The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-10-26
SCHOOL NOTES.
Conducted by II. H. KInnisOn.

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The following are the questions given
the teachers at the last county examina.
ton. From one third to one half of the
applicants at each examination are sue.
cessful, a small per cent, considering the
nature OF the questions.
ARITHME TIC.
l. How find the area of a trapezoid,
a circle, q trianglep How find the vol.
ume OF Of spherep OF a cone?
2. A firm sends Its agent 1880 includ.
Ing commission at 2 per cent, with
which to buy sugar. If75 tons are OBJ.
tained, what Is the cost per poundp
8. II $500 is procured on a 9O-day's note
not bearing interest, for how much was
the note written, discount rate being 1
per cent?
4. have a lot Of land in the form of g
triangle whose base is so rods, and alti
tude $50 feet. Required, in feet, the
side OF square lot having the sant
area.
b. paid SO, $50 for wool and sold it al
Q gain OF IL per cent. taking payment in
cotton cloth which sold at loss of IL
per cent. Did | gain or lose In the trans
cation, and how muchp
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
l. Tell what objects you seek to attain
through your recitatiOns.
3. Define pedagogy. Which do you
think OF the most benefit to the teacher
the study of pedagogy or literaturei
WhyP
3. What faculties are most exercised
by the study OF mathematics
4. Why should the powers of observa-
ton be trained before those of reflection
.. Give your age and experience. Are
you teaching nOwp Name four current
events OF much interest
GEOGRAPHY.
/. What Is geography Why should 1t
be taught In schoOlP
3. Tell how you would conduct q reci.
tation In the larger textbooks used in
the schools?
y. Does the sun rise In the east? If 80,
whyY II not, why does it appear to do
so?
4. Where are the suns rays falling
vertically tOdayP How do you know?
8. Trace the 10th parallel north round
the globe, telling the principal political
divisions and bodies Of water which II
crosses.
PHYSIOLOGY.
l. Why was the teaching Of physiology
so generally introduced into the schools
a few years silceP
3. Describe the action Of the heart and
tell Its qse9
8, II you were building a country
schOOl=hOuse, how would you provide fol-
ventilation and heatingp
4. Describe the process by which the
blood receives oxygen and loses carbOniC
acid gas.
B. What effect has the cOntiued use OF
alcohol on the BLOODY
GRAMMAR.
l. Use q subordinate clause expressing
doubt, one denOting condition, and one
stating result
3. Give words having nearly the same
meaning as the following: comely,
eccentric, incompetent, transpire and
argument.
8. Write sentence which shall con.
vey the same thought as the one below,
quoted from Emerson, and parse the
words In italics:
"He zvho BY force Of will or Of thought
is great, and oUerlOoks thousands, has
the charges Of that eminence."
U. s. HISTORY AND CIVICs.
l. Name the tribes Of Indians with
which the early settlers Of New England
had trouble.
2. Write about Lafayette.
8. What can you say about the ordi.
nance OK 1872
4. Who were Roger Williams, Patrick
Henry, Millard Fillmore, James Buchan-
nan, Elihu Whitney and s. +. B. Morser
5. How is U. s. Senator elected
Name the duties Of the Senate.
The average applicant shows a greater
deficiency In the construction Of plain
English sentences than in any other
feature Of the work. The teaching Of
composition In the average common
school is lamentably weak. Why can't
1t be impr0yedp Who is at faulty
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