The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-04-09
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
List Of Questions Propounded ON Sat.
urday, April 4th.
GRAMMAR.

What parts of speech may "that" be :?
Illustrate.
How are sentences classified with re-
spect. to form? illustrate and define
each.
Classify subordinate elements, and il.
lustrate each.
Parse the quoted words in the follow.
ing: The sooner "the" better. His
"brother Johns" daughter was married
"Whom" the shoe fits ''let' him "put"
it on.
What grammars have you studied T?
What is the true aim OF grammar ?"
What is a diphthong, digraph and
trigraph? Give an example Of each.
What is the alphabet of a language
The word is derived from what?
Are ~ and q vowels or consonants in
the followipg-body, wagon, now, won.
der, young and myrtle?
What is Figure of Etymology? A
Figure of SyntaK? A Figure of Rhetoric
Diagram
''Heaven's youngest. teemed star
Hath fixed her polished car,
Her sleeping Lord with handmade lamp at
And all about the courtly stable
Bright. .harnessed angels sit in order service
able"
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
How do you secure punctuality and
good lessons
Mention some of the most serious
difficulties you have in managing your
school?
Do you intend to attend the next
Teachers Institute? What benefits may
be derived from Teachers Institutes ?
Do you have q program for your daily
work? What are the advantages of one?
State something in favor OF and solne-
thing against raising hands, swapping
fngerS, ETC., in recitation.
What is education, and..what part scan
the teacher perform?
What is your purpose in furnishing
an unruly pupilf How should it be
done to effect your purpose How may
you do it so as to defeat yourself?
Why do you have examinations in
schoolf
Name few essential elements to The
success of the teacher.
What works on teaching have you
read? From which one did you derive
the most benefit? Name some things
learned from it.
Optional: Define conception and per-
ception. What is the relation Of judg-
nc,t to reaso~insf
PHYSIOLOGY AND NARCOTICS.
Why are students very liable to cold
feet What gives the tipler his red
nose?
Locate: vertebrs prominens, acetabu-
lum, acromian process, mastoid process,
hyaloid membrane. y
Compare the demoYalization in the
cases Of the opium user and the alcohol
drinker.
What ID the origin OF muscle? The
insertion !? Name two muscles and give
their origin and insertion.
Why does q child require more sleep
than an adult?
What circumstances stimulate the
salivary glands to secrete saliva copi-
ouslyf
What is the effect of alcohol upon oxi-
dation? Does alcohol exist in nature ?
Name the elements composing alcohol.
What five reasons would you give q
boy to teach him that tobacco should
not be used? Should q teacher use
tobacco in any formf
Why do we breathe? How do we
breathef
Describe the brain ~ as to its divis-
ions, ~ as to the function Of each part,
(S) as to arrangement of gray and white
matter, and (4) as to its protection.
ARITHMETIC.
A, B and G contribute 1920 toward
building church situated miles from
A, 3 miles from B, and miles from @.
They agree to pay in proportion to the
reciprocals> Of their distances. How
much did each pay2
A man sold goods to the amount of
$500, taking in payment April prom.
issory note for sixty days, bearing in.
terest at per cent. from date, which he
:ndorsed and had discounted at the bank
April 20 at 7 per cent. How much did
he receiver
If 4 of AS number of sheep plus A. of
BIS number equals 180, and 4 of BIS num-
Der is to I OF AS number as 6.7 to 4 !:
how many has each?
Find the sum of money whose true
discount by simple interest for years
is $50 more at 6 per cent. than at 5 per
cent.
96 divided by 8, multiplied by s, multi
piled by l2,divided by 8, minus 40, multi.
piled by 8, plus Is, plus 70 multiplied by
8 plue Al multiplied by 3,multiplied by o,
multiplied by 6, plus 3, multiplied by 4,
equals whatP Show work.
If . merchant buys goods ct 20 and 10
per cent. of from list price, and sells ct
= profit OF 80 per cent. and gains e24, what
is the list price OF the goods 7
What II thu aoliditv of the Aaxkh In