6. 7. What can you say, in a general way, of the work done by the heart? 2. 3. Define articulation and oral elements. Name and describe the three classes of oral element 4. Define root, prefix and suffix. 5. What is accent? (Section 2. 60 credits.) The applicants will write the following words from dictation, and they will be expected t capitalize and place marks of accent: 16. receipt 31. parenthesis. 32. partially. 34. irascible. 33. Mohammed. READING. 1. What preparations should a pupil make on a lesson in reading, for instance in the fifth reader? 2. Of what use is a knowledge of the diacritical marks? 3 So far as the pupil's success in his studies is concerned, what is the most important art of power to be gained by him in the study of reading? 4. (a) What defect in the pupil constitutes what is commonly called reading through the nose? (b) What effect upon the delivery in reading does holding the teeth too clos- togethe have? 5. Give, here, your instructions to a pupil how to gain an orotund quality of voice. 6. Define force, rate, inflection. 7. 8. In what kinds of reading are pure, orotund and trembling tones severally used? 9. How do you obtain the attention of the pupils in a primary reading class, and how in a advanced class? 10. Should a history or other book of science, other than a reader, be used to give instructions in reading, or be used instead of a text-book on reading? Give reasons fully for your answer. 2. What are the principal subjects to which attention should be given in teaching or learning to write. 3. (a) Describe the front position. (b) Give a description of the fore-arm movement. 5. (a) How many kinds of lines are used in writing, and what are they? (b) How many kinds of curves are used, and define each. (e) Mention the letters which are five spaces in length (d) Write the following sentence for criticism: "George Washington was the Father of his country." GEOGRAPHY. 1. Define (a) meridians, (b) parallels, (c) equator, (d) ecliptiç, (e) zones, (f) axis of the earth, (g) poles, (h) latitude, (i) longitude. 2. Name the two tropies and tell what determines the location of each. 3. What is climate? In what ways may it be affected and upon what does it produce important effects? 4. What is the basin of a river? A watershed? A river system? Name four river systems in North America and three in South America. 5. Name and locate five mountain ranges in Europe. 6. Locate the following rivers and tell into what each flows: Volga, Danube, Ganges, Congo, Yukon. 7. Locate the following cities: Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso, Lisbon, Calcutta, Alexandria, St. Petersburg, Tripoli, Cincinnati. Name and locate five great commercial cities of the United States. 9. Name the largest three rivers of Africa. 10 Name the three transcontinental lines of railway over which you may pass from Chicago to Portland, Oregon. UNITED STATES HISTORY. 1. When does the history of America begin. 2. What idea did Columbus entertain concerning a trip to India? 3. When and where was the first permanent settlement in America? 4. Who was Frobisher? Sir Francis Drake? Roger Williams? William Penn? James Oglethorpe? State briefly the causes and effects of the French and Indian war. What two political parties existed in the United States at the time of the adoption of the constitution? 7. What were the provisions of the "Missouri Compromise?" During whose administration Was it adopted? 8. Name two great questions which led to the Civil war. 9. Name at least three great objective points of the war, together with the generals most intimately connected with each of them. 10. What was the policy of reconstruction following the close of the war? 1. $40 is 4 times what A paid for a chain, and the cost of the chain is of the cost of his Watch; required, the cost of his watch. Having lost of my money, I found 1⁄2 of what I lost, and then had $70; how much had I at first? 3. How much will 2 and two-fifths oranges cost at the rate of 4 oranges for 5% cents? 4. When E was married he was 27 years old, and 2% of his age was 4 years more than 2 of his wife's age; required, the age. A pole, whose length was 63 feet, was broken into two parts, such that 3⁄44 of the first part als three-fifths of the second; required, the length of each piece. 6. How many men, in 10 days of 6 hours each, can earn as much as 6 men, in 20 days of 8 hours each? 7. Three-fifths of 15 per cent is what per cent of 72 per cent? How many yards of cloth, at $4 a yard, must a merchant buy, that by selling it at a profit of 30 per cent he may gain $8? 3. Mr. A bought a number of turkeys for $5; had he bought 3 times as many, plus 4, for the Rame price, they would have cost him $12 more: how many did he buy? 10. The amount of D's money for 2 years at 5 per cent, is $60 more than its interest for 9 years 10 per cent; what is his money? 1. Define (1) composition, (2) composite number, (3) power, (4) factor, (5) exponent, (6) prime number, (7) multiple. Give the two cases in division of fractions, solve a problem in each case, and give the Salysis of each problem in systematic order. 3. Define reduction ascending and reduction descending. 4. The product of two numbers, diminished by 11234, is 127%; if one number is 15, what is the other? How much must I pay for 18 16-18 tons of iron ore at the rate of 17 tons for $3334? 