Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-08-19
GRAMMAR.
]. f. Wagner.

A few YEARS AGO, one OF the OUT
ward swings of the pedagogical pendu- |
Ium carried grammar, as separate |
study, OUT of the curriculum of many |
schools. For while so-called gram |
mar was taught RATHER incidentally |
in language lessons. Training in cor
rect sentence building has a firmer
place THAN EVER, 'oday, in language
work IN the first years of school; but
the inevitable return swing of the PEN
dulLm HAS BROUGHT back grammar
as technical STUDY,
(F.rst three questions refer to this
selection }
1-2. Parse capitalized words.
3. Diagram .ha first sentence.
A. Define analysis. OF what value
is it,
5. What three points in reference to
a word does its parsing bring out?
Whicl is most difficult?
6. What plan do you employ to lead
your pupils to see the connection be-
tween grammar and the reading matter
in the!r readers?
7. Give three reasons why grammar
is offer considered by the pupils as
dry and of little practical value.
8. Sh) in sentences:
/ a perfect active participle
9 a ccmpouai passive principle
present passive infintive.
4 predicate clause, the subject
of which predicate clause is
limited by an appositive clause
Q. When who which and what
are used in dependent clauses, how do
YOU tell whether they are relative or
interrogative pronouns? illustrate.
10. Name some ways in which am
biguity arises in sentence building.
GEOGRAPHY.
]. F. Wagner
l. Contrast the Japanese and Chi
nese.
2. Give the boundary and products
of the state which is the geographical
center of the United States.
3. What river is most extensively
used for manufacturing purposes?
Name some cities on its banks.
A. Name the Barhary States Why
so called?
5. Name and lOcate six foreign ports
that can be reached by American lines
of steamers
6. What nations outrank us in for
eign commerce? What seems to be
our greatest hindrance in foreign COM
merce?
7. Name the European Republics.
What country in Europe is making the
most RAPID progress!
8. What are the leading pursuits OF
the people of New Jersey? Name her
| fashionable resorts.
8. What direction
l From Jerusalem to Rome?
. From Hongkong to Manila?
8 Alexandria 10 Mecca?
| 4 Peking to Ticn Tsin?
10. Discuss the relations of rivers tc
the development of a country. Use
about 100 words.
ARITHMETIC.
Gull solutions required)
A. NJ. Farlow.
| /. Define: Multiple, Analysis, Pro
gression, Guaging, Prism.
2. (a) Mention five important
points to be secured in blackboard
solution. (b) what are the evils re
sulting from solving problems by for
mulas?
8. 1000 per cent CT .O25 is what pc
cent of one ten millionth?
4. AS salary is Is per cent of BIS
BIS 97A per cent of C's and C's 3 Ope
cent of D's. AS salary is what per cen
of DIS?
5. A dairyman buys milk at cent
quart, dilutes it with water. an'
sells the mixture at cents a quart
his profits are 60 per cent upon his out
lay. How much water does he mi.
with each quart of milk?
6. A wall 8 times as high as it /
broad and times as long as it is higl
contains 1925 Gu. it. Find breadtl
OF wall.
Z. How must a merchant mix sugar
costing him respectively A, Az, 5h an
6 cents per pound, that by selling tn
mixture at 61s cents per pound 30 pc
cent is gained?
8. (a) What is meant by marke
and par values of stocks? OBJ If tn
real income on stock bought at l2O
6 per cent, get the rate at which tn
stock is quoted.
8. A square piece of timber, IL II
s in. long, is sawed into Pinch boards
and at sl4 per NJ. is worth SO Fin
the other dimensions, no allowance TO
waste.
10. A round table 20 feet in diane
ter has four drop leaves Of equal size
when the leaves are down, the table
square. Find area of one leaf
PHYSIOLOGY.
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