^ 'A\ j.A.^j^"^"^/'y^ , fcrtA^ £:bj^ g^mmc^tt ^triirational %ty^%. ^T^ ^ valuable date res; and cdu Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., XDUOATIONAL rUBUSBKBS, | I A 140 Grand St., Nbw York. 188 & 185 Statb St., Chicago. questions: ; WRITTEN EXAMINAIIONS AN AID TO CANDIDATES FOR TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES, AND A HAND-BOOK FOR EXAMINERS AND TEACHERS. BY JOHN SWETT, LATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF CALIFORNIA. NEW YORK: IVISON, BLAKEMAN, TAYLOR, AND COMPANY. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 187a, by IvisoN, Blakeman, Taylor, and Company, in the OflSce of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. LOCATION DEPT, RIVBRSIUK, cAMBRItXIB: •THREOTYPKD AND PRINTBO IT H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY. i( PREFACE. In many States and cities the examination of applicants for certificates to teach in the public schools is conducted in writing. In many cities the promotion of pupils from one grade to another is determined by means of written ex- aminations. Any one who has had occasion to prepare many sets of examination questions is well aware that it requires time, study, care, and good judgment to devise queries which shall be a fair test of the knowledge of the pupils or teachers lo be examined. The sets of questions in this compilation have all been used in actual examinations of schools and of teachers. Those by the present writer will be found marked " S." The others have been drawn from the various sets used in Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Providence, San Fran- cisco, and other cities. They present a fair average of the general test to which teachers and pupils are subjected. They will be found useful to teachers who are prepar- ing for examination, because a study of them will secure the main points in the important studies. They will be useful to examiners, because they are sug- gestive of principles. IV PREFACE, They will be useful to inexperienced teachers in exam- ining their own classes. They will be convenient for the use of principals of schools who cannot find time to prepare varied sets of questions for monthly or annual examinations. Finally, it may be remarked that the mind of any one teacher is apt to run in certain grooves: hence ques- tions prepared by some one else are likely to prove valu- able and suggestive to even the best teacher. The Hand-Book is divided into two Parts — Part I. being sets of questions used in the examination of teach- ers, containing loo sets and i,ooo questions ; and Part II being papers used in written examinations for grammai schools, containing loo sets and 1,200 questions. CONTENTS. PART I. SETS OF QUESTIONS USED IN THE EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. pac;h Examination Rules and Directions ...... 3 Arithmetic 5 English Grammar 19 Geography 39 History of the United States 51 Constitution and Government of the United States . . 62 Theory and Practice of Teaching 66 Natural Philosophy 71 Physiology and Hygiene 76 Spelling 80 Algebra 91 Composition 100 Penmanship .......... 103 English Language and Literature 104 English Literature . * 105 PART n. WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. Arithmetic. First Grade 109 Second Grade 125 131 Third Grade Fourth Grade . 134 Fifth Grade 141 Sixth Grade 145 Geography. First Grade .147 Second Grade 151 Third Grade 15^ Fourth Grade 136 Fifth Grade 158 Spelling. First Grade 160 Word Analysis . . . , . , . . . . 163 vi CONTENTS PAGB Spelling. Second Grade 165 Third Grade 167 Fourth Grade 170 Fifth Grade 172 United States History. First Grade 174 Second Grade 178 Grammar. First Grade 180 Second Grade 188 Third Grade 191 Fourth Grade 198 Natural Philosophy. First Grade 201 Book-keeping 204 PART I. SETS OF QUESTIONS USED IN THE EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. CONTAINING ONE HUNDRED SETS AND ONE THOUSAND QUESTIONS. EXAMINATION RULES AND DIRECTIONS 1. On the blank side of each of the cards given to you, write your name in full, keep one card to enable you to remember your number in the examination, and return the other to the examiners. 2. Write your number — not your name — and the name of the study for which the an- swers are made, on each paper. 3. Write on one side only of each half-sheet and number the written pages. 4. Divide your answers into paragraphs, and write in a legible hand. 5. No communication, either by signs or by whispering, will be allowed. The papers of any persons so offending will be thrown out of the examination. 6. No reference to books allowed during time of examination. 7. No persons absent during the examina- tion in any one study, will be allowed to pass examination in that study, unless they were necessarily absent on account of sickness. 8. If you find questions which you cannot answer, pass them, and answer such as you can. 4' EXAM/N4TI0N RULES AND DIRECTIONS. 9. Numbet all answers to correspond with the questions and sub-divisions of questions. 10. Make your answers clear, definite, and complete. 11. If you do not understand the meaning of a question, signify it by raising your hand. 12. Read each set of questions through be- fore you begin your work. 13. After you have completed a paper, ex- amine it carefully with reference to spelling, capitals, and punctuation. S. ARITHMETIC SET I. TOTAL: FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — ONE HUNDRED CREDITS. Ten Qnestioiis — Five Credits Each. 1. How many times must 25 be added to itself to make 625 ? Explain. 2. Divide 4 by § and give some kind of analyti- cal reason, showing hozv you obtain the result, and wJiy ? (The common rule of inverting, etc., will not be taken as a sufficient answer.) 3. Divide the decimal .337 by 2, explain each step in the division, and show zv/iy you point off as you do. 4. Multiply .25 by the decimal five hundredths ; explain each step and show iv/iy you point off as you do. 5. Divide ^7.00 by half a cent. Multiply ;^5.oo by ^5.00. 6. Divide 17 miles, 15 rods, 2 yards, 2 feet, 5 inches by 3. 7. Interest of $150 from December 30th, 1870, to November i6th, 1 871, at 10 per cent, a year. 8. Add iV, -^s, and the decimals .125 and .45. 9. Compound interest of $100 at 2 per cent, a month, compounded monthly for 10 months. 10. Bank discount of $400 for 6 months at \l per cent, a month. ^t iHtc 6, ,,, fA^'T, Ir'-^^EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. Five Questions — Ten Credits Each. 11. What per cent, of Hs i ? 12. A boy bought pencils at the rate of 5 for 4 cents, and sold them at the rate of 4 for 5 cents ; what per cent, did he gain } 13. A room in the shape of a perfect cube con- tains 15,625 cubic feet ; how far is it from one corner on the floor to the corner diagonally opposite on the ceiling } 14. A teacher contracted to teach school for 10 onths at ;^ 1 00 a month, to be paid at the end of each month. The trustees having no money, noth- ing was paid her until the end of the 10 months, when the trustees allowed her interest at the rate of 12 per cent, a year. What was the amount' of her wagesV^X 15. Mary Brown borrowed of Sarah Smith $^^00 in gold coin, on the lOth of June, 1869. On the 20th of July, 1870, ;^200 was paid on the note. What was due December ist, 1870.^* Rate of interest 10 per <:ent. a year. Write a note and put the indorsement Qn the back. 5<> SET II. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. Change 5 to a decimal, multiply by four thou- sandths, divide the product by five millionths, and add five hundredths. 2. Find the sum, difference, and product of \ and f. 3. What decimal part of ;£i is qj. 2d. i.\2 far.? 4. Find the greatest common divisor and least common multiple of 18, 24, 30, 36. 5. A merchant sold sugar at 8 cents a pound, and gained 10 per cent. ; what per cent, would he have gained had he sold it at 9 cents a pound } ARITHMETIC. J 6. What is the bank discount on ;^200 for 60 days, at if per cent, per month ? 7. What is the interest on a promissory note of ^450, from January 3d, 1863, to May 7th, 1863, at 2I per cent, a month .? 8. Write a promissory note, drawn by John Doe in favor of Richard Roe, for ^500, payable on de- mand, with interest at 10 per cent, per annum, dated January 12th, 1861. Write on this note, in due form, the following indorsements : — June 5th, 1862. Received ;^I50. May 4th, 1863. Received ^200. What is due on this note, May 9th, 1863 } 9. In a geometrical progression, the first term is 64, the ratio \ ; what is the tenth term .? 10. What is the cube root of 679 173 12 .? S.^ j-^^ uw SET III. TOTAL : FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — ONE HUNDRED CREDITS. Ten Questions — Fwe Credits Each. 1. Multiply 67899 by 9999. From thirty millions thirty thousand and thirty, take three millions three thousand and three. 2. When it is noon at London, what will be the time at the mouth of the Columbia River, which is 120 degrees west of London .'' 3. 52^ by 7^ : subtract 14! from the product, and divide the remainder by |. %J>^^. What number is that which being increased by I of f of 1O7, and the sum diminished., by 7^, will give a remainder of 9^ .? 5. Divide seventy-seven millionths by seventy- seven ten thousandths. Divide one mill by one dol- lar. 8 PART I. — EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. 6. Name all the coins issued from the United States Mint, and give the sum of the values of one of each kind. 7. Paid $% a pair for a case of boots : how shall I mark the same so that I may fall 12 per cent, from the marked price, and yet make 10 per cent, on the cost } 8. A merchant sold ^1,500 worth of goods, one half to be paid in 6 months, the other half in 9 months ; what sum must be received for them in cash after deducting interest at the rate of 2 per cent, a month } 9. Sold 5,000 pounds of sugar at 9 cents a pound, and lost 10 per cent. ; what per cent, should I gain by selling at 12 cents a pound .? 10. A room is 25 feet long, 20 feet wide, arid 12 feet high : how far from one lower corner to the op- posite upper corner } S. Five Questions — Ten Credits Each. 1 1. A ladder 40 feet long will reach a window 32 feet high on one side of a street, and on the other side another window 24 feet high } What is the breadth of the street } s 12. A note for $280 bears date January ist, 1863, and is given for 2 years, 7 months, 6 days, at 10 per cent, per annum. Upon this note there is a payment indorsed January ist, 1864, of $75 ; what is due upon the 'note at its maturity.? 13. A room is 20 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 12 feet high ; how many yards of carpeting, J of a yard wide, will it take to carpet the floor, and how many yards of paper, f of a yard wide, will be required to paper the four walls, deducting 30 square feet for windows ? ARITHMETIC. 9 14 What is the square of f ? Of .25 ? Square root of g^l ? Of I ? 15. What is the bank discount, and what the inter on ^2,500 for 90 days, at 10 per cent, a year ? SET IV. TOTAL : SEVENTEEN QUESTIONS — ONE HUNDRED CREDITS. Ten Questions — Five Credits Each, 1. In addition, after adding a column, why do you carry the left hand figure and write the right hand figure } 2. Divide 375 by 2, and explain why you suppose the remainder of each separate figure, after division, to be placed before the next succeeding figure. 3. How may times can 144 be subtracted from 1728? 4. What will 5 ^ miles of telegraph wire cost at 7 cents a foot. 5. How many cubic feet is a room 14.5 feet long, 12.05 ^^Gt wide, and lo.i feet high.? How many yards of carpet will cover the floor ? 6. Divide 10 by f and explain w/iy you perform it as you do. (No credits allowed unless an analyti- cal reason be given. The solution by rule only will be allowed nothing.) 7. , Multiply the decimal twelve ten thousandths by the decimal twelve thousandths, and divide the prod- uct by the decimal six hundredths. 8. Divide the decimal .024 by the common frac- tion ^. 9. Divide 7 months, i week, 3 days, 5 minutes, 9 seconds by 2. 10. Divide ;^4.oo by one fourth of a cent. S. 10 PART L — EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. Five Questions — Ten Credits Each. 11. You sell to Mrs. Richard Roe, \2\ yards of calico -dX \2\ cents a yard, 3^ yards of silk at $4.50 a yard, 1 1^ yards of ribbon at 25 cents a yard, and 25^ yards of cotton cloth at 20 cents a yard. Make out your bill. 12. 3 is what per cent, of 9. 13. You hire of John Smith, $\QO in gold, for six months, at the rate of 10 per cent, a year. Write a note for it. 14. What is 12^ per cent, of 18,776 lbs. of wheat, and what will it cost at i \ cents a lb. } 15. Interest of $75 from January 12th, 1871, to December nth, 1 871, at \\ per cent, a month ?^ 16. Extract the square root of 2209. 17. A degree is 69]^ miles; how many inches in the circumference of the earth } SET V. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. Resolve 18, 30, 36, 42, and 54 into their prime factors, and select the factors which produce the greatest common divisor, and explain the reason of Nthe selection. 2. If § of t of 3^ times any number be multiplied by ?, the product divided by %, the quotient increased by 4^, and the sum diminished by \ of itself, the re- mainder will be how many times the number } 3. Divide ^^j^l^y^^^l^^^ by the square root of _lofji a)«of 8. 4. A man invests ^5,000 in foreign goods when gold is $1.12; what must he sell the goods for in ARITHMETIC. II currency in order to make 25 per cent, on the gold investment ? 5. What must I pay for government six per cents, that my investment may yield 9 per cent, in currency gold being at present rates .'' 6. What must be the dimensions, in feet, of a bin, whose width and height are to be equal and half its length, to contain 1,000 bushels of corn ? 7. How many cubic inches of iron will be required to make 1,000 12-inch solid shot ? 8. In a given month 5 inches of rain fell ; what must be the height of a cistern whose diameter is to be 10 feet to hold the water which falls on the roof of a house 40 feet long by 20 feet wide, the ridge being 8 feet above the beam ? 9. If § of A's money equals \ of B's, and f of B's equals ^ of C's, and the interest of all their money for 4 years and 8 months at 6 per cent, is ^15,190, how much money has each } 10. A can do a piece of work in 3 weeks ; B can do 4 times as much in 8 weeks ; and C can do 6 times as much in 14 weeks ; in what time can they all together do B's work t SET VI. FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. Sold 5,520 bushels of grain, and lost 8 per cent.; how much per cent, would have been gained had it been sold at 60 cents per bushel } 2. If 5 compositors, in 16 days, working 14 hours a day, can compose 20 sheets of 24 pages each, 50 lines on a page, and 40 letters in a line, in how many days, by working 7 hours a day. can 10 compositors compose 40 sheets of 16 pages each, 60 lines on a page, and 50 letters in a line } Solve by proportion. ^ 12 PART I.— EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. 3. Suppose that a note for $1,41372 is discounted at a bank at i per cent, a month for 6 months, how much money would be received from the bank for the note ? 4 What is the difference between the interest and discount of 1^5,900 for i year and 6 months at 12 per cent, per annum } ^^^. A man purchased a farm for ;$3,6oo, and agrees to pay $600 down and the balance in 5 equal semi- annual installments ; at what time may the whole be paid at once } 6. A man owns a farm in the form of a square, containing 250 acres ; what is the length of the diag- onal of the square } 7. When it is 12 m. in San Francisco, what time is it in Hong Kong, considering the latter city to be 240° east of the former } 8. It is 16 minutes of 2 o'clock p. m. at the City of Mexico when it is 12 m. at San Francisco. What is the longitude of the City of Mexico .-* 9. A, of San Francisco, remits ;^ 12,960 to B, of ew York, directing him to invest in sugar what re- mains after he (B) has deducted his commission at 8 per cent. If B pays Z\ cents a pound for the sugar, \iiow many pounds will he purchase, and what will be his commission } 10. A merchant sells % o^ 2i lot of goods for what the whole cost. What does he gain per cent. } 11. Which is the heavier, a pound of silver or a pound of cotton } 1 2. What is the square root of the cube of 24 } 13. Give the analysis of the process of dividing one fraction by another. 14. Write the forn) of a promissory note for ::6,cxx). l^yfr ARnHMETIC. 13. 15. What is the square root of the square of -^^ of the square of j^-. SET VII. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. Find the sum of the following decimals : 20020 millionths ; 50005 thousandths ; one million ten- thousandths ; 3207^ tenths ; eighty thousand hun- dredths. 2. What is the smallest sum of money with which you could buy postage stamps at 10, 12, 15, 24, and 90 cents each, expending the whole sum } 3. Write a promissory note for ^250 due in 8 months, at 8 per cent., and find the amount to be paid at the time of settlement. 4. A and B were in business together for 3 years, nd gained ;^4,8oo. A put in at first ^2,000, and at the end of i year ^1,500 more. B put in at first ^1,500, and at the end of 2 years ^2,500 more. Required the gain of each. ^ 5. Supply the terms 6: : : 9 : 30. ->;\''^i 1 2 : 40 : : : 60. k 6. On a note for ^3,500 at 7 per cent, there is in- terest due for i year and 6 months. How much gold at a premium of 34 per cent, will be required to discharge the note 1 7. Mr. Snow bought i acre of land which bor- dered on the street 100 feet. How far back did it extend, the lot being rectangular .? 8. James and John together have ^5,893, but James has ;^I25 more than 3 times as much as John. How much has each '"" . 9. A, B, and C found $<^6, which they agree to share in the proportions of the numbers 3, 4, and 5. How much should each have } PART /. — EXAMIXATION OF TEACHERS. 10. A pole 6i feet long was broken into 2 pieces, the shorter being f of the longer. Required the length of each piece. SET VIII. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. What is the interest on 1^850, from January 19th to May nth, 1864, at \\ per cent, a month, interest payable monthly and compounded. 2. What is the present worth of a note for ;^500, due in 2\ months, at 2 per cent, a month } What the discount .? 3. In how many different orders may 10 school- boys seat themselves on a recitation bench } 4. Multiply .0125 by .999, and divide the product by .25. 5. Extract the cube root of 830584. 6. If a grocer sells sugar at 10 cents a pound, and gains 10 per cent, on the cost, what per cent, will he gain by selling at 1 1 cents a pound } 7. What is the loth term of the series of which i is the first term and \ the common ratio. 8. How many pounds of iron are equal in weight to 100 pounds of gold. 9. A certain room is 16 feet wide, 20 feet long, and 12 feet high. What is the distance from the right-hand upper corner to the left-hand lower corner .' 10. What part of one mile is 7 furlongs, 4 rods, 2 yards, i foot, 4 inches. S. ARITHMETIC. 1 5 SET IX. LOWEST GRADE, OR PRIMARY CERTIFICATES. JSlotc. — The following sets of Arithmetic questions, from IX. to XIII. inclusive, represent the average standard for certificates for teaching in Primary Schools. 1. Multiply 3.56 by .048 and divide the product by 48. 2. 3461 + ifg + I of I- + 49^^ what } 3. Multiply 15I by ^ and divide the product by 27- V/' 4. A, B, and C can do a piece of work in 5 days ; v/r and C can do it in 8 days ; in what time can A do it } 5. If 5 be added to both terms of the fraction |, will its value be increased or diminished, and how much 1 6. If $y^ will buy 3^ cords of wood, how many cords of wood can be bought for $10^ ? 7. Add § of a mile, ^ of a furlong, and y\T of a rod together. 8. On the 8th of May, 1868, William Darrow bor- rowed of Howard Barlow 1^356.25, and agreed to pay him in 7 months, with interest at i| per cent, per month. Make out the proper note and find the in- terest accrued at maturity. 9. Bought clover seed at 50 cents a pound, and sold it for 57^ cents. What per cent, was gained } 10. A room is 18 feet long and 14 feet wide ; how many yards of carpet 30 inches wide will it take to cover it ? S. SET X. 1. Write the prime numbers from i to 47. 2. Solve, by cancellation, "^JJ^^^ggp. 1 6 PART L — EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. 3. Find the greatest common divisor of 252, 630, 1 1 34, and 1386. 4. What is the least common multiple of i, 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7, 8, 9 ? 5. Reduc<^ 5 y-J-y to its lowest terms. --^^'"77 6. A man, having $2^\, paid $6)2 for feoal, $2^ for dry goods, and $% for a pound of tea ; how much had he left ? 7. How many tons of hay can be purchased for $ii9yV at $^\ per ton? 8. A certain sum of money is to be divided among 5 persons : A is to have ^, B ^, C ^-^, D ^V* and E the remainder, which is $20.^ ; what is the whole sum to be divided ? 9. What part of 9 feet square are 9 square feet ? 10. How many square feet of boards in a tight fence surrounding a field i mile square, the fence being 5 feet high? SET XL 1. Divide 409887 by 47, and multiply the quotient by 246. 2. Find the prime factor of 798. 3. What is the greatest common divisor of 484391 .^nd 684877 ? 4. Add §, ^, H> T^ji and from the sum subtract \\. 5. Multiply 2\ by if, and divide the product by4i. d Change i to a decimal fraction, multiply by .0008, and divide the product by .02. 7. Change :3 of a ton to integers of a lower denomi- nation. 8. Change .645 of a day to integers of a lower de- nomination. 9. What is the interest on $1,200 from June Kth, 1862, to May 4th, 1863, at 6 per cent, per annun) > ^' ARimMETlh. ly lo. What is the bank discount on ^400 for 60 days, at 2 per cent, a month ? S. SET XII. 1. Change five eighths to a decimal, multiply by four thousandths, and divide the product by five mil- Honths. 2. Find the sum, difference, product, and quotient of I and f . 3. Find the greatest common divisor and the least common multiple of 18, 24, 30, 36. 4. What decimal part of ^i is 19^. 2d. 2.12 far. ? 5. Divide two mills by ten dollars, and multiply S one_,hundred dollars by the quotient. ^ ^\6. Divide 3 miles, 75 rods, 9 feet, 1 1 inches, by 2, and from the quotient subtract 75 yards. 7. What is the interest on a note of ;i^8oo from January ist, 1872, to March 4th, 1872, at li-per cent. a month, compounded monthly .? iV 8. A grocer sold raisins at 22 cents per pound and gained 10 per cent. ; what per cent, would he have gained had he sold them at 24 cents per pound ^ 9. What is the square root of 39.0625 .^ ,\^ 10. A boy bought apples at the rate of 3 for 2 l/^s^nts, and sold them at the rate of 2 for 3 cents ; what per cent, did he make .'* _ S. SET XIII. total: fifteen questions — ONE HUNDRED CREDITS. Te?t Questiojis — Five Credits Each. 1. Express 90275 by the Roman method of nota- tion. 2. Multiply 475286 by 9999. 3. Multiply 45625 by 25, and divide the product by 99. 1 8 PAR T L — EXAMINA TION OF TEA CHERS. 4. Multiply p^5 8 J. ^d. ^fars. by 7, and divide the product by 3. 5. Change £,^ Zs. ^d. 3 qrs. to pounds, and the decimal of a pound. 6. How many three cent pieces are there in a double eagle ? 7. Which is heavier, a pound of gold or a pound of iron ? an ounce of silver or an ounce of lead ? 8. What part of 4 feet square is 4 square feet ? 9. Multiply the decimal 2.75 by 1.2, and divide the product by .001 1. 10. Change f to a decimal fraction. Five Questions — 7>« Credits Each. 1 1. Find the greatest common divisor and the least common multiple of 18, 48, 72, 66. 12. Resolve 24736 into its prime factors. 13. 18 multiplied by ^, divided by i, multiplied by f, divided by f, multiplied by 4, equals what ? 14. I divided by §, minus i, divided by J^, minus T^, equals what .? 15. tV phis i plus ^ plus -^ minus A of H equals what } S. 4 ^7J^^^ yy^^ ENGLISH GRAMMAR. SET I. TOTAL : FOURTEEN QUESTIONS — ONE HUNDRED CREDITS. Twelve Questions — Five Credits Each. 1. Write a complex sentence, and give a general analysis of it. 2. How are nouns varied to indicate number and gender ? 3. What classes of words are used as connectives ? 4. Write sentences to show the correct use of the verbs lie^ lay, sit and set in the future perfect (sec- ond future) tense, indicative mode. 5. Write the plurals of zvife, wJiarf, lily, money handful, pailful, motto, ttirkey. 6. Compare the following adjectives : best, worst, holy, next, first, last, less, evil, blue, supreme. 7. Principal parts of the following verbs : burst, throw, dive, heat, drink, eat, build, strive, lay, lie. 8. Synopsis of the verb eat in the third person singular, indicative mode, passive voice. 9. Correct the following sentences : — I have less books than you. She was more active but not so studious as Mary. Who had I ought to have given this to ? I intended to have gone, but, between you and I, I am glad I didn't She looks sweetly and seems nicely. 20 PART J. — EXAMINATIOX OF TEACHERS. 10. Analyze the sentence, " Teach me what is right," and parse each word. 11. Decline whom, which, it, her, and ye. 12. When is the relative //^^/ used in preference to who or zvhich f What is the difference in the use of shall and will to express future time ? Two Questions — Twenty Credits Each. 13. " Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor." Gray's Elegy. (a). (Four Credits.) — What kind of a sentence is the preceding stanza ? (d). (Four Credits.) — Parse mock. *'. (c). (Four Credits.) — In what case is grandeurf {d). (Four Credits.) — Parse obscure, {e). (Four Credits.) — Parse hear. 14. Correct the spelling, punctuation, and errors of the following extract from Dickens : — " None knew this better than the idlest boys who grow- ing bolder with impunyty waxed louder and daringer play- ing odd or even under the masters' eye eating apples openly and without rebuke pinching each other in sport or nralise without the least rezerve and cuting there inishials in the very legs of the desk." (Ten credits for correct writing, and ten for the following questions :) — {a) What kind of a sentence is this extract } (b) In what case is boys ? (c) Parse waxed. (d) Parse initials. {e) Parse better. S. GRAMMAR. 21 SET II. 1. (Two Credits.) — Write a sentence in which laid and lain are correctly used in the future perfect, or second future tense. 2. (Two Credits.) — What is meant by the person and number of verbs .'' Ilkistrate by an example. 3. (Two Credits.) — Plural of staff , capful, beaiiy ^cims, crisis, vertebra, Miss Brown, Mr. Smith. 4. (Two Credits.) — Principal parts of let, bid, see, hide, sink, slay, bless, bitrn, burst, dig, hang, work. 5. (Two Credits.) — Conjugate the verb be in the past tense, subjunctive mode, and in the future per- fect tense, indicative mode. 6. (Two Credits ) — Correct the following sen- tences : — His family are large yet he supports them. Every house was burned, and every man, woman, and child were killed. 