Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1879 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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QUESTIONS FOB THE EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS Held la Ben rMlaer July Mtfc, IS7J , WRITING. 1. Write tlie following with cure in your ordinary handwriting: » ‘ I'pon tlir innl our youngest nud our ilrmri-l ml, l.imiiK her largu, o wl, "-king eve*. Now Imllmvl willdii the rndnlonu f tvon Ami holy |«-nrc- o( I’nnolinc." 2. Wlinl is the first characteristic of good business writlug? The second V H. What would you do with u tsiy coining into your ocliool n* n new scholar, wiio Ik pretty well iHlvniptd in other tiling*, hula very |n»or writer? 4. Write nil Ihe small letters in ordei mid connecttdly on a irroja-r scale of height*, length*, spuelng, Ac. W rite the first Uu capitals god connect each with a short word? OKTItI Kilt ACHY. I. What I* a syllable? 2, What Is the ditterence between a vocal and an aspirate? .'{. How many and what sounds ha* th ? • Clive an example of each ? 4. Wfait sound* eom|Ki*e the spoken words JivrojiC, u < ight, ( hnwyh , ich< nit and chymes 5. Write phonic illy the words Ea ro;/r. t ceight, Jhmugh, tr/i me and chyme. and ninik each vowel With tlie proper diacritical sign. « to 10 . fc!j eii ten words pronounced by tlie tjujieritUendenl. REAPIN'*!. “N«> rerrniooy Oku to givjii coop. 'longs. Not the kina’" rrowu. nor tlie <lc|iute<l nfilfl. The nt.-tr»har« tniii.'hcin, nor tin* Judge's rube, themne tlioui with one ledT w> gund ii grace As merry docs," saisksi'Bakk. 1. W iio and what was Hmkspeare? Where did lie live and when ? What was the character of his writings? 2. What does lire apostrophe in the lirst line signify ? NVhat, those in the second and third lines?

8. Wlint is llie moaning of the following words as used in the above passage? ceremony, deputed, truncheon robe, grace / 4. What officer bore the deputed sword? of what was the judge’s robe fin tnerly made ? 5. What idea did the author desire to convey in tlie foregoing extijict ? AHITUMKUC. 1. Give a rule for addition that can be applied with equal propriety, to jsliivplej decimal, and compound mini-, be is - ' ' * 2. What will l>e,the cost of a pile of wood 12 ft. long, 8 ft. ‘d in- wide, and 2 ft- G in. h’gh, at per cord ? - 8. Two men bought a barrel of flour; and | aid $4 4-5, the other ?4<i, what part of it should each receive ? 4. If 12 ott- of wool make 24 yards of cloth which is 14yd. wide, how many pounds will it take to make 150 yil. omymily j; yd. wide, By proportign 5. What fraction less lo percent, of itself, equals J? Define baseand centage6. What is the amount for 1 vr., 1 tuo-, 1 da., atoi per cent.? Define interest. 7. 1 bought a hill of goods for £4GS on a credit of GO days. I accepted an offer of 6 per cent, discount fin- cash, and borrowed the money at hank, giving my note i< r GO da., discounle 1 at 54 per etui. Did 1 gain or lose by accepting the offer ? How much. .jt>. If ft men can do a niece of work in 51 da., in how irtiihy (layscan 7 men do the work ? By analysis. ft. The diagonal of the floor of a square room is 25 ft. What is the length of one side in ft-, carried to two decimal places? What is the area of t he floor. — 10. A rectangular park is 10 rods' long, and 10 rods wide. What will it cost to make a gravel walk around Uo» the outside, 12 ft. wide, at s(i.4o — per square yard. GRAMMAR. T. Wfi&t is the distinction between Etymology ami cjyntax.___ 2- What classes of nouns form their plurals by adding cs to the singular. 8. Give the masculine or feminie CorresjKinding to tile following words: —son, murderer, aunt, votaress, hind, goose, hero, negro, host, czar. 4. Whatfkiiid of clauses are introduced by. relative pronouns.. 5 What are the points in which nouns and pronouns arc alike? unlike? G. Give the negative, interrogative,, progressive form of the- past perfect, potential of the verb xtfidy. —7. What are defective verbs ?Na me t hem. 8. Correct: A copious selection of j examples aregiven and parsethe verb, i ft.’Analyze; The great business of j man is to improve bin piind and gov- I ern his inannets. 111. hi the above parse wind and ! govern. ' GEOGRAPHY. 1. Tn what zone do you livb ? Why j has it two distinct seasons'? Why is! the winter cold?2. Why are iivberga-in the An tore- j tic Ocean a 1 pttgif of the existence of land in the southern part of that : ocean. ' 3. What two southern states does the Appalachian range separate? 4. What great lake lies wholly within the original North west Territory? What three great lakes constitute part ; of the boundary of that territ try ? | 5. What relation, as to position and | direction, doea the great plateau of i each continent bear to the chief I mountain, system of that continent ? j G. Name live chief im|>orts of the ] United States? 7. Name the capitals of Austria, I Spain, Asiatic Turkey, Persia, Egypt. 8, laieaie Land's End, Straits of Gibraltar. Sicily, Cyprus, Iceland. 8 E->r what is the, river Rhine celebiated? For what Switzerland ? > 10. To what three important familiesof men do the inhabitants of tlie Austiiau Empire lelong? HISTORY. 1. Whit.. I was t ie stamp act of 1765. 2 IMI the story of Fulton and ljls steamboat. 3. What were the leading trails of I Alt xunder Hamilton’s character? ; 4. What were the main provisions i of flic treaty of Ghent, 1814 ? 5 Who was La Fayette? 6. Wirat was President Jackson’s action with .reference to the l’. sj. Bank? 7. W hat was the - v Dorr Rebel 1 ion Li Rhode Island, 1842?--8. What was the Wilmot Proviso, 1846? 8. Describe Jolm Brown’s attempt to incite insurection, 1850. 10. Which state was first to secede in I 860? Name those that followed ? PHYSIOI.KtJY. 1. Why are the bolus of adults moie easily broken than tin se of ehlldien ? • 2. W hat are tire llexbr muscles ?- Exletdiar niliscits ? A 3. Where is the pyloric .oftfiee, and Whfftiwils-ftrmTion" • 4. NaAiie four juices emplored in digestion, and give the fvmaioH of: the Hit, named. . b. Kama the r:.in* ,• f clVtsrlHtipc. (!, Wjyaf ia he object of respiration--