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Being the Questions for the Pbeliminary Examinations FOR Admission to the UMERSITY OF THE STATE OP NEW YORI PREPARED BY THE BEaENT8 OF TEE UNIVEB8ITT, And Participated in Simultaneously by Nearly Two Hundred and Fifty Academies, forming a Basis for Distributing More than a Million of Dollars. /COMPILED BY DANIEL J. PRATT, A. M., Ph.D., Assistant Secretary,, Regents of the University. Forty-SecoM Edition, to Me, 1880. CJOIVCI^XjJESTES PRICE, ONE DOLL SYRACUSE, N. Y. c. "w. bardeen, publisher 1880. Copyright, 1880, by C. W, Bardeen. JhJE i^EQEjMTg' QuE3TIO^f3 Jt'^O Since 1866 the Regents of the State of New York have held examinations three times a year in all the Academies and Academic Departments of the Union Schools, granting certifi- cates to such pupils as pass satisfactorily, and apportioning upon these certificates a large sum of money among the schools of the State. 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Key to the same, flexible cloth 25 5. The same, each on slip of Card-boird, in box, with key 1 00 6. The Regents' Questions in Geography, f\.Q-K.\h\G c\o\h. .25 7. Key to the same, flexible cloth 25 8. The Regents' Questions in Grammar, flexible cloth, .25 9. The Regents' Questions in Grammar, with Key, with references upon every point to all the leading text- books now in use, thus forming a Comparative English Grammar, cloth 1 00 10. The Regents' Questions in Spelling f\ex\h\e cloth ... .25 Any of the above will be sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of the prices annexed. Address. C. W. BARDEEN, Publisher, SYRACUSE, N. Y THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. ARITHMETIC. Examination I. J\[ov. 8^ 1866. 1. Write in figures each of the following numbers, add them, and express in words (or numerate) their sum: fifty-six thousand, and fourteen thousandths; nineteen, and nineteen hundredths; fifty-seven, and forty-eight ten-thousandths ; twenty-three thousand five, and four tenths ; and fourteen millionths. 2. What is the difference between 3f plus 1%, and 4 plus 2-1? 3. In multiplying by more than one figure, where is the first figure in each partial product written, and why is it so written ? 4. If the divisor is 19, the quotient 37, and the re- mainder 11, what is the dividend ? 5. What is the quotient of 65 bu. 1 pk. 3 qt. di- vided by 12? 6. Which one of the fundamental operations (or ground rules) of arithmetic is employed in reduction descending? Give an example. 7. In exchanging gold dust for cotton, by what weight would each be weiu'hed? THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 8. What is the only even prime number? 9. How many weeks in 8,568,456 minutes? 10. To wliat ^^rM in division does the value of a common fraction correspond? 11. Wliat is tlie product of a fraction multiplied by its denominator? Give an example. 12. What is the rule for the multiplication of deci- mals? 13. How is a common fraction reduced to a deci- mal? Give an example. 14. What is ratio and how may it be expressed? Illustrate by an example. 15. If 27 tons, 3 qr. 15 lb. of coal cost |217.83, what will 119 tons 1 qr. 10 lb. cost? 16. Find the cost of the several articles, and the amount of the followino- bill ; Utica. Oct. 1, 1866. A. P. Jewett to Samuel Palmer, Dr. To 16,750 feet of board at $12.50 per M., .... " 1,750 " " 24.00 " " 3,500 " " 25.00 " .... Received payment, $ Samuel Palmer. 17. What is the length of the side of a cubical box wdiich contains 389,017 solid inches? 18. What is the present worth of the following note discounted at bank, and when will it become due : — $100. Albany, October 11, 1866. Ninety days from date, for value received, I promise to pay to the order of John Smith, one hun- dred dollars, at the Albany City National Bank. John Brown. ARITHMETIC. 5 19. Involve f to the 7th. power. 20. What is the square root of .0043046721? 21. Sold 9 1 cwt. of sugar at |8J per cwt., and thereby lost 12 per cent. : how much was the whole cost? 22. A person owned f of a mine, and sold f of his interest for $1,710: wliat was the value of the entire mine ? 23. When it is 2 hr. 36' a. m., at the Cape of Good Hope, in longitude 18 ° 24 ' east, what is the time at Cape Horn, in longitude 67 ° 21 ' west? 24. What is the cost of 17 tons 18 cwt. 1 qr. 17 R. of potash at |53.80 per ton? Examination II. MarcJi i^ i86j. 25. Express in words the number 42567000129301. 26. Multiply five hundred and forty thousand six hundred and nine, by seventeen hundred and fifty, 27. Give the rule for reduction descending. 28. How many steps of 2^ ft. each would a man take in walking a mile? . 29. How is a whole number reduced to a fraction of the same value having a given denominator? 30. What is the value of f of f of i of ^ when re- duced to a simple fraction of the lowest terms? 31. Give the rule for reducing several fractions to equivalent fractions having the least common de- nominator. 32. Add 3f to 4 |i. THE REGENTS QUEST'O^:'. 33. ^v'l•ite in l>ures. two and six liimvii'etl-mii- lionths. 34. Keduce 1375-8836 lo a decimal. 35. Multiply seven thousand and li\'i.'. Ijy three hundred, and five millionths. 36. Divide 126.45 by 493.256. 37. The ratio of two numbers is 9, and the ante- cedent 90: what is the consequent? 38. Find the value of the omitted term in the fol- lowing proportion : — $4:(?) : :9:16. 39. If 561b. of butter cost $15.68, what will .078 of a ton cost? 40. If 96 horses eat 192 tons of hay in one winter, how many tons will 150 horses eat in 6 winters? 41. In 1 yr. 4 mo., $311.50 amounted to $336.42 at simple interest: Avhat was the rate percent? 42. What is the interest of $14, 231. 50 from June 29, 1860, to April 30, 1865, at 8^ per cent? 43. Three notes are payable as follows: — one for $200, January 1, 1866; another for $350, due Septem- ber 1, 1866; a third for $500, due April 1, 1867: what is the average of maturity, or the equated time of payment ? 44. How much will it cost to carpet a parlor 18 ft. square, with carpeting f yd. wide, at $1.50 per yd. ? 45. The difference in the local time of two places is 2 hr. 18m. : what is the difference in longitude? 46. 33 is 2f per cent, of what number? 47. What is the length of each side of a square field which contains 5 acres? 48. A note for $470.66 drawn at 60 days, is dis- ARITHMETIC. coimted at bank at 6 per cent. : what are the pro- ceeds? Examination III. June 14, 186 j. 49. Express in figures MDXXT^CDLXXXIX. 50. Perf ornrthe operations indicated as follows : — 51. Numerate (or express in words) 90067236708. 52. What is the sum of 3912, 361, 40005, 98, 7368- 63, 8342, 2900687, 9, 4000862, 28 ? 53. If two persons start from the same place, and travel in the same direction, one 7 and the other 11 miles per hour, at the rate of 9 hours per day, how far apart will they he at the end of the 17th day? 54. What is the amount due on the following bill of parcels : Albany, June 1, 1866. John Baenes, Bought of NATHAN HADLEY & Co., 16 H). tea, @ 1.05 - - - -$ 18 lb. sugar, @.14 25 R). lice, @ .09' - 15 yd. linen, @ .66 . . - Cr. % By balance of account, - - - - 2.48 Balance due, - - - - % Received payment, N. Hadley, & Co. 55. State the process of reducing inches to leagues. 56. How many bu. will a box 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 3 ft. hiiih contain? 8 THE regents' QX^ESTIONS. 57. Addf«, I and iVV 58. Reduce 1049-8392 to its lowest terms. 59. Give the rule for reducing fractions having different denominators to equivalent fractions hav- ing the least common denominator. 60. Multiply 18| by 7|. 61. Express in figures, forty-seven, and twenty- one hundred-thousandths. 62. Divide 2019.86928 by 30 0^5. 63. If 9 men cut 150 acres of grass in 18 days, how many will do the same work in 27 days ? 64. If 500 copies of a book containing 210 pages require 12 reams of paper, how much will 1,2,00 copies of a book of 280 pages require ? 65. What is the value in currency of $865 in gold, when the latter is selling at 131 per cent? 66. What is the interest on $200 for 3 years and 10 months, at 7 per cent? 67. In what time will a sum of money double it- self at an annual interest of 5 per cent? 68. What is the face of a note at 30 days, which yields $500 when discounted at bank, at 7 per cent? 70. Extract the square root of .0043046721. 71. Involve 1.06 to the 4th power. 72. What debt can be discharged in a year by weekly payments in arithmetical progression, the first being $24, and the last $1,224? Examination IV. jYo-v. 8^ i86f. 73. Express words in 2584503962047. 74. 2468+13579-1-100+6042+1874-19= ? ARITHMETIC. 9" 75. What is the difference between 576-208+1645 -321, and 403-256+814-195? 76. Multiply f orty-nine millions forty thousand six hundred and ninety-seven, by nine millions forty thousand seven hundred and nine. 77. One factor of a certain number is 11, and the other 3708311605: what is that number? 78. If the remainder is 17, the quotient 610, and the dividend 45767, what is the divisor? 79. What cost 3 A. 2 R. 20 rd. of land, at $43. per acre? 80. What is the difference of time between July 15, 1857, and April 25, 1862? r 81. Add T. cwt. qr. R). oz. dr. 14 13 2 15 15 15 13 17 3 13 11 13 46 16 3 11 13 10 14 15 2 7 6 9 11 17 3 10 15 11 82. Find the greatest common divisor of 492, 744 and 1044. 83. Divide 137 R). 9 oz. IS pwt. 22 gr. by 23. 84. From i of 137 subtract i of 317. 85. Write eleven thousand, and eleven hundred- thousandths, (the whole as a single expression.) 86. Multiply .0097 by .000125. 87. Divide 475 by 128f. 88. What cost xi of ^^ ^(^^^ ^^ $1.75 per sq. rodV 89. Divide 9811.0047 by .325947. 90. Reduce 18 s. 3f d. to the decimal of a £., 91. Find the third term of 7 : 8 ::(?): 12. 10 THE RE(;EXTs' QrESTTONS. 93. If 2i yd. of broadcloth cost $1^, what will 27 3'd. cost? 03. If 8 men spend $64 in 13 weeks, what will 12 men spend in 52 weeks? 94. Find the interest on $35.61 from Xov. 11. 1857 to Dec. 15, 1859, at 6 per cent. 95. What is the bank discount on a note for $350, payable 3 months after date, at 7 per cent, interest? 96. Find the square root of .876096. Examination V. Feb. 21, 2868.' 97. -Add together 15262986957 and 8879. and mul- tiply the 19th part of the sum hj 76. 98. Subtract nine hundred and fourteen thousand nine hundred and twenty, from four hiuidred mil- lions and thirteen thousand. 99. A wheel makes 880 revolutions in passing over 2 mi. 1,430 yd. : what is its circumference? 100. Reduce 49 wk. 6 da. 19 hr. to minutes. 101. Find the greatest common divisor of 4004 and 5772. 102. Find the least common multiple of 25, 86, 83, 12, 45. 103. Divide 52 yd. 1 ft. 10^ in. by 8 \l. 104. Reduce 3| of IgV of 2 -{\ to a decimal. 105. Find the value of 169 multiplied by .0000728. 106. Find the value of 25.000315— .0045 plus .2801 minus 18 plus 21.001. 107. Divide the number 54 into 3 parts, propor- tioned as 2, 3, 4. ARITHMETIC. 11 108. If for a certain sum 18 sheep may be grazed 20 days, how many days may 30 sheep be grazed for the same sum? 109. How many acres could 10 men plow in 14 hours, if 5 men plough 6 acres in 10^ hours? 110. Standard silver is composed of 37 parts of pure silver, and 3 parts of copper : how much per cent, of the whole is each of the components V 111. If I buy cloth at |;1. 20 per yard, how must I sell it so as to gain 25 per cent? 112. Divide |1, 200 between A. and B. so that A's. share may be to B's. as 2 to T. 113. Divide 6 s. 6 d. between Jane and Ellen, so that Jane may receive 3 s. mone than Ellen. 114. What is the value of the square root of 42X24X28? 115. How much coffee at 9, 11 and 14 cents a pound, will form a mixture worth 12 cents a pound? 116. When the extremes and the number of terms in an arithmetical series are given, how is the sum of the series ascertained? 117. The surface of a square table is 26 sq. feet, 100 in. : find the length of each side. 118. How many square yards of matting would cover a floor, the dimensions of which are 20 ft. 10 in., by 15 ft. 5i in.? 119. What sum of money will in 3 years, 10 mo. and 9 daj's at 7 per cent, amount to $1,524.10? 120. I have three notes payable as follows: one for |200, due Jan. 1, 1869; anotlierfor $350, due Sept. 1, 1869; and another for $500. due April 1. 1870: wlrit is the averaue of maturity? 12 THE regents' questions. Examination VI , June ^, 1868, 121. Express in figures the number represented by four units of the tenth order, six of the eighth, four of the seventh, two of the sixtli, one of the third, and five of tiie second. 122. Numerate the number represented b}' four units of the tentli order, six of the eightli, four of tlie seventh, two of the sixth, one of tlie third, and five of the second. 123. How may 25,000 be expressed in Roman nu- merals? 124. How is the local vahie of a figure determined, or upouAvhat does it depend? 125. What is the sum of the composite numbers from 50 to 80 inclusive ? 126. From sixty-five trillions three millions six hun- dred and twelve, take nine billions one million four thousand and six. 127. A tax of thirty millions fifty-six thousand four hundred and sixty-five dollars is assessed equally on four thousand and ninety-seven towns: what sum must each town pay? 128. Which of the fundamental rules is employed in reducing a denominate fraction to integers of low- er denominations ? 129. How many cubic inches does the standard unit of liquid measure contain ? 130. How many cords of wood in a pile 140 ft. long, 4^ ft. wide, and 6^ ft. high ? 131. A stationer bought 1 great gross of slates at d ARITHMETIC. 13 pence each ; what was the whole cost, in pounds sterling? 132. Of what factors of two or more numbers does their greatest common divisor consist ? 133. What is the smallest sum of money with which horses can be bought at $50 each, cows at |30 each, or sheep at $8 each, using the same amount in each case? 134. Express in words 0.500073. 135. What number must be multiplied by 15|- that the product may be 56^? 136. How is the value of a fraction affected when its denominator is divided by a number greater than unity? 137. How do you multiply .061 by 100,000? 138. What amount is due on the following items:? 37 chests green tea at $ 23 75 each. 42 ■ " black " " 17 50 " 12 crates Liverpool ware " 175 00 '' 19 bbl. Genesee flour " 15 50 " 23 bu. rye " 1 52 " 139. When are four quantities said to be in pro- portion? 140. If I of the distance from A to B is 32 miles, what is -fj of the same distance ? 141. How is the rate per cent, ascertained when the princijyal, interest, and time are given. 142. If $300 gain $18 in nine months, what is the per cent? 143. What is the length, in feet and inches, of 14 THE regents' C,)ITE8TT()NS. each side of a square carpet, made I'roni 49 i yd. of Brussels carpetiii!;, f yd. Avide? 144. How is the hist term of a geometrical series found, the f>.i-st term, ratio, and aumber of terms be- ing given? Examinatioyi VII . JVov. ij^ 1868. 145. Express in figures six hundred millions sev- enteen tliousand three hundred and eight. 146. AVhat is the sum of 372856, 404932, 2704793. 9078961, 304165, 207708, 41274,375, 271, 34 and 6 ? 147. From sixty-live billions three millions six hun- dred and twelve, take nine billion.s one million four thousand and six. 148. One factor of a certain number is 11, and the other 3708311605: what is that number? 149. AVhat are the prime factors of 800 ? 150. If the quotient is 482, and the divisor 281, what is the dividend? 151. If I take 13729 from the sum of 8762 and 14- 967, divide the remainder Ijy 50, and multiply the quotient by 19, what is the product? 152. How many miles in 60,750 links? 153. What is the sum of ^^,oi 9|, and -fj of 328f ? 154. Reduce f of |-| of 6i of 17 to a simple fraction. 155. How many times is f contained in 837? 156. Reduce -j^- of an acre to lower denomina- tions. 157. Find the greatest common divisor of 492, 744, 906. ARITHMETIC. 15 158. What is the least common multiple (or divi- dend) of the nine digits ? 159. Divide 0.01764144 by 0.0018. 160. Eeduce 7 fur. 29 rd. to the decimal of a mile. 161. What sum, at 7 per cent., Avill amount to $221,075 in 3 years 4 months? 162. What is the amount of $1,200 for 2 years at 6 percent, compound interest, payable quarterly? 163. If $100 gain $6 in 1 year, what principal will gain $12 in 8 months? 164. To what number has ^ the same ratio as ex- ists between 3 and 21 ? 165. What number of men will be required to per- form a piece of work in 8 days, that would take 15 men 24 days? 166. A. and B. enter into partnership. A. furnish- es $240 for 8 months; and B. $560 for 5 months. They lost $118. How much did each man lose? 167. What is the square root of 61723020.96? 168. How many cubic quarter-inches are contained in a cubic inch? Examination VIIL Feb. ig^ i86g. 169. Add the following numbers : One hundred and eight billions, three hundred and six; twenty-one bil- lions, twenty thousands, two hundred and ten ; thirty billions, twenty-nine millions and three. 170. Keduce 2,579,792 drams avoirdupois to high- er denominations. 171. Reduce 1 mi. 18 rd. 2 yd. 2 ft. to inches. 16 THE regents' questions. 172. Multiply §- of V- by 3i--16. 173. Divide 1^3 of |f by f. 174. Find the least common multiple of all the even numbers from 1 to 15. 175. From the sum of f and ^ take {\. 176. Add together jJg^ hhd. and f gill. 177. Multiply 30.6002 by two and one ten-thous- andth. 178. Divide 4.08 by .000136. 179. Reduce f If to a decimal. 180. Reduce 8 oz. 5 pwt. 3 gr. to the decimal of a R). 181. If 21 men in 12 days can do certain work, how many men in 7 days could do f as much? 182. How much will it cost to dig a cellar 40 ft. long, 32 ft. wide, and 5 ft. deep, at $0.25 a cubic yard? 183. A. begins business with $500 ; at the end of 2 months B. puts in $300 ; at the end of 1 month more C. puts in $600; at the end of 5 months more, the protits amount to $1,056. What was each man's share ? 184. 3 pence is what per cent, of 4 shillings? 185. What sum in 1 year will yield $48.75 at 12^ per cent? 186. What is the bank discount on a note for $600 for 2 months and 9 days, at 10 per cent, per an- num? 187. I sell goods for $511.29, and gain 9^ per cent. ; what did the goods cost me? 188. At ^vhat rate will $500 yield $34 interest in 1. year 1 month and 18 days? ARITHMETIC. 17 189. What is the compound interest of $200 for 3 years at 7 per cent? 190. How much gold will $100 currency buy, gold being at 147? 191. What is the square root of 403.6081? • 193.. What is the cube root of if IM1-? Exainmation IX. June ii, i86g. 193. The factors of a number are three hundred ninety-seven thousand five himdred, and nine thou- sand eight hundred. What is the product expressed in words ? 194. If one man can mow 1.875 acres in a day, how many acres can 13 men mow in 7.5 days? 195. How many reams of commercial note paper each 8 in. long, 5 in. wide, and 3. 5 in. thick, can be packed in a box, the inside dimensions of which are 41f , and j% feet respectively? 196. A note given May 10, 1867, was paid August 10, 1868. How long did the note run? 196«. How long is a field containing 14 A., if it is 35 rd. wide? 197. If I start from latitude 15 ° 35 ' 40 " north, and travel due north 2,159 geographic miles, in what lati- tude shall I then be ? 198. How many seconds in the circumference of a circle? 199. Is 217 a prime or a composite number? 200. The four sides of my garden are 168 ft., 280 ft., 182 ft., and 252. ft. respectively : what is the great- 18 TH": T?F>OENTS' OFF.PTTOXS. est leugili of boards that I can use in feucing it, with- out cutting au}' of them? 201. What is tlie smallest sum of mouej' for which a person can purchase oxen at $85 eacli, or cows at $35 each? 202. Tlie tide rose f ft. one liour, \l ft. tlie next, and f ft. tlie third hour : how much did it rise in the tliree hours? 203. How many square rods are there in a lot 15f rods long, and 12f rods wide? 204. If 8| qt. of strawberries cost $|f , what is the l^rice per qt, ? 205. The product of three factors is 19^, and two of them are 1^ and 2f : what is the other. 206. Reduce 4 da. 4 hr. 48 mi. to the decimal of a week. 207. If 5 tons of coal are equal to 9 cords of wood for fuel, and a family burns 31.5 cords of wood in a year, how much will they save by changing from wood to coal, when wood is worth $4.25 per cord, and coal $6.80 per ton? 208. When it is 12 o'clock m. at St. Paul, 93" 10' W. Longitude, what is the time at Richmond, 77° 27' W. ? 209. Reduce .06875 to the form of a common frac- tion and to its lowest terms. 210. 24 is t per cent, of what number? 211. What will $25,390 amount to in 7 mo., at 10 per cent? 212. When gold is worth 124, what amount of cur- rency can be bought for $5,400 in gold? ARITHMETIC. 19 213. A's property is assessed at $6,750, and B's at 5,575. A's tax is $52.65: how much is B's? 214. Find the unknown term in the following proportion : 7i :6i: : : 5 215. Find the unknown term in the following proportion : ^:31 j ..p. 4: 8 r ■ 216. What is the square root of 1127750724? Examnation X. J\[ov, ii, i 217. Add in figures, LXVI, MDXIX, CCIY, XVIII. 218. From sixty-eight million nine hundred thou- sand and six, take seven million two hundred thou- sand and two. 219. Six hundred and four i's one factor, ninety-six thousand and seventy-three is the other : what is the product ? 220. Which term in division corresponds with the product in nuiltiplication ? 221. Give the method of proving division. 222. Resolve 7498 into its prime factors. 223. Find the greatest common divisor of 505, 707, and 4343. 224. Of what is the least common multiple of sev- eral numbers the product ? 225. Find the smallest number that exactly con- tains 78. 156 and 390. 20 THE regents' questions. "226. Express in words ^WiTTrf 227. Reduce 387 to eighty-fifths. 228. "Wliat is the cost of four fields, containing re- spectively 4^, 2i, 3|-, and 1\^ acres, at $25 an acre ? 229. What is the rate per hour of a boat that goes 230^f miles in 18f hours? 230. Write as a decimal, xo¥oVoo- 231. Required the area in acres, etc., of a piece of land .5 of a mile long and .3 of a mile broad. 232. From 1 lb. Troy, take 10 oz. 17 pwt. 18 gr. 233. Sold 517 bbl. of flour for $8.10 per bbl., at a profit of 8 per cent, ; what was the whole cost? 234. Ird. :ift. : : ? : $0.50. 235. (|)^=? 236. Whatis the square root of .0011943936? 237. What is the amount of $50, at compound in- terest for 3 years, at 8 per cent. , interest payable half- yearly? 238. A note for $486, dated September 7, 1863, was endorsed as follows; Received, March 22, 1864, $125. Nov. 29, 1864, $150. May 13, 1865, $120. What was the balance due April 19, 1866, the rate being 6 per cent? 239. What are the proceeds of a note for $426. 10, payable in 57 days, with interest at 6 per cent., dis- counted at bank for 6 per cent? 240. If $400, at 7 per cent. , in 9 mo. , produce $21 interest, what will be the interest on $360, for 8 mo., at 6 per cent ? (Solve by proportion.) ARITHMETIC. 21 Examination XI, Feb. ii, '.8jo. 241. Multiply twenty-nine million two thousand nine hundred and nine, by four hundred and four thousand. 242. Divide 478656785178 by 56789. 243. Prove that the quotient of 478656785178 di- vided by 5678 is 8428688f ff |f . 244. A gem weighing 2 oz, 18 pwt. 12 gr. w^as sold for $1.37 per grain; what was the sum paid? 245. Venus is at a certain time 3 S. 18° 45' 15" east of the sun; Mars, 7 S. 15° 36' 18" east of Yenus; Ju- piter, 5 S. 21° 38' 27" east of Mars: how far is Jupiter east of the sun? 246. What is the least common multiple (or divi- dend) of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8? 247. What is |- of y^j of f of f expressed in low- est terms? 248. Add i of f to i- of yV- 249. Divide 81^ by ^. 250-. What is the greatest common divisor of f , 5-6, and 1 1-8? 251. Multiply eighty-seven thousandths by fifteen millionths. 252. What decimal fraction is equivalent to y^g ? 353. Reduce 6 fur. 8 rd. to the decimal of a mile. 254. What is the value of .815625 of a pound Troy expressed in oz. pwt. and gr. ? 255. If $800 gain $32 in 8 mo., what is the rate per cent? 22 THE regents' questions. 256. If a man travels 117 miles in 15 days, employ- ing only 9 hours a day, how far would he go in 20 daj^s, travelling 12 hours a day? 257. What is the square root of 9754.60423716? 258. If the extremes are 11 and 74, and the com- mon difference 7, what is the sum of the series? • 259. A man having $10,000, lost 15 per cent, of it; what sum had he left? 260. What is the interest of $850 for 1 year 7 mo. 18 days, at 7 per cent? 261. How long must $165 be on interest at 6 per cent, to gain $14.85? 262. What is the present worth of $477.71, due 4 years hence, discounted at 6 per cent? 263. What is the present worth of a note for $875. - 35, payable in 7 mo. and 15 dnjs, discounted at bank at 7 per cent? 264. If 29 lb. of butter will purchase 40 lb. of cheese, how many pounds of butter Avill buy 79 lb. of cheese? Examination XII. June g, iSyo. 265. Numerate, read or express in words 8096392- 702. \ 00 GO OD CO -f O CC' X' t- O 266. Find the sum of 4 1:^ ^ g § g ^E § ^ ^ '^ 1 T-( '^ 267. 2579584239456—249187654116=? 268. Multiply four hundred and sixty-two thou- sand six hundred and nine, by itself. ARITHMETIC. 23 269. Divide 1521808704 by 6503456. 270. If the remainder is 17, tlie quotient 610, and tlie dividend 45767, what is the divisor? 271. Resolve 7498 into its prime factors. 272. Find the greatest common divisor of 285 and 465. 273. What is the least common multiple, or divi- dend, of 16, 40, 96, and 105? 274. In 4 da. 4 hr. 45 min., how many seconds? 275. Reduce i, h h h h T' i- h to equivalent fractions having the least common denominator. 276. Reduce 4 oz. 6 pwt. 9f gr. to the fraction of a pound. 277 . How man)?^ sq. ft. in the four side w^alls of a room 16i ft. long, 15 ft. wide, and 9 ft. high? 278. The product of three numbers f ; two of the umbers are 2^ and | : what is the third ? 279. Add together 423 ten-millionths, 63 thous- andths, 25 hundredths, 4 tenths, and 56 ten-thou- sandths. 280. What cost 5 T. 17 cwt. 20 lb. of hay, at $30.50 per ton? 281. Reduce 10 oz. 13 pwt. 9 gr. to the decimal of a pound Troy. 282. Divide 0.01654144 by 0.0018. 283. One acre of corn yields 80 bushels, another acre 20 per cent, more; how many bushels does the second acre yield? 284. What is the amount of |794 for 4 years and 4 months, at 7 per cent? 285. What is the bank discount of |600 for 3 mo. at 6 percent? 24 THE regents' questions. 283. If x^e of a skip cost £273 2s. 6d., what will •/g cost? 287. If $200 gain $12 in one year, what will $400 gain in 9 months? 288. Find the square root of 414? Examination XIII. JVov. u^ i8yo. 289. Write in figures each of the following num- bers, add them, and express in words (or numerate) their sum : fifty-six thousand, and fourteen thou- sandths; nineteen, and nineteen hundredths; fifty- seven, and forty-eight ten-thousandths ; twenty-three thousand five, and four-tenths, and fourteenth mil- lionths. 290. What is the difference between Sf plus 71 and 4 plus 2f ? 291. In multiplying by more than one figure, where is the first figure in each partial product writ- ten, and why is it so written ? 292. If the divisor is 19, the quotient 37, and the remainder 11, what is the dividend? 293. What is the quotient of 65 bu. 1 pk. 3 qt. di- vided by 12? 294. Which one of the fundamental operations (or ground rules) of arithmetic is employed in reduction ascending? 295. In exchanging gold dust for cotton, by what weight would each be weighed ? 296. Which is the largest prime number below 100? ARITHMETIC. 35 297. How many weeks in 8568456 minutes? 298. To what term in division does the value of a common fraction correspond ? 299. Wliat is the product of a fraction multi- plied by its denominator ? Give an example. 300. What is the rule for the multiplication of decimals ? 301. How is a common fraction reduced to the decimal form ? Give an example. 302. What is ratio and how may it be expressed? Illustrate by one or more examples. 303. If 27 T. 3 qr. 15 lb. of coal cost $217.83, what Mill 119 T. 1 qr. 101b. cost? 304. Find the cost of the several articles, and the amount of the following bill : Albany, October 1, 1870. A. P. Jewett to Samuel Palmer, Dr. To 16750 feet of boards at $12,50 per M., - " 1750 " " 24.00 " 3500 " " 25.00 Received payment, $ Samuel Palmer. 305. What is the length of the side of a cubical box which contains 389017 solid inches? 306. What is the present worth of the following note discounted at bank, and when will it become due? $100. Utica, October 11, 1870. Ninety days from date, for value received, I promise to pay to the order of John Smith, one hun- dred dollars, at the Albany City National Bank. John Brown. 26 THE regents' questions. 307. Involve f to the 7tli power. 308. What is the square root of .0043046721? 309. Sold 9 I cwt. of sugar at $8^ per cwt., and thereby lost 12 per cent. : liow much was the whole cost? 310. A person owned f of a mine and sold f of his interest for $1,710: what w^as the value of the entire mine? 311. When it is 2 h. 36' a. m. at the Cape of Good Hope, in longitude 18" 24' east, Avhat is tlie time at Cape Horn, in latitude 67° 21' west? 312. What is the cost of 17 T. 18 cwt. 1 qr. 17 lb. of potash at |53.80 per ton? Examination XIV . Feb. 2f>, iSji. 313. Express in words the number 42.567000129301. 314. Multiply five himdred and fort)' thousand six hundred and nine by seventeen hundred and fifty. 315. Give the rule for reduction descending. 316. Plow many steps of two and one-half feet each, would a man take in walking a mile? 317. How is a whole number reduced to a frac- tion of the same value having a given denomina- tor ? 318. What is the value of f of f of ^ of ^ when reduced to a simple fraction of the lowest terras ' 319. Give the rule for reducing several fractions to equivalent fractions having tlie least common denominator. ARITHMETIC. 27 320. Add 3g- to 4|i 321. Write iu figures, two and six liundred-mil- liontlis. 322. Reduce -^^-g to the equivalent decimal form. 323. Multiply seven thousand and five, by three- hundred and five millionths. 324. Divide ,5 of 1.75 by .25 of 17*. 325. The ratio of two numbers is 9, and the ante- cedent 90; what is the conseciuent? 326. Find the value of the omitted term in the fol- lowing proportion : $4: (?) : : 9 : 16. 327. If 56 lb. of butter cost $15.68, what will .078 of a ton cost? 828. If 96 horses eat 192 tons of hay in one winter, how many tons will 150 horses eat in 6 winters? 329. In 1 yr. 4 mo., $311.50 amounted to $336.42 at simple interest : what was the rate per cent ? 330. What is the interest of $14,281.50 from June 15, 1865, to April 30, 1870, at 8 percent? 331. What is the value of a pile of wood 34 ft.- long, 3 ft. wide and 5i ft. high, at $7.88 per cord? 382. How much will it cost to carpet a parlor 18 feet square, with carpeting f yd. wide, at $1.50 per yard? 883. The difference in the local time of two places is 2h, 18m. : what is the difference in longitude? 334. 38 is2f per cent, of what number? 385. What is the length in rods of each side of a square field which contains 66 A. 1 R. 9 sq. rd. ? 886. A note for $470.66 drawn at 60 days, is dis- counted at bank at 6 per cent ; what are the proceeds? 28 THE EEGEXTS' QUESTIONS. Examination XV. June S, 18 ji. 337. Arrange the following numbers as required for addition, and tind their sum: 70100.3042875; 20- 514471; 641077.21875: 2564308.875: 320538.609375; 10257235+ ; 1282154.4375; 90169.0004: 5128617.75; 160269.3046875. 338. What special name or names are given to the period (. ), as an arithmetical sign; and what is its use in arithmetic ? 339. What two denominations of currency are sep- arated and distinguished from each other by the period used as an arithmetical sign? 340. Mention two or more arithmetical processes or rules in which "Pointing off into periods" is re- quired? 341. Point off into periods and numerate 70100.- 3042875. 342. What arithmetical operation would change the value of 320538.609375 to 32.0538609375? 343. Subtract 70100.3042875 from 10257235^. 844. Multiply 1282154.4375 by 90169.0004. 345. Divide 10257235^ by 641077.21875, and indi- cate hj the use of the proper arithmetical sign, whether the quotient is an integral, fractional or mixed number. 346. Change the decimal part of 90169.0004 to the form of a common (or vulgar) fraction, and then re- duce it to its lowest terms. 347. Find the prime factors of the integral part of 70100.3042875. ARITHMETIC. 29 348. Regarding 20514471 as so many square inches, how many square acres, roods, rods, feet and inches would be the equivalent of this expression? 349. Regarding the fractional part of 2564308.875 as the decimal of a pound avoirdupois, to how many ounces would it be equivalent? 350. Represent the first four figures of 160269.- 3046875 by the Roman notation. 351 Copy tlie following bill of items, find the cost of each item, insert it in its proper place on the right, and find the total amount : Albany, May 30, 1871. Mr. J. B. WoODVfORTH, To A. & E. C. KooNZ, Dr. To 75 yds. carpeting, @ S2.50 $ "42 " drugget,'@1.87i " 6 mats, @ $3.25 •' 18rug-s, @. $22.30 -_ " 81yds. oilcloth, @$1.10 $ Received Payment, A. & E. C. KooNZ. 352. Suppose that you buy of D. Appleton & Co., of New York, 5 reams of note paper, at |3. 25 per ream, 4,500 envelopes, at $4.75 per M. ; 24 boxes of steel pens, at fl.12-^ per box; 6 French dictionaries, at |1. 50 each; and 3 photographic albums, at !|5.75 each. Make out the bill in regular form. 353. Suppose that the Messrs. Appleton consent to discount 12 per cent from a bill of $90,875, how much would the reciuired payment become ? 354. Analyze (or explain in words the method of solving) the following example : ' If 6 men can do a 30 THE I?EGENTS' QUESTIONS. piece of work in 10 days, how long will it take 5 men to do it y 355. Define l^atio. 356. Define Proportion. 357. Define Rule of Three. 358. Solve the following example by the Rule of Three, ( or Proportion : ) If a railroad car goes 17 miles in 45 minutes, how far will itgo in 5 iiours at the same rate? 359. J. Ayers had D. HoAve's.note for $1,728, dated Dec. 39, 1869; what will be the amount Oct. 9, 1872, at 9 per cent? 360. What principal will gain $5.11, in 3 jt. and 6 mo. at 8 per cent? Examnaiion XV 1. JQ \ (1(1 ?t :r; GO O i-t' t-- O ^ CO O O IC GC O CO I T-( CI CO o I 460. From 501505010678 take 794090589. 461. 3Iultiply ninety thousand eight hundred and seven, by nine thousand one hundred and six. 463. 18 A. R. 14 p. equal how many square feet? 463. 31557600 seconds equal how many days? 464. From 61 S. 15"^ 36' 15" take 53 S. 18^*50' 18"' 465. If 84 loads of hay weigh 201 T. 6 cwt. qr. 12 lb., what will 5 loads weigh? 466. What are the prime factors of 19965 ? 467. Find the least common multiple of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8. 468. Reduce f Xy^gX 1^X81X^*0 a simple frac- tion of the lowest terms. 469. Reduce |, f , i, i, ^ and -^j to equivalent frac- tions having the least common denominator. 470. What is the sum of f, |, |, and ^V? 471. Divide 116f by 14^. (Give the answer as a mixed number, with its fraction of the lowest terms.) 472. Reduce f of a grain to the fraction of a pound Troy. 473. Paid $4,355.52 for 49f pieces of carpeting: what would 37f pieces cost, at the same rate? 474. Multiply eighty-seven thousandths by fifteen millionths. 