The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-04-09
SCHOOL ExAn1NERs.
A List Of Questions Propoahded On
Saturday, April, 4, 1895.

ARITHMETIC.
Define true discount, bank discount,
and trade discount.
A has $24OO; { Of his money plus $500
il "a Of BIS. How much has B2
A>farmer owning 45% of q certain tract
Of land, sold $40 acres, which was 8O%
of what he owned. How many acres
were there in the tract?
I sold 20 dozen feather busters, giving
the purchaser a discount of 10, 10 and
1916. His discounts amounting to $325.20,
how much was my price per dozen Il
What income in currency would
man receive by investing 1920 in U. 8.
5o2o 5o2 So bonds, at lle, when gold is at
Find the amount of $500 for yrs, 6 |
mo-, 10 days, interest SO payable an.
nually.
What is the cost of a draft for $3.50,
payable in go days, exchange being at |
3% premium, and interest go?
If 18 men in 15 days build wall 40 |
rods long, 5 #. high, 4 #. thick, in what
time could 20 men build wall 81 rods
long, 8 #. high, and feet thick2
A room is 20 #. long, 16 #. wide, and
IL #. high. What is the distance from
one of the lower corners to the opposite
upper corner?
What is the surface of sphere of which
the diameter is 4 ft2 What is its volume
The above problems are taken from
Rays Practical Arithmetic.1
HISTORY.
Into what periods is the history of
the U. 8. divided?
What Nations made explorations in
America? What Nations made settle.
ments? What Nations now have terri.
torial possessions in America?
Name and describe five causes of the
Revolutionary war.
Mention five important historical facts
in the life of Franklin.
What can you say of the naval victories
Of Paul Jones? Name two vessels he
defeated.
What was the cause of the Second
Seminole war? The result?
Give an account of the several pur.
chases of territory made by the U. 8.
since 1900.
Describe Perry's Victory on Lake Erie
! Name three American poets, three
American orators and three American
inventors. Name the inventions.
| How was the Constitution of the U.
8. framed and ratified?
GEOGRAPHY.
| (a) In what oceans are islands most
numerous What important country
east of Asia is composed entirely of is.
lands? Name the four principal islands
of the country.
Mention two ways by which produce
shipped through the Great Lakes, can
reach the sea by water.
What countries of Africa border on the
Mediterrspean Give capital of each.
Into how many political divisions is
largest cities of Australia. One noun
tain chain, one river.
What States of the U. S. border on
Canada? Give capital of each.
The northern boundary of what States
is midway between the equator and th :
north pole?
Name the three largest cities Of
Europe. Three longest rivers.
Name the waters you would pass over
in shipping from st. Paul to Dublin.
How many counties in Ohio? In
which county is the largest city located I?
The capital of the State is in which
county?
Locate Ceylon, Isumatra, Borneo, Java,
New Guinea?
Name the glands that secrete saliva.
OF what use in digestion is saliva?
Name the bones of the Uranium. How
many bones in the upper extremities
Describe how the blood is purified in
the lungs.
What specific name is applied to that
class of joints represented by the artic.
ulation OF (a) the tibia and femur; (b)
the humerus and scapula; (c) the TEN
poral bone and parotid
} (a) Mention two organs whose func.
tional movements are produced by the
, operation of involuntary muscles. (b)
State the necessity of involuntary mus
cles.
Describe the heart. Name the cham
: bers of the heart, and name the open
| ines.
The largest arteries are composed ol
how many coats and name them.
Describe the skin. OF what use is it
) Describe the systematic circulation.
> What text books on Physiology have
you studied? How long have you stud
led this branch?