The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-04-30
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
A List Of Questions Propounded on
Saturday, April, 25, 1896.
THEORY AND PRACTICE,

| THEORY AND PRACTICE.
Show the difference between reflection
and observation. What two mental
powers are exercised in reflection I?
What is meant by a stimulus of atten.
ton? How are the stimuli of attention
presented in early childhood
Distinguish between inductive reason
ing and ueductive reasoning. In which
may the reasoning be said to be priori?
What are the three sources of all our
knowledge? What can you say of the
relation OF perception to education
Enumerate five uses of the irnagina.
tion Why should it be cultivated? !?
What is memory? What is knowl.
edge? Give definitions that define.
Classify the following into the forms
| Of physical feelings: envy, love, malice.
patriotism, jealousy, appreciation, resent.
ment, retaliation.
Who was Comenus Henry Barnard?
Froebel? p? What do we learn from each Z?
To what extent are teachers respGns.
ible for low wages? Where are YOU
employed? At what wages
What benefits do teachers derive from
being members of teachers associations.
institutes, ETC.? Are you a member of
the H. c. T. A.? Did you attend the
Institute last year?
GEOGRAPHY.
Name the four largest cities of the
world. The four largest in the U. S.
Give popu lation of each.
To which countries does TERRA del
Fuego belong? To what empire do the
Falkland Islands belong? To what coun.
try do the Galapagos Islands belong?
What races are separated by the Pa.
citic ocean By the Atlantic ocean -? By
the Indian ocean By the Desert of Sa.
hara? By the Himalaya Mts.
What are and where are Gran Chaco ?
Mosque of st. Sophia? Sudan Limited
MonaIchies? Absolute Monarchies ?
Christians? Mohammedans? Buddhists I?
The Alhambra? Basques?
What would be the results if the axis
OF the earth were perpendicular to the
ecliptic?
Name the uses OF ocean currents. The
uses of rivers
Give, in general outline, the relief of
North America.
Bound Colorado. Describe its surface,
climate, soil and products. What rivers
take their rise in Colorado.
Name five leading railroad systems
that reach from Chicago or the Mississ-
ippi to the Atlantic. Name in order the
leading cities on each of these lines.
Name IN order the Geological ages.
HISTORY.
Give the popular names and notices
of the following states: Ohio, New York,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, California,
Give the provisions and the history of
Van Buren's Sub Treasury Bill.
Give five historic facts in the life of
James Monroe.
What are sometimes called "The Bill
of Rights" y? Why? When and why
adopted?
What works on Civil Government
have you studied? What Importance at.
taches Io this subject? What law was
recently passed by the Ohio Legislature
concerning this subject?
What will be the leading issues in the
coming Presidential campaign? What
will likely be the platform of each party
on these important questions
| Describe the Treaty of Paris, 1888.
What nations were concerned in it?
Describe the battle of Shiloh in detail.
Outline the events of Jetferson's Ad.
ministration.
Describe the Pan.American Congress.
GRAMMAR.
By means of diagrammed sentences,
illustrate the several distinct uses of the
participial form OF the verb.
| Outline the several kinds of sub.odi
nate clauses. Illustrate each of those
used as adjective elements.
Make verb in the passive voice, po.
tential mode, past perfect tense, second
person, plural number. Find the follow.
verb If could hare been elected.
Name and illustrate the several uses
OF the word Dhat.
Give the etynsology of the following
terms: mode, tense, person, number,
gender, case, grammar, language.
What words have each three case
forms? What case forms have nouns p?
What are known as the "oblique cases."
and why?
Name and make fifteen punctuation
marks. Punctuate your manuscript
with such marks as it needs.
Illustrate by sentences seven different
constructions OF the infnitive. Name
each construction.
Diagram 1) They rose but as our
fathers rose. (2) The cloth is FIVE dollars
a yard. (9) went home that way walk
ing five miles an hour. (4) Such al are
qualified may be chosen. % Long live
the Queen. (6) l sat reading "West-
ward, Ho." (7) know not whom to
send.
Diagram
Some, decent in demeanor while they preach,
That task performed. relapse into themselves
! And having spoken wisely, at the close
Grow wanton, and give proof to every eye,
Whoe'er was edited themselves were not.
Co,pper.
Home Seekers Excursions.