Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-08-12

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1 Months Teaching.
Another Examination was held at the
High School building yesterday, at
fording those of the public school
teachers, who failed to secure No. or
No. 2 certificates previously, an op-
portunity to attain the required grade.
! A. o. Maxwell, was the only member
of the special examining board present
and was assisted by Prof. j. c. Gwynn,
principal of Madison school. The other
two members were unavoidably absent,
Superintendent w. H. Anderson being
confined to his home, quite i'll, and Col.
]. A. Miller being out of the city.
A dozen teachers assembled for the
test at the appointed hour in the morn
ing and all finished excepting four, who
| decided to leave after reading the
| question papers in the various branch
es. One of the conductors stated that
all the questions were practical ones,
similar to those appearing in the text
| books and with which all the teachers
should be familiar. He also said that
| the examination was especially for
those whose grades as result Of the
first test were not eligible for teach
ing, because the Board of Education
| had adopted a rule, deciding to en-
ploy only teachers holding No. l and
No. 2 certificates, and that these GER
! tifleates should be good for only
| twelve months.
| Following are the questions given
In some of the studies:
| ARITHMETIC-1. An estate was divided
| tetwetn two brothers and a sister; the
| elder brother received % of the estate,
| the younger $40. and the sister the re-
| mainder, which was $3.50 less than the ell
| der brother received. What was the val
| ue of the estate?
2. From 3o1 ten-thousandths take 1905 mil
| lionths.
| 4. The difference between Greenwich time
and Washington time is h., s min, IL
sec, and the difference between Wash
| ington and Chicago time is AZ min. 9 sec.
What is the longitude of Chicago, the
| longitude of Greenwich being 0?
| S. A pile of wood containing $40 Gu #. Is
30 feet long and 31a feet wide: how high
| is the pile?
| 6. How many gallons will a round tank
hold that is Is in. in diameter and 2S in
deep?
Z. A mans expenses are 50 per cent of his
income. and 1915 per cent. of his income
equals 10 per cent of his property, which
is valued a $4,000: What is his income?
What are his expenses?
| 8. A grain shipper paid s525 for the insur-
ance of cargo of wheat at IL per cent:
for how much was the wheat insured?
4 n
| it, high: what Is the distance from one
of the lower corners to the opposite mp
| per corner?
TO- Give the table for Long Measure
Give the table for Square Measure
| Give the table for Cubic Measure
Give the table for Troy Weight.
| Give the table for Apothecaries' W.T..
GRAMMAR. Write the pluras of the
| following: goose, handful, son-in-law,
| notary public, sheep, lily, money, STRAIT
UNI.
2. What is the difference of meaning in
| the following expressions: The eagles
wings: The eagles wings?
8. Write a sentence in which the word
what is used (a) as an adjective; CD
| as a relative pronoun; (c) as a conjunc-
| ton
4. What is comparison? Define conjuga-
| ton
s. Write sentence containing particple;
one containing verb In the progressive
| form.
G. Name the kind of modifiers. Define:
| adjective clause; adjective phrase. Give
| examples
T. "Vainly the fowler's eye
| Mpht rnorly at~l..
| thee wrong,
As, darkly painted on the crimson skv.
Thy figure floats Bryant.
AnalNe the first two lines of the above.
g. Write list Of the phrases in the above.
g. Parse as and painted"
10. Give the case of: fowlers, eye fight.
wrong. sky, figure.
| GEOGRAPHY. What is latitude?
2 What is the width of the Torrid Zone
g. About how many square miles of the
Earth's surface is covered by water?
T. Name the two mountain ranges of the
| Western Hemisphere
s. Name the boundary lines In latitude of
! North America
s. To what country does Greenland be-
long?
4 Name the States whose shores are
washed by the Ohio river.
SThrough what waters would a boat pass
going from the AtianSc Ocean to Da-
luth. Mimi?
o. Name the capitals of the following
States; /. Missouri, 2. New Hampshire;
| B. Mishigan; 4. Wisconsin,, s. South Da-
| kota; g. Wyoming; 7. Nevada; 5. Oregon;
! g. Washington. 10. Texas
10. When was Colorado admitted as a
State? Bound the State of Colorado.
I DEFlNITIoNS-Adip ballet; alcade:
| cadaverous; carnivorous; dessicate: bed
ouin; cognizant; apostasy; bellicose: con-
| uguous; assuage; elucidate; avenaeeous.
ferrule; hiresuteness; impervious: men
dacity; pentateueh: exuberant.