The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-09-06
J QUESTIONS
Asked at The Regular Examlna.
ton Of Teachers.

Uniform Lists On Elementary Knowi.
edge Prepared Under the Direction
Of state Commissioner Of Public
Schools.
Following are the list OF questions
as prepared under direction of the
state commissioner of public schools.
and submitted at the county examina.
ton Of teachers Sept L:
GEOGRAPHY.
1. How IL latitude measuredf
What points on the earth's surface
have the same latitude?
2. Locate the principal forest reg.
ions Of North Am prica What woods
DO we import from India and the West
Indies7 For what purposes are these
woods used?
3. Why do so few large rivers flow
from our continent into the Pacific
ocean?
4. About how many thousands of
miles OF railroads are there in the
United States at the present time?
Trace the railroad route by which you
would travel in going from the county
seat of the county In which you live
GitnoE W ENWW LOFk VI W w dSuiu6 tOu
d. c.; to San Francisco.
8. Bound Venezuela, describe its
drainage system and locate its prin
cipal city.
8. Why IL the climate OF large
part of the west coast of Africa un.
healthful7
7. What states occupy the Balkan
peninsula? What are the chief indus.
tries and products of this peninsula?
8. What change has recently taken
place in the government Of Norway
and Sweden?
.. Account for the rapid growth Of
Duluth, MINI; Guthrie. Okla.
10. What and where Is each OF the
following: Great Bear. Sable, Oak.
land, Welland, Shasta?
LITERATURE.
/. Who was Americas first great
poet of nature? Mention at least two
of his poems which show this love of
nature.
2. Who was Noah Webster? Dan.
iel Webster? What did each contri
butte to our literature?
8. Name the distinctive character.
istics and at least three writer's OF the
Revolutionary period Of American
literature.
4. Show that Lowell was at once
critic. poet and essayist.
s. Mention five of the worlds most
famous biographies: three of its most
famous autobiographies.
8. What Ii folk lore? How might
folk songs and stories be used In con-
nection with the work Of the school?
Z. Tell what you can of the Eliza
hethan Age of English literature.
8. Why is Cooper often called the
"Scott of American"
8. Discuss the nature of the writ
ings of any two of the following: John
Godfrey SAKE, Louisa May Alcott.
Bayard Taylor. Josiah Gilbert Hol.
land.
10. Locate each of the following
quotations:
(a) "All the worlds q stage
And all the men and women
merely players"
Ib) "The boast of heraldy, the
pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that
wealth e'er gave,
Await alike, the inevitable
~; hour.
The paths of glory lead but
to the grave.
(c) life is real! Life ls earnest!
And the grave ID not its
goal.'
(d) "The evil that men do lives
after them;
The good is oft inferred with
their ',ones."
(e) ITO him who In the love Of
Nature holds
Communion with her visible
forms, she speaks var.
ious language"
PHYSIOLOGY.
1. Mention three sources of impur.
ities found In air. What are some
tests OF bad air?
2. Draw cross section of the
heart, indicating It's cavities, valves
and the blood vessels entering and
leaving 1t.
8. Name the constituents OF air ex.
hailed In respiration. Which are
poisonous! Where. in the circula-
ton, are these impurities gathered
up?
4. Why are muscles arranged in
pairs? Define the following terms:
unstriated, involuntary, tendon.
5, Distinguish between sensor and
motor nerves; spinal and cranial
nerves.
b. Wnht advantage Is ODtalneu oy
having the socket of the shoulder Joint
shallow? Draw fgure and explain
what kind of lever 10 represented
when we raise the body on the toes.
Z. Name fiye fluids concerned In
the digestion OF food. Explain the
Importance of the portal vein.
8. Describe the location and use OF
the small bones OF the ear
8. Make list OF the common dis.
eases OF which there Is danger OF
transmission in the school room.
10. What is the effect of alcohol
upon the stomRchf Is there such .
thing as = 'true Gtimulant?" Why. or
why not?
UNITED STATES HISTORY IN.
cLuDiNo CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
1. What two nations undertook the
settlement of the Connecticut river
valley? Mention q fort or colony
established by each. Tell somett ing
OF the nature and significance OF the
Connecticut constitution.
g. Explain definitely what conn &C.
tion each Of tho following had with
tho early financial history OF oar
country; Robert Norris; Alexander
Hamilton.
8. In whose administration we're
the Embargo ana Non-lntercourse Acts
passsdl Why were they passed and
what was their effect7
8. MsAtien enc chief cause OF each
OF the following wars: the War OF
lsiS; Wars with the BRrbary States;
tha French and Indian Wars; the