Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-08-17
QUESTIONS pRopouNDED
To Applicants for Positions in the
City Schools.
READING.
Ti,,,e---so minutes.

READING.
Time--so minutes.
T.. What are the divisions into
which elementary sounds aredivided
2. What is pronunciation, and
what does it enbrace?
3. Name the three ways by which
emphasis is indicated IN print
a. What is infection, How many
kinds? illustrate each kind.
S. What are poetic pauses'
7. What is meditation and its d.
visions.
s. What are grammatical pauses
and how indicated?
Q. When melody comes in conflict
with accent which must yield
10. What do you consider the most
essential elements of good reading?
GRAMMAR
Time-I hour and 5 minutes.
/. Define the four parts into which
English grammar is divided
?. Give the plurals of the follow
ing nouns: man-servant. brother in
law Charles. phenomenon. money.
!. Compare next, supreme, i'll,
level. many, and decline sol-in-law,
and woman.
4. When is that relative pro-
noun? Give an example When is
as relative pronoun? Give an ex-
ample.
5. In what modes and lenses is
the emphatic form used3 Give the
principal parts Of lie (recline), lay, sit,
set.
8. Define analysis. conjugation.
syntax, proposition, and synthesis.
7. Write sentences illustrating the
use of like as an adjective. advert,
verb, and proposition.
s. Write sentence containing an
adjective, objective, and adyerbial
modifier.
g. What is versification What is
poetry? Scan the following lines:
10. Analyze the following and parse
the italicized words:
PENMANsHIP.
Time--3o minutes.
1. How many positions at the
desk, and which do you prefer'
2. In what manner does a careful
study of form aid in making a good
penman3
). Name and describe the lines OF
staff used in teaching writing.
4. How many kinds of angles used
in writing' Define each.
s. Give four important rules for
position, height, slant, and distance
of letters.
8. How often would you have
writing lessons, and how long each
time?
7. What is meant by main slant
By connecting slant?
s. What is meant by principles?
9. What use do you make of a
blackboard in teaching writing?
10. On what slant are figures writ
ten?
UNITED STATES HISTORY.
Tir,e-45 minutes.
1. Who discovered the continent OF
North America? Where? When?
?. What four nations explored the
territory of the future United States
What portion of the continent did
each explore'
3. Who were the Puritans? From
what city in Europe did they sail
What was the name of their Vessel
In what year did they reach America?
What colony was first settled by them?
4. Why did Charles II. give Will
liam Penn large tract of land' What
did he call it, Where was the first
settlement made?
S. What was the indirect cause oil
the Revolutionary War? Where was
the first blood shed?
8. What was the opening event OF
the War of 1872? Results of the war I
I. OF what party was President
Jefferson What great territory did
he purchaser What was paid for it 7
8. From what nations were the
following acquisitions made by the
United States: Missouri, Florida, Ari.
iona, Alaska?
9. What were the leading causes
which led to the separation of West
Virginia from Virginia. How and
when was it accomplished?
10. What new states were admitted
in November, 1889, and what two
in 1890?
PHYSIOLOGY.
1lme-3o minutes.
1. Tell what you know about the
heart.
?. From what parts of the body
does the blood flow to the liver ?
What are the functions of the liver?
3. Name the layers of the skin.
What are the functions of the skin?
What glands in the skin?
4. Tell how the peculiar form and
structure of the skull adapt it for its
use.
S. OF what are the muscles conf
posed? By what attached Uses?
6. How and where is the heat of
the body generated How is it dis
tributed.
7. State five evil results of rapid
eating
8. Write five lines on the use of
alcoholic drinks.
9. What is the normal rate of the
pulse in an adult, and how does it
vary in old age, infancy, and debility?
10. In time of starvation how is
the fatty portion of a body carried
into circu'at GA?
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