Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05

the February Examinations Any
who wish may write in part of the
subjects in the first examination and
finish in May. An applicant must
have an average of rs per cent with
no mark below 20 per cent to receive
an eighth grade diploma. We will
plan 10 have graduation exercises the
last of May Teachers should en-
courage the boys and girls to take the
examinations. Please send to office
for the number of sets of ques tions
you will need in February.
Examination Questions.
State of Iowa, Educational Board of
Examiners, Uniform County Exam
ination, January %. 30 and 81,
1913. Credit Will BE De-
Quoted for Faulty English.
PHYSICS.
(Answer but FIVE questions, and
number each answer to correspond
to the question answered)
l. (a) What is the strongest met
al? OBJ The most malleable? Co
The lightest? I'D The hardest solid?
(e) Why does the architect or engi-
neer need to have a thorough knowl-
edge of the properties of matter?
2. (a) Define the three states of
matter.
OBJ In which of these states
does matter possess most cohesion?
3. Sketch and describe two expert
ments, one showing how it was deter
mined that air presses fifteen pounds
to the square inch; the other showing
how vessel may be emptied by the
means of siphon.
a. (a) State the difference be-
tween ebullition and evaporation.
OBJ On what does the boiling
point of water depend?
(c) Will the boiling point be
higher or hover at the,top of a noun
tain?
(d) Why?
5. (a) Define heat. d
Obj In how many ways does
heat tend to distribute itself?
(c) What are good conductors
of heat? Name two.
ca Poor conductors? Name
two.
6. Sketch and describe the Leyden
jar and discharging rod, and explain
use and mode of action of each.
PHYSIOLOGY.
(Answer but five questions and
number each answer to correspond to
the question answered.
1. Describe and locate the follow
ing: pericardium, patella, diaphragm,
vomer, cerebrum.
2. What Is the pulse, and how
does 1t indicate the health or disease
of the body?
3. What may cause cold, fever,
headache, indigestion, insomnia?
How can .-ese conditions be correct
ed?
4. Write paragraph on ventila-
ton. What element in the air is nee
essary to life? What is respiration?
5. Give five rules for taking nour-
ishment. Five practical suggestions
for preserving the health of the body.
6. Classify the teeth. Give direc-
tons for the care and preservation of
the same.
ARITHMETIC.
(Answer but ten questions, and
number your answers to correspond
to the questions answered. Let your
work be fully shown.)
1. (a) Define fraction, mixed num-
Der, decimal, integer, and fractional
unit, giving an example of each.
OBJ Divide .01 by .01; change
2-7 to an exact decimal form; change
1898 to a common fraction; reduce
522-121S to lowest terms; divide 81
by 1-6.
2. Find the difference between the
cube and the cube root of .O0S.
3. twenty-five per cent of AS
money equals 20 per cent of the in
terest of BIS money for one year at
10 per cent'A has $1,000; how much
has B?
A.. Sold a piece of property at a
loss of 16 per cent, or $640 less than
1t cost. What would it have brought
had it been sold at profit OF 16 per
cent?
5. A full crop of apples in Iowa is
about four million barrels. The crop
of 1912 was only 100000 barrels;
what per cent less than full crop
was raised in 1912?
6. A dealer buys 10 bushels of
cherries at $1.20 bushel, and offers
them for sale at cents a quart. He
fills his orders with a liquid quart
measure. What per cent does the
dealer gain? How much money was
gained by this unlawful measure
ment?
Z. What is the entire surface of
a cube whose contents are 42s75 Gu
bic feet?
8. Two cities in Iowa are 20 miles
apart by section line roads, one be-
ing ten miles north and east of the
other. What is the airline distance
between them?
8. What is the cost of plastering
the walls and ceiling of room 10
TT. in. high, 16 TT. 8 in. wide, and