The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-01-07
THE QUESTIONS
Asked at Stark County
Teachers Examlna-
tjon Last Saturday.

Stark county school teachers exami-
nation held Saturday at the hlgil
school building. The questions were
as follows:
SPELLING.
Caucus, rrecipitate, welfare, prepa-
rations, reservoirs, Nicaragua, griev-
ances, alcohol, irrigation, Hawaii. eulo-
gy, affidavits, prejudice, reminiscence
isthmus, dyspepsia, indictment, per-
sistent, alignment, terbucuEosis, on
erous, acrimony, corollary, protocol
ukase. anarchist, judiciary, connois-
seur, technology, peripatetic, demur-
rer, specialties, consensus.
GRAMMAR.
Write a sentence containing THAN
followed by a pronoun. Parse THAN
and the pronouh.
Name the three most important elc.
ments of which the English language
Is composed. Give word derived
from each.
Give an example of the adjective
use of a noun; of the adverbial use.
Name the ways of anridging sem
tences. Write a compound sentence
and change Ii to a simple sentence by
What are the uses of the compound
personal pronoun? Illustrate.
How is the passive voice formed?
OF what Use is it?
Some men so dislike the dust kick
ed up by the generation they belong
to, that, being unable to pass, they
lag behind 1t. Write the phrases aud
tell what each modifics.
Write the clauses. Tell the kind.
Give syntax of kicked, that.
PHYSIOLOGY.
Distinguish between absorption and
Name the artery of the head. Of
the liver. OF the kidneys.
Describe the structure OF the bones.
What gives color to the eye? Which
part brings the rays of light to TO-
Gus?
What is the normal temperature of
the body? Why are high and low
dangerous?
Name the principal causes of in
sanity.
Define tendon. Locate the largest.
or what does the motory appara-
Ius consist?
What Is the use of the ST inal cord?
Define anatomy.
ARITHMETIC.
.(a) What is the product of the least |
common multiple of f2. 1G, "a, and 30,
by their greatest common
iivisor?
(b) simplify over So root of 3.
(a) Finl the cost Of carpeting a
room 16 feet wide, 20 feet inches
ong, with carpet 81 inches wide, at
S.75 yard, the strips running length |
wise.
(b) Find the cost of "a ioists eacn
IS feet long, inches wide and 2It
nches thick, at $4,000 per NJ.
A manufacturer sells at profit of
% per cent to a wholesale dealer, who |
Iells at a profit of Is per cent to II
etail dealer, and the retail dealer sells
or S2.76 and makes a profit of 25
Yer cent Find cost of manufacture.
What decimal part of an acre Is Il
,iece Of land 121 yards long, and rs !
eet wide?
'recipice 100 feet high, on the bank of
river, to the opposite side is $50 feet
ong. Flow wide is the river?
A and B together do a piece of work
n Is days, A and G in Z. days, B and
in 10 days. How long will It take
II working together to do it?
A door four feet. wide is open at an
ngle of As degrees: through what dis
ance has the outer edge of the door
assed?
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
Name three elementE essential to
uccess in teaching. What prepara-
ion have you made
Name some proper incentives to
tudy.
Define psychology. sensibilities and
nemory.
Discuss habit as factor in educa-
ion.
"The child travels the path over
rhich the race has travelled" Ex-
lain the foregoing statement. To
rhat extent is 1t pedagogically true?
What do you understand by induc-
ion? Illustrate.
GEOGRAPHY.
Define climate. Upon what condi-
ions does 1t depend? 5
What are the chief imports and ex-
'orts of Great Britain. Name it's
rincipal colonial possessions.
Why does the North Star appear
xed? What is the Milky way?
Are tides higher on eastern or west
rn coasts? Why? Nanc some points
hat have very high tides.
Draw an outline map OF Italy. To-
ating three cities, a river, and a
chain.
Lima Is IA degrees south Of Quito
md Gabriel Is IA degrces east. Are
he two cities the SAME distance from
lima? About what difference II any?
Explain volcanic action.
What rivers of the U. 8. are OF
greatest commercial Importance: |
Name the principal cities on each.
U. 8. HISTORY,
civil government:
(a) What changes in the presidents |
abinot have received considerable at |
ention from the press recently?
(b) What produced tie strained re-
ations between Argentina and Chile?
(a) What sovereigns aided Columbus
n his undertakings.