Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-06-24


IS Describe the volcanic chains ol
the Western Continent.
4 In what localities are earth.
quakes most frequent?
10 What causes the movements Of
the waters Of she ocean,
l6 What ID the interval Of time be-
tween two consecutive high or low
tides.
liz What 10 wind? Explain how
difference In temperature OF contia-
uous regions can produce winds,
| 8 How Ia rain caused
9 How is climate affected by lati-
tude2 BY prevailing winds?
10 What f. said OF tho temperature
Of the United States7
Arithmetic and 9Th Grades.
| / -Four men start nom the same piace 10
walk around d garden: A can 20 around
In minutes, b H. 10 minutes, G In u
minutes. and ID In 1Sminutea; In what
time win thay oil meet at tho startiug
point?
Q ArailFoAd tunnel Ii One-eighth Of
mile long, averaging so IT, wide and rs
4. high, what did the excavation cost mt
$1.26 ca. yd.2
8 TIA telegram issentfrom Philadelphia,
rs deg. 10 min, W., TO San Francisco,
122 deg. "a min. 10 zee. WI, at III. 30
min. u. NJ. standard time, at what hour
win II be received 90 San FranciscoY
Iseht my broker s5069.50 10 invest
In Pittsburg 7's al lib, brokerage, one
fourth per cent. What annual income
shall l receiver
8 What am ount IL due AZ maturity on
n6te dated Feb. 40, 1900, payable .
month"; after date, Tor $4,000, interest at
Q per cent,7
Q A nots for $660.B0, dated Oct. 6, 1908,
payable go days after date, was discount
ted at Bank. at 9 per cenb., Nov. LIST,
1908, what were the net proceedsi
z HIS men, working Ia hours day,
can hoe 90 acres In 20 days, how long
win u take 86 boys, working 10 day,
70 hoe 90 acres; the work oil men be-
Ing equal TO that Of boys7
8 A tree broken OF ri ieet nom the
ground, and resting on the stump,
touches the level gronnd 70 fest from the
bass Of thestump. WhAtwas che height
81 the tree2
10 A farmer has rectangular field 90
rods long, and 46 wide; what are the eli.
Iaensi0nB OF another similar field contain
ing 30 Aeres2
10 Two men, A and ID, gain 12K per
cent. on their stock, and then 20 per cent.
of AZ gain equals $500, and two-thiris
Of BIS stock equals three-iourths Of AS
what 10 tho stock Of each7
English History.
/ Give Q brief summary 0f the
reign Of Alfred the Great.
2 Relate tho Norman conquest 81
Englans.
B Relate the beginning Of the An
gevin, or Plantagenet period.
A Relate the origin Of trial BY jury.
|b During whose reign and when
was formed the first completes or
model parliament7
Is Relate she Wars Of the Roses.
IL State some Of the effects OF these
wars.
10 What was the Gunpowder Plot.
TO When began the Tudor Period?
Who was the FIRST sovereign Of this
period,
10 Name the sovereigns Of the
Hanoverian Period.
Geometry 9Th Grade.
Define Reometric magnitude.
2 Define adjacent angles compile
mentary angles; supplementary an
giles.
3 II two lines Ia the same plane
are parallel and ont by O transversal,
what pairs Of angles are equal z
What pairs are supplementary
A Prove: the sum OF the 3 angles
Of triangle ls equal to two right
angles.
| o Prove: The sum OF the Interior
anRles Of o polygon Is equal TO Two
right angles, taken as many times
less two as the figure has sides.
Q Prove: An inscribed angle Ii
measured by half the arc intercept
cd between its sides.
phyMcs-sth Grade.
1 Name and dsilne the two kinds or pro.
psrtiea which belong 10 zach substance.
. What ere the rehistAncea to notion
State tho thres laws OF motion.
What two oppoalng forces act between
Estate the three laws Of weight.
8 What II the law Of msehanies9
i Describe the three classes Of levers
What u the use OF movable pulley
what's the amount Of tho pressure Of the
10 Explain the theory Of the aiphon
| Aiesbra--Tth and sth Grades
4 IA tree % feet high was brelteu 20 that the
pasl isfs standing. Find the length u each
zThs sum Of two numbers Is izi, ana II thu
i greater u divided By this smaller number,
ne quotisnt - Z and the remainder 4 4.
Find the nuahefa
sffi2 pounds OF tea and pounds Of cotgee
coffee cost y. What y the price per pound q
The suna Of the two digtfs Of q number ID
8, and II the number ii divided By the surn 81
~ digita the quotient n g. Find the number.
b A and D have together 500. If A were %
i spend oue-haif 81 hts mOeeys nhd II on9-khfFd
0f Ms, they would then have only 10 between
them, How much has each ?
Divide the number "a into four parts, sszefl
hat the fEet exceeds the second ~ 10, this
higd by u, and the fourth BY ~.
Three times ths greater Of two numbers
exG6aAm twice th@ less ~ iOs and twice the
greater together with three times the IesA is
~. EInd tbs nnmbeKs.
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