Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-11


class of 43 candidates for certificates
ARITHMETIC.
A. M. Farlow.
(Full solutions required.)
l. Reduce 4 bu. 8 at. to pints. Ex-
plain as you would to class begin
ming this subject.
g. How much will it cost to cover a
floor 20 ft. 3 in. long and 10 fit Z in.
wide with carpeting % in. wide at
$1.16 a yard, if the strips run length
wise of the floor?
8. Find the cost of draft on Bos
ton for $2SO5, due 80 days after sight,
with interest at per cent, if exchange
is at 23s per cent premium.
4. If the weight of cubic foot of
water is 621a h., how many cubic in.
ches of mercury (speclfc gravity
13.596) does it take to weigh 1O3
pounds?
5 A provision dealer uses false
measure of 8 pix. qt. instead of a
bushel. What per cent do his custom.
ers lose by the cheat?
6. For what amount must vessel
worth S12,325 and her cargo worth
SS,7O9.36 be insured at Az per cent in
order that in case of loss, the owner
may recover the value of the vessel
and cargo also the premium?
{. If 7-31 of the price received for
an article is gain, what is the gain per
cent?
s. If it costs $9S55 to plaster a
hemispherical dome whose diameter is
"a #. in, how much will it cost to
plaster hemispherical dome whose
diameter is 81 ft. IL in?
9. Find the lower base in rods of a
trapezoid whose area is 66SS5 So in, al
titude 1914 it., and upper base 7A yd.
TO- Columbus believed the circum-
ference of the earth to be half what it
is. How would the volume of the earth
as Columbus thought it to be compare
with the earth as it really is?
AND SCIENTIFIC
TEMPERANCE.
A. NJ. Farlow.
/. Mention the tissues of the body
and give use of each.
2. Describe in full the spine. Give
its uses.
9. What is meant by digestion
Give its various steps.
4. What are the uses of the blood?
8. Define integument, pleXus, bifur-
cation, oxidation, radiation.
6. OF what use are the eyebrows?
Eyelids?
7. Should aged people be free from
mental and physical toll?
8. Give three hygienic laws that
you consider the most important.
8. What is the real cause of the So
called stimulating effect of alcohol.
TO- Give in general the effect of to-
bacco upon digestion.
GEOGRAPHY.
j. F. Wagner.
l. What is the hindrance to naviga
tion in the Nile? Tennessee? Rio
Grande? Red?
2. What is meant by the relative
humidity of the air? How ascertained 3?
3. What and where is the mael-
strom?
4. To what do these names apply
respectively: British Isles? Great
Britain? British Empire?
8. Account for the marvellous de-
velopment of the southern portion OF
the United States in the last quarter oil
century.
6. Name five of the largest cities in
Cadana. What British possessions in
North America are not included in
Canada?
z What are isothermal lines? Iso
barrie lines? Solstitial lines?
s. Name, locate and describe the
largest volcano in the world.
8. Where is the worlds largest dia-
mond region? Oil region?
TO- In what does a commercial man
differ from an ordinary map?
GRAMMAR.
J. F. Wagner.
l. Write the plural of criterion, ra
dius, medium, ellipsis, Mr.. and Mrs.
summons, major-general and knight.
teEplar.
2. Compound personal pronouns
l. How formed? 2. In what case.
used? 9. For what purpose used?
3. Should the proposition which
governs a relative generally precede OF
follow the relative? Show the excep.
tion in sentence.
A. State the mode af each verb il
these expressions: l. Proceed we t
business. 2 Honored be his name
3 If it rain. If it rains. If i
should rain.
o. Show in sentences three preposi
tions that were originally partlciples.
6. Write a sentence containing al
u