The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-10-09
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
List of Questions Prop0unded on Sat.
urday, October 4th.
GRAMMAR.

GRAMMAR.
Explain how grammar should be |
taught to pupils of the fourth and fifth |
reader grades.
What is infection? What parts of
speech are infected? What are the |
different infections called?
What important questions on gram
mar were discussed at the last H. G. T. A.?
Give, in the indicative mode, synop-
sis of sdw as a strong verb.
Define etymology, paradigm, redund-
ant verb, and partitive object.
Change the following to the opposite
voice. saw the star fall He was seen
writing the letter. Columbus discover
ed America. He sent his daughter
home.
Write three rules for forming the
plurals of nouns.
Give five constructions for the infini-
tive phrase, and illustrate each.
Form derivative word from each pre-
fix and define each word: anti, pre-, ir,
peri, super, and inter.
Diagram:
ut is one OF the most marvellous facts
in the natural world that, though hy-
drogen is highly intlammable, and OK.
ygen is a supporter of combustion, both,
combined, form an element, water,
which is destructive to fire."
HISTORY.
What is treaty? What was the first
European treaty written in English?
What great histories have you read
Which OF these do you deem the great
est?
Name the great biographies you have
read, and the author of each.
hseto n
work of each.
Name four important events closely
connected with the life of Benjamin
Franklin. OF Alexander Hamilton. OF
Abraham Lincoln.
State the two ways in which amend.
ments to the Constitution may be pro.
posed. The two ways in which they
may be ratified.
How did Sherman capture Atlanta
What was the effect?
What candidates for the presidency
were nominated in 1872? Who was
chosen?
| Why was johnson impeachedf What
was the result?
What important legislation has been
enacted by the present Congress?
PHYSIOLOGY AND NARCOTICS.
Explain (a) the function of the ella o
the bronchi; (b) the Will of the intes
tines.
| (a.) What part does the bile perform
in the digestion of foods? o. What il
the panereas?
! (a.) Describe the arrangement OF the
gray and the white matter in the brain
and spinal cord. o. OF what is each
substance composed?
Name, locate, and describe the tunics
and lenses of the eye.
(d.) What are the lacteals? (b.) The
thoracic duct? (c.) The receptaculum
chilli
What are the several causes of curva.
ture of the spine?
Why does drinkers face become per.
mantly Redeemed
(o) What are fermented drinks
(b.1 What are distilled drinks? (c.) Is
the continued use OF fermented drinks
less dangerous than the use of distilled
drinks?
| (a.) What organs suffer the greatest
disturbance from the use of alcoholic
drinks? (b.) Why?
(a.) Prove that alcoholic drinks will
not enable one to endure extreme cold.
(b.) Does alcohol generate heat?
GEOGRAPHY.
In what direction would the shadow
of a staff fall if placed on the equator at
noon to-day? If at the tropic of Capri
corn? If at the North Pole?
What rivers flow into the Caspian Sea?
What two meridians divide the earth
into Eastern and Western hemispheres
What would be the width of the zones
if the tropics were 81 degrees from the
equator?
Bound France, describe its govern.
ment, principal rivers, and its product
ions.
What large cities in or near the lati-
tude of Columbus all around the globe
Locate Sargasso Sea, and tell how it
| is formed.
Name the divisions of Australia and
give capitals.
How are oceanic currents produced :?
How are tides produced?
| Explain how the water is elected from
a geyser. When is the earth nearest the
sun? Why?
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
| What educational papers do you take :?
| Name two articles that you have read in
the last copies received.
| What poem in McGuffey's Fifth Read
er is said to be the best of its kind written
in the English language? Who wrote
it? What did Byron say of this poem ?
Did You attend the Association at
Lynchburg last Saturday ? What bene.
fits did you derive Tfsi8 h ss r
] How do you teach readingf What