6. What is the height of a pile of wood containing 274 cords, if it is 75 feet long and 10 feet wide? A lady invested 90 per cent of her money in bank stock, and some time after sold 33% per tent of the stock, and still had $1,500 invested; required, the whole amount of her money. At what rate will $13.25, in 8 years, 10 months and 18 days, give $7,0621⁄2 interest? 9. I sold goods on commission at 6 per cent. through a broker who charged me 2 per cent; my commission, after paying the brokerage, was $168; required, the sum paid to my employers. 10. A and B constructed 428 miles of railroad, and three times the number of miles A made, play 22 miles, is to 4 times the number B made, minus 24 miles, as % to 4; how many miles did Mah build? 1. Define the following: Noun Phrase, Verb Phrase, Conjugation, Parsing. 2 Give the classification of Pronouns, and define each. 3. Write the possessive, singular and plural of each of the following nouns: Ox, mouse, cat, ty, boy, man, woman, valley. 4. Parse the word what in the sentence: This is precisely what was necessary. 5. Write three abstract nouns, three collective nouns and three verbal nouns. 6. Give the plurals of money, chimney, duty and Henry. 7. Write a sentence whose simple subject is a participle. 8. Write a sentence having a clause us d as a subject. 9. Correct the following, giving the reason for each correction: (1) The latitude and lot tude of Boston is known. (2) John is not as tall as James. (3) William exchanged three pai rabbits for ten dozen of eggs. 10. Diagram and parse the following: "There you will find my cousin John." State your method of teaching beginners to read. 10. Mention some of the most common faults of teachers in hearing a recitation. PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE. 1. What organs secrete (a) the saliva, (b) the gastric juice, (c) the bile? 2. What is meant by the expression the right and the left heart? 3. What is the pupil of the eye? 4. What part of a bone is the hardest? 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. A child is less liable to break a bone than an old person. Why? What causes the arm to move at will? Name the bones of the skull. Are rubber ove shoes a healthful covering for the feet if constantly worn? Why? 10. Describe the effect of alcohol on the lining of the stomach." AUGUST, 1890. ORTHOGRAPHY. (Section 1. Forty Credits.) 1. How many elementary sounds in the English language? Separate into three gene classes, giving the number in each class. 2. Mark diacritically: her, high, pronunciation, ginger. 3. Analyze postscript, benediction, receiving, insinuation. 4. Divide into syllables and accentuate: peremptory, industry, interested, hospitable, e parable. 5. Correct spelling where needed in the following: paralel, inducment, judgeme acknowledgment, seperrate, cieling, suppurate, canceling, bluing, caliope. (Section 2. Sixty Credits.) The following words are to be pronounced by the examiners. Applicants will write the sa and mark the proper accent. READING. 1. What objects are to be aimed at in the study and teaching of reading? 2. What is emphasis. 3. What is the object of emphasis? 4. Denne the following: accent, inflection, articulation, monotone, modulation. 5. Read selections furnished by the examiners. PENMANSHIP. 1. What system has been adopted for use in the public schools of Oregou ? 2. 3. Give the elements of the small letters; of the capitals. Name them. How secure a proper way of holding the pen? How do you secure, in writing, the elementary forms? 8. Name the requisites of good writing in the order of their importance. 9. How do you Secure legibility? How does it rank in importance? 10. How do you conduct a recitation in writing? GEOGRAPHY. 1. Give three proofs that you would use in class to prove the rotundity of the earth. 2 What are the equinoxes? What are the solstices? 3. Name a State of Territory of the United States distinguished for (a) wheat, (b) cotton, (c) corn, (d) cattle, (e) iron. 1. Name and locate the largest grain market in the United States, the most important seaport, the largest manufacturing city, the greatest cotton port, the largest iron manufacturing city. 5. What state has the largest population? the greatest area? the greatest mineral wealth? the greatest agricultural wealth? 6. Why has Great Britain a warmer climate than Labrador? 7. Give some account of the Republic of the United States, and state (a) its area, (b) its population, (e) its form of government, (4) the religion, and (e) the chief industries of the people. 8. Name, in order, the three largest islands in the world, not classing continents as islands. 9. Outline one lesson you would give to pupils beginning the study of geography. 10. Name five mountain ranges and five rivers in Europe. UNITED STATES HISTORY. 1. State three causes that led to the civil war. 2. What is the "Monroe doctrine"? 3. What were the causes of the financial crisis 4. What was the "hard-cider campaign"? When? in Van Buren's administration? 5. What was settled by the "Ashburton treaty"? Who negotiated this treaty for the United States? 6. What was the "Wilmot proviso"? What were the principles of the "Know-Nothing" Jarty? 7. What matters are at issue between the two dominant parties of this country at present? 8. Who was Noah Webster? S. F. B. Morse? Charles Sumner? George B. McClellan? Edwin M. Stanton. 9. Who invented the cotton gin, the steamboat, the telephone, vulcanized India-rubber, submarine cable? 