Middletown transcript., 1896-04-18
EXAMINATION PAPERS.


Explain and illustrate what is known
in grammar as the nominative absolute.
3.-Explain the use of the italicized
words. (a)Gather her bouquet of roses. {b,
The election should have come month
later. (c) That sentence is an old ac-
quaintance of ours. (d) Theyare listening
to the music. (e) We knew IL to be him
4.-Gonstruct sentences illustrating. (a)
emphatic verb phrases; tb) progressive
verb phrases; tc) objective comp lement. or
factiye predicate: (b) impersonal pronoun.
5.-Define and illustrate the following.
(a) refexiye use of pronouns; (b) relative
adyerb; (c) subjunctive mode; (d) passive
voice; (e) ellipsis.
6-Explain the relation of infinitives and
participles to verbs; j. e., in what way are
they like and in what unlike verbs2
T.
/. To every life one heavenly chance befalls;
2. To every soul a moment big with fate,
8. When, grown importunate with creed
and fear,
4. It,cries for help, and 10! from close at
5. The voice of Celestial answers. 81 am
9. Oh, blessed souls, made wise to under
stand,
Z. Made bravely glad to wait.
SARAH CHAUHcEY WooLEY.
(a) Give reasons for the punctuation used
in the above stanza.
fb) Give subject and predicate of clauses
of equal rank found in it.
(c) How do you dispose of the last five
words found in line 22
(d) What parts ofspeech are whenn and
grown in line g.
(e) Give grammatical construction of
.'importunate'' in line 8.
(f Parse "close' in line 4.
(g) How is ahere" used in line s.?
(h) Give case of "seuls" in line g.?
(f) Dispose of the infnitive in line
G) Give the construction of glad in line L
MENTAL.
IIf six men dig patch of potatoes in
four hours and ten boys can do the same
work in six hours, after both men and boys
have worked together two hours how long
will it take the boys alone to finish it?
2.-Having farm, sold of it, and af-
terw ards bought "a acres, and then had Sc
acres; how much land had / at first?
3.-Two men paid $11 for the use of a
pasture; the first put in calves and the
second put in colts. What should each
pay provided two colts consume as much
as three calves2
4.-Edward gave 6 plums to each of his
paymates and had nine plums remaining.
Had he given each of them plums in
stead of 6, he would have had but 1 re-
naming. How many playmates hadhe?
5.-Ipay three men $3.50 for doing
piece of work; the second works three times
as long as the first. and the third one-half
as long as the first and second together. If
they are paid the same rate per day, what
should each receive?
ARITHMETIC.
1.-The taxable property of a village is
$500 900; the number of polls at $3.50 each
is $40; union school house is to be built
worth s22, ,S60.2 allowing per cent for
collecting, what will be the tax rate?
2-The bank discount of a.debt of S1215
due in 10 months, 20 days. is 800; what is.
the rate?
3.-Gloyes are sold for 80 cents pair,
which is 1853 per cent less than the price
they are marked, but which is 12a per cent
more than they cost. What per cent above
cost were they marked?
Allow many bushels of grain are in a
conical pile 5 feet high and 26 feet in cir
5.-For renting house and securing
payment, the charge of an agent amounted
to $56 .679, of which S23.75 were costs and
The remainder 5 per cent of the rent paid;
required the rent.
GEOGRAPHY.
Name in order the component parts
IF the British Empire. beginning with En-
gland and moving eastward around the
globe.
2.-Why is the northern part of South
A merica west of the Andes mountains bar
'en and uncultivated, while the southern
part west of the mountains is fertile and
3.-What effect have the Rocky, Coast
md Cascade mountains upon the climate
md rain fall of the Pacific States. The Basin
States, the Rocky Mountain States and
be States ofthe Plains?
4.-(a) What are the chief gold produc-
ng regions of the world, (b) silver, {c) tin.
d. copper, (e) wheat, ~ salt, {g) silk, (h)
ugar, ti) Goldfish?
5.-How would you teach class of be-
inners the definitions of the following
erms. Lake, mountain, river, peninsula,
ALLEY?
6.-Give description of the South Afri-
an Republic which shall include the area.
climate. so il, physical features. |
Productions and character Of its inhabi |
ants.
What were the Characteristic social |
distinctions between the early northern |
nd southern American colonies?
2.-What territory has been added to the
United States since the close of the Reyo-
utionary WARP How was each acquisition
made?
8.-Name in the order of their develop
lent the more important national politi-
al parties of the past and present, and give
he foundation principals of each.
4.-Giye, as to class in the fourth grade
he story of Nathan Hale or Ethen Allen
t Tconderoga.
5.-What was the principle of s'Squatter
overeignty''F When was it first advanced.
y whom, and for what purpose2
6.-Name and explain the current topics.
PEDAGoGIcs.
La How does the course of study
iggest that you should develop the idea
boundary (b) The idea of the earth's
lape and size?
Estate the three purposes of recita-
on. Ii
3.-What works on education haye you
adj Which has been most helpful to you?
Thy?
4-ta) What methods of teaching SPELL
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