7. {a) (Two Credits.) — Correct and punctuate the following stanza : — '' Spake full well in language quaint and olden One who dwelleth by the castle4,rhine. When he called the flowers so blue and golden Stars that in earths firmament do shine." — Bryant. {b) (Two Credits.) — Express the same thoughts in prose. if) (Two Credits.) — What kind of a sentence is the whole stanza } {d) (Two Credits.) — Conjugate dwelleth, and parse one. 8. (Eight Credits. Half Credit off for each un- corrected grammatical error, and each word wrongly spelled.) — Rewrite and correct the following para- graph from the Declaration of Independence : — 22 PART 1. — EXAMIXAT/OX OF TEACHERS. " When in the coarse of human evvents it becoms ness- essary for one people to dissolves the pollittical bands vvhitch has conected them with another and to asume among the Powers of the Earth the sepperate and equall station too which the laws of Nature and natures god entitel them a desent respect to the oppinions of mankind requires that they should declair the causes whitch impels them to the sepperasion." 9. (Two Credits.) — What kind of a sentence is the preceding, and why ? 10. (Two Credits.) — Simple subject and simple predicate. 11. (Two Credits.) — " That they should declare," etc., is what kind of a clause, and what does it mod- ify } 12. (Two Credits.) — "When in the course," -etc., what is it, and what does it modify 1 13. (Two Credits.). — " To which .... en- titles them," is what, and what does it modify 1 14. (Two Credits.) — Name all the nouns and verbs in the whole paragraph. 1 . . . . " When thoughts 2 Of the last bitter hour come like a blight 3 Over thy spirit, and sad images 4 Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, '^ 5 And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, 6 Make thee to shudder and grow sick at heart — 7 Go forth under the open sky and list 8 To Nature's teachings, while from all around 9 Earth and her waters, and the depths of air, 10 Comes a still voice : Yet, a few days, and thee 11 The all-beholding sun shall see no more 12 In all his course." — Thanatopsis, Bryant. 15. (Two Credits.) — What kind of a sentence is the preceding stanza ? GRAMMAR, 23 {b) (Two Credits.) — Name the subject and pred- icate of the most important proposition. (r) (Two Credits.) — Name the adjective phrases and tell what they modify. {d) (Two Credits.) — Parse go and list in the seventh line. Note. — Use abbreviated models in parsing in all the following ex- amples. {e) (Two Credits.) — Parse make and grow. {/) (Two Credits.) — Parse eai^th and comes. (g) (Two Credits.) — Parse jet and t/iee. i/i) (Two Credits.) — The first six lines form what kind of an element or modifier 'i What does it mod- ify .? (?) (Two Credits.) — What is " When thoughts of the last bitter hour .? " etc. (j) (Two Credits.) — What is " Yet, a few days, and thee the all-beholding sun } " etc. S. SET III. TOTAL : TWELVE QUESTIONS — ONE HUNDRED CREDITS. Eight Questions — Five Credits Each. 1. Write a sentence of four words only, containing an adjective, a noun, a verb, and an adverb. 2. Analyze the sentence written, and parse each word. 3. Name three ways of forming the plurals of nouns, and give an example of each. 4. Give a synopsis of the verb^^ in the indicative mode, third person, singular number, interrogative form. 5. Write a compound sentence. 6. Write a sentence containing a verb in the pas- sive voice. 7. Principal parts of the following verbs : breaks burst, work, drink? 24 PART I. — EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. 8. Correct the following sentences : (No credits unless the reasons for correcting are given). " There was no men killed." " They said it was her." Twelve Credits. 9. " The evil that men do lives after them." {a) What kind of a sentence is the preceding .? (b) Of what is evil the subject t (e) What part of speech is l/ial and in what case is it ? (d) Is do a transitive, or an intransitive verb ? Twelve Credits. 10. " So let it be with Caesar." (a) What kind of a sentence ? \b) Parse let. (e) Parse it. (d) Parse be. Sixteen Credits — One Credit off for Each Error Uncorrected. 11. Correct the capitals, spelling, punctuation, and violations of grammatical rules of the following sen- tence : — " the productions of the american soil and climate has poured out their abundance of luxurys for the tables of the rich and of nescesarys for the sustainance of the poor birds and animals of beauty and value has been added to 'the european stocks and transplantations from the une- qualled riches of our forests has mingled itself with the elms and ashes and druidical oaks of england." — Web- ster. Twenty Credits. 12. " So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious) realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou »jo not, like the quarry slave at night GRAMMAR. . 25 Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him and Hes down to pleasant dreams." Thanatopsis, 2. {a) What kind of a sentence is the preceding stanza, and why ? ib) What kind of poetry is it called, and why ? {c) In what mood is live, and what is its subject ? {d) Parse ^^. {e) Conjugate ^erso7i, case, predicate. 2. Why is a personal pronoun so called ? 3. Give examples of the correct use of the verbs, lie, lay, sit, and set, in the present, past, and present .perfect tenses, indicative mode. 4. Write the plural of loaf, wife, dwarf, chentb, lily, monkey, turkey, ha7tdfiil, grotto, staff, stave. Give the general rules for forming the plural of nouns. Also exceptions which apply to any of the pieceding words. 5. Compare the following adjectives : better, worse holy, next, first, last, less, ill, sjtpreme, blue. 6. Correct the following sentences : — I have less books than you. He was more active but not so studious as John. You should have let that re- GRAMMAR. 35 mained where it was. Who had I ought to have given this to ? If any one asks about me, tell them I am nicely. Have either of you seen him ? I am sorry not to have seen you. He should never marry a woman in high life that has no money. 7. Parse the italicized words in the foUov^ing pas- sage : — " A prompt decisive man^ no breath Our father wasted ; ^ Boys, 2i path /' Well pleased (for whejt did farmer boy, Count such a summons less than joy ?) Our buskins on our feet we draw." Whittier. 8. Analyze the first sentence in the above passage. 9. Paraphrase the following passage, expanding it tn thought and expression as much as you please : — ** Life 's more than breath, and the quick round of blood — We live in deeds not years ; in thoughts, not breaths — We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best. Life 's but a means unto an end." 10. How many sentences in the preceding stanza, and what kmd of sentences are they .? SET XIII. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. I. Write the plural of money , lady, berry, wharf, elf , gulf , thief, cameo, focus, stratum, vortex. Write the relative pronouns, and state how they differ from personal pronouns. 3. State how adjectives are compared, and com- pare ill, many, near, late, old. 4. Write the principal parts of bring, buy, chide, clothe, drink, fly, lay, seethe, throw. 5. Parse the words in italics in the following sen- tences : — Forth in the pleasing Spring, Thy beauty walks. Thy 36 PART I.— EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. tenderness and love. Wide^ flush the fields. The soften- ing air is balm. Echo, the mou?ilain round. The forest smiles, and every sense and every heart is joy. 6. The house is my own ; and I own my horse. 7. He was displeased, on aceoimt of my being a friend to his enemy. 8. " For who, to dumb forgetfulness, 2Lprey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, li?igering look behind. 9. Analyze the following sentence, and parse the words in italics : " She hath done what she could." 10. Correct the following sentences: — Which is the larger city. New York or Paris ? John is not as tall as James. The teacher learned his class French. What time did he say it was ? I shall come to Providence this week. SET XIV. FIVE QUESTIONS — TWENTY CREDITS EACH. 1. Punctuate the following sentences : — (a) He being dead yet speaketh (b) Morning is the best time to study my beloved chil- dren {c) The sun having risen we parted on our journey (d) I rise Mr President to a point of order (. of Cape Horn } of Panama } of San Francisco 1 of New York t 5. What are the principal rivers which flow into the Atlantic Ocean } Pacific .'' Arctic t Antarctic } 6. What meridian divides the Eastern from the Western Hemisphere 1 7. Bound Australia. 8. Where is Honolulu } Manila } Canton ? Syd- ney ? Acapulco } 9. Where is Chicago t Cincinnati } St. Louis ? Sacramento } Sitka t FIVE QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 10. Draw a contrast between productions and cli- mate of California and Massachusetts. 11. Where is Pike's Peak.? Harper's Ferry.? San Juan Island } Yukon River .? 12. What railway lines would you pass over in travelling by railroad from Boston to San Francisco 1 13. What is the principal sea-port city of France } England } Austria 1 Russia ? China } Brazil ? Japan } 14. When are the days and nights of equal length all over the globe ? 44 PART I.— EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. 15. Which is the highest mountain peak on the globe ? the largest island ? the largest city ? the lar- gest empire ? the most powerful nation ? the ruling race of men ? S. SET V. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. Define latitude and longitude. State the length of a degree, and show how a degree of latitude com- pares with a degree of longitude. 2. Give the width of each zone in degrees. 3. State the departments into which the govern- ment of the United States is divided. s7 4. Mention the State that excels in each of the fol- lowing particulars : (i) population ; (2) number of good harbors ; (3) production of salt ; (4) of cotton ; (5) of wheat ; (6) of iron ; (7) of copper ; (8) of wine; (9) of sugar ; (10) in variety of manufactures. 5. Name five important commercial articles which are imported from South America. 6. Name and locate five important cities of Eu- rope, — no two to be in the same country. 7. What comparison can you draw between Japan and Great Britain } 8. If you should go by water from Chicago to Con- stantinople, what waters would be passed over } 9. Name and locate five mountain ranges in Eu- rope, and five seas in or around Asia. j 10. Where and what are the following.? (i) An- dorra; '(2) Mecca; (3) Madagascar; (4) Honolulu; (5) Victoria; (6) Potosi ; (7) /Wyoming ;^ (8) Key West. GEOGRAPHY. 45 SET VI. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. What are the products of the frigid zone ? 2. Give the population of the State of New York, and mention five of its principal cities. 3. Bound Mexico, name its principal seaports, and give the situation of the cities of Mexico and Vera Cruz. 4. What is "be population, in round numbers, of New York City } of London } of Paris } 5. What is the estimated population of the globe ? of China } What is the relative proportion of the Caucasian and Mongolian races } 6. What are the principal rivers which flow into the Pacific Ocean t 7. What are the principal possessions of Great Bri- tain in various parts of the world t 8. Bound Asia, and name its five principal rivers and cities. 9. What are the principal seas in and around lui- rope. 10. Bound France, and give the situation of Paris, Bordeaux, Havre, and Marseilles. S. SET VII. total: FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — ONE HUNDRED CREDITS. Ten Questions — Fk>c Credits Each. 1. Define ecliptic and solstice. 2. Define latitude and longitude. 3. Locate Strasbourg ; Damascus ; Waterloo. 4. Where are Mt. Ararat } Mt. St. Elias } Strom- boli ? 5. Name the Territories of the United States. 46 PART L — EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. 6. Mention three countries in which is raised most of the flax used in the manufacture of linen. 7. Name the three largest cities of the United States ; of Europe ; of Asia. 8. Where is the coffee tree most extensively culti- vated } sugar cane } the pepper plant t cinnamon t the cotton plant } 9. What section of the United States has the greatest amount of rain } the least t What contrast is presented by the climate of the Atlantic and Pa- cific coasts t 10. What part of North America is a lowland.? Which grand division has the greatest mass of table-land. Five Questions — Ten Credits Each. 1. Describe the Gulf Stream, and tell what effect it has on the climate of Europe. 2. What is the cause of the change of seasons, a "d of the length of day and night .'* 3. Name four animals peculiar to the Temperate Zone ; four to the Torrid ; three to the Frigid. What causes wind } In what direction do trade-winds blow ? 4. Why does the quantity of rain decrease as we recede from the Equator t Why less in the interior than on the coast } Why more in mountainous than in level districts } 5. When it is noon in San Francisco, what time is it at a place 70° east of it 1 75° west of it ? SET VIII. FIVE QUESTIONS — THREE CREDITS EACH. I. What is the highest mountain in the United States } Name and give the approximate height of the highest mountain on the globe. GEOGRAPHY, 47 2. Name the two greatest river basins in the world. 3. What countries are crossed by the Equator ? 4. To what race do the Arabs belong ? The Hin- doos ? The Esquimaux ? 5. Where is Manila ? Mention two states of Mexico. Five Questions — Five Credits Each. 6. Name and describe the longest river, and locate the largest city, in each of the grand divisions. 7. Name the provinces of which the Chinese Empire is composed. 8. Name the ten principal commercial cities of the world. 9. Describe the formation of the coral islands. 10. To what zone is the growth of such islands chiefly confined } Mention two islands of volcanic origin. Six Questions — Ten Credits Each. 11. By what are tides caused } What is the great- est height to which tides rise } 12. How is a tidal wave created } 13. Mention four causes which affect the temper^* ture of a place. 14. On which side of the continents do the iso- therms run farthest north t Why } 15. Which has the more rain, Africa or South America } Why .'* 16. Explain the origin, direction, and limits of the trade-winds. SET IX. FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. I. Why are the Tropics and Polar circles 23^" from the Equator and the Poles .^ 48 PAR T I. — EX A MINA TION OF TEA CHERS. 2. What is the length of the longest day at the Polar circles and at the Equator ? . 3. Name the grand divisions of the earth, in the order of their population. 4. Name the highest mountain peak and the largest river, in each of the grand divisions. 5. Name the principal plateaux of Asia and North America, and the principal plains of South America, Europe, and Africa. 6. What are the circumstances which affect the climate of a place ? 7. Describe the Gulf Stream, and its modifying effect on the climate of any part of the globe. 8. Name the races of men, and the principal coun- tries in which each race is found. 9. Define ecliptic and meridian. 10. Name in order of size the largest ten cities of the globe. 1 1. What is the latitude of London } New York ? Quito } 12. Name the principal mountain ranges of the United States, and five of the principal rivers. , 13. Name the largest four river basins of the globe. 14. Name a river and town in each of the following Territories : Kansas, Washington, New Mexico, and Dakota. 15. Name the largest four eastern, and the largest four western branches of the Mississippi. SET X. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. State the width in degrees of the Torrid, Tem- perate, and Frigid Zones. 2. Why do no large streams in South America flow into the Pacific Ocean } GEOGRAPHY. 49 3. Which is further north, Cincinnati or Rome ? Newfoundland or England ? 4. State the prevailing direction of the principal mountain chains in each of the continents. 5. What are Spitzbergen, St. Helena, New Zealand, Vancouver, and Mauritius t 6. Name the " Five Great Powers " of Europe, and the form of government in each. 7. In which zones are the most highly civilized nations found, and why } 8. From what countries do we obtain the following articles : (i) cloves ; (2) nutmegs ; (3) gutta-percha; (4) platina ; (5) tin. 9. Does Mercator's Map show the true relative sizes of those countries near the Equator, and those remote from it, and why } 10. Name ten seas bordering Asia. SET XI. FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What circles on the globe would be omitted if the axis of the earth were perpendicular to the plane of its orbit } 2. What angle does the axis of the earth make with the plane of its orbit ? 3. What is meant by the meridian of a place } 4. What is the zodiac t The ecliptic .'* 5. Why are the Polar circles and the Tropics drawn where they are upon the globe t 6. Through what waters would you sail in going from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, to Pekin t 7. Define an isothermal line. What is the line of perpetual snow. 8. What is the cause of the trade-winds } 50 PAR T I.— EXAMINA TION OF TEA CHBRS. 9. Name the different classes of winds, and give an example under each. 10. Why is it warmer on the Pacific than on the Atlantic coast of the United States, in the same lati- tude ? 1 1. How are the wet and dry seasons of California produced ? 12. Describe the principal currents of the ocean and explain their causes. 1 3. What are the area, boundaries, and population of the United States } 14. In what parts of the world are the Mongolian race found } 15. What are their characteristics, physical and mental ? HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. SET I. TWENTY QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What was the government of the American Colonies prior to 1775, how were their rights guar- anteed, to what extent did they have the power of self-government, and to what extent were they con- trolled by the king of England ? 2. What discoveries and settlements did the French make in North America, and what wars arose in consequence ? 3. What were the " Articles of Confederation," when were they adopted, and why ? What were their radical defects ? 4. When and where did the first Colonial Congress assemble, why was it called, and what was done ? 5. What action did the first Continental Congress take ? What distinguished men were members of it ? 6. What were the more immediate causes of the American Revolution ? The more remote ? 7. In what way did France aid the Colonies in es- tablishing their independence, and how was that aid secured ? 8. What were the names of the first two great po- litical parties formed in the United States after the adoption of the Constitution, and what were the dis- tinctive principles of each ? 5 2 PAR T I. — EX AM IN A TION OF TEA CHERS. 9. What was the occasion of the " NulUfication Act " in South Carolina, in Jackson's administration, and what concessions were made by the government to keep that State in the Union ? 10. What was the alleged reason for the secession of the Southern States ? 11. What States seceded, and how and when did they organize a government ? 12. When and how was the War of Secession begun ? When and how was it ended ? 13. Name five great battles of the war, and the year in which each was fought. 14. When was the " Emancipation Proclamation " issued, on what grounds, what did it provide, and what was its effect on the nation .? 15. Name the principal victories won by General Grant ; by Sherman ; by Sheridan ; by Lee. 16. How did Congress provide means to raise money to carry on the war } 17. What is the estimated loss of men, including the killed in battle, those who died in hospitals and prisons, on both sides, during this war .'* \i-l^' Give a brief account of the Battle of Bull Run. 19. Give the names of five distinguished Union officers killed in battle. 20. What is the national debt incurred during the war } S. SET II. TWENTY QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. How did the restoration of King Charles H. in- fluence the settlement of the American Colonies ? 2. What important event took place in England in 1688.? What caused it, and how was the news received in America ' HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. 53 3. What were the distinguishing traits and politi- cal opinions of the EngUsh Puritans in the time of Cromwell ? 4. What discoveries and what settlements did the French make in North America, and what wars arose in consequence ? 5. What were the Articles of Confederation, when were they adopted, and why ? What were their radi- cal defects ? Kj 6. When and where did the first Continental Con- 'gress assemble ? Why was it called, and what was done ? 7. Name three distinguished men who were mem- bers of the First Continental Congress. !-^,(A^ 8.- ^^ie©^ the principal grievances of the Colonies against the mother country. 9. What were the navigation laws ? 10. What men took a prominent part in the pre- liminary movements of the American Revolution ? 11. Who was king of England in 1776, and what was his character } Who was his prime minister .? 12. What British statesman opposed the American war } 13. What part did Robert Morris, Benjamin Frank- lin, and Thomas Jefferson take in the War of the Revolution } 14. Give some account of the plot to supersede Washington as commander-in-chief of the army. 15. How did Congress provide means to carry on the war } 16. What was eventually done with the depre- ciated currency "i 1 7. What were the names of the first two political parties formed in the United States after the adop- tion of the Constitution, and what were the distinct- ive principles of each } 5 4 PAR T I.— EX A MINA TION OF TEA CHERS. 1 8. When was the Battle of Gettysburg fought ? at number of troops was engaged ? What was the loss in killed and wounded ? 19. Give a /ilw|f>t account of the Battle of Chatta- riboga, and the storming of Lookout Mountain. '/ 20. How was New Orleans captured ? S. "?■ SET III. total: fifteen questions — one hundred credits. Ten Questions — Five Credits Each, ^ J.. When and where was California first settled by ativilized race } 2. Mention two leading events of each of the following administrations : Lincoln's ; Buchanan's ; Jackson's ; Washington's. 3. When and where were the first and last battles of the war of the rebellion fought .? 4. When and where was the Battle of Gettysburg fought, who were the commanders of the respective armies, and what was the result .? 5. What was the Alabama^ and what is meant by the " Alabama claims } " 6. What amendments have been made to the Con- stitution, since the close of the late civil war } 7. Name the two principal battles of the War of i8i2, or the second war with England, and state the result. 8. Name four important battles of the war with Mexico, and state what territory was acquired by the United States as the result of that war. -I 9. Who was the most distinguished American naval commander, during the War of the Revolution ? of 1812 ? of the Rebellion 1 ' > 10. What part did the following distinguished men HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. 55 take in the American Revolution : Thomas Jeffer- son ; John Adams ; Robert Morris ; Alexander Ham- ilton ? Five Questions — Ten Credits Each, 11. For what is each of the following places dis- tinguished in American History : St. Augustine ; Annapolis ; Charleston ; New Orleans ; Guilford Court House ; Monmouth } 12. When and by whom was each of the following States settled : Virginia ; Rhode Island ; New York ; Maryland } 13. By whom was Louisiana settled, and how did it become a part of the United States t Florida t ^^ 14. Name four orators distinguished in American history ; tfrrur statesmen ; four generals ; .itwe histo- rians ; two poets. •, 15. Draw d: contrast between the United States at the close of the War of the Revolution and at the present time. S. SET IV. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. Where and when was the first permanent set- tlement made within the present limits of the United States .? 2. Name two of the early French settlements in America; two of the Spanish ; two of the Eng- hsh. 3. When, where, and by whom was Utah first set- tled } 4. Mention one important event connected with the settlement of Virginia ; of Massachusetts ; of Maryland ; of New York ; of Georgia. , / iV 5. Name four colonial wars,, and mention one lead- mg event in each. ^ ( 56 PART I. — EX A MINA TJON OF TEA CHERS. 6. Where did the first Continental Congress meet ? Mention two of its enactments. 7. Name four important battles in which the Amer- icans were successful, during the Revolution. 8. Name four battles in which Washington com- manded in person. 9. What caused the War of 181 2, and during whose presidential administration did it occur ? 10. How long did the war of secession last ? When and where did Lee's army surrender ? S. SET V. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. I. How are United States Senators elected, and for what time ? How are members of the House of Representatives elected, and what is the basis of representation? jC 2. When was the ^Constitution of the United States aaopted ? what cause led to its adoption ? who framed it ? and who presided over the convention ? Nt 3. What was the Compromise of 1850 ? 4. What causes led to the secession of the South- ern States and who were the leading men in that .^ovement ? 5. What was the most important battle of the War of 1812.-^ when and where was it fought, and what were the results gained by it } 6. Give some account of the naval battles of the frigate Constitution and of the iron-clad Monitor. 7. What connection had Robert Morris, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, with American history .-* 8. Who was Daniel Webster } Henry Clay ? John C. Calhoun ? James Buchanan ? HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. 57 9. Name the principal battles of the War of Seces- sion. 10. What discoveries were made by the Cabots ? S. SET VI. 1. By whom was the Mississippi discovered? Where ? When ? 2. Give the date and place of the earliest settle- ments in the United States ? {a) By the English. ip) By the Spanish. \c) By the Dutch. 3. What was the chief cause of the war in America between the French and English } What part did the Indians take } Name the military leaders on both sides. 4. What provisions were made for education in the early history of Massachusetts 1 5. What was the " Bill of Rights .? " By whom passed } Give its date. ^ 6. How long did the Revolution continue t Name / / the first and last battles. 