Amador ledger., 1906-09-14

a. m. and o'clock p. m. are teacher
forbidden by law from OBTAINING
pupils in the school roomY
8. State five laws for pupils al
given in the school law.
Literature. 50 credits
l. Name two American poets essay.
lists, novelists and work Of each.
2. Name a celebrated work of each
of the following bryant, Poe, Long
fellow, Irving, Emerson.
8. Who were the Cambridge poets
and why were they so calledy
4. Discuss Shakespeare as a writer
under the following heads:- (a) The
character of his plays. (b) HIS
metaphorIcal style.
5. Classify as American or English
| writers and tell the character of writ
ings:-- James f. Cooper, Daniel
Webster VIM Nj. Thackeray, George
Bancroft, Joseph Addison.
6. What was the character of the
writings during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth?
Z. Give brief account of the life
of John Milton. Name three of his
principal writings.
8. Who wrote the following The
Deserted Village, The Task, .The
Lay Of the Last Minstrel. The Ancient
Mariner, The Mil on the Floss?
9. Write fifteen lines on the beginn-
ings of English literature.
10. Give a brief account of the
prose literature OF the 18th century.
Name several writers of this time:
Composition and Penmanship. rs CT.
Write a composition of As lines on
either of the following
/. The recent San Francisco cata-
clysm (giving your theory as to the
cause of earthquakes)
2. Contrast the characters of Wash
ington and Napoleon. Composition
graded on language and grammar,
paragraphing punctuation, use OF
capital letters, etc.
Penmanship will be graded on this
paper.
Mental Arithmetic. SO credits.
l. A man loaned 800 for Eve years
and received s25 interest. What was
the rate per cent?
2. II FIVE boys can do a piece OF
work in hours, how long will it take
| man who works twice as fast as g
boyY
3. Which Is greater a rectangle
II in. by II in. or one 16 in. by 9 in. !
What is the difference In their peri,
meters?
4. What is the value of q stick OF
timber 80 1t. long and 6 in. by in,
at Sc foot, board measure?
5. After using 10 per cent of load
of coal, find there are 900 lbs. left.
How many pounds were in the load?
. 6. Virginia tobacco Ia ~ per cent
nicotine. How much nicotine in a
ton of 1t?
Z. What is the least sum of money
with which l can buy sheep at &c
apiece and COWS at $40 apiece.
8. How long will it take $3.50 to earn
$40 at per cent per annumy
9. How long is the hypothenuse of g
right angled triangle whose altitude
is Il in. and base 5in.?
10. A horse was sold for $50 thereby
losing ID of the cost. What should it
have been sold for to gam 1-5 of the
cost?
Medieval History. 25 credits.
l. Briefly describe the War of the
Roses.
2. For what two things Is the 18th
century memorable in English His
toryY Tell Of the conquest of Ire
land.
3. When and by whom was Charlie
magne crowned Emperor? Was his
form of government successful one?
4. What was the "Black Death?
5. Briefly tell about the Crusades.
Give effect of the Crusades.
History, U. s. so credits.
1. Name early discoverers or ex-
plorers in America. Under what flag
did they sail and what sections of
our country did they explore?
2. Give a short account of the
founding of the city of Philadelphia.
3. Name four colonial settlements,
where located, and by whom establish
ed?
4. Write a short account OF the
causes and events which led to the
war of the Revolution.
5. Name prominent men engaged in
the Civil War, and why could not
the people of the north and south
live in peace?
6. Who were Lewis and Clark and
what did they achieve for the United
States?
I. Name prominent American in
eentors, and of what benefit were
their inventionsf
8. How did Texas become one OF
the United StatesP
9. By whom was California first
settled? What European explorers
first visited the coast.
10. What incident led to the rapid
settlement of California? Name pro-
minent persons connected with. the
states early history.
Algebra. 30 credits.
II. Given ~4+(x-2) "a, to find x.
2. Reduce the following radical to
simplest form
xas-2a2b+ aba
3. A farmer has sheep In three
pastures. The number in the first
pasture, added to half the number in
the second and the third, Will make
10. The number 10 the second past
ure, added to one third of the number
in the first and third, will make 60.
And the number in the third pasture
added to one fifth Of the number in
the other two, will make SO. How
many sheep in each pasture?
4. Given 3x+5y=2 to find K and y
15x-5y=4
5. Two men bought carriage for
$50; one paid s26 more than FIVE
times as much as the other; what did
each payY
Physics. 30 credits.
l. Define impenetrability, porosity,
volume, mass, and extension.
2. Recognize the three states or con-
ditions of matter by definition and
nIoo