The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-01-13
Can You Answer
These Questions?
Uniform Examination oulzzes for
County Teachers Examination
for Elementary School Certificate
for January, 1915.


cate prepared under the direction of
the superintendent of public instruc-
ton and sent out from his Office in ac-
cordance with section 1919 of the gen.
eral code:
ARITHMETIC.
Explain, as to a class, why the deci-
NAL point is so placed in the product,
when multiplying decimals.
What is the exact length of the
'olar year? What years are leap
Eears?
Is there any difference in cubic
D.. ches between the dry quart and the
liquid quart? If your answer is in the
affirmative, state the difference; If in
the negative, give reasons for answer.
A man walks 5-12 of mile. Express
in integers of rods, feet, inches. Show
the outline which you would have the
pupils follow in this reduction.
A rectangular field is 10 rods long,
4 rods wide. A horse is tied to a stake
In one corner by a rope &C feet long.
Express to decimals the portion of
the field the horse may Craze upon.
Show the difference, if any, in the
cash price OF bill of goods for $3.50
at 121a and per cent discount and at
20h per cent straight discount.
A square field contained 1,014,014
square rods. Required the length of
its diagonal
Required the total interest due on
$1,000 at SO for 3 years, 9 months, 20
days, payable annually.
GEOGRAPHY.
What would be about the shortest
practicable route from your city or
county to the Rio Grande border of
Mexico?
What regions of the United States
have an annual rainfall of above go
inches? What is the approximate Ohio
rainfall? Whence do most of our rain
clouds come?
Where in the United States is pc.
troleum produced in large quantities? ?
How is it usually transported? What
are four of the products into which it
is refined?
What are the chief attractions in
natural scenery in the United States?
Estate what is to be seen in places
named.)
Give statistics regarding Ireland
its size, population, industries, cities.
What is its form of government?
Give several important facts about
each of the following: Rome, Constan-
tinople, Buenos Aires, Philadelphia,
Oklahoma (state), British Columbia.
For what traffic is each of the fol
lowing canals important: Suez, Pan
anna, Sault Ste. Marie, WelIand, Erie
What are the sources of the world S
supply of each of the following: Co
coanuts, quinine, olive oil, paper pulp,
ivory, platinum, tin, coffee?
GRAMMAR.
Write three sentences, each illus
trating different use of the noun
clause.
What are personal pronouns? Name
them.
What is conjugation? Conjugate the
verb dream" in indicative mode, pres
ent, past, future lenses.
Classify the adverb and illustrate
each class.
What is meant by parts of speech
Name the parts of speech.
How form the comparative and the
superlative degrees of adjectives, reg
ularly?
What are redundant verbs? Illus,
traAe.
Diagram or analyze: 81 walked
home with Calhoun, who said that the
principles which I had avowed were
just and noble" Parse the words in
black letter.
HISTORY.
What was the beginning of steel
armored vessels in our navy? Who
was the inventor?
How and when did Porto Rico come
into possession of the United States ?
What were the Alabama Claims !?
How and when settled?
Write upon the theme, "Sherman's
March to the Sea-"
Name the leading political parties
since 1896.
What and where was: Ft. Duquesne,
Ticonderoga, Acadia, Mason and Dix
on's Line, Mt. Vernon, The Hermitage,
West Point?
When and where was the first set
tlement in Ohio? In United States?
How many amendments to the con-
stitution? What is the general con-
tents of the last two?
PHYSIOLOGY.
OF what value is the nitrogen of the
air? Explain the advantages of deep
breathing and of out-of-door air.
What is meant by reflex action? Of
what value is it in our lives.
What effects has the use of intoxi-
cants upon (a) tuberculosis. (b) pneu-
monia?
What bodies are there in the blood
and what are their functions?
What digestion takes place in the
stomach? How much time should the
stomach digestion occupy? What or
gans contribute to the intestinal di-
gestion?
Describe the structure and attach
ment of muscles
How does knowledge of a scratch on
the hand reach the brain? Would
knowledge Of an injury to an internal
organ locate so accurately the place
and nature of the hurt? Does the
brain control the processes of the in
ternal organs?
Keller Trial Next Week.
Toledo.-The trial Of Carl H. Keller,
former mayor, who was indicted dur
ing the last days of his administration
by the Lucas county grand jury for the
alleged acceptance of bribe in con-
nection with the purchase of motor
lied fire apparatus, probably will be-