Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-23
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS.


exception Of those on Algebra, which
cannot be conveniently reproduced
with the ordinary characters included
in the keyboard Of the linotype:
80 per cent average with not less
than so per cent on any one branch
will entitle the applicant to First
Grade Certificate.
10 per cent average with not less
than IS per cent on any one branch
will entitle the applicant to a Second
Grade Certificate.
60 per cent average with not less
than 40 per cent on any one branch
will entitle the applicant to a Third
Grade Certificate.
Note.-The county board may, In
each instance, impose oral tests In
reading and language.
In estimating for a second or. a third
grade certificate, Algebra need not be
included; If it would be to the appli-
cant's advantage, it may be included.
Agriculture.
Based on School Lessons on Corn" and
School Exercises in Plant Produc-
ton"
/. Why should the farmer test his
seed corn before planting? Describe
in detail the method Of doing this In
school.
2. Describe the Towering of the corn
plant.
8. State some rules which govern in
the selection Of exhibition corn.
4. Why should the rural teacher
help organize the Boys Corn clubs?
5. Describe an experiment to show
that plants get food from the soil.
6. Name five ways In which plants
are propagated.
English Grammar.
l. Which Of the parts Of speech are
infected?
2. Decline OK, she, /, lady, 1t, SON.
in-law, which, deer.
8. Define and give an example Of a
verb.
4. Write sentences illustrating three
different uses Of that. Parse that in
each of them.
5. Give the principal parts Of burst,
fly, sit, ring, eat.
6. Give illustrations in sentences of
adverbial, and noun clauses.
I. Write a paragraph Of one hun
dred words on one OF the following
subjects:
a. A description Of some journey.
b. A sketch Of the character Of some
person, either from life or from litera-
ture.
C. Evangeline.
Physiology.
/. Discuss the function Of the mouth
in the process of digestion.
2. Name the digestive fluids, and
give the function Of each.
3. Give the uses:
a. or the red corpuscles In the blood.
b. OF the white corpuscles.
4. What are the functions Of:
a. The arteries.
b. The veins
C. The lymphatics.
5. Discuss the relation between the
work Of the lungs and fresh air In the
6. Name and describe the nerve OF
the eye.
Z. What is the Arbor Vitae?
Arithmetic.
Find the value Of:
[84-7x6- -(3x5)-3l div. 8.
2. A boy bought { Of a bushel OF
nuts, and sold five-se sevenths Of them
for what he paid for all, and the re-
mainder at cost. II he gained $1.5O by
the transaction, how much did he pay
for the nuts?
8. If a scent loaf weighs 1.5 pounds
when wheat is so cents a bushel, what
should it weigh when wheat Is rs cents
a bushel?
4. If steel rails weigh "a lbs. foot.
and can be bought for $50 ton, what
will be the cost of the rails for a mile
Of single-track railway?
5. How shall merchant mark shoes
that cost $3.50 so that he may fall 20
per cent from the marked price and
still make IL per cent?
6. wish to borrow $3.50 from bank
for 80 days. For what sum must !
give my note, If the bank discounts 1t
at per cent? Write the note.
for $500. If the taxes are per cent,
insurance Z per cent, and repairs $3.50
per annum, what per cent Is the net
income?
Civics and Current Events.
1. Give the name of the township
and the name and number Of the school
district in which you reside. Explain
briefly the steps now required by law
for securing a local school district tax.
2. Define clearly tax returns" and
state how these are taken.
3. Name the chief magistrate Of the
Sldlc. lHiS &C Va tio Nes'Nob e''N
Of his powers.
4. How, when, and where was the
of South Carolina framed
and adopted?
5. Compare the grand jury and the
petit jury, and discuss briefly the du-
ties Of each.
6. Tell what you know of the Sixty
second congress.
7. Discuss the coronation OF George
Geography.
l. Explain the change of seasons.
2. Discuss the effect Of climate on
the industries Of country, and Illus
trate.
8. Name three leading seaports and
three leading inland cities in the Unit
ed States and tell what has made them
such.
4. Name the counties in your con-
yressional district.
5. Locate the Panama canal, and
discuss the effect it's completion will
have on travel and trade.
g. Name the capitals and the CHIEF
seaports of England. France, Germany,
Russia, China and Japan.
Z. Trace the following rivers: Mis-
sissippi, Amazon, Rhine, Yangtse-
I<iang.
U. S. and S. c. History.
/. What single battle of the Ameri-
IAN Revolution more than any other
'aused England to recognized the inde-
Dendence Of the colonies?
9 What caused the first permanent
settlements to be made in Pennsylva-
lia, Maryland and Rhode Island?
3. Give a short account Of the
.auses Of the civil war.
L. What southern state, through its
representatives., at one time urged
congress to pass a bill emancipating
he slaves?
5. What effect did the invention OF
he cotton gin have upon slavery In
he south?
6. What battle is generally conceded
o be the turning point in the fortunes
If the Southern Confederacy?
I. Name four native South Carolin-
ans who were leaders on the Amer
can side of the Revolution.