Middletown transcript., 1896-05-02
(Our second set)
EXAMINATION PAPERS.

From D. Used by Supt. w. w. .Knowls
March go, 1896.
(Other examination forms will folio
each week. Last week was one by Supt
Tindall. They will be interesting by wa
of fcomparison.-Ed.)
/ GRAMMAR.
1-d) Does the pronoun you always RI
quire the plural form of the verb? Ifs
why? (2) What is the difference between
verb and participle?
2-(I) What part of speech, or parts O.
speech, doee participial phrase alway
modify? How many lenses have the differ
ent modes? (3) Parse the italicized words i
the following:
All the conspirators, SAGE only him.
Did wdat they did in envy ofgreat Cesa
3-(D Why is it necessary to observe tn
sense, or meaning, of what we parse? q
Can verb or participle, not transi tive
take any other case after it than that whicl
precedes ii? (3) What is the usual position
of the nominative and verb. and when il
it varied? (4) Why cannot two nouns, eacl
having the possessive sign. be put in appo
sition with each other?
Correct the following and give reason
(D lam not recommending these kind O
sufferings to your liking. ~ think sh'
cannot be above six foot two inches high
(3) The wall is ten foot high. (4 :Most O
whom live remote from each other.
5-Diagram:-
Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth,
A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown
Fair science frowned not on his humble birth
= And Melancholy marked him for her own
MENTAL ARITHMETIC
1.-The tail of fish weighs SO ounces, the
head weighs IL ounces more than the tail
plus 2-5 of the body, and the body weighs
as much as the head and tail; required the
weight of The fish.
PA lady at a..game of cards won s450, and
then lost one-third of what she had, and
then found she had four times as much as
at first; how much had she at first?
3-A barrel of vinegar leaked away 25
percent what percent must gain on the
remainder that may gain 10 per cent by
the transaction.
"A lady has two silver cups and only
one cover for both: the first cup weighs
20 ounces. and if the first cup be covered it
will weigh three times as much as the sec
ond, but if the second cup be covered it
will weigh four times as much as the first.
required the weight of the second cup and
cover.
WRITTEN ARITHMETIC.
las gain was 26 per cent and BIS 30
per cent, and AS gain was $27 less than BIS;
what was the capital of each, if two-thirds
Of AS equals three-fourths of B s?
2-What is the interest on $500 for
years, 2 months and days, at per cent?
3-What is multiple of number? (b) A
common multiple? (c) Least common mul.
iple? (d) State the difference between the
]. G. D. and the L. c. NJ.
"A farmer has field 40 rods long and
% rods wide; required the dimensions of a
'imilar field containing Al acres.
Three men purchase tract of land for
$4,000. of which A pays $1,000; they sell
It such price that B gains $750.20 and C
'937.75; how much do B. and C. pay, and
What is AS gam?
PHYSIOLOGY.
1-(a) Locate the triceps muscle. (b)
What muscle is directly opposed to the
riceps, constituting with triceps pair of
muscles?
2-What fluid does (a) the portal vein
AIRY; (b) the lacteals?.(c) Where do these
'rgans have their beginning?
3-(al What evil effects frequently at
end the wearing of clothing colored with
heap, poisonous dyes? (b) What function
If the skin is active in producing these
vii effects?
4-Give three rules to be observed in
,eeping cellars in proper sanitary condi-
ion.
5-Show how the words, visiting the
niquities of the fathers upon the children
into the third and fourth generation" are
'roved true with reference to those who
se alcoholic stimulants to excess.
PEDAGOGY.
La What is the object of education?
b)State the difference between culture and |
2-(a) What way has the Course of Study |
een helpful to you? (b) Outline its method
f teaching Language.
3-(a) What is your method Of teaching
pelllng? (b) What are some of the adyan-
ages and disadvantages of teaching the /
)ral Method of Spelling?
la What are Language LessonS2 (b)
Which should the child be taught first,
Lessons or Grammar? (c) Why? /
GEOGRAPHY.
1-State the comparative length of the
60 coast of North aud South America; also
be length of their sea coast compared
'i;h their areas respectively; and the rela-
ion to sea coast on their civilization and
istory. 81
2-(a) Into how many departments is
geography divided? (b) Define each de-
(c) Which is the longer, and
ow much. the polar or the equatorial
iameter of the earth?
3-(a) Which Of the United States is the
lost extensively engaged in manu- fractures?
(Which in commerce? (c) What is the
rea and population of the United States?
u Between what degrees of latitude and
'ngitude is the United States situated?
4-What articles would be exported from
t. Petersburg to New York? (b) Why
ould not grain be among them? icy From
hat cities in our Southern States would
ew York import cotton? (d) Why not
ON Calcutta and Alexandria, Egypt?
HISTORY.
lin the following States there was