The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-02-08
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
A List Of Questions Propounded on
Saturday, February 8, 1894.
GRAMMAR.

Have you subordinate connective? A
relative pronoun If either, give its
syntax./
Decline spoonful, son.in. law, himself.
Name the three uses of the passive
voice. Illustrate.
Justify the tense Of the verbs in the
following: He reads seven languages.
They rally, they bleed for their crown.
l believe the hour is come. Matthews
traces the descent of Joseph.
That the earth is q sphere, is easily
proved. Abridge the above sentence and
parse each word in the abridged clause.
What Is the rule for abridgment.
Charles and his sister were absent.
Charles or his sister was absent. Char.
les or his sisters were absent. Charles,
and not his sister, was absent. Give the
rule for the agreement OF the verb in
the above sentences.
Diagram, parse italicized words:
The colder it is, the better feel.
Me thinks the night is but the day.
light sick.
The shower, being ended, we pursued
our journey.
He lay down, having his heart heavy
with sorrow.
Diagram and give construction OF
italicized words:
"Where sball the singing bird strange,'-be
That finds nest for him in every tree?
How shall he travel who can never go
Where his own voice the echoes do not know,
Where his own garden flowers no longer learn
to grow"
ARITHMETIC.
Bought land at $50 an acre; how
much must | ask an acre, that may
abate 25 per cent. from my asking price
and still make 300 on the purchase
money?
A, B and G engage in manufacturing
shoes. A puts in 81 ,920 for six months !;
B, a sum not specified for II months !;
and @ 81 ,2S0 for a time not specified.
A received S2,400 for his stock and
profits; B, 81 800 for his and @ S2,0S0 for
his. Required BIS stock and C's time
If man travels miles the first day
and 81 miles the last, increasing his
journey miles each day, how many
days will he travel and how far?
A and B together can do piece of
work in II days; how long will it take
each to do it, provided A does only as
much work as BP
A note for S100 was due on Sept. 1st,
but on Aug. 18th the maker proposed to
pay as much in advance as will allow
him go days after Sept lst to pay the
balance How much must be paid Aug
l1th, money being worth %P
If man dig cellar II feet long, 10
feet wide, and Al feet deep in days,
what will be the dimensions of a simi
lar cellar requiring "a days to dig it,,
working at the same rate, and the
ground being of the same degree Of
hardness?
For what sum must draw my note
at months, interest 6 20, that the pro.
ceeds when discounted in bank shall be
$3.50?
James is 20 years old and John is 4
years old; in how many years will
James, who is now times as old as
John, be only twice as old
HISTORY.
What was the Charter Oak? Give
the history connected with it. 20.
What is "Mason and Dixon's Line ?"
When and for what purpose was it es.
tablished? 10.
Give short sketch of the French and
Indian War, with the following out
line;
(a) Date and time of continuance.
(b) Between what nations.
(c) Its causes.
(d) Its results as to possession of
territory. 20
In whose administration did the Sec
ond war with Great Britain occur +?
What were the causes of this war :?
Name briefly the services of Gen. Win.
Hull and Commodore Oliver H. Perry
Describe the last battle of the war, and
the terms of the treaty of peace agreed
upon by the belligerants. 20.
When and where did the following
persons live, and for what were they
chiefly noted in American history (:
Christopher Columbus, Roger Williams,
Alexander Hamilton, George III, John
Bureoyne, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel
Webster, Abraham Lincoln, Robert E.
Lee, Eli Whitney, Washington Irving,
and Henry w. Longfellow 40.
PHYSIOLOGY.
State the physical properties of blood.
The composition of blood. The velocity
of the blood.
Trace the circulation of the blood.
What causes the blood to return to
the heart? What are varicase veins?
Describe the glandular coat of the
stomach and it's function.
Describe the two ways in which alb.
sorption is performed. Describe the
process of swallowing.
NARCOTICS.
Name all the stimulants you know.
Describe the nature and effects of
three of the stimulants you have named.
What is the relation of alcohol to the
DIGESTIVE ORGANS
What causes fatty degeneration of the
kidneys? How are the kidneys disabled
by the fatty deposits?
What is Intemperance Alcoholism
Tyrotoxicon Chloroform
PSYCHOLOGY.
What is empirical psychology What
use of it should the teacher make?
What is the relation of repetition and
attention? OF repetition and reproduct-
ion?
Name and define the three laws of the
association of ideas.
Write an original syllogism. Name its
parts.
What are instructive feelings? Rational
feelings? Why is study of the feelings
of great importance to the teacher?
What ara motivQs What affaot houo