Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-07-24
Public School Examination

cerIlllCdteS nave elCner risen ABOVE
or fallen beneath. 1t will take
you sometime to read these ques.
tons, especially if you provide the
answers as you 60 along.
ARITHMETIC-I. A dry goods
merchant bought silk for S6l3B
yard, and sold ! of the quantity
bought at a profit of 3 of a dollar
yard; what did he receive for the
part sold?
III. The Earth. Mars, and Saturn
were in conjunction Decem Der
!. 1875; in how many years will they
again be in conjunction ut the same
point of their orbits, the period of
revolution of Mars being 1 8-9
years, and of Saturn 295 years?
| III MIR Thompson's will gave
8 of his property to his wife, .33 )
of the remainder to each of his two
sons. and the remainder to his
daughter, who received 81 ,666.6Gs;
what was the amount of his prop
ertv. and the share of eacn?
" What will it cost to paper
the walls of a room 25.5 feet long,
l4.5 feet wide, and 925 feet high;
a roll of paper being 8 yards long
and 5 s of a yard wide, and costing
Is cents roll?
Y. How MANY days will it take
| Is men to cut 80 cords of wood,
| working 8 hours a dav. if 13 men
can cut 1854 cords in ii days, work
ing IL hours day.
VI At what price must goods
costing $500 be marked in order
that there may be profit of 70
per cent after a deduction of 20 per
cent has been made?
VII. How much money must I
put out at interest for 3 years and
6 months, at 6 per cent, to afford
me at the. end Of that tine an
amount of S283.14?
VIII. Two partners, A and B,
cleared in six months 81, 100; AS
capital at first was to BIS as 2 is to
1, but after two months A with
drew ! of his capital and b / of
his. Divide the profits.
TX An Insurance Company
took a risk of $4,000 at Z per cent,
reinsured J of it with another office
at 40 per cent, and I Of it with
another at rs per cent; what did
the Company clear by reinSuring?
x. The entire surface of cube
is l,014 square inches, how many
cubic inches does it contain?
GRAMMAR-I. Write the pos
sessive form, singular and plural of
(a) lily; (b) knight-templar; (c)
hero; (d) il; (e) herself.
II. Explain why the definition,
"a transitiye verb is one that needs
an object to complete its meaning"
is not a good one.
III Explain fully four uses of
be. giving an example for each,
". Write sentence contain
ing (a) a gerund in6nitive phrase
~ a pure, or root, infnitive
phrase; (c) a participle phrase with
adverb value; (d) a sign infnitive
with adjective value.
V. Write sentence containing
(a) the progressive form of lie
(recline); (b) the future perfect Of
Sacim; (c) the past tense of flee; (d) |
the present perfect passive of slay;
(e) the past perfect of burst.
VI. Write sentence contain
ing conditional clause {a) in the
subjunctive mode; (b) in the indi-
cative mode.
VII. Give case and constrac.
ton of italicized words: (a) We
heard the copses ring. CD Can
you bring us proofs? A good name
is rather to be chosen than great |
riches. (d) Things are seldom
mhat they seem. (e) Edward dy-
ing without heirs, Harold became
his successor.
VIII Give class, sub-class. and
construction of italicized words (a)
Snch as haye | give unto thee.
(b) Did you hear Thompson lee
ture? [c] Strenuous is a favorite
word at present. i'd How many
yards are there in mile?
TX. Write a sentence contain
ing Wien AS the connective of a
clause used as [a] subject; [b ! adj
jective, c adyerb.
X Separate into clauses, indi-
eating in some clear way the de-
gree of subordination of the depen-
dent clauses AS the Sandwich
Islander believes that the strength
and valor of the enemy he kills
passes into himself, SO we gain the
strength of the temptation we re.
sist."
GEOGRAPHY.-I (a) Why is ,
1t colder on a mountain than on {
The plain below? III What part ;
If our country has the most even
climate? Why? =
III al What determines the po-
'ition of the Tropic of Cancer? 7
b ] of the Attic Circle? [c] Why |
ne day and night equal at the |
quinoxes? i'd Which has The 7
onger day in summer, Richmond s
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