The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-09-16
for the Citadel Scholarship.

Examination for the Citadel Scholarship.
The competitive examination for the ben
efciary scholarship in the South Carolina
Military Academy was held in this place
last Thursday, September 10th, and was
conducted by Messrs. S. A. Nettles, j. NJ.
Knight, and DR.. w. E. Brown. There
were but two applicants, Mr.. G. R. Harvln,
of Manning, and Mr. S. P. Holiday, of Pa
nola. The examination was the shortest
and easiest competitive examination we
have ever seen, and as these competitive
examinations are constantly being held,
we publish the questions used on this oc-
casion as guide for those who may here
after desire to compete in such examina-
tions. And as examinations are now al
most always conducted in writing it would
be good idea, and time we'll spent, to
write out this examination paper in full. The
trouble with many persons when they at
tempt to stand written competitive exam
ination is that they have never before at
tempted to write out an examination paper.
In preparing for an examination it is per-
fectly Il Ultimate to get all the help one can
in the form of old examination papers and
such, and if, after having carefully studied
up oo all the branches, he would then
write out in full all the papers he has, 1t
would be time we'll put in. There is no
better way to learn how to do q thing than
by doing it.
| GEOGRAPHY.
| l. What grand divisions of the earth's
surface lie in the Western Hemisphere: !.
2. What line separates the Northern and
Southern Hemispheres Through what
countries does it PASS?
/ 5. Name the five great lakes OF North
America, and the river through which their
waters flow into the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Name five of the principal rivers that
drain the eastern slope of the Appalachian
range Of mountains.
5. Name two rivers Of the United States
that empty into the Pacific Ocean.
6. Bound South Carolina.
z. Name five of the principal rivers OF
South Carolina
s. Name and locate the capital Of the
United States.
9. Name and locate the capital of South
Carolina.
10. Name the capitals of the following
named countries: Brazil, France, Russia,
China.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
l. When and where was the first perma-
nent colony in America established by the
English
3. When and where was the first perma-
nent settlement made in South Carolina?
3. How many separate English colonies
were there in America in l76O: Name
them.
4. What nation had colonies north Of
them? What south of them?
5. What wars did the English colonies
engage in previous to the Declaration of In
dependence?
s. Name five battles Of the Revolution
ary War.
Z. Name three American naval victories
during the war Of 1872.
8. What brought about the war with Mex
leo?
9. What accessions of territory were &C
quired from France? What from Russia?
10. When was Fort Sumter bombarded
by the Confederates? When and where did
General R. E. Lee surrender his army!
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
!. Dictation (The examiner aeM dictate
orully three or four sentences for the candidates
to aorde ont, as test of their kno,cledJe Of or
biography and putctuation)
bo IF Srappb Of the Emo
iish language, and give an example of each.
3. Write a sentence in which the same
word is used as an adjective and as noun.
4. Write sentence containing transl-
tive verb in the active voice.
5. Write sentence containing verb IN
the passive voice.
6. Write sentence containing an intran-
sitive verb.
z. Name the Moods and lenses.
s. Distinguish the parts Of speech IN the
saw swallow fly over the pond and swal-
low large fly"
g. Point out the errors if any, in the fol-
lowing sentence: Life is dreary waist to
him who lets his talents lay idle"
ARITHMETIC.
l. Divide 8 by .375.
2. Multiply % 6 by 1926.
8. Find the greatest common dlvIsor OF
357, 459, and l53.
4. Find the least common multiple of Is,
As, and los.
5. Define interest per cent.
E. What per cent of l56 lbs. is 54.6 lbs.
z. Find the interest on S3,2l6 at per
cent for years, months, II days.
s. Find square root of 2443 36.
9. Find cube root OF 3Sl2.Ol6.
10. If S460 gain S4l.40 in one year and
six months, how long will it take $1,000 to
gain the same sum at the same rate OF in
terest?
Following is what each applicant made
on the above papers:
C. r. Harvin: Arithmetic, 100: geogra-
ply, 90; history, 964; grammar, 81. Aver
age, 92S.
S. P. Holladay: Arithmetic, 40; geogra-
ply. 81; history, 49,; grammar, 20. Aver
age, 59s.
Mr.. Harvin having made the highest av-
erage is therefore entitled to the beneficiary