7. State the important differences between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the United States. 8. What officers constitute the Cabinet of the President } 9. When are parties entitled to trial by jury t 10. What rights has the accused in respect to wit- nesses } SET VII. TWENTY QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. I. What induced Columbus to attempt the dis- covery of a western continent } / i 1 1 5 8 PA/? T L — EXAMINA TION OF TEA CHERS. "^ 2. Who discovered Mexico ? ^ Who conquered it ? About what time ? 3. Mention three discoveries made by the English ; by the French. 4. What difficulties did the early Colonial settlers encounter ? 5. About what time does the Colonial history of the United States commence ? When does it end ? 6. Why did many of the Indian tribes Unite with the French in opposing the Colonies ? Mention the place of the battle which put an end to the French power in North America. '' 7. When and where did the first Continental Con- gress meet ? What did this Congress do ? 8. Why was the battle of Saratoga a decisive one ? 9. What was the condition of the country frorti the time when peace was proclaimed to the inauguration of Washington ? 10. Who was President during the War of 1812 ? What battle terminated the war ? 11. What was the Missouri Compromise.? 1 2. Name two events of Jackson's administration. 13. During whose administration did the Mexican War occur } What were the causes which led to the .;Mexican War } 15. Mention five important battles of the Mexican War. 16. Upon what terms was a treaty of peace made with Mexico } 1 7. What causes led to the War of Sececsion } 19. Name one great battle in each year of this war. 19. How was the Union reconstructed } 20. What important amendments were made to the Constitution } HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. 59 SET VIII. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. Mention five of the most important discover- ies made between 1492 and 1550. 2. What French settlements were made within the present boundaries of the United States } 3. How did any of the country west of the Missis- sippi originally come into the possession of the Spanish } 4. How were Kentucky and Utah settled } 5. What portion of the United States was bought from France .'* When and how } 6. How was the expense of the War of the Revo- lution met } 7. Name one important battle in which Burgoyne jvas engaged ; Cornwallis ; Washington. ^ 8. How long did the Mexican War continue } 9. Name two important battles of the war of Secession that were fought in Virginia ; one in Penn- sylvania ; one in Tennessee ; one in which Admiral Farragut was engaged. 10. What were the results of the War of Seces- sion } SET IX. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. From what nations have we acquired Louisiana, Florida, and California } 2. Name the battles fought and two towns cap- tured by General Taylor in Mexico. 3. What battles were fought on the west side of the Niagara River in 1814 .? 4. By whom and for what length of time are Sena- tors in Congress elected .'' 5. When and where did the convention meet that 60 PART L— EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS, framed the federal Constitution, and who was its pres- ident ? 6. What did Count de Rochambeau do for the Americans ? 7. Give a skstch of General Greene's campaign in the Carolinas. 8. Why did the Colonies think England had no right to tax them ? 9. What taxes were imposed immediately after the repeal of the Stamp Act ? 10. What battles were fought in Virginia during the War of the Revolution ? of 181 2 ? Give a sketch of the last campaign in Virginia, 1865. SET X. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. I. State the causes of the " French and Indian War." Name two of the principal battles fought, the commanders on each side, and the victorious party. What territory did England gain by the war } " 2. When was Jamestown settled t St. Augustine ? 3. When and by whom was the Hudson River dis- covered } the Mississippi .-* the Pacific Ocean ? . 4. Name the chief cause of the Revolution. 5. When, where, and by whom, on the part of Americans, was the treaty of peace concluding the war signed } 6. Name one of the principal battles fought during each of the years of the Revolution, the commander on each side, and the victorious party in each. 7. When and where was negro slavery introduced into America } and when and by whom was the emancipation proclamation issued .-* 8. What territory was acquired by the United States during Jefferson's administration } how ^yas it obtained t HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. 6 1 9. State the causes of the War of 1812. Name two of the most important engagements on land and two naval battles. 10. In what battles during the War of Secession was Grant commander ? Lee ? Sherman ? CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SET I. TWENTY QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. Who was president of the convention which framed the Constitution of the United States, and what distinguished men were members of it ? 2. Why was the adoption of such a Constitution considered necessary ? 3. Why does the Constitution allow each State two Senators, but members of the House of Representa- tives in proportion to population ? 4. Why was the Constitution so framed that Sena- tors should be elected by the State Legislatures, and Representatives by the direct vote of the people ? 5. How are the Judges of the Supreme Court of the^United States elected ? Why not by direct vote of the people ? 6. What powers are vested in the General Govern- ment ? 7. What exclusive powers have States ? 8. Where must bills for raising revenue originate? 9. How can the President of the United States be impeached ? 10. What is meant by Presidential Electors ? How are they chosen ? 11. What representation has each State in the Electoral College ? CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT. 63 12. If the Electors fail to elect a President, and the House of Representatives also fail to elect, who would become President ? 13. What Presidents have been chosen by the House of Representatives ? 14. For what offices does the President have the appointing power ? 15. What officers constitute the President's Cabi- net ? 16. Explain the manner in which a President is nominated. 17. What connection has a primary election with a national convention 1 18. How can the Constitution be amended ? 19. Mention any amendment made to the Consti- tution since its adoption. 20. Mention the last amendment. S. SET 11. FIVE QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. What is the purpose of government t 2. What are the duties of Vice-president. 3. How often does Congress meet 1 4. Mention some duties performed by the Senate in which the House of Representatives does not par- ticipate. 5. How are amendments to the Constitution made } SET III. TWENTY QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What were the colonial forms of government t 2. When, where, and why did the first Continental Congress meet 1 3. When and where did the second Continental Congress meet, and what were some of its acts } 64 PART L — EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. 4. When were the Articles of Confederation finally ratified ? 5. What led to the formation of the present Con- stitution ? 6. What were some of the defects of the confed- erative form of government ? 7. Name the departments of our government, and the powers of each. 8. Of what does Congress consist ? 9. State the advantages of having two Houses of Congress. 10. By what officer and in what manner is the census taken ? 1 1 . What provision is there in regard to territorial representation } 12. Who is the presiding officer of the Senate, and why ? 13. What body has the power of impeachment, and what the power to try impeachment ? 14. What is an executive session ? 15. How many readings must a bill receive before being passed ? 16. What is a veto ? 17. How is a bill passed over a veto ? -. 18. What is a tariff? 19. What qualifications must a man have to be eligible to the office of President ? 20. To be eligible to the Vice-presidency ? SET IV. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What is the purpose of a written constitution ? 2. What is the office of civil government } 3. What is the object of separating the officers of government into independent departments ? CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT. 65 4. Why should a legislature consist of two bodies ? 5. Why does the Constitution provide that the President shall be elected by electors chosen by the people ? 6. What is the purpose of oaths of office ? 7. How may the Constitution be amended ? 8. How may a bill become a law, notwithstanding the veto of the President ? 9. What is the object of the writ of habeas corpus? 10. When only can private property be taken for public use ? SET V. FIVE QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. When was the Constitution of the United States adopted, and who framed it ? 2. What, in substance, is the Fourteenth Amend- ment to the Constitution ? the Fifteenth ? 3. In framing the Constitution, wJiy were the smaller States allowed an equal representation with the larger States in the Senate ? 4. In what particulars was the Constitution an im- provement on the Articles of Confederation ? 5. For what offices does the President have the appointing power, subject to the confirmation by the Senate ? THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TEACHING. SET I. FIFTEEN QUESTIONS ^ FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What item should be daily recorded in school, and what monthly summary should be made ? 2. What are the principal objects of a recitation ? 3. What position do you prefer to have your pupils take when reciting ? 4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of keeping daily class records in recitations ? 5. What is your opinion of the policy of detaining children after school for the purpose of preparing neglected lessons ? 6. What is your method of regulating whispering in school ? 7. What are the advantages and disadvantages of .the self-reporting system in regard to deportment ? 8. What do you consider just punishments for truancy } for tardiness ? 9. For what particular offenses would you inflict corporal punishment ? 10. Mention some of the particulars in regard to manners, in which you would instruct your pupils ? 11. What is the object of the study of arithmetic ? 12. Who was Horace Mann, and what did he do in the cause of education ? 13. What works on teaching have you ever read, and which do you consider the best ? THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TEACHING. 6y 14. Who was Pestalozzi, and what reforms in teach- ing did he institute ? 15. What are the particular advantages of oral spelHng, and of written spelling ? S. SET II. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What is the difference between instruction and training, and which occupies the higher rank in the education of the young ? 2. In what sense is it true that telling is not train- ing f 3. What is meant by the " natural order " of edu- cating the faculties ? 4. What are the prominent characteristics of the Pestalozzian System of teaching ? 5. State some important principles by which teach- ers should be guided in conducting school exer- cises. 6. Should the education of the intellect be regarded as of paramount importance to that of the moral and physical nature of the child } State your reasons. 7. State briefly what you would consider the best methods of training, with special reference to the cultivation of the pupil's powers of oral expres- sion. 8. How would you commence to teach grammar to a class which had received no instruction in the science 1 9. What are some of the methods of training best adapted to the culture of the moral powers } 10. State the reasons why it is better to proceed from principles to rules and formulae, than to adopt the inverse order. 68 PAR T I. — EXAMINA TION OF TEA CHEKS, SET III. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What are " Object Lessons ? " 2. What class of faculties are called into exercise in the system of " Primary instruction by Object Lessons ? " 3. What instruction would you give in connection with reading lessons ? 4. What do you conceive to be the relative advan- tages of public and private schools ? 5. What is the natural order of developing the in- tellectual faculties of a child, and what studies call into exercise the different faculties ? 6. What do you conceive to be the use of the study of Arithmetic, and what relative place would you give it in school studies ? 7. What general exercises would you introduce into an unclassified school ? 8. What system of reward and punishment would you adopt in school ? 9. Write an outline of questions in a primary ob- ject lesson on " Glass." 10. Outline of a brief moral lesson, on " Lying." ;. S. SET IV. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. Why should the younger pupils be confined less than the older ones } 2. What is your plan of keeping your pupils at work while in school } 3. To what extent should a teacher use a text-book in hearing a lesson } 4. To what extent should the pupil be assisted in the preparation of his lessons } THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TEACHING. 69 5. What is the difference between teaching and talking ? 6. What, in your opinion, are the more common faults of teachers in conducting recitations ? 7. What are the advantages, and what the disad- vantages, of the method of propounding questions to the entire class, and requesting those who think they can answer correctly, to raise the hand ? 8. What are the advantages of reviewing preceding lessons ? 9. Why should the head be exempt from penal violence ? 10. Why should a teacher never make a remark reflecting upon the parent of a pupil ? SET V. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. Mention the names of four distinguished edu- cators. 2. What classification can be made of the mental faculties, and in what order should they be developed in a child t 3. Define sensation and perception. 4. What methods could you take to secure the at- tention of a class } 5. What are the prevalent errors in alphabetic in- struction } 6. What is the proper use of memory in the pro- cess of education 1 7. What use would you make of text-book ques- tions 1 8. Give three methods of developing the expres- sive faculties. 9. By what means can the moral nature of a child be developed } JO PART /.—EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. 10. What is the first work to be done on taking a new class ? SET VI. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What do you consider the aim of all educators to be } 2. What class of studies do you consider to be es- pecially adapted to children } Give your reasons for your opinion. 3. What is the object of studying history, and how would you secure the object } 4. Define the difference between seeing and ob- serving, and state what means you would employ to strengthen the latter habit. 5. When would you have pupils begin the study of grammar .? How would you first instruct them } 6. What help does the faculty of judgment render in the process of education .? 7. Is it or is it not necessary for teachers of lower grades to acquaint themselves with the higher branches of study } 8. What educational works have you read ? 9. How would you teach mental arithmetic } 10. What means would you take to correct the feabit of whispering in school } NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. SET I. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What is the law of attraction of gravitation ? What would be the weight of a sixty-four-pound can- non ball at the distance of the moon ? 2. Define specific gravity ; and give the law for finding the specific gravity of a solid. 3. What is the generally received theory of light ? What are the sources of light ? What is the solar spectrum ,? 4. What are the laws which govern the reflection and the refraction of light ? What is the telescope .'* What is the microscope ? 5. How is the barometer used to ascertain the height of mountains ? 6. Mention the principal laws of motion. 7. What is the principle upon which Morse's elec- tro-magnetic telegraph is founded ? 8. How is the polarity of the magnetic needle ex- plained ? 9. Who invented the steam-engine ; and what dis- tinguished men have been connected with its im- provement and application ? 10. What are the laws discovered by Kepler, governing the motions and distances of the planets ? S. 72 PART I. —EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS, SET II. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. Give the law of the descent of faUing bodies. How long would a stone be in falling five hundred feet, and what velocity would it acquire ? 2. Give the method of proving the pressure of the air by Torricelli. 3. State the great law which is at the bottom of all the mechanical phenomena of liquids, and illustrate. 4. Describe the hydraulic press, and explain the principle on which it operates. 5. Explain the principle of the screw. On what does the ratio of the power to the weight dep'fend } 6. At what rate does sound travel in air } Is there any better medium than air for transmitting sound } What is the distance of lightning when the flash is seen nine seconds before the thunder is heard.? 7. Why does the simple microscope magnify } 8. What is the magnetic meridian } Does it coin- cide with the geographical meridian } What is the difference between them called } 9. What are electrics ? What bodies are the best conductors "*. Who proved that lightning and the electricity produced by a frictional machine are the same t 10. On what principle or fact does the electric tel- egraph depend — without which messages could not be sent .'* S. SET III. FIVE QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. How would you illustrate the impenetrability of air .-* 2. How was the unit of the French system of measures determined } NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 73 3. What principle does the hydrostatic bellows il- lustrate ? 4. What are the respective advantages of " high pressure " and " low pressure " engines ? 5. Mention two kinds of lenses, and state the effect of each upon rays of light transmitted through it. SET IV. TWENTY QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What are inorganic bodies.? 2. What are some of the effects of heat on sub- stances } Name substances that may have three dif- ferent forms. 3. What are imponderable agents t 4. State some of the laws pertaining to gravita- tion. 5. What is meant by chemical attraction } 6. If a body weighs a ton at the surface of the earth, what will it weigh one mile below the surface } How much would it weigh one thousand miles above the surface t 7. How far above the surface of the earth must a body weighing two hundred pounds be placed in order that its weight shall be reduced to twenty-five pounds } 8. How far will a body fall during the fourth sec- ond of its descent, and how far will it have fallen at the end of the fifth second } 9. What is the specific gravity of a body which weighs ten pounds in the water and twelve and one half pounds in the air t 10. How many cubic feet of air would it take to weigh as much as a cubic foot of water, and how many would have the same weight as a cubic foot of gold } 74 PART I.- EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. 11. A piece of wood and a ten-pound ball fastened together weigh nine and one half pounds in water. The wood alone weighs one pound avoirdupois in the air : What is the specific gravity of the wood ? 12. State a law relative to the pressure of liquids. 13. Two bodies are moving in the air ; one, weigh- ing fifty pounds, moves at the rate of one hundred miles per hour ; the other, weighing ten pounds, has a velocity of nine miles per minute. How do their momenta compare ? 14. With a lever of the third kind, thirty feet long, how great a power will it require to raise a weight of one thousand two hundred pounds, the fulcrum being eight feet from the power ? 15. What is the law of refracted light t 16. What is the undulatory theory of light } Give an explanation of the causes of dawn and twilight. 17. What is the law relative to the intensity of light at different distances from a luminous body } 1 8. What is meant by the harmony of colors } 19. State how we see. 20. State the principle on which the steam-engine is constructed. SET V. ^ FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What is the law of centrifugal force } 2. Give three laws of motion. 3. A man at the earth's surface weighs two hun- dred pounds — what would he weigh four thousand miles above the surface } Two thousand miles be- low the surface } 4. How far will a stone fall in ten seconds } 5. What is the velocity of a stone which has been falling ten seconds } NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. -75 6. How far will a stone fall in the tenth second ? 7. What are the principal motive powers ? 8. What is meant by an engine of one-horse power ? 9. What is the hydrostatic press, and on what law is its action based ? 10. What is the specific gravity of gold ? 1 1 . What are the properties of air ? 12. What is heat supposed to be, and how is i^ communicated ? 13. What can you say of heat as a motive power? 14. What are the laws of reflected light ? 15. What is actinism ? S PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE. SET I. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. How are the arteries and the veins connected ? 2. What is the mucous membrane ? Its office ? 3. What are the ganglionic nerves, and what is their function ? 4. Explain the structure of the heart. 5. What distinction is made between the functions, of the cerebrum and cerebellum ? 6. What are the functions of the skin. 7. What is the cause of a common cold, and what directions can you give for curing one ? 8. Why should not children be required to study hard immediately after eating .? 9. Why should not children study late at night ? 10. Why would you teach scholars to breathe through the nostrils rather than the mouth ^ S. SET II. SEVEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. I. (a) Of what are the bones composed } (d) What envelops them ? (c) What hold them together > (d) How many bones in the spine } (e) How many ribs in the human body ? PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE. J J 2. {a) Of what are the muscles composed ? {b) By what attached ? {c) To what attached ? {d) By what inclosed ? {e) Uses ? 3. {a) Name the layers of the skin. {b) Functions of the skin. {c) What glands in the skin ? {d) Divisions of the brain ? {e) What membrane surrounds it ? 4. {a) Names of the cavities of the heart. {b) Names of the valves of the heart. {c) What are arteries ? {d) What connect the veins and arteries ? {e) How does the chyle enter the blood ? 5. {a) Function of the lymphatics. {b) Functions of the lacteals. if) What are the chief agents of secretion in the body } {d) Of what two parts is blood composed .? {e) What are the organs of respiration .? 6. {a) What is the function of the respiratory organs .'' {b) Name the vocal organs. if) Of what is the nervous system composed .•* {d) Into what two parts is the brain divided } (e) What are the special functions of the larget part ? 7. (d) Name the parts of the eye. (b) Office of the iris. (c) Of what three parts is the ear composed } {d and e) Describe the auditory nerve. S. y8 PART I. — EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS, SET III. TEN QUESTIONS — TWO AND ONE HALF CREDITS EACH. 1. State the locality in the body of the patella, hyoid bone, ulna, scapula, and tibia. 2. Describe the hip joint. 3. Where is the liver, and what are its functions. 4. Name the digestive fluids. 5. What is the difference between arteries, veins, and capillaries t 6. What is the blood heat of man, and how is it believed to be maintained t 7. Mention the locality and office jDf the pancreas. 8. What is the normal rate of the pulse in an adult, and how does it vary in old age, infancy, fever, and debility } 9. What is the office of the lymphatics } Of the lacteal s t 10. What excretory organs chiefly remove the waste carbon from the body } Which remove its waste nitrogen and salts .-* SET IV. TOTAL : TWENTY-FIVE QUESTIONS — SEVENTY-FIVE CREDITS. Ten Questions — Two Credits Each. 1. What is physiology } 2. How many bones in the skull } 3. Where is the patella } 4. What connects the bones } 5. By means of what do we move the bones .^ 6. What prevents the teeth from quickly wearing out.? 7. What important organ is on the left side of the body .-* 8. Into what does the secretion of the liver pass ? rHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE. 79 9. Through what vessels is the blood distributed over the body ? 10. Through what vessels does the food pass from the intestines into the circulation ? Ten Questions — Three Credits Each. Jfi. What are glands ? ^ 12. What are the organs of respiration ? / \^I3. To what is the dark color of the blood owing ? / '\nBi4. What is the cause of animal heat ? "^ 15. What is the cuticle ? 16. What is the office of the nerves ? •jls/i/. What is the cerebrum ?>) " ^ yC^^' Mention the coats of the eye. Q 19. What is the effect of closing the Eustachian tube ? 20. Which of the five senses do you think the most important ? Five Questions — Five Credits Each. 21. Mention three things conducive to the health of the muscles. 22. Mention three things conducive to the health of the digestive organs. 23. Mention three things conducive to healthy circulation. 24. Mention three things promotive of healthy respiration. 25. Mention three things conducive to a healthy nervous system. S. SPELLING, Examiners plicants under mistake about reminis'sense numat'icks super cil'yus tas'siturn sin'onim re treeve' ex aust'yun ex hon'erate ex il'errate caw'lyflour ker'rocene 'nap'tha dip'thong ben'efited j)riv'elige sper ma cit'y dis shev'elled com plec'tion rec com mend cro shay' bru net' SET I. ONE HUNDRED WORDS. will pronounce these words to the ap- examination, so that there may be no the words intended. rat'efy im'pune' os'silate vin yet' in cor'regeble ir re sis ta ble spon ta nious fos for es'sense farina'cious pre tense'sious ma lish'us in fal'lable man'agible mar'rige ible co-op'erative mod'dyfyed embar'rasment par'alell men'tain ance explis'itly exces'ivly responsi'eble alle'geance . compare'ative dellega'sion pos es'ion cor up'sion sus sep'table lat'ti tude fysi'shun res^i pee pres'teej et'iket fi ness' biv'wack bu'ro Shakespear prit'ti ness dayn'ty ness blame'able charge'able move'able SPELLING. 