The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-13

80 Co00ty Beard u Exn1inero Has
several Toans People, Anxieas
. 0s TeaeAers, en the nack.
the quarterly examination Of King
county teachers began yesterday In the
Aofary room OF the courthouse. The ex-
animation viii continue until Saturday
.rsefnoon- The board Of county exam
iners. consisting Of Prot T. II Layhue.
ffoI. e. A. Taylor and E E. Teachnor,
are conducting the examination. The IL
orary room presents q busy appearance
Win ene many Applicants huslly engaged
IN answering the many questions that are
submitted to them Girls OF II or Is are
seated alongside women Of Il years and
boys or - are engaged in writing tho an
sWers close TO men whose hair Is sflvered
by time All are striving 70 gain the diff
lerent grades of certificates. A few ans
wefed the questions gave them In . very
snort time. whtla others are slow and use
the last second Of the allotted time.
Ine scale for marking the answers an
- follows: One hundred credits is the
highest given for each of the following
subjects; Orthography. sriehmetsc (men-
IA ana wEttten), grammar. United States
history and constitution. theory and prac-
fsce or teaching. school law and state con-
sutution. physiology. geography. reading,
~rittng. aagehra. philosophy and litera-
ture. The highest possible number OF
credits Is 1.30o. or 100 for each subject.
For first grade certificates applicants
must receive LILO credits according to the
foregoing scale. and must not fall below
- In either arithmetic or grammar. nor
below 70 per cent. in any other branch.
ana must have taught 1t least one school
year OF nine months.
For second grade certificates applicants
must receive 80 credits. and must not fan
below Is per cent. on either arithmetic or
grammar. nor below 60 per cent. In any
other branch.
For third grade certificates applicants
must receive ESQ credits and must not fan
below so per cent. on either arithmetic or
grammar. nor below 80 per cent in any
other branch.
Among the questions in grammar was
the following: Write the following sem
tencas correctly. giving reasons for any
changes made: (a) It II me. (b) Who is
there? Ne. (cl Who did you see? ca You
done your work We'll (e] Texas is larger
than any state in the Union"
Then came this one: Write sentence
containing . verb In the active voice, In
dcative mood. past perfect tense, ilrst
the verb shall be in the pSsstve voice,
same mood, tense. person and number.
Explain all the changes"
These problems in arithmetic do not
seem to be difficult: How many board
feet of lumber inches thick, allow
Ing nothing for waste. are required
to make a box s1s feet by 81
feet by ~ feet outside? A
farmer has two fields containing together
1& acres. one containing q as much as
the other. What Is the width OF each
field. IL each is 60 rods long? Bought
y. 8. Is at ITO. and after three years sold
them at 100; what was the average per
cent. per annum on the investment
Give brief account of education
among the Spartans," and what place
does Bacon occupy In teachingg were
two of the abstruse questions asked un-
der the heading OF theory and practice OF
teaching. What are the chief objects Of
teaching as 1t Affects the pupil?" and
Define instruction and drill" two Ques-
tions under the same head. appear to be
more modern, useful and pertinent than
the first two questions under this head
Ing.
piicant should fail to correctly answer
the following questions. under the head
OF photography. although a few failed to
answer them correctly: Mark audacious
apparel. leisurely. sacrifice. poIonaise,
diacriticaliy." Form words by using the
following suffixes: Less. some, ish, ness.
or" Explain the change In meaning
caused by the prefixes in the following
words: Promotion. export. illogical, In
ject, eject" Represent all the sounds OF
and by proper diacritical marks" and
Write words meaning the opposite Of
timtd. rough, true, white. later"
Al the morning session today the ex-
aminations will be on the history Of the
United States. constitution and physiol-
ogy. AT the afternoon session geography.
school law and state constitution and
reading will hta IA s,ahSacfs