Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-02
AMONG THE SCHOOLS.
The Senior Examination in Civil Gov
eminent and Literature.
A List Of the Questions Propounded
the Pupils-The Real Object of the
Schools, and How Teachers May
Aid in Obtaining L.


continued withou=interruption and Will
do so doubtless, without interruption
until the April vacation, as the 22d OF
February comes on Saturday. The
years work is being gotten well in
hand by both teachers and pupils and
the time lost on account of the small
box will soon be made up by extra work,
willingly done by both.
The seniors were examined January
23d in civil government and literature
and the questions given are hereDy
submitted in order to show what our
boys and girls must know to get lOO
per cent. i. e.. to be perfect in standing:
LITERATURE-CLA OF 1896.
/. Mention some of the English au-
thors who fourirhed before the time OF
Elizabeth. and tell what they wrote.
.. Who wrote the Taerie Queen? Els
saw on Nam The Seasons? The Task?
Tragedy of Cato? Rasselas? Marmlon!
The Des RED Village? The Brook?
8. What did Bunyan write? Dryden !
Johnson? Burke? Bryon? Shelly?
Moore? Keats? Campbell? Words
worth?
4. Who wrote Thanatopsis? Evan
geline? Snow Bound? Bitter-Sweet?
The Conquest of Mexico? Knickerbock-
er's History of New York? A Vision OF
Poesy? Gold Foil? The Picture OF st.
John? The Bridal Veil?
3. Name three English and as many
American essayists.
6. Quote something from Milton;
from Webster; from Shakespeare; from
Tennyson; from any other three well
known authors.
Z. Of American writer's, name three
historians three poets, three writer's OF
fiction. and some work Of each
S. Name five distinguished living
writer's and their respective depart
ments of literature.
SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT-CL
OF 1896.
/. What are the qualifications of the
President of the United States as de
fined by the Constitution?
.. How may amendments to the Con-
stitutiOn of the United States be made?
8. State the composition and func-
tions of the United States Judiciary De
partment.
4. Of what branches does the Legis-
lative Department consist? Give quail
ificatiOnS of members of each branch.
and the manner Of their election. What
determines the number in each branch?
>. Give a brief account of the forma-
ton of our Constitution.
6. Define treason. tell how this crime
may be proven. and give punishment.
= FXplain what is meant by the writ
of habeas corpus. and tell when this
writ may be suspended.
g. Name the officers of the Presidents
Cabinet. Give the duties Of the Attor-
ney General.
9. Mention three marked differences
between the Constitution and the Arti-
clss of Confederation
10. Mention five powers conferred
uuOn CONGRESS- by the Constitution OF
the United States
In this month they will be examined
in natural philosophy and reading and
so it continues until the final eXamina-
ton i'm May, after which time the lucky
two from each school propare their
"pieces" and prepare for that moment
Gus occasion, commencement, the goal
for which years of toll have been given.
Though the granting Of honors is
done away with the same striving for
standing high in examination goes on
as Of yore. and many sleepless night
is spent by the conscientious pupil for
fear of failure when the test comes.
Our schools will reach the object for
which they We're intended by their
founders only when teachers strive to
make men and women of their pupils
instead of examining the head full Of
the words of their text book for the eX-
press purpose of standing high in per
cents. The State needs men and wo-
men of character and it looks to our
schools for them. and ii has a right to
do So Experience has taught the writer
that i'm order TO have a good school, a
successful school in every respect. there
should be a perfect understanding be-
tween teacher and parent and they
should cooperate with each other for
the general good Of the pupil The
home influence has much to do with the
government of the school This is not
realized i'm many homes and the result
is that teachers have difficulty in con-
trolling pupils from the fact that pa
rents speak lightly of the teacher in the
pres nee of their children. No parent
who has the welfare Of the child at
heart will do this. Rather become well
acquainted with the teacher and assist
her i'm her arduous work.
Miss Parsons, the drawing teacher
spent several days among the schools
the past week. She met the teachers
Of the various grades in which drawing
Is taught. instructing them in the
methods of properly teaching the sub
iact She thinks the work is progress
ing finely.
UPRIGHT PIANO MUST BE SOLD.
We have an Upright Piano on which
we must realize at once. 1t is a piano
of a we'll known and established make,
i'm a choice walnut case. with a nice tone
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