8i ter'rable pham'flet at tasha' shin'yon ap ro po' al'cho hoi change'able fuimil beaf 'stake dip the'ria bron chee'tis diarre'a skillfull halle lu'ya shar'latan gro tesk' sas'si frass shap par ral' gas con nade' live'lyhood moc'cazin opake' sponta'nious advanta'gous boun'ty ous bu'ty ous SET II. TWENTY-FIVE WORDS — TWO CREDITS EACH. du'tey OUS loqua'shious crit'i cize ad'vertize tyr'rannize en'terprize su'pervize tipog'rafy fo tog'ra fer hem'mor rage e fem'erral 1. Retrievable. 2. Receevable. 3. Unexpresable. 4. Unlimitly. 5. Masheen. 6. Sfericle. 7. Reccomendashun. 8. Clenlyness. 9. Pernishious. 10. Desicive. 11. Exibet. 12. Numness. 13. Cirkuit. 14. Calliko. 15. Acquited. 16. Monkies. 17. Centinels. 18. Sheeves. 19. Alegatur. 20. Liveing. 21. Disagreeable. 22. Flys. 23. Ocazionally. 24. Parigraf. 25. Cillindricall. Twe7ity-five Credits. Copy and correct the spelling, punctuation, and capitals of the following extract from Walter Scott. The spelling of the proper names is correct as printed. One credit off for each word misspelled, 82 PART I. — EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. one off for each misplaced capital, and one for any important error in punctuation. " have you confesed yourself Brother said the Tem- plar Guilbert and have you heard mass this morning that you may perrill your life so frankly, i am titer to meet death than thou art answered the Disinherited Knight for by this name the stranger had recorded himself in the book of the tourney, then take your place in the lists said de bois guilbert and take your last look upon the Sun for this night thou shalt sleep in paradise, grant mercy for thy courtesy replied the Disinhereted Knight and to requite it I advise the to take a fresh horse and a new lance for by my honor you will need both." Geographical Names. Ten Credits, 1. Tenese. 6. Venezv^^ala. 2. Indianna. 7. Himmalah Mountains. 3. Connetticut. 8. Reeo Janaro. 4. Cincinnatti. 9. Bordo. 5. Masachusets. 10. San deeago. Fifteen Credits. [One Credit ofiFfor each misspelled word and each misplaced capiul.] " Orthography treats of letters, sylabels, seperate words and speling." " the first word of every distinct Sentence should begin with a Capital. " the orthography of our language is atendid with much unsertinty and perplecksity." — Brown's Grammar. " Words of one sylable, and words accented on the last sylable ending with a single consonent, preseded by a sin gle vowell doubble the final consonent on reseiving an ad- ditional terminashun beginning with a vowell : as rob, robbing; aquit, aquiting." — Wilson's Spellet\ S. SPELLING. 83 SET III. Pronunciation. Pronunciation. I. Ad-ven-tish-us. 26. Ef-fer-ves'-sence. 2. Ar-gil a-shus. 27. Strick^-nine. 3- Av-er-du-poize'. 28. Rar-i-fy. 4. Hem-mer-age. 29. Mi-razhe'. 5. Fu'-she-a. 30. Sil-lish'-ous. 6. Ben-e-fit-ted. 31. Su-per-ceed. 7. Priv-i-lege. 32. Im-pune'. 8. Ban-nan'-na. 33- Il-leg^-i-ble. 9- Gauge. 34- Hy-e-ro-glif-ic. 10. Men-azh'-e-re. 35. Os-sil-ate. II. Sperm-a-city. 36. Da-ger'-re-an. 12. Be-le-gur. 37- Cam-el-leop-ard. 13. Se-ta-shus. 38. Ex-il-ler-ate. 14. Cat-ter-pil-lar. 39- Su-per-in-tend-ent. 15- Dis-shev-el-led. 40. In-cor-e-gi-ble. 16. Min-yon-et'. 41- Rap-pa-han-nock. 17. Nap-tha. 42. Chat-ta-noo-ga. 18. Com-plec-tion. 43. Sym-me-try. 19. Bat-tal-yun. 44. Vin-yet'. 20. Cer-tif-i-cate. 45- Trys-sil-la-ble. 21. Rec-com-mend. 46. Ir-re-sis-ta-ble. 22. Re-con'-ne-zance. 47. Koo-chook. (India- rubber.) 23. Law'-de-num. 48. Spon-ta-ni-ous. 24. Seige. 49. Fos-fo-res-sense. 25. Cro'-shay. 50. In-can-des-sense. S. SET IV. I. Discurigment. 5. Politishan. 2. Sitadell. 6. Recomend. 3. Campaign. 7. Dissiplin. 4- Infalable. 8. EfFervessense. M PART 2. — EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. 9. Manigeable. 10. Despondensey. 11. Fosforessense. 12. Shampane. 13. Cooperitive. 14. Moddifyed. 15. Embarasment. 16. Reconnezance. 17. Purify ed. 18. Consilliation. 19. Rebelious. 20. Parrallell. 21. Tenasety. 22. Judgement. 23. Cirtifecates. 24. Kalibeate. 25. Disollution. 26. Belliggerant. 27. Proclaimation. 28. Maintainence. 29. Sinonim. 30. Explisitely. 31. Exsesive. 32. Necesaty. 33. Responceable. 34. Curansy. 35. Alleigeance. 36. Aprehend. 37. Judishousley. 38. Terific. 39. Compareative. 40. Farrinacious. 41. Exhonnorrate. 42. Sanguinaryly. 43. Delligation. 44. Ambullanse. . 45. Clarrafy. 46. Posescion. 47. Coruption. 48. Irisponcible. 49. Schollars. 50. Susseptable. S. SET V. 1. Dispepsy. 2. Ekwipt. 3. Parelelogramme. 4. Exchequer. 5. Tecknecle. 6. Awdassety. 7. Irrasseble. 8. Suspicion. 9. Coajjuter. 10. Machination. 11. Dynasty. 12. Escenshal, 13. Vinyet. 14. Vissera. 15. Millishy. 16. Vittels. 17. Nitch. 18. Paregoric. 19. SatelHte. 20. Lezhurly. 21. Fusha. 22. Nevvmatticks. 23. Sikology. 24. Saccharine. ^/'^ZZ/iV(?. 25- Sirringe. 38. Discurridgment. 26. Amanyuencis. 39- Irresponsible. 27. Impressible. 40. Coquetry. 28. Dissiplin. 41- Efishent. 29. Criterion. 42. Caustic. 30. Lettis. 43. Maggasine. 31. Precocity. 44. Buisness. 32. Cymbal. 45- Aristocratic. 33- Tyranny. 46. Hemoridge. 34. Haynus. 47. Volubility. 35. Fallayshus. 48. Extraordinary. 36. Embarrassment. 49. Privilege. 37. Sittadel. 50. Prejudis. SET VI. ( To be dictated by the Examiners.) FIFTY 1 CREDITS. Twenty Words - - One Credit Each. I. Satellite. II. Until. 2. Gauge. 12. Welfare.. 3. Diaphragm. 13. Permitted. 4. Icicle. 14. Duly. 5. Nonpareil. 15. Daily. 6. Michaelmas. 16. Mahtenance. 7. Synonym. 17- Transferred. 8. Mucilage. 18. Correspondence. 9- Sieve. 19. Accommodation, lO. Siege. 20. Distillation. 85 {Ten Credits. — One off for each misspelled word) The Asiatic Governments are despotic ; the reli- gions very diverse. Buddhism, an idolatrous worship, prevails in Thibet, China, and Japan ; Brahminism, also idolatrous, in India. """*" 86 PART I. — EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. {Ten Credits. — One off for each error ^ To retajjate upon France and England, Congress, in December, 1807, decreed an embargo, by which all American vessels and sailors were called home and detained, and foreign vessels were prohibited from taking cargoes Jrom our ports. Ten Credits. — One off for each error. The conduct of Columbus was characterized by the grandeur of his views, and the magnanimity of his spirit. Instead of ravaging the newly found countries, like many of his contemporary discoverers, who were intent only on immediate gain, he regarded them with the eyes of a legislator. He was naturally irascible and impetuous, and keenly sensible to injury. SET VII. SPELLING. lettuce oxygen machinate mortise pyrotechnic saccharine nuisance malleable epiphany neuter infallible spermaceti tortoise supplicate worsted mullein archetype orrery m'urrain chrysalis obsequies zephyr rehearse metonymy circuit imburse javelin surfeit tranquillity Irrigate edible humility inoculate schedule empire innocence salvable polygamy idiosyncrasy irascible symptom alpaca indelible gherkin apocrypha raspberry • SPELLING. 8; SET VIII Correct the following^ if needed. vicksen maskeraid highisinth tenayshus billyus cincopy anteek chaplensee essplaynaad iibikwetus medeokur escuchon korpussel kaottick homeopathy hiperboly metacarpus iresipalus ichnuman cochineal harpsecord dyacoosticks offclide etteket meny conjeneal frontispiece marshuness shghness highpockrecey apockrifal doedekegon tamboreen Write out in full Abbreviate. G. C. B. As if he should say. I. H. S. No one dissenting. Min. Plen. His, or Her Majesty's Ships. Q. E. F. Fellow of the Society of Arts. Sec. Leg. Unknown. Define. potential hesperian syllabus. maxillary corollary reciprocity gneiss dynamics homogeneous vitreous SET IX. Write sentences in which the following words shall be used appropriately : — beleaguer conciliatory auxiliary deteriorate irrepressible sycophant inflammable plentitude mnemonics irretrievable plebeian typhoon precedent fragile elegy intimidate exigency pneumonia indissoluble obeisance S8 PART I.— EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. feasible paregorick beneffited inelegible condign edeble malafactor surreptitious contraband inocculate erysypalas malleable culander facetious SET X. subteranean proxemate aquious Hebredes quintessence tranquillity benefficent tractable sacreficial immutable symetry epaulet jeweller defering analyse nutritious salemander surplice exibited recepticle unmistakeable caricature ventillated chan gable euphony sureptiteous SET XI. Define and Spell. 1. Definite. 2. Vague. 3. Spherical. 4. Cylinder. 5. Opaque. 6. Molluscous. 7. Zoology. 8. Confiscation. 9. Conscription. 10. Marvelous. 11. Sovereign. 12. Notoriety. 25. 13. Exhaustion. 14. Armament. 15. Soluble. 16. Vocation. 17. Obsolete. 18. Esthetics. 19. Ostentation. 20. Dereliction. 21. Exonerate. 22. Secession. 23. Alliterate. 24. Obliterate. Salutary. SPELLING. SET XII. Words to be defined. I. Education. 13. Diameter. 2. Knowledg( a 14- Chirography. 3. Precedent. 15. Dissolution. 4. Pneumatics. 16. Idea. 5. Aeriform. 17- Intimidate. 6. Lacerate. . 18. Linear. 7. Contusion. 19. Beneficence. 8. Occipital. 20. Circle. 9. Supercilious. 21. Contiguous. 10. Obstacle. 22. Reminiscence. II. Taciturn. 23. Retrieve. 12. Soul. 24. Synonym. 25. Definition. SET XIII. Definitio7is. Illusion. Paradox. Obstacle. Contravene. Exotic. Chimerical. Pathos. Parasite. Omnivorous, Anneal. Homogeneous, Animalcule. Chalybeate. Chromatics. Viscid. Ineffable. Impalpable. Inevitable. Pellucid. Amanuensis. SET XIV. TWENTY FIVE WORDS - — TWO CREDITS EACH. Define and Spell. I. Begining. 5- Insendiairy. 2. Conciencious. 6. Remitance. 3. Potencial. 7. Postilion. 4. Brazier. 8. Synonim. 89 90 PART I. — EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. 9. Logarithems. 18. Annallogous. 10. Neice. 19. Symetrical. 11. Redundence. 20. Finanseer. 12. Merchandize. 21. Munny. 13. Terriffic. 22. Embezlement 14. Gregareous. 23. Interogation. 15 Privelege. 24. Acheiveing. 16. Inseperabillity. 25. Ansestor. 17. Laman table. ALGEBRA. SET I. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. [Let all work appear upon the paper.] 1. Multiply cP' — 2ax — U^" ■{- bx by b^ -\- ax. 2. Divide yfi 4 A^bx'^ — 6aWx — ^H"^ by 2ab -f- x. S. Reduce to its simplest form —7 — s— — t^ ^ a {in^ -Tir) — majt. 4. A certain fraction becomes i when 3 is added to the numerator, and \ when 2 is added to the de- nominator ; find it. 5. Write the square of i -(- 2x — x^ — \x^. f(i— f^) 6. Simplify the fraction ^ ^ ^ '•" ^ I (•*• + 41) X 2 f *? f 7. Solve the following equation: '- + -— = 234 8. What two numbers are there, whose sum is 48 and difference 22 .? 9. A is twice as old as B ; twenty-two years ago he was three times as old. Required A's present age. 10. Solve the following equations: | 21/ 4-^ — o SET IL TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. I. Define coefficient, exponent, term, reciprocal, and surd ; and give illustrations of each. 92 PART I. — EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. 2. Demonstrate that ^° = i. 3. Factor ahn — (^atn^. 4. What number is that from which if 91 be sub- tracted, ^ of the remainder will be equal to ^ of the number ? X -{- y — z =■ I ) 5. d>x -\- 2>y — 6z = I > To find the value of x, y, 3^ — 4^—y— I ) and i7. 6. Find the product of (4a^x~''^)^ and (^"^;r^). 7. What is the square root of a^d'^ — ioad~^ + 27 S. x-{- 16 — 3V^ + 16= 10. Find the value of X. , X , , V 5 [ To find the value of 2^ and y. 10. There are three numbers in geometrical pro- gression, whose sum is 31, and the sum of the first and last is 26 ; what are the numbers ? SET III. 1. Divide a^ -{- x^ by a — x. 2. Find the least common multiple of;ir^ — x,x^ — I, . and:r^+i- 3. Demonstrate the rule for transposing the terms of an equation. 4. Given ^±^ +^±^= i6~^^ to find the ^ 2^3 4 value of X. 5. Divide $462, between two persons, so that for every dime which one receives, the other may receive a dollar. 6. Mention the different methods of elimination, and give an example of each. ALGEBRA. 93 7. Given— — - — i, and — i^ to find the ' X y X y values of x and y. 8. What is the meaning of the expression ? Demonstrate the propriety of that signification. 9. Find the value of the expression ( — c-dr"^ m^)^ — . 10. Given x^ -\-y^ = 3^, and x^ -j-jj/i =;r, to find the values of x and y. SET IV. 1. Multiply a^ — 2ax — d"^ -\- dx by 3^ + ax. 2. Divide 2,^ 4- 4al?x- — Ga^d'^x — 4a^^ by 2ad-^ x. 3. Reduce to its simplest form —. — „— — »7 a{nr-{-ir) — man. 4. A certain fraction becomes i when 3 is added to the numerator, and ^ when 2 is added to the denominator ; find it. 5. Write the square of i -{- 2x — x'^ — ^j:^. 6. Simplify the fraction ^ ^ ^^^ ~ !^^ TT"'^^ 7. Solve the following equation : X 2X ^ %X ^ X 8. What two numbers are there, whose sum is 48 and difference 22 .^ 9. A is twice as old as B ; twenty-two years ago he was three times as old. Required A's present age. ' 2X — y =: 8 10. Solve the following equations : 27 + ;tr -f 9 SET V. I. From 5^* — jaW — 3^*3^2 + 7^ take 3^^ — 3^^ — 7^^ —15^3^2 94 PART I. — EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. 2. Multiply 2>^ + 2x'^)P' -f- -^ by 2x^ — -^x^y^ -f 5jv^ 3. Divide 6ax^ + 6ax^y^ + 42<3:'^;r2 by ax + 5^;r. ' 4. Find the factors of the polynomial a^x — ^. I _|_ x"^ I x^ 5. From s- take — ; — s- I — x^ I -\- x^ ;ir4 — ^* x^ + bx 7. Divide I A 1 — by i ,— . 8. Find the values of x, y, z, in the following : — 2x -\- ^y—Zz = 22 \ 4x—2y+ $2= 18; 6x -^ yy — 2= 63. 9. What is the sum of \/~iSa^ and W ^od^b"^ ? 10. What two numbers are those whose sum, multiplied by the greater, is equal to TJy and whose difference, multiplied by the lesser, is equal to 12 ? SET VI. 1. Define algebra. 2. Rule for algebraic subtraction ; multiplication. 3. What is an equation ? A quadratic equation ? Rule for transportation of terms ? ^ 4. Reduce $x -\- 2y = 45, and 4X ->ry = 33. 5. There is a fraction such, that if i be added to the numerator, its value is equal to ^, and if i be added to the denominator, its value equals i. What fraction is it ? 6. What is the 5th power of — 2a^ l^t 7. Square a^ + b^. 8. What is the cube root of — ^a^b^'^ ? 9. Write the surd a\ in as many different ways as you can. 10. Give x\ — jri = 2, to find the values of x. ALGEBRA. 95 1 1. There are two numbers, one of which is greater than the other by 8, and whose product is 240. What are they ? 12. What is the sum of the infinite progression I + i- + i + i etc. 13. Raise x -\- y X.o the loth power. 14. Extract the cube root of a^ — 6a^ -\- i^a"^ — 20<3:'^ -f 15^^ — 6^ + I. 15. What are logarithms, and what is their use ? 16. From a — d subtract c — d, and explain the change of sign. 17. Multiply a — d X yc — d, and explain. 18. Divide the number 100 into two such parts that the sum of their square roots may be equal to 14. 19. How many ways of reducing equations con- taining two or more unknown quantities. 20. What two numbers are those whose difference, sum, and product are as the numbers 2, 3, and 5 re- spectively. SET VII. 1. laHiP'x^abcd'^ = "> 2. {a + b) X (^ + ^) = ? {a — b)X (a— b) = > 3. a* -\- 6a^ x^ — /\a^x -\- X4 — 4ax^ — a^ — 2ax-\' 4. Resolve a^ — h^ into its factors. ^' 2 "^ 2 * ^ ax ax ^ ^- b — c b ■{■ . X X 7. X — 7 = — I — to find value of x. 8. Required, the square root oi 2 -\- y/^i,. 9. At a certain election, 36,000 votes were polled, and the candidate chosen wanted but 3,000 of hav- 96 PART I. — EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. ing twice as many votes as his opponent. How many voted for each. lo. If A and B together can perform a piece of work in 12 days ; A and C in 15 days, and B and C in 20 days. How many days will it take each person to do the work alone } SET VIII. 1. Why do you change the signs of the subtra- hend in the subtraction of polynomials } 2. Explain why the term difference does not always denote a number less than the minuend. 3. Why does multiplying a negative by a positive quantity produce a negative result ? 4. What is the signification of the expression y°t and why } 5. Express the following by positive exponents, and explam the process : Z- -4 6. Factor 81^*— 16^*. 7. Solve the following, and give reasons for the various transformations in the process : — ax — b a _bx — a 4 ^ 3^ ~~ 3 8. Simplify {cP'bh'^df, and ( — ^"^V)*. 9. Develop (4^ — ^df by theorem. 10. Add >v/y«, and VsV- 11. Simplify \//'A. 12. What are the values of x in the equation 4^ + 3^ + — = — 14^ — Z\ — A^^' Give the analysis. 13. Express the values of the unknown quantity in the following, without completing the square : — 2x^ — lox-\rl -—x'^ -f Zi'd-r—^Q. ALGEBRA. 97 14. The two roots of an equation are 5 and — ^ : what is the equation ? If the two roots are a and by what is the equation ? 15. Give an algebraic demonstration of the ex- traction of the square root. ^ J— l-i/ zn I A ) 16. Given: , , , [ to find ;ir and r. 17. Given : ix -\- 2\/x =z \x -\~ 1^6, to find the values. 1 \ 18. Express the product of 2^ X 2^\ ig. n , [Find the values of x and y. ^ x^- + 2j/ = S3) 20. What two numbers are those whose difference is 3, and the difference of the cubes of which is i8g? SET IX. 1. Multiply a^ — 2ax — d"^ -{- bx by d^ -f- ax 2. Divide 3x^-\~ 4adx^ — 6cP'b'^x — /\aW by 2ab -f- x. %. Reduce to its simplest form . „ , — or • ^ ^ a{m^ -\- n^) — man. 4. A certain fraction becomes i when 3 is added to the numerator, and \ when 2 is added to the de- nominator ; find it. 5. Write the square of \ -{- 2x — x^ — \x^. 6. Simplify the fraction ^ ^^ "^^'^^"T ^j^ "^^'^ ^ ^ If— ^(^ + 41). 7. Solve the following equation : — f _ 1^ , 3f _ , , , f 2 3 "^ 4 "^8 8. What two numbers are there, whose sum is 48 and difference 22 } 9. A is twice as old as B ; twenty-two years ago he was three times as old. Required A's present age. 7 98 PART I.— EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS, lo. Solve the following equations : J i II SET X. 1. From __ 2 ^^^^ , o 2. Prove that a^ =^\. X X 3. Given, x -\ \--^x — 2, to find the value oi x, 2 3 x-^ry ■\'Z—2(^. , X -\- 2y -\- 'i^z ^=- 62. 4. Given <^ ^, ^ ) to find .r, r, and -gr. - + ^ + -=10. 234 5. Find the square root of 4^ + i2;t^-("5^ — 2:t:^ + yx^ — 2X -\- I. ,; 6. Add \/72 and VT28. 7. Divide 6 -%/ 10 by 3 \/ 5. 8. Solve the equation x^ — x — 40 — 1 70. 9. To what is (^r"')" equal ? 10. Demonstrate the formula for finding the sum of the terms of an arithmetical progression. SET XI. 1. Expand by means of the binomial theorem the following : (i — \ay and {x^ + 3^2)6 2. Required the product of -^15 and ^ 10; di- vide 6 V 54 by 3 V 2. 3. Find the greatest common divisor oi x^ -\- x — 10 and x^ — 16. 4. Given . ; — . = — 4- 4. find X. 5. Given x^ -\- y'^=. a, and xy = by to find the values of x and y. ALGEBRA. 99 6. Multiply ^~2 ^^-3 ^y a^b^c. Divide a^ by <3:3- 7. Write the symbol for infinity. What is it used to represent ? Write the symbol for indetermination ? What does it designate ? If we have more unknown quantities than equations, what will be the character of the equations, and why ? 8. Find the factors of the polynomial cP'x — ;r^. Free the fraction — ^ ^ ^ from negative expo- I ■\- x~^ — j/~2 » ^ nents. 9. Find the V2H to within less than 0.000 1. 10. Find the sixth root of 23 to within less than o.oi. 11. Find the sum of the first n terms of the pro- gression of odd numbers, i, 3, 5, 7, 9. 12. Find the approximate value of x in the equa- tion (10)"^=: 3. 13. Whereabouts, on the line between the earth and the moon, will the attraction of the earth be 16 times the attraction of the moon } Represent the mass of the moon by c, that of the earth by b, and their distance apart by a. •3. 2^ \ 1 14. Given x^ +J^^ = 3'^, and x^ +J^ ^^x, to find the values of x and y. 15. Find the value of i, i, i%, to infinity. 16. Convert into an infinite series. a — X 17. Given j/^ -f- 48J/ = 104, to find j/. 18. A root of the equation x^ — 2<^x'^ -\- 6ox — 36 = 0, is 3 ; what does the equation become when freed of this root ? COMPOSITION, SET I. [Siy/e, spellings punctuation^ and capital letters^ all taken into considera- tion in crediting. Write at least tivo pages of manuscript^ on any 07U of the folloiuing topics. '\ First Subject: "Government." Suggestions : Meaning of the word. Origin and necessity of government. Show the effects of an- archy. EarUest form of government ; describe it.; PrevaiUng forms of government. Distinguishing fea- tures of monarchical, democratic, and repubhcan forms of government. Advantages of a monarchy ; of a republic. Government of the United States : its strength and its weakness. Conclusion. Second Subject : " Friendship." Suggestions : What is it t Origin and neces- sity. Illustrations of it from ancient history ; mod- ern. Benefits of true, and evils of false friendship. How friendships should be formed. Conclusion. Third Subject : " Society." Suggestions : What is it .•* When did it begin to exist } Under what forms at first } Benefits } Effects on arts and sciences. Difference between a state of barbarism and of civilization. Evils of soci- ety. Vices. Illustrations from history. COMPOSITION. •,,; ; >,> ; \: loi Fourth Subject: " War.'' ' " ' ' ' •-':'•.; Suggestions : When did war begin, and how originate ? What kinds of wars ? Is war justifiable ? Evils of war ; benefits of war. Illustrate both from history. Difference between barbarous and civilized warfare. Effect of inventions upon war. Will wars ever cease } SET II. 1. Mention four essential properties of style. 2. Define lyric, epic, and dramatic poetry. 3. Mention three authors known for simple style. Mention three authors known for abstruse style. Mention two inventive and two sarcastic writers. 4. Define the figure employed in each of the fol- lowing examples : " The English gain two hours a day by clipping words." " Wherever snow falls, there is usually civil freedom." " O Jew ! an ttpright judge, a learned judge!" Give examples of meta- phor. 5. Give two composition subjects adapted to pri- mary grades, and two adapted to grammar grades. 6. Write a short composition on one of the fol- lowing subjects : — A Trip to Niagara. The Day's Work. An Agricultural Life. School Discipline. Money. SET III. 1. Define rhetoric. What mental qualities are most exercised by the study of rhetoric } 2. What is figurative language t its object } Give some examples. 3. What are barbarisms } Give examples. What property of style is violated by their use } 4. Define allegory. Mention some allegory. 1 02 PAk rl--- EX A MINA TION OF TEA CHERS. 5. E>:plain the error in the following lines : — *' I bridle in my struggling muse with pain, That longs to launch into a bolder strain." Mention several ways of securing variety in com- position. Write a short composition on one of the following subjects : Polar Voyages ; The Books I have read ; School Government ; Education of Woman ; Dress and the Man. PENMANSHIP. 1. Write the alphabet of capital letters and of small letters ; grouping letters of similar form. 2. Make the elements used in forming capital let- ters and the small letters. 3. Give four important rules for position, height, slope, and distance of letters. 4. How many positions at the desk in writing, and which do you prefer } 5. What drill exercises would you give to secure free movements of the fingers ? Hand and wrist ? Arm and forearm ? 6. Whose system of penmanship do you prefer, and why ? 7. How would you classify an ungraded school of fifty pupils for writing lessons ? 8. How often would you have writing lessons, and how long each time .'' 9. At what age, and how would you have children begin to write ? 10. What use do you make of a blackboard in teaching writing } ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. 1. Name the four principal changes by which Anglo-Saxon was converted into English. 2. When, and by whom, was written language devised. Name the different systems that have been employed, and the characteristics of each. 3. Give the derivation of the word rhetoric^ and name the principal rhetorical figures. Illustrate one of them. 4. What is taste } 5. What critics among the Ancients are respect- ively distinguished for delicacy and correctness of taste } Who among the Moderns } 6. Compare wit, humor, and ridicule. 7. The principal varieties of poetry, and name the greatest epic in modern English literature. 8. Draw a parallel between Washington and Na- poleon. 9. In whose reign did Spenser live, and who were his contemporaries ? Name his principal poem ? Name five living poets in order of merit. 10. Write a letter of introduction (complete) to the Secretary of State, by name (at Washington), recommending Adam Cain to a clerkship in the State Department. ENGLISH LITERATURE. 1. Name some influences that affected the Enghsh language before the fourteenth century. Why is Chaucer called the father of English literature ? 2. What is the Baconian system of philosophy ? Why was it needed ? What can you say of Bacon's style ? 3. What are the chief merits of Shakespeare as a writer ? 4. Who were the greatest English theological writ- ers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ? 5. By whom and for what was Hudibras written ? What was the character of Dryden as a writer ? Name some of his works. 6. Who were the leaders in the Artificial School of writers .'' What can you say of Pope as a poet ? 7. Who were the Essayists ? What influence did they exert ? For what is Addison noted ? Dr. Johnson ? 8. Who were the great English historians ? 9. What are some of the peculiarities of Byron ? of Shelley ? Name some of the greatest modern novelists and journahsts. 10. Why should oratory flourish in a republic ? What Americans have excelled as orators .? as his- torians ? PART II. WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. CONTAINING ONE HUNDRED SETS AND TWELVE HUNDRED QUESTIONS. ARITHMETIC. FIRST GRADE. SET I. [Note. — No credits allowed, unless both answer and method are correct.] total: sixteen questions — forty-six credits. Te7i Questions — Two Credits Each. 1. Divide 24 by f and write the reasons of the operation. 2. Multiply five-ninths by four-sevenths and write a full analytical explanation of the operation. 3. In multiplying .02 by .02 explain the reason why you point off four decimal places in the product. 4. Divide ^125 by 2.5. 5. Multiply the decimal twenty-five ten-thou- sandths by 2.5 and divide the product by five thou- sandths. 6. Divide .25 by ^. 7. Divide 71 miles, 237 rods, 3 yards, i foot, 6 inches by 9. 8. Is the following proportion correct or incorrect 1 Why or why not .'* 10 : 5 : : 6 : 12. 9. Interest of $1,7']^ from January 9th, 1871 to May 7th, 1 87 1, at 12 per cent, a year. ■10. Compound interest of ^150 from January loth, 1 87 1, to May 25th, 1 87 1, at 2 per cent, a month. 3) -^ no PART II.— GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINA TIONS. Five Questions — Four Credits Each. 11. A boy bought apples at the rate of 5 for 4 cents, and sold them at the rate of 4 for 5 cents ; what per cent, did he gain ? 