State of For Temmers EXAMINATION QUESTIONS. AWINTER TERM. 1887-8. ARITHMETIC. 6. Name five distinguished Naval Commanders of the U.S. 1. Give the process of reducing fractions to a common denominator 7. Describe the Monitor and give an account of its work. 2. What cost 1736 lbs. hay at $13.75 per ton? 8. Mention some results, important to this country, of the war with Mexico. 3. If I hire $5000 at 41% and loan it at 63% what will be my gain in S years 9. What two Presidents of the U. S. were assassinated during their term of and : months? office? 4. A owns 5-24 of a ship, which is 16 2-3% more than B's share, how much of 10. Give some account of the Electoral Commission of 1876. the ship does B own? 5. A man lost 1-3, 1-7 and 2.5 of his money and had $2600 left, how much had PHYSIOLOGY he at first, and what % had he lost? 1. Why is a knowledge of Physiology and Hygiene necessary? 6. By selling a lot of goods at 15% less than cost, I lose $10.121/6, what was 2. Name what are termed the vital organs. the cost? 3. Describe the heart and its office in the circulation of the blood. 7. Give the U.S. rule for partial payments. 4. Where and how is the blood purified? 8. What is the amount of $287 for 1 year, 5 months and 18 days at 5 1%% 5. Name the organs and describe the process of digestion. 9. In a room 24 feet long, 18 feet wide, 9 feet high, what is the length of a line 6. How would you know when an artery is severed, and how would you stop extending from floor to ceiling of opposite corners? the flow of blood? 10. Give the process of extracting square root. 7. Is alcohol in any sense a food? GEOGRAPHY 8. What is the effect of alcohol on (a) the muscles, (b) the brain, (c) the liver, (d) the kidneys? 1. Name in their order the Atlantic States from north to south. 9. State what are the most prominent deleterious effects of the habitual use of 2. Name the thirteen original States. tobacco on the young. 3. Name the river systems of South America. 10. Is it as sometimes claimed a preservative of the teeth? 4. Explain why little or no rain falls on some portions of the earth. 5. Define a Watershed, Glacier, Estuary, Delta. BOOK KEEPING. 6. Name the three (a) most populous States, (b) largest in area, (c) most largely engaged inmanufacture. 1. Write (a) a receipt for money, (b) a negotiable note, (c) a check. 7. Why are the tropics and polar circles assigned as the boundaries of the 2. What is an (a) invoice book, (b) a day book, (c) a ledger? zones? 3. How should every business paper commence? S. What are the five principal articles of export from the United States? 4. What are (a) assets, (b) liabilities? 9. Locate the following: Milan, Malta, Calcutta, Orizaba, Faroe Is., Orkney 5. What books are used in double entry? 6. How often should an account of stock, assets and liabilities be taken? Is. 7. What is a trial balance? 10. Name the three most noted volcanoes on the American Continent. 8. Define bills receivable, bills payable. GRAMMAR. 9. What is meant by interest account? 10. What is the cash book? 1. Write the following sentences, changing the nouns to the plural number: "The elf and the fairy danced with the dwarf." "The hunter captured a wolf, SPELLING. deer and a buffalo." 2. Write a sentence containing "that" in its three offices of relative, adjective Delegate, Delicate, Destructible, Durable, and conjunction. Pernicious, Vendible, Deference, Scintillate, 3. When a verb has three subjects of different persons, how should they be Ventilate, Traceable, Swimmer, Primer, arranged, and with which should it agree? Siege, Seize, Business, Syllable, 4. Write a sentence illustrating four rules for the use of capital letters, Privileges, Fiery, Cartilage, Parliament. 5. Correct the following: "Each one of us should perform manfully our part in the drama of life." 'The ascent was not as difficult as they feared." THEORY AND PRACTICE. "The country looks beautifully after a shower." 1. What is the true basis of classification? 6. How are verbs conjugated in the passive voice? 2. What are the advantages of regularity and system in your school work? 7. Of what may the subject of a sentence consist? 3. What is the difference between telling a principle or fact and teaching it? 8. How may you impart practical force to instruction in grammar? 4. Are written exercises in spelling better than oral? If so, why? 9. Write a sentence using "as" (a) as a relative, (b) as a conjunction. 5. Why should primary classes have shorter and more frequent exercises than 10. What is punctuation? advanced classes? HISTORY. 6. How would you awaken a spirit of observation and investigation among your pupils? 1. What battle terminated the French and Indian War, and with what results? 7. Name some of the advantages of object teaching. 2 When was the battle of Saratoga and why do historians regard it as one of 8. Have you any more satisfactory method of teaching beginners to read than the important battles of the world's history? by commencing with the alphabet? If so, what? 3. Under what form of government did the Americans wage the war of the 9. What is your practice as to corporal punishments? Revolution, and when was the Federal Constitution adopted? 10. What is your practice as to rewards and prizes? 4. What do you know about the Salem witchcraft? 5. What States passed the Ordinance of Secession in 1861?