Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-18
TEACHERS, EXAMINATION.
ARITHMETIC.

8. Multiply two hundred and sixteen
uudred-thousandths by twenty-five
hundredths, and divide the product by
ninety ten-thousandths; then find the
reciprocal of the quotient.
4. A and B can do piece of work in
10 days. A is absent days nnd Is 2
days, when it takes them IA days to
complete it; what time will it take
each to do it alone?
5. A tourist having 50, 500 at his dis
posal, purchased draft for 90 davs at
per cent, the exchange being S3-40
per cent. premium; what was the face
| of the draft?
| 6. If the stock bought at 10 per cent.
discount pays only 8 per cent. on in
vestment, at what rate must the same
stock be discounted that an investment
of s per cent. may be realized at the
same rate of dividend?
Z. The longitude of Marietta is 81
degrees, 80 min. w. If balloonist
starts here and sails due west at 10 A.
M, arriving at Atchison, Kan, longi-
tude 95 deg. W., and his watch ind!-
ca tes l2 NJ, what will be the true sun
/ time?
s. BY cutting off strip inches.
wide from around square board,
area of the board.
o. If pipe three inches in diameter
empty q cistern in two hours, in what
time will 8 two-inch pipes empty it?
10. A pile of wood 10 m. long, 12 DIN.
wide and IS DIM. high is 9l0 of what
a farmer owns: what is the entire lot
worth at sS. so per ster?
GRAMMAR.
A. d. HOPPER.
/. Give examples of Copulative, Ad-
versative, Alternative and Casual con-
functions.
2. Analyze: A clownish air is but a
small defect; still it is enough to rem
der man disagreeable.
9. When is noun in the nominative
case Independent?
4. When is variation called Inhec-
tion? When is it called Derivation?
s. Write the plural of cameo safe,
grief, wine, tea, ana If.
g. Why is the Infinitive 30 called?
What are yerbals?
7. Parse words in small capitals:
TWAS BUT kindred sound TO MOVE;
For pity melts the heart to love-
S. Classify the phrases and clauses in
the following: "If there be, within
the extent of our knowledge or nflu-
ence. any participation in the traffic,
let us pledge ourselves here, upon the
Rock of Plymouth, to extirpate and
destroy it
0. In what ways may the possessive
case be expressed without the apos-
trophe?
10. In what do the errors of language
consist? What is a figure in grammar?
What is punctuation? Apply, in COM
| position of your own, three rules for
the use of capitals. And three rules
for the use of the comma.
GEOGRAPHY.
NJ. R. ANDREWS.
1. A line drawn due west from
Gibraltar to the Mississippi river would
cross what states? Near what two
cities would it pass?
q What states are drained, in part,
by the Arkansas river?
8. Name the states which touch
Lake Michigan? Name four cities
situated on the shore of this lake?
Name the states in which petrole-
um has been produced.
5. Give the boundaries of the Yellow
stone National Park. For what is it
noted?
6. Name and locate FIVE mountain
ranges of Europe.
Z. Name and locate two Of the great
est seaports of England. Two of Ger
many.
s. Name the largest republic of
Europe. Name four of it's cities. How
does it compare in size' and population
with Ohio?
8. Name the countries of America in
which the Spanish language is COM
monty spoken.
10. Describe the position. climate, and
governments of Australia.
HISTORY.
NJ. r. ANDREWS.
/. Give the origin of the following
names in America: Jamestown, Ply
mouth, Providence, Georgia, Baltimore.
2. Name some historical event asso-
ciated with West Point, Quebec, De.
troit, Philadelphia, Vicksburg.
9. What states were each formed of
two colonies? Giye the names of these
colonies.
did the manner of voting differ from
that now followed in the Congress?
At that time which were the most pop
ulous states?
5. What do the names Cincinnati and
Marietta commemorate?
6. What great improvement was en-
couraged by Governor Clinton? What
: did it do for the country?
:
and at least one book written by each.
s. When did the United States wage
war in Africa? For what reason?
9. What is an Ex POST FACTo law?
10. How many members does Ohio
send to the U. S. Senate? How are
they chosen?
PHYSIOLOGY.
A. W. FARLow.
/. How does atmospheric pressure
tend IN hold the femnr in tho acat i, h.,