475. What decimal fraction is equivalent to xV- 476. What is 5 per cent, of $789? 477. What is the interest of $1,165.50, for 5 yr. 3 mo. 9 d. at 7 per cent? ARITHMETIC. 39 478. Wliat is tlie bank discount on $780 for 30 days? 479. If A. travels 117 miles in 15 (la.j8, employing^ 9 hours a day, how far would he travel in 20 days, travelling 12 hours a day (at the same rate per hour)? 480. What is the square root of 23804641 ? Exafnination XXL June ^, ^8yj. 481. Write 1873 in Koman characters. 482. y^h2i% is Notation? 483. Write in words: 9008007006 484. To what number must 962 oe added three times to make 8472 ? 485. 19,843.621 plus $4,687.32 plus $84,321 plus $.07 plus $.64 plus $973,241 = ? 486. Reduce 53684" to numbers of higher denomi- nations. 487. Reduce .8975 of a week to whole numbers of lower denominations. 488. What cost lOf tons of coal, at $7f a ton? 489. 108-r-ifXT\-|-=? 490. Find the least common multiple of 12, 16, and 28. 491. Reduce ^f, |f, and 8f to the least common denominator. 492. A cubic foot of granite weighs 163 lb. 5 oz. ; what is the weight of a block 3 ft. 2| in. long, 2 ft. 4 in. wide, and 1 ft. 3 in. thick? 40 THE regents' questions. 493. How many linear yards of carpeting 1^ yd. wide will cover a floor 18 ft. square? • 494. When snow is uniforml}' 6 inches deep, how many cubic feet are there on one acre of land? 495. Charles Fuller bought of James Monroe, at West Troy, K Y., May 4, 1873, 1 horse for $95, 3 cows at $50 each, 1 wagon for $62, 2 shovels at $1.12 each and 30 bushels of corn at $0.65 per bushel, pay- ing cash in full. Make the bill in due form. 496. A cistern can be emptied by 7 pipes of equal capacit}^ in 35 minutes : in what time can it be emp- tied if only 5 pipes are open ? 497. If 12 per cent, of $97.50 be lost, what amount will remain? 498. What is the simple interest of $200 for 4 yr. 6 mo. 3 d., at 7 per cent? 499. Find the bank discount of $1,000 for 3 mo. at 7 per cent. 500. If 9 lb. of lead make 150 bullets, how many bullets can be made from 105 lb. ? (Solve by proportion and cancellation.) 501. If the wages of 75 boys for 84 days were $68.75, how manj' days could 90 boys be employed at the same rate, for $41.25? (Solve by double proportion.) 502. What is the difference between the square and the cube of 24? 503. What is the square root of 253009? 504. ^ of a number exceeds ^ of it by 20 : -what is that number? ARITHMETIC. 41 Examination XXII . JVov. 6^ 1873- 505. Find the sum f of 9f and | of 38|. 506. Find the difference between 3|+7f and 4+2f . 507. The product of three factors is 19^, and two of them are | and f: wliat is the otlier'? 508. Divide .5 of 1.75 by .25 of 17i. 509. What is the value of 6f divided by 8|, as a simple fraction ? 510. What is the value of .815625 of a pound Troy expressed in oz. pwt. and gr. ? 511. Eeduce 4 da. 4 hr. 48 mi. to the decimal of a week. 512. A person owned f of a mine and sold f of his interest for $1,710: what was the whole cost? 513. Sold 9f cwt. of sugar at $8 per cwt.. and thereby lost 20 per cent: what was the whole cost? 514. A man, owning ^ of a bank, sold 35 per cent, of. his share: what per cent, of the whole was left? 515. A's property is assessed at $6,750, and B.'s at |13, 550. A. 's tax \s $55. 35 : how much is B. 's ? 516. How many acres could 10 men plough in 14 hours if 7 men plough 6 acres in 12^ hours? 517. What is the simple interest on $200 for 3 yr. 10 mo. at 7 per cent? 518. In 1 yr. 4 mo., $311.50 amounted to $348.88, at simple interest ; what was the rate per cent ? 519. What is the amount of $1,000 for 7 yr. 10 mo. 18 da., at 6 per cent, simple interest? 520. What sum, at 9 percent., simple interest, will amount to $286.00, in 3 yr. 4 mo. ? 42 THE regents' questions; 521. A note for $470.66, drawn at 60 days, is dis- counted at bank at 6 per cent: what are the proceeds? 522. TVhat is the amount of |50, at compound in- terest for 3 yr. at 8 per cent., interest payable half- yearly ? 523. J. Ayres has D. Howe's note for $1,728, dated Dec. 29, 1869: what was the amount Oct. 9, 1873, at 9 per cent., with interest from date? 524. What is the value in currency" of $865 in gold, when the latter is selling at 107 per cent. ? 525. 'How much gold will $100 currency buy, gold being at 111? 526. Suppose that you buy of D. Appleton & Co. of New York, 5 reams of note paper, at !|3.25 per ream; 4,500 envelopes, at $4.75 per M. ; 24 boxes of steel pens, at $1.12i per box; 6 French dictionaries, at $1.50 each; and 3 photographic albums, at $5.75 each. Make a bill for D. Appleton & Co., against yourself, in regular form. 527. A man had a yard 38ft. long and 27 ft. wide; he reserved two grass plats, each 8 ft. square, and had the rest paved with stone, at 45cts. a sq. yd. : ■ what did the paving cost? 528. How much will it cost to dig a cellar 40 ft. long, 32 ft. wide, and 5 ft. deep, at $0.25 a cubic yard ? Examination XXIII. Feb. 26^18^4. 529. Find the smallest number which will exactly contain 9, 15, 18, 20. ARITHMETIC. 43 530. If 5 be added to each term of tlie fraction f , by what number will its value be diminished? 531. If .0001 is the dividend, and 1.25 the divisor, what is the quotient? 532. . What will 28 sq. yd., 129 sq. ft. of land cost at 12 cts. per sq. ft. ? 533. What is, the cost of 4,565 ft. of joist, at $23 per M., and 13,640 ft. of boards at $53.55 per M. ? 534. If 32|- sq. yd. of carpeting will cover a floor 14 ft, wide, what is the length of the floor? 535. If a load of wood is 8 ft. long and 3 ft. wide,, how high must it be to contain a cord? 536. What decimal of a short ton is f of an oz. ? 537. 20004+(20.104x5.07)-(6.44--.0005)=? 538. What part of 2f is (f of f of f-r-f)? 539. Reduce . 3945 of a day to lower denomina- tions. 540. An agent received $67. 50 for collecting $4, 500 : what was the rate per cent, of his commission ? 541. How many cubic ft. in a rectangular beam^ 24 ft. 6 in. long, 1 ft. 9 in, wide, and 1 ft. 2i in. thick? 542. How much shall I gain by borrowing $3,560 or 1 yr. 6 mo. 10 da., at 6 per cent., and lending it at 7 per cent, for the same length of time ? 543. What is the amount of $1,450.40 from April 19, 1872, to August 3, 1873, at 6 per cent? 544. What is the difference between the greatest common divisor of 30 and 42, and their least com- mon multiple? 545. A 63 gal. cask is f full of wine: if 27.625 gal. 44 THE regents' questions. should leak out, the wine remaining will be what decimal part of the full cask? 546. James Rilej^ & Co. bought, July 7, 1873, of Joseph HeiT, Trenton, N. J., lo tons of coal at $6.50 per ton; 19 tons of coal at $8. 25 per ton; and 14^ cords of wood at ^5.20 per cord. Make a bill of the pur- chase, and receipt it for Joseph Herr. 547. How much must be paid for 41 gal. 2 qt. If pt. of molasses, at 72 cts. a gal. ? 548. If H of a ton of hay cost |18.50, how much will two loads cost, one weighing f of a ton, and the other ^ of a ton ? 549. What is the difference between the true and the bank discount of $300, for 3 months, at 8 per cent? 550. What princi}Tnl on interest at 7 per cent. , from April 9, 1871, to Sept. 5, 1873, will amount to $1,- 477.59? 551. The difference between the interest of $600, and that of $750, at 5 per cent, for a certain time, is $18.75. What is the time? 552. If 18 men can dig a trench 30 jd. long in 24 da. , by working 8 hr. a day, how many men can dig a trench 60 yd. long, in 64 da. , working 6 hours a day? Examination XXIV. June 4, 18"] 4: 558. What is the sum of 3912, 400005, 631f, 736863, ,000803, 60708010, 4 y^W and 290.68042? 554. Subtract 4^ of 9f , from ^\- of 1514. ARITHMETIC. 45 555. What will 250 miles of telegraph wire cost at 3 cts. per ft. ? 556. When it is noon at the Cape of Good Hope, in longitude 18 ° 24 ' east, what is the time at Cape Horn, in longitude 67° 21' west? 557. How many cords of wood in a pile 140 ft. long, 41 ft. wide, and 6^ ft. high? 558. Eequired the area in acres, etc., of a piece of land .5 of a mile long, and .3 of a mile broad. 559. How much will it cost to dig a cellar 40 ft. long, 32 ft. wide, and 5 ft. deep, at|0.25 a cubic yd. ? 560. i of a qr. is Avhat per cent, of f of a cwt. ? 561. Reduce |Ib. Troy to units of lower denomin- ations. 562. How much gold will -flOO currency buy, gold being at 113? 563. In 1 yr. 4 mo., $311.50 amounted to $336.42, at simple interest: what was the rate per cent? 564. What sum, at 7 per cent, simple interest, will amount to $221.07, in 3 yr. 4 mo. ? 565. A note for $470.66, drawn at 60 days, is dis- counted at bank at 6 per cent. : wliat are the pro- ceeds? 566. What is the amount of $50, for 2 yr., at 8 per cent, compound interest, payable half-yearly? 567. The four sides of my garden are 168 ft., 280 ft., 182ft., and 252ft., respectively. What is the greatest length of boards that I can use in fenc- ing it, without cutting any of them? 568. A garden has 4 sides, respectively 168, 280, 182, and 252 ft. long. Suppose that each board is 8 in. wide, and that the fence is 5 boards high : how 46 THE regents' questions. many sq. ft. of boards will it require to fence the garden ? 569. Suppose that you sell to John Clarke, of New York„for cash, To yd. of carpet, $1.55 per yd. ; 30 yd. drugget, at |1.30 per yd. ; 5 mats at |3.15 each, and 35 yd. of oil cloth, at $1.05 per yd. Make a re- ceipted bill of these articles, in regular form. 570. What isthe valueof (fXf-h3f)-^f|? 571. What is the least number that 8, 12 and 16 will each divide without remainder? 573. What Avill 11 lb. 4 oz. of tea cost, if 3 lb. 12 oz. cost 13.50? (Solve by proportion.) 573. If a man travels 107 miles in 15 days, em- plojing only 9 hours a da}^ how far would he go in 20 days, travelling 12 hours a day, at the same rate per hour ? 574. AYhat debt can be discharged in a year by weekly payments in arithmetical progression, the first being $24, and the last $1,224? 575. What is the length, in feet and inches, of each side of a square carpet, made from 208A- yds. of Brussels carpeting,* f yd. wide? 576. What is the length of the side of a cubical box which contains 389017 solid inches? ExaTnination XXV . J^fov, j^ iS'j4. 577. Find the sum of the following numbers, ar- ranging them* properlv for addition: 14.2351; 651.- 012; 2.219; .0374; .00146. ARITHMETIC, 47 578. Multiplj' 4.44; 5.555; 6,23; .5. ' 579. Divide 6.435945 by 4027.5. 580. Find the sum of 16i |i, and f |-. 581. Find the product of f f, -J, and /y. 582. If 3f bu. of oats cost $2|, what will 2 bu. cost? 583. Resolve 122, 850 into its prime factors. 584. Find the greatest common divisor of 195, 285, and 315. 585. Find the least common multiple of 49, 14, 84, 168 and 98. 586. Sold 2,462 feet of boards, at | 7.25 per 1000 600 " scantling, '' 11.75 " 1000 " 10,12 " plank, " 1.25 " 100 77 " hewn timber'' .15" foot Write a bill of the same and receipt it. The seller may be John Smith, and the buyer James Brown. 587. What part of |- of a mile is 4f rods, expressed in decimals? 588. The longitude of New York city is 73 ° 58 ' 54.43"W. ; of Buffalo, 78 ° 53 ' 25 " W. What is the difference of time? 589. Write the rule for multiplication of decimals. 590. Write the rule for division of decimals. 591. Define ratio, state how it may be expressed, what each term is called, and give an example. 592. Th.Q ndiViiQ of 2^t'oportion. 593. What is either extreme of a proportion equal to? What either mean? 594. What is the simple interest on $2, 500 for 1 yr. 8 mo. 12 da., at 7 per cent? 595. A. has a note against B. for $1,728, payable 90 days after date, without interest, which he gets dis- 48 THE regents' questions. co\fflted at bank at the rate of 7 per cent. : what does he receive? 596. Extract the square root of 1104601. 597. If a man can do a piece of work in 20 days, working 10 hours a day, how long will it take him to do the same if he works 12 hours a day? (Solve by proportion.) 598. A farmer puts a flock of sheep in three pas- tures ; in the first he puts ^ of his flock, in the second ^, and in the third, 32 sheep. How many has he? (Solve by analysis.) 599. Find 12 per cent, of I^V- 600. A commission merchant sold 500 pieces of muslin, each piece containing 21 yards, for 23 cents a yard: what is his commission at 2| per cent? Examination XXV L Feb. 2^, 76*75. 601. The population of Me. is 627,413; of K H., 301,471; of Vt., 300,187; of Mass., 1,240,499; of Conn., 410,749; of K I., 192,815. What is the aggre- gate population of tliese States? 602. B. had $12,311; and after paying his debts, and giving away $2,108, he has $8,199 left. What was the amount of his debts? 603. How many peaches in an orchard of 14 rows of trees, each row having 27 trees, and each tree 108 peaches ? 604. How many cheeses of 45 R). each, at 12 cts. ARITHMETIC. 4& per Itt., will pay for 15 bbl. of apples, each contain- ing 3 bu. , at 84 cts per bu. ? 605. Add 8,^,11, and ff. 606. What cost dS^Yb of tea, at 93| cts. per Tb ? 607. 100 §^--661-=? 608. Write as a decimal, and in words, x¥ff§o ¥• 609. 6.43875^4027.5=? 610. Anna Lee buys of Eva Cole, for cash, 18 yd. of calico, at 12^ cts. per yd. ; 12 yd. muslin, at 17 cts. ; 2i yd. linen at 74 cts. ; and 9 spools thread, at 7 cts. Make a bill in due form. 611. What decimal part of a mile is 74 rd. 5 yd. ? 612. The circumference of 1 carriage wheel is 13 ft. 9 in., and that of another is 16 ft. 6 in. How many more times will one turn than the other, in go- ing 30 miles? 613. What cost 8,824 Yb. of hay, at $15 per ton? 614. The means and one extreme of a proportion being given, how may the other extreme be found ? 615. The extremes and one mean being given, how may the ot?ier mean be found? 616. Give an example of a proportion in which the means and one extreme are given, and solve it, 617. Give an example of a proportion in which the extremes and one mean are given, and solve it. 618. If 20 yd. of cloth f of a yd. wide are re- quired for a dress, what must be the width of a piece 12 yd. long, to answer the same purpose? (Solve by proportion.) 619. If a man can walk 250 mi. in 9 da. of 12hr. each, how many da. of 10 hr. each would he spend in walk- ing 400 mi. ? (Solve by double proportion.) 50 THE regents' questions. 620. A boy bought eggs at the rate of 3 for 5 cts. , and sold them at the rate of 4 for 7 cts. , clearing 9 cts. : how many did he buy? (Solve bj^ analysis.) 621. A commission merchant sold 500 pieces of cloth for $30 a piece, and paid the owner $14,700: what was the rate of his commission? 622. A store was insured for $12,000 at the rate of | per cent., and the goods for $15,000, at 1^ per cent: what was the entire premium? 623. What will be the proceeds of a note for $1,000, withovit interest, paj'able at bank in 60 days, at 6 per cent? 624. A man being asked his age, replied, if you add to its half, its third and three times three, the sum will be 130: what was his age? Examination XXVII. June ^, i8y^. 625. The quotient is 71, the divisor 42, and the re- mainder 15: what is the dividend? 626. What Avill be the cost of 2,760 R). of hay at $8.50 per ton? 627. From 17i take f of 16i, and multiply the re- mainder by I-. 628. A lady bought 6 silver spoons, each weigh- ing 3 oz. 3 pwt. 8 gr., at $2.25 an oz., and a gold chain weighing 14 pwt. at $1.25 a pwt. : what was the cost of both spoons and chain? ARITHMETIC. 51 629. From 15 ten-thousandths take 27 millionths, and multiply the difference by 20.5. 630. Reduce 6. 25 of a pound Troy to lower inte- gers. 631. How many seconds are there in the three sum- mer months '? 632. How many acres are there in a street 4 rods wide, and 2^ miles long? 633. Reduce 4s. 6d. to the decimal of a £ sterling. 634. A quantity of sugar was bought for $150, and sold for $167.50: what was the gain per cent? 635. Mrs. C. B. Jones bought of Cole, Steel & Co., of Detroit, as follows: Nov. 12, 1874, 23 yd. calico, @ 16c. ; 45 yd. sheeting, @ 20c. ; Dec. 7, 12 yd. silk, @, $1.62i; 8 handkerchiefs, @ 45c.; 2 pairs kid gloves, @ $1.87i. Make bill for Jan. 1, 1875, and receipt the same, as clerk of the firm. 636. What is the interest of $125.50 for 7 mo. 10 da. at 7 per cent? 637. A note for $500, dated Oct. 8, 1873, and bear- ing interest at 9 per cent. , is endorsed as follows : Nov. 4,1874, $30; Jan. 30, 1875, $250. What will be due Julyl, 1875? 638. What is the true discount on $236, due in 3 years, at 6 per cent? 639. What is the bank discount on $125 payable in 90 days, at 8 per cent? 640. Two men divided a lot of w^ood costing $81, one taking 5^ cords, and the other the remaining 8 cords: what must each pay? (Solve by analysis.) 641. What is the square root of 416.16? 52 . THE regents' questions. 642. How many gallons of water will a cistern hold which is 7 ft. long, 6 ft. wide, and 11 ft. deep? 643. A. can mow 2 acres in 3 days, and B. 5 acres in 6 days : in how many days can they together mow 9 acres? 644. A house valued at $3, 240 is insured for f of its value, at f per cent. : what is the premium ? 645. How many bricks will it require to build a wall2rd. long, 6 ft. high, and 18 in. thick, each brick being 8 in. long, 4 in. wide, and 2^ in. thick? 646. If the wages of 24 men for 4 days are $192, what will be the wages of 36 men for 3 days? (Solve by double proportion and cancellation.) 647. At what rate per cent, will J§;311.o0 amount to $337.40 in 1 year. 4 mo.V 648. What Mill it cost to ]s,y a pavement 36 ft. long, ;ind 9 ft. 6 in. wide, at 40 cts, a sq. yd. ? Examination XXV 111. jNov.4^ ^8y^. 649. Express in words the number : 42567000129301. 650. Multiply live hundred and forty thousand six hundred and nine, by seventeen hundred and fifty. 651. Give the rule for reduction ascending (^. e. from lower to higher denominations), and state how this process chiefly differs from reduction descending. 652. How many steps of two and one-half feet each, would a man take in walking five miles? 653. How is a whole number reduced to a fraction of the same value, having a given denominator? ARITHMETIC. 53" 654. What is the vahie of f of f of i of i, when reduced to a simple fraction of the lowest terms ? 655. Give the rule for reducing several fractions to equivalent fractions, having the least common de- nominator. 656. Add 3I-, 4f|-, and 51.652. (Express the frac- tional part of the sum as a decimal of three places.) 657. Write in figures : two and six hundred-mil- lionths. 658. Reduce ^g to the equivalent decimal form. 659. Multiply seven thousand and five, by three- hundred-and-fi ve-millionths . 660. Divide .5 of 1.75 by .25 of 17i. 661. If 27 T. 3 qr. 15 lb. of coal cost $217.83, what will 119 T. 1 qr. 10 lb. cost? (First reduce qrs. and lbs. to the decimal of a ton; and then solve by pro- portion.) 662. What is the square root of .0043046731 ? 663. The roAio of two numbers and the consequent being given, what is the process for finding the antecedent (considering it as standing in the same re- lation to the consequent, as a numerator to its de- nominator?) 664. Find the value of the omitted term in the following proportion : $4 : (?) : -.9 : 16. 665. A note for $486, dated Sept. 7, 1873, was en- dorsed as follows : Received, March 22, 1874, $125; May 13, 1875, $120. What balance remained due at time of last payment, the rate being 6 per cent ? 666. What is the length of the side of a cubical box which contains 103823 solid inches? 54 THE REGEKTS' QUESTIONS. 667. What are the proceeds of the following note discounted at hank, and when will it become due f $100. Utica, October 11, 1875. Ninety days from date, for value received, I prom- ise to pay to the order of John Smith, One Hundred Dollars, at the Albany Cit}- Bank. John Jay. 668. Involve f to the 5tli power 669. Sold 9i cwt. sugar at $8i per cwt., and thereby lost 12 per cent: what w^as the first cost? 670. A person owned f of a mine, and sold f of his interest for |1710 : what was the value of the entire mine? 671. When it is 2 h. 36' a. m. at the Cape of Good Hope, in longitude 18° 24' east, what is the time at Cape Horn, in longitude 67° 21' west? 672. "What is the cost of 17 T. 18 cwt. 1 qr. 17 lb. of potash, at $53. 80 per ton ? (First reduce the lower denominations to the decimal of a ton.) Examination XXIX. Feb. 24^ i8y6. 673. Two men are 450 miles apart ; if they approach. each other, one traveling 30 miles a day and the oth- er 35 miles a day, how far apart will they be at the end of 6 days ? 674. A. had $24, B. four times as much as A. less $16, and C. twice as much as A. and B. together plus $17: how much money had C. ? 675. Give all the prime numbers below 20; and all the composite numbers between 20 and 40 inclusive. ARITHMETIC, 55 676. What is the greatest common divisor of 144, 216, and 648 ? 677. Reduce to the simplest form, (20|-l-i of |) -r- 678. The longitude of New York being 3" E. from the meridian of Washington, San Francisco 45' 25' W., what will be the time of day at New York, when it is noon at San Francisco ? 679. 2 pk. 3 qt. 1.2 pt. is what decimal part of 20 bu.? 680. What will it cost to dig a cellar 40 ft. long, 21 ft. 6 in. wide, and 4 ft. deep, at $1.75 a cubic yard ? 681. From 16 ten thousandths take 27 millionths, and multiply the difference by 20.5. 682. Henry Smith bought of John Clarke, of Louis- ville, Ky., as follows: Dec. 10, 1875, 7 pair calf boots @ $5.75; 6 pair ladies' gaiters @ $3. 25; 10 pair children's shoes @ $1.75; Jan. 5, 1876, 12 pair coarse boots @ $3.12-i-. Make out and receipt the bill, as clerk of John Clarke. 683. A clerk receiving a salary of $950, pays $275 a year for board, $180 for clothing, and $150 for other expenses: what per cent, of his salary is left? 684. Carriages costing $165 are sold at 18 per cent, profit: what is the gain on each carriage? 685. A school house is insiu-ed at | per cent., and the premium was $93.60: for hoAv much is the house insured? 686. If a man's pulse beat 300 times in 4 minutes, how many times will it beat in 8 hours? {SolYe lo J proportion.) 56 THE REOENTS' QUESTIONS. 687. If it cost $84 to carpet a room 36 ft. long and 21 feet wide, what will it cost to carpet a room 33 ft. long' and 27 ft. wide? (State and solve as a compour^d proportion.) 688. At what date will a note for $300, given Jan. 10, 1876, amount to $347.25, at 6 per cent, simple interest ? 689. A note for $520, dated April 12, 1874, had the following endorsement: "Dec. 6, 1874, $120." What amount will be due May 1, 1876, at 9 percent., simple interest? 690. What is the square root of 1040xV? 691. A flag pole 180 ft. high casts a shadow 135 ft. in length : what is the distance from the top of the pole to the end of its shadow? 692. A block of granite in the form of a cube contains 41063.625 cubic inches: what is the length of its edge? Examination XXX. June 8, i8j6. 693. The Erie Railway is 460 miles long, and cost $65,000 a mile: if $9,645,635 had been paid, how much would remain unpaid? 694. How many lb. of butter, at 33 cts a lb., can be bought for 55 ft. of tea, at 78 cts. aft.? 695. What is the sum of twenty-nine and three tenths, four hundred and sixty-live, and two hundred and twenty-one thousandths ? (Give the answer in figures and also in words.) AKITHMETIC. 57 696. If I own f of a farm, and sell | of my vShare for $2,300, what is the value of the whole farm at the same rate ? 697. Find the factors of .035, and multiplj' .007l.) 145. What is meant by small circles of a sphere ? 146. What does the eastern continent comprise ? 147. Which is the smallest of the United States ? 148. What States bound Florida on the north ? GEOGKAPHT. 149. What States bound Wisconsin on the west ? 150. Name three of the western branches oi the Missis- sippi river. 151. Between what States does the Connecticut river flow? 152. In what direction is Montreal from Quebec ? 153. What two large peninsulas in Mexico ? 1.54. In what direction is Buenos Ayrcs from Rio De Janeiro ? 1.5.5. What is the capital of Turkey ? 156. What important seaport in the south of France ? 157. What island south of Hindoostan ? 158. What large desert in the Chinese Empire ? 159. W^hat mountains between Siberia and the Chines© Empire ? 160. Is Liberia in north or south latitude ? 161. What circle bounds the torrid zone on the nortli ? 162. Describe the Antarctic circle. 163. Between what grand divisions is the Atlantic Ocean .'' 164. Which is the largest lake of fresh water on the globe ? 165. Which is the largest island sea ? 166. What :s the latitude of Washington city (degrees only?) 167. Wbat is the longitude of New York city (degrees only ?) 168. By what waters may a vessel pass from Providence, R. I., to Nashville, Tenn. ? Examination Till, JP'eb. /8, 7869, (9:00-10:30 A. M.) 169. How many degrees from the equator is the Arctic Circle ? THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 170. By what circle is the South Temperate Zoiu* bounded ? 171. Why do detrrees of longitude vary in length at different places on the earth's surface ? 172. In what State is the geographical centre of the Jnited States .' 173. Which State extends further north. Main or Min- nesota ? 174. What State extends further south, Flurida or Texas .^ 175. Mention the capitals of the Middle States. 176. Bound the State of Missouri. 177. Trace the water communication between Chicago and Pittsburgh. 178. To what European government does Cuba belong ? 179. What is the capital of Venezuela ? 180. What large river empties into the Atlantic near Buenos Ayres ? 181. What waters separate England and Ireland ? 182. By what route could a vessel sail from Marseilles to St. Petersburgh 'i 183. What is the capital of Austria, and where is it situated 't 184. On what river is the city of Rome located .' 185. In what zone is Iceland 1 186. What large island near the eastern extermity of the Mediterranean Sea ? 187. In what does the river Indus empty ? 188. What is the general dii'ection of the rivers of China ? 189. What bodies of water does the isthmus of Suei eeparate ? 19C. fV'hat countries of Africa border on the Mediter- '■anean Sea ? 191. Describe the Mozambique Channel. 192. In what zone does the highest civilization exiet ? GEOGRAPHY. Examination JX. June /O, 7869, (9:00-10:30 A. M.) 193. What two revolutions does the earth perform? 194. What do each of these revohitions produce ? 195. What is meant by the caniiual points ? 196. Which one of the live zoues has more land surface than any other ? 197. Ill which zone arc volcanoes most numerous ? 198. Why are there few lakes in the torrid zone ? 199. Which is the loii2:est moiuitaiu system of the globe ? 200. Which grand division is crossed by both the tropii^al circles ? 201. What is the general direction of the longest right line that can be drawn aef oss the eastern continent ? 202. V/hich of the grand divisious are peninsulas ? 203. What river has its basin in the southern part of the great central plain of South America ? 204. What group of islands between North and South America ? 205. What island north-west of Europe, partly in the western hemisphere .' 206. What large river of the United States flows int'^ the Pacific Ocean ? 207. Which is the largest western branch of the Mis- sissippi river ? 208. Which is the largest branch of the Ohio river ? 209. Which of the thirty-seven United States extends farthest north ? 210. Which of the United States are intersected by the Mississippi river ? 211. What river bounds Iowa on the west ? 212. What city of Wisconsin is situated on Lake Micht gan? 213. What island in the Niagara river ? THE regents' questions. 214. What sea between Russia and Sweden? 215. What is the capital of Holland ? 216. Which of the five races of men is the mo»l numerous ? ^Examination X. JYov. 72, 7868, (9:00-10:80 a.m.; 217. How must a place be situated to be in uorth latitude .' 218. How must a place be situated to be in east longi- tude .' 219 How many seasons has the torrid zone ? 220. Where are the richest silver mines of the globe .' 221. Into what races are mankind divided 1 222. What grand divisions fie wholly north of the equator ? 228. What two gulfs of North America are crossed by the Tropic of Cancer ? 224. Where is the Tropic of Cancfr most nearly ap- proached by the United State ? 225. What large river in the western part of the United States has its source in British America ? 226. In what mountains does the Hudson river rise ? 227. What river forms part of the boundai-y between New York and Pennsylvania ? 228. What river empties into the head of Chesapeake Bay? 229. Through what two States does the Chesapeake Bay extend ? 289. What two rivers receive the waters of all tbe streams of Iowa.' 231. Of what division of South America i? the Isthmus of Panama a part .' 232. Alorg what three rivers are the principal lowland plains of South America ? GEOGRAPHY. 283. Is the greater part of Brazil in north or in soath latitude ? 234. What range of mountains forms a natural boundary Between France and Spain ? 235. What noted river of Europe empties into the North' Sea? 236. Into what sea do all the rivers of South Eussia empty ? 2.37. What sea is between England and Denmark ? 238. What important group of islands east of the Chinese Empire .'' •. What bodies of water are connected by the Wel- land Canal? 271. Prove that Lake Superior is (or is not) more elevated than the Atlantic Ocean ? 272. Mention any sea or lake upon the globe who«« eurfare is lower than the surface of the ocean. 278. Mention all the States bordering upon Ulinois. GEOGRAPHT. 274. In sailing np the Mississippi river from its moutb to the latitude of Chicago, what States, or parts of States, might you see upon the eastern shore ? 275. Which are the so-called " Gulf States ; " or, what States border upon the Gulf of Mexico ? 276. Which is tJie highest mountain in New England ? 277. What large river east of and nearly parallel to the Hudson River? 278. Between what two rivers is Philadelphia situated ? 279. Mention one of the three large rivers of Vir- ginia, south of and nearly parallel to the Potomac, and emptying into the Chesapeake Bay ? 280. On which coast of Cuba, the northern or the southern, is Havana, the capital, situated ? 281 . What large river flows through Venezuela * 282. What two large rivers unite to form the Rio de la Plata f 283. What country of Europe partly encompasses thp White Sea? 284. What country of Europe is situated between the Adriatic and a part of the Mediterranean Seas ? 285. What range of mountains extends from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea ? 286. In what direction from China is the China Sea ? 287. What is the capital of Japan ? 288. What large lake of Africa, on or near the equator, at the head of the river Nile ? Examination XIII. JVov, //, 7870, (9:00-10:30 A. M.) 289. W^hat part of North America has the greatest longitude, i. e., extends farthest west ? 290. What zone contains the greatest number of islands ^ 291. Which has the greater circumference : the Tropic of Cancer or the 30** circle of latitude ? THE KEOKNTS' QUESTIONS. 292. In what direction is tbe Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico? 293. Is the Sea of Kamchatka in the Eastern or in the Wcbtcrn Hemisphere ? 294. In what latitude is the mouth of the Amazon I'; 295. Mention a large gulf, or a bay, in North America, -<> i^early surrounded by land as to be almost a tnediter- raiiean or inland sea. 2'.'t). What is the name of the outlet of Lake Huron ? 2'.)7. Mention isome of the United States territories which are traversed by the Rocky mountain range. 298. Which of the United States border on the Pacific Ocean f 299. Which extends further north, the Gulf of Mexico or ihe Gulf of California? 300. Mention one of the United States which has more than one capital city. 301. What State is indented by the Narraganset Bay ? 802. Which two New England States have a joint river luaruiu or boundary.' 803. To what State do Nantucket and Martha's Vine- y ird belong ? 304. What river is crossed three times by the southern bouii(lar\ of the State of New York? 305. \N'hich one of the Middle States is nearly sur- rounded by water (sea coast and river) ? 306. Which of the United States border on Lake Superior ? 307. What large river of Europe empties iuto the Caspian Sea } 308. What large river empties into the Black Sea from the west? 309. What large river of France empties into the Medi- terranean Sea ? 310. In what direction is Moscow from St. Petershursjrh ? GEOGRAPHY. 811. What is the capital of China ? 312. What mountain ransre between China and Siberia? Bxaminatio7i XIT. I^eb. 2 A, 7877. (9:00-10:30 A. M.) 313. What is the axis of the earth ? 314. Which s:rand divisions are 'partly within the South- ern Hemisphere ? 315. Which two grand divisions are traversed through- out their entire length by a continuous mountain range ? 316. Which is the highest mountain peak of North America ? 317. What large islands east of the Gulf of St. Law rence ? 318. What large river forms the greater part of the joint boundary of Oregon and Washington territory? 319. Mention eight cities in the State of New York. 320. What lake lies between Lake Champlain and the head waters of the Hudson river ? 331. What river forms the entire eastern boundary of Pennsylvania ? 322. What States are bounded on the south by the Ohio river ? 323. What large lake in Central America ? 324. What four islands form the group known as the Greater Antilles ? 325. Mention eight of the twelve countries of South America ? 326. Which one of these countries is traversed by the Orinoco river ? 327. What country of South America has no sea coast ? 328. On what river of France is Paris situated ? 329. What large bay west of France ? 330. What range of mountains extends from the Black to the Caspian sea .' THB regents' questions. 331. Mention four seas in and around Russia. 333. To what European power does Australia belong ? 333. In what zone is the greater part of Siberia .' 334. What inland gulf lies between the Arabian sea and the eastern end of the Mediterranean ? 335. What strait separates Morocco from Europe ? 336. What large river flows into the gulf of Guinea .* ^xaniinatio?i XV, J'une 9, /87^» (9:00-10:30 A. M.) 337. Mention the grand divisions of the Earth, ana state within which Hemispheres (northern or southern, and eastern or western) Asia is principally included. 338. Give a similar statement in relation to the Hemi- spheres within which the Indian Ocean is included. 839. Describe the equator, the tropics and the polar circles. 340. Define latitude and longitude. 341. Name the several zones and state within or be- tween what circles each is included. 343. Dlustrate the relative positions of the equator, tropics, polar circles, and zones, by a small diagram similar to an outline map of a Hemisphere, and letter each of these parts of the diagram. 343. What is the width, in degrees, of each temperate zone .'' 344. What hay and strait separate British America from Greenland ? 345. What parallel of latitude forms the northern boundary of the United States from the Lake of the Woods to the gulf of Georgia .' 346. What is the capital of the Dominion of Canada, and where is it situated ? GEOGRAPHY. 347. What strait connects Lake Huron with Lake Michi- gan? S48. What is the capital of California ? 349. What river forms part of the boundary between Maryland and Virginia ? 350. Mention and describe the largest river within the United States. 851. Which are the three largest of the West India Islands ? 