Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-06-12
TEACHERS QUESTIONS.

The following questions were pro
pounded at the Teachers Examination
held at Belmont, Saturday, June eth:
GRAMMAR.
(Omt tloo)
S. C. MURPHY.
l What is infection? What classes OF
words are infected? Illustrate by one
example.
Define and give example of verbal
noun, indefinite prOnOun, relative adveTb
weak verb, and simile.
How are sentences classified with re
spect to form? Illustrate
What is a participle? Name and give
an example of each of the several kinds.
. Define government, agreement, and
relation.
Dispose of the words in italics: l de-
sire him to 90. He seems to hGoe been
only a child. 1t is marvellous to see the
workings of nature.
Diagram or analyZe:
But one who meriteth esteem need never
lack a friend;
For as the thistle-down flieth abroad, and
casteth its anchor in the soil,
So philanthropy yearneth for a heart,
where it may take root and blossom.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
COmit tlnO)
What is power of mind: Name
them in order of developement.
Give the etymOlOgy of the word edu-
cation.
How do you treat chronic case of
hardness.
4 In what way are teachers benefited
by attending Institutes and other teach
ers' associations?
8 Who is School Commissioner at pres
ent? What are his duties?
6 What should be the object of the reel
tation?
7What is gained by grading and class
flying the pupils of school?
PHYSIOLOGY, HYGIENE AND
NARCOTICS
Omit tIoo of the first fire.
What is a nerve? What are the uses
of the nerves?
2Define digestion, assimilation, and
secretion.
3Describe the organ of sight, and tell
how we see.
What force propels the blood through
the circulatOry organs?
What is muscle? Describe Its
structure and name its essential property.
6 What is narcotic? Name several.
What is poison? Name several.
How do you account for the fact that
alcohol lowers the temperature?
8 What power of the mind is especially
affected by the use of alcoholics?
HISTORY.
Omit tlrO.
TIP. HARRIS.
What questions were settled by the
great wars in which this country has
been engaged?
2 Explain the terms "Civil Service Re
form" and Tariff for Revenue Only"
3 Name the Presidential candidates in
the campaign of 1860, and the platform
of each party regarding slavery.
Who said: millions for defense, but
not one cent for tribute? What did it
mean?
5 Who was James Smithson? What
did he do for the advancement of science
in the United States?
6 What was the Stamp Act? When
was it passed? What led to its pass
age? Why did the colonies object to it ?
Z. When was the Omnibus Bill, and
what were its provisions?
ORTHOGRAPHY.
Omit tlUO
In what three classes are elementary
sounds divided? Give the number of
each class.
From what do the difficulties of pro-
nunciation arise?
Divide into syllables and mark the
accented syllable in the following: AS
pirant, finance, vehement, discipline, il
revocable, irreparable, opponent, illus
trate, extant, success.
4 What is substitute? Give five
examples.
Give names of eight diacritical marks,
and examples showing use of each.
Write ten words, using different
aphthong in each.
When have &C" and "g" generally
their hard sound? When the soft sound !?
Examples.
WRITING.
Write not less than seven lines as a
specimen of your penmanship.
ARITHMETIC.
QOmH tICo.)
JAMES DUNCAN.
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2 Define the following: Yard, chain,
bushel, gallon, and acre.
3If wheel turn IL 80 in '35 minutes,
in how many hours does it make COM
plete revolution?
4 In school 1924 are boys; 9-22 of the
girls are under 16, and 13 girls are over
16. How many boys and how many girls
in the school?
5 How many pounds of tallow must be
mixed with 81 pounds of roSin in order
that the mixture may contain 10 per cent.
of tallow?
Find day of maturity, the time to
run, the discount and proceeds of the
following note: Belmont, Ohio, Jan. 9th,
1885, Ninety days from date promise to
pay to the order of Peter Bright thirteen
hundred forty and 7O-1OO dollars, value
received. Discounted at per cent. Jan.
26. Geo. Wright.
How long can the windows and doors
of a school-room be safely kept closed
when occupied by so children, if the room
is 25 #. by 20 ft. and 10 ft. high? Each
person breathing spoils cubic it. of air
in minute.
GEOGRAPHY.
(Omit tlUO.)
Name the oceans and continents in
the order of their size.
2Locate and describe the following
rivers: Clyde, Jordan, Tigris, Zambesi,
Indus.
Give the width of the different math-
ematical zones.
Locate the following cities: Genoa,
Honolulu, Riga, Sidney, Mocha.
Bound Tennessee; give its capital and
natural features.
Describe an ocean steamer.
Describe the principal mountain
chains of Europe.
A GOOD SUGGESTION.
From the Dubuque, Iowa. Telegraph.
The adjournment of the Impeachment
court last Saterday, on account of Gen.
Weayer's belly-ache, cost the people of
this commonwealth nearly $500. One
dose of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhua Remedy wOuld have saved this