The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-02-20
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
A List Of Questions Prepounded on
Saturday, February, Is, 1895.

| ARITHMETIC.
What is the perimeter of q rhombus,
one diagnal being 10 rods and the area
The interest on U. 8. 4's is PAYABLE
quarterly in gold, If the income from
them be Immediately invested at 6%,
what would be the income on 20 one
thousand dollar bonds in years with
gold at 1O5?
A commission merchant sold $2,75O
worth of wheat on commission Of 3%.
With the net proceeds he purchased q
go day draft at a% premium, interest 1O%,
what was the face of the draft?
At certain hour it was found that
] of the time past noon equaled 20 of
the time to midnight, less 8S-9 minutes.
What was the time?
A watermelon is 13 inches long and
inches in diameter at the middle. What
is the volume of similar melon whose
transverse diameter is 10 inches?
My gain is 20 10; if the cost were $50
less, the gain would be % %. What was
the cost ?
How far must body fall to acquire q
velocity of 1900 feet per second How
far would freely falling body fall in 10
seconds?
A grocer bought oranges at the rates
of J, 2, and 8 cents each. He mixed
them 80 that he might sell them all at
II cents, making ESQ. How many of
each kind would customer get in II
dozen?
If the 80 year government 40 bonds
be bought at Ill 10, what rate will they
pay on the investment? Explain the
process.
A. B. and @. put in trade $5,626. AS
stock WAS in months, BIS months,
and C's months. They gained ST. ,26O,
which was 80 divided that I of AS gain
equaled 3-5 OF BIS, and BIS gain equaled
SO OF C's. What was each ones stock in
trade?
PSYCHOLOGY AND THEORY.
What is meant by thinking? Illu.
strate.
What is the difference between think.
ing and though? Conception and con-
cept?
Name four distinct operations into
which conception is divided.
| Give five rules for definition.
Define reasoning, argument, and
syllogism.
Give the tri.partite division of physi-
cal phenomena. Give the function of
each.
Give the division of the sensibilities.
How many days did you attend the
H. G. T. l., at Leesburg? What advant.
ages or benefits did you derive?
Mention some benefits you have de.
rived from reading McMurray's General
Method.
Mention some benefits you have de-.
| rived from reading Riverby? What
books have you read within the past
year?
State to what extent you have studied
the English language and literature.
In what respects do rhetoric, grammar
and logic differ?
Write or quote sentences illustrating
| all the different constructions of the
noun, and explain each construction.
| State the purpose of each accident of
the verb.
Write out the analysis of the follow.
ing: "Towards night, the school master
walked over to the cottage Uhere his
little friend lay sick" Parse italicized
words.
What is your notion of mode? On
what is mode based? Define each mode
you recognize.
Diagram:
'Some god direct my judgment Let me see
| will survey the inscriptions back again.
What says this lesden casket
who chooseth me must give and haznrd all he
hath
Must give for what9 For lead ? Hazard for
This casket threatens Men that hazard all
Do 1t in hope of fair advantages
golden mind stoops not to shows of dross
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| HISTORY.
| Show by q statement of facts that you
are reader of current events.
Quote from Lincoln's Gettysburg
speech from the Ordinance of 1887
from Grants letter to Buckner.
Trace the territorial growth of the U,
s. since 1881, naming at least 8 acces
sions.
Describe the arrest and Imprisonment
of Jefferson Davis. When and why was
he released? Was he ever officially
pardoned for his part in the Rebellion
What was the Star of the West ? The
Caroline? The Gaspee? Old Ironsides
The Great Eastern?
Outline the events of Monroe's ad.
ministration.
What two national conventions did
the Democratic party hold in 1860
Why? Who were the nominees of each
convention? What was the platform Of
each faction?
What works on Civil Government
have you studied; Can the fundament
ais OF this study be taught successfully
in the country schools? Your reason?
What was the Haymarket Riot How
were the leaders punished? What is the
cause of riots of this nature?
When was the U. s. public debt
largest? What was the amount? What
is it now? Has it increased or decreased
during the last two years ? Why?
A high liver with torpid liver will
| not be long liver. Correct the liver