The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-17

FIFTY questions, calculated to reveal
the eligibility Of candidates for admis-
sion 10 the high school, have been
prepared by superintendent Howell.
The questions are not those which have
or will be propounded to the applicants,
but were prepared as a matter of in
formation for parents, prospective pu-
pills and others who make numerous in
cuiries as to how much a boy or glrl
has to know in order to gain admis-
sion.
Some Of the questions are easy for
persons of mature years to answer
ana some are difficult. At all events,
they are full OF interest Following
are the questions:
!. Write an essay of forty lines on "rhe
Trials Of a Street Car Conductor"
2 Write a business letter of not more
than fifteen lines requesting "A position
with some merchant or firm in your
city, I'm which some of your qualifications
for the place are briefly described.
3. A Boston watch is found to be 4ai
hours slow: To what city may its owner
have Travelled?
4. What is meant by the S. G. of ice?
j. The battle of Manila began on May
l, at . O'Clock in the morning. Had
Commodore Dewey been able to cable at
hour which the government would have
received the dispatch, allowing one hour
for transmission. The longitude of Ma
Mia is 100 degrees east; of Washington,
- degrees west
G. OF what commercial and politica!
value would the Nicaragua canal be to
the United States?
:. In 1860 Chicago, Philadelphia and San
Francisco had population of 1l2,l72 593,-
O3i. 56,S02. respectively. and at the last
census the record was 1929, $50, 1,0i696i,
29S 9g7. What was the rate of increase
in each case? Mention the natural and
the commercial reasons for the unequal
growth.
NEW ENGLAND'S ENERGIES.
S. in what direction are New England
energies and wealth now turned? Why?
.. TO what political party did each os
the following men belong: Jefferson,
Daniel Webster, Patrick Henry, Abra-
ham Lincoln. l.. S. Grant.
10. A can build a wall in ten days, y
in twelve days, and C in fifteen days. On
what time can the three build it work
ing together?
II. What is the chief export of South
ern Russia, Japan, South Carolina?
II. Illustrate what is meant by per-
ccntage in arithmetic. and make three
applications of the principle 10 business
nsactions.
Is. Write the meaning Of the following
lines:
"Alas for him who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress trees!
Who hopeless, lays his dead away
Nor looks to see the break OF day
Across the mournfu marbles play"
II. What language is generally spoken
in the following cities: Paris, Havana,
Athens, St. Petersburg. Vienna, Shan
ghai, Naples, Berlin, Rio Janeiro.
Is. Name one object which attracts
travellers to California, Colorado, Wyo-
ming, Kentucky, Egypt, Rome.
IL. There are forty weeks in u school
year and ten sessions in each week.
There are thirty-siX lines in the Psalm
of Life. If pupils committed to mem
Ory one line each session, how many
poems containing as many lines as the
Psalm of Life Will they learn at school
during the year, the schools being closed
l per cent. of the forty weeks.
II. John Gray mas promised to loan
Edward Howe 500 for six months at 5
per cent interest. Write such a note
as should be given, if the money is
loaned on the first day Of next July
Is. What is meant by the Corn Belt OF
the west; the Wheat Belt.
-. Draw a cube seen to the right and
below the eye.
20. For 2-3 of yard of broadcloth at
$3.50 per yard, 1at yards OF cashmere and
| 50 cents in money were given i'm eX-
| change. What is the price per yard OF
! the cashmere?
CAUSE OF THE CHANGE.
| 81 Name the cause of the change of
| seasons. If the earth's axis were per-
| pcndiCuar to the plane of its orbit
what would be the result on our seasons
! and what would be the width of each
! zone?
22 Criticize and correct the following
| sentences, giving full reasons for every
change made:
| Which of the two do you admire most?
! Whose there?
| win | bring you a glass of water?
! Mrs. Byron called on sister and | last
| week.
| Do you like those kind of apples?
| %. Connect each of the following names
| with some noted event in the nations
history: John Paul Jones' Winfield Scott,
Elias Howe, David q. Farragut Robert
| Young Hayne, James Buchanan EadS
"a. Write from memory a poem Of four.
six or eight stanzas, or some classic
| prose.
%. Give complete ana accurate de-
scriptiOn of the leaf placed in your hand
26. Write short essay on mountains.
81. What value is the We7land canal.
the Illinois and Michigan canal?
| 2S. Name three good books which you
| read last year OS9S).
| 20. Name and locate five Of the most
| important cities in the world, and give
| good reasons for your opinion in nam
| ing them as such.
| 30. What is dew, rain, hail snow?
| 81. Draw picture of your shadow at
noon in June, September, December.
| April.
32,Are you an imperiollst or a non-lm-
| perialist?
33. Had Washington lost his life dur
ing the war who, in your opinion should
| have been appointed mander-in- chic { ?
%, Did your father ever vote for a
! president OF the United States? What
do you mean by an Electoral College?
| 35. What il the effect Of adding the
| same number to both terms of a frac-
tion, Prove your answers with a proper
and an improper fraction.
MILITARY PRESIDENTS.
Sc. What men have been made presi-
| dents chiefly on account Of their military
| achievements.
| 81. Designate the territory which has
| been added from time to time to the
| thirteen original states, including our
| most recent extensions.
! 3S. Which win give more water, one
siX-inch pipe or two three-inch pipes?
| 80. Name five men prominent on tho
| confederate side in the Civil war.
40. What is the depth Of the rail-fal
! in this latitude every season? What is a
| hydrometer?
! Al. Give the principal parts Of the
verbs swim, sit hang, see, write, slew,
! chose
! 2.Wrlte the plural OF the following
I words: Miser. chimney, index, focus,
Miss Jones, and, three, woman, scissors,
| ashes,
43. Write the feminine of nephew, hero,
| executor, baron, bencfactor, Paul.
| A. Compare happy, near, worse,