Amador ledger., 1902-01-31

The pen is mightier than the sword.
Physical and moral courage.
Love of nature.
Earnestness as an element of success.
METHODS OF TEACHING.
1. What faculties of the beginner
should be primarily considered by the
teachers?
2. 10 what extent should teacher
crlticise the written production of a
fourth or fifth grade scholar?
! 3. What would you do in arithmetic
or number work for the first three
years of the primary pupils school life
with the pupil?
4. OF what use would you make of
the knowledge that the beginner pos
sessed?
5. Give five characteristics that a
teacher should have
l. What are the duties of grand
Juries? What are the duties of petit
juries?
z What is an embargo act, and why
should congress alone control such acts?
3. BY the authority of what clause
In the constitution did congress Ta1 es-
tabllsh a military academy at West
Point. b. Vote millions of dollars for
pensions. C. Order coast surveys.
4. When nations disagree. in what
three ways may their differences be
settled?
D. Show how the people of theUnited
States are subordinate to the constitu-
ton and yet subordinate to it.
6. What is the difference between a
civil and criminal action?
Z. The presiding officer of theUnited
States senate aan vote only in case of a
tie; the speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives is entitled to a vote on all
questions coming before the house:
give reasons for this distinction
s. Has the government a right to
take a PERSONS property? Give rea-
sons for your answer.
8. What are the personal rights of
citizen?
10. Explain the difference between
Indictment and conviction.
DRAWING.
|. What is (a) constructive drawing?
llbt representative drawing; Tel decor
dIlVe urtWlnS.
2. Upon what two important things
does the appearance of an object de-
pend?
3. Draw leaf and conventionalize
the same.
4, Draw five vertical liues to show
how five telegraph poles of equal length
and at equal distances apart would look
as they are seen from the left side of a
street when you look down the street.
5. Represent a waste paper basket:
position in front and below the eys.
SCHOOL LAW.
l. What grade of certificate NAV
county board of education grant upon
examination, and what grade of school
may be taught holding the same?
2. What certificates may county
board of education grant on credentials?
8. What books may be purchased
for school library?
4. For what and for what only NAV
the state and the county funds of dis
trict be drawn upon to pay for from the
lst OF July until the close of ar eight
months term of school?
5. How much does the law say a dis
trict shall receive by apportionments
upon the basis of teachers each school
year?
PENMANSHIP.
State how one should hold his pen,
and how he should sit when writing,
and give three features that character
ise good writing.
Your penmanship will be graded on
your writing of the above.
MUSIC.
The applicant will be required to
give the signature and read the piece
of music that will be selected BY a |
member of the board.
Upon his ability to do what is re-
quired in the above he will be graded
in music.
ANCIENT HISTORY.
l. Describe the Hindoos. Did they
materially influence history? Give rea-
sons for your answer.
/ 2. In what country did European his
tory. Contrast eastern and western
civilization.
3. What was the (a) Dorian migra-
tion? (b) DracOs code? (c) What does
the latter show?
4. Give cause and effect of the Per-
sian war.
5. Describe the retreat of the Ten
Thousand. Who were the Thirty Tyr
ants?
6. What was the EZRA of migrations?:'
Describe the changes which had taken
place during this time.
Z. What important event took place
during the Augustan age? What traits
characterize Augustus?
s. What caused the downfall of the
Romans During what time were
Rome's palmiest days?