352. Where and what is Terra del Fuego .'' 353. Mention the countries comprised in the British Isles .'* 354. What separates Spain from Morocco ? 355. What mountains between Norway and Sweden ? 356. What large river empties into the Black Sea from the west ? 857. What mountains between the Chinese Empire and Hindoostan ? 358. Where is the empire of Japan, and of what does it consist ? 369. Is the greater part of Africa north or south of the equator ? Represent the shape of Africa by a small out- line map, and draw a line across it to show the position of the equator. 860. Where is the island of St. Helena ? (Nearest what grand division, in what ocean and hemispheres) ? Bxamination XYI, JYov, 70, 7877, (9:00-10:30 A. M.) 861. Bound the South Temperate Zone. 362. What is the latitude of the northern boundary of Vermont ? 363, Mention all the grand divisions which lie partly in the North Temperate Zone. •»"HE regents' questions. 364. What noted group of islands in ttie Pacific Ocean West of Mexico ? 365. What grand division would be reached in sailing east from Australia ? 366. What gulf on the Pacific coast of the Western Hemisphere ? 367. What five large lakes are drained by the river St. Lawrence ? 368. Mention three tributaries of the Mississippi river, from the west. 369. On what river is the city of Hartford situated ? 370. What river rises in western Massachusetts and flows through Connecticut ? 371. In what mountains does the Hudson river rise ? 372. Which of the United States border on Lake Erie ? 373. Which states bound North Carolina and Tennes- see on the south ? 374. What is the capital of California ? 37.5. What city and island in the St. Lawrence opposite the mouth of the Ottavra river ? 376. Into what four provinces is the Dominion of Canada divided ? (Note : There are now but two.) 377. What country of South America bounds Peru on the north ? 378. What country of South America is an Empire ? 379. What two large seas lie between the British Isles and the central part of Russia ." 380. What name is given to the peninsula between the Mediterranean and the Black Seas ? 381. What two rivers empty into the Persian Gulf ? 382. What mountain range extends southward from Abyssinia ? 383. Which grand division has the warmest average climate ? 884. What continent lies wholly in the Southern Heml- sphere ? GEOGRAPHT. Bxami?iation XYII. J^eb, 28, 7872. (9:00-10:30 A. M.) 385. Which is the larejer : Africa or South America ? 386. Which ocean is entirely within the Eastern Hemi- sphere ? 387. What three oceans are partly within the South Temperate Zone ? 388. In what direction is Madagascar from Australia ? 389. What two large islands of the Eastern Hemisphere are crossed by the equator ? 390. What ocean receives the largest amount of water from the continental nTer systems ? 291. In what direction is the mouth of the Amazon from the mouth of the Mississippi ? Wit. What city is located on the Boston and Albany railroad at its intersection with the Connecticut river ^ 893. Mention five lakes lying wholly within the State ■)f New York. 894. What city is situated in the south-western part of Pennsylvania .? 395. Is Philadelphia in east or in west longitude (reck- oning from Washington) ? 396. What is the capital of Alabama .' 397. What States bound Florida on the north ? 398. What large bay is situated on the western border of Lake Huron .' 399. What great lake borders on Minnesota ? 400. \Vhich are the two largest rivers that empty into the Gulf of Mexico ? 401. What is the capital of Brazil ? 403. What country of South America is traversed by the Orinoco river .' 493. Which extends further south ; Norway or Sweden ? 404. Mention four large islands of the Mediterraneaa 8ea? THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 405. Of what country is Vienna the capital ? 406. What channel between Ireland and Wales ? 407. Near what river and bay is Calcutta situated. 408. In what direction is New York city from the North Pole ? ^Examination XVIII. J^une 7» 7872, (9:00-10:30 A. M.) 409. How are the Arctic and Pacific Oceans connected ? 410. On which Hemisphere (eastern or western,) is the meridian 170* east longitude from Greenwich ? 411. Is New Zealand in the Eastern or Western Hemi- sphere .' 412. Mention a river of North America that flows in a northerly direction. 413. Mention one of the rivers of Maine. 414. How many square miles in the State of New York (in round nuniher.s) ? 415. Which State has the larger territory : New York or California? 416. What is the population of the State of New York (in round numbers) ? 417. How many counties are there in New York State ? 418. Which county of New York extends farthest east ? 419. What State bounds Kansas on the east ? 420. What is the capital of Illinois .' 421. What States would be crossed in passing direct from Indiana to Alabama ? 422. Mention any one of the United States which haa no sea or lake coast. 423. Mention a tributary of the Missouri river. 424. Mention one of the peninsulas adjacent to the Guli of Mexico. 425. Which is nearer the equator : Cuba or Jamaica ? GEOGKAPHT. 426. What country bounds the Argentine Confedera- tion on the north ? 427. What large river of Colombia, S. A., empties into ttie Caribbean Sea ? 42y. What large sea is situated about midway between the Adriatic and Caspian Sea? 429. Mention one of the gulfs adjacent to the Baltic Sea. 430. In what direction is Corsica from Sardinia ? 431. What noted river empties into the Dead Sea ? 432. On which coast of Africa is Senegambia ? Examination XIX. JVov. 8, 7872, (9:00-10:30 A. M.) 433. What place upon the earth's surface is south from every other place ? 434. What zone has no sunlight during our summer ? 435. In sailing due east, which does a ship change : its latitude or its longitude ? 436. Which is the larger: North America or South America ? 437. In what ocean are the Japan Islands ? 438. What ocean between Africa and Australia ? 439. What peninsula lies between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal ? 440. In what direction is San Francisco from the Isthmus of Darien ? 441. Does the greater part of the area of the United States (including territories) lie east or west of the Mis- sissippi river .' 442. What territory between Kansas and Utah ? 443. What state between Utah and California ? 444. W^hich has the greater elevation above the ocean ; Lake Erie or Lake Huron ? THE BEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 445. What large town ol Massachusetts is situated on the Boston and Albany railroad, about midway between Bos- ton and Springfield ? 446. Which is the least populous county of the State ol New York? 447. What river rises in the State of New York and empties into the Chesapeake Bay "i 448. What State bounds Tennessee on the east ? 449. What sea lies south of the West Indies 1 450. What is the capital of Brazil ? 451. Of what country is Santiago the capital f 452. Mention one of the countries of South America wholly in north latitude. 453. What country of South America is between Co- lombia and Peru ? 454. What range of mountains separates Spain and Portugal from the rest of Europe "i 455. What river empties into the North Sea at the Hague ? 456. Mention one of the rivers that empty into the Caspian Sea. Examination XX, JF'eb, 28, 787S. (9:00-10:30 A. M.) 457. What general name is given to the several parts into which the whole of the earth's surface is divided by the tropics and polar circles "i 458. What lines on maps indicate north and south dire 634-635. What is the extent north and south of South America in degrees and in miles, the latitude of the Isthmus of Panama being 9° north ? 636-637. What are the two principal water sheds of the United States ? 638-639. What river of Africa empties into the Mediter- ranean, and through which part does it flow ? 640. In what zone is the highest civilization ? 641. Where are the Islands of Japan? 642-645. What four seas on the eastern coast of Asia? 6'J6. Of what does the British Empire consist.' ^il. What islands in the Mediterranean belong to Great Britain ? 648-6.55. Through what bodies of water wiU a ship pasf on the shortest way from London to Calcutta ? 656-659. What countries of Europe touch the Baltic Bea. and what (660-664) the Mediterranean? GEOGRAPHY. Bxami9iation XXYI, F'eb. 26, 7875, (1:30-3:00 P. M.) 665. What is Latitude ; (666) on what circle is it measured ; (667) are degrees of Latitude of equal length ? 668. What points on the earth's surface have the great- est latitude, and what is it ? 669. How many statute miles in a degree of latitude ? 670. The length of a degree of latitude being known how can the earth's circumference be found ? 671. What is Longitude ; and (673) from what meridiai> or meridians, on your map, is it reckoned ? 673. How many degress of longitude may there be .' 674. Are degrees of longitude of equal length "i 675. Where are degrees of latitude and longitude of equal length "i (These questions are on the supposition, that the earth is a perfect sphere.) 676. What is the longitude of the Poles ? 677. How is the situation of any place on the earth determined ? 678. Bound the Atlantic Ocean. 679-683, Mention four Atlantic groups of islands; 683. What large island partly in the Atlantic and partly in the Arctic Oceans 1 684-688. Mention five groups of islands in the Pacific Ocean, included in Oceanica. 689. In what geneial direction will a ship sail in goinj^ from New York to Liverpool ." 690-694. Which are the five principal bays on the Atlantic coast of the United States ? Describe the (695) Hudson and the (696) Connecticut rivers ; — where each rises, in what direction it flows, and where it empties. 697. Mention and describe the largest river which flowt Into Delaware Bay. 698-700. Mention the three largest rivers of South, iunerica which flow into the Atlantic. THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 701. Mention five countries of South America which border on the Atlantic, (702) four on the Pacific, (703) one wholly inland, and (704) six countries of Asia. Bxamination XXYII, Ju7ie J^, /87S, (1:30-3:00 P. M.) 705. In what general direction do the rivers of the Eastern and Middle States flow, and (706) those of the Southern States which empty into the Atlantic ? 709-709. Mention three rivers which empty into Long Island Sound. What large river empties into (710) New York Bay ? (711) into Delaware Bay.' (713) into Chesapeake Bay? 713. What river forms about half of the southern boundary of the United States ? 714. Mention the most extensive river basin of the United States ; (715) where does this basin begin on the north, and (716) where terminate south? 717. Mention five States on the eastern, and (718) five on the western slope of this basin. Mention two rivers in the northern part of the United States whose sources are near each other ; (719) one of which empties into the Pacific, and (720) and the other by the Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico. 721. Mention the four great lakes between the United States and Canada; (722) what large lake connected with these is wholly in the United States ? 723. What extensive mountain chain in the western part of the United States, and (724) what is its general direc- tion ? (725) What mountain chain in the eastern part, and (726) what is its direction ? What (727) state and what (728) province bound th« Eastern States on the west ? GEOORAPHT. 72&-733. Through what principal waters may the products of the western States pass from Chicago to Montreal ? and (73i) through what, by the shortest route, from Chicago to New York ? 735. Mention the highest mountain of South America; (736-738) mention three South American countries traversed b}' the Andes mountains. 739. Mention six countries of Europe which border on the Atlantic or on the seas or bays connected with it, and (740) five countries in that part of Europe bordering on the Mediterranean ; (741) bound Europe. 742. What great empire in the eastern part of Europe and extending into Asia ? (743) Bound Asia. 744. What countries of Africa border on the Mediter- ranean Sea ? Examination XXTIII. JVov, 6, 7876. (1:80-3:00 P. M.) 745. Within which Hemisphere (northern or southern, ind eastern or western) is Australia included ^ 746. Give a similar statement in relation to the Hemi- spheres within which the Caribbean sea is included. Define the (747) egif a tor, (748) tropics, (74Q) polar circles, (750) latitude and (751) longitude. 752-760. Write, in the order of their succession from north to south, the names of the zones and of the circles which separate them. What is the (761; length and (762) breadth, in degrees, of the zone crossed by the equator ? What (763) hay partly separates New Brunswick from Nova Scotia ; and (764) what strait, Spain from Africa ? What parallels bound the United States, (765) westward from the Lake of the Woods, and (766) eastward from the River St. Lawrence, respectively ? 767. What is the outlet of Lake Huron ? THE regents' questions. 768. What is the capital of California, and (769) on "wnai river is it situated f 770. What river forms most of the boundary between Maryland and Virginia; and (771) where does it empty? 773. Mention and describe the largest eastern branch of the Mississippi river. 773-775. Name the three largest of the West India Islands. 776. What and where is Terra del Fuego ? 777. What countries constitute Great Britain ? 778. What sea lies between Italy and Turkey ? 779. What mountains on the east of Norway ? 780. What larger river empties into the Black Sea from the west ? 781. What mountain between the Chinese Empire and Hindoostan ? 783. Where is the Empire of Japan, and (783) of what does it consist ? 784. Where is the Island of St. Helena (nearest which grand division, and in what ocean) ? Bxaminati07i XXIX, J^eb. 26 y 7876. (1:30-5:00 P. M.) 785. What motion of the earth causes the alternation of day and night? What is the (786) meridian, and what the (787) longitude of a place ? 788. How does the isthmus differ from a strait f 789. Which has at any time the longer day, Quito or Moscow "» (790) and why ? 791-793. Of what three departments does the United States government consist ; and of what does each d©» partment consist? OEOGBAPHT. Mention the (794-795) two principal mountain systems of the United States, and (796-799) four groups or rangci oelonging to the more easterly system. 800-804. Mention five cities on the Mississippi and iU tributaries, and the State in which each is located. 805-811. Through what waters would a ship pass in sailing from St. Louis to Constantinople ? ^°Only seven answers are called for, though more might be given. 81^816. Mention and describe five rivers that empty into the Atlantic or its adjacent bays, between the Hud- son and the Savannah. Mention a country of South America (817) wholly north of the Equator ; another (818) crossed by the Equator ; and a third (819) wholly south of the Equator, but farther north than Patagonia. 820. What and where is the Crimea ? 821. Mention and describe a river of Africa that empties into the Mediterranean Sea. 822. What mountain range on the joint border of France and Spain ; (823) of Norway or Sweden ; (834) of Russia and Siberia ? JSxamination XXX. Ju7ie 9y 7876, (1:30-3:00 P. M.) 825. Bound the territory of the United States. 826. Through what large bodies of water does a part of the northern boundary of the United States run ? 827. Name the New England States. 829-836. Name the other States which border on the A.tlantic. 837. What States border on the Pacific ? THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 838. What mountain system is nearly parallel with the Atlantic coast ; (839) into what do the rivers on the east- ern slope flow, and (840) into what those on its western elope ? 841. What great mountain system of the Western Hemisphere is nearly parallel with the Pacific, and into what do the rivers on its (842) eastern slope, and (843) those on its western, empty ? 844. What range of mountains in Oregon ? 845-846. Mention two ranges in California, and (847) one group in Arkansas. 848. What four countries of Europe are denominated empires ? 849. Mention the capital of each of these empires. 850. Which of these empires extend into Asia? 851. What territory has France in Africa ? 852-856. Starting southerly from the Straits of Gibraltar, through what bodies of water will a ship sail in passing around Africa to the place of starting ? 857. How many times will she cross the equator ? 858-861. What three prominent capes, and what large Island will she pass ? 862. Through what waters will a ship sail in passing easterly from Gibraltar to Calcutta; (863) what two prominent capes, and (864) what large island will she pass during the latter half of the voyage ? JExamination XXXI. JVov. 70, 7876, (1:30-3:00 P. M.) 865. Which oceans each extend across three zones : and (866) what are the names of those zones ? Mention (867) two grand divisions, and (868) two large Islands that are crossed by the equator. 869-871. What three large bodies of land are crossed by the tropic of Capricorn ? OBOGRAPHT. 873. How many degrees from Greenwich is the middle meridian of the Western Hemisphere ? 873-875. What are the three principal divisions ol North America ? 876. Which is the wider: the Atlantic or the Pacific side of the United States ? 877-881. Mention five large bays and gulfs along the Atlantic side of North America. 882. Which ocean is most interspersed with islands ? 883. What recently acquired territory of the United States extends eastward from Behring's Strait to British America ? 848-885. Which two of the United States extend farthest south, and (886) what one farthest north ? 887. What river forms part of the north-east boundary of the United States : and (888) what river forms part of the south-west boundary ? 889. What city on the north shore of Lake Ontario? 890-897. What States are adjacent to Tennessee ? 898-900. What countries (excluding islands) of Europe are either wholly or partly west of the meridian of Greenwich ? 901. In what direction is Ceylon from Japan ? 903. What gulf is counected with the Arabian Sea? 903. Under what government is the country between the Mediterranean and Black Seas ? 904. What irreat luoaniain chain north of India? Examination XXXII. March 2, 7877* (1:30-3:00 p. M.) 905. If a line be drawn on a map of the world from Greenland to the Cape of Good Hope, what ocean will it cross ? (906) From Alaska to Cape Horn ? (907) From /Lfrica to Australia ? THE KEOENTS QUESTIONS 90S. How mauy degrees is lUe Tropic of Capricorn from the Nortli Polar circle? 909. What mountain range is the water-bhed hetwceo the western tributaries of the Mississippi and the rivers which empty into the Pacific ? 910. What city on an island in the St. Laurence op- posite the mouth of the Ottawa river? 91]-'.tl4. What States are drained in part by the Con- necticut river ? 915. Near what parallel of latitude is Philadelphia? 916. What parallel forms part of the S. boundary ol New York? 917-922. Mention six states and territories directly be- tween St. Louis and San Francisco ? 92H Where is the Sierra Nevada range ? 984. What city near the moijth of the Mississippi? 925-926. What peninsulas indent the Mexican Gulf? 927. What sea east of Central America ? 928. What isthmus between Mexico and Central America ? 929-930. Mention two countries of South America that are crossed by the equator ? 931. What republic has Europe ? 932. What large peninsula between the Baltic sea and the Atlantic ? (933) Between the North sea and tho Baltic ? 934. What mountain-chain traverses Italy ? 935. On what river of Italy is Rome situated ? 936. What country lies east of the Red sea ? 937. What country north of the Chinese empire ? 988. In which one of the five zones is most of Asia ? 939. What large gulf indents the west coast of A fnca ! 940. What large island belongs to Africa ? 941. In what direction from Persia is Australia ? 942-943. In which two zones is Australia ? 944. To what government does Australia belong.' GEOGRAPHY. Exnminati07i XXXIII, June 8, f877* (1:30-3:00 p. M.) &45. Which one of the Middle States extends farthest south, and (946), (947) which two of the United States exieud farthest west ? 94S-V»19. Mention the two chief rivers of the state ol Maine. 950. What river, rising in New Hampshire, passes thruiiirh the north-eastern part of Massachusetts ? 951. What island forms the south-eastern extremity of Massachusetts ? 953. In what state, and (953) on the shore of what, is Chicago situated ? 95:3-954. Describe, in a similar manner, the location of Cincinnati, and (.955) (956) that of St. Louis. 957-958. Mention two cities of Canada situated on the St. Lawrence river. 959-961. What waters lie around the group of West India Islands ? 963-963. Which two of the Greater Antilles are smaller than the other two ? 964-966. Through what principal bodies of water (i. e. other than rivers and straits or channels) would a ship fcail in passing from London to St. Petersburgh ? 967-973. Answer the same question for the route from Lisbon to the Sea of Azof ? 973. Which extends farthest south, Europe or Asia ? 974-975. What two ranges of mountains are on the boundary line between Europe and Asia ? 976-977. What large body of water is near each end of the more southerly of these ranges 7 978. What sea lies between the peninsula of Corea and China proper ? 979. Where are the Canary Islands ? THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 980-981. Wbat countries of Africa, other than Egypt, border on the Red Sea ? 982. What canal connects the Mediterranean with the Red Sea ? 983. Which extends farther north, Africa or South America ? 984. Which country of Africa extends farthest SDUth ? JEJxamifiation XXXIY, JSTov. 9, 7877. (1:30—3:00 P. M.) 985. In what ocean is a vessel whose latitude if* 40** N.^ and longitude 40° W. from Greenwich ? 986-97. Between what circles is the S. T. zoue ? 988. What division of water corresponds to an isthmus ? 989. What body of land corresponds to a lake ? 990. What river is the outlet of the great lakes ol North America .' 991. In what state are the White Mountains ? 992. What large island forms part of the State of New York? 993. What river on the western boundary of New Jersey ? 994. What river on the southern and western boundary of Maryland ? 995. On what river is the capital of the U. S. ? 996. By what is Lousiana bounded on the west ? 997-999. Mention the three largest cities of the U. 8. west of the meridian of Washington, and north of th« parallel of New Orleans. 1000-4. On what lakes does Michigan border ? 1005. What parallel of latitude forms pan of the aortli> arn boundary of Minnesota ? 1006. What territory bounds Oregon on the Noith ? THB REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 1007-8. In what two zones is Mexico? 1009. What large Island does a vessel pass in enteriag the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic ? 1010. What is the longitude of Greenwich, reckoning from Washington as prime meridian ? In what direction fiom England is (1011) Ireland ? (1012) Scotland? (1013) Wales? (1014) Spain ? 1015. What country occupies the whole of northern Asia ? 1016. What large gulf on the western coast of Africa, and (1017) what large river flows into it ? 1018. What is the largest city in Egypt? 1019. In what ocean is Polynesia? 1020. What is the latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn ? 102l-2'd. Mention three large Islands lying between Australia and the eastern part of Asia; and (1024) one near Hindostan. on the side toward Australia. Examiviation XXXY. Mcirch /, 7878, ri:1.5— 2:45 P. M.) 1025. How long is the day at either Pole ? 1026. When does the day begin and end, at the North Pole? 1027. Which is farther from Albany, a point 10® north, or one lO'' west of it ; and 1028. Why ? 1029-83. Mention five lakes wholly within the State of New York, 1084. What is the capital of the Dominion of Canada \ 103.5-38. Mention the provinces of that Dominion. 1039. What lakes does the Welland Canal connect? 1040. What bay on the ea^'t of Lake Huron, and 1041. What one on the west ? THE regents' QUESTIOH8. 1042. Between what two rivers is Philadelphia f 1043. What is the capital of Denmark ? 1044. Into what does the Danube empty ? 1045. Which is the largest of the Sandwich Islands? 1046. Mention a river in Africa south of the Equator. 1047. What is the capital of Japan ? 1048. To which ocean doe ^ the Gulf of Guinea belong f 1049-50. State two conditions which determine climate. 1051-53. Give three proofs of the form of the earth. 1054. What is a watershed ? 10.55. Describe the position of the tropics on the globe. 1056. Glasgow and Edinburgh : — which is on the east »nd which on the west side of Scotland ? 1057. The Rivers Rhine and Rhone: — which is the French aud which is the German river; and (1058) which runs northerly and which southerly ? 1059-64. Name in their order the states aud territories crossed by the direct line from St. Louis to San Fran- cisco. JSxmnination XXXYJ, Jime 7, f878, (1:15— 2:45 p. M.) 1065-68. Define continent, peninsula, promontory^ plateau. 1069-70. Which continents are crossed by the tropic of Cancer and which by the tropic of Capricorn .' 1071- 72. Should a traveler go to the point on the earth't surface directly opposite Greenwich, in which hemis- pheres (northern or southern, and eastern or western), and in which great division of land or of water, would he be 7 1073. Which of the six continents has the most irre- gular outline, in proportion to its size ? THE regents' questions. 1074. Which pole is now in darkness ? (1075) Whesn did it pass into darkness, and (1076) when will it a^ain come into sunlight ? 1077-79. If the inclination of the earth's axis were to become 30^. what changes would the several zones un- dergo, as to extent ? Make a diagiaui or map of the zones, and insert dotted liues to thow their extent on the supposition made. 1080-82. Name three rivers, each forming part of the boundary between the United States and some other division of North America. 1083. Which is the most westerly of the lakes wholly within the State of New York, and (1084) by what rivers does it reach the sea ? 1085-88. Name three rivers that empty into Lake On- tario on the side of New York, and one that empties into Lake Champlain. 1089-93. What five State capitals east of the Mississippi river are in about the same latitude as Philadelphia? Draw a small outline map of these five States, in connec- tion, and the location of their capitals. 1094-95. To what two river systems do the rivers of Ohio belong ? 1096-98. Which three of the United States border on Lake Superior .' 1099. What country of South America touches both the Carribean sea and the Pacific ocean ? 1100. By what seas and (1101) oceans is Africa chiefly bounded 7 1103. Name one of the large lakes regarded as source! of the Nile. llOS-4. Name and describe two rivers of Asia. THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. Exainination XXXVIL JVov. 8, 1878. (1:15— 2:45 p. M.) 1105-6. AVhat is the Gulf Stream ? Give its course. 1107. What influence does it have on the climate of countries along whose coast it flows ? 1108-12. What races of people are there ? 1113. Which race has the highest civilization ? 1114. What has given to the city of New York its great commercial superiority? 1115. Describe the chief river of New York. 1116. To what place is it navigable ? 1117-23. Name the counties in order on its east side, as far north as Lake Champlain. 1124-31. Name those on Lake Ontario and the river St. Lawrence. 1132. On what lake is Buffalo ? 1133. Plattsburgh ? 1134-35. What city of Connecticut is on Long Island Sound, and for what is it distinguished ? 1136-38. Name three cities of the United States hav- ing the greatest population, and in their order. 1139. What important commercial city on the Ohio River ? 1140. On Lake Michigan ? 1141. On the Mis- sissippi, above New Orleans ? 1142. What is the latitude of the extreme northern cape of Africa (within two degrees) ? 1143. What of the extreme southern cape ? 1144. What is the length of Africa in miles ? 1145. Will it be noon at places east of a given meri- dian earlier, or later, than on that meridian ? 1146. "VMiat is the difference of time for one degree difference of longitude ? 1147-49. What three rivers in Europe rise near each other, and flow, one into the North Sea, one into the Mediterranean, and one into the Black Sea? 1150. What empire extends from the Black Sea to the Arctic Ocean ? GEOGRAPHY. 1151. To what sea does the Austrian Empire extend? 1152-53. To what two seas, the German Em])ire ? 1154-56. What bodies of water wash the shores of France ? 1157-58. Of Spain ? 1159. Where is the Island of Cyprus ? 1160. Under what European power is Hindostan ? 1161-62. What two empires are partly in Europe and partly in Asia ? 1163-64. Name the capitals of Germany and Austria. Special Exainiiiation. (Supplementary to No. XXXVII, protest having been made against Questions 1117-31. Schools so desiring were permitted to use this examination instead. Time, one hour and a half.) 1165. Through what strait is the entrance into Baffin's Bay? 1166. What land on the east of that bay and strait ? 1167. What strait separates Alaska from Asia ? 1168. What province of British America between Alaska and the United States ? 1169. What large bay extends south into British America ? 1170. What is the southern part of that bay called ? 1171-72. What are the two great mountain systems of North America ? 1173. Which of these systems gives rise to the largest rivers ? 1174. On which slope do these rivers flow ? 1175. Why are the rivers on the western slope of this system smaller than those on the eastern slope ? 1176. What city on the Mississippi River a little below the mouth of the Missouri ? 1177. What city in Ohio on the Ohio River ? 1178. What, in Kentucky ? THE regents' questions. 1179-80. What city at the head of Lake Michigan, and in what State is it ? 1181. What city at the eastern extremity of the New York Central Railroad ? 1183. What one at the western extremity ? 1183-85. Name three cities between those at the ex- tremities of the same road. 1186. lu what direction will a ship sail from San Fran- cisco to Japan ? 1187. What is the great mountain system of South America ? 1188-90. What are the three great rivers of South America ? 1191. Why are they great ? 1192. What large empire in South America ? 1193. What is the form of government of the other countries of South America ? 1194. How can a ship pass from the Atlantic to the Pacitic without going around Cape Horn ? 1195. What sea bounds Europe on the south ? 1196. What ocean on the north ? 1197-98. Name two seas in the northern part of Europe. 1199-1200. Name two gulfs in the Baltic Sea. 1201-3. What mountains, river, and sea make the eastern boundary of Europe ? 1204-5. What two islands between Italy and Spain ? 1206. What ocean bounds Asia on the north ? 1207. Wliat on the east ? 1208. What on the south ? 1209. What country extends across the northern part of Asia ? GEOGRAPHY. Examination XXXVIII. Feb. 28, 1879. (1:15—2:45 p. M.) Draw a circle to represent the ordinary hemispherical map : then 1210. Locate and name the poles and the equator. 1211-14. Also, the circles which mark the divisions of the earth's surface into zones, and name these circles. 1215. Mark the latitude of each of these circles. 1216. Write the names of the zones in their proper places on the map. 1217-19. What countries of the western hemisphere are wholly or partly in the north temperate zone ? 1220-21. What countries of North America are wholly^ or partly in the torrid zone ? 1222-25. Bound the county in which you now are. 1226-32. Describe the northern boundary of the- United States, from the Pacific Ocean to New Hampshire. 1233-34. What States on the Mexican boundary ? 1235-38. Name the four capes on the extreme north^ east, south, and west coasts of South America. 1239-40. By what European nations was South Ame- rica colonized ? and, 1241. Is any part now subject to either of those nations ? 1242-43. What are the forms of government in Soutlf America ? 1244-46. Name three principal projections of landi (peninsulas) on the western coast of Europe ? 1247-48. Name two extending into the Mediterranean. 1249. In what zone is the greater part of Europe? 1250-52. What countries of Europe are partly in the frigid zone ? 1253-54. What channel and strait separate England from France ? 1255-56. Name the capital of France and the river on which it is located. 1257. What seaport of France on the Mediterranean ? THE regents' QUESTION'S. 1258-61. Name aud locate four mouutain ran:^es in Europe. 126^-63, What country in Asia is under the British Government, and what is its capital ? 1264-66. What three groups of islands on the north- west coast of Africa ? 1267-68. Mention two lakes of Africa, under the equa- tor, sources of the Nile. 1269, What large river of Africa empties into the Atlantic ? Examination XXXIX. June 6, 1879. (1:15—2:45 p. m.) 1270. AVhlch ocean has the least coast line? 1271-72. Give the length and breadth of the torrid zone, in degrees. 1273. What is the season of the year at the Cape of Good Hope, in July ? 1274. What noted group of islands in the line of commerce between North America and China ? 1275. Which ocean receives the greatest amount of drainage from North aud South America ? 1276-77. Which two meridians bound the eastern and western hemispheres ? 1278. Wliat river separates Oi'egon from Washington Territory ? 1279. Texas from Mexico ? 1280. Into about how manj' States of the size of New York could Texas be divided ? 1281. What parallel forms part of the northern boundary of Minnesota ? 1282. In which State are the richest mines of copper ? 1283. In which, of coal ? 1284. What is the U. S. form of government ? 1285-87. Of what three departments does it consist ? 1288. Through what do vessels pass from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie ? GEOGRAPHY. 1289-90. What rivers drain the lakes of Central New York? 1291-93. Mention the 3 largest of these lakes. 1294-97. Each of two islands of JSTew York is a county (under another name) : give the island name and the county name of each. 1298-1301. Which is the largest island of New York, and into what counties is it divided? 1302-4. Bound three countries of South America. 1305. What city of France is the seaport of Paris? 1306. What mountain chain traverses Italy? 1307. What sea between Italy and Turkey? 1308-11. Mention four great seas on the west of Asia. 1312. What river empties into the Dead Sea? 1313. What is the capital of the Turkish Empire? 1314. Of China? 1315. Of Brazil? 1316. Of Ecuador? 1317. What large island south of Hindoostan? 1318. What tropic crosses Hindoostan and China? 1319. What is the most noted product of China? 1320-23. Mention the four principal bodies of water on the coast of Africa; and 1324-25. Two islands in S. Latitude, one east and one west of Africa. 1326. How is the fertility of Egypt annually re- newed ? 1327-29. In what zones is Africa? Ejcawii.nation XL. JSCov. 7, 1879. (1:15—2:45, p. m.) 1330. Which grand division has the most exten- sive and elevated plateaus? THE regents' questions. 