The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-14
AFTER CERTIFICATES.
The Authors Of the Questions In All
Probability Confounded Written and
/. Mental Arithmetic.

The examination yesterday was IN physics
geology and reading.
Following are the questions in physics tna1
were answered By the applicants:
Define body, substance, magnitude, specinc
property divisibility.
What 10 the atomic theory -.
What are the three laws Of motionE
Define inertia, osrnose, angie OF Ahcioen@ Gun
servation of energy, apneaiing. 49,.
How deep is a well that IL takes Stone iour
seconds TO reach ths bottom
Describe the pend ulum, COMPOUND ever
What is the difference between the inclined
plane and the screw.
Define and give causes OF echoes, mirage, evap-
Grafton.
What is the ea,ise of lightning; of thunder?
Explain your theory IN fuiI.
The geology examination was as follows:
What is the theory as to coal formations?
Give the different eras of geological forma-
ton.
igneous rock formation?
Describe gneiss.
The following was the test in reading:
What is ex preston, transition?
What are the physical requisites for good read
ing?
Define circumfiex, slur, meditation, cadence
Copy, punctuate, give quality of voice and
marx emphatic words
Woe oh woe she weeping cries
Mighty Zeus regard my signs
Oh how rash the boon craved
If the gods gave ear 10 me
If within the treacherous sea
He the raging storm has bTaved
The Moors have come from Africa
To spoil and waste and Stay
And King Aionzo of Castillo
Must fight with them today
In the room upstairs 103 teachers and aspirants
for teachers certificates gathered during the
forenoon. Ninety-five per cent of them were
attendants at the institute, and they were from
both King and Kitsap counties. The examina-
tons OF the day we're In theory and practice, Or
biography. arithmetic and grammar. The ques-
tons were a marked contrast to those pat 70 the
gathering down stairs. They were about as easy
as anyone could wish to have them. and super
intendent Pusey, who with Professor Meredith
and Professor Jones, is conducting the exanin-
alton sold last evening that high average per
cent. would be attained by the gathering. In
arithmetic, especially. was there a uniform high
grade shown in the papers that were corrected
and marked yesterday There are very few that
failed to answer at least 20 per cent OF the ques-
tio3s that are recorded below.
The arithmetic questions were the following:
Define bill, surface. cube circle, coupon.
A paid 81 I'D for house and lot, the
house being valued at $50 more than the lot;
what was the value OF each?
man sold a horse for $i2J. and received in
payment II yards of cloth a. So yard, aud
the balance IN tea st 62lz cents per pound: how
many pounds OF tea did ne get?
In bbs. OF walnuts, each containing 2 bu.,
3 pks., qts., how many bushels?
room is ~ It. long, IG fl. wide and II IT, high,
what is the distance from the lover 8. e. corner
to the upper y. ". corner?
bought a carriage for $780, and after paying
10 per cent for repairs, sold it at I219 per cent
profit: what was the gain on the cost, and
what was the selling price?
pound o. ia lasted a man Is days, and il
would have la Ted his wife II days; how long
woult pound lat both? Give complete
grocer paid Sc cents a pound for tea; for
Whist must he sell il to gain S713 per cent
Analyze in !uil.
From a cask one-third full of oil there leaked
out Il gallons. when there was found to be just
half The oil left. Required the capacity of the
cask. AnalyZe in full.
Following is the gramrncr test:
Name three methods of securing correct habits
OF speech III primary and intermediate grades.
Use the words between" and among" fol-
lowed by pronouns in complete sentences.
Diagram or analyze the following sentence, or
parse the words in italic: The honest telo
has genius for the small details of his business is
sure of success.
Define mood, tense, transitive, intransltive.
voice
Combine the following statements into a CON-
pick sentence; The quicksilver mines in Aus
tralia were discovered in 1877. They were dis
covered by peasant He was getting some
water from a spring He got the water in tub.
He coaId not move tie tuo 1t was too heavy.
Give the syntax of dictator in the sentence,
1.-The senate caused Suila to be proclaimed die
tator
Give the past tense of lie ito reeline); lay TO
place.: sit; set; beat (All in the indicative
mode)
Parse the infinitives in each of the following
sentences: He warned them TO fee from the
wrath to come. He seems determined to speak.
II Is stil! threatening to devonr him She is old
enough to 90 to school. ! was about TO write.
GIVE the essential characteristics OF good com.
position.
Write 100 words upon the following subject:
nj heir mn 10 To roe
The following questions in theory and prac-
tice were asked:
What is the object, or end sought, in the edu-
cation Of children?
What is meant by knowledge, power and skill
in teaching.
Name and discuss one fundamental principle
underlying the teachers art.
illustrate the analytic and synthetic methods
OF teaching reading.
How 90 you test the results of your work?
W hat are the objects OF the recitation?
When should the question method be used?
When should the topic method be used2
How should arithmetic be taught TO begin
ners? Develop your method.
Do you practice the self-reporting system In
your school? Why. or Thy not?
How can morality be most etfectually taught
in school?
The examination in photography was as fol-
lows:
Liar, spicy, 1eeey. salad, odor. posy, ceiling,
valor, valley, squirrel, Helen. heron. eighteen,
million, bilious, ciyics, collar. color, metal,
nettle, fiimsy, thumb, plum, heifers, bison.
Define photography; orthoepy ;.sy nonym; honl-
onym; accent.
Write out the words represented by the ab-
breyiations art, Dbl, chap, Dec, supt, inst,
Sat. NJ, capt, Mass.
Give the rules observed in spelling happily.
buyer. changing. hopping and babhiing
Form derivative words using the suffixes en-
or, ed. full less, iy. ance, and the prchxes IN,
in, dis Give the meaning of your words
The examination today will De in history and
limited States constitution. uhvsniour ynn-
graphy and school law and state constitution
The questions are comparatively as easy to an
swer as the ones propoundcd yesterday.