The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-08-25

| Those VINO fasseo-Couid xou Answer
The Questions?
On Friday and Saturday at the close
Of the county normal the regular exam
ination for teachers certificates was
held at the Lewis academy and the fol-
lowing questions were given TO the appli-
cants which they were required to ans
Wer.
Owing to the extreme heat the time
was extended somewhat from that CIV
en-, but this was only with reference 10
few studies. Last week the Eagle
published a list of questions given at q
recent examination and a large NUMBER
of the educated citizens, who were the
possessors of highly decorated diplomas
wrestled in vain with the knotty prob
lens and the following are published
that school directors and members Of
the board of education may fuzzy appre-
ciate with what applicants have TO con-
| tend with.
Those who think they can answer the
questions correctly can send their ans
wers to Superintendent Mackey and the
Eagle will gladly publish the list The
correct answer does not carry with IL
necessarily a certificate to teach, but it
viii prove excellent drill to those who
have the time to give to The subject.
The questions are:
READING.
Fairchild---Tinae, As minutes.)
1. Give an outline of your method OF
handling a class in third reader
2. Name and define such qualities Of
voice that you would have fourth reader
classes cultivate.
9. How would you cure faults in arti-
culation?
A. HOW would you cultivate interest in
good reading?
5. Select and read a passage illustrat-
ing pure tone and moderate stress.
ARITHMETIC.
(Stanley---Tfme, 2 hours.)
l. Explain as you would to class the
process of subtraction of intergal num-
bers; of mixed numbers.
2 The product of three factors is 450;
one number is .00O05, another is 1,50o.
What is the ether?
3. A can do piece of work IN sixteen
days, B can do it in eighteen days, and
c in twenty-four days. If A works six
days in what time can 3 and G do the
remainder of thework?
4. Bought 1900 bushels of wheat at A
cents bushel. After losing 121s per
cent of it / sold the remainder so as to
clear $500 on the whole. What was the
selling price per bushel?
5. What amount of money must / loan
today (21sO ait per cent so that the
amount on January 1, 1898. will be $9S5.15.
6. By selling a lot for $3.50 lost 25 per
II hox er9i in
ed had I sold it for $3.50?
z Write a promissory note, making
two Endorsements on 1t. and find
amount due on same ON day of settle
ment.
8. Find the difference between the true
and bank discount of $500 for 60 days at
per cent.
g. A bin is 200 feet long, IL feet wide.
and contains 20 900 bushels Of grain.
What is its height?
10. Explain process of square root, CIV
ing reason for each step.
PHYSIOLOGY.
Stanley--Time, 80 minutes)
l. Name the class of bones and locate
an example of each class cited.
2. Show in full how the muscles are at
tached to the bones.
3. Name the various divisions of the
digestive tract, and show what changes
the food undergoes in each.
4. Explain how the nutritive portions
of the food are absorbed and passed into
the blood.
5. Show how alcohol affects both the
process Of digestion and Of absorption
6. What is the nature of the function
of the portal circulation?
T. Explain the difference between the
s. Describe and give functions Of the
lymphatic system.
g. What is the sympathetic system and
what organs does it control?
10. Describe some simple experiments
with alcohol, and stat what physiologi-
cal truths they illustrate.
GEOGRAPHY.
CSchofield---Tme, 30 minutes)
/. Give three laws governing climate.
and give instances of their application
to climate of the United States.
. Define longitude, latitude. meridians
and parallels, and show practical use of
same.
5. Describe the drainage of North
America.
l. Give three proofs OF the rotundity
of the earth. and show how each proves
Its rotundity.
5. Compare North and South America
as to surface.
G. Give features common 10 the three
northern continents.
Z Name and gocate the state educa-
tional institutions of Kansas.
s. If you were to go TO Rome, Italy.
what three places would you try to
visit? Why?
g. Describe and locate international
date line.
10. Trace an ocean current, and give
its course, use and influence.
AND ORTHODOXY.
Snow-Time. 45 ninutes)
/. When and hoy should the work of
teaching spelling begin?
,. Distinguish vowel and consonant
sounds. Define aspirate. sub-vocal.
). Define primitive word. derivative,
root, prefix, suffix. Illustrate each.
l. Give meanings OF the following pre-
fixes, and write words containing them:
a, anti. ante, re. circum
.. Give the meanings OF five suffixes
in common uuse. and illustrate the use
of each in word
6 Name some points OF difficulty in |
the teaching Of spelling. and suggest
remedies.
:. Give and illustrate three rules for
spelling.
s BY the use Of proper marks. indi- !
cate the pronunciation Of the following |
words:
To live in heats we leave behind
Is not to die.---Campben
GRAMMAR
CTsyior--Tine. So rnin7ites1
l Way is grammar 50 important in /
the education of the chsli2
= What language work should bs CIV |
en- The child il rae first fhrea ga L.