1331. What seaport has New Hampshire? 1332-35. Mention two cities on the Connecticut river, and the state in which eacli is located. 1336-43. Write in a column the names of the provinces of the Dominion of Canada, and after each the name of its chief city (or one of its cities.) 1344-46. What mountains are between Connecti- cut river and Lake Champlain? Between the Hud- son and Susquehanna rivers? Between Lake Cham- plain and the St. Lawrence? 1347-52. Mention 3 lakes and 3 large rivers that form part of the boundary of N. Y. State. 1353-56. Mention the chief sea port and the chief lake port of this state, and the waters by which boats pass {by the shortest route) between them. Mention the cities of this state which answer to the following descriptions: 1357. Near Onondaga lake. 1358. On the Genesee river near Lake Ontario? 1359. At junction of Chenango and Susquehanna rivers. 1360-62. Near junction of Mohawk and Hudson rivers. 1363. Near Penn. line, west of the Susquehanna. 1364. On the St. Lawrence river. 1365-66. Which of the eastern states are crossed by the parallel of 45° N. latitude? 1367-70. Looking at the map of the U. S., what great central river may be compared to the trunk of a tree, which are its 2 chief opposite branches, and into what large body of water does the trunk river empty? GEOGRAPHY. 1371. Sliow by a small outline map the general form of S. America, and (1372) the location of its mountain and river systems. 1373-75. What waters are nearest the Desert of Sahara on the west, north and east? 1376-80. Mention, in their order, the oceans and grand divisions that would be crossed in going east- ward from N. Y. city entirely around the world. 1381-89. Mention, in their order, and give loca- tion of other natural features, such as large islands, rivers, seas and mountains, that might be seen on the same route, within the north temperate zone. Mxawiination XLI. Feb. 27, 1880. (1:15—2:45 P. m.) 1390-91. What bay and strait seperate British America from Greenland? 1392-93. What is the capital of Canada, and where is it situated? 1394. What river of North America flows into the Arctic Ocean? 1395. Into the Grulf of Mexico from the west? 1339. Into the Gulf of California? 1397. What chain of islands forms part of the southern boundary of Behring's or Kamtschatka sea? 1398. What peninsula in the southern part of the United States? and (1399-1401) what waters border upon it? 1402. Name the principal river of Alaska. 1403-4. Name tw^o Gulfs on the west coast of South AmCiica. 1405. In what country of South America do the Andes attain, their highest elevation ? THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 1406-9. Name two of the noted volcanic peaks of the Andes, and the country containing each. 1410. Mention a range of mountains in Brazil. 1411-12. What two rivers form the Rio De La Plata? 1413-17. Name five seas bordering upon Russia. 1418. What cape at south-west extremity of Eng land? 1419. What connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea? 1420. Name three large islands in the Medi'er- ranean Sea, and locate each. 1426. What is the capital of Portugal? 1427. Of Spain? 1428. Of Denmark? 142y. To what is the name British Empire applied? 1430. About what proportion of the human race are under British rule? 1431. Name a river of Scotland, and (1432) its chief city. 1433-34. Name two peninsulas in the south of Asia. 1435. What country between the Persian Gulf and the Caspian sea? 1436-37. What countries of Asia border upon the Red Sea? 1438-40. Name three large Islands S. E. of Asia. 1441. What large sea between N. America and Asia? and (1442) what connects it with the Arctic Ocean? 1443. W at mountains on the N. coast of Africa? 1444. What mountains near the northern coast of the Gulf of Guinea? GEOGRAPHY. 1445-46, Tlirougli what gulf and strait must a vessel pass in sailing from the Indian Octan to the Ked Sea ? 1447-49. Name three countries of Africa border- ing upon the Mediterranean Sea, west of Egypt. Examination XLIIia), June 4, IS 80. (1:30-3:00 p.m.) 1450-51. What bay and strait connect the Arctic and Atlantic oceans ? 1452-53. What sea and strait connect the Arctic aiid Pacific oceans ? 1454-55. Bound the Caribbean sea (on two sides by groups of islands). 1456-57. Between what two localities has North America its greatest extent ? 1458. What is the direction of a straight line join- tliese two localities ? 1459. What parallel of latitude approximately di- vides North from South America ? 1460-61. What is the general direction of the w^est- ern coast of North America ? and of South America ? 1462-63. What line of latitude and meridian cross each other at the centre of map of western hemi- sphere ? 1464-65. Considering the western hemisphere as thus divided into quarters (north-eastern, north- wes- iorn, etc. ) ^^ithin which quarter does the greatest part of North America lie ? and of South America ? 1466. Within which quarter are the Sandwich Is- I.iuds ? THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 1467. Within what body of water is the central point of the surface of the eastern hemisphere ? 14C8-69. What large sea and bay indent Asia on the south ? and (1470) what peninsula lies between them ? 1471-72. Mention two large islands between Aus- tralia and Eastern Asia, and (1473. ) a peculiar chain of islands north east of Asia, stretching towards North America. 1473-77. AVhat are the several divisons of Great Brit- ain, and (1478) what is meant by the British Em- pire ? 1479-^6. Mention eight seas that either indent or border upon Europe. 1487-88. What countries border upon the bay of Biscay ? 1489-98. Name ten countries of continental Europe (in a column), and the capital of each opposite. 1499-1503. Name five countries of Africa that bor- der on the Red and Mediteranean seas. (1504) Name the highest mountain groups or ranges in New York, (1505) South America, (1506) Europe, and (1507) Asia. Examination XLIIib), June 18, 1880. (1:30-3:00 P.M.) 1508-15. Describe a voyage around the world from Boston to Lisbon, thence to Calcutta by the shortest route, thence to Canton, thence to San Francisco, thence to Boston, nnming in order the principal bodies of water over which you would sail ? GEOGRAPHY. 1516-20. Locate each of the cities named in the preceding question. 1521. Of what would the greater p .rt of a cargo from Canton to San Francisco, probably consist ? 1522-31. Name and locate two mountain groups, three rivers, three lakes, and two islands included within the state of New York. 1532-34. Where are the following articles exten- sively produced : coffee, cotton, spices ? 1535. What waters does the Erie Canal connect ? 1536-37. Name two extensive desert regions and the grand divisions in which each is located ? 1538. Which grand division has the greatest extent of coast line in proportion to its size ? 1539-41. Which grand divisions nearly enclose the Arctic ocean ? 1542-44. Name three important rivers of the Unit- ed States which have large cities at or near their mouths, giving the names of the cities ? 1545-46. Which grand division is called the "Dark continent," and why ? 1547-48. Name two peninsulas which extend in a northerly direction ? 1549-50. Name the largest river of Europe, and the sea into which it flows ? 1551-52. What are the two principal rivers of Hindostan ? 1553. What is the principal mountain system of Asia ? 1554. What country occupies the Great Plain of Europe ? THE HEGENTS QUESTIONS. 1555-58. What states and territories border on Mexico ? 1559. What group of hirge islands south-east of Australia ? 1560. In what direction is Raleigh from Chicago ? - 1561. What large island in the West Indies belongs to Great Britain ? 1562-63. Name the largest rivers of British Ameri- ca. 1564-66. Give the largest lakes whollj^ within the United States. 1567. What is the principal tributary of the Miss- issippi river from the east ? THK REGENT'S QUESTIONS, 1866-1876. GRAMMAR. £Jxami7iation J, J\'^ov. 7, ^866. (1:30-3:00 P.M.) When are words said to be ^^ derivatwe" aud when *' compound ?^^ Give examples of each. 2. What classes ol words are compared ? Give ex- amples of the regular comparison of words both by pre- fixes aud suffixes ; also, of irregular comparison, and of words of the same classes wliicli do not admit of com- parison. 3. What are the names of the different classes of pronouns ? 4. What particular pronouns are varied in form to denote p-ender ? 5. Write sentences m which the relatives icho, whidh^ what and that are properly used. 6. What is meant bv ccise in nouns and pronouns? THE regents' questions. 7. What properties (or modifications, attributes, lural form of the verb see. 42. GiA'C !i list of ten Avords commonly used as preposi- tions. 43. What is the diffei-cnce in the proper use of the rela- tives xoho, wliich and that? 44. Analyze the following sentence, according to any familiar syr^teni : — "The u.'^c of a good dictionary should be insisted upon In the i)i-ei)aration of such lessons as are learned from books." 45. How may a declarative sentence be made inteiTOg- ative ? 46. In the sentence, "Our fathers, where are they?" parse ^'fathers'' 47. Why is the sentence "John ought to have went " incorrect ? 48. In Avhat respect is the sentence, " Whom do men say that I am," grammatically incorrect r Pupils who have time, will please illustrate theanswem to the second, fifth, sixth and se\'enth questions by appro- priate examples. GRAMMAR. Examination III. lune 73 ^ /867» (1:80-3:00 P. M.) (>) "God made the country and man made the town. (2) What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts (3) That can alone maki' ^wor^t the hitter draught (*«) That life holds out to all_, shoidd most abound (5) And least be threatened in the fields and groves? (6) Possess ye. theref( ^867^ (1:30-3:80 P. M.) 73. What is a suffix ? 74. What is the primitive of indescribable ? 75. How are adjectives regularly compared? 76 Compare the adjective whose superlative is last? 77. What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb ? GRAMMAR. 78. What are the different offices of that ? 79. In the sentence, '•''And is a conjunction,^'' what part of speech is '^and?'' 80. Change the sentence, '■'Latin is taught by Professor Smith," into the corresponaing active form. 81. Make the same sentence both active and interroga- tive. 82. What part or parts of speech do not occur in the following sentence : — "Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth unseen, Both when we wake and when we sleep." 83. Parse "5o^?i" in the above couplet. 84. Correct "I done as well as I could," and give the reason for the correction. 85. Correct "set down and rest," and give the reason for the correction. 86. "Why is the sentence, "John ought to have went," incorrect .' (3:30-4:30 P.,M.) "How gloriously, and yet how differently, has the Au- thor of Nature lighted up the day by the resplendent sun. and the night by "the moon and the siarry host." 87. "What is the gramniatical subject of the above sen tence ? 88. What is the granw)atical predicate? 89. Parse the gram, s^ibject. 90. Parse the gram, predicate. 91. What is the modijiedov logical predicate of the above sentence ? 92. Parse "differently.''' Correct each of the following sentences, and give the reason for the correction : — 93. "Either ability or inclination were wanting." 94. "If I was a teacher I should give shorter lessons.*' 95. ""We hoped to have heard from you before this " 96. "He has waxen all the threads." THE regents' questions. Bxami7iation Y. jFeb, 20, 7868,, (1:30-3:00 P. M.) 97. Give the classifications' of words according to theii yarious offices in sentences. 98. Write a sentence containing a compound word. 99. Decline ''ox" in both numbers. 100. Give a numeral adjective of the ordinal kind. 101. Write a sentence coutaining a collective noun and a transitive verb. ]03. Parse ^'tohe'' in the sentence, "To be, contents his natural desire." 103. What tenses are used in the potential mood ? 104. Give the synopsis of the verb "6e" in the second person singular in all the tenses of the finite moods. Parse '' ichaf' in each of the following sentences : — 105. What ! art thou still unsatisfied ? 106. What art thou doiug ? 107. What we possessed was taken. Correct the followiug sentences, and give the reason for each correction : — 108. ■' Trust not him whom you know is dishonest." 309. '* What signifies good opinions when our practice* is bad ? " 110. "If we study we will learn." (3:30-4:30 P. M.) "When Boulton, the associate of the great Watt, showed his iron manufactory, he said, • I sell here what all men are anxious to buy, Powei-.'" Parse each of the following words, giving for nouns, the class or kind, gender, person, number, case, agreement or government, and rule of syntax ; for verbs, the prin- cipal parts, voice or form, mood, tense, person, number, agreement, and rule of syntax : — 111 ''Boulton;'' (112) "showed;" (113) "said;" (114) "«eZZ;" (115) "bwy;" (116) ''Power." GRAMMAS. 117. WhSit parts of speech, or classes of words, (if any,) are not found in the above exercise ? 118. Separate the above exercise into the several simple sentences which it contains. 119. Change " selV to the passive form, and recon- struct the part of the exercise which follows ^^said" to correspond in signification with this change of form. 120. Analyze the whole exercise, according to any ap- proved system with which you are familiar. £Jxami7iation TI. Jatie 4^ /868. (1:30-3:00 P. M.) {}) "It is enacted in the laws of Venice, — (2) If it be proved against an alien, (3) That by direct or indirect attempts (<) He seeks the life of any citizen, (S) The part_v 'gainst the wliich he doth contrive, (8) Shall seize one-half his goods ; the other half (■') Comes to the privy coffer of the state ; (8) And the offender's life lies in the mercy (»j Of the duke only, 'gainst all other voice. (1") In which predicament I say thou stand'st: (") For it appears by manifest proceeding, - (i'^) That indirectly, and directly too — (•3) Thou hast contrived against the very life (") Of the defendant ; and thou hast incurred ('») The danger formerly by me rehearsed. (18) Down, therefore, and beg mercy of the duke. — Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene 1. 131. What parts of speech (or classes of words) are contained in the above exercise ? 132. Are there any proper, collective, abstract or verbal nouns in the exercise ? If so, make a list of them. 133. "What words in the possessive cafee ? 134. Which line contains no noun '? 135. Which lines no pronoun, (expressed or cinde;- itood ?) THE regents' questions. 126. Which line contains but two different parts ol speech; and what are those parts of speecli ? 127. Compare an adjective in the exercise that admita of comparison. 128. Wliich lines of the exercise contain no finite verb? 129. Which lines have finite passive verbs : and what are tliose verbs ? 130.' Make a list of the different prepositions in the exercise. 131. Make a list of the adverbs, and the conjunctions, separately. 132. What following parts of the exercise does "z7" in the first line stand for, or represent ? 183. What does "zT' in the second line represent .' 134. What participle (used as such) in this exercise ? (3:30-4:30 p. m.) 13.5. In the clause, ^^ If it he proved against an alien,^* ected to have found him at home. 156. The letter from which the extract is taken, and cam* by mail, is lost. . 157. Give examples of adverbs of time, place, negation and interrogation, 158. Give four words commonly used as interjections. (3:30-4:30 p. M.) 159. Write a sentence to illustrate the following rule of syntax ; — Two or more singular subjects taken separately require the verb to be singular. 160. What is the rule of syntax for the italicised word In the sentence, Did you see him strike the boy ? THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 161. Correct the four following sentences : — Let each love others better than themselves. It was not me who took it. Wisdom aud not wealth procure esteem. A nail well drove will support a great weight. "To him who curbs desire within the bounds of 'the enough,' The wildest blasts that heave the sea awake no fear of wreck." In the foregoing sentence parse — 162. The snhjeot of the principal clause ; 163. The predicate of the same clause ; 164. The first word, "To ; " 165. The last word of first line, '^enough.'" 166. Change •' T/ie wildest blasts that heave the sea awake no fear ofivreck,'" to the aqmxaleni passive foj'm. 167. Which words of the sentence are relatives? 168. Analyze the sentence according to any system Avith which you are familiar. Bxaminati07i Till. Feb. /8, 7869, (1:30-3:00 p. M.) 169. Write a ^. ^oper noun ; a common noun ; a collective noun ; and an abstract noun. 170. Give the possessive plural form of motto, lady, thou and man. 171. Write a sentence containing an active transitive verb, and change the same into the corresponding passive form. 172. Give a syu^^psis of the verb teach in the first per- $on, singular, active and passive. 173. How do you distinguish adjectives from adverbs f 174. Write an ordinal adverb ; an advej'b of manner ; an adverb of degree ; and a copulative conjunction. GRAMMAR. 175. Give the correlatives of lad, empress, czar and Francis. [A masculine noun and its corresponding feminine are called correlative nouns.] 176. Correct tlie folloAving in regard to capitals and punctuation : — mister smith, will you ]jlease Excuse my son John nG2.t friday at 10 o'clock T Jenkins 177. Write four sentences : the first to contain who, in the second pci-son, plural number ; the second, which, singular number, objective case ; the third, whom, mas- culine gender ; the fourth, that, second person, singular Dumber. 178. Correct the folloAving sentences : — He hadn't ought to have done it. J do not know loho she loent with. No country will allow of such a practice. It loas not me who took it. 179. Define the grammatical terms, subject, predicate, mood, syntax. 180. Compare all the words in the following couplet which admit of comparison : — How far that little candle throws his beams ! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. 181. What classes of verbs take the same case after aa before them ? 182. Give an example to illusti'ate the last preceding question. (3:30-4:30 P. M.) (1) So live, that Avlien thy summons comes to join (a) The innumerable caravan, that moves (s) To that mysterious realm, where each shall take I*) His chamber in the silent halls of death, (») Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night, (9) Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed C) By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, (8) Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch («) About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. 183. Parse the predicate of the principal or leading islause. THE REGENTS' QUFSTION8. 184. Ujioii what floes iLe infinitive "to join" depend; or, if you legaid "to" as a preposition, what does it connect ? i85. Give the voice (oj- fortn)^ mood, tense and subject of each verb in tlie !?econd, third, fifth and sevenili lines. 186. What conjuncfions occur in the exercise, and what do they respectively connect.'' 187. Parse "//iaf" wherever it occurs in the exercise. 188. Parse ^' quarry -slave " ^'sustained," ^^one," aud "to" (iu the last line.) 189. What are the principal parts of ^Hake,''' ^^go,^* ^^ soothed'' aud ''lies?'' 190. Make a list of all the nouns iu the exercise. 191. What is the primitive of ^'unfaltering?" 192. Analyze the clause from "hut" to ''dreams," in elusive. £^xami7iatio7i 7X. Ju7ie. 70, 7869, (1:30-3:00 P. M.) "If we compare our English literature to a beautiful garden, where Milton lifts his head to heaven in the spot- less chalice of the tall Avhite lily, and Shakspeare scatters his diamas around him in beds of fragrant roses, blushing with a thousand various shades. — some stained to the core as if with blood, others unfolding their fair pink petals with a lovely smile to the sumni^er sun, — what shall we find iu shrub or flower so like the timid, shrinking spirit of William Cowper as that delicate sensitive-plant, whose leaves, folding up at the slightest touch, cannot bear even the brighter rays of the cherishing sun ? " 193. Might the former aud lattei- parts of the above ex- ercise be mutually transposed without materially affect- ing the sense ? and if so, state Avith what word such latter part begins. 19i. Make a list of all the verbs m the exercise, includ* big participles. GKAMMaK. 195. Which of these is the leading- or priucipal verb ? 196. Give tlie ])]-iiieii)cil parts ul; this leadiu^ or prin- cipal verb. 197. Make a list of all the participles, (not including those iiseil as parts of the finite verbs referred to In ques- tion 194.; 198. Make a list of the several ^■erbs from which these participles are derived. 199. Which of these participles are active and which are passive ? 200. Mention all the proper nouns in the exercise. 201. Mention any compound nouns which occur therein. 202. In what mood is ^'compare?" (3:30-4:30 P. M.) 203. Make a list of such words in the above exercise as are used adjectivdy. 204. Which of the words included in the answer to question 203 are participial adjectives ? 205. What part of si)eech (or kiud of word) is '■^what ? '• 206. In what case is the same "wj?iai," and why ? 207. In what ease is •'spirit,'" (eig-hth line?) 208. What part of speech (or kind of word) is " up .i* " 209. In what mood is the last verb of the exercise ? 210. In what mood and tense is the first verb ? 211. In what case is "sensitive-plant?'' 212. Select from the exercise three adjectives represent- ing- each of the different degrees of comparison. 213. Parse '^ivhose.'" 214. Parse the leading or principal subject of the exercise, according to any method with which you are familiar. 215. Give an analysis or diagram. 216. Does the clause (beginning with "7/"' and ending with ^^sun") make complete sense taken by itself ? THB REGENTS' QUESTIONS. Bxami7iation X. JVor. //, /869. (1:30-3:00 p. M.) 217. What parts of speech (or classes of words) hava cases ? 218. What parts of speech (or classes of words) admit of comparison? 219. How do adjectives of more than two syllables gen- erally form their comparative and superlative degrees ? 220. Correct. " The pleasio-es of the mind are more preferable than those of the body. 221. What is the subjuuctivc mood used to express.' 322. Wliy is it called the ^'subjunctive''' mood ? 223. What teuse would be used in speaking of an event which occurred during the past year, and without refer- ence to any other date or event? 224. What class of verbs has no passive voice (or form) ? 225. Construct a sentence having a \erh m the ])Otential mood. 226. Correct, ' 'I will be drowned; no body shall help me .'." 227. Complete this sentence by supplying verbs in the infinitive mood, ' ' Grammar pti'ofesses us cory^ectly.''' 228. W^hat rule of syntax is disregarded in the follow- ing sentence : — ''The account, or journal, which was written by Ma- gellan, and which seems to have been in existence as latt as 1783, are lost:' 229. Conjugate the verb "learn,"" in the active, indica- tive, pluperfect (or prior past). 230. Conjugate the verl- "seefc," in the passive, sub- junctive, present. (3:30-4:30 P. M.) (I) Sir Isaac Newton drew close to the gi'ate in which a fire had just been kindled. (•) By and by it grew very hot. GRAMMAR. (*) He rant!; the bell. (*) The servant came. (5) "Take away the grate." said the philosopher, "be- fore I am burned to death." ('')"Had yon not better draw back your chair, sir?" said John, wa2;g'ishl_v. C) '"Upon my word." "said Sir Isaac, laughing, "I had not thought of that." 331. Which sentence (if any) of the foregoing exercise contains no noun ? 233. What sentences (or classes of sentences) in the exercise are not declarative.' 383. If not declarative, what are they respectively ? 234. What is the subject of the principal clause of the fifth sentence ? 235. What are the subjects of the other clauses of the fifth sentence ? 336. Give the principal parts of "drew;," ^^ kindled,* "gf?'eto," ''•rangy 837. What four other irregular verbs in the exercise ? 338. Which verbs of the exercise are in the passive voice (or form) ? 239. Give the voice (or form), mood, tense, person, number and subject of the last verb of the exercise. 340. Parse one at least of the four following italicised words, taking your choice: "Tiad" and '^draw.'' (sixth Bentence;) "-upon," giving antecedent terms of relation, and '■'thatS' (seventh sentence.) BxamlnaHon XI. Feb. /7, ^870. (1:30-3:00 P. M.) ^') K. Henry. "Therefore, my lords, omit no happy hom (2) That may give furtherance to our expedition : (3) For we have now no thought in us but France, (■♦) Save those to God, that run before our business, (5) Therefore, let our proportions for these wars (») Be soon collected ; and all things thought upon THE regents' questions. C) That may, with reasonable s-vviftness, add (8) More f ea'^thers to our wiugs ; for, God before (») We '11 chide this dauphin at his father's door. (1") Therefore, let evei-y man now task his thought, ("] That this fair action may on foot be brought." — Shakspear's King Henry V., end ofAot 1. 241. Make a list of all the paris of speech (or classes of W07'ds) represented in the above exercise. 243. Make a list of all the parts of speech (if any) not so represented Give the part of speech of each of the following words : — 243. "5wV (third line;) " save, "(fourth line;) "^/lOitgrW," (third line ;) ^'thought,^^ (sixth line.) 244. ^' That,'' (second, fourth, seventh and eleventh lines, respectively.) 245. Make a list of all the moods represented in the exercise. 246. Give an example, from the exercise, of a verb in each luuod so represented. 247. Parse "^Tiwgrs," (sixth line.) 248. Parse "before," (fourth line.) 249. Parse "&e/ore," (eighth line.) 250. Parse ^' chide,'' (mnih\me,)s:i\mg principal parts, voice (or form,) mood, tense, person, number, subject and rule of syntax. 251. In what case is each proper noun in the exercise ? 252. ' To what does ' ' those " (fourth line) refer ? 253. Parse ^'■furtherance," (second line.) 254. Parse ^''brought," (eleventh line,) as required in question 250. (3:30-4:80 p. M.) 255 What is a sentence ? 256. What are the essential parts (or eleiivents) of sen* tences ? 257. How are sentences classified in regard to formf GRAMMAR. 358. Give an example of a senten4»e in each of the varieties of form referred to in question 257. 259. Decline each of the personal pronouns. 260. Conjugate the verb "6e," in all the tenses, persons and numbers of the indicative mood. 261. Conjugate the verb "fc?ioio," in all the tenses, persons and numbers of the potential mood. 262. What is syntax ? 268. Change the following sentence into the equivalent passive form : — "Them that honor me, I will honor." 264. Change into the equivalent active form : — "He was admitted into this institution by some gentle- men who had been his father's friends." £^xaminat:ion X/I. J^une 9, 7870. (1:30-3:00 P. M.) 1. "The common belief that the scales of the crocodile will stop a bullet is very erroneous. 2. If a rifle ia loaded with the moderate charge of two and a half drachms, it will throw an ounce ball through the scales of the hardest portion of the back ; but were the scales struck obliquely, the bullet might possibly glance from the surface, as in like manner it would ricochet (rebound) from the surface of the water. 3. The crocodile is so difficult to kill outright, that peo- ple are apt to imagine that the scales have resisted their bullets. 4. The only shots that will produce instant death are those that strike the brain or spine thi-ough the neck, " — Baker's Nile Sources of Abyssinia. 265. What is the grammatical subject of the first sen- tence of the exercise ? 266. What is the logical subject (grammatical subject and its modifiers) of the same sentence ? 267. What is the logical predicate of the first sentence * 268. Parse the grammatical subject, (question 265.) 269. Parse "toiW stop," (second line.) THE regents' questions. 270. Parse "//laf," (first liue.) 271. Parse the first verb of the second sentence. 272. Parse -'i/," (fourth line.) 273. Parse "//irowfTS' QUESTIONS. 300. What is the part of speech (or class of words) ol each of the followiug: "J.s,*' (first line;) ^^on,'' (fourth line;) ^^ yellow,'' (fifth line;) ^'high,'' (ninth line.) 301. Parse the verb in the ninth line. 303. Parse "o/" and ^^fj-om" (eleventh line.) (3:30-4:30 p. M.) Parse each of the following words, with special refer- ence to accuracy and completeness : — 303. " J>a2/," (first line.) 304. "/Serene," (secoud line.) 305. "'R''b?'e," (second line.) 306. " Thai,'' (second line.) 307. ''Livery." (third line.) 308. ""W^Mc/^i." (third line.) 309. Change ''which we ahcays associate with the idea of abundance" to its equivalent as to meaning, hut have the verb in the passive voice (or form.) 310. Change " naticre wore that rich and golden livery ^' to the corresponding interrogative form (as an independ- ent sentence.) 311. Which tenses are represented in the several verbs of the above exercise ? 312. Why is " associate" in a different tense from either of the other verbs of the sentence.' Or, if unable to answer the last question, you may tell whether '■'have said" is transitive or intransitive ; and why, giving its object if it has one. Bxamiiuition XJy\ Feb. 23, /87/. (1:30-3:00 P. M.) (0 "29. And the tinie drew nigh that Israel must die ; and H he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now <») I liave found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thj GRAMMAR. (*) hand under my thio;li, and deal kindly and truly with (*) me ; bury me not, I pray thee, in E^rypt : («) "80. But I will lie Avith my fathers, and thou Shalt C) carry me out of Eo;ypt, and bury me in their burying- (8) place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. (9) "And he said. Swear unto me. And he sware unto (1") him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's {") head." — Genesis xlvii, verses 29-31. ^^All the questions refer to the above exercise. 313. What different letters represent vowel (or vocal) sounds 7 314. Write four of the words containing diphthongs (or digraphs.) 315. What words of the 29th verse contain silent double- consonants ? Write a word (if any) belonging to each of the follow- ing classes, as indicated by italics, in questions 315 and 820, inclusive : — 316. Nouns: Gommon; proper ; abstract; compound. Personal Pronouns : 317. First Person: Sing, nom.; poss.; obj.; Plural. d Person: " " " " " 319. Third Person: " " " " " 320. Relative Pronouns. 321. Verbs : Indicative; subjunctive ; potential; impei'ative. 322. An adjective; adverb ; preposition ; conjunction. 323. What tenses occur in the 30th verse ? 324. Write the principal parts of four of the irregulaf verbs. 325. Write the first person singular of the verb ^^ carry '^ In each tense of the indicative mood. 326. What are the differences between ^' swear'''' and ^^ sware'''' (srcore,) (ninth line.) in r^'.-pect to principal parts, mood, tense and person "> THE regents' questions. (3:30-4:30 p. M.) 32T. What words mij^bt be used instead of ") two other young gentlemen, who, after participating 2) with him in a sound threshing, had been locked up «) therein, for atrociously }jresuming to be hungry ! " — *) Dickens'' Oliver Twist, Chap. II. 837. Mention all the different parts of speech (or classes ftf iDords) included in the first proposition or sentence. OKAMMAK. 838. Which are the fundamental or essential words ol Ihe first sentence: i. e., the simple (or priniai^) subject^ predicate and object ? 339. Which words of the first sentence are nouns in the objective case, and by what other word is each of these nouns governed ? 340. Which words of the first sentence are adjectives, and to what substantive word does each of these adjec- tives belong ? 341. Which words of the first sentence are adverbs, and what other words does each niodif>' or limit ? 342. Which words of the second sentence are conjunc- tions, and what particular words (or parts) of the exercise does each connect ? 343. Give the subject, raood, tense, person and number of the verb in the second sentence. 344. What does "i^' (fifth line) stand for or repre Bent? 345. Change the second sentence to its full equivalent as to meaning, but having the verb in the passive voice (or form.) 346. Change the phrase "m Oliver's breast" to its equivalent, having the proper name in a different case. 347. What is the difference between the first and the gecond "7i.ad" in the fifth line of the exercise.^ 348 Mention the numerical adjectives contained in the exercise, specifying each as cardinal or ordinal. 349. What part of speech is ^'perhaps " (seventh line?) 350. What is the subj ect of ' ' may be attributed, " (seventh Une?) (3:30-4:30 P. M.) Parse the following words contained in ibe above ex* ercise, beginning with the third sentence, fifth line: — 851. " To," (seventh line.) 852. ''Having," (eighth line.) TIIR KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 353. The finite vet'h in the seventh line. 354. '' Birthday, '' (eighth line.) 355. ".BiW/ida?/," (ninth line.) 356. "T^/io," (eleventh line.) 357. ''After,'' (eleventh line.) 358. "■Presuming,'' (thirteenth line.) 359. ''Hungry," (thirteenth line.) 360. Any one of the verbs in the infinitive mood. Exami7iation XTI. JYov, 9, 787 ^^ (1:30-3:00 P. M.) 1. "Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. 3. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. 3. There is a just God who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. 4. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. 4. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. 5. Our chains are forged : tlieir clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. G. Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? 7. I know not what course otliers may take ; but as for me, give nie liberty, or give me death ! " 361. Make a list of all the nouns in the first sentence. 362. Make a list of all the words used adjectively in the first sentence. 363. Give the principal parts of all the verbs in the first and second sentences. 364. Select from the above exercise a verb to represent each one of the different moods used in it, mentioning the mood of each one named. 365. Make a list of the tenses in the indicative mood, and then draw a line across the names of thore not in this exercise. 366. Make a list of all the passive verbs in the exercise, 367. Decline the personal pronoun of the first person. GRAMMAR. and the pei'soual pronoun of the third person, neiitei gender ; then draw a Tine across each word of these lists that does noi occur in tlic exercise. 368. Wliat part of speech (or kind of word) is '^sir'" iu the first and second sentences? 369. Compare such adjectives of the tirst and fourth sentences as admit of comparison. 310. What is the difference, as to syntax, between the first and the second ^'it" in the fourth sentence? 371. What word is the subject of the fifth sentence? 373. What is the predicate {grammatical or unmodified) of the second sentence ? 373. Give an example, from the exercise, of the follow- ing kinds of sentences : declarative, interrogative, im- perative. 