12. The floor of a square room measures 625 square feet ; how far is it from one corner on the floor to the corner on the floor diagonally opposite, provided the floor is carpeted with carpeting one yard wide. 13. Bank discount of 1^500 for 2 months and 7 days at 8 per cent, a year. 14. A commission merchant received $iS7-7S for selling flour ; his commission being 2^ per cent, how much did the flour sell for ? Two Questions — Five Credits Each. [Partial credits allowed if the answer does not vary more than .one df>llar from the correct result.] pT<^ A mechanic contracted to work a year for ^50 a month, his wages payable at the end of each month. Nothing was paid him till the close of the year, when he received the whole amount with 12 per cent, in- terest a year. How much did he receive } >^i6. On the loth of July, 1868, John Brown, of San Francisco, hired of Henry Smith, of the same place, ;^2,ooo in gold coin, agreeing to pay him interest at tl'v^ rate of one and one half peX^ent. a month. On the 7th of August, 1370, John thrown paid to the holder of the note $700. What was due on the note at the time of settlement, May 15th, 1871 } Put this transaction into business form an.d give the answer. a S. SET II. ^• \ FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. I. Find the greatest common divisor of 34, 306, 51, and 2,142. ^i^ ARITHMETIC. — FIRST GRADE. Ill 2. Find the least common denominator of ^, ih xV, and ^l^. 3. Two and two-thirds times one-third of a number exceeds one and three-fourths times one-half of the same number by 36,000. What is the number ? 4. What sum of money must be put at interest at 4 per cent, to produce the same amount as will be produced by $1,000 loaned at 6 per cent, for the same time ^ 5. If the property of a city be valued at $250,- ,000, and a tax of $4,000,000 be levied, what tax must a man pay whose property is valued at $15,000 } 6. What will it cost to fill to the depth of 3 feet, a lot 24 feet by 132 feet, at 50 cents per cubic yard .? 7. How many cords of wood in a pile 100 feet long, 60 feet wide, and 16 feet high ? 8. How many seconds in the month of June '? 9. What is the longest straight line that can be drawn upon the floor of a hall 60 feet wide by 80 feet ong? 10. I buy 6 apples at the rate of 3 for 5 cents, and 14 applet at the rate of 2 for 3 cents, and sell the same af the rate of 5 for 8 cents. Do I gain or lose, and bow much ? 11. Add ^, J and ^V> decimally. 12. Find square root of |- X lof. 13. Write out analysis of the following : | of 24 is how many fifths of 30.'* /j^^A^A' If by selling property for $6,000, I lose 25 per / ^ht., what should I have sold it for if I had gained f 20 per cent. } 15. I sell property for $16,000 which cost me 3 years ago $12,000, money being worth 12 per cent, per annum, have I gained or lost, and how much ? 1 1 2 PAR T II. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINA TIONS, SET III. TWENTY QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. In 8,421, the figure 4 expresses how many times as much as the figure 2 ? 2. In muhiplying 1,728 by 1,836, what denomina- tion is obtained when the 7 is multipHed by 3 } 3. In subtracting 1,296 fi-om 1,728, show why your process ought to give the true remainder. 4. In multiplying -i^ by 7, which is the best way } and why ? 5. In dividing -^^ by ^, how many times as often will f be contained as three units } and why .? 6. If ^ of a ship cost ;^ 30,000, what will | of \\ of it cost at the same rate ? 7. Received $13.28 interest on ;^ 125 at 6 per cent. How long was the money at interest ? 8. Why should dividing the numerator of a proper fraction by its denominator give the quotient in a decimal t 9. Is the expression 3 .: 6 = 5 : 8 a true proportion } Why.? 10. Correct the following: 10: 5 = 6 : 12, by changing the first term. '^ II. What is the value in paper of 6 months' inter- est on a $500 bond, the interest payable in gold at 6 per cent, a year, and the premium on gold at 12 per cent. 12. Cast the compound interest of ;^ 1,000, for i year and 6 months, at 8 per cent, a year but com- pounded semi-annually. 13. What per cent, do I make* on money invested in stock at $80 a share, whose par value is J 100, and dividends 6 per cent, on the par value. ARITHMEIIC. — FIRST GRADE. \ I 3 14. What per cent, do I make on money invested in stock at $140 a share, whose par value is ^100, and dividends 10 per cent, on the par value } 15. In extracting the square root of 49,729, why do you obtain your first figure fi-om the 4, rather than the 49 } 16. In extracting the cube root of a decimal, the first figure in the root must come from what denomi- nation } and why } 17. Extract the square root of 144; also of .144. 18. Reduce y^Viy 0^3. mile to yards, by one expres- sion and cancelUng. 19. How could you prove your answers to problem 17 correct, or otherwise .'* 20. Describe the manner you would determine the number of cords in a load of wood, the dimensions being given in feet. SET IV. TWENTY QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. There are two numbers, the greater of which is 73 times 109, and their difference is 17 times 28; what is the less number t 2. What is the greatest common divisor of 32, 80, and 256 } 3. What is the common multiple of 21, 35, and 42? 4. Reduce |^, f, and \ to fractions whose denomi- nators are 6. 5. Addy^, /^, ^^^,.and^5. 6. What fraction added to \\, will make \% } 7. Multiply A of i^ by \ of 7^ 8. If nine men consume \ of 9f pounds of meat in a day, how much does each man consume } 9. A boy lost \ of his kite string, and then added 8 114 PART II. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EX AM IN A TIONS. 30 feet, when it was just % of its ordinary length. What was its length at first ? Give analysis. 10. Read the decimal .0010404. 1 1. Write five hundred tenths of millionths. 12. Reduce 1.6 to a common fraction. 13. How many times will .5 of 1.75 be contained in .25 of ij^} 14. What part of 2 rods is 4 yards i^ feet } 15. 16 is 15 per cent, of what number } 16. If I sell >s of a-ri article for \ of its cost, what per cent, do I gain 1 17. What is the interest of $500 for 2 years 2 months and 2 days, at 10 per cent, a year ? 18. What is the present worth of $200, payable in 2 years, at i per cent, per month } Give analysis. .19. If a man travel 120 miles in 3 days, when the days are 12 hours long, how many days of 10 hours each will he require to travel 360 miles } \f20. If a hall 36 feet long and 9 feet wide require 3& yards of carpeting, i yard wide, to cover the floor, hiw many yards i^ yards wide will cover a floor 60 feet long and 27 wide, if the carpet is i of an inch thick I SET V. '^v TWENTY QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. Find the greatest common divisor of 246 and 372, by factoring the numbers. 2. Find the least common multiple of 246 and 372. 3. Multiply I by ^jj. 4 Divide ^ by ^. 5. Reduce i^ and ^ to fractions, having 60 for a common denominator. 6. Multiply four thousandths by three ten-mill- •onths. ^; ARITHMETIC. — FIRST GRADE. 1 1 5 7. Add f and f, and express the result in deci- mals. 8. A man divides his farm of 214^ acres equally among his 9 sons ; how much do each receive ? 9. Reduce f of a mile to lower denominations. 10. Why cannot the numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, constitute a proportion } 11. A hawk, 40 rods behind a blackbird, is follow- ing at the rate of 10 rods a minute, while the black- bird is flying at the rate of 6 rods a minute ; in what time will the hawk overtake the blackbird .'* 12. What is the bank discount on a note for ;^5oo, payable in 2 months and 10 days, interest being i^ per cent, per month } 13. How long must ^500 be at interest, to gain $120, at 6 yer cent, a year } 14. If I lose 20 per cent, by selling cloth at ;^4 ; what should I lose by selling at $4.50 } 15. A owes B, ;^I9 ; ^5 of which is to be paid in 6 months, $6 in 7 months, and ^8 in 10 months ; what is the average time of paying the whole } 16. How many bricks, 8 inches square and 3 inches thick, will be required to cover a pavement 20 feet long, and 10 feet wide } 17. When greenbacks, measured in gold, are at 20 per cent, discount, what is gold, measured in green- backs } '^ 1 8, A, B, and C can do a piece of work in 1 2 days, C can do it in 24 days ; A can do it in 34 days ; in what time can B do it alone .'' 19. 20 per cent, of f of a number, is how many per cent, of 2 times % of 4^ times the number ? 20. If a boy buys peaches at the rate of 5 for 2 cents, and sells them at the rate of 4 for 5 cents, how many must he buy and sell, to gain ^4.20 t I 1 6 PART II. — GRAMMAK SCHOOL EXAMINA TIONS. SET VI. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. From ^ of 7^ of a week, take i day and 2\ hours. 2. Reduce 2 feet 6 inches to the decimal of a yard. 3. What cost 40^ cwt. sugar, at \2\ cents a pound .-* 4. At $^.^0 per thousand, what will 3,132 bricks cost } 5. I send my agent ;^ 1,200 to be invested after deducting his commission of 10 per cent. What is his commission } 6. What is the interest of one dollar at 6 per cent, for 13 months and 19 days ? 7. What sum must be invested at 6 per cent, to produce ^1,200 per annum ? 8. Present worth and discount of ^375, payable in 10 months, when money is worth 2 per cent, a month ? 9. Bought cloth for ^1.12^ per yard, and sold it for ^1.06^ per yard. What per cent, did I lose } 10. Bought a horse and cow for $ 1 73, the horse cost $93 more than the cow, what was the cost of each } SET VII. TOTAL : TWENTY-FIVE QUESTIONS — ONE HUNDRED CREDITS. Ten Questiofts — Three Credits Each, 1. Divide 40 by §, and multiply the quotient by f. 2. Multiply 1.2 by .012, and divide the product by .6. 3. Add 5^, i\» f» a^d ^, and from the sum sub- tract H- 4. From i,725i take 836I. ARITHMETIC — FIRST GRADE. WJ 5. Divide 4^- by 4I, and multiply the quotient by % 6. Greatest common divisor of 49, 63, 84, 91 ? 7. What will 25 1- pounds of tea cost at %j\ cents a pound ? 8. Multiply y\ by .125. 9. Divide .1 by .002, and multiply the quotient by I. 10. From 10 cubic yards, take 2 cubic feet. Ten Questions — Four Credits Each. . 1 1. A building lot contains 3,300 square feet ; it is 137^ feet in length. How wide is it ? 12. How many yards of carpeting one yard wide, will it take to carpet a room 28.^ feet long oy '^o feet wide ? 13. How many cubic inches in a box 8 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 3 feet high ? 14. What will i of a ton of sugar cost at 10 cents a pound ? 15. Divide 33 gallons, 2 quarts, i pint and 3 gills by 5. 16. What will 3,550 pounds of hay cost at $1.25 a hundred weight ? 17. How many grains in 25 pounds of gold? 18. How much will it cost to remove a quantity of sand 100 feet long, 25 feet wide, and 5 feet deep, at 5 cents a cubic yard ? 19. In /^ of a mile how many rods, feet, and inches ? 20. Iff of a yard of silk cost 4,1 dollars, how much will I of a yard cost ? Five Questions — Six Credits Each. 21. What is the interest of ;^450 for 2 years, 6 months and 1 5 days, at i per cent, a month } I 1 8 PART jr. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS. 22. A school numbers 800 pupils, and \2\ per cent, of them are absent : how many are present } 23. What is 50 per cent, of § } 24. Suppose you hire of Henry Smith ^1,000 on the 25th of May, 1869, and agree to pay him interest at the rate of \\ per cent, a month : write a promis- sory note for it. 25. Find what will be due on this note on the 15th of August, 1 869. S. SET VIII. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. Explain the following terms: A concrete num- ber ; ratio ; present worth ; bankruptcy ; exchange. 2. {a) Explain, by an example, the process of sub- traction when any figures of the subtrahend are greater than the corresponding figures of the min- uend. {b) Explain the method for finding the difference in time between two ;;^laces when the longitude of each is known. 3. A man bought 1,000 bushels of wheat for $1,250. He finds 15 per cent, of it worthless. For how much must .he sell the remainder, per bushel, so as to gain 20 per cent, upon the cost t 4. What per cent, of 75 is 15 per cent, of 175 } 5. Three boys purchased a horse together. Will- iam gave $20 ; James 40 per cent, more than Will- iam ; and George I2i per cent, less than both the others. What fractional part of the horse does each own .'' 6. Divide 32.22 by 10 ; divide the quotient by 100; multiply this quotient by 10 ; multiply this product by 1,000 ; multiply this product by i ; add the five results. ARITHME TIC. — FIRST GRADE. \ 1 9 Bought a sack of coffee containing 144 pounds, 3-t 33^ cents a pound ; I paid 2\ cents a pound for roasting it. Allowing for a loss of ^^ in weight by roasting, at what price per pound must I sell it to gain a sum equal to \ of what I gave ? 8. What is the difference between the simple and the compound interest of ;^5,425, for 4 years, at 6 per cent. } 9. What is the shortest distance that is an exact number of times a i foot measure, a 2 foot meas- ure, a yard stick, and a 10 foot pole } 10. A wall which was to be built 32 feet high, was raised 8 feet by 6 men in 12 days ; how many men must be employed to build the remainder of the wall in 9 days } SET IX. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What is the least common multiple of 8, 16, 24, 32, 48 ? 2. If 4^ yards of silk are worth 30^ yards of cotton, how many yards of silk would 40^ yards of cotton be worth } 3. A grocer buys butter at i8| cents a pound, and sells the same at 23! cents a pound ; what per cent, profit does he make } 4. What is the interest of $376.40, for 7 months and 3 days } 5. A merchant buys goods for $475.60, and after keeping them on hand 7 months sells the same for $560.80 ; what per cent, profit does he make } 6. For what sum must a note be written in order to receive from a bank $540 for 60 days } 7. What sum must be insured on $5,000, to include the premium of 2^ per cent., and a commission of \ per cent, on the property insured } Ill 120 PART II.— GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS. 8. A man bought a watch for ;^75 and sold it for 20 per cent, more than it cost, which was 1 5 per cent less than he asked for it ; what did he ask ? 9. Divide ^1,476 between A, B, and C, in such a manner that as often as A receives ^ of a dollar B receives | of a dollar and C | of a dollar. 10. Cube root of 1,728. SET X. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What are the prime factors of 630 ? Write two composite numbers which are prime to each other. 2. From two million five thousand and sixty-four, take thirty-seven thousand two hundred and eighty- six and seventy-five thousandths. Divide the re- mainder by five ten-thousandths. 3. In what two ways can you multiply ^ by 3 .^ Show zvhy the fraction is multiplied in each case. 4. If a man travel 60 miles in 7 days, how far will he travel in i day } Carry out the result to the lowest denomination. 5. If by selling lamps at 40 cents each, I lose 20 per cent., what per cent, shall I gain by selling them ^t $9,00 per dozen } Analyze. 6. What is the equated time for paying ;^ioo due in 5 months, $70 due in 4 months, and $50 due in 2 months — all dated June 4th, 1870 } 7. 15 per cent, of 484 is 33^ per cent, of what 1 8. At what rate per cent, must I invest $600 that in 2 years and 6 months it may amount to $705 ? 9. In payment for a horse I received a note for 4^ due in i year, 4 months, 24 days, which I immediately had discounted at a bank, at 10 per cent. : what did I in reality receive for the horse ? ARITHME TIC. — FIRST GRADE. 1 2 1 lo. John lives 117 rods north of A, and the school- house is 156 rods east of the same point : what is the shortest distance from John's house to the school- house ? SET XI. MENTAL ARITHMETIC. 1. y\ of 48 is \ of what number } 2. 7 of A's age is % of B's. and 3 times B's is | of C's ; how old are A and B, if C is 24 years old. 3. If a man travels 9 miles in 2\ hours, how far will he travel in 17^ hours ? 4. Add i, ^y, t\, /?, and ^. 5. If the wages of 4 men for 8 days are ^32, what will be the wages of 6 men for 5^ days } 6. Divide 81 into two such parts that f of the larger shall equal the smaller. 7. Add to a number itself, half of itself, ^ of itself, and the result will be 2t the number, what is the number ? 8. 1 5 per cent, of 60 is what per cent, of 1 8. 9. ^ of a, certain number is equal to J of another, and their sum is 24, what are the numbers } 10. What is the interest of $60 for 2 years, 2 months and 3 days, at 8 per cent. ? SET XII. MENTAL ARITHMETIC. 1. A boy gave away f of his money to one com- panion, ^ of the remainder to another, when he had 5 cents left ; how much had he at first ? 2. A can do a piece of work in 4 days, B can do it in 6 days, C in 8 days. In what time can A and B do it } And in what time can they all together do it ? 122 PART II. — GRAMMAR Sk'IIOOL EXAMINATIOXS. 3. If \ of the amount received for goods be gain, what is the gain per cent ? 4. A merchant sold \ of his goods at an advance of 10 per cent., \ of them at an advance of 15 percent., and i at a loss of 20 per cent. ; how must he sell the remainder to gain 12 per cent, on the whole } 5. Required the time when § of the time past noon is t of the time past midnight. 6. A spent \ of his money and lost \ of what he had left ; he gave away \ of the remainder, when he had $20 left ; how much had he at first t 7. When gold is 15 per cent, premium, how much is $100 in currency worth in gold } 8. An agent collects an account amounting to $1,236, and is allowed 3 per cent, for collection ;. how much money must he remit to his employer, and how irtuch must he retain for his services } 9. What must be asked for goods which cost ;^ioo, that 20 per cent, may be gained on the cost, and yet a reduction of 10 per cent, be made from the asking price } 10. Cube root of 4,267,584. SET XIII. x' MENTAL ARITHMETIC. 1. A trader buys sugar at 10 cents a pound ; at what price per pound must he sell it to gain 20 per cent. } 2. A grocer sells sugar at 8 cents a pound, which is \2\ per cent, more than it cost ; what did the sugar cost a pound } 3. If J of the sum received for goods is gain, what is the gain per cent. } 4. If 12 per cent, is gained in selling flour at $fO a barrel, what did the flour cost a barrel t ARITHMETIC FIRST GRADE. \ 23 5. The diagonal of a square field is 20 rods ; what is the area of the field ? 6. When gold is sold at a premium of io-| per cent, how much can be bought for $50 in currency ? 7. A man spent \ of his money and lost \ of the remainder ; he then gave away \ of what he had left, and found that he had $6\ remaining ; how much had he at first ? 8. If a merchant gains 10 per cent, on the sale of 30 per cent, of his goods, and loses 8 per cent, on 20 per cent, of his goods, how must he sell the remain- der to gain 15 per cent, on the whole t 9. If goods are bought at f of their value, and sold for 10 per cent, more than their value, what is the gain per cent, t 10. A man being asked the hour, said that \ of the time to midnight was equal to ^ of the time to noon. What was the hour 1 SET XIV. MENTAL ARITHMETIC. 1. If a bushel of corn cost # of a dollar, how many bushels can be bought iox $\\%} 2. How many pounds of sugar, at 6\ cents a pound, can be bought for $20 ? 3. A farmer sold f of a flock of sheep to one man, and f of the remainder to another, when he found he had 10 sheep left ; how many sheep were there in the flock at first, and how many did he sell at each time } 4. What is the number, to which if we add its fourth and its fifth, the sum will be 58 .'* 5. What is the number, to which if we add it- self, its half, its third, its fifth, its sixth, one fourth of the sum will be 48 } 124 PART II. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS. 6. A farmer sells hay at ;^i6 a ton, which is % of the cost : what is the cost, and how much does he gain per cent. ? 7. A person being asked the time of day, said that the time past noon was equal to % of the time to mid- night ; what was the time ? 8. A man bought a horse and chaise and harness for $160. He paid § as much for the horse as for the chaise, and \ as much for the harness as for the horse ; how much did he pay for each ? 9. A boy being asked his age, answered that if \ of his age and 3 years were added to his age, the sum would be 30 years ; what was his age ? 10. James said his purse and money were worth $2^, but his purse was worth \ of his money-; how much money had he in his purse ? ARITHMETIC. SECOND GRADE. SET I. [Note. — No credits whatever allowed, unless both answer and method are correct.] TOTAL : SEVENTEEN QUESTIONS — FIFTY CREDITS. Ten Questions — Two Credits Each. 1. Multiply five sevenths by two thirds, and write out an analytical solution. 2. Divide 6 by §, and explain the reason of the operation. 3. Multiply the decimal twelve thousandths by twelve hundredths, and divide the product by .0006. 4. Divide ;^ 1.44 by 1.2. 5. Multiply 2\ by 4 J, and divide the product by 1.25. 6. Greatest common divisor of 96, 120, 168. 7. Add five twelfths, four ninths, seven fifteenths, three eighths. 8. What is ^ of I year, 5 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, • 3 minutes, and 5 seconds .? 9. In f of a mile, how many rods, feet, and inches .? 10. What will 45,675 pounds of wheat cost, at ^1.75 per hundred .? Five Qtiestiofts — Fotir Credits Each. 1 1. What per cent, of 4 is 5 .'* 12. Write a promissory note. /^ 1 26 PAR T 11. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINA TIONS. 13. Interest of $42575 from January 15, 1870, to May 14th, 1 87 1, at 10 per cent, a year. 14. Interest of ;^i5o from December 15th, 1870, to May 15th, 1 87 1, at i^ per cent, a month. 15. What is the exact number of geographical miles in the circumference of the earth } Two Questions — Five Credits Each. 16. How many pickets, each 3 inches wide, placed 3 inches ^part, will it take to fence round a lot 4 X 10 rods } 17. A cubic foot of water weighs 62 pounds 8 unces. What is the pressure on one square rod at the bottom of the sea, where the water is 1,000 fath- oms deep } S. SET II. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What is a prime number.? Illustrate. What is a multiple } Illustrate. 2. If f of a bushel of wheat cost $|, what will 5J bushels cost 1 3. A horse and carriage are worth 1^320 ; the horse is worth tt as much as the carriage ; what is the value of each } 4. Divide .003 by .24. Also divide .24 by .003. 5. How many bushels of corn, at $.'j^ a bushel, will pay for a pile of wood 12 feet long, 12 feet high and 4 feet wide, at $9 a cord } 6. A certain number plus 75 per cent, of itself, is 147 ; what is the number ? 7. A real estate agent sold a lot 37^ feet front, at $70 a foot ; what was his commission at 2^ per cent. } 8. 3 pecks, 4 quarts is what decimal of a bushel ? 9. What is the value of the following fraction : » ARITHMETIC. — SECOND GRADE. 1 27 10. Find the product of .875, .025, and .0006. SET III. FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. Write in figures two hundred and forty, and one thousand three hundred seventy-six hundred-thou- sandths. 2. Express in Roman notation the number 1,859. 3. Multiply 7,030 by 164,000 by the shortest method. 4. Add §, ^ and |. 5. From 'j\ take 3f. 6. Tv^o persons start from the same point at the same time, and travel in the same direction ; one travels at the rate of 28 miles a day, the other at the rate of 37 miles a day ; how far apart will they be in 6 days .? 7. Divide \\ by | of f . 8. If # of a ton of hay can be bought for ;^i5, what part of a ton can be bought for ^i } 9. Multiply twenty-three hundredths by nine thou- sandths. 10. Divide nine hundred and ninety-two ten-thou sandths by thirty-two hundreths. 1 1. A man bought a farm containing 125 acres, fox $2,922.50 ; for how much must he sell it per acre to gain $500.'* 12. Reduce \, f, and f to a common denominator. 13. What is the interest of ^376 for 8 months and 20 days, at 10 per cent, a year .? 14. At II cents a pound, what will be the cost of 3 cwt. of coffee ? 15. From ten thousand take ten thousandths. S. 1 28 PART II. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMLSA TIONS. SET IV. MENTAL AIIITHMETIC. Ten Questions — Five Credits Each. *-U^. 2 1 is -^j^ of how many times 8 ? 2. A man sold a watch for ^63, which was I of what it cost him; how much did he gain by the bargain ? 3. A ship's crew have provisions sufficient to last 3 men 10 months ; how long would it last 5 men? 4. ^ of 63 is f of how many times 8 ? 5. f of 64 is T^ of how many sixths of 30 ? 6. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 7 days, how long would it take 4 men to do it ? 7. A man sold a piece of cloth for $42, by which bargain he lost § of what the cloth cost him. How much did it cost him, and how much did he lose } 8. A man sold 9 yards of cloth for $y^ a yard, and received 8 firkins of butter, at $6^ a firkin; how much was then due him } 9. How many three-cent pieces will it take to make $10.00 "^ 10. How many pounds of beefsteak at 12J cents a pound can be bought for ^5.00? v/ SET V. MENTAL ARITHMETIC. Ten Questions — Five Credits Each. 1. How much sugar, that is worth $8 a hundred weight, can be bought for 4 cords of wood, at $y a cord } 2. If a man receives $$ for 3 days' work, how many shillings is that a day } 3. J of 60 are how many times 8 ? ARITHMETIC— SECOND GRADE. I 29 4. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, in how many days will 4 men do the same work ? 5. If a staff 3 feet long, cast a shadow of 2 feet at 12 o'clock, what is the length of a pole that casts a shadow 1 8 feet at the same time of day ? 6. A ship's crew have provision sufficient to last 3 men 10 months ; how long will it last 5 men ? 7. I of 15 are t% of what number ? 8. If a cask of wine costs ^48, what are ^ of it worth ? 9. Bought 20 pears at the rate of 2 for 3 cents, how much did they come to ? 10. At 20 cents a pound, how many pounds of coffee can be bought for ;^ 15.00 ? SET VI. MENTAL ARITHMETIC. Ten Que^ions — Fiif^sPredits ^h^. 1. iKf of^of a member be sh^^racteoSfrom | of six timesHJie m^nber, tnh^emaindeS^U be 4s;^hat is the number t X ^s^^^ 2. If f of a barrel of flour cost ^6f , how many barrels can be had for ^104^ ? 3. If 4 men do a piece of work in 9 days, in how many days will 3 men do a piece of work \ as large } 4. After spending $5 less than \ of my money, I have f left. How much had I at first \^o 5. f of 5 is § of how many times f } 6. A cistern containing 70 gallons is emptied by two pipes in 7 hours ; one pipe alone will empty it in 8J hours, in what time will the other empty it when it is | full ? 7. Paid ;^30 for 7 pieces of cloth, each containing 10 yards. Required cost of each yard and each piece ? 130 PART II.— GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS. 8. Gave 13 cents for apples at the rate of 6 for 2\ cents. How many did I get ? 9. How often is 3^ contained in § ? 10. If I peach is worth 3 apples, and 9 apples are worth I orange, how many oranges can you get for 54 apples and 18 peaches ? SET VII. MENTAL ARITHMETIC. Ten Questions — Five Credits Each. 1. If 2 apples cost 4 cents, what would 4 apples cost } 2. How many dozen eggs, at 25 cents a dozen, must you give for 100 pounds of sugar at 25 cents a pound } 3. How many eggs, at the rate of 3 for 10 cents, can you buy for ;^5.oo } 4. If 4 yards of silk cost ;^I2, what will 40 yards cost } 5. A man had 360 dollars and gave ^ of them away, how many of them did he have left } 6. If one yard of cloth cost $%y how much will 50 yards cost .? 7. If 4 pounds of butter cost ;^i.20, what will 150 pounds cost } '^ 8. If 8 barrels of apples cost 1^36, what will 100 barrels cost .-* 9. At I cent a pound, how many barrels of potatoes can be bought for $dp } 10. In 3,427 cents, how many dollars ? ARITHMETIC THIRD GRADE. SET I. TC/TAL : TWENTY-FIVE QUESTIONS — ONE HUNDRED CREDITS. Ten Questions — Three Credits Each. 1. Write 1779 in Roman numerals. 2. In 20 rods, 1 2 feet, 9 inches, how many inches } 3. How many cubic inches in 25 cubic feet 4. Add f and xV. 5. Divide 4^ by i§, and divide the quotient by 9. 6. Multiply \ by §, by i by \h by M. 7. Divide -^^ by 5, and multiply the quotient by 4. 8. Divide ^6.25 by 2.5. 9. Add twelve and a half cents, ten dollars and ten cents, one hundred dollars, and one dollar and one half a cent. 10. From I20i take 75 i. Ten Questions — Four Credits Each. 1 1. Multiply I year, 5 months, 6 days, 7 hours, and 8 minutes by 10. 12. How many square rods in 2 acres of land } 13. How many feet in 10 miles t 14. How many ounces in a ton of sugar t 15. How many cubic feet in a room 20 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 10 feet high .' 16. Multiply 2.5 by .001, and divide the product by .05 132 PART 11. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EX A MINA TIONS. 17. Add \ and the decimal fraction twenty-five hundredths. 18. Divide .001 by 50, and multiply the quotient by .2. 19. Divide | of 24 by f. 20. Reduce ;£i6, I'js. ^d. ifar.y to farthings. Five Questions — Six Credits Each. 21. Write a promissory note, in which you promise to pay John Smith |i,ocxD, one month after date, with interest at i^per cent, a month. 22. George Webster buys of John Smith, the grocer, the following articles : i sack of potatoes, 80 pounds, at i^ cents a pound : 25 pounds of sugar, at \2\ cents a pound, and 6 dozen eggs, at 4 bits a dozen. Make out the grocer's bill. 23. Order Wm. C. Ralston to pay Peter Smith ^25, and charge to you. 24. What is the interest of ;S400 for 2 years and 6 months, at 10 per cent, a year } 25. Multiply .2 by .2 ; subtract .004 ; divide the remainder by 9, and divide the quotient by .08. S. SET II. TOTAL : SEVENTEEN QUESTIONS — FORTY CREDITS. Ten Questions — Two Credits Each, 1. Five sixths plus three eighths plus seven twelfths minus three tenths. 2. Divide 8 by |, and explain the reason of the operation. 3. Multiply 24 by ^, and explain the reason of the operation. 4. Multiply four ten-thousandths by six hundredths and divide th^ product by three tenths, ARITHMETIC— THIRD GRADE. 1 33 5. Divide ;^5 by ^ a cent. 6. From i rod take 2 inch. 7. How many square rods in 10 acres of land ? 8. How much will 20 tons of wheat cost at i^ cents a pound } 9. How many cubic inches in a box 12.6 feet long, 6.02 feet wide and, 2.4 feet high t 10. If J of a piece of land cost ^6,000, how much will \ of it cost .? Five Questions — Four Credits Each. 11. You sell to John Doe, on the ist of May, 1871, 20 pounds of sugar, at 15I cents a pound ; 25 pounds of coffee, at 21^ cents a pound ; 1 1 pounds of tea, at %'j\ cents a pound. Make out the bill. 12. What is I3§ per cent, of 837 pounds of iron } 13. How many yards of cloth, ^ of a yard wide, will line 23^ yards that is i^ yards wide. 14. A drover bought 69 beeves at ;^28.75 a head, and sold 42 of them at ^36.50 a head, and the rest at ^37.75 a head ; how much did he gain by the trans- action } 15. An embankment 12 feet high and 4.5 feet thick contains 6,000 cubic feet ; how long is it } Two Questions — Five Credits Each. 16. Allowing that 4 persons can stand on i square rod of ground, how many persons can stand in a street 15 rods long and 35 feet wide } 17. 176,179 square inches are what units of higher denominations } S. ARITHMETIC. FOURTH GRADE. SET I. total: twenty-five questions — one hundred credits, Ten Questions — Three Credits Each. 1. Divide 153,598 by 29. 2. Add f, f , and §. 3. Multiply 96 by |, and divide the product by f. 4. Multiply I by 4, and divide the product by 3. 5. Divide ij by i^. 6. Multiply \o\ by 2\. 7. What cost % yards of cloth, at ;^i.75 a yard ? 8. Divide 625 by .25. 9. Multiply 10 by .01, and divide the product by 4. 10. Divide ;^ 100 by \2\ cents. Teti Questions — Four Credits Each. ^^. II. What will 5 tons of sugar cost, at 10 cents a pound ? 12. How many feet in 10 miles ? 13. How many square feet on the floor of a room, 30 feet long, by 25 feet wide ? 14. How many cubic feet in a box 6 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 3 feet high ? 15. Write 1869 in Roman numerals. 16. Divide 125,425 by 1,000. 17. Add the following decimals: Seven tenths, twenty-five hundredths, and one hundred and five ten-thousandths. ARITHMETIC— FOURTH GRADE. 1 35 18. Add 125^, 75^, 6o\. 19. If 7 oranges cost ^ of a dollar, what part of a dollar will 5 oranges cost ? 20. Reduce 15 degrees to seconds. Five Qiiestio7is — Six Credits Each. 21. What will 125 pounds of rice cost, at li^ cents a pound t 22. What is the interest on ^125.50, for 3 months, at I \ per cent, per month .'' 23. John Smith hires of William Brown ^100 pay- able in 3 months, at 2 per cent, a month, in U. S. gold coin. Write a promissory note, date it June i, 1869, and sign John Smith's name. 24. What is the interest of $150 for i year and 6 months, at 10 per cent, a year } 25. Henry Dixon bought at the grocery store of Peter Brown, \2\ pounds of sugar, at 10 cents a pound ; Z\ pounds of coffee, at 20 cents a pound, and 5 pounds of tea, at 75 cents a pound. Make out his bill and receipt it. S. SET II. PROBLEMS. 1. Paid ^40.50 for a pile of wood : if I paid ;^33,75 a cord, how many cords were there } 2. Find the difference between 9 times ^5.67, and 9 times ^6.75. 3. If 29 pounds of butter cost $14.50, what cost 63 pounds } 4. Purchased 25 pieces of cloth, each containing 38 yards, at .19^ cents per yard ; paid for it in flour at ;^7.4i per barrel ; how many barrels did it take 1 5. Reduce ^\\%^ to a mixed number. 6. Bought a cow and 254 sheep for ;^ 1,1 34^ : the cow cost $55 ; what was the cost of one sheep } 1 36 PART If. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINA TIONS. 7. From ;^3,259 take 12 eagles, 17 dimes. 8. What cost 9 yards silk at ;^i.io per yard ? 1 5 yards muslin at . 1 3 per yard ? 24 yards calico at .09 per yard ? 6 yards gingham .45 per yard ? 7 yards velvet at $6.ys per yard ? 9. Add f|, ^§, n^sy ^f, and reduce the answer to a mixed number. 10. A man having $8,127, spent -^^ of it ; how much had he left ? MENTAL ARITHMETIC. 1. By selUng 7 oranges for 55 cents, I lost 6 cents ; what did the oranges cost apiece ? 2. A man received $6 for 4 days' work ; what should he receive for 1 2 days* work ? 3. How many pounds, at 7 cents a pound, must be given for 6| yards, at 8 cents a yard ? 4. How many men will it take to do as much work in 6 days as 3 men do in 10 days ? 5. James earns $8 while John earns ;^I2, how much has James earned when John has earned $60 ? 6. Bought 8^ gallons of wine at $$ per gallon, and paid for it with flour at $d> per barrel ; how many bar- rels did it take ? 7. The sum of two numbers is 23 ; ^ of them is 7, what is the other ? 8. How many pears at 3 for 7 cents can you buy for 2 1 cents ? 9. ^ of my money is gold, | bills, and the rest, which is $12, is silver ; how much money have I ? 10. How many fourths in 8 ? How many fourths in § of 6 ? ARITHMETIC— FOURTH GRADE. 1 37 SET III. TOTAL : SEVENTEEN QUESTIONS — FIFTY CREDITS. Ten Questions — Two Credits Each. 1. Divide 10,108,207 by 179, 2. Add two sevenths, three fifths, one third. 3. Multiply 21 by four sevenths, and explain the reason of the operation. 4. Divide 1.44 by .12, and multiply the quotient by the decimal three thousandths. 5. Divide ^50 by 6\ cents. 6. Multiply 2\ by 2\, and divide the product by 2.5. 7. How many square yards on the floor of a room 25.5 feet long and 20.5 feet wide } 8. A box containing 1,728 cubic inches is 12 inches wide, and 4 inches high : how long is it t 9. How many feet in 7 miles, 108 rods, 3 yards, I foot } 10. Reduce 1,001,100,100 cubic inches to higher denominations. Five Questiojis — Four Credits Each. 11. From one hundred and one subtract one hun- dred one-millionths. 12. What is the product of six hundred twenty-five thousandths by forty-eight hundredths .? 13. If the interest on ^i for one year is ^.10, what is the interest on $25.50 } 14.. Into how many building lots, each containing .25 of an acre, can 5 acres be divided } 15. A house agent rents 7 tenements at $1.12^ a week, 5 at 1.25 a week, 1 1 at $1.50 a week : what do the rents amount to in a year } 1 3 8 PAR r II. — CJiAMMA R SCHOOL EX A MIA A TIONS. Two Questions — Five Credits Each. 1 6. What will 3 miles of telegraph wire cost at 5 cents a foot ? 17. A man bought a farm, containing 125 acres, for $2,s62.$o : for how much an acre must he sell to gain ^1,250 ? S. SET IV. MENTAL ARITHMETIC. 1. If 9 men earn $y2 in 8 days, how many dollars can they earn in i day .-* 2. 6 oranges were sold for 48 cents, and 12 cents were lost ; what did each cost .'' 3. A man bought 18 yards of cloth at the rate of 2 yards for $9 ; what did the cloth cost him ? , 4. When apples were worth 2 cents apiece, and pears 3 cents apiece, 4 apples and 6 pears were given for oranges at 8 cents apiece ; how many oranges did they buy } 5. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 6 days, how long will it lake 4 men to do it ? 6. If a man can cut 12 cords of wood in 3 days, how many cords can he cut in 9 days ? 7. If you have corn enough to last 10 horses I .month, how many horses would it last 2 months .-* 8. If a boy spend 20 cents for pears at 2 cents apiece, and sells them for 5 cents apiece, how much does he make on all } 9. A man can earn $S while a boy can earn $5 ; how many dollars will both have earned when the man has earned $40 ? 10. If I buy peaches at rates of 2 for 6 cents, and sell 4 for 24 cents, how much do I gain on each ? ARITHME'riC — FOURTH GRADE. 1 39 PROBLEMS. 1. What cost : 920 bushels wheat, at ^3.05 a bushel ? 720 bushels corn, at ^0.875 a bushel ? 900 bushels meal, at $2.09 ? 2. Multiply 76,009 by 29, and divide the product by 97- 3. From nine hundred and ten thousand and two, take six hundred and nine thousand and four. 4. Multiply $6,080,009 by 92. 5. Take $0.09 from the sum of $892, ;^685, $701, $9,865, $74,900, and $8,962. 6. Reduce ^-W-"- to a mixed number. 7. A farm cost $7,090.05, a boat $96,000, and a ship 4 times as much as both ; what did they alto- gether cost } 8. How many five cent pieces in $720.90 .'' 9. Multiply 9,080 by 8,009. 10. Divide 624,921 by 98. SET V. MENTAL ARITHMETIC. 1. I paid 40 cents for 8 marbles, and sold them so as to gain 8 cents ; what did I get for each mar- ble .? 2. If 12 men can do apiece of work in 4 days, how many men will it take to do it in one day .? 3. If 3 apples cost 18 cents, what will 2 cost } 4. If you take 7 times 9 from 8 times 8, what will remain .? 5. If a lemon cost 6 cents and a melon 11 cents, what will I lemon and 4 melons cost t 6. Two boys commenced playing marbles ; each had 14 when they began ; when they quit one had 1 7 ; how many had the other .? f 40 PA R T IL GRA MMA R SCHOOL EX A MINA TIONS. 7- 97 — 7 — 7 — 7 — 9-9 — 9 — 8-8 — 6 — 6 — 5 — 7=r? 8. 54 + 7 + 7 + 9 + 9 + 7 + 8-1-8 + 7 4-9 4-7 +5+6=? 9. 78 — 4-f8-9-h6-5 + 8 — 74-3— 4 + 8 — 6=? 10. If a man can do a piece of work in 12 days, how long will it take 3 men to do it ? PROBLEMS. 1. Multiply 729 by 2>'j. 2. Take 22,007 ^^^"^ 45,006. 3. Add 280, 396, 984, 596, 898, 724, and subtract 2,506 from the sum. 4. Reduce 1 2f to an improper fraction. 5. A horse cost ^250, a farm 309 times as much ; what would horse and farm cost } 6. Divide the sum of 869, 9,864, 30,862 by 9. 7. Add 7,646, 98,684, 386, 85, 9, 88,964. 8. Paid ;^92,o85 for a farm, ^ as much for a house ; what did both cost } 9. What cost 616 head of cattle at ;^37 each } 10. At $^ per pair, how many pairs boots could i^ 29,008 purchase .^ ARITHMETIC FIFTH GRADE. SET I. TWENTY-FIVE QUESTIONS — FOUR CREDITS EACH. 1. What is the sum of 405 -f 697 -|- 842 -|- 587 -f 488 + 598 .? 2. What is the sum of one milUon and four hun- dred thousand, plus two hundred and ten thousand, plus seventy-five thousand and forty } 3. Write 125 in Roman numerals. 4. Multiply 4,456 by 204. 5. Divide 153,598 by 29. 6. Multiply 45,000 by 2,000. 7. Divide 125,000 by 8. 8. Divide 124,525 by 1,000. 9. Multiply 125 by 4, and divide the product by 8. 10. Divide 144,125 by 12,000. 11. Add the decimals four and twenty-five hun- dredths ; two and four hundredths ; five tenths ; one and two hundredths ; seventy-five and seventy-five hundredths. 12. From eight and twenty-five hundredths, take four and thirty-nine hundredths. 13. From one and five hundredths, take twenty- five hundredths. 14. Multiply four and twenty-five hundredths by five. I 142 PART 11. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EX AM IN A TIONS, 15. Multiply one and two hundredths by ten. 16. What is the sum of four dollars and twenty- five cents, plus five cents, plus one hundred dollars and ten cents, plus ten dollars and twelve and a half cents ? 17. Multiply four dollars and twenty-five cents by nine. 18 Write twenty-four ninety-fifths as a fraction. 19. In 20|, how many fifths ? 20. Change ^4-^ to a mixed number. 21. Reduce || to its lowest terms. 22. What is § of 9 } Write out the ' operation in words. 23. How many pounds of butter, worth 25 cents a pound, can be bought for 400 pounds of cheese, worth 10 cents a pound .'' 24. If 8 horses cost $1,200, how much will 40 horses cost } 25. From 1,000 substract 125, multiply the re- mainder by 4, and divide the product by 20. SET II. total: seventeen questions — fifty credits. Te7t Questions — Two Credits Each. "' I. Add 47 to 98. Why do you carry the left hand figure after adding 8 and 7 ? 2. Subtract 59 from 86 and explain the reason of the operation. ''- ^ 3. Divide 842 by 3 and explain why you suppose the remainder of each separate figure to be placed before the next succeeding figure. 4. From ten thousand and eighty-two take one thousand and nine. 5. 47 -f- 35 -f- 97 -h 85 + 92 X 7 + 109 = ^^^ many } AKfTIIMEriC—FIFlH GRADE. 1 43 6. Multiply 1,057 by 309. 7. Multiply 25 by 48, and tell what denomination is obtained in multiplying 2 by 8. 8. Divide 378,000 by 12,000. 9. Divide one by two. 10. Divide 7,831 by 15. Five Questions — Four Credits Each. 11. Multiply 45,125 by 2,500. 12. From one and two tenths subtract five thou- •sandths. 13. 56 knives cost ^336, how much will 57 knives cost .'' 14. How many pounds of sugar, at 15 cents a pound, will a man receive in exchange for 1,000 pounds of wheat, at 2 cents a pound } 15. How much will a baker receive for 48 pounds of crackers, at 14 cents a pound, and 128 loaves of bread, at 9 cents a loaf .? Two Questions — Five Credits Each. 16. If 33 pickets are used in building one rod of fence, how many pickets will be used in building a fence around a lot 16 rods long and 15 rods wide f 17. How many times can 114 be subtracted from 2,622 } SET III. PROBLEMS. 1. From thirty thousand and twenty, take twenty- nine thousand and twenty-nine. 2. Multiply 40,706 by 90,700. 3. Reduce 19!^ to an improper fraction. 4. It is 25,000 miles around the earth : aftei traveling 9,374 miles how many miles of the journey remain "^ 1 44 PAR T II. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINA TIONS. 5. What is the cost of 28 barrels of sugar, each containing \<^6 pounds, at 14 cents per pound ? 6. Write in words 71,036. 7. Divide seven hundred and five thousand one hundred and eighty-four by eight. 8. A man bought 2 houses : he paid $2y^oo for one of them, and ^i,ocx) for the other ; what did he gain by selUng both for ;^4,326 } 9. At $"] each, how many hats can I purchase for ^12,426.? 10. Bought 97 horses at $147 each, and 136 cows at ;^72 each ; what was the cost of all ? MENTAL ARITHMETIC. 1. By selUng 5 peaches for 30 cents, 5 cents were lost, what was the cost of one peach ? ^cyto 2. How many tops, at 9 cents each, can you buy for the sum of 72 cents and 9 cents } 3. Bought 9 balls for 72 cents, and sold four of them for 36 cents, did I gain or lose, and how much .^ 4. The sum of two numbers is 27 ; if 19 is the larger, what is three times the smaller .-* 5. In 8.5 how many ninths } 6. 7 times 6 are how many times 8 ? 7. 4 pears at 3 cents each, and 3 peaches at 5 cents each, were given for 9 figs ; what was the cost of each fig } 8. 12 cents is ^ of my money, how many lemons at 4 cents each can I buy for all my money ? 9. 4 times 6 cents was 8 times the price of an apple ; what were 5 apples worth. 10. i2X2-T-3X2-v-4-i-2+8 + 9-|-5~3 = ? ARITHMETIC SIXTH GRADE. SET I. I. Add the following five numbers : Twenty thou- sand two hundred. Four hundred sixteen thousand fifty-four. Nine thousand seven hundred eighty- nine. Forty-eight thousand six hundred twelve. One hundred one thousand nine hundred nine. 2. Add the following six numbers : 205,8 1 8 ; 3 1 ,7 1 9 ; 84,600 ; 207 ; 199.991 ; 95- 3. Subtract three hundred seventy-six thousand seventy-two, from eight hundred twenty-three thou- sand three hundred two. 4. Multiply 87,093 by 9. 5. Multiply 6,435 by 74- 6. Divide 660,827 by 8. 7. From 37,216, subtract 9,109, and multiply the result by 12. 8. 3,824+219+1,008-^875-^5==? SET II. MENTAL ARITHMETIC AND COMBINATIONS. 1. If ;^ of a pound of crackers is worth 3 cents, how much is a pound worth } 2. How many eggs in | of a dozen ? 3. How many days are there in 3 weeks and 3 days ? 1 46 PAR T II. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINA TIONS. 4. How many dimes are there in half a dollar ? 5. If cream is worth 20 cents a quart, how much must I give for a pint ? 6. How much must be added to three lo's to make five 9's ? 7. If a boy is 3 feet 4 inches high, how many inches high is he ? 8. Six 7's, less 2, arc how many 5's ? 9. How many ounces in 3 pounds ? 10. If 3 oranges cost 15 cents, what will 2 oranges cost ? 11. II XII — 1-J-10X4 — 6-i-7-^4X5=-^ 12. 12 X II — 2 — 15 — 15^10X6 — io = ? 13. 13+ 15^4X9 + 1-3 X 12+4=? 14. 14 + 16 + 30 -^ 5 X 3 — I -^ 7 X 5 = ? 15- 15-^5 X 3 X 3 + 13— 15— 10 = -^ 16. 164- 16-^4 X 12 4- 3-^ II X 5 + 5=? 17. 17 -j- 3 X 2-1- 2 -^ 6 X 104-30 — = ? 18. 18-^9 — 2 4-24-^4 X 94-.0 — 4=? 19. 94-11-^3X74-2^6x124-6 = ? 20. 20 — 6-^7X2X2X2-|-8-J-6X5 = ^ GEOGRAPHY. FIRST GRADE. SET I. FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. Largest five cities in the United States } 2. Largest five rivers ? 3. Largest three rivers in New England ? 4. Extent and area of the United States ? 5. The great physical regions of the United States ? 6. Where are the desert regions of the United States ? 7. Products of Texas ? 8. Climate of Great Britain ? Why ? 9. What countries are included in the warm zone of Europe ? 10. What are the products of this part of Europe ? 1 1. For what is Asia noted ? 12. Population of China ? 13. What is the length in miles of a degree of longitude on the Equator ? 14. What is the horizon ? 15. Highest mountain peak in the United States.^ SET 11. TOTAL : FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — ONE KUNDRED CREDITS. Ten Questions — Five Credits Each. I. Name and locate six large cities in South Amer- ica. 1 48 PAR T 11. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMTNA TIONS. 2. Four leading exports of California ? 3. What are the great natural divisions of the United States ? 4. State the peculiar characteristics of the climate of the different sections of the United States. 5. Mention the two leading States in each of the the following particulars : (i) size ; (2) population ; (3) manufactures ; (4) coal ; (5) gold ; (6) wheat. 6. Name and locate the largest six cities of the United States, and state in round numbers the popu- lation of each of the largest three. 7. What are the most striking physical features of South America } 8. Name the four principal cities of the island of Great Britain, and state for what each is distin- guished. 9. Physical characteristics and peculiar animals of Africa. 10. Name and locate the four principal cities of France, and name the four principal rivers. Five Questions — Ten Credits Each. 11. Name the principal plateau and the largest plain of Asia } of North America } 12. Climate, vegetation, and peculiar animals of Australia } 13. How does China compare, in size and popula- tion, with the United States } 14. Name and locate ten of the principal commer- cial cities of the world — no two in any one country. 15. Name two countries distinguished for each of the following particulars: (i) coffee; (2) silk; (3) opium ; (4) cotton ; (5) indigo ; (6) caoutchouc. S. GEOGRAPHY. — FIRST GRADE 1 49 SET II. TWENTY QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What two motions has the earth ? Which of ihese causes the change of seasons ? 2. What is a water-shed ? 3. Mention three uses of rivers. 4. In what situations do commercial cities grow up } and in what, manufacturing cities } 5. How does South America compare in vegeta- tion with any other continent t Why is this .-* 6. What are the exports of Rio Janeiro t of Buenos Ayres } 7. What are the pampas of South America } 8. Name the mountain ranges of Europe. 9. Describe the surface and productions of the southeastern part of Europe. 10. What three groups of islands near the coast of Scotland t 11. Through what water would a vessel pass in sailing from Stockholm to Venice t 12. What countries of Europe are called the five great powers } 13. Describe five of the chief rivers of Europe. 14. Describe the climate and vegetation of Aus- tralia. 15. What countries of Europe produce silk, olives, and wine } 16. Name ten rivers of the United States that flow into the Atlantic. 17. Name six large cities situated on the Missis- sippi River and its branches. 18. Name all the mountain ranges of the Appala- chian system. I 50 PART II. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINA TIONS. 19. What countries of Africa border on the Medi- terranean Sea ? 20. Bound Alaska, and name its rivers, islands, and products. SET III. 1. In what directions, on what waters, and with, what cargo would a vessel sail from San Francisco to New York ? 2. Name the leading commercial cities, situated on the Atlantic, in the western hemisphere. 3. Bound the State of Pennsylvania. 4. Through what States and Territories does the Pacific Railroad pass "i 5. State the situation of the following cities : Lon- don ; St. Petersburg ; Paris ; Yeddo ; Calcutta. 6. In what directions, on what waters, would a steamer sail from Bombay to Liverpool, taking the most direct route .•* 7. What is the width of the Torrid Zone in geo- graphical miles .^ 8. Suppose a place has no latitude or longitude, where would it be located } 9. What constitutes the British Empire } 10. Name the principal cotton-growing regions of the world. S. GEOGRAPHY. SECOND GRADE. SET I. TOTAL: FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — ONE HUNDRED CREDITS. Teti Questions — Five Credits Each. 1. Mountain ranges, three principal cities and population of North America. 2. (a) Name four principal mountain ranges ; (b) four principal rivers ; {c) four principal cities ; (c/) four principal bays, of the United States. 3. What are the characteristics of that part of the United States lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada ? 4. Why is the Great Salt Lake in Utah filled with salt water instead of fresh } 5. Name two States that excel in each of the fol- lowing products : {a) cotton ; {b) tobacco ; {c) coal ; {d) Indian corn. 6. What natural division of the United States is the most fertile ? 7. Name the four principal seaports of the United States. 8. What are the vegetable products and exports of South America } 9. Why has Africa fewer rivers than South Amer- ica.'* 10. {ii) Name two mountain ranges, (/;) four prin- I 5 2 PART n. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EX AMI \ A TiONS. cipal rivers, and {c) four principal cities of Asia, {d) Four principal seas. Five Questions — Teti Credits Each. 1 1. What articles are exported from India.** 12. {a) What countries produce tea.-* {b) coffee? (c) cotton .? {d) sugar. 13. {a) Where is Melbourne.^ {b) Honolulu? {c) Yokohama ? {d) Calcutta ? 14. {a) Name the four principal cities, {b) four principal rivers, (c) four principal straits, {d) four principal seas of Europe. 15. {a) Where is the Yukon river ? {b) Humboldt river {c) San Diego ? (d) Sitka ? S. SET II. TWELVE QUESTIONS — SIX CREDITS EACH. 1. Name three capes and three islands on the Pacific coast of North America. 2. Of what islands are the West Indies composed ? 3. Give the extent of the Pacific highlands. 4. Name five great rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean. 5. What is the highest portion of the Andes ? . 6. Name three cities having an elevated situation ''in the Andes mountains. 7. Why is South America more moist as a whole than other continents ? 8. Name the four principal capes of Africa. 9. Name three rivers that flow into the Indian Ocean. 10. Describe the climate of the northern part of Australia. 11. Where is the Crimea? 1 2. Where is the Baltic Sea ? GEOGRAPHY. — SECOND GRADE. 153 SET III. FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. Define a Mediterranean Sea; an inland sea. 2. Name three principal indentations on the east- ern coast of North America. 3. Why are there no large rivers in South America flowing into the Pacific } 4. Why does the valley of the Amazon support so luxuriant a growth of vegetation .'' 5. Describe the Pacific highlands. 6. What determines the course of a river } 7. Locate San Francisco and Havana. 8. Describe the Colorado river. 9. Which is the largest manufacturing city in the United States } 10. Why does the interior of Mexico contain the largest part of the population t 11. What river systems belong wholly to the United States .'* 12. Why is South America, as a whole, more moist than any other continent } 13. Name three States that rank high in manufac- tures. 14. Name five principal articles exported by the United States. 15. What are the most northern, eastern, and west- ern points of South America } SET IV. