The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-09-10
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
A List Of Qnestious Propounded On
Saturday. Sept. 5, 1896. II

What are the principal elements in
the English language
What is an adversative conjunction?
An illative conjunction illustrate by
example.
Why should language have Infection
How do you teach the parts of speech?
Write the adjectives of the following:
Read, reduce, decide, expense, man.
misery, hope, clay, fever, control.
What determines the part OF speech to
which word belongs in English. Ex.
plain.
"Wtosoeyer believeth on me Htouoh he
italicized,
Write a stanza of the "Psalm of Life"
and account for the punctuation and
capitals.
Write compound sentence, one MEM
Der of which shall be complex, one
member shall have compound adjec.
tive and compound objective element.
Correct If necessary and diagram:
could not tell which was which nor who
was who; neither could they.
PENMANsHIP.
Name the principles of any system.
Show by drawing the degrees of slant
required in the slant systems.
Give the measurements of b. BYE,
When shall child begin to write
Give quotation from Whittier as q
specimen of penmanshjp; not less than
four lines.
HISTORY AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
What unit of government have we
received from the Massachusetts, COLONY?
From the Virginia Colony?
Name five motives prompting Colum.
bus to make the voyage on which he
discovered America.
Who was Navaez? Cortes?
What was the X Y z Commission :?
What political parties were in the U. 8.
at this time What were the issues
between them?
What was the policy of the Anti
Federalists Name some Federalists
who became Democrats.
Explain how the U. s. Governments
raises money to defray its expenses,
What was the original plan OF voting
for President and Vice President? The
present plan e?
What commercial interests suggested
the necessity of a constitutional conven.
tion in 1885?
Name three compromises of the Con-
stitution.
Explain an &c post facto law.
ARITHMETIC.
How many spoons, each weighing l
OF. pvt, can be made from Is lbs. 6
OF. 10 pvt. of silver, If 10 13% is lost in
manufacturing
A stack OF hay, in the form of a pyra.
mid, II it. high, contains tons. How
high must similar stack be, that it NAV
contain 60 tons?
A sold SO bonds at 1900, receiving for
them Sll.040. He invested the proceeds
in so bonds at 92S. How much did he
increase his income
How does annual interest differ from
compound interest? (b) Write a non.
negotlable, interest bearing note, paya-
BILE at the Merchants National Bank. of
If it cost $572 to enclose with fence
a field that is y rd. long and 32 rd.
wide, how much less will be the cost of
enclosing square field containing the
same area?
A hound ran 80 rds. before he caught
a fox, and OF the distance the fox ran
before he was caught, equaled the dis.
tance he was ahead when they started.
How far did the fox run, and how far
in advance of the hound was he when
the chase commenced? (Solve mentality
| A miller wishes to make wagon box
large enough to hold 100 bu., having the
length three times the width and the
width and height equal. What will be
the length?
Why will dividing the numerator or
multiplying the denominator by the
same, produce the same result?
How many gallons of wine at So.
per gallon must be mixed with 40 gal.
Ions at So 25 and 20 gallons at So to make
a mixture worth 50 rs per gallon?
A bought house and lot for 81 500.
The tax upon it was S64 80, insurance
Sl2.5O, repairs Sl3 per annum. At what
price per month must he rent it to I
realize so interest on his investment?
PHYSIOLOGY.
In what parts of the body does fat
accumulate? Where does it not Give
three of its uses.
Define sypovial membrane, penos.
teum, epiglotis, peristalic movement.
Locate and scribe the nerve centers of
the sympathetic system.
Describe the changes which take place.
in the blood in the capillaries.
What is the general arrangement of|
the muscles2 What are fexors Ex.
tensors?
Describe the liver. What are its
functionsP
Describe the valves found in the ven.
tricles of the heart. OF what use are
they?
What foods are digested in the
stomache?
| NARCOTICS.
Describe the effects of alcohol on the
nerves?
What is the effect of alcohol on the
blood? What part of the mind appear
most affected by alcohol?
What is the difference between
stimulant and narcotic? To which
class does alcohol belong?
Give five rules to be observed in sicl
room.
Compare the decentralization in tho
cases of the opium eater and the alcohol
drinker.
Show how the excessive use of alcoho /
NAV first increase and afterWard de