374. Change the sixth sentence so that the same thought may be expressed, but using verbs in the active voic^ (or form) only. The following questiou may be answered in the }ilace of any one of the foregoing, if preferred : — What is the difference, as to syntax, between " me " and "death" in the seventh sentence? (3:30-4:30 P. M.) Parse the following words contained in the above ex* ercise : — 375. The second verl:) of the first sentence. 376. ''Which,'' (first sentence.) 377. The third verb of the first sentence, 378. The last ve7-b of the third sentence. 379. '^ Enough,'', dour ih sentence.) 380. ''•Retreat," (fifth sentence.) 381. " Clanking," (sixth sentence.) 382. The second verb of the sixth sentence. 383. ''■What," (seventh sentence.) 384. The last verb uf the seventh sentence. TUE REGENTS QUESTIONS. Bxami7iatio7i XTII. jFeb. 27, W72, {1:30-3:00 P. M.) 1. "A country schoolmaster had two pupils, to one of «hom he was partial, and to the other severe. 2. One morning it happened that these two boys were late, and were called up to account ior it. 3. 'You must have heard the bell, boys : Avhy did you not come ? ' 4. ' Please, sir,' said Tom, (the favorite.) 'I was dreaming that I was going to Margate, and I thought the school-bell m as the Bteamboat-bell.' 5. 'Very well,' said the master, glad of any pretext to excuse his favorite. 6. 'And now, Bill, turning to the other, ' what have you to say ? ' 7. ' Please, sir,' said the puzzled boy, 'I — I— I was waiting to see Tom off.'" Parse the following words contained in the above ex- ercise : — 385. The noun used as the subject of the first sentence. 386. "VF/i07)i," (tirst sentence.) 387. The first noim of the second sentence. 388. The third verb of the second sentence. 389. "^4ccottn/.," (second sentence.) 390. The first verb of the third sentence. 391. "i?or/s," (third sentence.) 392. The second verb of the third sentence. 393. '■'Steaniboat-hell," (fourth sentence.) 394. ''Glad,'' (fifth sentence.) 395. ''What," (sixth sentence.) 396. "Have," (sixth sentence.) 897. The last word of the sixth sentence. 398. "Of," (seventh sentence.) (3:30-4:30 P. M.) 399. Give an example of an adjective dcrivci^l from h proper noun. 400. Into what three (or four) classes are words? divided, as to the number of their syllables ? 401. Give the first person plural of "go" io all th« tenses of the indicative mood. GRAMMAR. 402. Give the passive, potential, pluperfect, third, sing« nlar of '■^ examined 403. Give ten words commonly used as prepositions. 404. What is the siibject tvord of the sentence constitut- ing question 4"00 above ? 405. Of what does syntax treat ? 406. Write a sentence (or two sentences, if you prefer,) in which the words ''set'" and "si^ are properly used. 407. Correct, "If John had went to school, he would not now deserve punislnnent; but he done as he pleased and must take the consej^uences." 408. Give a reason for each correction of false syntax made in your answer to question 406. Scholars who have suflBcient time may re-write the fol- loAving letter, with the needed corrections as to general arrangement, capitals and punctuation ; and the satisfac- tory execution of the whole, including penmanship, will be allowed as two correct answers : — baltimore feb 10 1872 dear father i have just returned from Washington where i spent two days very pleasantly i visited the capitol and saw mr browns cousin charles sumner who Is you knoAv one of the senators from mas- sachusetts i also saw president grant and many other dis- tinguished men whom i have not time to mention is mother well what did John get from sauta clause has maria finished arithmetic this is rough paper bad ink and o what a pen in haste good bye your affectionate son joho kennedy. :Ea:ami97ation XTIII. June 6, 7872. (3:30-4:30 p. M.) I. "As a man who was deeply involved in debt was walking in the street with a very melancholy air, one of his acquaintances asked him why he was so sorrowful. 2. 'Alas ! ' said his friend, ' I am in a state of insolvency.' 3. 'Well,' said his friend, 'if that is the case, it is not you, but your creditors, who ought to weaj a woefuj countenance.' " THE regents' QOESTIOKS. Write each one of the following words, with its numbel prefixed, and immediately thereafter, the part of speech (or class of tooi^ds) to which it belongs : — First sentence : (409) As ; (410) who ; (411) deeply ; (413) debt ; (418) in ; (414) air ; (415) one ; (416) acquaintances ; {4t\7) asked; {418) why ; (-ild) soi-romful. Second sentence: {420} Alas ; (421) /le; (422) aw. Third sentence : (423) Well; (424) that ; (425) hut ; (436) your ; (427) ought ; (428) loear. Write each one of the followmg words with its number preiix( d, and immediately there^ter the word (or words) tn which it is related as a principal element, (subject, predicate or object,) — if this be the case, — or to which it belongs as an adjunct, if -it have either adjective or ad- verbial force : — First sentence : (439) man ; (430) who ; (431) mry ; (433) melancholy ; (438) a^ked ; (434) Mm ; (435) sorrowful. Second sentence : (436) /le; (437) state ; (438) insolvency. Third sentence : (439) said ; (440) his ; (441) that ; (443) case ; (443) not ; (444) creditors ; (4i5) ought ; (446) wear ; (447) woeful ; (448) countenance. Select from the first sentence a word in the (449) nomi* native case ; one in the (450) possessioe case ; and one in the (451) objective case. [Number answers as before.] Mention the (453) ^rs^ verb of the exercise, and give its (453) voice (or form), (454) m^ood, (455) tense, and (456) subject. Give the (457) first, (458) second, (459) third, and (460) fourth principal parts of the last verb of the exercise. Give the third person, singular number, of the first verl In the second sentence in each of the tenses of the indica- tive mood : i. e., (461) present ; (462) imperfect (or past), (463) future ; (464) perfect (or pnor present); (465) pluper- fect {or prior past); (^QQ) future perfect. Give the (467) comparative, and the (468) superlativi forms of the last adjective of the exercise. OBAMMAB. (3:30-4:30 P. M.) 469. What word of ikc exercise has no syntax, (or grammatical relation to other words ?) 470. Select from the exercise an example of a simple sentence (or independent xwoposition.) 471. Is the first sentence simple or compound, or com' plex in its construction ? 472. Answer the same question (471) with reference to the second sentence. 473. What is the grammatical subject of the principal (or independent) clause of the third sentence ? 474. Change •' was loalking''' to the form of the plu- perfect (pY prior past) tense of the same mood. 475. Change the verb of the expression ' ' was deeply involved " to the potential mood, perfect (or prior present) tense of the same voice (or form,. ) 476. Change " one of his acquaintances asked Mm " to its equivalent, having the verb in ihe. passive form,, 477. Change " if that is the case " so that the verb shall be subjunctive in form. 478. In what number is ^'■who,'" (tliird sentence ?) 479. In what words was the question referred to in the fii-st sentence put by the asker (or speaker ?) 480. What words does ^'with " in the first sentence con- nect or show the relation between ? 481. What interrogative word occurs in the first sen- tence ? 482. Wliat kind of a conjunction is " but ? " 483. In what case is the word "ca^e," (third sentence.^) 484. In what teuse is " ' ught,'" (third sentence ?) 485. In what case is "countenance" (third sentence?) 486. What word (potential mood sign) might be substi- tuted for '^ ought to," (third sentence ?) 487. Of what words is " TOOf/uZ" compounded? 488. Which one of the five permanent vcwels does uot occur in ' ' countenance ? " THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. I^xami7iation XIX. JVov, 7, 7872, (1:30-3:00 P. M.) ■ 1. "Slug tome, cleai-est nightingale." said a sliephierd to the silent songstress, one beautiful spring evening. 2. "Alas I" said the nightingale, ''the frogs make so much noise that I have no inclination to sing. Do you not hear them ? " 3. "Undoubtedly IJiear them," replied the shepherd, •'but it is owinw to your silence." Write each one of the following words, with its number prefixed, and immediately thereafter the 'part of speech (or class of wo7'ds) to which it belongs : — First paragraph : (489) Sing ; (i90) to ; (491) ?)^e ; (493) dearest ; (493) nighiingale ; (494) spring. Second paragraph : (495) Alas ; (496) so ; (497) that ; (498) no. Third paragraph : (499) Owing. Write each of the following words, with its number prefixed, and immediately thereafter describe it as the subject, predicate, object, adjective-adjunct (or modijier,) or adverhial-adjunct, — as the case ina}' be, — of the word to which it is'Syntactically related: — First paragraph: (500) Sing; (501) said; (502) silent; (503) songstress; (594) one; (505) evening. Second paragraph : (506) iVoise ; {oOl) inclination; (508) sing. Tliird paragrapli : (509) Owing ; (510) silence. Select from the third paragraph a word in the '511) noininatice, one in the (512) possessive, and one in the (513) objectioe case. Mention tlie (514) second verb of the second paragraph ; and give its (515) voice (or form;) (516) mood; (517) tense; and (518 j subject ; also the (b\.%) jirst, (520)^ second, and (521) third principal parts of the same verb. Change ^^ frogs make'' to each corresponding tense- form of the indicative and potential moods, viz : (533> GKAMMAR. Indicative imperfect {or past;) (523) future; {524: j ^jerfect {or prior present ;) {525) pluperfect (or prior past ;) (536) future perfect; (527) pote^itial pi~esent; (528) iiaperfect {or past ;) {^52%) perfect {or prior present ;) {530) pluperfect (or prior past.) Give the (531) positive and (532) comparative forms of the first adjective ; al^o the (533) comparative and (534) superlative of the last adjective in tljc first paragraph that admits of comparison. Select from the exercise i^ personal pronoun of each of the following forms : (535) First person, singular number, nominative case; (5nQ) first, singular, objective; (537) second person, singular, nominative ; (538) second person, singu- lar, possessive ; (589) third person, singular, nom,inative ; (540) third person, plural, objective. Give the word which each prepositional phrase (or ad- junct modifies : — First paragraph : (541) ; (543) ; (543) {preposition understood.) Second paragraph : (544) {infinitive.) Third paragraph : (545) . (3:30-4:30 P. M.) Mention two of the prepositional phrases that are used adjectively : (546) ; (547) ; and tAvo used aast — : {^22) futurp ; (633) future perfect . (3:30-4:30 p. m.) 624. Change " U'as Z^itzzingf " to the corresponding siw- ple form. 625. Change ^^can you tell me" to the corresponding declarative form. - 626-627. Change the third line to the equivalent expres- sion, having the verb in the actvoe voice (or form.) 628. What would be the corresponding active form of *J am told " in the sixth line ? 629. What transtive vert occurs in the ninth line ? 630. 'A'hat is the corresponding passive form of "to 'behold'''' in the fifth line.'' Select from the exercise a verb belonging to each of the following classes : {'o^il) Subjunctive mood ; (QS2) potential^ present ; (633) potential, imperfect, or past; (634) infini- tive. 63.5. What is the 2Msitive form of the word ^^ better'" in lh(! third and eighth lines ? 636. Is the first line, as a sentence, simjM or compound^ or complex ? 637. Select from the exercise a simpile sentence (or clause) containing a transitive verb. 638. To what ©ther word is ^'hut" in the ninth line equivalent? 639. What other form of expression may be substituted in the ninth line for ''If I xoere to do ? " Mention the different punctuation marks that occur in the exercise: (640) ; (641) ; (642) • (643) ; (644) . GRAMMAR. 645. What are the marks " " called, and (646) what do they denote ? 647. What is the mark in ifs called, and (648) what does *t denote ? £!xafninatio7i XXI. Jii7ie. 6, 787S. (1:80-3:00 P. M.) (1) " Will you give my kite a lift 1 " said my little nephew (2) to his sister, after trying in vain to make it fly by (3) dragging it along the ground. Lucy very kindly took (-*) it up and threw it into the air; but her brother, (5) neglecting to run off at the same moment, the kite («) fell down again. (^) "Ah! now, how awkward you are!" said the little (8) feUow. (9) ''It was your fault entirely," answered his sister. (10) " Try again, children, " said I. ' ' There is an old proverb (11) which says. 'Perseverance conquers all things.'" — (12) Charlotte Elizabeth. Select from the exercise : — First line : A word used as (649) subject ; (6.50) object, direct; (<6h\) verb, x>rincipal ; {<6h2) verb, auxiliary. Second line : (6.53) A dissyllable ; (6.54) a derivative word. Third line: (65.5) A word containing a diphthong; an (6.56) adverb of manner, and of (657) degree, or quantity. Write each one of the following words and the part of sjjeech (or das:^ of v)ords) to which it belongs, as here used : — First line : (6.58) Lift ; (6.59) little. Second line: (660) After; (661) trying; (662) wafee,' (663) fly. Third line: (664) Along, Fourth line: (665) But. Fifth line: (666) Of. Sixth line: (667) Down. Seventh line: (668) Ah! (669) awkward. THE regents' questions. Give the four principal parts (includiug the participle in ing) of each of the irregular verbs in Third line: (670) ■ ; (671) ■; (672) ; (673) . Fourth line : (674) ; (675) ; (676) ; (677) . Seventh line: (678) : (679) ; (680) ; (681) ; (682) ; (683) ; (684) ; (685) . Write each of the following words, and describe it ae subject, nominative, predicate, object, adjective modifier, adverbial modifier, or attribute, of the word (expressed or understood) to which it is syntactically related, giving that word : — Eleventh line : (686) Perseverance ; (687) conquers ; (688) all ; (689) things. Tenth and eleventh lines : (690) Proverb; (691) I; (692) an ; (693) which. Ninth and Tenth lines: (694) Try; (mb) fault. Second line : (696) Trying ; (697) make. 698. Which noun in the exercise has no syntactical re- lation to other words ? Change " Liking. Tenth line: (741) That. Eleventh line: (743) Concluded. Twelfth line : (743) Best. 744-746. Select from the exercise and write in a column the first ten words which are used as simple subjects, numbering them (747-756) inclusive, and opposite each one of these write the verb agreeing with it. 757-759. Select from the exercise an adjective of each degree of comparison. Give the four principal parts (including the participU in ing) of each of the irregular verbs in Second line: (760) ; (761) ; (763) ; (763) ; (764) ; (765) ; (766) ; (767) . Seventh line : (768) ; (769) ; (770) ; (771) . Eighth line : (773) ; (773) ; (774) ; (775) . Write .each of the following words and describe it as subject, nominative, predicate, object, adjective modijier, adverbial modijier, or attribute, of the word (expressed or understood) to which it is syntactically related, giving that word : — First line: (776) Z>a2/; (777) house ; (778) Ms. Second line : (779) Welcome. Fourtliline: (780) Never ; (781) mind. Seventh line: (783) Liking ; (783) admission. Eighth line: {7BA) Bay ; {78h) sit. Eleventh line : (786) Which. (3:30-4:30 P. M.) 787-788. Mention each infinitive verb in the exercise. What nouns do'the following pronot/ns stand fore- First line : (789) His. Fourth line : (,790) Your. GRAMMAR. Twelfth line : (791) Him. 792-793. Mention each relative pronovn in the exercisa and its antecedent. Write the following voids and give the gender of each according to its signification as here used: — First line : ( 794) Person ; (795) which. Third line: (790) Servant. Eleventh line : (797) Visitor. 798. Wliat ^vord (not included in the exercise) denoting masculine gender corresponds to maid? 799. What "vvord denoting feminine gender corresponds to sir ? 800-801. Mention the passive verhs contained in the exercise. 802-803. Give the mood and tense of "s2T' in the eighth line. 804. Change ^^Aperson was told hy the servanf" to the equivalent expression having the verb active. 805. To which of the following classes of words does *'ioeZ(i)co77ie" in the second line belong: Primitive, derivative, simple, or compound ? 806. Whj' is ^'liking'' in the seventli line spelled with- out an e ? 807-808. Change "J'ZZ step in"' in the eighth line tc each of the other tense forms of the indicative active^ fjiving the tense name of each. Examination XXIII. I'eb, 26, 787^* (1:30-3:00 P. M.) '1) A Fir, upon a humble Thorn, (9) From his high top, looked down with scorn. (<■ "For loftiest spires we grow." he said ; ( ("Of us the tallest masts are made, ^'■i While thou, poor Bramble, canst produce / Nothing of ornament or use." ; "Great tree," the modest Thoru replied. THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. (8) "When the sharp axe shall pierce j'our side, (^) In vain you ihcu may wish to be, ('"; Uusought for and unknown like me." Write each one of the following words and its /ai'ticiple in ing,) writing its name over each part. Indicative Mood, First Person, Plural. Name of Tense. Active Form. Passive Form,. 933 923 ■ 925 ■ 926 927 Potential, Third, Plural. 928- 929- 930- 931 932 933 Subjunctive. Third. Singular, Imperative. Second. Plural. GRAMMAR. 935- 936 — 987 938- Infinitives, Pa]{TTCTPLES. (^3:80-4:80 P. M.) (1) "Geat's ^ Elegy Written in a Country Churchy aj-d' is (2) a masterpiece from beginning to end. The tbonglits, (3) indeed, are obvious enough, but the dignit}" with Avhieh {*) the}' are expressed, the immense range of allusion and (5) description with which the)- are illustrated, and the (6) finished grace of the language and versification in (7) which they are embodied, give to this work something (8) of that inimitable perfection of design and execution (9) which we see in an antique statue or a sculptured (10) gem.'" — Shaw's English Literature. Analyze the first sentence of the exercise, giving (939) the simple (or grarainatical) subject; (940) the simple pred- icate ; (941) the modified (or logical) subject; and (942) the modified predicate. Write in a column all the prepositional phrases in the first sentence of the exercise, and prefix to each the word (or words) which it modifies: (943) ; (944) ; {^t5) . Parse (946) written ; (947) country ; (948) masterpiece. Write each of the following words and describe it sm subject, predicate, object, adjective modifier, adverbial modi- fier, or attribute, as the case maybe, of the word or words to which it is syntactically related, giving sucfi word or words : — Third line: (949) Obvious; (0^) enough. Fourth line: (951) They; (952) range. Fifth line: (doS) Which. Sixth and seventh lines: (954) Give; (955) 'vrsification, '956) something. Ninth line: (957) Whuh. THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 958-965. Write in a column all the personal and relative prouoiins of the exercise in the order in which they occur, and annex to each the noun or nouns (expressed or under- stood) for which it stands. It the last word of the second line were made singular, u hat other word? following in the sentence would also, on that account, require to be changed as often as each occurs ? (966) to ; (967) to . 968. Cljange ''7chich tee see''' in the ninth line to the equivalent expression, having the verb passive. (1:30-3:30 P. M.) Define each of the following grammatical terms : (969) Grammar ; (970) English Grammar ; (971) a letter of the alphabet ; (972) a syllable; (973) a loord; (974) a phrase ; (975) a clause ; (976) a sentence. 977-980. Into what four parts is grammar usually divided ? 981. Which one of those parts is usually studied in the spelling book ? 982. To which one of those parts does punctuation belong ? Mention the several modifications {properties or acci- dents) of nouns ; the different kinds of each modification ; and give a specimen noun of each kind, arranging the whole thus : — Modifications. Kinds of Each. Specimen Nouns. 987 983 -. 9a5 ■{ • 988- 989- 990- 984 Q86 -! — 991 / 992 GRAMMAR. ( 997- 993 995 ^ 998- I 999- l 1000- 994 99(-; 1001 ( 1002 1003-1007. Decline each of the personal pronouns, arranging the Mork in regular form. 1008. Mention four words commonly used as relative pronouns. Give an example of a (1009) regular, and of an m-egular comparison of adjectives. 1010-1015. Give the passive, first person, plural forms of the verb ^^ examine" in the several tenses of the indica- tive mood, prefixing the name of the tense of each form. 1016. Give the active imperative, the (1017) passive in- finitive, and the (1018) participial forms of same verb (3:15-4:15 P. M.) (1) "If our overworked professional men and students (2) should imitate Sir Henry Holland in taking an annual (3) two months' vacation, and once a year, like Antaeus, (*) touch old mother earth among the salmon and trout (5) streams of the breezy Canadian hills or Adirondacks, (6) they Avould return vastly invigorated to battk with the C) realities of city life. Let no novice be deterred from a (9) trial, for he will find it very exhilarating, even if for (1") a time he take no fish." — Tli,e Galaxy, iVb?;.,'74, p. 617. Write the first verb of the exercise, and give its (1019^ subject; (1020) object; (1021) mood; and (1023) tense. Write each of the following words and describe it as subject, predicate, object, adjective modifier, or adverbial modifier, as the case may be, of the word or words (ex- pressed or understood) to which it is syntactically related, giving such word or Avords : — First line : (1023) Overivorked. Second line : (1024) Taking. Third line : (1035) Months'; (1036) vacation ; ( 1027) year { 038) Antceus. THB regents' questions. Fourth line: (1029) Touch; {lO'dO) mother ; (lOSl) earth : (1032) trout. Fifth line: (1033) Streams; (1034) Adirondacks. Sixth line: (1035) Invigorated; (1036) battle. Seventh line : (1037) City. Ninth line: (1038) ITe; (1039) i«; (1040) ver?/; (1041) exhilarating. 1042. What passive verb occurs in the exercise? 1043. Change ^^even if for a time he take nojish " in the ninth and tenth lines to the equivalent expression, having the verb j^assive. 1044. Give the four principal parts of ''take'''' in the tenth line, (including the participle in ing.) 1045. Parse "J/," (first line.) 1046. Parse "Jn," (second line.) 1047. Parse " OZd," (fourth line.) 1048. Parse "iVb," (seventh line.) In parsing give the rule of syntax for each of these words. Bxaminatio7i XXYI. J^eb, 25, 7876, (1:30-3:00 P. M.) 1049. Write and define or describe each of the following grammatical terms: (1050) Person ; (1051) number; (1052) case; (1053) pro7iOMn ; {105i) relative p^-onoun ; (1055) terise ; (10.56) interjection. 1057. Write a sentence (or sentences') containing eight different ^ar^s of speecu (or classes of words,) and (1058- 1065) above one word of each class write the name of the part of speech to which it belongs. Write an exami)le oi (1066) a noun in the possessive case; (1067) Si personal pronoun in the first person, plural; (1068) a relative pronoun in the objective form,; and a (1069) verb in the passive, indicative, present. GRAMMAR. Write the different kinds of each modification (property or accident) of vei^hs as named below, and give an example of each kind from the verb "see," with a subject prefixed, arranging the work thus: — MoBincA- TIONS. Voice, {or Form.) Mood. Tense. Kinds or each MODIFICATIOK. Examples from verb see. with subjects. -1070 \ r 1071- 1072- 1073- 1074- [1075- 1076- 1077- 1078- 1079- 1080 1081- j 1084- 1 1085- r 1086- 1087- 1088- 1089- ,1090- flOUl- io:)-j- ! Km- ] 1094- I 1095- I UV.16 Person.— Aumher.- -1083 -1083 1097 1098 ^Answers to the following . ipplcmentary oiiestiousi may be added, for which due credit will be given : — 1099. What is the name of that part of Grammar whicli includes the classification and inflection of words ? Give a suitable form or model for parsing (1100) a nouni (1101) an adjective; (1102) a relative pj^onoun; and (1103) a pr€])Osition. Mention a numerical adjective of the (1101) cardinal and tme of the (1105) ordinal kind. 1106 Give the i)rincii)al yiarts of the verb ''give.'" THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. (8:15-4:15 r. M.) I*) " Socrates was never in haste that his followers should (2) become skilM in speaking, in action, or in invention; (*) but, previously to sucli accomplishments, he thought (*) :t proper that a love of self-control should be instilled ('■; into them ; for he considered that persons who had («) acquired those qualifications were, if devoid of self- C) control, unl)' better fitted to commit injustice and do (8) mischief." — Memiorahilia, IV., in. 1. Mention the (1107) subject; (1108) the simjjle (ov gram- matical) predicate; (1109) the modified (or logical) j^redi- cate; and (1110) the adjuncts (or modifiers) contained in the proposition, '^Socj^ates was never in haste.'' 1111. By what is this proposition further modified, limited or explained in the exercise.' 1112. Write the proposition beginning with "^is," (first line,) and give (1113) the simple (or grammatical) subject ; (1114) the modified (or logical) predicate; (1315) the cojni- lative and (1116) the attribute of the predicate; (1117) the adjunct (or rnodifiA^r)oi the subject; and (1118) the adjuncts (or modifiers) of the predicate. (Designate each of these answers by one of the above names.) What other words of the exercise are used as simple (or grammatical) subjects? Write after these subjects, the verbs {principal and auxiliary, if any,) agreeing witli them : — 1119 1124 \\.9D 1125 1121 1126 1122 — 1127- 1123— 1128- Whicli verbs of the excrcii^e are in the potential mood? (1129) ; (1130) : and wliich in the infinitive: (1131) ; (1132) . Compare (1133) the adjecti\e in the second line; and (1134) ^^better'' in the seventh line. Parse (1135) ''previously'' in the third line; and (1136j the first verb in the sixth line. GBAMMAR. £'a:af/fi??atlon XXYJI, KTiine S, /87S. (3:30-4:30 p. M.) 1137. Mention the four general divisions of Grammar. Under which of these general divisions is each of the following sulijects included: — 1188. Classification of words as to use. 1139. Cla.ssification of letters. 1140. liules for agreement and government of words, 1141. Versification (or poetry.') 1142. Rules for spelling. Give a proper definition of each of the following terms. Jg^Be careful to mention the term defined, in connection with each defiuition : (1143) Verh; (1144) pas- sive verb: (1145) irregular verb; {114:&) intransitive verb ; (1147) 7/7ood; (ll'iS) potential mood; (Hid) tense; (1150) future tense; (llol) 2:)reposition ; {1152) conjunction. Write a sentence containing, resj^ectiyely, an example of 1153. An adjectire in the cotnpjarative degree. il54. An adverb of manner. 1155. A disjunctive conjunction. 1156. An infinitive verb without "to" prefixed, 1157. A relative pronoun in the objective case. 1158. Why are certain parts of verbs called principal parts ? 1159-1161. Which are the three principal parts of verbs, (other than the present participle ?) W^rite (1162) a regular verb, and (1163) an irregular verb, and place after each its additional principal parts, (in- cluding tho. participal in ing.) 1164. Decline the personal jironoun of the third person^ feminine gender. Give an example of the comparison of adjectives (1165) by prefixes, and (1166) by suffixes. Give the rule of syntax for 1167. A verb agreeing with two or more subjects con- Dected by •'and.'" TUE KEGEXTS QUESTIONS. 11G8. A^ij'onoun, as related to its auteccdcnt noun. 11(59. For same cases before aud after verbs. 1170 For a verb in the infinitive mood. 1171-1183. Give the active and^;rtssiye forms of "strike,' with "/" (or "thou'') as the subject of each, in the several tenses of the finite moods ; also, (1184) the present infini- tioes, aud (1185) present 2mriiciples, active and jxissioe. (3:15-4h5 V. M.) (') "Our fathers raised their flaos against a power to (2) which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjuga- (3) tion, Rome, in tlie lieight of her glory, is not to be (*) compared, — a ]>ower which has dotted tlie surface of (*) tlie wliole globe with her possessions and military posts, («) whose morniug drum-beat, following the sun in his (') course aud keeping pace with the hours, circles the (8) earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the (») marticil airs of England." — Webster. 1186. Wri'.e tlie first uer^ of the exercise and give its subject and object. What other (IV&l) finite verbs^ what (1188) infinitive and {11S2) participles occur in the exercise? 1190. Change "lohuli has dotted the surface ofihewJiole globe" to tlie equivalent expression, having the verb in the j->assive voice (or form.) 1191-1198. Write in a column (midway between the right and loft sides of your paper) the several prepositions in the first, second, fourth and eighth linos, and place before and after each preposition the w^ords between which it shows relation. Write each of the following words, giving its ^?ar^ of speech (or class,) and describe it as the subject, object^ predicate, adjective modifi£r, or connective, as the case may oc, of the woid or words to which it is syntactically related, giving such word or words : — First line : (1199) Their. Second and third lines: (1200) Subjugation ; (1201) Nome Fourth line : (1302) Surface. GRAMMAR. Fifth and sixth lines : (1203) Posts ; (1204) whose; (1305) and; (120(1) snn. Seventh Hue: (1207) Keejnng ; (1208) cmtes. Eiirhth line : (1209) Sirnin. 1210. In what case is " pou-er^' in the fourth line ? Parse (1211) iho. first verb, and (1212) the second verb in Lhe third line; ^'1213) morning, (1214) drum-heat. (1215) following, in the sixth line. i^°In parsing be careful to give ih.Q properties {modijU cations or attributes) of nouns and verbs, and the syntax of each word. 1216. Select a derivative word from the eighth line. Exanii7iaUo7i XXyy II. JVoi\ A, 1876, (1:30-3:00 F. M.) 1. "Sing to me, dearest niglitingale," said a shepherd to the silent songstress, one beautiful spring evening. 2. ''Alas!" said the nightingale, "the frogs make so much noise that I have no inclination to sing. Do you not hear them ? " 8. "'Undoubtedly I hear them." replied the shepherd, "but it is owing to your silence." Write each one of the following words, with its number prefixed, and immediately thereafter the part of speech (or class of words) to Avhich it belongs : — First paragraph: (1217) Sing; (1218) to; (1219) me; (1220) dearest; (1221) nightingale; (1222) spring. Second paragraph: (1223) Alas; (1224) so; (1225) that; (1226) no. Third paragraph : (1227) Owing. Write each one of the following words, with its number prefixed, and immediately thereafter describe it as the subject, predicate, object, adjective modifier, or adverbial viodifier, as the case may be, of the word to which it li f yntactically related : — THE regents' questions. Firtit paragraph : (1338) Sing; (1339) said; (1330) silent i {V^Sl) songst7'ess : (1333) one; (]2d3) evening. Second paragraph : (1334) Noise ; (1335) inclination / (133H) sing. Tliird paragraph: (1337) Owing; (1338) siZence. Select from the third paragraph a word in the (1339) nominative, one in the (1340) possessive, and one in the (1341) objective case. Mention the second verb of the second paragrapli, and give its (1843) voice (or form,;) (1343) mood; (1344) tense ; and (1345) sxibject; also, the (1346) ^rsi, (1347) second^ and (1348) third principal parts of tlie same verb. Change '■'■frogs make " to each of the other tense forma of the indicative and j^otential moods, giving the names of tenses, and arranging them as follows : — Tenses. Indicative Mood. Potential Mood. Present. Frogs make. (1354) (1349) (1855) (12.50) (1356) '■ (1351 ) (1357) (1253) (1353) Give the (1358) positive and (1859) comparative forms ot the first adjective ; also, the (1360) comparative and (1261) superlative of the last adjective in the first paragraph that admits of comparison. Select from the exercises a personal pronoun of each of the following forms : (1363) First person, singular number, nominative case ; {126S) first person, singular, objective; (.13^) second 2)er son, singular, nominative; (1265) second person, singular, jiossessive; {12^%) third person, singular, nominative ; (1367) third person, plural, objective. Give the word which each prepositional phrase (or acf* junct, modifies: — First paragraph : (1368) ; (1869) ; (1270) {^preposition understood.) GRAMMAR. Second paragraph : (1271) {infinitive.) Third paragraph : (1272) . Parse (1273) Undoubtedly; (1274) I; (1275) hear; (1276) tTiem. (3:15-4:15 p. M.) 1. "As a man, who was deeply involved in debt, was walking in the street with a very melancholy air, one of his acquaintances asked him why he was so sorrowful. 2. 'Alas ! ' said he, 'I am in a state of insolvency,' 3. 'Well,' said his friend, 'if that is the case, it is not you, but your creditors, who ought to wear a woeful countenance.' " 1277. What word of the exercise has no syniao: ? 1278. Select from the exercise an example of a simple sentence (or independent proposition.) i279. Is the first sentence simple or compound, or com- plex ? 1280. What is the grammatical subject of the principal (or independent) clause of the third sentence ? 1281. Change ''was walking'' to the form of the plu- perfect {past perfect or prior past) teuse of the same mood. 1282. Change the verb of the expression "zoas deeply involved'' to VoiQpoteKdal mood, perfect {present iierfect ox- prior present) tense of tbi,^. same voice (or form.) 1283. Change "one of Ms acquaintances asked him" to its equivalent, having the verb in the passive voice. 1284. Change "i/ that is the case" so that the verb shall be subjunctive in form, and (1285) parse ''ca.'ie." 1286. In what number is ''who" in- the third sentence? 1287. In what words was the question referred to in the first sentence put by the asker (or speaker ?) 1288. W^hat words does "with" in the first sentence connect or show the relation between ? 1289. What interrogative word occurs in the first sen- tence ? 1390. What kind of conjunction is ''hut V TUB regents' questions. 1291. In what case is the word ^^case" in the third eeutence? 1292. In what tense is ^^ ought" in the third sentence r 1293. In what case is ''countenance ' in the third sen tence ? 1294. What word (potential mood sign) might be sub- stituted for ''ought to" in the third sentence? i2'i'5. Of what wurds is ■■vnt-fnl" compounded? 1290. Which one of the five permanent vowels does not occur in "'countenance ? " Bxamhiatio7i XXIX. J^eb. 2 A, 7876, (1:30-3:00 P. M.) 1297-1298. Mention and define the two parts of speech (or classes of words) most frequently used. Decline, in full, (1299) we; (1300) her; (1301) who. Give the two positives of (1302-1303) wo7'se, and those of (1304-1305) most. Write a sentence (or sentences) in which that is properly used as (1306) a relative; (1307) an adjective; (1308) a conjunction. 1309. Correct, "The teacher sent for you and 7," and (1310) give the reason for the correction. 1311. Change the sentence, "Those girls are writing on their slates," by making the subject singular, and tha words corresponding in sense. 