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. Bound South America. 2. Name the countries of South America that lie wholly north of the Equator. Those crossed by the Equator. 154 PART 11. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EX A MINA T/OXS. 3. What are the political divisions of Western Europe ? 4. What parts of Europe are valued mainly for iron and copper mines ? 5. Bound the country of which Dublin is the capital. 6. Draw a map of the part of South America thai has no capital. 7. Name the five principal cities in the country of Europe which rank first in commercial importance. 8. Name four large rivers of South America in order of their size. 9. What parts of South America are valued prmci- pally for grazing .'' 10. What cities of South America are situated upon a mountain chain ? GEOGRAPHY. THIRD GRADE. SET I. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. What river between the United States and Mexico? between Oregon and Washington Terri- tory ? 2. Name the States that border on the Gulf of Mexico. 3. Name three branches of the Mississippi River ; two of the Ohio. 4. Name the capitals of Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio. 5. Name five rivers of the United States that empty into the Atlantic Ocean. Three that flow into the Gulf of Mexico. 6. What States have " plains " and " prairies ? " 7. Name five countries of South America, with their capitals. 8. Name two rivers that flow into the Caspian Sea. 9. What mountains between Spain arnd France ? between Italy and Switzerland } between Europe and Asia } 10. In what zone is the United States ? Cuba ? Borneo ? GEOGRAPHY. FOURTH GRADE. SET I. TWENTY QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. Name the oceans. 2. What is a republic ? 3. Name the largest river, lake, sea, and city in the world. 4. Largest gulf and bay in North America. 5. What Europeans made discoveries and settle- ments in North America } 6. What can you say about Cortez ? 7. How many States in the United States, and which is the largest ^ 8. Name four great rivers in the United States. 9. The two largest cities in the United States ? 10. How long did the War of the Revolution last, and when was the Declaration of Independence made ? 1 1. Where is the Mississippi Valley ? 12. Principal agricultural products of the United States. 13. What is the largest city in the Southern States } 14. Where is Chicago } 15. Name a State noted for each of the following GEOGRAPHY. — FOURTH GRADE. :>/ products: (i) gold; (2) cotton; (3) sugar; (4) sil- ver. 16. Name and locate the largest city in the United States. 17. Largest city, river, and bay in California "i 18. Name the Pacific States. 19. What is the highest mountain peak in Asia "i 20. Name the largest four cities in the world. SET II. TWENTY-FIVE QUESTIONS — TWO CREDITS EACH. 1. Where are Buenos Ay res and Rio Janeiro } 2. Name two mountain ranges of South America. 3. Bound Massachusetts. 4. Give the capital cities of the New England States. 5. Name two capes on the western coast of North America. 6. Name two rivers flowing into the Arctic Ocean. 7. Name the largest three of the West India Isl- ands. 8. Name two capes of South America. 9. Describe the Danube River. 10. Name the capital cities of England, Austria, Sweden, Spain, and Russia. 1 1. Bound France. 12. Where are Philadelphia and Dubhn .? 13. Describe Amoor River. 14. Mention five seas which are in and around Asia. 15. Mention the largest three cities in the United States. GEOGRAPHY. FIFTH GRADE. SET I. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. Define peninsula, isthmus, strait. 2. What is meant by latitude ? longitude ? 3. In what direction does the Rocky Mountain system extend, and through what four countries' does it extend ? 4. What States raise cotton ? tobacco ? cattle ? 5. Name ten States that touch the Mississippi River. 6. Name the capitals of the States mentioned in your last answer. 7. Name three rivers of the Atlantic slope that form boundary lines between States, and name the '^States separated by each. 8. Name five lakes through which a ship would pass in floating from Chicago to the ocean. 9. Name the largest State ; the smallest ; the one most thickly inhabited ; one that is a peninsula ; one that borders on the Pacific Ocean. 10. Name ten Territories. SET 11. FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. I. What arc the natural divisions of land ? GEOGRAPHY. — FIFTH GRADE. 1 59 2. What is the largest city on the western conti- nent ? 3. Principal river and mountain range in North America ? in South America ? 4. What great mountain ranges in Asia ? 5. Who discovered North America, and when ? 6. What wild animals are found in North Amer- ica ? 7. In what does Pennsylvania excel every State in the Union ? California ? 8. What are raised in the W^estern States ? 9. What States produce cotton and sugar ? 10. Name three great rivers of South America? two capes ? 11. Largest country and largest city of South America ? 12. Principal productions of South America? 13. Largest city of France? Prussia? Russia? Austria ? 14. What is the most populous empire in the world, and what is its capital ? 15. What two great rivers in Asia ? SPELLING, FIRST GRADE. SET I. TOTAL: ONE HUNDRED CREDITS. Twenty-five Words — Two Credits Each, I. Retrievable. 13. Cirkuit. 14. CalKko. 2. Receevable. 3. Unexpresable. 15. Acquited. 4. Unlimitly. 16. Monkies. 5. Masheen. 17. Centinels. 6. Sfericle. 18. Sheeves. 7. Reccomendash un. 19. Alegatur. 8. Clenlyness. 20. Liveing. 9. Pernishious. 21. Disagreeable. 10. Desicive. 22. Flys. II. Exibet. 23. Ocazionally. 12. Numness. 24. Parigraf. 25. Cillindricall. ^ Twenty five credits. [One credit off for each word misspelled, one off for each misplaced capital, and one for any important error in punctuation.] Copy and correct the spelling, punctuation, and capitals of the following extract from Walter Scott. The spelling of the proper names is correct as printed. " have you confesed yourself Brother said the Templar Guilbert and have you heard mass this morning that you SPELLING.— FIRST GRADE. l6l may perrill your life so frankly, i am fiter to meet death than thou art answered the Dismherited Knight for by this name the stranger had recorded himself in the book of the tourney, then take your place in the lists said de bois guilbert and take your last look upon the Sun for this night thou shalt sleep in paradise, grant mercy for thy courtesy replied the Disinhereted Knight and to re- quite it I advise the to take a fresh horse and a new lance for by my honor you will need both." GE OGRAPHICAL NAMES. 7>;/ Credits. I. Tenese. 6. Venezwala. 2. Indianna. 7. Himmalah Mountains. 3- Connetticut. 8. Reeo Janaro. 4. Cincinnatti. 9. Bordo. 5- Masachusets. I a San deeago. Fifteen Credits. [One credit off for each misspelled word and each misplaced capi- tal.] " Orthography treats of letters, sylabels, seperate words and speling." " the first word of every distinct Sentence should begin with a Capital. " the orthography of our language is atendid with much unsertinty and perplecksity." '• AVords of one sylable, and words accented on the last sylable ending with a single consonent, preseded by a single vowell doubble the final consonent on reseiving an additional terminashun beginning with a vowell: as rob robbing ; acquit, acquiting." S. SET II. TOTAL: FIFTY CREDITS. Ten Wo7'ds — One Credit Each. 1. Retreiveable. 3. Terrific. 2. Receivable. 4. Carnivurous. II f 62 • rAKT II. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EX AM IN A TIONS. 5. Inexpressable. 8. Tipograficle. 6. Fullfillment. 9. Maintainence. 7. Resussitate. 10. Intamitly. Twenty Credits. [One credit off for each word misspelled, each capital omitted or misplaced, and each error in punctuation.] " There are also subterranian pasages often more than a foot in Diameter and perfectly sillindrecal which extend downward three or four feet and then branch out horry- zontaly on every side sometimes to the distance of sevrai hundred feet before sutch struktures the piraraids of egypt and the acquiducts of rome would lose all their selebrety and dwindel into insigniffecanse." Ten Credits. [One credit off for each word wrongly spelled.] " The oposition to the revveneu meazures indused the British Parliament to revoak all dutys layed in 1767, ex- cept that of three pense per pound on tea ; but as the peepel were contending against the prinsipal of ' taxashun without representasion,' and not agenst the amount of taxes imposed, the consession was not satisfactory." Ten Credits. [One credit off for each misspelled word and each misplaced capital.] "The Andez mountain region, with the planes laying at its eastern foot, is divided into six countrys : the united states of Columbia and ecquidore, lyeing north of the amazon ; peroo and bolivvia ; chele and the argeentean repXiblic, laying south of the ammazon." S. WORD ANALYSIS. SET I. TWENTY-FIVE QUESTIONS — FOUR CREDITS EACH. 1. Define abs and bene. 2. Write words containing e and retjv. 3. Define the words just written. 4. Define iiitroversion and preterit. 5. Define apogee and ehirograpJiy. 6. Define ^/ys and entoino. 7. Write words containing helio and litho. 8. Define these words. 9. Define osteology and pJdlology. 10. Write words containing jj/ and /£77. 11. Define the words just written. 12. Write two words containing Saxon prefixes. 13. Write two words having the prefix anti. 14. Define omnipotent and equilateral. 15. Define the sufifixes inent and ferons. 16. Write words containing the suffixes ose and isvi. 17. Define mandatoiy and asteroid. 1 8. Define the suffixes in drnnkard and vesiele. 19. Give some rule concerning the omission of final e. 26. Give two examples in which ie final is changed into y. 1 64 PA A' T II. — GRA MM A R SCHOOL EX A MINA TIONS. 21. Form two derivatives from wiite by the use of prefixes. 22. Form two derivatives from method by the use of suffixes. 23. Define the suffixes in learned and alannmg. 24. Mention two or more suffixes characteristic of verbs. 25. Mention two or more suffixes characteristic of adjectives. SET II. FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — FOUR CREDITS EACH. Name and define each prefix, root, and suffix, and give a full definition of the whole word. 1. Incorporate. 8. Exhibit. 2. Colloquial. 9. Accident. 3. Supervision. 10. Anticipate. 4. Detract. 11. Homicide. 5. Retrograde. 12. Construct. 6. Attentive. 13. Dejection. 7. Subscribe. 14. Supercilious. 15. Metropolis. S. SPELLING. SECOND GRADE. SET I. TOTAL : FIFTY CREDITS. Twenty Words — One Credit E ich. I. Shandeleer. II. Pernishus. 2. Mashene. 12. Synonym. 3- Relief. 13. Tirranize. 4. Sferical. 14- Tommyhock. 5. Retreeve. 15- Musilage. 6. Fasecious. 16. Desicive. 7. Tecknicle. 17- Cristalize. 8. Reccomend. 18. Exibit. 9. Clenlynes. 19. Morallize. 0. Acheeve. 20. Solemly. Thirty Credits. [One credit off for each misspelled word.] Correct the spelling and the capital letters of the following paragraph : — " Portions of our Country have occasionaly been overun with swarmes of miscaled Grasshopers, which are only species of Locusts, but little less distructive than the Migratory locusts of the east. The name locust which is derived from the latin, and means ' a burnt place,' is highly expresive of the desolation caused by these insects. So well do the arabians know and feel there power, that one of their poets represents a locust saying to mohammed : : 66 PAR T II. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EX AM IN A TIONS. ' We are the army of the great god.' Numerous reptiles such as snaiks, turkles, lizzards, frogs, and todes, also feed upon them." S. SET II. TWO CREDITS EACH. 1. Advantageous. 2. Separation. 3. Courtesy. 4. Caterpillar. 5. Fitted. 6. Succulent. 7. Mucilage. 8. Fusible. 9. Crucible. 10. Logarithms. 1 1 . Proselyte. 12. Emaciate. 13. Cognizance. 14. Complaisance. 15. Bronchia. 16. Exhilarate. 17. Bubble. 18. Pierce. 19. Hypocrite. 20. Pleurisy. 21. Porridge. 22. Scythe. 23. Traffic. 24. Marchioness. 25. Tranquility. 26. Precipice. 27. Bacchanal. 28. Gauge. 29. Gnarl. 30. Choleric. 31. Tyrannize. 32. Hosiery. 33. Initiate. 34. Acquiring. 35. Synchronisrrt- 36. Synonym. 37. Synthesis. 38. Michaelmas. 39. Contagious. 40. Judgment. 41. Elision. 42. Pavilion. 43. Strychnine. 44. Bulletin. 45. Movably. 46. Abolish. 47. Diligent. 48. Quiescenca 49. Liturgy. 50. Fallible. SPELLING. THIRD GRADE. SET I. TOTAL : ONE HUNDRED CREDITS. Fifteen Words — Three Credits Each. [One credit for correct spelling in eacli sentence, and one check for each misspelled word ; two credits for each correct sentence.] Use each word or phrase in a complete sentence, which shall show that you understand the meaning. 1. Intrinsic value. 9. Scythe. 2. Precepts of religion. 10. Avidity. 3. Vague idea. 11. Antipathy. 4. Draught of water. 12. Residence. 5. Seizure of the thief. 13. Their anxiety. 6. Model of the machine. 14. Bruise. 7. Squirrel. 15. Funeral hearse. 8. Breadth. Ten Words — Two Credits Each. [One credit for spelling, and one for the sentence and definition.] 1. Precise. 6. Brilliant. 2. External. 7. Acute. 3. Parallel. 8. Vivid. 4. Tenacious. 9. Inadequate. 5. Equivalent.. 10. Solitary. Five Questions — Two Credits Each. 1. What is a sentence .^ 2. Write a word containing an apostrophe. 1 68 PA K T II. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EX A MINA TIONS. 3. Show the use of a caret in a word or sentence. 4. Write a word to show the use of the diaeresis. 5. Show the use of quotation marks. Three Questions — Five Credits Each. 6. Give five cases in which capital letters ought to be used. (One credit for each case.) 7. Write the rule for dropping the final e. 8. Give the rule for forming the plural of nouns. Ten Abbreviations — One Credit Each. 1. A. M. 6. Do. 2. Cr. 7. 8vo. 3. A. D. 8. Sen. 4. Cwt. 9. M. C. 5. e. g. 10. M. D. , S. SET II. [One credit for correct spelling, and one for the correct use of each word in a sentence.] 1. Aukward. 6. Callico. 2. Gauge. 7. Handkerchief. 3. Repreive. 8. Acquited. 4. Sirkit. 9. Saleable. ^ 5. Outragious. 10. Mcrryer. Twenty Credits. ^ [One credit off for each misspelled word and each misplaced capital.] Correct the spelling, punctuation, and capitals : — " Aniung the monkies of the old world their is a grate variety in shaip and size, the Monkies near the cape of good hope ofTen desend from the Mountains into the planes to pi! age gardens and When they are on these ex- pedishuns they plase ceniinells to guard agenst Surprize, the american monkies wich are found in grate numbers in the forrests of south america difer very much from those of asia and africa whitch \ve have allready discribed." S. SPELLING. — THIRD GRADE, 169 SET III. 1. Guerdon. 2. Seizure. 3. Courtesy. 4. Bubble. 5. Strychnine. 6. Sleazy. . 7. Feign. 8. Gouge. 9. Neigh. 10. Gnarl. 11. Qualm. 12. Siege. 13. Wierd. 14. Judgment. 15. Discipline. 16^ Business. 17. Chintz. 18. Yacht. 19. Tranquility. 20. Precedes. 21. Drought. 22. Pageantry. 23. Saccharine. 24. Rheumatic. 25. Lachrymose. 26. Raspberry. 27. Rhapsody. 28. Seraglio. 29. Tranquilize. 30. Paroxysm. 31. Bacchanal. 32. Analyze. 33. Machinate. 34. Pleurisy. 35. Archetype. 36. Marchioness. 37. Architect. 38. Paradigm. 39 Loving. 40. Complacence. 41. Hypocrite. 42. Receive. 43. Ghost. 44. Scythe. 45. Circuit. 46. Traffic. 47. Sheathe. 48. Tierce. 49. Skim. 50. Foreman. SPELLING. FOURTH GRADE. SET I. [One credit for the correct spelling of each word, and one for itf correct use in a sentence.] 1. Beleef. 6. Curable. 2. Babboon. 7. Differing. 3. Forhead. 8. Malishus. 4. Programme. 9. Conceit. 5. Phrigid. 10. Phisycian. Thirty Credits. [One credit off for each misspelled word and each misplaced capital.] Correct the spelling, punctuation and capitals : — "the knawing quadrupeds whitch are so named on ac- count of the peculiar Character of there front teath, or jncizers are formed for feeding upon the harder kinds of vcgitable mater such as nutts and grane and the rutes and twigs of Trees this divizion of animals, includes the Squirels beevers, Marmots porkupines Rats and Mice the Cavies or guinea pigs of south america and tJie Rabits and hairs." SPELLING. —FOURTH GRADE. 171 SET II. ONE HUNDRED CREDITS. Twenty Words — Four Credits Each. [One credit for correct spelling in each sentence, and one check for each word in the sentence misspelled; three credits for the correct use of words or phrases,] Use the words and phrases to form a complete sentence, which shall show that you understand the meaning of the words given. 1. Slothful habits. 2. Ready answer. 3. Noxious insects. 4. Enormous waste. 5. Genteel manners. 6. Salubrious climate. 7. Illustrious character. 8. Contagious plague. 9. Fierce quarrel. 10. Atrocious murder. 11. Receipt. 12. Conceive. 13. Condemn. 14. Deceitful. 15. Morose. 16. Conquer. 17. Celestial. 18. Cocoon. 19. Vineyard. 20. Courageous. Teti Abbreviations — Two Credits Each. 1. A. M. 5. inst. 9. LL. D. 2. A. D. 6. R S. 10 ult. 3. D. C. 7. 4to. 4. i. e ^^ ^.g S. SPELLING. FIFTH GRADE. SET I. [One credit for the correct spelling of each word, and one credit for its correct use in a sentence.] 1. Deafnes. 6. Elefant. 2. Mufin. 7. Aligatur. 3. Alchohol. 8. Musquito. 4. Shaveing. 9. Sypress. 5. Theives. 10. Liveing. Thirty Credits. (One credit off for each word wrongly spelled, and each misplaced capital.] " how meny catterpillers there are this summer said wilh'e brown what dissagreable uggley things they are to — they were not hear last month but now they are all over the trees and on the ground as thick as flys where did they all come from ! "willie was so delited with his buterfly that he ran and called uncle John and aunt mary to come to sea it, uncle John told willie that this kind of buterfly was named berenice after a queen of syria who was selebrated for her buty." S. SET II. ONE HUNDRED CREDITS. Twenty-Jive Words — Three Credits Each, Use each word and phrase in constructing a sen- tence, which shall show that you understand the meaning. SPELLING. — FIFTH GRADE. ^71 Two credits for spelling, and one check for each word misspelled in the sentence. One credit for each correct sentence. I. Spicy nutmeg. 13. Cupboard. 2. Juicy melon. 14. Depot. 3. Thievish magpie. 15. A steel scythe. 4. Yellow canary bird. 16. A gauze sieve. 5. Scaring turkeys. 17. Acquire property. 6. Chloroform. 18. Scrub the porch. 7. Laudanum. 19. Height of the ridge 8. Biscuit. 20. Piece of thread. 9. Raisin. 21. Tough steak. 10. Omelet. 22. Square field. II. Gingham apron. 23. Genteel mamma. 12. Dingy collar. 24. Avenge the affront. 25. Yawning chasm. Fifteen Abbreviations - - Otie Credit Each. I. A. M. 6. Cr. II. Jr. 2. A. D. 7. Cts. 12. Lbs. 3. Att'y. 8. Dr. 13. Oz. 4. Bbl. 9. Etc. 14. 4to. 5. Co. 10. Geo 15. U.S. Ten Words froin Oj'al Instruction — One Credit Each, I. Lilac. 6. Llama. 2. Vermilion. 7. Rhubarb. 3. Granite. 8. Cocoa. 4. Chimpanzee. 9. Coffee. 5. Giraffe. 10. Vanilla, S. UNITED STATES HISTORY. \ FIRST GRADE. SET I. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. When, and by whom, was Virginia settled ? Massachusetts ? New York ? Pennsylvania ? 2. What were the principal wars of the Colonies up to the time of the American Revolution ? 3. What connection had George Washington with Colonial history ? 4. What causes led to the Declaration of Inde^ pendence ? 5. Who was James Otis ? Patrick Henry ? Samuel Adams ? 6. Who was king of England during the Ameri- can Revolution ? who were his prime ministers ? 7. What difficulties did Washington encounter as commander-in-chief of the American army ? 8. Give an account of the sufferings and patriot- ism of the army at Valley Forge. 9. What aid did France extend to the United States in the War of the Revolution ? 10. Name the principal battles of the war of secession ? S. UNITED STA TES HISTOR Y. — FIRST GRADE. 1 75 SET II. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. What civilized people first settled the territory of New Mexico ? 2. What was the object of the French in their Mississippi explorations ? 3. When did the Dutch authority in New York end ? 4. With whom did the Indians usually side in the contests between the English and French Colonists ? Why? 5. When did the domination of the French in the northern part of the continent cease ? 6. What nation contributed largely to the success of the Americans in their struggle for Independence ? 7. What were the causes that led to the War of 1 812, and what the results of the war ? 8. Who made the first white settlement where the city of St. Louis now stands } New Orleans } Pitts- burg } Great Salt Lake } 9. When did the Great Rebellion break out, and what was the first act of war .-* 10. Name some of the most important results of the war .'' SET III. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. Give an account of the settlement of Pennsyl- vania. 2. In what colony was religious liberty allowed ? 3. To whom did the Mississippi Valley belong in 1754? 4. When was the last battle of the Revolution fought } What generals commanded the opposing forces .-* v/ 176 PART 11. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMLXA T/ONS. 5. When was the Federal Constitution formed, and when did it go into effect ? 6. When, by whom, and where was Florida set- tled ? 7. What territory did the United States acquire by purchase from France ? 8. What connection had Texas with the Mexican War? 9. With what action, and when did the Great Re- bellion begin ; and with what, close ? 10. What State was last admitted into the Union ? SET IV. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. Mention the Colonial wars with the Indians. 2. Name five American generals in the Revolu- tionary War } 3. Name the leading events in 1777. 4. Who commanded the American army at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and when was that battle fought } 5. How long was the War of 1812 .? 6. What was the Boston Port Bill ? 7. When was the tea thrown in Boston harbor, and what was the reason "i 8. Name five naval engagements between the Americans and the British ? 9. Who was the discoverer of North America ? 10. Name the connection that the following names have with American history : De Soto ; Sir Walter Raleigh ; General Warren ; General Putnam. S. SET V. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. I. Who made voyages of discovery to the New World before 1500.? v^ UNITED STA TES HISTOR V. — FIRST GRADE, I yj 2. When, where, and by people of what nation, was the first settlement made in Maryland ? New York ? 3. When, and for what purposes was the first union of the New England colonies formed ? How long did that union last ? 4. When, and where did the first Continental Con- gress meet, and what was done by it ? 5. When was the battle of Long Island fought ? Who was the American commander ? the British commander ? What was the result ? 6. Who was Lafayette ? Benedict Arnold ? 7. What was the origin of the Constitution of the United States ? 8. When, and from whom did the United States obtain Florida ? Louisiana ? California ? 9. What was the cause of the great rebellion ? What States passed ordinances of secession ? 10. When was the battle of Gettysburg fought ? Who were the commanders ? What was the result ? Where is Gettysburg ? la UNITED STATES HISTORY. SECOND GRADE. SET I. FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. For what events in the history of the Revolu- tion is Philadelphia distinguished ? New York ? 2. For what events in the history of the Revolu- tion is Boston distingished ? Savannah ? 3. When, where, and to whom did Lord Cornwallis surrender ? 4. Name four battles in the Revolution in which the Americans were victorious ; four in which they were defeated. 5. Where is Valley Forge, and for what event in the Revolution is it noted ? Ticonderoga, and for what noted ? 6. What was the Continental Congress, where did it meet, and who were its leading members ? 7. Who were the most prominent men that took part in the Revolution, from the State of Virginia ? Massachusetts ? New York ? Pennsylvania ? 8. In what war was Quebec captured, and by whom ? 9. In what war was Louisburg captured, and by whom ? 10. In what war was Washington first engaged, and what was the most important expedition of that war? UNITED STA TES HIS TOR V. — SECOND GRADE. 1 79 11. What places in the present boundaries of the United States were originally settled by the Spanish? the French ? the Dutch ? 12. What were the two most important early Colo^ nial settlements, and when and how were they made ? 13. Name four Colonial wars, and one event in each. 14. Name an English, a Dutch, a Spanish, and an Italian discoverer. 15. Name four distinguished men connected with Colonial settlements ; four distinguished generals of the American Revolution ; two statesmen ; one finan- cier ; one foreign minister ; and one traitor of the Revolution. S. GRAMMAR. FIRST GRADE. SET I. TOTAL : SIXTEEN QUESTIONS — SIXTY CREDITS. Te7t Questions — Two Credits Each. 1. Write a complex interrogative sentence, and a compound declarative sentence. 2. Mention two ways of forming the plurals of nouns, and give examples. 3. Principal parts of the following verbs : breaks do^ woi'ky drink, bend, fly. 4. What is meant by the rule : " A finite verb must agree with its subject in number and person." 5. Synopsis of the verb go, in the indicative mode, third person, singular number, interrogative form. 6. Conjugate the verb ^^, in the indicative mode, present tense, ancient form. 7. Write a sentence containing a relative pronoun, in the objective case, and tell what kind of a sentence it is. 8. Write a sentence containing the verb sit used in the future perfect, or second future tense : one containing the verb lie, in the past perfect tense. 9. Correct the following sentences, and give the reasons for correcting [no credits allowed unless the reasons are given] : — My brother is older than me. The people will not relinquish its rights. GRAMMAR.— FIRST GRADE. l8l 10. Correct the following sentences, and give the reasons for correcting [no credits unless the rea- sons for correcting are given] : — There was no boys at the party. They thought it was me. 11. (6 Credits) Correct the spelling, punctuation capitals, and grammatical errors, in the following paragraph : — *' But thou thyself moveth alone who can be a compan- yun of your course the oaks of the mountains falls the mountains theirselves decay with years the ocean shrink and grow again the Moon himself is lossed in Heaven but thou are forever the same rejoising in the briteness of thy coarse." — Ossian. 1 2. (2 Credits) Write a list of the predicate verbs in the preceding paragraph, and place before each verb its appropriate subject. 13. (2 Credits) How many principal clauses, or independent propositions, in the whole paragraph. 