The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-09-20
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
A List Of Questions Propounded on
Saturday, September Is, 1894.
GRAMMAR.

GRAMMAR.
State clearly what you regard as the
province of grammar.
Give full classification of the pro.
nouns.
Define the verb; then tell what modes
you teach in English, and what you re-
gard as the basis of mode.
Do you classify verbs as transitive or
intransitive, or is this matter of use
illustrate.
Construct or quote sentences to illus
trate the use of relative pronoun,
relative adjective pronoun. a relative
adverb, an indirect interrogative adjec.
tive, an indirect interrogative pronoun,
and five different uses of the participle.
o, reason who shall say tctdt spells rene,o.
when least we look for it, thy broken clue
Through what small vistas, DER the darkened
brain
Thy intellectual day y-beam bursts again2
And hotr, like forts, to which beleaguerers win
Unhoped for entrance through some friend
within,
One clear idea, daodkened in the breast
By memory's magic, lets in all the rest?
Ldlld Rookh.
Diagram the above and parse italicized
words.
GEOGRAPHY.
Where is Key West and what are its
productions
To what river systems does the Mau.
NEE river belong? Yellowstone 2 Ohio?
How is Scotland naturally divided?
Locate the following: Dover Field
Mts., Cantabrain, Isle of man, Tornea
river, Galway Bay.
What can you say of the government
of Norway and Sweden What language
is spoken thereP
Name the largest five plateaus of
Asia.
Upon what does the height and veloc-
ity Of wave depend? How far up is
the limit of the atmosphere?
Define the rational horizon.
Define nadir, zenith, antipodes, aph.
elton, perhelion?
Have stones ever fallen to the earth ?
Name the places and date of some such
occurrences.
PSYCHOLOGY.
What authors have you read on this
subject? How have they helped you?
How can you develop the reasoning
powers of your pupils ?
What do you consider successful
teaching?
Give s reasons why teacher should
attend the Teachers Institute. Did you
attend the last one?
What are the leading principles to be
observed in the government of school?
resting on the teacher?
What is empirical psychology What
is introspection?
Do dogs have souls? Have they rea.
son ? Have they personality? Explain
in full.
What are the functions OF attention ?
Through which senses Is the attention
most easily reached in childhood? What
does this teach us?
PHYSIOLOGY.
What part of the nervous system sup.
plies the voluntary muscles with nerves?
Explain.
How is exhaustion of the sympathetic
nervous system relieved?
| What is the eustachian tube? Its use?
Same of thoracic duct.
What portions of the food are digested
in the stomach In the duodenum
What peculiarity has the lining mem.
brane of the lungs? What is the medi.
astinum?
What is hiccough? How is yawning
explained How is weeping explained ?
What is the weight of dry skeleton
as compared with the weight of the
body OF green skeleton?
Define organ, function, protoplasm,
bioplasm.
| NARCOTICS.
Write general rules or facts regarded
as the present teachings of science with
regard to the use of stimulants and mar
cotics. 40.
What is the effect of alcohol on the
throat? 10.
Describe laudanum and its use. 10.
What is aneurism Alcoholic phthisici
10.
Why does the habitual smoker desire
to indulge in the habit after hearty
meal? Is.
What effect does tobacco have upon
intellectual developement? Is