The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-03-21
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
A List Of Questions Propounded on
Saturday, March Is, 1896.
GRAMMAR.

Mixed ? Copulative
Write sentence containing vorb,-
passive interrogative, potential past per.
feet.
Write nouns that have no singular
form, but always require singular verbs.
When does a collective noun in the
singular require plural verb ?.
Tell the gender of each and write the
opposite gender: spinster, swain, earl,
host. czar, friar, dauphin, bicyclist,
baker, hobo, editor, milliner.
What kind of nouns are the following:
relief, pleasure, reflection, writing, theft,
wheat, iron, grain. Diagram, The
Duke Of Wellington's sword was brok.
en-"
In what ways may the logical sub.
ject be formed by using. elements OF the
first class? In what three ways may
the logical predicate be formed2
How do you distinguish between q
verb and a participle having the same
form7 illustrate.
Define primitive, word, continuous,
sub. vocal, correlative, mute, radical and
affix.
What is the characteristic sign OF final
clauses? Two characteristic signs of ad-
versative clauses? Causal ? Copulative2 ~
Conditional?
Write model business letter, order
ing copy of some book for teachers.
No credit unless it passes the merits of
a properly written letter.
Diagram:
"There's Holmes. who is matchless among you
for wit
A Ifsg,ssn-i'r s,s always fu'l-'h'rssd' from which
The electrical tingles of hit after hit.
u;a i,,ot ho banda too tn weave Won 4
Full Of fancy, fun, feeling, or spiced with
In 20 kindly measure that nobody knows
What to do but just join in the laugh, friends
and foes"
GEOGRAPHY.
Define river bed, river basin, river
system, water shed and horizon.
What is the outlet of Hudson Bay :?
Name three largest rivers emptying into
Hudson Bay. To what province does
Labrador belong? Newfoundland?
What two famous volcanoes in Mex.
ico2 From what did Iceland get it's
name?
What natural water course from Chi.
cago to Washington D. O.?
Name four bays that indent the coast
of Maine. What State is first in the
production of cotton Oranges? Peach.
es 7? Tobacco? Hemp? Wool?
Locate the following cities: Genoa,
Berne, Trieste, Marseilles, Belfast, Havre,
Barcelona and Hamburg.
What is a barometer A thermom.
eter? How is the atmosphere heated
Name four causes that produce the
change of seasons.
What is Julian Year? What ls
meant by New Style? Old Style?
Define an anomalistic year. Bissex'
tile.
PSYCHOLOGY AND THEORY.
| What are the steps in All act OF mem.
ory? How may memory be cultivated
What is Herbartianism What can
YOU say of the recent observations made
| in the study of children?
What is an intuitive idea? What are
| the tests of an intuitive truth
What questions asked by the child
would lead US to understand the nature
| and extent of his reasoningp
Are you member of the 81. @. I. A.
Where will the next session be held
When? Who are on the program
What constitutes legal contract te
teach? Are you legally employed
What important legal decision was re
Gently made in regard to the manner ir
which Boards must employ teachers?
What can you say of the study o
psychology from books? By observa
ton?
What works on this subject have yor
read? What educational journals dt
you read regularly How do thes'
benefit you ?
Outline the intellectual powers.
What was the controlling idea OF 90
menus? Francke? Froebel? Pestalozzi
Rousseau Lnther !? BaconP
PHYSIOLOGY.
What is meant by the anatomy of al
organ? By its physiology? By its by
What isthe function of the par vagum
OF the receptaculum chilli?
What are the anfractuosities of th
brain? What is meant by the inoscula
ton of arteries?
How do we see ? Explain in detail
What is the principle of vaccination
Who discovered it? Has the value Q
antitoxine been fully demonstrated :?
What vein carries pure blood +? Wha
vein begins and ends in capillaries
How does this occur?
| Name anu lOCaLo uV0 pIluClpol oIIci
les also five principal veins.
Name the several divisions of the in
testines. What glands are accessory t
the intestines? What glands are intet
tinal?
Describe the structure of a muscle
Be explicit?
What is the hyaloid membrane ? Ho'
do we accommodate the eye to the vii
, ion of near and distant objects?
NARCOTICS.
Why can alcohol be distilled from
mixture containing water? What is th
etymology Of the word distu?
What effect does alcohol have upo
, the oxidation of the body? Upon tn
temperature of the surface of the body
Name five varieties of alcohol and te
from what three of these are made.
Why may the use OF tobacco lead
, the use of spirituous liquors?
I What is the organic principle OF II