The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-01-13
Give some rules for the proper care
and management of the sick room.
LITERATURE.

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American Literature, naming an i'm
portant writer in each period.
Write a short biography of Robert
Burns; name four poems.
Who was the author of the follow
ing: (a) Macbeth, (b) Faerie Queen,
(c) Idylls of the King, I'D The Old
oaken Bucket, (e) A Man Without a
Country.
Select any poem from TennysOn and
outline for class study.
Select any bo1k from the works Of
any one of the following and give a
short outline of lhe events: Cooper,
Hawthorne, Poe (prose).
What is the picture presented to
your mind by the first two lines from
the Village Blacksmith?
Name two well-known American
poets of today; quote at least stanza
from one, naming author and poem.
Name author of: (a) The Winning
of the West, (b) Wild Animals l Have
Known, (c) A Boys Town, Id Little
Women, (e) The Fair God, ~ Tom
Sawyer, (g) The Tent on the Beach,
CHI The Great Stone Face, Gj Snow
Bound, Cd Walden.
AGRICULTURE.
Describe the corn seed tester and
explain how the results of the test
should be used
What is silage? What are the va
rious crops that are sometimes used as
silage?
How should potatoes be prepared
for planting? When should they be
planted, how thick, at what depth?
What are some of the varieties that
do best in this state? What source of
seed potatoes is best?
What are the principal eleme.sts in
the soil and which of them arr most
important for agriculture?
What are some of the peculiarities
of strawberry culture?
What are the principal points in
which COW of the dairy type differs
from one of the beef type? Name some
good breeds of each type.
Explain how a soil holds moisture.
How can you show to class the diff
ference between different kinds of soil
in this respect?
For what purposes are trees
sprayed? When should apple trees be
sprayed to accomplish these pur.
poses?
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
(Take two Of the groups below entire.)
Group A. Biased on Parker'S The His.
tory of Modern Elementary
Edueation.)
How was time wasted in tie colonial
elementary schools?
What was characteristic Of the Ian.
caster-Bell system? Give at least four
of the six good points in the system.
Name the men who in each of sew.
eral fields of thought had most to do
with developing the scientific method
What is the scientific method?
Give several valuable ideas OF
either Comenius or Locke. Express
clearly SO that the idea can be identi
fied.) .
Group B. Biased on Morehouse's The
Discipline of the SchooI.)
What are the four great principles
of social relationship that form the
foundation of school government?
What are some of the things said OF
the doctrine of interest?
What are some of the abilities
which should result from the disci
plinary prescription for conduct?
IN, 1or
own mind the ideal of good school con
duct which is necessary?
Group c. Biased on no particular
text.)
Outline your principal aims in
teaching some particular subject.
What use can you make of pictures
(either textbook, card, magazine OF
blackboard) in your teaching?
What can you do to teach pupils to
use their leisure hours profitably?
OF what does loyalty on the part OF
a teacher consist?
WRITING.
What studying or practicing do you
do to make yourself a capable teacher
of writing?
Discuss the question of shading.
Give the heading and closing of a
letter in your best style Of writing and
arrangement.
Copy as a specimen of your pen.
manship:
Beside the sandal-tree a woodman
stood
And swung the ak. AS the strokes
were laid
Upon the fragrant trunk the generous
wood
With it's own sweets perfumed the
cruel blade
Go thou and do the like. A soul en-.
dued
With light from heaven, a nature
pure and great,
Will place it's highest aim in doing
good,
And good for evil give, and love for
hate.
oRTHoGRAPHY.
Examiners determine weights of re.
spective questions.)
Mark for pronunciation: Des Moines,
troubadour sumach, stalagmite, reci.
procity, silhouette, quagmire, papyrus,
.degeneracy, larynx.
Classify and name the class of all
marks used.
READING.
The examination in reading is oral.
The examiner will conduct the exami-
nation following any plan desired.
SPELLING.
Spell: Catechism, bivouac, ame-
thyst, synagogue, toboggan, wassail,
viscount, Chillicothe, submerge, succo-
tash, prophecy, onyx, nuisance, jay