1312. What kind of a sentence, as to form, js that quoted in question 1311 ; and (1313) what would the sentence be* come if changed to the interrogative form? 1314-1315. Change the sentence, "IsJcallgo," and "1 will go," by making each subject of the third person, Biugulai', and by using the proper auxiliary to expresi future time simply, in the former sentence, and o. purpose or deternxination in the latter. (JKAMMAK. 1816-1317. CoiTect, "■Four month's interest are diw on this note," and (1318-1319) give the reasons for caffi eorrection. Define (1320) mood; (1331) fense; (1322) person ; (1323.1 number ; as applied to verbs. 1324-1328. Write in a column tlie names of the several moods of verbs, and after each name give a sentence, containing a verb in that mood. 1329-1335. Write in a column the names of the several tenses of verbs, and after each name give the correspond- ing tense-form of some verb in the indicative mood. Give the principal parts of (1336) rise; (1337) raise; (1338) sit; (1339) set; and (1340-1342) write sentences containing an example of the proper use of each of these verbs. How is the (1843) 2^(tssvoe voice (or form,) of any verb formed ? and how the (1344) progressive form ? Write two sentences, in one of which (1345) a phrase, and in the other (1346) a clause (or proposition) is used as the subject. Give the princi-pal parts of each of the following verbs : (1347) were; (1348) loent; (1349) had fought; (1350) might have been found; (1851) may have talked. Analyze the sentence, (1352) ''Let him go;'' (1353-1355) and parse each word. 1356. What particular name is given to that part of a verb which ends in ing ? (8:15-4:15 P. M.) (') "These things that are not practicable, are not desir- (") able. There is nothing in the world really beneficial (8) that does not lie within tlie reach of an informed under- (*) standing and a well-directed pursuit. There is nothing (') that God has judged good for us that he has not yiveu (•) us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and ('') the moral world. If we cry, like children, for the {*) moon, like children we miist cry on." — Burke. THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. Write each of the following words, with its numoe, prefixed, mention its part of speech (or dass of words.) and describe it as the subject, predicate, object, adjective modifier, adverbial modifier, or connective, as the case may be, of the word or words to which it is, grammatically related, giving such word or words: — First line: (1357i That; (\?jb%) tho, second verb. Second line: (1359) Nothing; (1360) beneficial. Third line : (1361) The verb in that line. Fourth line: (1362) Pursuit. Fifth line: (1363) That. ' Sixth line: (1361) Us. Seventh line : (1365) Like. Eighth line: (1366) On. Make a list of the (1367) auxilia^-y verbs in the exercise, and the (1368) conjunctions. Parse each of the following as contained in the exercise l^°In parsing, give each modification {property or aO' cident) and the syntax of each word : — 1369. The proper noun. 1370. The verb in the infinitive mood. 1371. The verb in the potential mood. 1372. The verb in the fifth line. 1373. ''Children,'' (eighth line.) 1374. What is the principal (or leading) clause (or pro- position) of the last sentence of the exercise; and (I375j what the subordinate clause ? 1376. Parse ''both,'' (sixth line.) .Examhiation XXX. June. S, 7S76, (1:30-3:00 1'. M.) 1377. Of what does Etymology treat ? 1378. What are the parts' of speech or classes into ;rhich words are divided ? G!{AA1IVIAH. 1379. Whicli of these niudity, limit, or qualify the Dieaniug of nouns : 1880. Which of verbs, adjectives and adverbs ? 1381. What is the sM?yVc!; of a sentence ? 1382. What is the predicate ? "Tlie pleasui'es rf sense resemble a foaming torrent, which, after a dif'-iesly course, speedily runs out anc! leaves an empty ana offensive channel." 138o-1387. In the abcjve sentence, name the nouns, and state of each whether it is subject or object, and of ivhat? 13S8. Nan»e the pro7WU7T., and state the same of it. 13S9-i391. Name the adjectives, and the noun each qualifies. 1393-1393. Name the adverbs, and the word each modi- fies or qualifies. 1394-1395. Name the prepositions, and the words be- tween which they show the relation. 1396-1.397. Name the conjunctions, and the words each connect. 1398-1101. Name the articles, and the nouns they limit. Name the plural of the following nouns : (1403) lady ; (1403) valley ; (UQ^) pailful ; (1405) memorandum ; (1406) analysis. 1407. Wliat modifications or properties have nouns and pronouns ? 1408. What have verbs ? 1409-1413. Give the modifications of each of the nouni of the sentence, " The pleasures of sense," etc. 1414-1416. Same of the verbs. 1417-1418. How do you determine the modifications ci pronouns ? 1419. What tenses has the Potential mood ? 1420. Define mood, and (1421) name the several moodf^ 1422. Same of tense, and (1423) the several tenses. 1424-1426. Give an example of the moods of the verb wHte, in the present tense, with hoytis suhieet, i. e,, thobfl moods to which such a subject is apiilicabU-- THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. (3:15-4:15 P.M.) 1437. How are verbs divided in regard to /orm,' 1428. How in regard to sig^iijication ? 1439. What determines the number and person of a verb ? 1430. Does the object of a verb influence its number and person ? 1431. In what case is the subject of a verb ? 1433. In wliat tlie objid ? 1433. Have the noininutice and objective cases of nouna different forms? 1434. How are tlie>e cases determined.^ H35. To wliat is^ a noun in the possessive case joined ? 143(5. What does the noun witli which it is joined denote ? If the following sentences are ungrammatical, correct them, and parse the word corrected. 1437-1438. They thought it was me. 1439-1440. I do not know who to send, 1441-1443. The man sets in the chair. 1443-1444. The book lays on the table. 1445-1446. The eldest of the two sons attends school. 1447-1448. The general with his soldiers were taken. 1449-14.50. The room is twenty feet long. 1451-14.53. To preach and to practise is very different. 14.53-1454. Write the participles of the verb love in th« active form, with the name of each. 1455-1456. The same of the passive form. Bxamination XXXI. JVov, 9, /876, (1:00-3:00 P. M.) In what classes are simple words divided with lefer- ence to their (14.57-14.59) number of syllables ; (1160-1461) formation ; (1463-1469) use in sentences ? GKAMMAR. 1470. Give the singular of men, teeth, mice. How are adjectives regularly compared to exjiress degrees of comparison (1471) below the positive (or of dimiuutiou), and (1472-1473) above the positive (or of in- crease) ? 1474-1476. Give examples of comparison to illustraie answers 1471-1473 1477. What modification have some adverbs ? 147S. From what otlier class of words are many adverbs derived ? 1479. Mention four general classes of adverbs. 1480-1483. Mention three kinds of pronouns, and give a definition of each Idnd. 1483-1488. Write the objective singulai- of each simple pronoun whose form is varied by declension, and after each of these objectives write a sentence containing it. 1489-1491. Which of the pronouns indicate, by their form, the gender of their antecedent nouns ? 1493. To what pails of speech do cases belong ? 1493-1494. What classes of verbs do not admit of a passive voice (or form) ? 149.5. Define the subjunctive mood. 1496-1498. Which moods cannot be used in asking ques- tions ? 1499-1502. Which tenses eii!i)loy auxiliaries ? 1503. What tense must be used to denote that a certain event will precede some other event referred to ? What pails of si)eech (or kinds of words) are needed to coiui'lete the two following sentences ? 1504. li must be done to-day to-morrow. 1.505. Live peace all men. 1506-1.508. \N'hat three jirincijial statements are in- cluded in the exercise of parsing ; or, of what does jjars- ing consist ? THE regents' questions. (3:15-4:15 P.M.) VS'rltc, and parse in full each italicized word in the fol« iO'\ving sentence, nucludiog auxiliaries, of course, with their principal verbs) : 1500-1520. "The best mdhors should be read hy the stn'lent, that he may thus insensibly acquire a grace and refinement of expression which no arbitrary rules can "'ive." Correct the following examples of false syntax, and give the reason for the correction, and the syntax of the corrected Avord in each : 1521-1.53"3. He is to be married to I don't know who. 1.523-1524. Generation after generation pass away. 1.52.5-1.526. Young's "Night Thoughts" area gloomy but instructive poem. 1.527-1528. On that occasion, neither he nor I were con- sulted. 1.529-1530. Which is the lai'gest number, — the minuend or the subtrahend ? 1.531-1.532. Pitt was the pillar who upheld the state. 1533-1.534. Our teacher told us that air had weight. 1.58.5-1.536. I intend to have written to him. Note. — In the plates from which the complete illustrated volume and the first editions of this pamphlet were print- ed, the numbers of the questions from Examination XII were >uo great by 24. the last quoetioi? in XI being num- bered 264, and the first in XII 289. In this edition, the error has been corrected. The corresponding questions in the other editions may be found by adding 24 to all numbers above 364 in this editioT^. GRAMMAR. Bxaminatio7i XXXII. March 7, 7877* (1:30-3:00 i'. m.) Be thorough hi every study. Passing over a field of study has been compared to conquering a country. If you thoroughly conquer everything you meet, you will pass on from victory to victory ; but if you leave here and there a port or garrison not subdued, you will soon have an army hanging on your rear, and your giound will .ronoun ; (1609) a verbal noun ; and (1610) an adjective denoting unit}'. Correct the following sentences, andgire the reason foi tbe correction. 1611-1012. Me being present, thej- were embarrassed. GRAMMAB. 1613-1614. Texas is larger than any state in the Union. 1615-1616. A variety of objects charm the eye. Examination XXXIII. June 7y7877» (1:30-3:00 P M.) a>] A Highlander, who sold brooms, went into a barber's shop in Glasgow to be shaved. The barber took one of his brooms, and after having shaved him, asked the price of it. "Two pence," said tlie Highlander. "No, no," says the shaver, " I'll give you a penny, and if that does not satisfy you, take your broom again." The Highlander took it and asked what he had to pay. "A penny," says the barber. " I'll give you a half -penny," % says Duncan, " and if that does not satisfy you, put on j my beard again." 1617. What modifications {properties or accidents) have nouns and pronouns ? (1618) Verbs ? (1619) Some adjec- tives and adverbs ? WiHte each of the following words of the above "Ex- ercise," and name the part of speech (or class of words') to which it belongs ; give its several modifications ; and its grammatical relation as subject, predicate or object, as the. case may be, to some other word to be named: 1620-1622. Highlander, line a. 1623-1625. Who, line a. 1626-1628. Soldlme a. 1629-1631. Brooms, line a. 1632-1034. Shop, line 5. 1635-1637. Him, line c. 1638-1640. AsTced, line c. 1641-1643. Take, line/. 1644-1646. It, line g. Write and parse each of the following words, giving ite part of speech ; modifications ; and syntax. 1647-1649. Barber's, line a. THE regents' questions. 1650-1652 The vei-h in line h. 1653-1655. The^rs^ wr&inliue/. 1656-1658. The second verb in line/. 1659-1661. Yo7i, line i. 1662. \Y hat participle occurs in the Exercise.* 1663. What kind of a participle is it .' 1664. As partakiug of the nature of an adjective, to what noun does that participle refer ? 1665. As partaking of the nature of a ve7-b, what office does it perform in the sentence ? 1666. How is that participle related in construction to the word before it ? (1667). If that word were omitted, what would be the syntax of the participle ? 1668. What is the corresponding passive form of the same participle ? (Junes, 3:15-4:30 p. m.) Decline the following words of the Exercise: 1669. His, line c. 1670. Penny, line e. 1671. It, line g. Give the four principal parts (including present partici- ple') of the following verbs: 1672. Sold, line a. 167^. Went, line a. 1674. Took, line 6. 1675. Asked, line c. 1676. Give, line e. 1677. Which one of the verbs in question (1671H1876) \b regular, and (1678) why ? Select from the Exercise : 1679. A numeral adjective denoting plurality. 1680. An auxiliary verb, present tense. 1681. An auxiliary verb, future tense. 1682. An interrogative pronoun. GRAMMAR. 1683. A conditional conjunction. 1684. An adverb of negation ; and (1685) state what verb it modifies. 1686. A compound noun. Parse each the following words: 1687. Pence, line d. 1688. What, line g. 1689. You, line i. 1690. On, line i. 1691. Beard, linej. 1692-1696. Analyze the third sentence. Bxamination XXXIY., JVbr. 8, 7877* (3:15— 4:30 p. M.) a 1. Depend upon it, friends, if a straight line of life 6 will not pay, a crooked one will not. 2. Anything c that is won by .fraud is very dangerous gain. 3. d It may give a moment's peace to wear a mask, bat e deception will come home to you and bring sorrow f with it. 4. Honesty is the best policy. 5. If the g lion's skin does not do, never try the fox's. 6. Let h your face and hands, like the church clock, always i tell how your inner works are going. 7. Better is j it to be laughed at as Toin Tell-truth, than praised k as Crafty Charlie. 8. At the last, the upright will I have their reward. — [John Ploughman's Talk, p. 129. Write each of the following words of the above "Exer- cise," and name the part of speech (or class of words,) to which it belongs; give its several modifications [proper- ties or accidents); and its grammatical relation as subject, predicate or object, as the case may be, to some other word to be named. 1697-1699. It, line a. 1700-1702. Line, line a. 1703-1705. Pay, line b. 1706-1708. Anything, line K THE REGEKTS' QUBSTIOHB. 1709-1711. That, line c. 1712-1714. Gain, line c. 1715-1717. Peace, line d. 1718-1720. Bring, line e. 1721-1723. Skin, line g. 1724-1726. Try, line g. Write and purse each of the following words, giving iU part of speech ; modijications (properties, or accidents); and syntax: 1727-1729. Depend, line a. 1730-1732. The first verb in line c. 1733-1735. The first verb in line d. 1736-1738. i^'ox's, line g. 1739-1741. Tell, line i. Write and parse the following words : 1742. Friends, line a. 1743. One, line &. 1744. Wear, line d. 1745. Setter, line i. 1746. How does the progressive form of conjugation represent an action or event ? 1747. Which principal part of a verb, and 1748. What auxiliary verb are used in the progression form of conjugation ? (3:15—4:30 p. m.) Compare the following words of the Exercise: 1749. Straight. 1750. Crooked. 1751. Better. Give the four principal parts (including present parti ciple) of the following words : 1752. Won, line c. 1753. Wear, line d. 1754. Bring, line e. 17.5.5. Z>o, line, q GRAMMAR. 1756. What other words does it, line d, stand for ? 1757. Answer the same question for it, line j. Select from the Exercise : 1758. A word that has no Syntax, i. e. no grammatical connection with other words of the sentence in which it occurs. 1759. An adverb of degree. 1760. A disjunctive conjunction. 1761. An adjective in the supey^lative degree. 1762. A verb in the progressive form, 1763. A principal verb whose auxiliary is another form of the same verb. 1764. The last verb in the infinitive mood. 1765. An adjective used as a noun. 1766. A compound subject of a sentence. 1767. A compound predicate. Parse each of the following words : 1768. Home, line e. 1769. As, linej. 1770. Crafty Charley, line k. 1771. Their, line I. 1772-1776. Analyze, The upright loill have their reward. Examination XXX Y, reb, 28, 7878, (1:30— 3:00 p. M,) EXERCISE. As I walked throu^'h the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a den, and laid me down in that place to sleep ; and as I slept, I dreamed a dream. I dreamed, and, behold, I saw a man clothed in rags standing in a certain place, with his face from his own house, a book in his own hand, and a great burden upon his back. I looked and saw him open the book, and lead there* GRAMMAR. in ; and as he read he read, he wept and trembled ; iand not being able longer to contain, he broke out with a lamentable cry, saying, What shall I do ? — I John Bunyam's Pilgrwi's Progress. Write each of the following words of the above "Exer- cise," and name the part of speech (or class of words) to which it belongs ; give its several modifications (proper- ties or accidents); and its grammatical relation as sw&- jed, predicate or object, as the case may be, to some other word to be nam,ed : 1777-79. J. line u. 1780-82. walked, line a. 1783-85. wilderness, line a. 1786-88. was, line b. 1789-91. burden, line g. 1792-94. saw, line h. 1795-97. hi7n, line 7i. 1798-1800. hook, lineh. 1801-03. trembled, line i. 1804-06. last verb in Ex. Write and parse each of the following words, giving its part of speech; modifications {pro2yerties, or accU dents) ; and syntax: 1807-09. de7i, line b. 1810-12. the last verb in line b. 1813-15. ilm first verb in line c. 1816-18. standing, line e. 1819-31. open, line h. Write and give the syntax of each of the following words : 1822. through, line a. 1823. behold, line d. 1834. with, line/. 1825. great, line g. 1826. longer, line j. 1827. saying, line k. 1828. What, line k. 1829. Give the .progressive form of shall I do, line k. 1830. What present participle might be substituted for with, line/? (3:00—4:30 P. M.) 1831. Compare able ; and lamentable; one by suffixes: the other by prefixes- GRAMMAK, Give the four princiioal X)arts (including present partU dple) of which each of the following* words is one part: 183^. laid. 1833. sleep. 1834, Ijeing. 1835. hroTce, 1836. What prepositional phrase might be substituted for where, in line h of the Exercise. 1837. What other word might be used in place of as, lines a and c? 1838. Change What shalll do, to its equivalent having the verb in the passive voice {or form). 1839. What dependent (or subordinate) clause, intro- duced by the conjunction that, might take the place of to ileep, line c ? 1840. In what mood would the verb of that clause be? Write, in succession, the several clauses {propositions or simple sentences) contained in the Exercise, — omitting words used as merely clause connectives, — and number the clauses, arranging work thus : 1841. Clause No. 1. — . 1842. ** 2. 1843. " 3. 1844. " 4. 1845. " 5. 1846. " 6. Write in a column the several words above designated as clause connectives, and after each give the numbers of the clauses which it connects, thus : 1847. connects Clause No. to No. . 1848. " " "— to No. . 1849. " " " to No. 1850. " " " to No. . 1851. ♦' " " to No. . 1852. Which of these clauses expresses the leading thought of the sentence ? 1853-56. Analyze, What shall I do? GRAMMAR. Examination XXXYI. June 6, 7878^ (1.30—3:00 P. M.) 1857. What is a sentence ? 1858. What are its parts .? 1859-60. Define each part. 1861. Write a sentence with one word in each part. 1863. Write one with two words in each part. 1863. What is analysis ? Analyze the following sentences, using diagrams, if you can : 1864. ''The remedy will soon be in your power." 1865. " My uncle Toby has not the heart to retaliate on a fly." 1866. What are parts of speech ." 1867. Name and define two principal classes of nouns. 1868. Give three examples for each class. Name and define the classes of verbs : 1869. As to form. 1870. As to signification. 1871-73. Name and define the modifications of nouns. 1874-77. Name and define the the modifications of verbs. 1878. By what other kinds of words may a noun be modified ? 1879. By what, a verb "i 1880. To each of the nouns in the answers to Q. 1868, as subject, annex a proper predicate. 1881. What modifications does the adjective have ? 1882. How do you determine the number and person of a verb 1 1883. What person has a verb in the imperative mood ? 1884. How does the subjunctive mood differ from the Indicative ? (In parsing, give the modifications of the word and its relation to other words, naming the words.) GRAMMAR. 1885. Annalyze the following sentence, and parse each of the words in italics : 1886-90, " They rejected the cei-emonious homage which other sects substitute for the pure worship of the soul," Correct the following and give the reason : 1891-92. Whom they suppose is doomed. 1893-94. Has the articles been sent ? 1895-96. He had not ought to talk in that way ? 1897-98. The horse and carriage was sold. (3:00— 4:30 p. M.) 1899. How is the case of a noun determined ? 1900. When do you say that the noun is in the nomi- native case .' 1901. When in the objective ? 1902. What case of nouns has a different form from the other cases ? 1903-4. To what part of speech is this form joined? and what does it signify ? 1905. Analyze the following sentence, and parse each of the words in italics : 1906-10. ' ■ Can the branch improve when taken from the stock which gave it nourishment f 1911. What office does a relative pronoun perform which a personal pronoun does not ? 1912. When a relative pronoun is the object of the verb, where in a sentence is it placed, with respect to the verb ? 1913. What modifications may some adverbs have ? 1914. What parts of speech have no modifications ? 1915. When a noun not in the possessive case modifies another noun, what relation is it said to have to it.' 1916. Give an example. 1917-18. Construct a sentence with the subject modi- fled by an adjective and the predicate by an adverb. THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 1919-20. Construct a senteuce with the subject modi- fied by the prepositional phrase and the predicate having a direct object. Correct the following, and giv^e the reason : 1921-22. The legislature have adjourned. 1923-24. If any one has been slighted, let them make it known. 1925-26. He did not know who to suspect. 1927-28. Does that boy know who he is speaking to ? 1929-o0. lie was absent this whole week. 1931-32. After I vij-ited Eurojje. I returned to America. 1933-31. I respect every man's judgment and follow my OAvn. 1935-36. "Which is tlie greater of the American rivers ? Excnninatioib XWXl'II. Xor. 7, 1878. (1:30— 3:00 p. m.) 1937-8. Of what do Etymology and Sj'utax treat? 1939. Name the principal parts of a sentence. 1940. Which two are necessary to express thought? 1941. Write a sentence containing these two only. 1942. Write a sentence containing a modified noun as subject, and a modified verb as predicate. 1943. Wilte a sentence which shall contain all the parts of speech except the interjection. 1944. Wliat is the difCerence between adjectives and adverbs v 1945. What is the office of conjunctions ? 1946. What, of prepositions'? 1947. Write tlie plural of each <;f the following nouns : knife, lady, valley, shelf. "Bear with me ; "My heart is in the coftin, tliere, with Caesar, "And I must i)ause till it come 1)ack to me." 1948. What is tlie subject of the first sentence ? 1949-51. Parse the verb in the first sentence. GRAMMAE. (In parsing, give the modifications of the word and its relation to other words, naming the words.) 1952. In the second sentence, by what is is modified ? 1953. What kind of noun is Jieart, and why? 1954. Same of aes,hclf. 2022-28. Give the possessive, sing, and phiral, oinum. 2024. Define declension of nouns. 20.25. To what other part of speech (or class of words) does declension apply V 2020. Before nouns of what number is an used ? 2027. "What Ques. does a cardinal numeral answer? 2028-30. Compare ill^ old, beautiful. 2031. In what degree of comparison is less wisely? 2032-33. State two points in which the relative who differs from the relative v;hat. 2034. Give an example of a commonly intransitive verb used transitively. GRAMMAR. 2035. What does the perfect {present perfect or prior present) tense denote ? 2036-37. Give the mood of each verb in the sentence : 7 bid yon speak. 2038-39. Coi'rect the false syntax in the sentence : It was him wJio Tupoke to. 2040-42. Write a simple, a compouvd, and a complex sentence. (If you do not understand the term complex., write instead a sentence containing- a relative.) 2043-45. Write a declarative, an imp)erative, and an mterrogative sentence. (a) '' He who writes what he should speak, and dares (b) not speak what he writes, is like either a wolf in (c) sheep's clothing, or a sheep in a wolf's skin." 2046. Of what two kinds is the foregoing sentence? 2047-48. What two relations does the first word " Re'' bear to other words of the sentence (naming these other words) ? 2049-50. Give the object of writes, and of speak, line (a). 2051. How do the objects of these words in line (6) differ from those in line (a) ? 2052-53. Give the mood of speak in line (a), and that of the same word in line (&). 2054—55. Give the subject of dares, and that of is. 2056-57. In what case is wolf line {b), and why ? 2058. What other word has the same construction ? 2059. What conjunction connects these two words ? 2060-61. In what number is sheep'' s, line (c), and how do you deteiinine its number? 2062-63. Answer the same questions for sheep), line (c). 2064-65. What adverb occurs in line {b), and what kind of an adverb is it ? 2066. Parse either. THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. (Feb. 28, 3:00—4:30 p. M.) EXEKCISE. 1. Murmur not, O man I at the shortness of time, if thou hast more than is ■well employed. 2. Has not human life often been carelessly spent in doing either nothing at all, or nothing that ought to have been done ? 3. We sometimes complain because our days are so few, and yet act as if there "would be no end of them. 20()7-69. Of the above sentences 1, 2, 3, which one is declarative, and of what kind is each of the other tw'o (on the same principle of classification) ? 2070. Which words of sentence 1 have no syjitax (/. e., no grammatical relation to other "words) ? 2071-74. Write and parse the first verb of sentence 1. l^° In parsing a vei'b, state "whether it is active or passive, (if active) transitive or intransitive, and regu- lar or irregular ; give its principal parts, including the present participle ; its modifications (mood, tense, per- son, and number) ; and its syntax. 2075-78. Write and parse the fii-st verb of sentence 2. 2079-82. Write and parse the last verb of sentence 3. 2083-84. Write the last verb of sentence 3, and give its mood and tense, and the word with which it agrees as its subject. 2085-86. Write " Thov. haat more than is well employed,^'' with the words understood required in parsing and supplied in their proper places in the sentence. 2087. In what respect does oiigJd differ from all the other verbs of sentences 1, 2, 3? 2088-90. Give the syntax of in, doing, and nothing, sentence 2. 2091-93. What auxiliary word shows the mood, what one the tense, and what one the voice (or form) of the last verb in sentence 2 ? 2094-96. Parse at, sentence 1 ; that, sentence 2 ; thenif sentence 3. GRAMMAK. Exainination XXXIX. June 5, 1879. (1:30—3:00 p. m.) ' 2097-99. Write three short sentences : the subject of the first being Si2»'op€r noim ; of the second, a collective noun; .of the thu'd, an abstract noun. (Underscore, i. e., draw a line under, each of these nouns.) 2100-2104. Write the plural of the nouns, fly, staff, inoney, iXiiJful, and Iltcssulman. 2105-06. In forming- the plural, when, as a general rule, should s alone be added ; and when e.s ? 2107-11. Write the feminine of nephew^ hero, baron, benefactor, man-servant. 2112-14. Write three short sentences ; the first con- taining a noun in the nom. case ; the second, a noun in the^ms-.s. case: the third, n,noun\\\i\\Q. obj. case. (Un- derscore each of these uouns.) 2115-17. Which parts of speech are declined? which, compared? which, conjugated? 2118-20. Compare three adjectives so as to show three methods of comparison. 2121-24. Decline /, thou, loho, whoever. 2125-27. To what objects may the relatives, ivho, which, and that, be respectively applied ? 2128-33. Give the principal parts (including present participle) of be, fly, flow, flee, go, imdertake. 2134. ^Yhy are they Ci\l]e6. 2:)rincipal 2:>cirts ? 2135. What Is the difference between an active and a passive verb ? 2136. Name the class of verbs which take both the active and the J9«&.si?.'e forms. 2137-42. Write six short sentences, each containing a verb in a different tense from the others. (Underscore these verbs.) 2143-46. Write four short sentences, each containing a verb in a different mood from the others. (Under- score these verbs.) THE regents' questions. {Jicm 6, 3:00—4:30 P. M.) EXERCISE. 1 1. We may not be able to accomplish all we de- 2 sire, but shall we therefore sit still with folded 3 hands? 2. By no means. 3. It is always brave . 4 and noble to do the best we can, under the cir- ^ 5 cumstances whieh surround us. 4. It is only the 2 6 weak soul that yields supinely to discounigements. 7 5. Watch, pray, toil, are good words to remember, S and in this world of care and disappointment 9 tliey will carry us through. |i^°" In parsing, write the word, give the part of speech, its modijichtions {properties or atlrihutes), and the word or words to which it is grammatically related. 2147-50. Parse the verbs of sentence 1. 2151. Give the connective of the two clauses. 2152-55. Parse not, able, therefore, still, sentence 1. 2156-57. Parse by, in line 3. Give the predicate of sentence 3. 2158. Brave and noble, lines 3 and 4, modifies what ? 2159. We, line 4, is the subject of what verb ? 2160-62. Write each of the following pronouns, and the antecedent word or Avords which it represents : it, line 3 ; that, line 6 ; they, line 9. 2163. What parts of speech are watch, pray, toil, line 7? 2164. Parse words, line 7. 1 " When he had traveled half a day's journey aj 2 through a country which was continually becom- ^ 3 iing more attractive, he came to the ban lis of a •J 4 broad lake, in the center of which was a large and 5 beautiful island." 2165-68. Write the clauses of the above sentence, in order, designating each as principal or subordinate. 2169-71. Parse each clause connective. GRAMMAB. 2172. Give the subject and the simple predicate of ho principal clause. 2173. Select an adjective clause. 2174. Select an adverbial cl ,use. 2175. Give the subject of teas, line 4. 2176. What does attractive, line 3, modify? Examination XL, JVov. 6, 1879. (1:30—3:00 P. m.) 3JXERCISE. 1. We one day descried at sea, some shapclcs.- object drifting at a distance. 2. It proved to be tlic mast of a ship that must have been completely wrecked, o. There were the remains of handker- chiefs by Avliich some of the crew had fastened themselves to the spar to prevent their being over- come by the weaves. 4. No trace was found by which the name of the crew could be ascertained. 5. The wn-eck had evidently drifted for many months. 6. But where, thought I, are the crew? Washington Irving. 2177. Explain the difference between common and proper nouns, giving an example selected from the exercise to illustrate each. 2178. Give the gender of / (Sentence 6,) and the reason for your answ(U'. Write the feminine form of (2179) duke, (2180) Hero ; the masculine of (2181) landlady, (2182) songstress; the plural of (2183) father-in-law, (2184) halo. 2185-88. Explain what you understand by the modifications (properties or accidents) of nouns and THE regents' questions. pronouns — illustrating each modification by an ex- ample selected from the exercise. Write each of the following verbs (including its auxiliaries) and give, of each, its mode, tense, sub- ject and object. (If any verb has no object, explain why not.) ; 2191— 2192—. ; 2195— 2196—. ; 2199 2200—. ; 2203— 2204—. ; 2207— 2208—. ; 2211— 2212—. 1, 1st verb: 2189—; 2190- 2, last verb: 2193—; 2194- 3, 1st verb: 2197—; 2198—; 4, last verb: 2201—; 2202- 5, 1st verb: 2205—; 2206- 6, 1st verb: 2209—; 221(Jlr 3213-14. Name two modes not found in exercise. 2215. What auxiliary verb in the exercise is often used as a principal verb? Explain, and illustrate each answer by an exam- ple selected from the exercise, on what principle you describe or distinguish a verb as being: 2216. Regular; (2217) In active voice (or form.) 2218. Transitive; (2219) In passive voice (or form.) 2220. Rewrite sentence 1, changing it just enough to make the verb in passive voice and to express p7'e' cisely the same thought. Write each of tlie following words and after it give its part of speccli (or class of words,) modifica- tions (properties or accidents,) and syntax: Day (sentence 1 :) 2221—; 2222—; 2223—. Their(sentence3:)2224— ; 2225—; 2226— 2227. Parse: An adverb taken from sentence 2. 2228. An interrogative word from the exercise. 3229. The first by in sentence 3. GRAMMAR. (Nov. 7. 3:00 to 4:30 p. m.) EXERCISE. 1, We one day descried, sea, some shapeless ob- ject drifting at a distance. 2. It proved to be the mast -of a sliip that must have been completely wrecked. 3. There were the remains of handker- chiefs by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to the spar to prevent their being over- come by the waves. 4. No trace was found by which the name of the crew could be ascertained. 5. The wreck had evidently drifted for many months. 6. But where, thought I, are the crew? WasJiington Irving. Select from the exercise : 2230. One phrase introduced by preposition aud used as an adverb of place. 2231. One phrase introduced by preposition and used as an adverb of time. 2232. What is meant by that (Sentence 2?) 2233. What is meant by wliich (Sentence 4?) 2234. What one rule of Syntax applies alike to ^/ia^ (Sentence 2) and wJdcfi (Sentence 4?) 2235. Write one sentence illustrating the proper use of the adjective (or article) "a," and (2236) another in like manner for ''an." 2237. What is a collective noun? Illustrate by an example selected from the exercise. 2238. Explain fully what kind of a word them- selves (sentence 3) is, and (2239) give its syntax. 2240. Select from Sentence 1 a derivative word, und (2241) tell from what it is derived and how. THE regents' questions. 2242. Give the part of s eech and (2243) syntax of drifting (Sentence 1.) Rewrite Sentence 5, chang- ing it into (2244) an interrogative sentence, and mak- ing tlie verb in (2245) the past (or imperfect) tense. 2246. What use is made of the word there in Sentence 3? Explain the difference in S3aitax (giving the rule which applies in each case,) between: 2247. Some (Sen. 1) and (2248) Some (Sen. 3.) 2249. Grew (Sen. 4) and (2250) Crew (Sen. 6.) 2251-53. What 3 parts of speech may adverbs modify ? Illustrate each by a short sentence. 2254. Write a short sentence using a part of speech not found in the exercise. Underscore the word representing the part of speech intended. 2255. How do you determine whether a given adjective can be compared or not? Examination XLI. Feb. 26, 1880. (1:30—3:00 p. m.) Define (2256) clause, (2257) compound sentence (2258) polysyllable, {22ij0) patisive voice (or form.) 2260-63. Correct the errors in spelling and in the use of capitals in the following sentence, and give the reason for each correction: when i came home John brown was cuting wood. 2264-65. I have no money and can support you no longer. What part of speech is each word in italics? 