The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-09-07
CAN YOU ANSWER THEMP
A List of Questions Put to
-Would-be Pedagogues Last
Saturday.

Following 10 q list of the questions
asked applicants for teachers certificates
at the examination held last Saturday.
GRAMMAR.
/. Define bigraph, diphtbong and
double consonant, Give two examples OF
each.
2. Define each of the divisions of
English Grammar.
8. What 10 u redundant verb? Give
two examples.
4. How many a ad what offices have
pronouns? IllusTate by examples.
5. Give synopsis OF the verb recite,
passive form, third person, singular num-
Der.
6, From what is the English language
derived, and in what countries 10 IL the
national lauguage2
z. What IL a flnite verb? What is the
the advantage OF having pronouns2
8. Write n complex sentence contain
ing direct and an indirect object of a
verb, also, noun in opposition.
8. Write q compound sentence con-
tanning an adjective clause and an adj
verbal phrass aud underscore each.
10. What parts OF speech are used as
! subordinate connectives?
UNITED STATES HISTORY.
1. What colony was established by
| Oglethorpe2 What were his obj ects2
g. What can you say of the Connect
| cut constitution OF 1889?
8. Tell Of the death of Columbus and
what he accomplished,
4. When and where was the beginning
| of our common school system2
8. When wss the present site of Chi
| cepo n irst visited by white men?
| 6. Name the chief objective points in
the French aud Indian war.
| z. Name Eve living and five dead
| American writer's.
8. Name ten OF our greatest inventors.
8. Name ten American generals and
| associste an event with each one.
10. What Is meant by the fisherman
BiIl?n Is IL now " force?
| GEOGRAPHY.
/. Suppose the enrth's axis we're in-
clined 32 deRreee, what would be the
width Of each zone?
2. Beginning with Maine name and
locate the apital of each State and Ter
ritory,. touching the boundary Of the
| United States.
3. Describe the Gulf stream. State ita
effects and uses TO man.
4. When was the last census taken
What was the population OF the United
States, Ohio, Canton, New York City2
8. Bound the United States by longi-
tude and latitude.
6. What places have the same length
of day? What places have the sams
time of day?
8. Name the countries that border OF
the Mediterranean sea.
8. Bound West Virginia and give III
capital.
10. What meridisns divide the eartl
into an Eastern and Western Hemis
phere2
THEORY.
Iii !; Define intellect sensibiliiy' an'
2. What do you regard as the bes
, means of helping your pupils form habit
, Of careful observation?
8. What 10 the function of reviews?
a. Why do so many pupils dislike th
work of school?
8. What 10 teaching.
PHYSIOLOGY.
Define Physiology.
. 2. Give composition AZ d use OF bones
3. What 10 periosteum2
4. How do alcohol and tobacco affec
r the brain and nerves?
r 8. What changes are produced in tn
, air by respiration?
g.. How does breathing alter th
$ z What are the uses Of the spins
Il 8. How may disease result from th'
food we eat?
o. What diseases often arise fror
4 drinking impure water.
a 10, What 10 medulla?
, ARITHMETIC.
: 1. Reduce .a J u 30 to simple decimal
2. Wba' part OF 10 ! of6.
3. What number increased BY /, 4
. and ] OF itaeIf equals 1852
A. What is the hour when the time pas
: noon ia equal to 4 of the tims
. midnightP AnSIyza.
3. II exchange rs r. II. bonds Of S5C
q each, st 36 per cent below : az, for ban
n stock at per cent premiurn, how man
: shares of 500 each will | receive?
:. 6. A aud b. earn 800 aud divide il /
!, the ratio of Z to 4 how much ia each one
share?
z. A vat that will hold 5000 gallons c
= water will hold how many bushels c
q corn?
"A 8. II a tbrse-inch pipe will discharge
certain quantity OF water Ia two hours, l
o what time will twc-!rch pipes discharg
timea TIE quantity.
y 8. There are two numbers whose SUI
n IL IL, and whose difference is I
q what are the numbers?
% 10. A broker discounts 30 day notes I
= ii per cent month; what rate of fintere