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8. Give-a list of FIVE great inventors
and state how their invention brought
on an industrial revolution.
.. Democracy in government is
right now acknowledged. DO YOU think
| the same principle OF right of labor. to
representation in the domain Of capital
would prove an antidote to existing in
dustrial evils? Discuss briefly.
LITERATURE.
(Choose 81
|. Name four leading writers of the
Victorian Age and an important work
Of each.
2. Name FIVE great prose writers in
English Literature other than novelists,
and work ofeach
3. Give brief discussion Of Some
noted literary production by an Indiana
Author. s q
4. Discuss the life and work of Ralph
Waldo Emerson
5. Compare and contrast "The Cottcr's
Saturday Night" and Snow Bound"
g.. Identify: Jane .Addams, Susan B.
Anthony, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary
Lyon. {apSR
]. Tell the story of Queen Esther.
8. Discuss the relation Of History to
| Literature.
9. What importance do you attach to
the dramatic form of literature for chill
dren?
TO- Name three. good stories that can
be dramatizcd in the lower grades.
| IL. Name three poems that are es-
pecially well suited 10 small children.
PHYSIOLOGY. ;
(Choose 81
l. Explain the means that you would
use to ventilate school building that is
heated by stoves.
z. Detinc the term, Organization"
Prove that the body is an organization.
$. Make comparison of lymph and
blood with reference to density, color
and movement through the body.
4. Explain the Importance Of water in
the human body.
S. What is the difference between po-
tcntial energy and kinctic energy?
| 6. Explain how the brain and spinal
cord are protected.
Z. Explain how sound is produced
tracing the causes to the final compile
ton.
8. Define hard water and soft water
and state the principal uses of each.
9. Explain rules or plans by which
you would test THE hearing OF children.
GEOGRAPHY.
CHOOSE 81
l.. What race occupies the greater part
of Europe?
2. What mart of the United States is
most tllickly scttled2 ~
3. What states border on Canadaa
q. What states are crossed by the
Rocky MountainsY
5. Between what provinces is the bay
of Fundyl
6. What Kind of surface has Den
mark?
:. What nation controls the Straight
of Gibralter? 20 t2ssit
9. Which is fst!i,er. north Portland
(OregonD or Moftana? What valuable
minerals arc found in Montana?
| g. What countries Of Europe border
on the North Sea?
TO- What great island east Of Africa
is settled in part by people of the brown
race? }}'f't F
GRAMMAR.
!. Are the laws Of grammar unalter-
ablct Give reasons for your answer.
T. what would you do. to strengthen
the sentence idea" in childrcni
5. State the uses of diagramming.
4. What would you do to lessen the
number of errors in the use of nomina.
tive and objective cases?
). Which is more valuable as an ait
to correct English oral composition O,
TECHNICAL grammar? Give reasons fol
your answer.
6. State. some helpful work that :
class might do for Better English
Week"
T. State several benefits that pupil
should gain from the study Of piece
! Of literature.
& Copy the following. making sucl
changes as you think necessary:
(a) She looks like she was tired
(b) thought the victim to be he.
(c) Each of us boys were invited
(d) II any one knows let them rails
their hand M
(e) The herd lost their. leader.
{ 90 There is little difference between
READING.
Choose 81
@ ]. Name four objects in teaching
2. What are the essential characters
" tics Of literary discourse?
). Name three. qualities that yo
d would look for in judging children
: oral reading
u 4. What is meant by "sclf-expression
y in oral reading' What are the points i
: preparation necessary for self-expres
!. sion in oral rcadingf
/ 5. Name two important objects to b
gained through extensive reading les
,s sons. .i.s
. 6. Give directions for developing
d taste for reading and the reading hab
ii in children. g4l
Is 7. In general how does the teachin
of lesson in geography or history
al the upper grades differ from the teacf
" ing OF lesson in reading? Explain.
in s. Name three pieces Of good hume
" suited to class use. and tell to VIII;
r. grade or grades you consider them be
. suited What edurdtionai value yvouI