The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-15

IN t0e SWe0&bOxs
Ths quarterly examination OF teachers
for county certificates sax begun yesterday
n tire library rocm Of the courthouse.
sixty-evsn to-be pedxxoxsses both nase
and f<szsis. showing ~ for examination
The applicants are from an pz-fs % TIE
county. and range from the pretty. bush
ing graduate u the matronfy country
teacher. The examination r. being con-
dnctsd BY County Superintendent Layhse.
Pro<. C. A Taylor. Of the South school.
AID Prof. T. T. Tsachro<. OF vaa Asset,
the examining board
The board Ia adhering closely 70 the Sec
ton o. the state school, Law which pro-
yf>s that applicants for certificates shall
have attended . teachers institute a. well
- come Under the other requirements,
to b eligible to take the examination.
Inn caused eight applicants to b css-
missed yesterday.
In order TO secure certsacates the app,s-
eanfs must attain the following averages:
first Sra1e---Senfrai average 70 per cent :.
not below - In arithmetic and grammar
ana hot below ~ IN anything Second
gnde--Ayerage y. nof below Is In s-eh-
naet.c and grammar. and not below 80 N
anytninG- Third grAde-Averaxs 6: not
oeiow q tn grammar and arithmetic, and
not below 50 in anything
yesterday mornings session was taken
up With spsiiing and arithmetic. the ques-
t'ons 70 be answered In The former study
consisting Of i've exercises ard twenty-nv
words, sonse misxpeiied and soms not.
Inese ali had TO be corrected and proper
words capitalized. The List given out was
A. follows. Agile. incipid. Remedy. canseI.
earrasa. acid. needle. utenc.s. discipline,
colof. Alexander. d.speli. julcey, Havana.
sAppain. assure. orator. cellar. skeleton,
PLANTATION. mucilsase. inseparable, tasit.
vinegar. cavalry.
me hse exercises consisted Of the follow
owing Mark diacriticaIiy the following:
haisam. refusal. hover. oasis, chase. Write
Nofes employing the Sassixes age ton. liz.
fui- ship Give synonyms for scholar.
work. eineidafe, righteous and Yasclrsafe
Give three rules for spelling aeriyatlye
words. Write five words each of which a
spelled In two or more ways, and give the
dinerent speiEngs and meanings
me exereises In arithmetic consisted Of
the following;
Questions and defin.ttons-Nsms four
fundamental operations. Describe the Ar
eoic notation Give the laws governing L.
are the numbers used In expressing sum
OF United States money abstract or cor
creteY What Il prime NUMBER few
ma the time corresponding to a given
NUMBER OF degrees OF iongttudey What is
. proper fractsonY How NAV the r.sio ~
two numbers be expressed, and how read ,
How many elements In any problem n in
ferestg Name them. Define bank and
RANKING What is meant by equation Of
payments.
Mental problems-How much vii fou-
apples cost IL sixteen apples cost 81 cenfs7
MARY lost twenty roses, which il two
thirds a. many as she then had: how many
had she at FIRST, A gave tss for a watch.
and oie-haif plus two-thlrds of this IL fon-
times what he paid for chain: what ala
the chain cost, A boy lost four marbles
and found ten and then had one ana one
BAH times as many as at first; how many
had he At nrstr Three times a number
Plus two. Is equal TO twice the sama n,.rn-
Der. Plus sir; what is the number,
Written problems a roll Of car.,,
containing 81 yards feet inches thers
was cut IS yards feet II inches: how
much rensainedr II Y horses eat a Ger
tain quantity OF hay In IS weeks. how
many horses Will IL take TO consume he
same amount IN 20 weeks- Solve by pro-
portion Which IL the more aGvantageaas
and how much 20 buy sugar AT ~ renta
pound on 4 months credit or nj cents
q pound on months credit, money being
worth per cent? What Is the radius OF
q circular piece OF ground whose area *
- acresf Divide the cube root OF 1850
by tho square root OF 3e4
The afternoon session was on grammar
and theory and practice.
Today the examinations VIII close with
the following studies. History. constlta
ticn Of the United States. geography. nhys.
fology. school laws and state constitution
Those who viii take arss grade certificates
win have 20 return on Saturday and t,,,a
algebra. natural philosophy and English
Hterature- Today's session will begin al
. O'Clock.