The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-09-24
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
list Of Questions Propounded on Sat.
urday, September 10.
PHYSIOLOGY AND NARCOTICS.

what forms is opium given to children
Name the principal carbonaceous or
non-nitrogenous food. Name the prin-
cipal nitrogenous foods.
Describe the situation and structure OF
the three kinds of valves in the heart.
How do the nerves OF the brain differ
from the spinal nerves?
Explain the cause of the craving due
to the habitual use OF narcotics.
How does alcohol produce double
vision? How is delirium tremens
caused?
Define apoplexy, asphyxia, appendix,
vermiformis, paraplegia, hemiplegia,
fontanelle.
What is the function of the Meibomian
glands? OF the liver? OF the kidneys?
What effect does alcohol have upon
the vaso.motor nerves? Explain care
fully.
Name the events in Garfeld's Admin
istration.
Why did the South secede?
Who began the systematic cultivation
of tobacco in Virginia? Name four i'm
portant effects the cultivation of tobacco
had.
In what State do women vote and hold
office the same as men?
What four important laws were passed
during President Cleveland's Admins
tration?
What is a bill? How may bill be-
come law?.
How did the tariff originate? When ?
What was the object OF our first tariff ?
Name the principal eventsin Harrison
and Tyler's Administrations.
What was the Bland Silver Bill? Why
did President Hayes veto this bill?
On what occasion did General Grant
use these words: "No terms except an u1a.
conditional and immediate surrender can De
accepted"
GRAMMAR.
Define natural language, perfect alpha
bet, digraph, tonics and national word.
Name three uses of the subjunctive
mode, and illustrate each by means OF
sentences.
write three rules for forming the
plurals of nouns. illustrate each.
Name three distinctions between per.
sonal and relative pronouns.
What is infection? Name the several
forms OF infection.
How do YOU determine the voice OF q
verb? How do you distinguish between
an indirect interrogative pronoun and
relative pronoun?
What is punctuation Do you pune
tuate your manuscript according to es
tablished rules? Whose?
Parse: "Ho,o do you do" ~ is three
o'clock" "Do you know Dho is in the
garden p
What is a gerund? What is weal
verb? illustrate each.
| Diagram,
| "Achill no coat, however stout,
OF homespun stuff could quite keep out,
| A hard, dull bitterness OF cold,
That checked mid-vein, the circling race
| or life blood in the sharpened face.
| The coming Of the snow-storm told"
PSYCHOLOGY.
Name two reasons for studying psy
chology.
How is any power of the mind de
veloped?
What is teaching?
Show that you can not succeed as :
teacher unless you know at what to aim
Should teacher limit himself to teach
ing what is in the textbooks ? Shoult
he teach everything there is in text
book? Give reasons for your answers
What three things are necessary II
succeed well in teaching?
Comenius said, if our pupils do no
learn it is our fault. Do you believe thi
is true? If SO, why? If not, why?
Does it ever happen that persona
qualities, to some extent, atone for lacl
OF skill on the part of the teacher? Elk
plain.
born? What reform did he work il
education?
Are you sure that such a thing a
absolute forgetfulness ever takes place
GEOGRAPHY.
What theory is advanced as possibl
cause of volcanoes?
| Locate two volcanic zones which en-
circle the earth.
What general law OF relief has beel
observed from a study OF the continents
What are the solstices? How many
When do they occur?
What political divisions does the Con
tinent of North America comprise?
What are the exports of Germany
How does it compare with England an
France in manufactures and commerce
How in education with other Europea
countries2
Give an outline of Africa. For whs
is it remarkable ? Locate all the mour
tains of Africa. Name the rivers {
Africa and tell where they flow. Nam
three large lakes. Describe its Govern
ment.
Describe the Volga river.
What three rivers in Germany empt
into the North Sea?
Name and locate three low plains {
South America. Where is the rainles
region? Why?
ARITHMETIC.
How many rails will inclose fiel
IA, 500 feet long by 10,36l feet wide, pr
j vided the fence is straight and z raj
J high, and the rails OF equal length an
the longest that can be used?
/ Two men are 644 miles apart, an
travel toward each other; when the
: meet one has travelled 81 miles MOI
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