14. {a) (2 Credits) Correct and punctuate the following stanza : — "the cricket chirps all day "oh, farest summer stay" the squirrel eyes askance the chestnuts browning the wild-Fowl fly afar above the foaming bar and hasten southward ere the skies is frowning." ib) (2 Credits) What kind of a sentence is this stanza, and why.? {c) (2 Credits) What is the object of chirps } {d) (2 Credits) Parse eyes. (e) (2 Credits) Parse askmice. 15. "The years are heavy with weary sounds, And their discord life's sweet music drowns." 1 82 PAR T IT. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINA TIONS, {a) (2 Credits.) What kind of a sentence is the preceding, and why ? {b.) (2 Credits.) Parse drowns. (e.) (2 Credits}} Parse music. id) (2 Credits}) Transpose the couplet into the order of a prose sentence. {e) (2 Credits) Express the thoughts contained in these two lines in plain words, without figurative meaning. 16. Mr. and Mrs. Nutcracker were as respectable a pair of squirrels as ever wore gray brushes over their backs. " Depend upon it, my dear," said Mrs. Nutcracker, "that fellow must be a genius." One Credit Each. {a) What kind of a sentence is the first ? '- {b.) What is the subject of wore? (c.) In what case is />air f (d.) What kind of a sentence is the second ? (e.) What is the subject of defend f if.) In what mode is must be ? ig.) Subject and predicate of the principal proposi- tion in the second sentence. {h.) What is the object of said? , (/.) Parse that. '^ (j) VdXSQ ge7mis. S. SET II. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. What properties belong to verbs.? Into what classes are verbs divided } 2. What properties belong to nouns, and into what classes are they divided } 3. Define a relative pronoun, and decline the pro- nouns zvho and //." 4. How are adjectives compared } GRAMMAR.— FIRST GRADE. 1 83 5. Give a synopsis of the verb love, in the indic- ative mode, passive voice, third person, singular number, declarative form. 6. Write the plurals of the following nouns : lady, money, pailfid, cupful, meinoj^andinn. 7. Parse each word in the following sentence " The Union must and shall be preserved." 8. Correct the following sentences : — Them are the ones. It is her. She dresses very neat. The rose smells sweetly. Her dress looked splendidly. I should not have went, if I had not expected to have received compensation. I. Analyze the following sentence: "Education is the birthright of all." 10. Punctuate and correct the following : — Mr brown Dear Sir i take my pen in hand to inform you that we are undergoing an examination and that if i sur- me I would like to have you call at 4 o'clock. yours Truely. S. SET III. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. What are the essential properties of a noun } 2. Write the plural of valley, folio, deer, wharf, spoonfU, Mr., Miss, analysis, straUtnt. 3. Compare ill, less, round, bad, former, homely, pleasant. 4. Name the principal parts of lie, lay, sit, set, clothe, get, ride, sing, and 7'nn. 5. What is the rule for the formation of a verb in the passive voice, and in the progressive form } 6. What is declension .? conjugation } 184 PART II.— GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS. 7. Write a synopsis of the verbs sing and swinty in the indicative mode, third person, singular number. 8. Define a simple, a complex, and a compound sentence, and give an example of each. 9. In the sentence, " Let me teach you what is necessary," parse let, what, and nccessaiy. 10. Correct the sentence, " I do not know who to send," and parse the relative pronoun. S. SET IV. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. Analyze the following sentence : — '' The completion of the Pacific Railroad was the occa- sion of great rejoicing in San Francisco and Chicago." 2. Parse completion, occasion^ and ivas. 3. Decline the pronoun //^r; write the plural of // plural of radius ; compare zuorst, and decline whom. 4. What are the subordinate elements of a sen- tence ? 5. Write a synopsis of the verb eat, in the indica- tive mode, third person, singular number. 6. Write a complex sentence and analyze it. 7. Write five rules for the use of capital letters. 8. In the sentence, " Let me go," parse each word. 9. Correct the following sentence, and give the reasons : " Between you and I, it was me who done it." 10. Conjugate the verb write, in the indicative mode, active voice, common form, future perfect tense. SET V. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. I. How many elementary sounds are there in the English language? Into what classes are they divided ? GRAMMAR. — FIRST GRADE. 185 2. Define collective, abstract, and verbal nouns. Write examples. 3. Write the plurals of the following nouns : fly, toy, zvharf, roof, hero, folio, ox, son-in-lazv, pailful, a, 3, scissors, dozen, radius, and stratum. 4. Parse Jiini and wJiat in the sentence, " I gave him what he wanted." 5. Write a sentence containing the word that as a relative, an adjective, and a conjunction. 6. Write two sentences ; the first containing a regular intransitive verb, and the second an irreg- ular transitive verb. 7. Write the principal parts of the following verbs : be, bid, bring, blow, choose, do, fly, give, lie (to recline), lay, see, sit, set, strive, sivim, take, win, shoe, wear, weave, and ivrite, and give both forms when the verb has two. 8. Write a synopsis of the verb ri7ig, in the third person singular of the indicative mode, active and passive voices. 9. Write a simple, a complex, and a compound sentence. 10. Correct the errors in the following sentences : {a) Them are the ones. (b) It is not me ; it is her. {c) A purse was lost in the street which contained a large sum of money. (//) Horace, and I, and you are invited. {e) The general, with all his soldiers, were taken. (/) I seen him when he done it. S. SET VI. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. I. "Yes, it is I." Is / correctly used } Why, or why not ? 1 86 PART II. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EX AM IN A TIONS, 2. What class of verbs govern two objective cases ? 3. Analyze, "Whoever reads this, will be con- vinced." 4. Correct : — Whatever is is Right this world tis true Was made for caesar but for Titus too. 5. Parse servant and go in the following : " He bade the servant go." 6. Give five forms of expressing the idea, *' A wolf let into the sheep-fold will devour the sheep." 7. What is the rule for the use of sJiall and will ? 8. Give the case of horse in each sentence, and the rule : — The horse running away, the wagon was overturned. The horse, running away, overturned the wagon. 9. Describe a primitive, also a derivative word, and give examples of each. 10. Correct and give reasons : — Who did you see ? It certainly could not have been me. Who broke this pitcher ? Not her ; it was me. Who is that boy speaking to ? SET VII. TWELVE QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What is a relative pronoun } 2. Name the properties belonging to a verb. 3. Give the rule for forming the possessive singu- lar ; also the possessive plural of nouns. How do you form the possessive of pronouns .? 4. Give the plural of beef, alkali, cuckoo, portico y 8, Mr., man-servant, this, penny, gold. 5. Give the rule for forming the comparison regu- larly. Compare good, black, little, old, ill. GRAMMAR.— FIRST GRADE. 187 6. Tell how a verb is conjugated in the passive voice. 7. Write a synopsis of the verb row, in the first person singular, in the indicative and potential modes, and in the progressive and interrogative forms combined. 8 Write the principal j-arts of the verbs, sing, go, do, cat, swim, ought, lay, shall, work. 9. What auxiliary verbs must always be used in the present perfect tense, the future perfect tense, and the past perfect tense "^ 10. Analyze the following sentence: "The evil luhich men do live after them. Also, parse the words italicized. 1 1. Write the following sentences correctly : — {a) The eldest of the two sons is going to school. {b) Give me them books. {c) Spelling is easier than to read or write. {d) Some discussion arose in regard to whom should be sent. {e) John, he went, but the rest, they all stayed a/ home. 12. Give the following rules in spelling : — (^) For doubling the final consonant. {b) For dropping e. GRAMMAR. SECOND GRADE. SET I. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. Decline her, its, and who. 2. Conjugate the verb be in the indicative, mood, future perfect tense. 3. Write a simple sentence containing only an adjective, a noun, an object, and an adverb, and parse each word. 4. In what different ways is the plural of nouns formed. 5. Analyze the sentence, " Let me go," and parse each word. 6. Give five directions for the use of capital let- ters. 7. Write a sentence containing a verb in the pro- gressive form, one containing an infinitive used as the subject of a verb, and one containing a verb, in the passive voice. 8. Analyze the sentence, " I told him when to go," and parse told and to go. 9. Give the principal parts of the following verbs : bursty dig, shoot, tear, go, lie, sit, flee, fly, and teach* 10. Define subject, predicate, phrase, and clause. S GRAMMAR. — SECOND GRADE. _ 1 89 SET II. TWENTY QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What is a collective noun .? Give three exam- ples. 2. How do nouns ending in y form their plu- rals } 3. What classes of nouns have no plural t 4. Define nominative case. 5. What is meant by object as used in grammar.? 6. How is the possessive case plural of nouns formed } 7. Write the possessive case singular and plural of city and life. 8. What is a compound pronoun t How many classes t 9. How are compound personal pronouns formed t 10. Write a sentence containing the relative wJiich in the possessive case. 11. How many general methods of comparison t 12. Compare tJiis, discreet, blue, meagre, supreme. 13. What is an irregular verb t Give an example. 14. What is the natural order of the elements of an English sentence t 15. What is the principal mode } 16. What is the difference between conjugation and synopsis f 1 7. Name the defective verbs "i 18. How is a verb conjugated in the passive voice } 19. What is the difference between primitive and lerivative words } 20. Write a good definition of a verb. 190 PART II. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINA TIONS. SET III. FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What is the authority which decides whether any sentence is grammatical or not ? 2. Give the ordinary grammatical classification of words. 3. Give ten forms of the personal pronoun. 4. Define transitive and intransitive verbs, and give an example of each in separate sentences. 5. " Water is froze easier than alcohol." Correct this sentence, and give the reasons for correction. 6. How do you form the plural of nouns t 7. How do you form the possessives of plural nouns .'' 8. What is a relative pronoun } Decline wjto. 9. When is that to be substituted for who or wJiich } 10. Write a sentence containing the verb to do, in the indicative mode, third past tense, third person, plural number, passive voice. 11. Give the verb to be, in the first person, singu- lar number, in all the tenses of the indicative mode. 12. What do you mean by emphatic, and interrog- ative forms t 13. Give the principal parts of burst, dare, lie, lay, and slay. 14. What are expletives } 15. Write three sentences, using but as a conjunc- tion in the first, as an adverb in the second, and as a preposition in the third. GRAMMAR. THIRD GRADE. SET I. TWENTY QUESTIONS — THREE CREDITS EACH. 1. Name and define the two leading parts of speech. 2. Write and analyze a simple sentence. 3. Define a personal pronoun : a conjunction. 4. Decline the pronouns me and her. 5. Compare little and more. 6. Write a sentence containing an adjective, a noun, a verb, and an adverb. 7. Analyze it. 8. Parse each word. 9. Give a synopsis of the verb be or am in the in- dicative mode, first person. 10. Conjugate the verb be in the past tense. 11. Name two ways in which the plural of nouns is formed, and give examples. 1 2. Form the possessive plural of woman ; of the pronoun he. 13. Compare good, more, skillful, ready. 14. Write a compound sentence. 15. Synopsis of the verb love in the indicative mode, third person, singular number. 16. Principal parts of do, go, write, shine. 17. Write a sentence containing a transitive verb. 192 PART IL — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS. 1 8. Write a sentence containing a verb in the pas- sive voice. 19. When is the artice ait used instead of a. 20. Analyze the sentence : " Pupils who study will improve." 21. (5 Credits) Correct the spelling, punctuation, capitals, and the grammatical errors of the following paragraph : — " George jones was a idle boy he did not love to study the teacher of the schule offen told him if he did not study diligently when young he would never succede well george wood ofen go to skool without haveing maid any prepparasion for his mourning lessun and when called to resite he would make so menny blunders that the rest of the class could not help laffing at him." 22. (5 Credits) Write a list of all the nouns in the preceding sentence. 23. (5 Credits) Write a list of all the verbs. 24. (5 Credits) Write a list of all the adjectives. 25. (5 Credits) Correct the following stanza of poetry : — THE CAMMEL. " Cammel thou are good and mild dosile as a little child ! thou was made for usefulness men to comfort and to bless thou doth clothe him thou do feed thou does lend to him your speed." 26. (5 Credits) Change the preceding stanza into a paragraph of prose. S» SET II. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. I. Write a correct sentence containing which as a relative pronoun. GRAMMAR.— THIRD GRADE. 193 2. Name the objective case, singular and plural, of each of the plural pronouns. 3. Write a sentence containing an interrogative pronoun in the objective case. 4. Conjugate the verb to go in the imperfect tense, indicative mood. 5. Give the subject of the following sentence: *' The good little boy obeys his parents." 6. Correct the sentence, " It was me who rode the horse." 7. Change the verb in the following sentence into the perfect tense : " Were you in Chicago } " ■ 8. Write a sentence containing the word order used as a noun, also a sentence in which it is used as a verb. 9. " If Caesar was ambitious, he was at the same time magnanimous." Give the parts of speech in the above sentence. 10. Write a sentence containing the verb obey in the passive voice and future tense, SET III. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. Write the possessive case, plural number of matiy woman. 2. Give the case of each pronoun in the sentence : " She went with us to her house." 3. Name the subject, predicate, and object in the following sentence : " The industrious boy studied his lesson diligently." 4. Correct : " He gave them apples to you and I." 5. Write a sentence containing an adjective in the superlative degree, and a noun in the possessive case, plural number. 13 1 94 PAR T II. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINA TIONS. 6. Write a sentence containing the comparative of ill. 7. " Henry asked his father his sister's age." Name the case of each noun. 8. Write a sentence using two adverbs derived from adjectives, and underline them. 9. Correct : " He done it very good." 10. In the sentence, " John played a game of mar- bles," change the verb to the passive voice. SET IV. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. Define a pronoun. 2. Name the properties of nouns and pronouns. 3. Name five interjections. 4. Decline her. 5. Correct the following sentence : '' Mary gave the two oranges to Jane and I." 6. Compare the following adjectives : square, ill. 7. Name the properties of the verb. 8. Give the plural of ox, knife, miss, child, and the letter s. 9. " He is a scholar," parse scholar. 10. Write a sentence contaning a transitive verb and its object. 11. Write the feminine of the following: Uncle, man, son, lad, and lord. 12. In the sentence, "Charles, bring me a book," parse Charles. 1 3. How are the comparative and superlative de- gree formed t 14. Write the possessive plural of woman. 15. Give the second future tense of the verb WfiU in both numbers. GRAMMAR. — THIRD GRADE. 1 95 SET V. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. What parts of speech are compared ? What conjugated ? 2. Compare benevolent in two ways. 3. Synopsis of the verb to write in indicative mood, third person, singular number. 4. Name the properties belonging to nouns ; prop- erties belonging to verbs. 5. Write appropriate connectives in place of the dashes in the followino^ sentences : — you are weary, you may rest. I do not believe he will go. he desert me, I will trust him. 6. Correct the following sentences : — I told him to set down, and he laid down. I seen the coat before he had wore it. 7. Fill the following blanks with plural nouns : — The are very beautiful. Time will set all right James and his were here. I have seen the with their . 8. Compare the adverbs badly, far, much, zvell. 9. Decline the nouns 7nan, ivife. 10. Write this sentence and correct misspelled words : — The potatos roted upon the prarie and the monkies ate up the caulHflowers, while the tomatoes were troden down by the couragous annimals which were destitute of prin- cipal. SET VI. TEN QUESTIONS — THREE CREDITS EACH. 1 . What is a verb t 2. What is the subject of a sentence.? The predi- cate t 1 96 PAR T II. — GRA MMAR SCHOOL EXAMINA TIOA S. 3. What properties have nouns ? 4. When is a verb in the passive voice ? 5. What is meant by the person and number of verbs ? 6. What is a phrase ? 7. What is a personal pronoun ? 8. How are verbs divided with reference to their terminations ? 9. What is the masculine of miss ? Of bride ? The feminine of lad? 10. Write the plurals of story ^ piano, shelf, she, /, penny, synopsis, gold, swine. Ten Questions — Four Credits Each. 11. Decline the pronoun me, which. 12. Write the principal parts of the following verbs : bid, sing, rnn, ride. 13. Write a synopsis of the verb be, in the in- dicative mode. 14. Conjugate the verb write in the indicative mode, active voice, future perfect tense. 15. Synopsis of the verb row in the potential mode, passive voice. 16. Write the verb stndy in the progressive form, indicative mode, past perfect tense, third person, singular number ; in the negative form, present per- fect tense. 17. How is the passive voice of transitive verbs formed } 18. Conjugate the verb be in the infinitive mode. 19. Compose a sentence containing a subject, predicate, object, adjective, and adverb. 20. Write a sentence in which a phrase is used as the subject. GRAMMAR.— THIRD GRADE, 197 Five Questions — Six Credits Each. 21. Write a sentence having a clause for its sub- ject. 22. Write a sentence having a collective noun ; one having a compound relative pronoun. 23. Write a sentence to illustrate the emphatic form of the verb, and the ancient or solemn style of the verb. 24. Write a sentence containing only a subject, predicate, and object, and parse each word. 25. What rules can you give for the use of capital letters and periods } S. GRAMMAR. FOURTH GRADE. SET I. FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — THREE CREDITS EACH. 1. A name is what ? 2. The word or phrase which shows what we talk about is what ? 3. The word which tells what a thing is, what it doeSy or what is done to it, is what ? 4. In the following sentences draw one line under each noun and tzvo lines under each verb : Ella dreaded examination. A path through woods. He reached eighty per cent. She waved her golden hair. 5. To express an actual occurrence or fact we use \ what mood } 6. " You mnst succeed." In what mode is must ? 7. " I did it myself." What is myself? 8. Write the principal parts of the verbs go, siiig, drink. 9. What kind of a verb does not have a nomina- tive } 10. What kind of a verb has no object } 11. Write the verb read in the active voice, indica- tive mode, present tense, singular number, first per- son. GRAMMAR. — FOUR Til GRADE. 199 12. Examinations may seem hard, but they do us much good. What is btU ? 13. "I don't know nothing about it." Correct that sentence. Tell why. 14. What is that form of the verb which always ends in iug ? 15. What kind of a noun distinguishes one partic- ular thing from all others of the same kind } SET II. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. Write an affirmative sentence and change it to a negative. 2. Correct " Me and him went after them boys." 3. Point out the nouns in the following sentence, and give their number : " The little girl had some apples in her satchel." 4. Change the nouns in this sentence to the singu- lar : " Those children are writing on their slates." 5. Write a sentence containing a noun in the pos- sessive case. 6. " I know whose book that is." What case is whose ? 7. Write the plurals of motcse, fly, goose, ox, and bird. 8. Write an interrogative sentence. 9. Pick out the name-words : Sea, see, scene, seen, lane, lain, road, rode, clothes, close. 10. Write a sentence containing an adjective in the superlative degree. SET III. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. I. "Men dig rocks and metals out of ^he earth." Name the nouns. 200 PART II. — GRAMMA A' SCHOOL EXAMIXA TIONS. 2. What two adjectives have plurals ? 3. Correct this sentence : " Them apples has a stem." 4. Write a sentence with a quality-word in it. 5. Write a' sentence having two action-words in it. 6. Make this sentence mean more than one : " This man is very tall." 7. Point out the quality-words in the following : " The nice little girl lost her new white apron." 8. " Henry played in the shade. James worked hard." Which of the two action-words denotes pres- ent time } 9. Give the plurals of these words : Mart, woma7t, foot, thief, lady. 10. Change to singular : "These women sew, and those men work." NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. FIRST GRADE. SET I. FIFTEEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What do you mean when you say that a body weighs an ounce .'' 2. What is uniform motion ? 3. How will a body move when acted upon by forces that operate in different directions ? 4. How is a clock regulated ? 5. What is reaction ? 6. What is the line of direction of a body } 7. How is the pressure of fluids exerted } 8. How may the specific gravity of bodies that will sink in water be ascertained } 9. What causes sounds to be louder or fainter ? 10. How does moisture in the air affect the trans- mission of sound } 1 1 . Why is a linen garment cool ? 12. What is the angle of vision ? 1 3. When does refraction of light take place ? 14. What is lightning.? 15. What is light.? SET II. TEN QUESTIONS — TEN CREDITS EACH. 1. What is physics ? 2. On what principle does the method of deter- mining specific gravity depend .? 202 PART JI. — GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXAMINA TIONS. 3. A body weighs one pound in the air ; one pound of iron being attached, it just sinks. What is its specific gravity ? 4. An inclined plane is one foot high and sixteen feet long. What force will be required to raise one pound upon it 1 5. Mention two laws of falling bodies. 6. A body is thrown upwards from the surface of the earth with a velocity of 64^ feet per second ; how high will it rise } 7. What substances are most sonorous t 8. What substances are the best conductors of heat } 9. What is polarized light } 10. What distinguishes statical from dynamical electricity } SET III. 1. How many forces will act upon a body thrown hori/;ontally } 2. On what does the time occupied in the vibration of a pendulum depend } 3. How is the upward pressure of a fluid shown ? 4. For what is a barometer used "i N 5. How does moisture in the air affect the velocity of sound } 6. Why is a linen garment cool } 7. When you look into a plane mirror, where will your image appear to be } 8. What effect is produced by light passing through a convex lens } 9. What is the Leyden jar } 10. How can an artificial magnet be made ? NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 203 SET IV. 1. What is the law of attraction of gravitation ? 2. What is meant by " specific gravity ? " 3. What are the laws which govern the refraction of light ? 4. What is the barometer, and who invented it ? 5. Name the mechanical powers. 6. How are waves caused } 7. What is the velocity of sound .'' 8. What are the principal effects of heat } 9. On what does the color of bodies depend 1 10. What planets are exterior to the orbit of the earth t 11. What is the ecliptic t 12. How is the change of seasons caused ? 13. What is the galaxy ? 14. What causes the tides } 15. What causes an eclipse of the sun } S. BOOK-KEEPING. SET I. 1. Prepare day-book, cash-book, and ledger forms. 2. Enter the following transactions in the proper books : — San Francisco, April lo, 1870. Sold J. Forward, on account, 10 lbs. coffee @ 20 cts. ; 1 5 lbs. brown sugar @ 1 5 cts. Paid for dray- age, ;^2.5o. Received of J. Forward, $2.00 on account. 3. Write a receipt for ;^ioo. 4. Write a promissory note for ^500, interest i] per cent, per month ; date, to-day, with indorsement. 5. Make out a bill of the following items : — San Francisco, April 10, 1870. S. Jones bought of John Worth, 10 lbs. tea @ 80 cts. ; 9 lbs. China rice, @ 5 cts. ; 20 lbs. crushed sugar, @ 14 cts. ; 10 lbs. butter, @ 40 cts. Receipt the bill. SET II. 1. What is book-keeping 1 2. Define the double-entry system. 3. What besides personal accounts are kept in double-entry ledger } 4. What should be the character of the day-book } 5. What is an account } BOOK-KEEPING. 205 6. Into what classes may accounts be divided ? 7. State the principles for debiting and crediting the various accounts. 8. When an account is closed, how is shown the balance or difference ? 9. How are resources, liabilities, losses, and gains shown in the ledger ? 10. State the six steps in closing the ledger. .11. Post the following and close the ledger : — Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Stock $600 52,800 Expense $75 Merchandise . . . 3,470 2,400 Cash 1,600 $925 Bills receivable . . 2,750 1,800 Wm. Brown. . . . 180 270 Bills payable . . . 240 1,200 Jas. Campbell. . . 900 420 Inventory, $1,250. 12. Write a promissory note for ;^500, sixty days, and indorse in full. 13. Write a sight draft for ;^ioo, and accept. 14. Write a bank check for ;^200. 15. Write a receipt in full for $jt^. SET III. TEN QUESTIONS — FIVE CREDITS EACH. 1. What is the purpose of the art of book-keep- ing .? 2. Write a promissory note. 3. January 12, 1868, Doe bought of Roe 225 lbs. of sugar at $0.08 per pound. Write out the b!il which Roe should render to Doe. 4. Rule a day-book page. 5. Rule a ledger page. 6. Rule a cash-book page. 7. 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