The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1894-12-13
The Fairfield Educator.

The Fairfield Educator.
Our echolaristic Editorial eye again
falls upon the Advanced Educator,
of Fairfield. There is a fascination
to those who numbered along over th'
old spelling book route, in the higl
sailing of the modern. and particular
ly the modern Fairfield, School Ex
aminer
We have before US in the late issue
of our favorite high flying education
al organ. The Fairfield County Re
publican, a series of test questions fol
a class of applicants for teacher certi
ficates that are marvels of modern
schoolteacheristics
We submit few for the edifca
tion of the pupils at the Ash Cave
Spelling Academy.
First we have this in Geography
sOf what use are mountains to mani"
We ask, what is the sense in that
question?
Leaving the mountain, we get this
practical one applying to the man of
the mountain, we suppose
"What is the temperature of the
stomach
The applicants who were thought
full enough to have brought with them
their thermemeters and the usual
surgical apparatus required in all well
regulated Fairfield county country
schools, answered that question.
Passing on still niger flights, above
the man with his alternating stomach
on the mountain top, we have this =
Psychology discuss physical
powers, the Soul unit
We stop going after the examiner
who led us up to that last question,
and with Soul sad unto decimals,
turn to the magic lantern perform
ance.--W e are bluntly asked
''Show the fact of deductive reason
ing"
That :'fact'' is SO we'll established
and so apparent that it is no trouble
to ''show" it at any time and with an
off hand answer
Now we have the rugged real, the
every day matter in hand Answer
this
distinguish between measuring
quantity and counting quantity.
What quantities can be measured but
not counted"
We have tried this question and
with all our schoolteachsristic acquire
ments, can't get an answer that will
prove. We tried to work the prob
lem with our grocer on apples, wish
ing for good measure" He ''counted"
the apples. We asked him for
drink, of water of course. He an
swered not .'drop" We carried
sack, small sack, Ia Sunday School
collection) to our Banker. lie weigh
ed, counted, measured, and computed
with them, and SO neither in our arilh-
metics nor in our business avoctions
could we find an answer to that ques-
tion that would prove to be exact.
But at last we reach the branch re-
quired of teacher, where we are per-
fectly at home. The question comes
under the caption of q. S. History.
1t is live question. 1t is not yet ex-
actly historical, but it is interesting,
especially to Fairfield County Teach
er who may be a post master, and
must be statesman.
"What will be the political standing
of the next Congress. and when will
it meet?
We can answer that question. We
think we can but we won't, just now.
1t is worth s1.50 year, pay when
you please, to give the answer COM
plete, and with the exactness required
by the "Soul unit" 1.-THE mountain
user" "the stomach testing sstEe
deductiye reasoning fact shower
Those wishing to pay in advance
for the answer, can send the amount
either by measure or count, to the
HOOKING SENTINEL, the s'long run
ming measure, applies only to home
subscribers.
The following questions we submit,
of like kind with those quoted above,
for the next examination.
! Of what use are hills to BOYS?
2 What is the temperature Of the
big toe on the left foot of the smallest
school examiner? /
3 Discuss the latest prize fight.
The Soul decimal fraction.
4 Show that by deducting from the
reason Of the examiner, any sense is +,
lett.
8 Show the difference between
Senator Feffers whiskers
and counting bis hair, and what effect
this will have upon the political stand
ing of the next congress,