The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-12-26
TEST QUESTIONS.
Saturday, December Is, 1894.

by the cube root of 81.
2. Find the greatest divisor of
1893 and $50 that will leave remain
ders 10 and 2 respectively.
8. A carpenter builds house for
1890, which was 10 per cent. less
than it was worth; how much
should he have received for It so as
to have made 40 per cent?
4. How long will it take man to
walk round a square field whose
area is s 5.8 acres, at the rate of a
mile in 1s3 minutes?
8. What is the compound interest
of S34O for two years, interest be-
ing payable semi-annually at 6 per
cent?.
G. How many times can one sub
tract 81 from s Ia and what is the
remainder
IA man paid $S5 for insuring his
dwelling at ] per cent. for one year.
If destroyed by fire how much is
he entitled to receive?
8. Tho proprietor of a factory
proposes to reduce wages 124 per
cent. His men strike but after
wards submit on condition that
their wages remain the same, but
that their time, which is 104 hours
a day be increased. How much
should it be increased?
8. A copyist can transcribe three
pages of a certain work in an hour
and a half. How long will it take
8 men, working only half as rapid
ly, to copy SO pages of another vol
ume, the pages of which contain
1-3 as much again as those of the
former?
10. A room II feet high is 2-3 as
wide as 1t is long and its cubical
contents are 47GS cubic feet. Find
the length and breadth.
THEORY AND PRARTIcE.
1. What, in your opinion, is the
best method of teaching children 8
correct pronunciation?
2. What method of teaching be-
ginners to read do you prefer?
8. What is teahing?
4. Who should determine the
branches of study to be pursued by
the pupil-the parent, the pupil OF
the teacher?
5. What are some of the princi
pal ends which a teacher should
strive to attain in the school room
(Your penmanship will be graded
from this branch.)
U. 9. HISTORY.
1. Where was the Charter Oak
Civ e the history connected with it
2. Name the three oldest towns
in the United States, and tell BY
whom founded.
8. Who discovered Labrador
Cuba? Hudson Bay? Pacific
Ocean?
4. What nation first recognized
the United States as a republic
| When?
s. What was the Webster-Ash
burton treaty.
6. In whose administration anG
when was Louisiana acquired
Florida? Texas? California
Alaska.
Z. Name five Union and five Con
federate generals of renown.
8. What was the Non intercourse
Act? Name five events of Benja
man Harrison's administration.
PHYSIOLOGY.
1. Name the chief points of diff
ference between living and lifeles
growth.
2. What is ventilation (? Why d,
we ventilate?
3. Name the organs of circula
ton OF digestion ? OF respiration
4. Definc food. Why should foot
be coOked?
s. Why is a knowledge of Physi
ology valuable? When should it b.
studied? ? Why?
GEOGRAPHY,
l. What cities of United State
are situated on islands.
2. Compare China and Japan a
to area and population.
8. Name the States bordering Of
the Gulf Of Mexico.
4. Describe the general structure
Of Africa.
8. What are geysers? Locat
the three principal geyser region
of the world.
! 6. Locate the Island of Cuba, an,
give it's area and capital.
7. What river in the world ha
has the greatest basin, and wha
Is Its extent?
| 8. What does the Turkish EN-
i I,ira fnCluda? Mama and lOcaf,