The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-07
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
HIST Of Questions PrOpOunded on Sat.
urday, May I'd.
GEOG

GEOGRAPHY.
Whist are land and sea breezesf How
paus.,d2
What three motions has the sea
Give cause of each.
Bound Oklahoma and tell something
of its history.
WHAT are antipodes? Who are our
,Gntipodes?
What aud where are Tacoma7 Air?
Reading? Leadviile? Ghent? Sara
Where is there no latitude? Where
NO longitude? Where is there neither
latitude nor longitude?
When it is noon Standard Time at
Hilsboro, what is the Standard Time at
Cincinnati? Philadelphia Denver 2
San Francisco?
Which is larger, Europe or the U. S.
Texas or Alaska? California or New
England?
Describe the drainage of Ohio.
Draw map of Pennsylvania and locate
its principal rivers and cities.
HISTORY.
When and where was the first per.
Smanent French settlement made in the
u. s? Dutch Spanish
What can you say of the debate be-
tween Webster and Hayne?
What are the provisions OF the 18th
amendment to the Constitution Why
was it adopted?
What is the approximate amount of
the public debt of the U. s. at present?
When was the U. S. out of debt :?
What do you consider the main issue
between the Republican and Democratic
parties at present?
Name the several comnandersin-
chief Of the British army during the
Revolution.
How often and on what day does
Congress assemble ? Who was the pre-
siding officer of each house during the
last Congress?
What was the commercial problem of
the 18th century? Was it solved?
Who was the first Chief Justice of the
u. s.? Who is the present incumbent?
Describe the boundaries of the U. s.
rs they were in lS4G.
Define the following: Neuter verb,
compound verb, primative verb, strong
verb, weak verb. Give examples of
each.
From what are ad verbs derived? Give
examples.
What is an adjunct? What parts of
speech connect sentences? .
Write three sentences each of which
contains collective noun denoting
unity. Write three each of which con-
tains collective noun denoting plurality.
Should an adjective always agree in
number with the noun it limits? Is
there an exception to the rule? Give
an example.
Write sentence containing COM
pound proposition. One containing
complex proposition.
Correct if necessary: She brought
home two pairs of shoes. Of all other
vices, lying is the worst. Idleness and
vice 60 hand in hand. That is the parent,
this is the child. Let everybody attend
to his own business.
What may be mistaken for verb in
the passive voice?
Diagram the following sentence and
give construction of italicized words:
''Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs
Upon uneasy pallets strstcllSng thee,
And haskGd with buzzipg night flies to thy
slumber,
Than in the perfumed chambers Of the great,
Under the csnopies Of costly state
And tuteG with sounds Of sweetest melody"
Give the construction of the italicized
words IN tne iOllOWlnGs
''The srmy surgeons made him limbs
Said he, They're only pegs,
But there's as wooden members quite
As represent my legs.'"
PHYSIOLOGY AND NARCOTICS.
What is anatomy? Physiology? Hy-
giene?
What is cell?
Of what does the digestive ap-
paratus consist
Illustrate what is meant by perfect
food.
Where are the tonsils? What is their
function?
How many ribs in the human body
What are false ribs Floating ribs?
What are muscles? Tendons? Fas-
ciae?
What are arteries? veins7 Capil-
1aries?
Do you believe stimulants and narcot.
les to be injurious Explain fully.
Why is physical exercise necessary to
health?
Square 13 by using and 7.
500 in years and 8 months give
1915 interest, what sum will in of the
time give $l35 interest?
coAu SoOuo az 5Aau VI ~ per Ccut.
II they had cost cost me $3.50 more than
they did, would have lost 20 per cent.
by the sale. How much did the goods
cost me?
4304.75. New LKxIEGgsN, O., Mar. 10, ,SI,
For value received, six months after
date. i promise to pay A. Riley, or order, |
Three Hundred and Four 75.1OO Dollars. |
u. MCMAHON.
Indorsed Nov. 3, 1882. 1926.
What is due to-day?
Add aal the prime numbers from / to
SO inclusive and extract the square root
of the sum to the third decimal place.
Separate 81 ,2529 into three factors
which are as the numbers I,.2} and 8.
If IL yards of cloth cost 81, what will
II yards cost? Solve by analysis.
Two persons, A and B, at the ::ends of
. bar 5 feet long carry load of $50
pounds. A is stronger than 3 in the
ratio of 3 toe. At what distance from
A must the load be suspended? What
part of the load does each carry?