The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-13
POINTED QUESTIONS
Asked of Persons Who Took the
ExaminatiOn-What The
List Contained.

the High school building Saturday.
April 7th. for the purpose OF examining
aspirants for certificates. Eighty-three
persons presented applications for
teachers certificates. The result of the
examination will be announced later.
The questions asked were quite difficult
and included physiology. grammar the
ory and practice, geography, history.
civil government and arithmetic. The
questions follow:
PHYSIOLOGY.
l. Name the bones of the head and
give the number of each.
Q. Name the largest bone in the body.
The most complicated. The hardest.
8. What is the essential muscle of
respiration. What Is the tendon of
Achilles? What are fiexors? Exten-
sors?
4. What is gland? Name the larg-
est one in the human body. Name the
salivary glands.
s. Upon what does the quantity of
the food necessary for the system de-
pend Where is starcy food digested?
Fatty substances?
6. What is the pericardium? The en-
docardium? What arteries carry i'm
pure blood? What veins carry pure
blood?
7. What effect has alcohol on the
heart? On the liver? On the brain?
GRAMMAR.
1. In teaching grammar what are the
chief difficulties that you have?
2. Define element, phrase, clause and
expletive?
} 8. When the language Of our best
4. \. ,Nrt,a-
ciples laid down by grammarians, which
should be followed? Show by your an
swer what is the true function of gram
mar.
4. When should the infinitive Of the
present tense be used? OF the present
perfect tense? Illustrate by examples.
5. We called the man rich. We called
the rich man. Distinguish between the
meaning of the two sentences. What
difference do you make in parsing "rich"
in these sentences?
6. Explain clearly by the use of SEN
tences the double functions of partici-
Piles and infinitives.
Z. Distinguish between the use of sit
and set. Lie and lay. Each other and
one another
s. Give the case and syntax of the
words in capitals: IT desire the BOY to
be a LAWYER" HE desires to be a
TEACHER" His being a FOREIGN
ER did not excuse him."
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
1. Define attention and interest.
2. What is meant by the correlation of
studies? Q
8. State the main purpose of recita-
tion.
4. What kinds of literature are in
teresting to children?
s. Give an example of deductive rea-
soning.
6. Name two objects of school pun
ishment.
Z. What is a natural incentive to
study?
s. Do you favor state normal schools? T?
Why?
GEOGRAPHY.
1. What is the position of the sun
at Quito at noon, December goth?
2. How does a river effect the surface
of a region?
8. Name three ways in which plains
are formed.
4. What are our insular possessions?
8. Account for the commercial great
ness of New York.
6. Locate the rainless regions of the
world.
Z. Define insular climate and iso-
thermal lines?
s. Locate Manila, Panay. Guam,
Honolulu, Cavite.
HISTORY G. CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
1. To the authorities of what coun-
tries did Columbus appeal for aid? Why
did he fail so often?
2. Tell Of the expedition Of Ponce de
Leon.
3. What were the navigation laws?
What two events do you associate with
the year 1919?
4. (a) What motives led to the settle
ment of Georgia? CD Who is the au-
thor to the following: Resolved, that
these united colonies are, and of right
ought to be, free and independent
states?"
s. What were the chief public acts
OF Jefferson's administration?
6. What was the Trent affair.
Z. How may the constitution be
g. Name six powers Of congress.
ARITHMETIC.
/. Is a multiplier abstract or con-
cand is concrete, what is true of the
product? Is a ratio an abstract or a
concrete number?
2. What will 1t cost to gild a cube
containing 4S22S544 cubic inches, at
three cents a square inch?
8. An individual was ordered to coll
lect $3.50 and his own fee, which was to
be per cent. of all the money collected.
How much should he collect?
L. Sold an article at 20 per cent.
profit; IL the cost had been SIS less my
profit would have been 25 per cent.
What was the cost of the article?
g. man on platform of a station
observed that train passed him In ten
seconds, and passed completely through
the station 30S yards long in "a seconds.
How long was the train?, How fast was
the train going?
8. What principal will produce 1856
interest from January 25, to April 16,
this year. counted by days, at per cent.
z. By what number must you multi
4 ply the quotient of Al pillionths divided
by 81 ten-thousandths to produce 72.5?