The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-08
LOGAN COUNTY TEACHERS En-
ANIMATION, AUGUST S, 1890.
GEOGRAPHY.

W. S. JONES, Examiner.
/. Name the principal land surveys of Ohio
and state in which Logan is comprised.
2. If the north temperate zone were 36 deg. in
width, what would be the inclination of the
earth s axis?
3. What is the object in teaching geography?
4. Where is the Transvaal and why is it Of
special interest today9
S. Why does not the earth stop moving?
Why do nights vary in length?
6. What portions of the U. s. have the great
est rainfall? Why?
z. Name the capitals of Arizona, Oklahoma,
w. Va, Alaska, Manitoba, Puerto Rico.
g. Name IL rivers of Asia.
READING.
W. 8. JONES, Examiner.
1. How many years work have you done in
the o. T. r. c.?
2 How much OF last years work did you do?
3. Name the advantages and disadvantages
connected with the above named work.
4. What are you doing along the line of the
State pupils reading course?
5. Distinguish between reading and calling
words at sight.
PEDAGOGY.
CHAs. J. BRITToN, Examiner.
1. (a) Give some reasons for teaching local
history. (b) Mention some events connected
with the history Of Logan county.
2. What studies are based on interest?
8. (a) Discuss Arnold as a disciplinarian.
(b) What should be the end in discipline?
4. What can you say of Matthew Arnold's
work as an educator? AS critic? AS a
humorist?
s. Name the principal English schools and
colleges.
g. Define the following educational terms as
applied by the modern teacher: Manual
Training; Physical Culture; Economics; Con-
centration.
Z. (a) Name some lesson in Reading that ap-
peals to Imagination. Q) Why should the
forms of language be taught in the inter-
mediate and grammar grades? (c) Why should
events in History be taught before the philos-
ssophy thereto?
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
II. WENTWORTH. Examiner.
1. What is grammar and what does it teach?
q What are the natural divisions of time?
Define the present active participle. Illus
trate the ways in which it is used.
g. Give principal parts of m, bleed, forsake,
gild, NOV, pay steal, swear, Stave, shoe.
A. Diagram or analyze: Katrina Tan Tas-
be perceived even in her dress, which was a
mixture of ancient and modern fashions as
most suited to set off her charms.
s. State the difference between relative and
personal pronouns.
6. Outline a language lesson for third-year
pupils, and show your manner of teaching the
same. "
ARITHMETIC.
W. S. JONES, Examiner.
1. If dealer makes 25c on book which he
sells for ST. rs, what is his per cent of profit?
2 When the greenback dollar was worth
only 4Oc in gold, what was the price of gold?
3. What must be paid for U. S. Az per cents,
when gold is 1O5, to produce an income of 4as
per cent?
4. If the taxable property in school dis
trict is listed at S4OO, ,OOO and it is decided to
erect a school house costing $4,000, what will
be that mans tax whose property is listed at
s., ,5OO2
5. In extracting the cube root why multiply
by 300 and by 30? Why double the root already
found, in extracting the square root?
G. The volume diagonal of O cubical block is
20 times the square root of 3; Find the surface
Z. Draw the following figures: scalene tri-
ANGLE rhombus. trapeZium, rhomboid, rect
angle and parallelopipedon.
8. What number multiplied by s71a per cent.
of itself produces SCOOP
WRITING.
Fl. WENTWORTH, Examiner.
Sunbeam of summer, o what is like thee,
Hope of the wilderness, JOY of the sea!
One thing is like thee, to mortals given