The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-04-18
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
A List Of Questions Propounded on
Saturday, April 13, 1895.
GRAMMAR,

GRAMMAR.
What is the characteristic sign of final
clauses2 ? Two characteristic signs of ad.
Conditional?
Name the six participles by Holbrook. i.
Which two are omitted by some authors?
| Why?
What is the function of the past &C.
tive participle =?
| What two uses has the past passive :?
If we only have four participles what
do you do with one of these uses ?
| l was not aware Of his being a foreigner.
He lay down, his heart heavy with woe.
Our honor is to be maintained. He is
aDitho,H fear.
Give construction OF italicized words
in the above.
When is the imperative mode found
in the subordinate clause
Write simple imperative sentence,
the subject being of the third person.
| illustrate by sentences the six uses of
the relative pronoun.
What may be mistaken for verb in
the passive voice?
''The crows tapped orer by twos and threes,
In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees,
| The little birds sang as IL it we're
The one day of summer in all the year
And the very leaves seemed to sing on the
trees"
Give construction of italicized words
in the above. How many sentences in
the above.
When do we use compound personal
pronouns Diagram and give construc.
ton of italicized words:
81 should be much for open war, o, Peers,
As not behind in hate, If what was urged,
Main reason to persuade immediate war,
Did not dissuade me most, and seemed to cast
Ominous conf ecture on the whole success"
PSYCHOLOGY AND THEORY.
What is your method of teaching the
alphabet? Why this method?
Enumerate the practical uses OF
knowledge of educational psychology.
What are the objects of recitation
What doyou think of the topic method of
recitation ?
What is meant by the educational
maxim, "the concrete before the alb
stract."
Do you forbid whispering With
what success? What constitutes a good
school?
To what extent should you listen to
the complaints and advice of the pat.
rons of your school district?
What is consciousness OF what may
you be conscious?
Can there be mental activity without
brain activity? Can there be mental
activity without consciousness ? Give
reasons.
What is Weber's Law of Attention
Upon what does the cultivation of the
attention depend?
What is the difference between a con.
and an image? Between a concept and
precept?
PHYSIOLOGY Y:-CIRCULATIoN.
Define plasma, corpuscle, serum and
coagulum.
Does blood ever coagulate unless ex-
posed to the air? Give proof.
What vein carries pure blood? What
vein begins and ends in capillaries
What is the function of the renal cir
culation? Coronary
Locate the tricuspid valves also the
bicuspid valves.
What is the function of the red cor.
puscles? OF the white ones?
Define diastole and systole.
Describe the structure of the heart.
What causes the blood to flow toward
the heart through the veins?
NdUuc anu lOCdIc Iuo uldlu dTGcTy VI
the thigh also OF the arm.
NARCOTICS.
What is the general effect of opium on
| the nervous system?
What are malt liquors? What are
high wines?
What effect does alcohol have upon
the work OF the heart? Upon the rest
of the heart ?
Does the use of opium make the mouth
and throat dry or moist? What effect does
it have upon the amount of perspiration
secreted
What effect does alcohol have upon
the organs of speech?
Howis chloroform made How should
it be used?
narcotics by those who are addicted to
their use
What is the effect of alcohol upon the
brain substance
GEOGRAPHY.
Define meteorology, barometer, hyp.
sometry, isoclinal line.
Name four causes which prevent the
isothermal lines from co.ineiding with
the parallels.
Describe the aurora borealis, and de.
scribe last display you noticed. What
is the cause of this phenomenon
What is the cause of precipitations
Name eight forms of precipitation.
When is air said to be at its dew point ?
When is it below? When above?
In what respect do monsoons resemble
land and sea breezes2 Name the mon.
soon regions.
Give the boundaries of each of the
mathematical and each of the physical
zones.
What and where are Guardafui, Alden,
Comorin, Fee, Oporto, Cambrian, Ork.
ney, Wellington, Walker and Pembina
On what waters are the following cit.
les: London, Nantes, Pekin, st. Peters.
burg, Berlin, Rouen, Bombay, Adelaide,
Hobart Town?
Describe the Rhone, Rhine, Congo,
and Snake rivers.
What is the cause of the Sahara des.
ert ? OF the Great American desert
HISTORY