The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-14
Can You Answer
These Questions?
Uniform Examination ouizzes for
County Teachers Examination
for Elementary School Certificate
for October, 1915.

cate, prepared under the direction oi
the superintendent of public instruc
tion and sent out from his Office in &C
cordance with section 1919 of the gen
eral code:
ARITHMETIC.
man smokes three scent cigars
per day. At that rate how long would
1t take to spend money enough to own
a plot Of ground of the size of city
lot 40 seet by $50 feet, land being
worth $4O0 per acre?
Give the answer and indicate the
process-3719 is eight-ninths of what
number?
Mr.. Jones bought a barrel of -four
paying 1884 for it. He sold the -four
at 51s cents per pound. What was his
total gain and what was his gain in
per cent?
A certain city in Ohio is 10 15' west
Of Columbus; how many miles west OF
Columbus is the city?
What is meant by the area of sur
face, an angle, a parallelogram, vol
ume, negotiable note and stock?
A certain race track is circular? 1t
measures one mile in circumference
on inner border The track is 60 feet
wide. How many acres in the track?
A man needs $3.50. He can borrow
the money at the bank. For how much
must he make his note at so due in
81 days
Which will produce the larger net
income to a man, $500 of oil stock,
yielding a dividend of $40 annually,
or $500 worth of U. S. As, local taxes
being Is mills on the dollar?
HISTORY.
Give substance of last two amend
ments to the constitution of the
United States.
Give the eligibility as to age of pres
ident, vice president, senators and rep
resentatives.
When were slaves first introduced
into the colonies? When was their i'm
Dortation prohibited?
What do you know of the Confeder-
ate ship Alabama? How we're claims
for damages done by it settled?
Mention one Confederate victory in
the Civil war and name some things
that contributed to this victory. Name
commanders, give location of battle
field, date.
Name all the slave holding states in
1861. Name those that passed ordi-
nances of secession.
Name and locate three battlefelds
In the state of Ohio.
Give location, date, nationality and
primary purpose Of first settlement of
the four colonies that were first set
tied in United States.
AGRICULTURE.
Explain the value of circulation of
air in the soil. How is it secured?
What are the several kinds of soil
AZ to mechanical or physical compost
ton? What are the characteristic
qualities Of each?
What are the legumes planted in
Ohio or recommended by your text
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of the less common ones?
What enemies of wheat sometimes
become important in this state? What
Is done to combat them? Answer the
same questions regarding the enemies
of corn.
How is an aple tree of a certain va,
riety propagated? Name five choice
varieties of apples.
What are the principal methods Of
preventing plant disease? What prac-
tees promote diseases of trees?
Discuss the feeding of dairy stock.
Give brief account of the work
that must be done in keeping bees
What good do bees do incidentally?
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
(Take two of the groups below entire.)
Group A. BIASED on Parker's History
of Modern Elementary Education.)
What is the significance Of the term
common schools?" What was it's
earlier significance?
What was the chief factor that led
to the development of vernacular
schools?
Mention at, least three modes of
school government.
What were the two purposes of
Protestant schools after the Reforma-
ton?
What were some effects on educa-
ton of the invention of printing?
Group B. (Based on Warehouses; The
Discipline of the Schoos.)
Describe one of the best types of
student self,government in elementary
sch 0ols.
What is meant by a subjective re-
ward?
Group c. (Rased on no particular text.)
How can morals and manners be
taught in the schools?
Show that there is danger Of sup
pressing or neglecting the spiritual |
in education. |
Give some cases in which the wol K |
Of two grades can be alternated whdn |
there are several or all grades in the
same room.
From what source do schools and
teachers derive their authority?
What are some of the best ways of
treating the cases of pupils who are
slow to learn?
READING.
The examination in reading is oral.
The examiner will conduct the exam
nation following any plan desired.
What are your theories and methods
If teaching spelling?