19. Name a prominent historical event of 1776, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1876. MENTAL ARITHMETIC. 1. If 2 barrels of apples cost $15, how many barrels can be bought for $12? 2. If twice my weight be diminished by of my weight and 30 pounds, it will equal 180 pounds; required, my weight. 3. If twice the length of a pole be increased by its 3-5 and 2 feet more, the sum will equal 3 times the length of the pole; required, its length. 4. If a 3-cent loaf weighs 9 ounces when flour is 6 dollars a barrel, how much ought a 4-cent loaf to weigh when flour is 8 dollars a barrel? 5. Four-fifths of $10 is % of what per cent of 4-5 of $50. 6. What is the amount of $360 for 8 years, 4 months, at 9 per cent? 7. Twenty persons engage a pleasure boat for sailing, but before they start 12 of the company decline going, by which the expense of each is increased $3; what did they pay for the boat? A farmer had 40 sheep in one field, which was 4-5 of the number in another field; then of the sheep in each field jumped into the other; how many then in each fleld? 9. A teacher bought a number of books for $8; had he bought 4 times this number, lacking 5, they would have cost $1 more; how many did he buy? 10. A man spent of his money and $2 more, and then spent $2 more than of the remainGer, and then had $2 remaining; required, his money at first. WRITTEN ARITHMETIC. 1. (a) State the principles you would teach in multiplication. (b) State the principles you would teach in greatest common divisor. 2. (a) Given, the dividend, quotient, and remainder, to find the divisor. State the proce (b) Given, rate, time, and interest, to find principal. State rule or formula. 3. Bought 27 barrels of sugar for $153. 75, and sold it at a profit of $1.621⁄2 a barrel. At wh price was it sold? 4. A farmer's entire crop of barley just filled a bin 10 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 5 feet dee What was its value at $1.78 per cental? 5. A merchant pays $10,050 for a stock of goods; he sells them at an advance of 33 the expenses connected with the business are $1,750. How much does he gain? per ce 6. If 21 men in 9 days of 12 hours each build a wall 200 feet long, 6 feet high, and 2 feet thi how many men, in 72 days of 10 hours each, can build a wall 950 feet long, 8 feet high and 5 thick? 7. I sent $12,300 to my agent in New York, with which to purchase flour at $5 per barrel, aft deducting his commission of 2% per cent How many barrels of flour did I receive? 8. Divide $1,500 among three persons, so that the share of the second may be one-half great than that of the first, and the share of the third one-half greater than that of the second. 9. Wishing to borrow $500 at a bank, for what sum must my note be drawn, at 30 days, obtain the required amount, discount being at 7 per cent? 10. A man sold a piece of property for $11,3320; the terms were $3,200 in cash on delivery, $11 in 6 months, $2,500 in 10 months, and the remainder in one year, 3 months, with 7 per cent inte What was the whole amount paid? est. Selections: "The Northmen were people in whom Americans have much reason for feeli interested." (2) They were one of the finest and strongest races of men ever known in the world, an they were the ancestors of most of us." 2. Mention the proper nouns in the above selections. 3. Mention and decline the pronouns in the above selections, and tell to what class of pr nouns they belong. 4. (a) Give the case of each noun and pronoun in the first two sentences of the abo selections. 5. (b) Compare the adjectives in the same. Give the tense and principal parts of each verb in the selection. 6. Parse you and letter in sentence 3, and analyze the same. 7. What are the properties of nouns? Of verbs? 8. Write the plural of fly, Miss Jones, son-in-law, money, child, basis, focus, t, 8. 9. Write the past tense and imperfect participle of the following verbs: do, hear, lear teach, see, sit, lie, lay, set, choose. 10. 1. Write the following sentences with the errors corrected, and give reasons for correction (a) I knew it was him. (b) Will I find you at home? (c) Can you learn me to write? (b) I bought this at Parker's and Miller's store. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TEACHING. Mention the faculties of the child's mind in the natural order of their development. 2. Illustrate the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning. 3. Give illustrations of what educators mean by (a)" Ideas before words;" (b) “Go from th known to the unknown." 4. 5. How would you conduct examinations, and of what should they be a test. With what mental laws should the teacher be familiar, that ne may intelligently dire pupils in their study? 6. How would you organize a school? 7. Give your idea of emulation in the school. 8. 9. 10. Mention the elements of a good disciplinarian. What can you say of the teacher's relation to his profession? 1. What is meant by the nervous system and what are its parts? 2. Tel what you can about the brain. 4. Describe the stomach and its uses. 3. Explain how food is made ready to mix with the blood. 5. Explain in a general way as to what, when and how much we should eat. 6. Give some practical hints about getting proper sleep. 7. Name the five special senses and descr be them briefly. 8. Give some practical suggestions about the care of the eye and the ear, Mention the effects of alcohol and tobacco on the special senses, 9. 10, What is opium? Describe the opium habit. |