The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-07-07
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS. |:
List Of Questions Propounded on Sat.
urday, July 2.
ARITHMETIC.

cent, or New York Central IN ut 95 per |
cent; which will be the moro profitable
and by how much?
Fiad the volume of watermelon |
whose longer diameter is IS inches, and
shorter diameter IL inches.
Havings sold consignmentoi coffee on
3 per cent. commission, am instructed
to invest the proceeds in city lots, after |
deducting my commission of2 per cent. |
NV whole commission is $285. What |
was invested in city lots
A and B can perform piece of work |
in 5.1l days, b and q in u days, A and |
c in 6 days. In what time would each |
Of them perform the work alone?
A speculator gained 80 per cent on
35 OF his investment and lost per cent |
on the remainder, when his net profits |
were S72O; what would have been his
profit had he gained 80 per cent. on 2 5
and lost per cent. on the remainder ?
If one bushel of wheat will make 48
lbs. OF flour, how many barrels of flour
will farmer get from the contents OF a
bin 10 feet by feet by feet filed with
wheat, the miller taxing per cent. toll
for grinding?
per cent. OF 2-5 is what per cent of
1907 Give analysis.
A conical tent whose slant height is
l2 feet, requires 1872 feet Of canvas to
cover it. How many square feet of
ground does the tent cover?
Find the bank discount OF $500 for 2
years months at s per cent; also the
net proceeds. A
What per cent. shall receive on my
money if buy stocks at ll0a, which pay
| 10 per cent. dividend?
PHYSIOLOGY.
Name the several uses of bones. How
do bones grow How are bones repaired?
What are the the appendages OF the
skin? What are the functions OF each
Name the integumentary glands.
What is histology? Osteology Myo-
logy? Pneumorogy Angiology?
What are the designs in cooking food ?
Name some animalcnlae found in meat.
Define decussation. What is the special
function of the Medulla Oblongata?
Name the excretory organs, and tell
" hat each excretes.
What is the condition OF the eye in
nearsightedness What kind of glasses
should nearsighted person wear?
What is anatomy? What is compare.
tive anatomy?
NARCOTICS.
Name three varieties of alcohol From
what is common alcohol made?
Which is heavier, alcohol or water
How may this be illustrated?
At what temperature does alcohol
yaporize? What Importance is attached
to this fact?
Explain the action Of alcohol upon
the bodily heat
What are the princial scientific uses
to which alcohol is put
i GRAMMAR.
Decline the following Who, John,
goodness. Decline the word Parks" in
The following sentence: John Parks
was brave man."
Name all the uses OF the pronoun.
''Tis double death to drown in ken OF shore
He ten tiples pains that pains beholding food
To see the salve doth make the wound ache
Great grief grieves most at that would do il
good"
Is there mere than one sentence in the
above? Ii so, how manyP
How many methods of abridging sen.
teuces? Give examples by writing sen.
tences and abridging.
Define new, weak, old, and strong con-
jugation. How many forms has the new
coniugation i? The old? Name all the
forms of "Row," "Give." What form
OF the verb is found in ".Give" that il
wanting in "Row"?
Write a sentence containing an adject
i've clause, the connective being rela
tive pronoun; one the connective con.
junctive adverb one containing an ad
verbal clause, the connective being q
conjunctive adverb one the connective
coDjnnctive.
Ask three questions in grammar that
you cannot answer.
What is the adverbial predicate? What
is the objective predicate adjective
Write sentences illustrating each.
Correct if necessary: Either you OF
are in the wrong. When does your
father and mother come home? Horses
are of the plural number because they
denote more than one. cannot bear
to think of the children being left alone
in the cold world. $50 to speak" is q
pet phrase of our ministef.
Name the conjunctive adverbs in the
following sentences:
l know where Patagonia is.
1t was lying on the table when l saw it
He sleeps whenever night overtakes
him.
Ii all do not contain conjunctive ad
verbs why not?
Diagram the following sentence and
give construction of italicized words
''Tbese are thy glorious works. Parent Of good
"A Almighty. thine this universal frame.
Thus wondrous fair; hyseJ how wondroul
than
: Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens
To us invisible. OK dimiy seen
In these thy lowest works"
HISTORY.
What was the Whisky Rebellion? Ths
Whisky Ring?
Name the three kinds OF colonial gov
! ernments. Under WHICH form had thu
people the greatest political rights?
. Who were the Huhkers? The Round
heads?
Who may be Presidential Electors
How are they chosen? To how many il
, each state entitled?
Name the ex Presidents who died be
tween 1860 and 1870. Name those livini