Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-09
ORTHOGRAPHY
T. P. HARRIS.
(Onit tlpO.l

l. Illustrate the different kinds of ac
cent. What is the general tendency OF
accent?
2. Give the Specification of the follow.
ing prefixes: ad, con, counter, NAL, trans
3. Give the proper sound of each
vowel in the following: Made, father
mother, deficit, path, moon, food, dove
4. Into what three general classes are
the elementary sounds of the English
language divided? Give examples.
5. What is the difference between a
digraph and dipthong. Examples.
6. Tell which are substitutes, and for
what substituted in the following:
Ocean, busy, chicanery, quart, social.
z. State the difference between equiv
aients and cognates. Illustrate.
WRITING.
Give the principles of the system of
penmanship which you teach. Give a
specimen of your penmanship.
HISTORY.
(Omit tloO)
:, l. Of what States did the Southern
Confederacy consist? Which one seced-
ed first? When? What slave holding
States refused to secede?
2. Give an account of the organiza-
ton of the Northwest Territory, and
the provisions in its ordinance.
3. Who wrote "The Star-spangled
Banner?" State the incidents which led
to the production of the song?
4. When was slavery introduced into
the colonies? When and how was it
abolished?
5. Under whose administration did
the following events occur: The war of
1872, John Browns raid, Lees surren-
der, the assault on Ft. Sumpter, the
adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment
to the Constitution?
6. Who were Wolf and Montcalm?
When and where were they killed, and
what were their last words?
z. What were the differences in belief
between the Democratic and Republican
parties in the administration of Lincoln,
Johnson, Grant, and Cleveland?
GEOGRAPHY.
(Onit tiUo.)
JAMES DUNCAN.
l. Tell something about the erosion
of streams.
g. Give classification of mankind.
and give some of the causes for the
from the type.
3. Draw map of Florida, give its
advantages, and also its
history.
4. Locate four great maritime com
mercial cities, describe their trade, and |
give the history of its developement.
5. Upon what does the commercial |
value of iron depend? illustrate.
6. Draw picture of the Mississippi
and its delta, and locate the great cities
on its banks.
z. Tell how icebergs are formed, where
they are found, and how they come to
be there.
ARITHMETIC.
(Omit t1cO.)
l. Convert into decimal or common
fractions 81, .08, 2 3-11, 5.303.
g If a man walk 98 miles in 26 hours,
8. If q men, in % days of 10 hours
Zach, dig a trench 126 yards long, q
Yards broad, Il yards deep, how long a
,rench q yards broad, II yards deep,
will Sc men dig in 25 days of 81 hours?
4. Find the price of Al per cent stock
% equal 81 per cent stock at 88s.
5. Write the first three terms of the
'eries whose fifth and sixth terms are
IL and 224, respectively.
6. A grain of gold is beaten out to
,over Sc square inches. What weight
will be required for gliding the faces of
! cube whose edge is 81 feet?
z. A merchant of New York bought
If Glenn & Co., Manchester, Eng, $40
IDS cashmere at 16s Sd per yard; 500
ards tweed suitings at 12s Cd per yard;
md paid by bill of exchange on Liver
'Ool at $S,S4a. What was the cost of
he bill of exchange?