Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-10-23
EXAMINATIONS FOR COUNTY
TEACHERS LICENSE IN
NEW JERSEY.
THEoRY AND fRAcrIon on TEAcHINa

NEW JERSEY.
THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TEACHING.
L. Name three purposes of school
discipline. 2. Why is regularity
of attendance most important ? 8.
Upon what faculties of the child
must the primary teacher princip
ally rely 4. What are the adj
vantages of the topical method of
teaching geography 5. What are
the objections to giving pupils either
false orthography or false syntax
for correction 6. What topics
should be given particular attention
in teaching current history E? z.
To what extent do you associate
mental with written arithmetic E?
8. What is meant by judicious com
mendation 8. What is the best
method of assisting the pupil Z? 10.
In what particulars do you look af.
ter the sanitary condition of your
school room =?
ARITHMET1C-TH1RD GRADE.
1. Give two definitions of di-
vision. Illustrate each by con-
crete example. 2. From one mil
lion subtract one millionth and
divide the remaider by 1888 ten mil
lionths 3. Divide $4,000 among
A, B and G, so that A shall have IL
times as much as B, and @ shall have
d as much as B. 4. A man travel
ing found on arriving at his destina-
ton that his watch, which kept cor
rect time, was 2 hours and twenty
minutes slow in what direction had
he travelled and how many degrees ?
5. What is 209S of 3096 of 5096 of
$50. .662a. 6. Required the interest
of 5000, at so from April goth,
1891, until to-day. z. The rafters
of a house are twenty five feet in
length and their ends 40 feet apart.
Required area of gable, s. Fifty
six forty -fifths Gu. #. lack 1-50 of a
Gu. in. of equaling the volume of
one bushel. How many bu. of
wheat would you need to sell, at
this approximate measure, to re-
ceive pay for 1 bu. more than the
quantity delivered 8. When sill
yer is worth 66 cents per o., what
is the bullion value of a silver dol
lar that has lost Az of it's weight by
abrasion
Mental Arithmetic-If "a of a lb.
of sugar is sold for the cost of "a of
h., what is the q of gain ? If "a
of a lb. for the cost of d One
third of a yard square is what part
of So. yards ? If pipe 1 inch in
diameter will fill cistern in hours,
how long Theoretically will it take
pipe Il inch in diameter.
GRAMMAR-THIRD GRADE.
1. Name and define the proper
ties of nouns. OF verbs. 2. What
are the three methods of distinguish.
ing sex? Illustrate. 3. Illustrate five
different methods of forming the
plural of nouns. Write five that
have no plural and five that have
no singular form. 4. To others dc
''what to- thyself thou wishest 'to
be done" Here is love, in " that y
while we were yet sinners, Christ
died for us. Analyze the above SEN
tences and parse the words in quota
tions. 5. Which parts of speech are
compared? Which declined ? Which
corrugated ? 6. How are verbs
divided as regards form =? Their re-
lation to objects ? AS regards mode
of combining them z. Which
modes can be used interrogatively
Illustrate. 8. Give synopsis of the
verb "write," in the first person
plural, through all it's modes and
lenses in the progressive form. 8.
What parts Of speech are never
modified 10. Write an applica-
ton for a position as teacher stat
ing qualifications, experience, and
giving references. Use proper form
of heading, superscription and clos
ing. Be careful to paragraph, cap
italize and punctuate properly.
COMMUNICATING GRADE.
1. Name five political divisions
in telling where you live. 2. Name
the great races of mankind, and
give the principal location of each.
3. Name, in order of their impor-
tance, three republics. Four en-
pires. 4. OF what States does the
Mississippi form partial boundary
The Ohio river ? 5. Name, in the
order of size, the largest five cities
in the United States. The largest
five in New Jersey.
Locate and give width in degrees
of each of the zones. What would
be the width of each if the earth s
axis were inclined but twenty de-
grees ? z. Name the three princi-
pal commercial water-routes of the
United States to the sea. 8. Name
an important city belonging to
Great Britain in each of the five
grand divisions of the globe. 0.
Trace the short route for vessels
from London to Melbourne. 10
Name, in order of commercial inn
portance, six principal seaports Of
the United States.
TEMPERANCE PHYSIOLOGY. - THIRD
GRADE.
1. Why is temperance instruc-
ton in the public schools regarded
as so important ? 2. Which two
organs will absorb the most alcohol
What are the results ? 3. Why dc
insurance companies reject the ap-
plcations of the Incorporate
A. State physiologically the cause
of the bleared eyes, red nose and
"blotched" face of the inebriate. 5.
What simple experiment is often
performed to illustrate the effect OF
alcohol upon the brain ? 8. Why
are intemperate people more liable
to disease than others Z? Why less
liable to recover +? 2. Upon what
does the amount of alcohol distilled
from any fruit juice depend g.
Name five narcotics. All are cruel