2266-69. Write an interrogative and an exclama- tory sentence, placing after each the proper mark of punctuation. GRAMMAR. 2270. Correct the seiiteuce, "Goodness brings it's own reward." 2271. This is the most valuable of the three. Change three to two and make any other necessary change in the sentence. 2272-75. Love not sleep lest it bring thee to poverty. Write the verbs of this sentence and give the mood of eacli. 2276-78. Express the indicative-present-first-sin- gular of the verb hear in three different forms, each of which shall represent the subject as acting. 2279. For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak. Parse ham. 2880-81. Write the plural of iJiis tooth. 2282-83. Write sentences containing an adjective modified hy an adverb, and a noun modified by an adjective in the comparative degree. Underscore the modifying adverb and adjective. 2284. Write the word unit preceded by the proper indefinite article. 2285. Conjugate the imperfect (or past) tense of can. 2286-87. Write two sentences, one containing an object, the other an attribute (predicate noun or adjective.) 2288-89. Of what classes or kind is each verb in answers (2286-2287.) 2290-91. The storm having ceased, we departed. Parse storm. Change the part before the comma to a dependent or subordinate clause. THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 2393-95. Write the possessive case in the plural number of the words: wolf, chiJd, hero, princess. 2396. What is analysis? 2297. Fill the blank in the following sentence with the progressive form, present tense, of the verb go : Neither John nor James to school. 2298. Give both forms of the superlative of Ixie. (Feb. 27, 3:00-4:30f. m.) Write sentences containing the following words properly used : (2299) the feminine of king; (2300) the perfect (present-perfect or prior present) of send; (2301) the plural of mouse; (3302) a noun which has no plural; (2303) a noun which has the same form in both numbers; (2304) an adverb of manner, in the comparative degree. EXERCISE. 1. I first saw Venice by moonlight, as we skimmed 3. by the island of St. George in a felucca, and 3. entered the Grand Canal. A thousand lamps 4. glittered from the square of St. Mark, and along 5. the water's edge. Above rose the cloudy shapes 6. of spires, domes and palaces, emerging from the 7. sea; and occasionally the twinkling lamp of a 8. gondola darted across the water like a shooting 9. star, and suddenly disappeared, as if quenched 10. in the wave. Write each of the following words, with its num- bers prefixed, and give its jj^ir^ of speech, modifica- tions {properties or accidents,) and syntax: Line 3, (2305-7) entered. Line 5, (2308-10) water's; 2311-13) rose. Line 6, (2314^16) j^ala^^e-s. GRAMMAR. Give the syntax of the following: Line 1, (2317) ^^-s^. Line 2, (2318) in. Line 5, (2319) above. Line 6, (2320) emerging. Line 7, (2321) occasionally. Line 8, (2322) across. 2323-24. Give the conjunctions in the first sen- tence, and (2325-27) the propositions in the second sentence. 2328-31. Write the transitive verbs in the exercise, and their objects. 2332. Form an abstract noun from cloudy, and tell how it is formed. 2333. From what part of speech is occasionally derived ? (2334) from what suddenly ? 2335. To what parts of speech may first belong? Examination, XLII, (a) June 3 1880. (1:30-3:00 p. M.) 2336 40. Define: adjective, adverb, participle, con- junclion, interjection. 2341-42. In "I, John Doe. give and bequeath, ' of which person is "John Doe," and why? 2343-45. Write the pluials of canto, duty, grief. 2346-49. Write the following words in two columns, placing each feminine opposite its corresponding masculine: beau, witch, men, queen, wizard, belle, women, king. 2350-51. Decline: sheep, which. 2352-54. From the sentence "On the ninth of June, sixty Zulus were killed by red-coated Englishmen,'' select each adjective, and name its class or kind. THE regents' questions. 2355-57. Compare the adjectives in "It is worse to be dishonestly rich, than to be the least wealthy citizen," as used in this sentence. 2358-61. In the sentence "I that speak nnto thee am he," name each pronoun, and its class or kind, number, person and case. 2362. Define the subjunctive mood. 2363. Write a sentence containing a verb in the subjunctive mood. 2364-65. Define the potential mood, and give nn example. 2366-68. In which voice (or form), mood and tense does a principal verb undergo the change called in- flection, to correspond with the person of its subject? Give the principal parts (including present parti- ciple), of (2369) walk, (2370) liold, (2371) read. In the following sentences, which words are pre- positions, and which are adverbs? 2372. He found a jewel inside. 2373. He walked across the river. 2374. It is above my head. 2375. He ran down and saw the boat. Express the sense of the following sentences, using the passive form of the verb in place of the active: 2376. He refused the money. 2377. He will destroy the town. 2378. That astonished me. (June 4, 3:00-4.30 p. m.) Write the following sentences, supply a suitable word in place of each dash, and name its part of speech : GRAMMAR. 2379. Take lieud you do not fall. 2380. Do right may be the result. 2381. Write an interrogative sentence, using prop- er punctuation mark or marks. 2382-83. Write an exclamatory sentence, using an interjection in connection with it, and the proper punctuation marks. 2384-85. Use but in a sentence (or sentences), both as a preposition and as a conjunction. 2386-87. Of what classes or kinds, as to form and meaning, is the following sentence, taken as a whole ? " Althougii no man can say that he will alwaj-o be happy, or escape suffering, the part of wisdom is to go steadily forward." 2388-90. Give each of the several clauses or propositions included in the above sentence. 2391-92, Which word is used to connect the first and second, and which word the second and third of these clauses ? 2393-94. Give the subject and the predicate of the first clause. 2395-98. Parse each noun in the sentence. 2399-2403. Parse each verb in the sentence. Parse the following words: (2404) no; (2405) happy; (2406) steadily; (2407) forward. Correct the following sentences, and give reasons for corrections; 2408-9. No grove, nor bank, lend their music. 2410-11. Explain either of the three first sentences. THE regents' questions. 2412-13. There is no excuse for him detaining you so long, 2414r-15, Those sort of arguments are not to be used. Examination XLII, {b)June 17, 1880. (1:30-3:00 P, M.) "Up from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The cluster'd spires of Frederick stand, Green -wall'd by the hills of Maryland," 2416, Name five parts of speech (or classes of words) contained in the above extract, and (2417-21) under each name write all the words of the extract which belong to that part of speech, 2422, Does the extract consist of one sentence, or more than one ? 2422. Give the reason for your answer to Question 2422. i^" In parsing any word in this examina- tion, {a) write the word, and name the part of speech (or class of words) to which it belongs ; then give (b) the modifications (properties or accidents, if any); and (c) the grammatical connection with some other word or words, and the rule of syntax for the same, expresed in word. Parse: (2424-26,) mm^ws; (2427-29), rich; (2430- 32), September; (2433-35), stand; (2436-37), hy. 2438. Condense the phrase "by the hills of Mary- land" to three words conveying the same meaning, and (2439) state what grammatical change or changes were made in so doing. aRAMMAR. 2440-43. Mention two common uses of the apos- trophe, and illustrate one of those uses from the above extract. 2443-47. Mefition in a column the five inflected (or varied) parts of speech, and after each of these write the name of its own kind of inflection. 2448-50. Write a sentence containing a proper noun, a pronoun in the possessive case, and an objec- tive element (or complement). Underline the parts required. 2451-53. Write three short sentences, each con- taining still used as a part of speech different from the others. 2454-56. Arrange the following pronouns in three classes, naming each class : they, who, this, our, which, such, and we. 2457-58. What conjunction follows the compara- tive degree? Illustrate by a sentence. 2459. With which mood of a verb is the subject often omitted? 2460-61. Write a sentence containing two clauses, one oi' which shall be a conditional one. 2462-63. Correct, "A variety of pleasing objects charm the eye," and give the reason for the correc- tion. 2464-65. Write cooperate in each of two ways showing that the two o's belong to different syllables. (June 18, 3:00-4:30 p. m.) 2466. A man deserving blame should be censured. Change the words in italics to a relative clause. 2467. The boys having recited their lessons were THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. dismissed. Change the words in italics to an adver- bial clause. 2468. Form a derivative adjective from storm, and (2469-70) derivative nouns from .7<9<9(^"and govern. 2471. How do nouns ending mfe form the plural? 2472. Gipsies offered to tell us our fortunes. Re- write this sentence, making all plural forms sin- gular, and supplying any needed word. 2473. Give both plurals of penny. 2474. Write a sentence containing the objective case of who, used interrogatively. 2475-76. In what mood and tense is a verb which has the auxiliaries might havel 2477. Write two sentences, one containing the verb bend used transitively; and (2478) the other, the same verb used intransitively. 2479-80. How is the number of a pronoun which refers to two or more singular antecedents deter- mined? 2481. What are the common auxiliaries of the potential mood, past (or inperfect) tense? 2482. What different office have relative pronouns from other kinds of pronouns? 2483. Parse Md in the sentence. All but him fled. 2484-86. What are the singular objectives corre- sponding to tJiem ? 2487. He givetli his beloved sleep. Parse beloved and (2488) sleep. 2489. What is the pluperfect (prior past, or past perfect) of the verb have f 2490-95. Write a short letter of three or four sen- tences describing your school room. One credit will be allowed for each of the following points: date, address, subscription, neatness, correct spelling, grammatical accuracy. THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS, 1866-1880. SPELLING. Examination I. JVov» 7, f866, (11:00 A. M.— 12:00 m.) 1. The (1) lesson will (2) hegin at the (3) "beginning oi the (4) treatise. 2. (5) Sets of (6) apparatus are (7) necessary for the (8) illustration of the (d) physical (10) sciences. 3. On the (11) eighth of (12) February a (13) Connecticut (14) peddler (15) wearing a (16) swii of vl7) grrat/ (18) cZoffe- ing, (19) displayed his (20) wares in an (21) avenue of (23) Cincinnati. 4. The (23) pZane of the (24) honzon is (25) horizoru ial. 5. (26) JosepWs (27) brethren sold him to the (iirf) iM- THE regents' questions. 6. The (29) oak is a (30) symbol of strength : the t\sm of (31) dependence: the (32) cypress, of (33) sorrow : the elm of (34) elegance : the (35) fir, of (36) symmetry ; and, as an evergreen, of (37) immortality. 7. (38) Fur is warm but costly (39) apparel. 8. The (40) Missouri river empties into the (41) Missis^ tippi. 9. Strike the loud (42) cymbal. 10. The (43) Judge of the Supreme Court (44) affirmed the (45) judgment of the lower ( i6) tribunal. 11. (47) Ladies and (48) gentlemen, the (49) programme will open with a (.50) quartette and (51) chorus. 12. A (52) council of war was called, and the general (53) counseled with the (54) colonels and (55) civiliaru present. 13. *'He looked and saw a (5Q) spacious Q57) plain, whereon Were tents of various (58) hue ; by some were (59'; herds. Of (60) cattte (61) grazing; others whence the sound Of (62) instruments that made (63) melodious (64) chime."' 14. Hiram had (65) hewers of wood. 15. None are (66) too young to (67) try, 16. (67) Matthew (68) tries to learn. 17. The (69) czar (70) supported his (71) pretensions. 18. (12) Scholar, {7S) soldier, (74^) surgeon, {7b) sergeant, (76) sheriff and (77) sovereign, all begin with s. 19. (78) Binghamton is in (79) Broome county; (80) Syracuse is in (81) Onondaga. 20. (82) Beading, (83) Spelling, (84) Writing, (85) ^r«?i- mms, i88) Grammar, and (87) Geography, are very im- portant *^ranches of (88) education. SPELLING. 31. James and (89) tioo other boys were (90) tfiere. 22. The (91) schooner was lost at (92) sea, (93) off Cap6 (94) St. JRoque. 23. (95) Their eyes (96 see clearly. 24. "From (97) scenes like these old Scotia's (98) grandeur springs." 25. (99) " Vanity of (100) vanities saith the Preacher.*' £Jxaminati07i II. .Feb, 28, 7867^ (11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 1. The (1) princvpal of the (2) teachers' (3) institute (4) lectured on (5) physiology and (6) astronomy. 2. The (7) legislature is in (8) session at the (9) capitoX in the (10) city of (11) Albany. 3. (12) Scholars should become (13) versed in the (14) principles of (15) science, and should (16) practice those of (17) morality, 4. A (18) geometrical (19) series (20) progresses by a (21) comino7i (22) multiplier. 5. (25) Baleigh is the (24) capital of (25) North Gar-' olina ; (26) Nashville of (27) Tennessee ; (28) Baton Eouge of (29) Louisiana ; and (30) Ottawa of (31) Canada. 6. In 1785, (32) Massachusetts (33) through her (34) dete- grafes in (35) Congress (36) executed a deed of (37) cession to the general (38) government and (39) relinquished her claim to western (40) territory. 7. The (41) gladiators (42) entered the (43) arena of the (44) amphitheatre. 8. White (45; bears (46) inhabit (47) arci^ic (48) regions. 9. "How can ye (49) believe which (50) receive (51) honor one of (52) another? 10. (53) Mathematical (54) treatises are much used in ^55) engineering. THB BEOENT8* QUESTIONS. 11. (56) Bread is (57) raised with (58) yeast. 12. The (59) soldier (60) l)ared his breast to the (61) /o«. man's (63j view. 13. A (63) youth (64) &?'ed in (65) idleness may well b6 (66) pitied. 14. " But (67) pleasures are like (68) poppies spread ; Tou (69) seize the (70) flower, its (71) bloom is shed." 15. Carthage was (73) razed to its (74) /ounda^ions. 16. Large (75) quantities of (76) flour are (77) shipped at (78) Chicago. 17. TFbZi)es (80) p^-ej/ upon (81) weaker (83) animals. 18. (83) Lewis's face was (84) pitted with (85) scars. 19. (86) Ccesar (87) reigned as (88) emperor. 20. ^ is a (89) diphthong ; eau a (90) triphthong. 21. (91) ^ZyaTi (93) prayed that it might not (93) rai?*, and there was a either rain nor (94) deio. 22. The (95) messenger bears (96) dispatches. 23. A (97) suitable (98) site was selected. 24. The Jewish (99) rites and ceremonies were (100) manifold. Examination III. June 73, 7867* (11:00 A. M.— 12.00 M.) Ihe (1) saddler (2) plies his (3) awl (4) rapidly and with (5) pecuniary {&) profit. (7) Samson carried away the gates of Gaza by (8) niqM. (9) Cain (10) slew Abel. Noah's (11) ark and its contents were the (12) sole relicfl of the (13) antediluvian world. The (14) valiant (15) knight (16) ate a portion of the (17) prey, and ere the hour of (18) eight (19) blew the (20) lugle for his (31) martial band. SPELLING. The (23) yeoman (23) assented after much (24) solioi- Mtion. The (25) heau (26)'A;weio the (27) belle would gladly (28) receive so (29) hrilliant a (30) bouquet. (31) Pigeons rarely (32) sow, but sometimes reap what has been (33) already sown. (34) Cromwell (35) proj'ogued the long (36) parliamenL The (37) horse chestnut tree has (38) peculiar (39) foliage and (40) &ears (41) t'e?^'2/ (42) beautiful clusters of (44^ powers. Human pride is a (46) useless, rank, (47) repulsive (48) thistle in (4.)) society. The (50) constitution contains a (51) guaranty that no State shaU be deprived of a republican form of (52) gov ernment. (53) Where may the (54) wearied (55) eye (56) repose, When (57) gazing on the (58) great ; Where (59) neither (60) guilty glory (61) glows Nor (62) despicable state ? The (63) Gincinnatus of the West, (64) WTiom envy dared not hate, (65) Bequeathed the name of (66) Washington, To make man (67) blush there was but (68) one. The (69) marshal left his (70) cane at the (71) depot in <72) Keene, (73) i\reio Hampshire. Before (74) Z/iee rose, and with thee (75) grew^ A (76) rainbow of the (77) loveliest (78) ft,ite, Of three (79) bright (80) colors, each divine, And fit for that (81) celestial (83) sign : One that was of (83) the (84) sunbeam's (85) dyes; One. the pure (86) depth of Seraph's eyes. The (87) three-ply carpet has a (88) blue (89) figure, and the (90) seams are well (91) sewed. Only (93) bodies (93) die; our (94) somZs forerer live. THE regents' QXjESTIONS. (95) All (96) arcs of circles are less than (97) eircuiirif ferences ; all (98) sines, than diameters. The pillar (99) seevxs to have been (100) hewn oat of a Bingle block. Bxaminatio7i IT, JVov, 7, ^867. (11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) A (1) cord of (2) 'beech (3) wood (4) outweighs a (5) tdU of (6) cotton. I (7) would (8) untie the (9) kixot if I could. (10) Tears (11) steal from the (13) eye when the (13) heart (14) beats in (15) sympathy with another's (16) grief. The (17) auctioneer (18) seZZs a (19) pair of (20) urns, a a (21) J9at7, a (32) mahogany (23) bureau, a (34) guitar, a (25) piece of (26) s^eeZ, and a (37) bass-viol to the (38) c7iorzs!!e?\ (29) 5ee^s are (30) sown in (31) ^ters or rows. The (33) defendant (33) owned two (34) guineas. A (35) column of (36) artillery and a (37) battalion at (88) cavalry (39) encamped near the (40) &eac/i of the (41) sea. The (43) advent of the f43) Messiah (44) occwrred at a (45) period of (46) unparalleled (47) tranquillity. (48) S;!eafc and other (49) meais are (50) eafen with (51) bread and (53) vegetables. Be thou like a (53) roe or a young (54) hart. That (55) -oiaZ of (56) alkali belongs to the (57) labors aiory. The (58) accused man gave (59) bail to keep the (60) peace. (61) Idle and (63) vain are the (63) loai/s of the (64) 90unterfeiters. SPELLING. There are (65) pears and (66) plums in the (67) orchard. The (68) ode was (69) written by a (70) pale-faced (71) poet. (72) Stakes are set for (73) metes and (74) hounds. The (75) weedte (76) pomte (77) northward; the (78) weather-vane (79) o5et/.9 the (80) ^cA:Ze wind ; the (81) plumb-line (82) gravitates ; the (83) pendulum (84) 'ui- brates in a (85) perpendicular (86) plane. The (87) cormnittee (88) wee!; the (89) compiroUcr to make (90) arrangements for (91) procuring (93) sto- The (93) earnings of the (94) 7'oacZ in (95) February last were (96) enormous, (97) /Se^•ze the (98) oars, and let the (99) 5oa< be (100) rowed ashore. Bxamination Y, J^eb, 20, 7868, (11:00 A. M.— 13 M.) I. The (1) squadron (3) bound for (3) Marseilles (4) m»- Jnrled its (5) canvass to the (6) propitious (7) zephyrs. n. (8) Patiently (9) loaii for (10) preciows (Il)/rviii. TTT . The (13) rieto (13) council-chamber was (14) ete- gantly (15) finished with (16) W50orf of the (17) fM'-tree, and the (18) ceiling was (19) beautifully (20) frescoed. rV. (31) J?'ane is (32) ano^Tier name for (23) temple. V. (24) Parliament (35) negotiated a (36) Zoaw for the (27) pe7-ilous (28) enterprise. VI. The (39) ordnance stores were (30) carried to (81) Lisbon, under the (33) guidance of a (33) cavalier. VII. The (34) principal (35) y?we of the (36) chimnej/ extended from the (37) cellar. VIII. A (38) sTiip's (39) buoyancy (40) adopts it to (41) iu«^)2)ore On (37) Shakespeare^ s rich and (38) varied (39) Zore, But (40) turned from (41) martial (43) scenes and (43) light, From (44) Falstaf's (45) /easf and (46) Percy* 8 (^7) flight. To (48) ponder Jaques's (49) moral (50) strain, And (51) muse with (52) Hamlet, (58) tozse in (54) And (55) weep himself to soft (56) repose, O'er (57) gentle (58) Besdemona' s (59) woes. — Sir Walter Scott. V. It is the (60) peculiar (61) province of a grand (63) fwry to (63) indict, as it is of a house of (64) representatives to (65) impeach. VI. (66) Speak the (67) speech, I (68) pra^/ you, as I (69) command you. VII. It was the (70) roar of a (71) whole (73) herd ol (78) Zions. VIII. Is there a (74) balance (75) Tiere to (76) weigh the f77) jitsi (78) amount ? THB REGENTS' QUESTIONS. IX. Ere life's (79) meridian, thus that (80) chief had (81) reached. The (82) utmost (83; pinnacle of (84) savage (85) grandeur. All that he saw, (86) heard, felt, or (87) could (88) conceive, Opened (89; new (90) scenes of (91) menial (93) enterprise, (93) Imposed new (94) tasks for (95) arduous (96) — James Montgomery. X. The (97) veins of his (98) forehead were (99) swollen through (100) excess of rage. Examinatio9i Til. A^or. 72, 7868, (11:00 A. M.— 12:00 k.) " It is (1) so')ne (2) consolation (3) amidst the (4) uioZenca of (5) ambition and the (5) criminal (7) ^Tiirsi of (8) power, of (9) which so (10) many (11) instances (12) occur around us, to find a (13) character (14) whom it is (15) honorable to (16) admire and (17) virtuous to (18) imitate. A (19) conqueror for the (20) freedom of his (21) country! a (22) legislator for its (23) security ! a (34) magistrate for its (25) happiness ! His (36) glories were (27) werer (28) sullied by those (39) excesses into which the (30) highest (31) qualities are apt to (32) degenerate. With the (33) greatest (34) virtues, he was (35) exempt from the (36) oor- responding (37) 'wices. He was a man in whom the (38) elements were so (39) m,ixed. that (40) ' Nature (41) might have stood up to all the (43) ■worZd and (43) oioned him as her (44) wjorA:.' His fame, (45) hounded (46) &2/ (47) no (48) ooun^r^, will (49) &e (50) confined to no age. The charac SPELLING. ter of (51) General (52) WasMngton, which hi& (53) eon^ temporaries (54) reverence and (55) admire, will be (56) transmitted to (57) posterity ! and the (58) memory of his (59) merits and (60) achievements, while (61) patriotism and virtue are held (62) sacred among men, will (63) re- main (64) undiminished.''^ The (65) sum total of the (66) column is (67) eighty. (68) -Bees are (69) busy (70) creatures, and (71) Za^/ up (73) honey in (73) ceZZs. (74) Merchants (75) 6m2/ and (76) sell (77) various (78) articles by (79) weight. (80) Scholars (81) sTiowZd (82) A;wow (83) wjTiere (84) f?iez> (85) lessons are, and (86) s^tfd?/ them (87) faithfully. (88) T/iere is no time to (89) ^oa^■^! for (90) carriages. (91) Medals are (92) oftener (93) won by (94) industrious than by (95) idZe (96) people. The (97) ?-ei(7?i of (98) Absalom was (99) -uer^/ (100) sTioH. £Jxami7iatlo?i YIII. J^cb. /8, f86'9, (11:00 A. M.— 12.00 M.) What hs been the (1) nation's art ; (2) wherein has its (3) thought been (4) realizid in (5) some form of (6) beauty or (7) sublimity; how (8) spread upon (9) canvass, how (10) chiseled in (11) marble, how (12) designed in (13) architecture ; how has it melted in (14) music, (15) gloioed in {16} poet^^y, {17] fascinated in (18) eloquence; how has it (19) Tuimicked life upon the stage and (20) m,arshaled (21) armies upon the (22) battle-field; how, in fine, has it (23) developed itself in that (24) infinitude of (25) artistic creations that tend to (26) assimilate man to God, and (27) ea/'ZTi to (28) paradise. Write the derivatives obtained by adding ing to the followlDg words: (29) censure, (30) wwpm, (31) confer, (83) THE regents' questions. play, (33) dye [to color], (34) die [to expire], (35) tolercUe^ (36) control. It is the (37) triuinph of the (88) genius of man to have (39) succeeded, by (40) iiieans of (41) economical (42) ap- pliances, in (43) realizing this (44) phenomenon, in (45) appearance (46) paradoxical, (47) dearness of tlie raw (48) material, and (49) cheapness of the (50; m,amtr- factured (51) products. The (52) mountains of (53) Europe form (54) several (55) distinct (56) groups or (57) systems of (58) w^'y (59) di/- ferent (60) geological dates. On this (61) subject the (62) com?-^ (63) sa?/s : It is (64) admitted that the (65) defendant has (66) published (67) portions of the (68) opej-a (69) contaiyiing the (70) melodi- ous parts of it; and that in (71) one of his (72) waltzes he has introduced (73) seventeen bars In (74) succession, containing the (75) to/ioZe of the (76) original (77) air, (78) although he (79) adds fifteen others. The year has (80) been one of (81) varied (82) success with the farmer, and will be long (83) remembered for the (84) almost (85) unparalleled (86) series of dry and warm (87) weather in (88) owr (89) unusually (90) tem- perate climate. Write the derivatives obtained by adding ed to the fol- lowing words : (91) terrify, (92) mat, (93) journey, (94) de/er, (95) /rei, (96) whiz. Spell the following proper names : (97) Connecticui^(^) Cincinnati, (99) Paraguay (100) Mediterranean. £!xaminatio7i IX. Jfune /4, 7868, (11:00 A. M.— 12:00 m.) 'Twas in June's (1) hriqht and (2) glowing (3) pr»»n«. The (4) loveliest of the (5) summer time. BFELLINO. The (6) laurels were (7) one splendid (8) sheet Of (9) crowded (10) blossovis (11) everywhere ; The (12) locusfs (13) clustered {1^) pearl was (15) swee% And the (16) tall (17) whitewood made the (18) air (19) Delicious with the (20) fragrance (21) sTied From golden [22) flowers (23) aZZ (24) o'er it (25) spread, Alfkd B, Street. (26) Several (27) rerj/ (28) exciting (29) skirmishes were in (30) progrress, when a (31) Zowd (32) shout (38) attracte.d the (34) attention even of the (35) belligerents, and then (36) <7iere (37) poured on (38) to the(39) platform from a (40) oToor at the side, a long line of (41) gentlemen with (42) ^/leir hats (43) off, (44) aZZ (45) looking behind them, and (46) uttering (47) vociferous (48) cheers ; the (49) cause (50) whereof was (51) sufficiently (52) explained when Sir (53) Matthew Pupker and the (54) /loo (55) other (56) reaZ (57) members of (58) parliament came to the (59) front, (60) amidst (61) deafening (62) shouts, and (63) testified to (64) eacTi other in (65) dwm5 (66) motions that (67) iTiei/ bad (68) we^jer (69) seen such a (70) glorious (71) sig-Ti^ as that, in the Cl2)whoU (78) course of their (74) public (75) career. Charles Dickens. And (76) loowZd the (77) no6Ze (78) dutchess (79) dei,9W To (80) listen to an old man's (81) strain ? Sir Walter Scott. Asia Minor, in its (82) great (83) physical (84) features. is a (85) miniature (86) representation of (87) J.sm. Like the continent, its (88) interior is an elevated (89) plateau, (90) surrounded by (91) mountain ranges of great, thouglj of (92) varying (93) height. Amos Dean, Three (94) poefs in three distant ages horn, (95) Greece, (96) Italy and England did (97) adorn ; THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. The first in loftiness of (98) thought (99) surpassed, The next in (100) majesty, in both the last. John Drtden. £xaminatio7i X» JSTov, f2, 7869, (11:00 A. M.— 12 M.) The next (1) day^ in a (2) pouring (3) rain, they went (4) trough Lake (5) Erie to (6) Cleveland, (7) reaching (8) there in the afternoon, and (9) staying (10) till late at (11) night; and (12) here Harry (13) lorote and (14) mailed a (15) little (16) letter home. Before the French (17) conquest, the (18) governor of (19) Algiers was (20) called the (31) ''Bey of Algiers." (22) Coarse (23) pieces of (24) coal burn well in a (25) A (26) scholar was (27) poring over his (28) lesson, (29) endeavoring to (30) Zearn by it (31) ro^e. (32) Several (33) com^moners were (34) promoted to the (35) peerage (36) duj'ing the (37) y-eigrn of the last (38) A (39) \ praise patience, but few (Q) enough can practice it; itia a (7) medicine which is good for all (8) diseases, and therefore every old woman (9) recommends it ; but it is Hot eveiY garden that grows the (10) ho^hs to make it with. When one's flesh and bones are full of (11) aches and (12) SPELLING. pains, it is as (13) natural for us to (14) 'murmur as for a horse to sbake his head when the {}5) flies (16) tease him, or a wheel to (17) rattle when the spoke is loose; but nature should not be the rule with (18) Christians, or what is their (19) religion worth ? If a (20) soldier fights no better than a ploughboy, (21) off with his red (22) coat. We (23) expect more (24) fruit from an (25) apple-tree, than from a (26) thor.n, and we have a (27) right to do so. The (28) disciples of a patient (39) Saviour 30j should be patient (31) themselves. Grin and (32) bear it, is the (33) old-fashioned (34) advice, but sing and bear it is a (35) great (36) deal better. After all, we get (37; very few cuts of the (38) whip (39) considering what bad (40j cattle we are, and when we do smart a little, it is (41) soon over. Pain past is (42j pleasure, and (43) experience comes by it. We (44) ought not to be (45) afraid of going down into (46) Egypt when we know we shall come out of it with (47) jewels of silver and gold. Impatient (48) people water their (49) miseries, and (50) hoe up their (51) comforts ; (52) sorrows are (53) visitors that come without (54) invitation, but (55) complaining minds send a (56) wagon to bring (57) troubles home in. (58) Many people are born (59) crying, live complaining and (60) die (61) disappointed ; they (62) chew the (63> hitter pill which they (64) would not even know to be bit- ter if they had the (65) sense to (66) swallow it (67) whole in a cup of patience and water. They think every other man's (68) burden to be (69) light, and their own (70) featfters to be (71) heavy as (72) lead ; they are hardly done by in their own (73) opinion ; no one's (74) toes are so often (75) trodden on as (76) theirs ; the snow falls (77) ihickest round their (78) door, and the hail (79) rattles hardest on their (80) windows; and yet if the truth were (81) known, it is their (82) fancy rather than their fata THE regents' questions. which makes things go so hard with them. A little sprig of the herb called (83) contend put into the {8i) poorest (85) soup will make it taste as rich as the Lord Mayor's (86) turtle. John (87) Ploughman (88) grows the plant in his garden, but the late hard winter (89) nipped it (90) ter- ribly, so that he cannot (91) aford to give his (93) neighbors a slip of it ; they had better (93) follow (94) Matthew, xxv, 9, and go to those who sell and (95) buy for themselves. (96) Grace is a good (97) soil to grow it in, but it wants (98) watering from the (99) fountain of (100) mercy. Examination XIX, JVov, 70, 7877, (11:00 A. M.— la.OO M.) EXERCISE. We, the (1) People of the (2) State of (3) New York, (4) grateful to (.5) Almighty God for (6) our (7) freedom,, in (8) order to (9) secure its (10) blessings, do (11) establish this (12) constitution. aS) Article I. (14) Sec. 1. (15) JSTo (16) member of this state (17) shall be (18) disfranchised or (19) deprived of (20) any of the (21) rights or (22) privileges secured to any (23) citizen (24) thereof (25) unless by the (26) law of the laud, or the (27) judgment of his (28) peers. Sec. 2. (29) Trial by (30) jury in (31) all (32) cases in (83) which it (84) ?ias (35) ^fen (36) heretofore (37) wsed shall (38) remain (89) inviolate (40) forever, but a jury tr.al may be (41) waived by the (42) parties in all (43) cicit cases, in the (44) manner (45) prescribed by law. Sec. 3. The (46) /ree (47) exercise and (48) enjoyment SPELLING. of (49) religious (50) profession and (51) worship, (53) without (53) discrimination or (54) preference, shall for- ever be (55) allowed in this state to all (56) mankind; and no (57) person shall be (58) rendered (59) incompetent to be a (60) witness on (61) account of his (62) opinions on <63) matters of religious (64) &eZie/; but the (65) liberty of (66) conscience (67) hereby secured shall not be so (68) con- strued as to (69) exowse (70) acts of (71) licentiousness, or (73) justify (73) practices (74) inconsistent with the (75) peace or (76) safety of this State. Sec. 4. The privilege of the (77) lori;; of (78) habeas (79) corpus shall not be susiDcnded unless (80) when in cases of (81) rebellion or (82) invasion, the (83) public safety may (84; require its (85) suspension. Sec. 5. (86) Excessive (87) &aiZ shall not be required, nor excessive (88) fines (89) imp)0sed, nor shall (90) crneZ and (91) unusual (92) punishment be (93) inflicted, nor shall witnesses be (94) unreasonably (95) detained. Sec. 6. No person shall be held to (96) answer for a (97) capital or (98) otherwise (99) infamous (100) crime. * * * unless on presentment or in- dictment of a grand jury. * * * :Examinatio?i XX. F'eb, 28, 787S. (11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) EXERCISE. (1) Once upon a (2) midnight (3) dreary, (4) while I (5) pondered, (6) loeafc and (7) weary, Over (8) wian^/ a (9) quaint aud (10) curious (11) volume of (12) forgotten (13) Zore,— While I (14) nodded, (151 nearly (16) nappiiig, (17) swd« denZj/ (18) there came a (19) tapping. THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. As of some (20) one (21) gently (5^3) rapping, rapping at my (23) chamber (24) door; " 'Tis some (25) visitor, ^^ I (26) muttered, "tapping at my chamber door, — Only this, and (27) nothing more." Ah ! (28) distinctly I (29) remember, it was in the (30) bleak (31) December, And (32) each (.33) separate (34) dying (35) ember (36) lorought its (37) ghost upon the (38) floor. (39) Eagerly I (40) wished the (41) morrow; (42) vainly I had (43) sought to (44) borrow, From my (45) books, surcease of (46) sorrow, — sorrow for the (47) lost Lenore, — For the (48) rare and (49) radiant (50) maiden (51) whom the (53) angels name Lenore, — (53; Nameless (54) here (55j forevermore. (56) Bach into the chamber (57) turning, (58) all my (59> sowZ within me (60) burning, (61) Soon (63) agram I (63) heard a tapping, (64) something (65) louder than (66) before; (67) "Surely" (68) saicZ^ I, — "surely that is something at' my (69) window (70) lattice; Let me (71) see then, (72) what thereat is, and this (73) m.ystery (74) explore, — Let my (75) heart be (76) still a (77) moment^ and this mystery explore ; — 'Tis the (78) wind, and nothing more.' Open here I (79) flung the (SO) shutter, (81) wh£n, with many a [82) flirt and (83) flutter, In there (84) stepped a (85) stately (86) rawn of the (87) saintly (88) days of (89) 2/ore. Not the (90) least (91) obeisance made he; not a (93) minute (93) stopped or (94) «iaid he ; SPELLING. But with (95) mien of (96) lord or (97 j lady, (98) perched above my chamber door ; — Perched upon a (99) bust of Pallas, (100) just above my chamber door, — Perched and sat, and nothing more. JBxanii7iation XXI, J^U7ie 6, 787S. (11:00 A. M.— 12 M.) EXERCISE. (1) When, in the (2) course of (3) human (4) events, it (5) becomes (6) necessary for (7) one (8) loeople to (9) dis- solve the (10) political (11) hands which have (12) connected them with (13) another, and to (14) assume, (15) among the (16) powers of the (17) ear^Ti, the (18) separate and (19) equal (20) station to which the (21) Zatos of (22) nature and of nature's God (23) entitle them, a (24) decent (25) respect to the (26) opinions of mankind (27) requires that they (28) should (29) declare the causes which (30) zmpeZ them to the (81) separation. We hold (32) z!