The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-06
CAN YOU ANSWER THEM?
List of Questions Put to the
Would-Be Pedagogues at the
Last Examination.


give their syntax:
Breathes (there) a man with soul (so)
dead.
Who never to himself (hath said)
"This is my own my native Qand)"!
(Whose) heart hath ne'er within him
| burned
AS home his footsteps he hath turned
From (wandering) on foreign
strand -(Scott.)
g Give examples of English words
in which differences of (a) case, (b)
number, (c) gender, (d) tense, (e) voice,
are indicted by changes in the form of
| the word itself.
g. Explain the terms (adjective) and
| (adverbial clauses) Give sentences
showing that these clauses are equiva-
| lent to simple adjectives or adverbs.
4. The English alphabet is both de-
fective and redundant. Explain.
g. Give a synopsis, emphatic form, of
the verb Cmake.)
6. What is the origin of the possessive
sign? Write in form of the possessive
case:-(a). The home of Mary and
Martha. (b). The dictionaries of
Webster and Worcester. (c). The
armies of Grant and Sherman. (d).
The residence of Thomas Robinson
Esquire.
Z. How are clauses classified with
reference to their use ir position in
sentences? Give examples
| 8. Define paradigm, discourse, para
graph and verse.
PHYSIOLOGY.
| !. Define cell, tissue and osmosis.
| .. What processes are generally
termed "vital"?
| 8. Describe the heart as to size, loca-
ton, shape, covering, lining and move
ment.
| 4. How are bones nourished?
| s. Name six functions of the skin.
| 6. (a). BY whom was the circulation
of the blood discovered?
Cb). Name the digestive fluids
Z. Describe the essential organ of
voice.
8. Explain the terms stimulant,
narcotic, dipsomania, sarcolemma and
myopia.
GEOGRAPHY.
| 1. When it was 10 o'clock here this
morning, what was the time of the day
and the day of the week in the Philip
pine islands, 159 degrees west of us?
.. What are trade-winds? What
|
of cyclones in the northern and
southern hemispheres respectively?
| 3. What part of the worlds cotton
crop is produced in the u s.? Wheat?
Tobacco? OF the worlds product Of
cattle? lumber?
| 4. Where are the regions of greatest
rainfall? Where are the principal rain
less regions of the world? Why rain
less?
5. What is the average elevation of
all land? What region has been called
| the Roof of the World?"
| 6. Why does the Nile grow smaller
| as you approach it's mouth? How is
the earth divided into an eastern and a
western hemisphere?
| Z. Give approximately the distance
| form the earth to the sun, the distance
| from the moon to the earth, the length
of the earth's orbit the diameter of the
sun, and the distance around the earth
in our latitude.
| s. What ana>where are the follow
ing: Gambia, Shannon, Winebago, Hec-
la, and Reykjavik.
| THEORY AND PRACTICE.
/. How far do you consider yourself
| responsible for the morals of your pu-
| pills?
2. How would you punish a large girl
who had been obstinate, disobedient
| and saucy? A large boy?
3. State several principles in teaching
which every teacher should thoroughly
understand. Illustrate.
T. What is the difference between a
method in teaching and a principle in
teaching?
5. What academic preparation have
you made for teaching? What peda-
gogical preparation?
6. Give briefly synopsis of the scope
of either of the books under the head of
pedagogy in the o. T. r. C. for this
year?
7. Distinguish briefly between induc-
and deductive reasoning.
8. Name five of the most prominent
educators of this country. Name five
first class educational journals publish
ed in this country.
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT.
l. What promise to be the political
issues in the next national election?
O. Name important historical events
of 1899.
8. For what noted-Wood, Miles
Dewey, Schley?
A. What was the Nullifcation procla-
nation?
s. What caused the panic of 1887?
6. Mention the three forms of gov
ernment existing in the colonies.
7. Name five prominent men Of the
convention which drafted the constitu-
| tion.
8. What traits of character made
| Lincoln great?
ARITHMETIC.
/. Define equation, progression, alli-
CATION, mensuration.
| 2. Write demand note bearing the
legal rate Of interest, and having two
Endorsements.
3. A cylindrical tank is feet high
and IS inches in diameter. How many
| gallons will 1t hold?
4. A man bought stock at 122k and
received $400 when a 2h per cent div
! idend was made. What sum was inves-
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