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10. Name the four necessary quaIr-
ties of good style. State rules for
securing each.

L. VI WHdI use are grammatical an(
rhetorical pauses? Distinguish be
tween them.
2. Show the relation existing be
tween reading and some of the Other
studies.
8. What methods would you employ
in teaching reading to beginners.
A. State how you would teach 6
child to read poetry as it should be
read.
5. Do you believe in memory work
in readingY Give reasons.
Methods of Teaching, 25 credits.
l. How may ability in silent read
ing be developed in the pupil by the
teacher? Why is it important that 8
person should acquire greater ability
to read silently?
2. Give five ways IN which economy
of time may be secured in recita.
tion. State the effect or value OF
economy of time from the pupIl's
standpoint.
8. Name five habits that may be
cultivated in the schooIroom by the
pupil under the supervision of the
teacher. What would you do, as
teacher, to stimulate in the pupil the
desire to form the five habits you
name?
4. When are the mental powers most
vigorous?
8. What value is there in the power
of attention? Would you proceed
with recitation until you had secured
the attention of your class? How
would you secure the attention OF
your class? Give single instance.
Civil Government, 30 credits.
l. (a) Give preamble to the con-
stitutlon of the United States. ID,
Give preamble to the constitution OF
the State of California.
2. (a) What are the four natural
rights? (b) Why are they so calledi
(c) What is civil liberty?
3. (a) Name the executive depart.
ments of the government. (b) When
the vice-president becomes president
how is the office of the ce-presideni
filed?
4. (a) Who presides in the senate
on trial of the president of the U. s.
(b) When is the presiding officer Of
the senate entitled to vote?
5. Define pardon. In what cases
has the president no power to pardoni
&. When there is not quorum in
either house of congress, what power
has the smaller number?
I. (a) Name five classes of persons
expressly denied the right of suffrage
in California. (b) Can a person be
compelled to witness against himselfi
8. (a) What is the writ of habeas
corpus. (b) What natural right is it
intended to secure?
9. (a) How many members con-
stitute county Board of Supervisors!
(b) How and when are they chosen
and for what term?
10. (a) When does The fiscal year
commence? (b) Give outlines of 18th
and 18th amendments.
Written Arithmetic. 100 credits
l. Give an pentagonal prism, the
perlmeter of whose base is 20 inches
and whose latitude is inches. Find
the area OF the base. Find the entire
surface. Find the volume. (Ratio of
apothem of pentagon to side-.68)
2. 16 so. it. of galvanized iron were
used In making a water tank for a
stove. How many square feet must
be used to make tank of the same
shape, each edge of which Is twice
that of the first tank? If the first tank
held 30 GAL, how many gallons would
the second tank hold?
3. A man and his son received S270
each year from money which they
had at interest. The man received SIC
more than times as much as his son.
How much did each receive?
A. In the Capitol there is flight OF
stairs consisting of II steps. Each
step is inches high and 10 inches
wide, each step projects 2 inches over
the edge. Find the length of the
handraiI. How much would it cost
to put a strip of rubber covering at
81. % per yard on the stairs, allowing
3 inches for each turn at the edge OF
the steps?
5. If pay % for saving a cord
of wood #. long into 3 pieces, how
much should l pay for saving a cord
of SIT. wood into pieces ofthe same
length.
6. Find the dimensions In feet of 6
rectangular field 3 times as long as il
is broad and containing 1887 square
rods.
7. The sun rises l hour IL minutes
5G seconds earlier in one place thar
in a second place. The longitude Of
the second place is SO deg. min.
west. What is the longitude of the
first place?
8. Jones has s120, Smith s24O, Brown
1884. They agree to purchase stoves
at the highest price which will allow
each man to invest all his money
they afterwards sell the stoves for So
apiece. What did each man gain by
the transaction?
8. (a) Explain the difference DO
tween bank discount and true dis
count. To- Define simple proportion
and compound proportion.
10. (a) What is the difference be
tween a5statute mile and geographic
or nautical mile?
(b) What is fathom?
(c) What is degree?
Geometry. 80 credits
l. In any triangle the sum of the
three interior angles is a straight
angle. Demonstrate.
2. An inscribed angle equals hall
the central angle standing on the