The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-05-13
SCHOOL QUESTIONS
PrOpounded by the Examiners Satur.
day, May 8.
ARITHMETIC.

ARITHMETIC
Ireceived SO dividend on Phil. City
r. r. stock, and invested the money 10
the same stock at 75G My stock had
then increased to $l6,2 what was the
amount of my dividend?
The area of the faces OF a cube is 294
so #. What is the distance from ole
corner to the most distant corner2
Two men in partnership gain 5000; the
first owns / of the stock and $40, and his
gain is $50. What is the entire stock of
each?
By comparing logs two sea captains
found that at certain time there was a
difference of hr., As min. in their mer.
idian time. If the one having the earliest
time was in II degs. west, what was the
longitude of the other?
At what time between 10 and l o'clock
do the hour and minute hands coincide
A. B G. start from the same point, to
ference. A travels miles and B 81
miles day in the same direction, and
@ IA miles in an opposite direction In
how many days will they all meet?
If a pipe 3 inches in diameter discharge
IL hid. of water in a certain time, what
must be the diameter of pipe which
will discharge 4S hhd in the same time ?
Find the first and last terms OF an
arithmetical progression whose sum is
40S, common difference 6, and number
of terms 8.
Which is the more advantageous, to
buy -four at S5 bbl on mo. or "a S73
cash, money being worth 7G?
Each OF two men, A and B, desired to
sell his horse to G A asked certain
price, and B asked 50% more. A then
reduced his price 300, and B his price
800 at which prices @ took both horses,
paying for them $l4S. What was each
mans asking price?
u s HISTORY AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
What was the House Of Burgesses
The Albany Convention
Why did the people of New England
oppose the War of 1912?
What two colonies claimed Vermont
How was the dispute settled?
lowing at the time specified; Liberal
construction of constitution and strong
Central Government In 1895? An
nexation OF Texas in 1874? Restriction
of slavery in 1856?
/ Give the object and plan of the Brit
ish campaign in which the battle of Ger.
mantown was fought; which army made
the attack? Why?
Explain U. S. Circuit Courts; U, s.
District Courts.
| What is a territory? How many kinds
! of territories Explain the difference.
What are foreign ministers Of the U.
IS?
What is meant by merchant marine
| Letters OF MaIque and Reprisal?
What are the duties of the Secretary
of State The Secretary of the Interior?
PHYSIOLOGY AND NARCOTICS.
Name the bones of the Uranium and
explain the advantages of their arrange.
ment
Describe the changes produced, the
organs used, and the secretion received
by mouthful of food in it's digestion.
(a) What are digestive ferments? (b)
Explain vinous and acetic lamentations.
We learn that the saliva rapidly
changes starch to sugar. What advan-
tage is this in digestion
(a) Explain the effect of alcohol on
the brain. Give physical effects OF al.
coholics and narcotics.
| Describe and show how you represent
the structure of bones.
Name and give functions OF the var.
ious kinds of bodily tissues.
(a) Give in full the composition OF the
blood. (b) Show the arrangement OF
fiber in the various kind of muscles.
What evil effects are produced by the
hahitual use of morphine?
(a) Distinguish between the two great
ne1v.i us systems. (b) Name and locate
the divisions of the brain.
PENMANSHIP.
Analyze C, d, H. NJ.
Show by drawing the relative height
J of t, B,r,g.
| When should capital letters be intro
duced in teaching beginners
Write all the capitals.
Should all the pupils be required to
use the same style of letters? Why?