Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-05
Miscellaneous Readina.
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
Problems Given Applicants for Teach
ers' Certificates Last Week.

EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
Problems Given Applicants for Teach
ers' Certificates Last Week.
The questions used last Friday, in
the examination of applicants to teach
in the public schools. contemplated
pretty thorough equipment on the
part of the would-be teachers, and
will be of interest to the public. With
exception of the algebra questions,
which we are unable to reproduce be-
cause the linotype is not equipped
with the necessary signs, the qaes-
tions are as follows:
Arithmetic.
l. A tank 6 feet long, "a feet wide
and . 2-3 feet deep, inside measure
ments. has its sides, ends and bottom
lined with sheet lead weighing 81
pounds per square foot. Find the cost
of the lead at cents per pound.
2. Find the cost of draining
meadow by laying $3.50 feet of tile at
SO per thousand feet, and digging
and filling the 3,900-foot ditch at
33 1-3 cents per rod.
8. If one gallon of paint covers
$50 square feet, how much is requir-
ed for two coats on one side Of tight
board fence feet inches by so feet.
T. How much does it cost to con-
struct Al miles of macadam road IA
feet wide at so cents per square yard?
5. If apples are bought at 60 cents
per bushel and sold by the quart to
gain 33 1-3 per cent, find the selling
price per quart.
6. A farmer, by feeding his COWS
$3.50 worth of meal per day more
than he had been feeding them, in
creased the per centage of butter fat
from 81 to 4 per cent, and increased
the yield of milk from 1000 pounds
to 1900 pounds. How much did he
gain per day by this experiment, if
he was paid 26 cents per pound for
butter fat?
Z. A boat contains 5000 bushels
of corn worth AZ cents per bushel
The corn is insured for rs of it's value
at S5 cents per 500. What will be
the owners net loss if the cargo is de-
stroyed?
s. A dealer purchased coal at $40
per ton cash on April 1st. He sold it
seven months later. If money was
worth 81 per cent, what was the real
cost of the coal to him at the time of
sale?
English Grammar.
l. (a) Discuss the difference be-
tween language and grammar as
school subjects; CD State the relative
Importance of each.
=. (a) Write sentences illustrating
the use of lie and lay sit and set, may
and can, shall and will; (b) Change
the first four sentences to the past
tense.
g. (a) Into what classes are SEN
tences divided with respect to form
and to meaning? (b) Give an exam
pie Of each.
4. Name and illustrate (a) Three
kinds of nouns: (b) Three kinds of
pronouns; (c) Two kinds of verbs
5. (a) AnalyZe:
Yon marble minstrePs voiceless stone
In deathless song shall tell,
When many a vanished age hath flown,
The story how ye fell.
(b) Parse the italicized words in
the above sentence.
g. Write a letter to your County
Superintendent of Education applying
for a position to teach in one Of his
schools.
Pedagogy.
riua fya nf how
the instinct of rivalry may be en-
ployed to advantage.
2. Which incentives do you think
more powerful; those involving fear of
unpleasant consequences, or those in
volving hope of reward? Give rea-
sons for your opinion.
8. State some dangers Of overem-
phasizing the play element in educa-
tion.
4. Name five activities on the part
of pupils that you would have the pu-
pills acquire as habits as early as pos
sible.
5. Do you believe in corporal pun
ishment? Give full reasons for your
answer.
6. What procedure would you
adopt in dealing with a boy eleven
years old who had told you lie?
Geography.
l. Name and describe the three soil
belts of South Carolina and show their
effect on industry.
2. What states border on Mexico?
Name the chief industries of each of
these states.
3. Give the direction and approx
mate distance of Panama from (D
Charleston: (b) Valparaiso; (c) Bel
fast; (d) Kobe; (e) Cape Town.
4. Locate (a) Ulster; (b) Juarez;
(c) Naples; (d) Guam; (e) Hamp-
ton Roads.
5. What causes produce the usual
spring freshet in the Mississippi river?
6. Draw a map Of South Carolina,
locating counties, cities and rivers.
Physiology.
l. (a) What is exercise? (b) Why |
should we take exercise? (c) Give
the effects of too little exercise.
2. (a) What is the purpose of cook
in food? (b) What guides have we
as to what we should eat? Co Give
eat.
3. Name two classes of muscles
and give an example of each.
4. (a) How would you tell wheth-
er the flow of blood from a wound is |
from the arteries or the veins? CD |
How would you check the flow Of
blood in either case?
5. Discuss the danger to health
caused by flies.
6. Describe the essential parts of
the nervous system.
History.
|. Give a brief account of the war
with Mexico, stating its date, cause,
results.
=. Explain the Monroe Doctrine,
giving origin, date, and its present
bearing upon the relations of the Unit
ed States to other American nations
and to the nations of the eastern hem
isphere.
3. Give an adequate account Of any
eight of the following: (a) st. Angus
tine; (b) De Soto; (c) Jean Ribault;
Cd Navigation acts; (e) Thomas Jer-
ferson; (f) Fifteenth Amendment; CD
Kansas Nebraska Bill; CHI Andrew
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