The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-06-27

8. Give the laws of memory and illus
trate two.
9. What are the subdivisions OF the
comparative power, and what is Its office.
z. Give an analysis OF tue sensibilities.
8. Distinguish consciousness from con-
science.
0. What makes an act one for which we
are responsible2
10. Prove that you are free agent.
RHRroRIo.-Supt. B. II. johnson.
1. How does rhetoric differ from gram
mar and logicf
Q. Name in order the parts of an oration.
8. Define style and name its essential
elements.
A. Name the figures of speech in the
following;
(a) Ye arc the light of the world.
(b) And there are also many other things
which Jesus did, the which IL they should
be written every one, suppose that
the world itself could not contain the
books that should be written.
8. Define taste and give directions for
its improvement.
6 In what respects does poetry differ
from prose, and what is its missionf
BOTANY. -Supt. B. Il. Johnson.
1. Name and define the two grand diys-
ions Of the vegetable kingdom.
2. Define the terms endogen, exogen,
scrogen, thallogen.
3. What are the general forms of vena-
ton? Give examples.
A. What are the main points of differ
ence between plant and an animal. Q)As
to their composition2 (2) Their structure?
(3Their nutrition2
s. State what part OF the plant you eat
when you eat potatoes, onions, cabbage,
strawberries, celery, watermelo ms, opium.
GEOMETRY Principal q. M. d. Eckles.
1. The sum of three angles Of triangle
equls two right angles.
Q. A straight railway passes two miles
from town. A place is four miles from
town and one mile from the railway. Find
by construction how many places answer
description. Construct the figure.
II Ok x 9y, what is the ratio Of to W
Prove.
4. Ifs: b::c:d, prove that plus b
a - b: plus d C - d.
8. If from point without circle, a tan
gent and a secant be drawn, the tangent is
a mean proportional between the VIII ole
secant and the part without the circle.
6. Find the area of triangle whose
sides are 70, 81 and 4S inches respectively.
Z. In park there is a circular drive
whose outer circumference is 854 yards,
feet, inches, while its inner circum-
ference is 6l0 yards, 2 feet, 7,2 inches.
How wide is the drive?
ATIN.-Supt b. r. Johnson.
l. Write short biography of Cesar.
Q. (a) Ga)lia est omnis diviSa in parties
tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, allan
Aquitania, tertiam, qui ipsorum liHgua
Celtae nostrs CALI appellantur. Gallos ab
Acquitanis Garumna humen; Belgris
Matrona ct SeqIana diuida.
% Interea ea leg ioue, guam secum
habebat militibusque, qui ex provincial
conpenerant lacu Lemanno, uui in fiumen
Rhodanum influit, ad montem Juram, qui
| fines Sequanorum ab Helvetii dividit, milia
passuum decem novem murum, in altitu-
| dem pedum sedecim, fossamque perduict.
3. (a) Divlsa est. Why not dviditurP
(b) Why not divisus est, instead of
divisa est,
(c) How can you account for the CON-
pound subject Matrona ct Sequana having
a singular verb?
(d) Guam, parse and decline to the voca-
tive singular.
| (e) Where is conve nerant found?
NATURAL PHILosopHY.-SuptJ ]. A. Meyers.
1. Name and illustrate five universal
properties of matter.
| Q. A body is thrown downward with an
initial velocity of ten feet perlsecond, give,
| O distance it falls in seconds, (2) the
distanceit falls in the fourth second, and
| (3) the velocity at the end of the fourth
second. Give formula.
3. A sytem Of three movable and three
fixed pulleys, with cord attached to NOV
able block, acts upon weight resting OF
an inclined plane In direction parallel Il
plane which is 10 feet long and feet high
give relation of power to weight
A. Explain latent heat, and illustrate thu
case OF ice, water, and steam.
o. Explain the three modes Of heat, con
duction, convection, radiation.
9. Describe and explain yoltaic cell.
7. On what do the .hree elements Of
sound, intensity, pitch and quality depend
8. Construct an image for an object ly
ing between the principal focus and twic,
the focal distance of double convex lens
ENGLISH LITERATURE. E.-Supt. b, II. John son
1. What are the ages of English an,
American literature.
2. Who in America were contempt rar
with Addison, Burns, Scott, Dickens2
3. Who wrote Tam O'Shanter job
Gilpin, Ivanhoe, Vanity Fair, Uncle Tom
Cabin, Robert Elsmere2 Who wrote tn
criticism Of Esmerep
Name your favorite authors, an
state why you deem their productions e
) pecially elevating IN their character.
8. Tell me not In mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream"2
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem
9. a. Explain the term mournful nun
a bers.
b. Why is.the second line enclosed |
quotation marks2
u c, Is the expression, "Life is but q
" empty dream" rhetOr zeal figure2 II 8
what figure is III
d. Scan the first line and name Il
q meter employed.
!. G. Who wrote this? In what poem2
EAMRs OF SENIORS.
A Nellie Baird, Laura Il. Bernhard, Mert
7 NJ, Bidleman, Ida f, Burgess, Lizzie
4 4. NJ