The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-10-24

COUNTY TEST QUESTIONS.
F. n. Gordon, G. E. Goodwin, W. E.
Engle, Examiners.

Engle, Examiners.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
I. Define common schools, graded
schools, normal schools.
2. Flow does object teaching differ
from the common system Of teach
ing; and what superior advantage,
II any, does It possess
8. Which IL the better method,
and why, Of teaching spelling, by
oral recitations or written?
4. To what extent should a teach
er impart moral instruction in a
school?
8. Name some Of the advantages,
and disadvantages of a teachers
life.
Your penmanship will be graded
from this branch.
ARITHMETIC.
l. Reduce 2A divided by Al to a
decimal fraction.
2. Explain clearly how you get
over the difficulty Of subtracting
the larger number 8 from the small
or number 2 in finding the differ
ence between 812 and 375.
8. Multiply twelve hundredths by
eighteen thousandths and divide
the result by nine millionths.
4. From 2 miles take mile 80
rods 2 feet 6 inches without reduce
ing.
8. How many times can .018 be
subtracted from 125.7S and what is
the remainder?
8. What per cent. Of 81 is 2-52 y
z. At what rate will $4,000 gain
$1408 in 2 yrs. 6 mo. and 20 days?
8. If I travel 900 miles in 6 days
Of 8 hours each, In how many days
of 10 hours each can I travel 450
miles If I travel one half faster than
at first? Solve by proportion.
8. A sold COW for $50 and lost
163 per cent. He sold another COW
gaining 16 per cent, the profit be-
Ing equal to the loss on the first
COW. What did he get for the last
COW?
10. How many acres in q circular
field whose circumference exceeds
its diameter by 214.16 rodsf
PHYsIoLoGY.
1. Illustr ate the value of physio-
logical knowledge.
2. Give the composition and uses
of the bones.
8. Define cartilage. What are the
chief uses of cartilage?
4. What are the heat producing
organs? The essential organ of
the voice? The temperature of the
human body7
8. Give the divisions of the brain
and the function Of each?.
0RTHoaRAPHY.
1. What are the uses of silent let
ters?
2. What is the name of . letter? ?
The power of q letter?
8. How do letters differ in the va
riety of their representation
4. Divide into syllables and spell
correctly: Benzeen, booka, kaenn,
shandeleer, vinyet, skaleen, faction,
hissup, fawlshun, pursimon.
8. Mark diacritically and define:
Vagary, truculent. stability, placid,
laudable, discretion.
U. g. HISTORY.
]. Define history, ancient history
and modern history.
2. Who was Desoto? Magellan ?
Melendezf
8. What was the French claim in
America : The English claim ? Up
on whose expedition was each
basedf
4. Name the "Thirteen Colonies"
Which colony first established re-
ligious freedom in American
8. Give the history Of the seats of
our government.
6. What is said of the treaty Of
Ghent, Dec. "A, 1914?
z. What was the Gadsen pur-
chase The Wilmot Provisof
g. Name some Of our most emf
nent inventors. What are the re-
suits of the survey Of the Alaskan
boundary liner
GRAMMAR.
1. How do you determine what
part Of speech a word isf
2. Write a sentence con ntaining q
predicate adjective modifying q
substantive clause.
8. Define passive voice, and tell
how it is formed?
4. What 10 the normal use of q
wordP
8. What is the difference between
personal and relative pronouns?
8. Form sentence containing
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