The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-22
POSERS FOR
THE TEACHERS.
Examination Held at High
School During Saturday.
THE LIST OF QUESTIONS.
Some Are Easy to Answer and Others Are
Not Quite SO Easy-LOok EN- Over
and See How Much You
Have Forgotten.

The examination of teachers is occur
ring at the high school today. A large
number of the teachers are taking the
examination and making an effort to Sc
cure certificates. Following is the list
of questions that are being propounded:
GRAMMAR.
1. Define idiom, euphony and elision.
q Illustrate each of the above terms
in sentences.
g. What are the two functions Of
the relative pronoun.
4. Write a sentence in which a parti-
ciple appears clearly to be used as a
verb and a noun.
5. Define synopsis, declension and
paradigm.
6. Use, in sentences q word of your
own choice as four different parts Of
speech.
7. Decline child and who.
g. illustrate the different kinds of
agreement in grammar; the different
kinds of government.
D. When is it proper to use the COM
parative degree of an adjective? When
the superlative?
TO- o God, we are but leaves on thy
stream, clouds in thy sky. Diagram
the senence and parce God, but, clouds,
thy and sky.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
1. What is the meaning of the terms
Theory" and "Practice?"
2. State five good ways of securing
and holding the attention Of pupils.
8. Define attention.
4. On what should language lessons
be based?
). What are the objects of punish"
6. Name the seven school virtues
mentioned in DR.. Whites School Man
agement,
I. What abuses of the text book by
teachers and pupils have you observed?
s. Define memory. What powers are
involved in remembering?
8. Explain the association of ideas
by the law of correlation.
20. Define sensation. What factors
enter into the production of sensation?
~ LITERATUsE.
l. What are the principal benefits to
be derived from the study of this sub
ject?
2. Name five of Shakespeare's best
dramatic works. Why do these pro-
ductions rank so high?
8. Name Americas two greatest nov
elists, giving three productions of each.
What are the leading characteristics
thors
4. What noted names are connected
with the literature of the Elizabethian
period. Upon what does the fame of
each rest?
5. Write short quotations from Ten
nyson, Burns, Bryant, Whittier and
Emerson.
6. Who is regarded as England's
greatest orator? Americas? Name a
famous Grafton of each and state upon
what occasion it was delivered.
7. What can you say of the literature
of the period of the Commonwealth?
Name the leading writers of this period.
8. What do you understand by histo-
ric novel, romance, epic poetry, elegy
and allegory? Give a good example of
each.
9. Give author and state to what
class of literature each of the following
productions belong: Marble Faun,
Sketch Book, Sesame and The Lilies,
Lady of the Lake, and The Princess.
10. Name three famous English essay
lists. What are some of the subjects
treated Of in the essays of each
GEOGRAPHY.
1. Define longitude, climate, tides, iso-
thermS and selVas,
2. Name the leading wheat produc-
ing countries of the world. The lead
ing cotton producing'countries.
3. Draw a map of Ohio. Locate twelve
largest cities and six principal rivers.
4. Given the longitude of place east
or west from Greenwich, how would you
ascertain the longitude of place dia-
metrically opposite on the globe?
.I.... rIAn ne F~atV foil
in Egypt and the Sahara desert.
6. Name the countries bordering on
the Mediterranean and name the cap
ital of each. Name six islands of this
sea.
7. Name the countries of Asia that are
crossed by the Tropic of Cancer Name
the states of the Union that have the
same latitude as Kansas. Name the
states having the same longitude.
s. Which is easier and shorter, the
passage from New York to Liverpool,
or from Liverpool to New York? Why?
8. Name the prevailing religions of the
following countries respectively: Rus
sia Arabia, India, the countries of
South America.
10. Locate and describe the following
The Staked Plains, The Great Sand
Hills Dad Lands), The Great American
Desert, The Dismal Swamp.
PHYSIOLOGY.
/. Trace drop of blood.
e. Give uses and composition of the
blood
g. Name and define the various tis-
sues of the body.
L. Define joint, and name and locate
the different kinds.
s. Define periosteum, pericardium, di-
aphragm, larynx and pharynx.
6. Give the properties, structure and
composition Of bone
Z. Name the organs Of circulation.
s. Name and give the uses of the
various glands of the skim
9. Name and give uses Of the differ
ent parts Of the brain.
10. Describe the eye.
H. Tell what peculiar influence alco-
hol exerts.
12. How does alcohol check the pro-
cess oxidation?