Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-01-30
TEACHERS QUESTIONS.
Examination held in st. Clairsyille. on
Jenuary 25th:
ARITHMETIC.
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:. {. MURPHY.

Jenuary 18th:
ARITHMETIC.
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5 c. MURPHY.
l. What is rule? \ principle? Which
should be taught first? Why:
=. | purchased 1886 yards of goods at
10. 10 and off; my discount amounting
to S24 Is, what was the cost per yd tome:
B. Define payee, maker, endOrser. and
holder of note.
4. can invest $1,000 in Philadelphia
As at 961a per cent, or Cincinnati IS at
l0915 per cent, brokerage in each case =
per cent. Which is the better investment
and how much?
3. \, b, and { form a partnership for
l6 months, A putting in at first $500 b
S9O0, land $500; at the end'Of months
A draws out $500, b 800, and { 500: \
puts in $500, B $500, and c S4U0 at the end
of the 18th month. They close out at the
end of the time for S2,2OO: how shall they
divide?
g. | sell John Williams 90 yards calico
at 61zc per yard, yards muslin at l2c,
hat at 81 %, two pairs of shoes at - %
per pair, and q yards cambric at zoe per
yard. | receive III payment Is doz. eggs
at 2Oc, 20 lbs. butter at I6c. and the bal
ance in money. Make bill of the above
and receipt Williams
Z. How many bushels of wheat in bin
"a ft. long. II it wide and s it. deep:
What is the weight of the same?
GEOGRAPHY.
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l. Describe the government of the Do
minion of Canada.
=. Write concerning the surface, drain
age, extent, products, and government of
Brazil
3. Upon what does the distribution of
animals depend? Where are the follow
ing found: Giraffe, chamois, kangaroo,
llama, and moose?
4. Name the several branches of the
Caucasian race, and designate the one to
which you belong, and also the Gar.
.. Name the several movements of the
waters of the ocean and tell how each is
produced
6. What city on the Neva?? the Po ? the
BosphOrDs? the Delaware? the RhOne:
the Tf:.mes? the Cumberland? the
Ganges? the Genesee? the Nile?
Z. Name an agricultural product of each
of the following countries: Java, Egypt,
Spain, England, China, India. Cape Col
y a. d.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
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TIP. HARRIS.
l. What faculties of the mind are cult
waited i'll the study of history?
.. What incentives do you present to
the minds of the pupils?
3, How do you break up monotone in
reading?
4. Name at least five advantages to be
secured in written exercises, in teaching
grammar.
5. How do you teach the words of
reading lesson?
6. Give your opinion of the following
methods of calling on pupils in recitation:
consecutive, promiscuOuS, and stimuli
taneouS.
:. When do you punish pupils? How?
GRAMMAR.
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l. How do you determine the part of
speech of words?
2 Which should be taught first, an
alysiS or SyntheSis?
3. Write complex sentence containing
an adjective clause, and change it to
simple sentence by abridgment.
4. How is the pOssessive case of nouns
formed? Write the pOssessive singular
and plural of elephant, hero, lady, monkey,
woman.
3. Pluralize negro, piano. zero, hOof, t,
6, chimney, valley, why, ox-cart
6. Give five rules for punctuation. IL
luStrate
Z. Diagam:
And when the evening pale
Bows, like mourner on the dim blue wave,
| stay to hear the night winds wall
Around thy grave,
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
(On'it any tiCo Of the first ~
l. OF what does the motor apparatus of
the body consist?
2. Locate the following: Sternum, thor
AK, pelvis, Sacrum, cOccyX, clavicle, ulna.
patella, diaphragm, pharynx.
3. What is digestion? Name five diff
ferent digestive fluids
t. Describe the two kinds of nerve mat
ter. How are they arranged in the brain
and spinal cord?.
8. Explain fully the causes and uses of
the coagulation of the blood.
6. What has DR.. Hayes, the Arctic Ex-
plorer, said concerning alcoholics
Z. How does tobacco effect the stomach
and in what does it result?
s. What is the effect of alcohol on the
blood?