The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-05-09
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
A List Of Questions Propounded on
Saturday, May 4, 1895.
GEOGRAPHY.

1t the earth's axis were inclined 4O
degrees instead of 234, what would be
the width of the zones2
Name five large rivers emptying into
the Atlantic Ocean.
Name the highest peak of the Rocky
mountains.
Name the divisions of South America.
Name three rivers of Asia emptying
into the Artic Ocean.
Name the Barbary States.
Describe water course from Stock.
holm to Odessa.
What and where are the following:
Berne, Corea, Venice, Honolulu, Heck.
la7
Name three volcanoes in Mexico.
GRAMMAR.
Write sentences illustrating the uses
of the absolute case.
How many kinds of subordinate
clauses?
Name three kinds of coordinate
clauses.
How are verbs divided as to form and
as to use?
Write sentences illustrating the uses
of the Infinitive.
Write a sentence containing an ad.
jective element of the third class and
parse the relative.
Decline himself, their and John.
Give synopsis of the verb "write."
How many ways of distinguishing
gender?
Diagram:
Pleasant it was, where woods were green,
And winds we're soft and low,
To lie amid some some sylvan scene,
Where. the long dropping boughs between,
Shadows dark and sunlight sheen,
Alternative come and go.
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
OF what does physical geography
teach? Define physical geography.
Define plateau, river basin, river sys.
tenn, moraines and dew.
Explain how dew is deposited. What
are the most favorable conditions tor
the deposit of dew?
Explain how coral islands are formed.
Name the kinds.
What are forms of relief? Name the
principal forms of relief of North Amer.
lea.
How we're the mountains formed :?
Which were formed first, the high noun
tains or the lower mountains? Why do
you think so?
Where are volcanoes most numerous
Why Name three noted volanoes.
What is the coast line? Which grand
division has the longest coast line !?
Which has the longest as compared with
its area?
How is the weight of the air determined ?
PHYSIOLOGY.
Define physiology, anatomy and ny.
giene.
What are some of the practical bene.
fits derived from study OF physiology ?
Name the bones OF the skull, face and
ear.
Explain how food is changed into
| flesh.
How does the blood become impure
How does it become pure again?
| the stomach.
What are sensory nerves? What are
motor nerves? Where do we feel pain
Explain the structure and name the
parts of the brain. What is the func'
| ton or use of each part?
How are impurities screened out oi
| the air as it passes into the lungs? Why
should one always breathe through the
nostrils
HISTORY.
Who said, 81 would rather be right
| than president" II am not worth pur
chasing, but such as am, the King ol
England is not rich enough to buy me. -
What countries claim the discovery oi
America For whom was it named? Fol
whom should it have been named =?
Name the old thirteen colonies. Name
| the states that seeded.
Name the principal cause OF the Civil
foIo &c
generals. Name five principal Union
generals.
What is the oldest town in the U. s..
and when, where, and by whom found
ed?
When did the history of the U. s.
properly begin ?
What are the leading newspaper topics
at the present time?
Who were the Pilgrims and from
whence came they to America?
Who was Lafayette? Name five ol
the greatest deceased statesmen of the
| us.
| What is the Monroe Doctrine? What
| was the Missouri Compromise
| ARITHMETIC.
How long will it take $50 to amount
to $3.50 at Sl%?
/ bought goods amounting 10 $40 lt
at and off. What did pay for them
sell eggs at ten cents per doz., and
lose Z cts. piece. How much must
sell them for to gain ! ct. piece?
The base of triangle is 10 yds., and
it's altitude 80 yds. Find it's area.
A furnishes $3.50, B $3.50, @ $3.50 they
lose S2lO. Divide the loss.
What is the difference between the
simple interest and the annual interest
of $3.50 from June II, 1890, to January
IS, 1896, at 5 %? peeFFs =
What is the difference in time between
two clocks, one in longitude l750 45/ E..
the other in longitude l770 30 W.?
Find the cost of excavating cellar p
#. long, Is #. wide, and IT. deep, at %
cts, mills cubic yard +?
How many feet in board Is IT. long
10 in. wide, and in. thick.
Al 90
Express decimally - and ano
| 62.5 l6S
| divide the former by the latter.