and locate the vital organs
2. Define 8ratiOn, aOrta, articulation
bile, bronchi.
g. Name and give the function of the
different organs of secretion.
4. Tell what change is wrought in the
food in the stomach.
3. Where is the gall-bladder located, and
what is its function?
g. Define hygiene, alcoholics, narcotics
Z. Explain clearly in what way alcohol
les injure the body.
the mind?
HISTORY.
(Ond tlC0.)
S. c. MURPHY.
l. What is the chief officer of the House
of Representatives styled? Who is he at
present? Name the Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee.
2. Give an account of the decisive bat
tie of the civil war.
3. Name some naval officers of the Rev
olution, of the war of 1872, of the civil war.
4. Give the history of Pittsburgh, in
Guiding its present population and lead
ing industry.
5. Name ten leading members of Con-
gress, and the party to which each belongs.
8. Give an account of the part taken by
Jackson in the war of 1872.
Z. Enumerate the causes which you
think have led to the rapid development
of our country.
WRITING.
l. Distinguish between element and
principle Write all of them.
2. Give some directions for shading.
g. Show the relative height of a, b, f, T,
and by means of lines.
d. What system of penmanShip have
you studied? Give its principles.
D. The general appearance of your man.
uscripts, handed to me will be taken into
consideration.
ORTHOGRAPHY.
Omit tlCO.
1. What are phonetic characters? Make
all of them.
Add ing to slip, toll. tell, and patrol,
op6 mi % lln bv which x,ni, cnaI oanh
one of them.
3. Analyze and define melee, suite,
heXameter, hind, and SqualQr.
4. Give the etymology of photography.
3. Give the signification of peri, auto,
anti, ad, and trans, and make use of them
in words according to your definition.
8. Name the different kinds of accent.
Illustrate.
Z. Define and give examples of primi-
tive, derivative and compound words.
ARITHMETIC.
Omit tlro.
T. P. HARRIS.
|. Bellaire. O.. Mar. |, 1886. For value
received, six months after date, prom
Use to pay to John Jay, or order, five hun
dred dollars. Henry May. Endorsements,
Dec. 3, 1887, 800; Dec Is, 1888, $40. What
amount is due Jan. II, 1890?
2. How many bricks (2X4X8 in laid on
their sides will it require to pave yard
40x20 feet? d?
8. Sold 1000 bushels wheat and invested
the proceeds in sugar, charging 3per cent.
for selling and per cent. for buying; my
commission amounted to SS4; how much
per bushel did obtain for the wheat?
4. The perimeter of piece of land in
41na Of il0ta fr-io &c
rods: what is the area?
5. What is the cost of the following at
S25 per acre: 26 a., 2 r, 36 p.; II a., g., "A p.;
1925 a.; quarter section, and lot 40
rods by 20 chains?
6. A merchant marked pair of boots
which cost him So, to sell at % per cent.
advance. What per cent. can he fall on
this selling price and make 15 per cent.
on the cost?
z. Mr. Duncan offered to sell me his
house for $1,000 cash in hand, or note
for 5000, due in year, s months, with
out interest; l accepted the latter offer:
did he gain or lose thereby, and how
much, interest being at 6 per cent?
GEOGRAPHY.
(Ornit tIco)
l. Give proof that the earth is an oblate
spheroid.
2. If the earth's axis were inclined 90
what would be the width of each zone?
3. Explain why our days are longest in
June and shortest in December.
4. What form of government has San
Salvador, Egypt, Persia, Japan, Russia,
Morocco, and Tunis, and what is the ruler
styled?
5. What do you understand by the fol-
lowing: Great Britain, British Isles, Brit
ish Empire, United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland?
6. What direction is Paris from Colum-
bus? Washington from Rio Janeiro =: