Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1872 — Educational. [ARTICLE]

Educational.

At the pnblio examination of applicants for license to teach school in Jasper county, which was held Saturday, October 26th, 1872, jijnq,wcia license upon the grade and for the time shown in the following table: No. j Applicant. | Time. | Graded ,26 Agnes Nelson 1 18 moths 87 pret 24 |Louisa Paris 13 ", 79 “ 27 iCarrie C. Bullis!l2 “ 82 “ 28 L. CJ. Mitchell 12 •' 76 “ 29 B. R. Paris 12 “ 75 ’* 32 Mary Wright 12 " 75 “ 33 John Day 12 “ 82 “ 23 Geo. O. Hoover 6 “ 72 “ 25 LyOta Paris 6 “ 71 “ The attention of the teachers of Jasper county is called to the list of questions asked and the brief comments which follow: GENERAL QUESTIONS.' 1. Name? Nativity? Age? Address? 2. Experience? Attendance at Institute in days 9 3. Professional books and periodicals read during year? 4. Give list of text books studied on orthography, reading, penmanship, arithmetic, geography his-tory-and physiology. 5. Givean outline of teacher’s daily duties in term time. . ORTHOGRAPHY. 1. Define the root of a word. Prefix and suffix. 2. Classify the letters as to size, form and use. 3. State in full the use of the ’. 4. Classify words as to origin, size and use. 5. Spell and define, 1. Resource, 2. Ekstinkt, 3. Mearead, 4. Pasil'y, 5. Gitar, 6. Kresent, 7. Daotyl, 8. Peeramid, 9. Kemicle, 10. Analysis.

. . READING. 1. Write an outline classification of the voeai organs. 2. What are the rules for the pronunciation of c and g? 3. Make an outline classification of the articulate sounds. _____ 4. Explain the difference between force and pitch. 5. Do marks of punctuation assist the reader? If so, how? Explain fully. writing. 1. With what materials should pupils be supplied? 2. Give concise directions for opening and closing a lesson on pepmauship. —B. -Classify movements of pen. - . 4. What is the rule as to space between words? 5. What system have you studied? arithmetic. 1. Explain the difference between addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. 2 State the six principles of division as applied to fractions. 3. Explain by example the difference between true discount and bank discount. 4. If I buy at 12} and sell at 12, wliat is the per cent, of loss? 5. A tree 100 feet high is broken by a storm so that the top, unsevered from the slump, reaches the ground 20 feet from tiie base; at what bight was the tree brokeu? Draw figure. GEOGRAPHY. 1. Give motions of the earth and the effect of each. 2. What conditions affect the climate of a country? 3. What places have greatest latitude? longitude? 4. Draw an outline map of the State of Michigan, showing boundaries, rivers and cities, 5. Give the names and locality of the seas forming a part of. the European coast. GRAMMAR.

1. Givean outline of the noun, showing classes, properties and syutaxr--2. Define a relative pronoun and illustrate its use. 3. What are the signs of the modes and tenses? 4. Write irt otitline the analysis and parsing of'the following sentence: — “Go to the ant, thou sluggard.” 5. What are the principal rules for the use of capital letters ? HISTORY. 1. What European nations claimed title to portions of the United States? Give the locality of the part claimed by each. 2. Give an account of Arnold’s treas6U. ' 3. What was the purpose of the “Stamp Act?” and why should we not rebel against payments for stamps now ? 4. Write the names of all the States, and the date of their admission into the Union. 5. What were the good effects of the Rebellion of 1861-5? PHYSIOLOGY. 1. Give an outline classification of the bones. 2. Name the successive changes in transforming food into blood. 3. What are the sanitary results of cleanliness? 4. How ascertain the composition of a bone? ' • 5. What are the functions of the nervous system? The following questions received no complete answ’er from any member of the class, to-wit: On the subject of orthography, numbers 2, 4 and 5; reading, 1 and 3; arithmetic, 3, 4 and 5; grammar, 1, 3 and 4; history, 1 and 5; physiology, 1, 2 and 5.

I noted the following expressions among the written answers: “I hjive red no books on teaching This year.” “Myriatl means to divide.” “Resource is that from which any thing comes.” ‘.‘Pitch is accent laid on words.” * “Force is stress on reading, pitch on words.” "Lungs, diafram, and glottice.” “A liiplien is used between a compound word.” The movemehts 4 of the pen are “backward, forward and running.” “Proper nouns commence with capitals.” "Slavery was killed and the South whipped.” To arithmetical question 4 the answers were: “1-25,” “4-10,” and “25.” To question 5, “88,” “97,” etc. Simon L. Alter, a visitor, gave the correct solution. The class was exemplary, ahd showed above an average of selfcontrol, and knowledge of the branches to be taught. Outlino teaching should receive store atteh'

tion. Science is knowledge arranged and classified so as to be easily remembered and readily applied. Teachers neglect map-drawing, topical outlines and expression in their tuition. Those questions are pttUliffttod .and'criticisms appended tor your benefit. Do hot bo satisfied until you can accurately answer every question in-the list. - Call the particular attention of your pupils of all ages to the rules for spelling, punctuation, use of capital letters, composition alnd topical discussion. Examinations commence promptly at 9 o’clock, a. m.

S. P. THOMPSON,

Oct. 2874, 1872. School Examiner.