The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-01-12
BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
List OF Questions Propounded on Sat.
arday, January 2.
PSYCHOLOGY.

State and illustrate the difference be.
tween explicit and implicit judgment.
| In what did the wisdom of Socrates
consist? What lesson does this teach
| us?
What is the difference between i'm
plicit and explicit reasoning?
What is the difference between infer.
ence and proof?
State, define and illustrate the two
| kinds of proof.
Show clearly the difference between
inductive and deductive reasoning.
What can you do to train the reason.
ing powers of your pupils :?
Give examples OF ways in which you
can modify your methods to suit differ.
ent pupils.
What is a syllogism
| HISTORY.
| Who wrote the preamble to the Con-
stitution of the U. S.? Who wrote the
Constitution What are the provisions
mentioned in the preamble?
Give q short history of the formation
and adoption of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence.
Was Aaron Burr traitor? What was
his PLAN? Who reported this plan to
the government? What was the result
What cities have been capitals OF the
U. S. since 1776?
To what foreign power has the U. s.
paid tribute? Why was this done? How
was it stopped?
/ Whatgreat event characterizes the ad-
ministration of John Marshall as Chief
Justice of the U. s.? What. was Chief
Justice Taney's most noted decision2
| What is an executive session of Con.
gress? How many such sessions have
been held since the organization of our
government?
What battles OF the War of 1912 were
fought in Canada? Why were the
Americans more successful in their naval
battles in this war than in their land
battles?
What was the Toleration Act? The
Quebec Act? The Orders in Council /?
Outline the chief events of Harrison's
administration.
Diagram the following sentence and
parse italicized words:
Our brave soldiers are Mating tor your
help.
What are notifications Have Eng
lish words many infections
Why is person regarded in grammar
Is voice modification of transitive or
intransitive verbs? Why?
When is the active voice used, and
when the passive? What may be mis-.
taken for verb in the passive voice ?
Illustrate.
Name five uses of the present tense
and illustrate each.
When does a conditional or a concess-
i've clause require the verb to be in the
indicative ? When is the subjunctive
preferred? Illustrate.
State three theories as to the origin of
language. Which do you accept? Why ?
How many words are there in our
language =? How many do cultivated
people need to use for ordinary purposes
of speaking and writing? How many
are you able to use?
Diagram three sentences that you
learned from Prof. Vests instruction in
grammar at the recent meeting OF the II.
@. T. /. Parse three words, ths parsing
of which was discussed at the Institute.
ARITHMETIC.
Add ten thousand and one millionths !;
four hundred thousandths; 96 humid
redths; AZ million sixty thousand and
eight billiontbs
The longitude of Jerusalem is So S2>
east, and that of Baltimore 760 81 west (;
when it is 40 min. past 6 o'clock a. m. at
Baltimore what is the time at Jerusa-
lem?
If ~ men, working hours day for
Is SO days, were able to execute % OF
lob, how many men may be withdrawn
and the Job be finished in l5 days more,
if the laborers are employed only hrs.
day?
| If an article had cost me 1915 less, my
rate of gain would have been l5% more (;
what was my rate OF gain
The Sth term of an arithmetical series
is 76, and the 34th term 206 what is the
10th term?
\ Aand B go into partnership, each with
$4,5OO. A draws out 81 500, and B $500,
at the end of 8 months, and each the
same sum at tho end OF 6 and 8 months; /;
at the end of one year they quit with
81, 200; how must they settle
Il Exchanged 81 500 Of stock bearing 81.
interest 1t coz for stsck bearing IL in.
tsrest at 92%, the interest on each stock
having been just paid; what is my cash
gain, II money is worth 81 to me?
Find the sum whose true discount by
simple interest for years is S25 more at
81 than at A. per annum.
By discounting Q note ct lOf per an
mum get 10 70 393% per annum inter
est how long does the note run?
Find the solidity of frustrum of
cone, the diameters of the bases being l8
inches and 10 inches the altitude IL
inches.
| PHYSIOLOGY.
| What Is 'cold"? Tell how one takes
"cold." What is the natural method of
curing cold?
What are lymphatic glands? What are
mesenteric glands?
Name the several divisions of the in
testines. Name the glands of the in
testines.
Define abductor, protrsctor, and pro-
nator muscles.
Name and locate the lenses of the eye.
What is the function of eachP
Where does the blood become red :?