/ie.se (33) truths to be (34) self-evident, that aU men are (35) created equal ; that they are (36) endowed by (37) i/ieir (38) Creator with (39) certain (40) unalienable (41) rights; that (42) among these are life, liberty and the (43) pursuit of (44) happiness. That to (45) secure these rights, (46) governments are (47) instituted among men, (48) deriving their just (49) powers from the (50) consent of the (51) governed; that wherever any form of govern- ment becomes (53) destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to (53) alter or to (54) abolish it, and to in stitute a (55) new government, (56) laying its (57) founda- tion on such (58) principles, and (59) organizing its powers In such form, as to them shall (60) seem most (61) likely tc THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. (62) effect their (63) safety and happiness. (64) Prudenoef (65) indeed, will (66) dictate that goveruments long estal> lished, (67) should not be (68) changed for (69) light and (70) h-ansient csixises ; and (71) accordingly, all (73) experi- ence hath (73) shown, that mankind are more (74) disposed to suffer, while (75) evils are (76) sufferahle, than to right (77) themselves by (78) abolishing the forms to which they are (79) accustomed. But when a long (80) train of (81) abuses and (82) usurpations, [Sd) pursuing (84) iw- variahly the same (85) o6/eci, (86) evinces a (87) design to (88) reduce them under (89) absolute (90) despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to (91) i?i?'oto (92) o;^ such gov- ernment, and to (93) provide new (94) guards for their (%h) future (96) security. Such has been the (97) pa^ien< (98) sufferance of these (99) colonies, and such is now the necessity which (100) constrains them to alter their for- mer system of government. Bxami7iation XXII, JVoy, 7, T87S, (11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) Exercise — Fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper. In the (1) winter (2) season, a (3) commonwealth of (4) Ants was (5) husily (6) employed in the (7) management and {^) preservation of (9) their (10) corn, which (11) they (12) exposed to the (13) air in (14) Tieaps (15) about the (16) avenues of their (17) Zzi^Ze (18) country (19) habitation. A (20) grasshopper who had (21) chanced to (22) outlive the (23) summer, and was (24) reac/t/ to starve with cold and (25) hunger, (26) approached them with (27) gfrea^ (28) humiliiy, and (29) begged that (30) iTiey (31) loowZd (33) reZieue his (33) necessity with (34) one (35) grram of (36) wlieat or (37) rye. One of the Ants (38) asked him, how SPELLING. ne had (39) disposed of his time in summer, that he had not taken (40) pains and (41) laid in a (43) stock as they had (43) done. (44) "JZas, (45) gentlemen,'^ (46) saysirn, "I (41) passed away the time (48) nierrily and (49)j9teas- an^iy m (50) drinking, (51) singing, (52) dancing, ana (53) never (54) orice (55) thought ot" winter." "If that be the case," (5ii) replied the ant, (57) laughing, (58) " aW I have to say, is, that they who drinli, sing and dance in summer, must starve in v/inter." MOEAL. As summer is the season of the (59) year in which the (60) husbandinan (61) gathers such (62) fruits as may (63) supply his (64) necessities in winter, so (65) youth and (66) manhood (67) should be (68) chiefly (69) occupied in (70) providing such (71) necessaries as may (72) suffice for the (73) craving (74) demands of (75) helpless old ao'e. Tet (76) maw?/ of (77) iTiose (78) tuTiom we call (79) rational (80) creatures live in (81) gtate the (82) opposite (83) toa^/, (84) making it their (85) business to (86) squander whatever they may have (87) acquired ; as if the (88) feebleness of age would (89) need no (90) supplies to (91) support it ; or, at (92) Zeas/, would have them {^'S) furnished in (94) soms (95) miraculous (96) manner. From this fable we (97) Zearw this (98) lesson, never to lose any (99) opportunity of providing against the future evils and (100) accidents of life. Examination XXIII, I^eb. 27 y f87^* (3:15 A. M.— 4:15 M.) EXERCISE. (1) Daniel (2) Webster was (3) grea. in all the (4) elements of his (5) character : great in (6) original (7) THF regents' QUESTIOKS. mental (8) strength ; great in (9) varied and vast (10} acquirements ; great in (11) quick and (12) keen (13) perception; great in (14) subtle, (15) logical (16) dis- crimination; great in (17) force of (18) thought; great in (10) power of (20) intense and (21) r^■5r^d (22) analysis ; gi'cat in rare and (23) beautiful (24) combination of (25) talents ; great in (26) ability to (27) command his powers ; great in (28) range and (29) acuteness of (30) vision, for tie (31) coitM (32) see like a (33) prophet. (34) iTence his (35) decision of character ; his bold. (36) manly, (37) inde- pendent though ; his (38) w?7ioZe (39) sovereign ty of mind. No man (40) p)robably ever lived, who coald (41) calcu- late, with such (42) mathematical (43) certainty, the (44) separate (45) e^eci of (46) huinan (47) actions, or the (48) intricate, (J9) combined, and (50) complicated (51) in^u- ence of (52) e?-'e?'i/ (53) movement, (54) social, (55) political or (56) personal. He could (57) de/?ne and (58) determine the (59) 'uer2/ (60) destiny of influence. This is the (61) X^ to the (62) x)Toblem, of his (63) greatness, an (64) explana- tion of the (65) miracle of his power. We are (66) proud of his greatness, (67) because it is (68) J-^nerican, (69) ■wholly American ! The very (70) impulses of his (71) Tieari were American. The (72) spirit of American (73) institutions had (74) in- /Msed itself into his life-had (75) become a part of his being. He was proud of his (76) country; proud of her (77) com,- merce; her art and (78) science; her (79) wealth, (80) resources and labor; and all in turn were proud of him. His (81) patriotism was not (82) bounded by the (83) nar- row (84) limits of (85) sectional (86) interest nor (87) Tiemmed in by state lines, nor (88) regulated by local (89) •policy. It was as (90) broad as his country. He (91) knew a North and a (92) South, an East and a West; bm he knew them only as one — "One and (93) inseparable !^ SPELLING. As a (94) forsenic (95) orator, I know of no age which can -boast hie (96) superior. He united the boldness and energy of the (97) Grecian, and the (98) grandeur and strength of the Roman, to an original (99) simplicity which neither Grecian nor Roman (100) possessed. Examination XXIT, June 6, 787^* (3:15—4:15 P. M.) EXERCISE. The (1) lesson will (3) hegin at the (3) beginning of the (4) treatise.- - (5) Sets of (6) apparatus are (7) necessary for the (8) illustration oi the (9) physical (10) sciences. — On the (11) eighth of (12) February, a (13) Connecticut (14) peddler, (15) wearing a (16) suit of (17) gray (18) clothing, (19) displayed his (20) wares in an (21) avenue of (22) Cincinnati. The (23) plane of the (24) horizon is (25) horizontal. (26) Joseph's (27) brethren sold him to the (28) Ishmaelites. The (29) oak is a (30) symbol of strength : the vine, of (31) dependence : the (32) cypress, of (33) sorrow : the elm, of (34) elegance : the (35) ^r, of (36) symmetry ; and, as an evergreen, of (37) immortality. (38) Fur is warm but costly (39) apparel. The (40) MissouririyQT empties into the (41) Mississippi. Strike the loud (42) cymbal. The (43) judge of the supremo court (44) affirmed the (45) judgment of the lower (46) tribunal. (47) Ladies and (48) gentlemen, the (49) pro- gramme will open with a (50) quartette and (51) chorus. ^A(52) council of war was called, and the general (58) counseled with the (54) colonels and (55) civiliam present. " He looked and saw a (56) spacious (57) plain whereon Were tents of various (58) hv£ ; by some were (59) herdi THE regents' questions. Of (60) cattle (61) grazing ; others whence the sonnd Of (62) instruments that made (63) melodious (64) chime. Hiram had (65) hewers of wood. None are too young to (66) t7y. (67) Mathew (68) tries to learn. The (69) Czar (70) supported his (71) pretensions, (73) Scholar ^ (73) soldier, (74) surgeon. (75) sergeant, (76) sheriff and (77) sovereign, all begin with s. (78) Binghamton is in (79) Broome county ; (80) Syracuse in (81) Onondaga. (82) Readinq, (83) Spelling, (84) Writing, (85) Arithmetic, (86) Grammar and (87) Geography are very important branches of (88) education. James and (89) troo other boys were (90) tJiere. The (91) schooner was lost at (93) «ca, (93) off' Cape (94) St. Rogue. (95) Their eyes (96) see clearly. From (97) scenes like these old Scotia's (98) grandeur springs. (99) ''Vanity of (100) vanities, saith the Preacher." SPELLING. Examination XXV, JVov, 6, 787^* (3:15—4:15 p. m.) 1 accordance. 2 aggregate. 3 although. 4 angle. 5 appeal. 6 apples. 7 applicable. 8 assist. 9 attack. 10 average. 11 belief. 12 betray. 13 building. 14 bureau. 15 business. 16 collectible. 17 committee. 18 companies. 19 daylight. 20 department. 21 detach. 22 doctrine. 23 driUed. 24 during. 25 eagerness. 26 enemy. 27 engineering. 28 enthusiasm. 29 envelop. 30 equipage. 31 estimate. 32 everything. 83 excellent. 34 February. 35 feeling. 36 following. 37 fragments. 38 fruits. 39 generals. 40 grammar. 41 gratitude. 42 handkerchief. 43 handsome. 44 happen. 45 happier. 46 having. 47 horizon. 48 hundred. 49 hurrying. 50 immediately. 51 initial. 52 insurance. 53 language. 54 living. 55 marble. 56 militia. 57 miracles. 58 mischievous. 59 money. 60 mystery. 61 occupation, 62 operation. 63 orchard. 64 participle. 65 postage. 66 practice. 67 practicing. 68 praise. 69 present. 70 pressing. 71 procure. 72 provincial. 73 quantity. 74 quotient. 75 receipt. 76 receive. 77 regiment. 78 resident. 79 Rhode Island. 80 rousing. 81 running, 82 sealed. 83 sensible. 84 services. 85 shaking. 86 spies. 87 stagger. 88 summit. 89 surprise. 90 Switzerland. 91 symmetry. 92 taught. 93 touohed. 94 transpoBed. 95 treasure. 96 trenches. 97 trying. 98 warmth. 99 Wednesday. 100 YorkviUe. THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. Examination XXYI, J^eb, 2.6, f87S, (3:15-4:15 P. M.) 1 ability. 2 accent. 3 adjective. 4 affection. 5 ague. 6 alkali. 7 amazement. 8 answer. 9 antique. 10 approved. 11 balloon. 12 banquet. 13 beastly. 14 blackguard. 15 boarder. 16 carcass. 17 cheating. 18 compass. 19 deception. 20 discernment. 21 dollar. 22 dreariness. 23 dungeon. 24 dAvelliug. 25 eagle. 26 election. 27 embalm. 28 emergency. 29 ensign. 30 Esquimaux. 31 Europe. 32 exchequer. 83 eye-salve. 34 famous. 35 fashion. 36 fruitful. 37 footstool. 38 furrow. 39 gauge. 40 Glasgow. 41 glue. 42 guidance. 43 heathenism. 44 hemisphere. 45 honesty. 46 hyena. 47 Island. 48 Indianapolis. 49 issue. 50 jubilee. 51 knapsack. 53 kitchen. 53 lancet. 54 laugliter. 55 Louisiana. 56 malicious. 57 matchless. 58 middle. 59 mixture. 60 Missouri. 61 nuisance. 62 nuptial. 63 oblique. 64 outside. 65 patient. 66 Pennsylvania. 67 pompoufl. 68 powder. 69 prejudice. 70 priesthood. 71 quarrelsome. 72 quotation. 73 rebellion. 74 recitation. 75 reference. 76 rhinocero 8 77 roughness. 78 sachel. 79 saddle. 80 seasonable. 81 shawl. 82 sincere, 83 sovereign. 84 struggle. 85 subjection, 86 synthesis. 87 talkative. 88 thistle. 89 tongue. 90 tyranny. 91 umbrella. 92 unfairness. 93 utterance. 94 vault. 95 watchman, 96 wrinkle. 97 wrong. 98 yearly. 99 yielding, 100 zealous. SPELLING. \Exami7iation XXYJI. June Ay ^876. (3:15—4:15 P. M.) 1 abolish. 2 abridge. 3 aecouut. 4 action. 5 adjourn. 6 advice. 7 agency. 8 alphabet. 9 altar (for sacri- fice. 10 arouse. 11 auction. \'i, ballot. 13 balsam. 14 beauty. 15 bilious. 16 biscuit. 17 blossom. 18 bugle. 19 building. 20 calico. 21 canvas (coarse cloth.) 23 carriage. 23 coffee. 24 conjugate. 25 cream. 26 currency. 27 defect. 28 discord. 29 dishonesty. SO edge. 31 equality. 32 essence. 83 exceUent. 34 fatigue. 35 feeble. 36 liight. 37 foreign 38 fruit. 39 gazette. 40 genius. 41 grain. 42 ground. 43 guilt. 44 harpoon. 45 heaven. 46 highness. 47 hymn .song of praise). 48 idle (doing nothing). 49 idol (an image) 50 immense. 51 innocent. 52 January 53 journey. 54 juicy. 55 juvenile. 56 kettle. 57 knife. 58 language. 59 learning. 60 luncheon. 61 measure. 62 meeting. 63 merit. 64 Mississippi. 65 monstrous. 66 morocco. 67 motion. 68 neighbor. 69 noble. 70 numeral. 71 officer. 72 orphan. 73 oxygen 74 painting. 75 passion. 76 pigeon. 77 policy. 78 precious. 79 priest. 80 pulley. 81 question. 83 quill. 83 ransom. 84 receipt. 85 rogue. 86 Russia. 87 sailor. 88 science. 89 security, 90 spelling. 91 steam. 93 temple. 93 thought. 94 training. 95 utility. 96 valiant. 97 vowel. 98 weakness, 99 witty. 100 youthful. THE BEGENTS' QUESTIONS. Examination XXVIII, JVor, S, 7876* (3:15—4:15 p. m.) 1 about. 2 academy. 8 address. 4 advance. 5 afloat. 6 alcohol. 7 amusemeut. 8 anxious. 9 auger (tool) 10 autumn. 11 babble. 12 beard. 13 beau. 14 bear (animal) 15 bare (not cov- ered). 16 besiege. 17 bravery. 18 brilliant. 19 bugle. 20 button. 21 calendar, (al- manac). 22 captive. 23 catalogue. 24 charcoal. 25 colonel (offi- cer). 26 comply. 27 court. 28 crown. 29 dairy. 80 declension. 81 dialogue. 83 domain. 33 dwarf. 34 eighteen. 35 employ. 36 equitv. 37 feeble. 38 flower (blos- som). 39 frighten. 40 glean. 41 gouge. 42 guess. 43 hammer. 44 health. 45 Hebrew. 46 houses. 47 hyphen. 48 istlimus. 49 joint. .50 judgment. 51 justice. 52 knock. 53 knowledge. 54 languid. 55 league. 56 light. 57 lyceum. 58 mansion. 59 marriage. 60 mercantile. 61 mighty. 62 motion. 63 muslin. 64 neutral. 65 numbness. 66 oyster. 67 paint. 68 pebble. 69 perceive. 70 pitcher. 71 portrait. 72 prison. 73 Prussia. 74 quinsy. 75 ransack. 76 reindeer. 77 rhetoric. 78 rye (grain). 79 saucer. 80 scholar. 81 season. 82 senior. 83 shears. 84 sleigh hide). 85 soldier. 86 spoon. 87 surgeon. 88 telegraph. 89 Tennesee. 90 type. 91 usher. 92 useful. 93 valley. .94 vestige. 95 voyage. 96 warrant. 97 wheel 98 wreck. 99 youth. 100 zephyr. (ve. SPELLrNG. Examination XXIX, JFeb, 26, 7876, (3:15—4:15 P. M.) 1 able. 2 abroad, S absent 4 acid. 5 acquire. 6 adjunct. 7 amusement. 8 appetite. 9 ascension. 10 avail 11 baggage. 12 barbarism. 13 bargain. 14 between. 15 bitterness. 16 bouquet. 17 buckle. 18 butchery. 19 career. 20 capacity, 21 chairman. 22 choir (singers). 23 clearness. 24 coach. 25 cancel. 26 country. 27 deceive. 28 delight. 89 diplomacy. 80 distillery. 31 druggist, 32 dyspepsia. 33 edition. 84 embryo. 35 entrance. 67 manager. 36 erring. 68 mechanic. 37 exhibition. 69 Memphis. 38 factory. 70 ministry. 39 fanatical. 71 needful. 40 feature 72 neither. 41 fiftieth. 73 neuter. 42 fountain. 74 quinsy. 43 genealogy^ 75 opposition. 44 genuine. 76 overseer. 45 glacier. 77 painful. 46 goblet. 78 pasturage. 47 grateful. 79 pearl. 48 gi-easy. 80 pension. 49 greatness. 81 physician. 50 hailstone. 82 piracy. 51 harmonize. 83 pleasant. 52 haughty. 84 pretension. 53 hoarseness. 85 quince. 54 increase. 86 ratio. 55 insurrection. 87 reason. 56 irregular. 88 ripple. 57 Jamaica. 89 sagacity. 58 journal. 90 scent, (odor). 59 knot (of a tree , 91 section. or of cords). 92 seraph. 60 lamb. 93 sheriff. 61 latitude. 94 Scotch (people) 62 leaven (yeast). 95 sparrow. 63 lessen (to make 96 twelfth. less). 97 usury. 64 lighten. 98 vengeance. 65 lightning. 99 widow. 66 majesty. 100 wrestling;. THE regents' questions. Bxa77iination XXX, June 9, 7876. (3:15—4:15 P. M.) 1 absence. 35 electricity. 69 luxury. 2 absolute. 36 engage. 70 machine. 3 accuracy. 37 epitaph. 71 marshal. 4 acquaint. 38 errand. 72 mingle. 5 admission. 39 excursion. 73 mother. 6 alien. 40 eyebrow. 74 mutton. 7 analysis. 41 taintness. 75 naughty. 8 apostle. 42 fearful. 76 nervous. 9 asylum. 43 fiction. 77 notch. 10 awful. 44 flattery. 78 nutriment. 11 bachelor. 45 follower. 79 obey. 12 banner. 46 fourteen. 80 obtain. 18 base(found'tion 47 furnace. 81 origin. 14 beam. 48 garrison. 82 parable. 15 beginning. 49 gentleman. 83 people. 16 boundary. 50 gloomy. 84 populous. 17 breakfast. 51 gutterl 85 princess. 18 cabbage. 52 handsome. 86 queen. 19 catarrh. 53 harness. 87 ready. 20 centennial. 54 heathen. 88 recess. 21 chalk. .55 hogshead. 89 remamder. 22 choice. 56 humble. 90 review. 23 cloud. 57 hypocrite. 91 school. 24 conceit. 58 illness. 92 secrecy. 25 counsel (advice)59 impulse. 93 sieve. 26 curtain. 60 injury. 94 solemn. 27 damsel. 61 irritate. 95 subject. 28 daughter. 62 jack-knife. 96 thread. 29 decease. 63 jewel. 97 tough. 80 discuss. 64 key. 98 unity. 31 door. 65 kneeling. 99 volnme. 82 dunce. 66 lance. 100 wrist. 83 dutiful. 67 lawyer. 84 echo. 68 letter. SPELLING. Bxami7iatlo}i XXXT, JSTov, Wy 7876, (3:15-4:15 P. M.) 1 abandou. 35 envy. 69 magnify. 2 abolition. 36 equal. 70 meal. 3 abstract. 37 eternity. 71 mouth. 4 ache. 38 examination. 73 multitude. 5 adjourn. 39 exhaust. 73 mutual. 6 anchor. 40 eyelid. 74 nail. 7 apoloi^y. 41 fable. 75 needle. 8 arch.' 42 father. 76 night. 9 Atlantic. 43 finish. 77 number. 10 author. 44 flash. 78 occasion. 11 badge. 45 foolish. 79 offense. 13 baptism. 46 fortune. 80 onion. 13 barometer. 47 future. 81 owl. 14 battery. 48 gallon. 82 parliament, 15 bread. 49 giant. 83 parcel. 16 butter. 50 government. 84 pioneer. 17 button. 51 guardian. 85 possible. 18 candle. 53 half. 86 quarrel. 19 careless. 53 hawk. 87 raspberry. 20 celebrate. 54 high. 88 rejoice. 21 cheese. 55 hollow. 89 roast. 22 church. 56 hurricane. 90 ruffian. 23 coach. 57 ice. 91 Sabbath. 24 compact. 58 impiety. 92 scourge. 25 copy. 59 incense. 93 single. 26 crystal. 60 instance. 94 snowball. 27 damage. 61 intrigue. 95 spasm. 28 December. 63 jellv. 96 teacher. 29 degree. 63 judge. 97 traffic. 80 dewdrop. 64 kingdom. 98 ugliness. 31 diphthong. 65 knuckle. 99 velocity. 32 Dutch. 66 lace. 100 youngster, 33 election. 67 liberty. 84 energy. 68 Louisiana. THE REGINT9' QUKSTIONS. J^xamtnati07i XXXI I. J\farch 4?, /877m (3:1 15 P. M.) 1 abhor. 35 eulogy. 68 monarch. 2 accomplish. 36 excuse. 69 nature. 3 admire. 37 fault. 70 nonsense. 4 ay:ent. 38 figure. 71 nurse. 5 Allegany. 39 fleece. 72 omission. 6 almanac. 40 history. 73 oracle. 7 apparel. 41 fraud. 74 ostrich. 8 attorney. 43 fugitive. 75 owner. 9 bandage. 43 gesture 76 palmtree. 10 baptize. 44 glass. 77 passenger. 11 beef. 45 irranite. 78 persuade. 12 bosom. 46 gulf. 79 philosophy 13 bribe. 47 guinea. 80 politics. 14 bundle. 48 heart. 81 quiet. 1.5 capable. 49 history. 82 range. 1& catechism. 50 hungry. 8:3 i-ecol lection. 17 census. 51 image. 84 repair. 18 chasm. 52 impossible. 85 Russian. 19 climate. 53 influence. 86 Savaunah. 20 coat. 54 iron (i'urn). 87 sentence. 21 concert. 55 ivory. 88 should. 22 copper. 56 jealousy. 89 sterling. 23 creature. 57 joyous. 90 sturgeon. 24 death. 58 jury. 91 territory. 25 decimal. 59 Kentucky. 92 transitive. 26 devil. 60 knitting. 93 usage. 27 dominion. 61 lameness. 94 vehicle. 28 drought. 62 laziness. 95 weather. 29 dynasty. 63 liniment. 96 willing. 30 elbow. 64 lye (made from 97 worshlppei. 31 elephant. ashes.) 98 yeoman. 32 empire. 65 majority. 99 zeal. S3 entice. 66 masculine. 100 zone. 84 equator. 67 mellow. BPELLTNQ. Examination XXXIII, June 7, f877. (3:15—4.15 p. M.) 1 abase. 2 abundance. 3 accommodate. 4 adhere. 5 admiral. 6 advise. 7 argue. 8 arrive. 9 arrow. 10 await. 11 balance. 12 bankrupt. 13 battle. 14 beyond. 15 blessing. 16 breast. 17 bulletin. 18 cartridge. 19 caution. 20 chamber. 21 clean. 22 comfort. 23 countenance. a» crockery. 25 daUy. 26 danger. 27 demagogue. 28 direction. 29 doubtful. 30 dullness. 81 elasticity. 32 engross. 83 erection. 81 European. 35 extensive. 68 36 facility. 69 37 faithless. 70 38 fallacy. 71 39 feudalism. 72 40 flail. 73 41 foreigner. 74 42 furthest. 75 43 fusion. 76 44 gallows. 77 45 geese. 78 46 glassy. 79 47 Grecian. 80 48 grudge. 81 49 gypsum. 82 50 heav3^ 51 honey. 83 52 Hungary, 84 53 idiot. 85 54 imagery. 86 55 impression. 87 56 independence. 88 57 Indianapolis. 89 58 jeopardy. 90 59 justify. 91 60 keeper. 92 61 knowing. 93 62 labyrinth. 94 63 latch. 95 64 length. 96 65 lyre (a kind of 97 harp). 98 66 maiden. 99 67 meadow. 100 mineral. Minnesota. myriad. necessary. Norway. orthography. pair (a couple). pear (kind of Persia. fruit play. potential. progress. I)udding. quarry. rain (drops of water), reign (to rule), routine, sanction, scout, sneezing, teeth, toast, treatise, true. Uruguay, vanity, victuals, whale, which, woolen. Yucatan, zebra, zinc. THE regents' questions. B3rami9iatio7i XXXiy\ J^ov, 8, 7877* (3:15—4:15 p. m.) 1 accident. 2 acquit. 3 adieu. 4 adversary. 5 Alabama. 6 album. 7 animal. 8 arithmetic. 9 atmosphere. 10 axle. 11 bail (security). 12 bale (buudle) 13 barter. 14 Belgium. 15 birch (kind of 16 bottle. tree) 17 bowl. 18 bubble. 19 cable. 80 camphor. 21 ceutur}'. 22 cherry. 23 Cleveland. 24 conscience. 25 county. 26 debate. 2T debtor. 28 Deity. 29 double. 30 dryness. 31 eloquence. 32 empty. 33 era. 34 eyening. 35 expense. 69 mammoth, 36 failure. 70 mayor. 37 fetter. 71 minute. 38 fleet. 72 multiply. 39 foot. 73 neatness. 40 fuel. 74 numerous. 41 funeral. 75 object. 42 gaiter. 76 ounce. 43 gallery. 77 Oregon. 44 Georgia. 78 oxen. 45 glove. 79 Pacific. 46 grandeur. 80 paper. 47 iruard. 81 pardon. 48 habit. 82 penny. 49 head. 83 place". 50 heal (to cure). 84 jisalm. 51 heel (of foot). 85 quick. 52 holiness. 86 raisin. 53 ignorance. 87 ream. 54 iuch. 88 respect. 55 interest. 89 scale. 56 ivy. 90 secretary. 57 jealousy. 91 sergeant. 58 Jesse (man's 92 snail. 59 July. name 0.93 spool. 60 kangaroo. 94 summer. 61 kitten. 95 throat. 62 ladder. 96 tooth. 63 lantern. 97 use. 64 leader. 98 value. 65 lecture. 99 window 66 longitude. 100 wreath. 67 lumber. GS magistrate. SPELLING, Examination XXXV. Thursday, February 28, 1878. 1 division. 2 impatience. 3 gradual. 4 landscape. 5 pronoun. 6 grief. 7 appendix. 8 ball. 9 hatchet. 10 poison. 11 noose. 13 riddle. 13 worthy. 14 meat (flesh). 15 chain. 16 Australia. 17 example. 18 brash. 19 rays (of light). 20 oration. 21 Baltic (sea). 22 mackerel. 23 forgiveness. 24 Calcutta. 25 scarcity. 26 jov. 27 advantage. 28 parallel. 29 bus5^ 30 elegance. 31 pyramid. 32 heresy. 33 music. 34 palace. (3:15—4:15 P. M.) 35 against. 36 Oregon. 37 beggar. 38 legion. 39 pillow. 40 manhood. 41 rudder. 42 Italy. 43 feather. 44 angel. 45 decency. 46 reader. 47 geography. 48 cannon (gun). 49 miser. 50 budget. 51 nominative. 52 settlement. 53 glory. 54 lizard. 55 clock. 56 preacher. 57 malady. 58 comb. 59 extract. 60 quire (of paper) 61 nymph. •62 attention. 63 narrow. 64 peaceable. 65 hallow (to rev- erence). 66 dozen. 67 hospital. 68 fight. 69 Piiiladelphia. 70 raise (to lift). 71 equinox. 72 barrel. 73 massacre. 74 diamond. 75 romance. 76 opinion. 77 sausage. 78 Jericho. 79 cousin. 80 axis. 81 endeavor. 82 reed (a plant). 83 guide. 84 lattice 85 calamity. 86 brain. 87 library. 88 intellect. 89 Delaware. 90 idolatry. 91 publish. 92 tobacco. 93 month. 94 buffalo (ani- ranl). 95 privilege. 96 tissue. 97 kernel. 98 Albany. 99 maintenance. 100 quadruped. THE regents' questions. ExamijiatioTi XXXVI. Thursday, June 6, 1878. (3:15-^:15 P. M.) 1 Aaron. 2 dazzle. 3 garden. 4 umbrella. 5 illustrious. 6 abusive. 7 Babylon. 8 handle. 9 leaf (of a tree). 10 necessity. 11 keel (of a ship) 13 pageant. 13 magazine. 14 calmness. 15 acre (of land). 16 effect. 17 bamboo. 18 palsy. 19 oath. 20 basket. 21 maple-sugar. 22 family. 23 Canaan. 24 quarter. 25 javelin. 26 ragged. 27 pewter. 28 beefsteak. 29 elocution. 30 San Francisco. 31 harmless. 32 martyr. 33 seam (a joint). 34 appearance. 35 oh serve. 36 beetle. 68 37 legislature. fcO 38 kindred. '10 39 Massachusetts. 71 40 sea { body of 72 water). 73 41 importance. 74 42 fellowship. 75 43 Austrian. 44 deepest. 76 45 tailor (maker of 77 clothes). 78 46 Genesee. 79 47 capture. ^0 48 measles. 81 49 Bengal. 82 50 noise. 83 51 vessel. 84 52 gingerbread. 85 53 leopard._ 86 54 cashier. 87 55 weight 88 (heaviness). 89 56 memory. £0 57 cigar. 91 58 error. 59 threshold. 92 60 notice. 93 61 murderer. 94 62 seem (to appear) 95 63 nursery. 96 64 counterfeit. 97 65 dial. 98 66 see (to look) 99 67 fever. 100 herald. wait (to tarry). existence. bloody. million. drain. scythe. principle (gen- eral truth). oppression, junior. chest. awkward. religion. forgery. gooseberrj'. loaf (of bread). circle. botany. lunatic. indolence. dumbness. Italian. recruit. principal (chief). mountain. brass. rascal. pontiff. closet. honorary. growth. ambuscade. Dutchess (co.) SPELLING. Ejcamination XXXVII. J^ov. 7, 1878. 1 courage. 2 taste. 3 infamy. 4 calf. 5 occur. 6 encroach. 7 accept. 8 yellow. 9 kennel. 10 devout. 11 request. 13 essential. 13 Potomac. 14 banker. 15 one (number). 16 fatality. 17 stall. 18 dagger. 19 warrior. 20 immersion, 21 alum. 22 rear. 23 floor. 24 niece. 25 currant (fruit), 26 Quebec. 27 prudence. 28 beer (bever- age). 29 pippin. 30 Greek. 31 dodge. 32 twinkle. 33 limb. 34 already. (3:15— 4:15 p. M.) 35 board. 36 Tuesday. 37 east. 38 leakage. 39 petition. 40 agreeable. 41 Baltimore. 42 flee (to hasten). 43 quench. 44 current (of a stream). 45 room. 46 harrow. 47 Michigan. 48 barge. 49 power. 50 glorify. 51 shower. 53 capital (city). 53 major. 54 Siberia. 55 festoon. 56 sample. 57 addition. 58 union. 59 mahogany. 60 earnest. 61 Chicago. 63 jockey, 63 choose. 64 organic. 65 eclipse. 66 matrass. 67 woolly. 68 bleach. 69 bier (for carry- ing the dead). 70 space. - 71 express. 73 stomach. 73 dentist. 74 won (did win). 75 gender. 76 Lisbon. 77 boxes. 78 session. 79 lily. 80 disguise. 81 view. 83 leek (a plant).. 83 accuse. 84 jail. 85 ridge. 86 flannel. 87 Germany. 88 captain. 89 patent. 90 guest. 91 zodiac. 93 bathing. 93 monkey. 94 idea. 95 flea (insect). 96 capitol (edi- fice). 97 Arkansas. 98 darkness. 99 camel. 100 armies. THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. Examination XXXVIII. Feb. 27, 1879. 1 beginner. 2 hearing. 3 fabric. 4 pail (a vessel). 5 Benjamin. 6 jar. 7 safety. 8 desire. 9 skeptic. 10 abject. 11 trophy. 12 ear. 13 learn. 14 pilot. 15 campaign. 16 odd. 17 dress. - 18 size. 19 law. 20 acknowledge. 21 ulcer. 22 invoice. 23 false. 24 water. 25 blow. 26 Spain. 27 gaming. 28 oar (of a boat). 29 lieutenant. 30 active. 31 serpent. 32 hair (of the head). 33 rosewood. 34 declare. 35 Carolina. (3:15— 4:15 p. m.) 36 sauce. 37 George. 38 varnish. 39 just. 40 affliction. 41 torrent. 42 here (in this ; place). '43 float. 44 defeat. , 45 Jborder. ( 46 In (preposition). 47. Mohawk. 48 disobey. 49 party. 50 almost. 51 oil. 52 economy. 53 laundrJ^ 54 primitive. 55 certificate. 56 quorum. 57 gigantic. 58 marine. 59 ramble. 60 anniversary. 61 seen (to be seen). 62 excise. 63 fly. 64 whence. 65 broom. 66 mill. 67 porcelain. 68 Iceland. 69 refugee. 70 arctic. 71 scene (a view). 72 Hollander. 73 federal. 74 witness. 75 daisy. 76 pale (color- less). 77 gracious. 78 sneeze. 79 knight (a ti- tle). 80 assembly. 81 theme. 82 emancipation. 83 Ohio. 84 mention. 85 burial. 86 j^east. 87 gross. 88 ore (of a metal). 89 Joseph. 90 avenue. 91 system. 92 hai-e (an ani- mal). 93 reply. 94 deafness. 95 cistern. 96 inn (public house). 97 shanty. 98 approach. 99 finally. 100 conclusion. SPELLING. Examijiation XXXIX. June 5, 1879. (3:15—4:15 p. M.) 1 Adam. 2 pencil. 3 cheap. 4 lake. 5 bloom. 6 Indulge. 7 damp. 8 Rochester. 9 friction. 10 act. 11 liai'mony. 12 loom. 13 Capricorn. 14 match . 15 Boston. 16 institute. 17 estahlish. 18 notion. 19 gaiment. 20 apprentice. 21 idleness. 22 potato. 23 Chautauqua. 24 judicial. 25 bank. 26 opponent. 27 decision. 28 misery. 29 u'eology. 30 Africa. 31 husband. 32 testament. 33 Christian. 34 keep. 35 can. 36 pillar. 37 deck. 38 sti-aight (not crooked). 39 green. 40 alone. 41 restraint. 42 merciful. 43 chemist. 44 justification. 45 bind. 46 philosopher. 47 diagram. 48 vision. 49 fright. 50 abbreviation. 51 Ireland. 52 male (mascu- line). 53 class. 54 labor. 55 back. 56 imperfect. 57 elsewhere. 58 negative. 59 gain. 60 arm. 61 hoof. 62 uncommon. 63 Chenango. 64 leisure. 65 canal. 66 reflect. 67 extend. 68 tuition. 69 grove. 70 access. 71 Hamilton. 72 nation. 73 condenm. 74 kill. 75 basis. 76 joke. 77 defraud. 78 welcome. 79 frigid. 80 administration 81 heat. 82 profit. 83 caravan. 84 mail (post). 85 balm. 86 Steuben. 87 deacon. 88 strait (narrow pass). 89 gipsy. 90 abode. 91 hatch. 92 passive. 93 certain. 94 Jefferson. 95 bay. 96 invention. 97 dispute. 98 muscle. 99 friend. 100 Asia. THE regents' questions. Examination XL. Kov. 6, 1879. (3:15-4:15 p. m.) 1. America. 36. 2. worth. 37. 3. bible. 4. vaia (fruit- 38. less.) 39. 5. doctor. 40. 6. payment. 41. 7. neglect. 42. 8. encourage. 43. 9. offer. 44. 10. abruDt; 45. 11. barley. 46. 12. consequence 47. 13. herself. 48. 14. plane(atool.) 49. 15. dry. 50. 16. rational. 51. 17. monarchy. 52. 18 declaim. 53. 19. rebuke. 20. again. 54. 21. seat 55. 22. clause. 56. 23. bayonet. 57. 24. warble. 58. 25. finance. 59. 26. waste (loss.) 60. 27. Charlotte. 61. 28. triangle. 62. 29. no (negative) 63. 30. appoint. 64. 31. look. 65. 32. collar. 66. 33. bill. 67. 34. leather. 35. Julius. 68. sorry. kDow(tohave knowledge.) endurance, rumor, affair, polish, clothing, savage, method. Isaiah, vacation, libel, flood, parish, acclamation, quality, chance, beach (of the sea. towel. foe (enemy.) gospel, usurp, esteem, painter, ammunition, weary. Harriet, breathe, shoe, doubt, invisible, waist (of the body.) extreme. 69. mutiny. 70. alive. 71. option. 72. groove. 73. behavior. 74. purple. 75. disgrace. 76. leap. 77. tarry. 78. faithful. 79. saloon. 80. abuse. 81. plague. 82. chief. 83. several. 84. knavery. 85. common. 86. plain (level land.) 87. antecedent. 88. Emily. 89. pepper. 90. vein (a tube.) 91. temperance. 92. mature. 93. beech (kind of tree.) 94. Roman. 95. lioness. 96. interfere. 97. quiver. 98. glance. 99. oak. 100. Jerusalem. SPELLING. Ejcamination XLI Feb. 26, 1880. (3:15-4:15 p. m.) The (1) only hope of (2) salvation for the (3) Greek (4) empire and the (5) adjacent (6) kingdoms, (7) would have (8) been (9) some (10) more (11) power- ful (13) weapon, some (13) discovery in the art of (14) war, that should (15) give them a (16) decisive (17) superiority (18) over (19) their (20) Turkish (21) foes. The (22) chemists of (23) China or (24) Europe had (25) found, by (26) casual or (27) elaborate (28) ex- periments, tiat a (29) mixture of (30) saltpetre, (31) sulphur, and (32) charcoal (33) produces, with a (34) spark of fire, a (35) tremendous (36) explosion. It was (37) soon (38) observed, that if the (39) expansive (40) force were (41) compressed in a (42) strong (43) tube, a ball of (44) stone or (45) iron (46) might be (47) ex- pelled with (48) irresistible and (^49) destructive (50) velocity. The (51) precise (52) era of the (53) invention and (54) application of (55) gunpowder is (56) involved in (57) doubtful (58) traditions and (59) equivocal (60) language ; yet we may (61) discern that it was (62) known (63) before the (64) middle of the (65) four- teenth (66) century; and that before the end of the (67) same, the (68) use of (69) artillery in (70) battles and (71) sieges, by (72) sea and land, was (73) famil- iar to the (74) states of (75) Germany, (76) Italy, (77) Spain, (78) France, and (79) England. The (80) priority of (81) nations is of (82) small (83) account; (84) none could (85) derive (86) any (87) exclusive (88) benefit from their (89) previous or (90) superior (91) knowledge; and in the (92) common (93) im- provement, (94) they (95) stood on the same (96) level of (97) relative (98) power and (99) military (100) science. Edward Gibbon. THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. Examination XLII {a), June 3, 1880. (3:15-4:15 p. m.) On the (1) twelfth of (2) November (3) seventeen (4) huudred and (5) ninety-two, (6) Christopher (7) Co- lumbus (8) turned his (9) course to the east (10) south- east, to (11) follow (12) back the (13) direction of the (14) coast. This may be (15. considered (16) another (17) critical (18) change in his (19) voyage, (20) which had a (21) g eat (22) effect upon his (23) subsequent (24) discoveries. He had (25) proceeded (26) far (27) within what is (28) called the (29) old (30) channel, (31) between (32) Cuba and the (33) Bahamas. (34) Three or (35) four (36) days (37) later, he (38) w^ould (39) have (40) discovered his (41) mistake in (42) sup- posing Cuba a (43) part of terra-firma; an (44) error in which he (45) continued to the (46) hour of his (47) death. He (48) might have had (49) intimation (50) also of the (51) vicinity of the (52) continent, and have (53) stood for the coast of (54) Florida, or have (55) been (56) carried (57) thither by the (58) gulf (59) stream, or, (60) continuing (61) along Cuba (62) where it (63) bends to the south-west might have (64) struck (65) over to the (66) opposite coast of (67) Yu- catan, and have (68) realized his (69) most (70) san- guine (71) anticipations in (72) becoming the (73) discoverer of (74) Mexico, It (75) was (76) sufficient (77) glory for Columbus, (78) however, to have discovered a (79) new (80) world. (81) Its (82) more (83) golden (84) regions (85) were (86) reserved to (87) give (88) splendor to (89) succeeding (90) enterprises. * * * On the 5th of (91) December he (92) reached the (!)3) SPELLIKa. eastern end of Cuba, which he supposed to be the eastern (94) extremity of (95) Asia: he (96) gave it (97) therefore, the name of (98) Alpha and (99) Omega, the (100) begining and the end. Irving' 8 Columbus, Book iv, Chapter v. Eocaminrjbtion XLII {b), June 17, 1880. (3:15-4:15 p. m.) (1) New York, (2) one of the (3) thirteen (4) original (5) states of the (6) United States of (7) America, (8) now the (9) most (10) important in (11) population and (12) wealth, (13) occupies an (14) irregular (15) triangular (16) area from the (17) Atlantic (18) Ocean to the (19) great 1 20) lakes. The state is (21) four (22) hundred and (23) twelve (24) miles from (25) east to west, (26) three hundred and (27) eleven from north to (28) south, with an (29) area of (30) forty- seven (31) thousand (32) square miles, or (33) thirty 34) million (35) eight hundred thousand (36) acres ; 37) bounded north by Lake (38) Erie, Lake (39) Ontario, the (40) river (41) St. Lawrence, and (42) Canada; east by Lake (43) Champlain, the states of (44) Vermont, (45) Massachusetts, and (46) Connecti- cut and by the Atlantic Ocean; south by the ocean, (47) New Jersey and (48) Pennsylvania; west hj Pennsylvania, the (49) Niagara river, and the lakes (50) which (51) make (52) its irregular (53) north-west- ern (54) boundary. The state has (55) sixty (56) counties. Its (57) chief (^58) towns (59) are New York (60) city, (61) Albany, the (62) capital, (63) THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. Buffalo, (64) Rochester, (65) Oswego, (66) Troy, (67) Hudson, (68) Syracuse, (69) Utica, etc. * * * The state is (70) traversed by (71) railway (72) lines in (73) every (74) direction. The (75) centre is (76) beautified by (77) many (78) picturesque lakes, and (79) some (80) portions by fine (81) mountain (82) scenery. * ^ * The (83) soil, (84) particularly that of the western and (85) limestone (86) region, is (87) very (88) fertile, (89) producingthe (90) finest (91) wheat, (92) maize, (93) apples, (94) peaches, etc. . in (95) abundance. * * * The state (96) constitution was (97) adopted in 1777. In 1825, the (98) opening of the Erie Canal gave a great (99) impetus to the (100) prosperity of the state. Chambers' Encydopoedia. The School Bulletin Publications. Retail Price List, October 1, 1880. The School Bulletin and New York State Edu- cational Journal, Monthly, per year $1 00 Aids to School Discipline, per box 125 Alden. Piret. 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