Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-19
Teachers, Questions


The following questions were asked at
the Teachers Examination held in
GAINESVILLE, on Saturday, May 14th:
U. S. HISTORY.
Omit tlpo.
S. C. MURPHY.
/. Give an account of the troubles be-
tween President johnson and Congress.
2. How may a Territory become a
state? What was the first territory
admitted? When?
3. Name several leading men in the
Continental Congresses.
4. What was the attitude of the Re
publican party towards slavery in 1860?
5. Give an account of the destruction
of Hoods army.
g. How, when and of whom did we
obtain Florida?
z. Name the two Senators from Ohio,
New York's Governor, Commissioner
of Education, and the Commissioner of
Pensions.
WRITING.
l. What attention should be given to
WEltllk III IuC
2. When should children be taught to
use the pen and to make script letters?
8. Name and describe the several
movements.
4. Give the several elements and
principles.
5. Give some examples of exercises
suitable to develop movement.
ORTHOGRAPHY.
Omit tiUO
l. Define and give example of prefix,
suffix, synonym, diphthong, and aph-
thong.
2. Write twenty words from the geog-
raphy of England.
3. Give four good rules for spelling.
4. Define phonology, letter, syllable,
word, etymology and phonotypy.
5. What is the etymology of manufac-
ture, telegraph, malpractice, impale,
and affixf
6. What is substitute? Give the sub
stitutes for each of the several sounds
represented by o.
z. Analyze and parse ability and cir
cumnavigate.
ARITHMETIC.
(Omit tlpO.)
TIP. HARRIS.
l. A and B can do piece of work in
5 days. A and c and days, b and G in
10 days. How long will it take them to
do the work if they all work together?
2. Express 2 miles, 1873 rods, l yard as
the fraction of miles, 200 rods, 2 yards,
l foot, 6 inches.
8. An agent received $3,00025 with
which to purchase goods after deducting
his commission at .125 per cent. How
much was his commission?
4. What principal will produce $500
in year, z months at 6 per cent COM
pound interest, payable semi mi-annually?
5. Find day of maturity, the time to
run, the discount, and proceeds of the
following note: Barnesville, O., May IA,
1892. Three months after date, l promise
to pay John Jay, or order, five thousand
dollars, value received. Discounted
June "A, 1892, at per cent.
6. A man was offered $1,000 for a
farm, in cash, or $1,000, payable in 8
months, without interest. He chose tho
latter; how much did he loso or gain,
money is worth 10 per centI
z. If 20 square rods produce l bu II
of wheat, how many bushels ca e
raised on One-half square mile?
So GEOGRAPHY.
(Omit t,Uo)
l. Give the area and population of the
world, and the relative area of the grand
divisions.
2. What river systems drain Ohio?
What portions of the state is drained
by each?
8. Describe West Va. as to surface,
drainage, and productions, and tell when
and why it was made state.
4. Locate Q two important lakes, (2)
the highest mountain, (3) the largest
city, az the greatest river basin in each
of the grand divisions of the earth.
5. Locate Berlin, Constantinople,
Liverpool, Omaha, st. Petersburg, Bahia,
Moscow, Aspinwall.
6. Where are the great lumber regions
of our country? Iron? Coal? Tobacco?
Petroleum?
z. What is an avalanche? A glacier?
An iceberg? A siroeco?
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
(Omit tipO.)
JAMES DUNCAN
l. What is composition? How may it
be taught?
2. Discuss tardiness, its causes and
preventives.
8. Give the substance of the truant
law, and tell how it is enforced in your
neighborhoOd.
4. What may be the cause of listless-
ness? How can the teacher remedy it?
5. What should be the teachers pre-
paration for reading lesson?
6. What should be the pupils prepar-
alton for a recitation in reading?
z. Name the last teachers meeting
you attended. Name two things you
learned there.
PHYSIOLOGY, HYGIENE AND
NARCOTICS
(Omtt tuoo of the first fUe)
l. Give the anatomy of respiration.
2. Describe the spinal cord. Which
parts convey sensations?
3. What parts of the body are con-
cerned in the production of voice?
4. State what is meant by the circula-
tion, and what is its object.
5. What processes are generally term
ed vital? How are they essential to the
maintenance of life?
- 6. Classify alcoholic drinks.