Examination Christmas,1875

EXAMINATION, CHRISTMAS, 1875.

PROPOSED TO CANDIDATES

FOR

ADMISSION

TRAINING

INTO

COLLEGES,

AND FOR THE OFFICE OF TEACHER
UNDER ARTICLES 60 AND 79,

NEW CODE.

A Notice to the following effect is issued to Candidates (both for Admission and for Certificates) as to Copying and Clandestine Assistance.

CANDIDATES WHO ARE DETECTED

(a.) Introducing into the Examination Room, or having about them, any book or writing, whether any one uses it or not, from which answers may be copied ;

(b.) Applying, under any circumstances whatever,
to other Candidates;

(c.) Answering, under any circumstances what-
ever, applications from other Candidates;
(d.) Copying under any circumstances whatever,
one from another; or,

(e.) Conniving at any misconduct of this kind; will be dismissed from the Examination-will forfeit any Certificate which they may previously have obtained and will be suspended, for a period not exceeding three years, from all recognition by the Committee of Council. The plea of accident, or forgetfulness, will not be received.

Whatever questions Candidates may have to ask, or remarks to make, during the Examination, must be addressed to the Inspector only.

NOTE.-Except where different directions are printed, the time allowed for each Paper in the following series was three hours, and Candidates were restricted to one question in each section.

GRAMMAR.

Two hours and a HALF allowed for this Paper.

SECTION I.

Parse the words in italics in the following passage:
"Hard by, a cottage chimney smokes
From betwixt two aged oaks,
Where Corydon and Thyrsis met
Are at their savoury dinner set
Of herbs and other country messes,
Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses."

SECTION II.

Write in plain prose the substance of the following

stanzas:

"There's grandeur in this sounding storm,

That drives the hurrying clouds along
That on each other seem to throng,
And mix in many a varied form;
While, bursting now and then between,
The moon's dim misty orb is seen,
And casts faint glimpses on the green.

Beneath the blast the forests bend,
And thick the branchy ruin lies,
And wide the shower of foliage flies;
The lake's black waves in tumult blend,
Revolving o'er and o'er and o'er,

And foaming as the rocky shore,
Whose caverns echo to their roar.”

SECTION III.

Analyse the following extract:

I venerate the man whose heart is warm,
Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and
whose life,

Coincident, exhibit lucid proof

That he is honest in the sacred cause.

SECTION IV.

1. Name the different kinds of adjectives, and classify the following according to their kinds, viz., lofty, large, several, twelve, eighth, each, every, yon.

2. Name all the principal pronouns, and decline fully the third personal pronoun in all its genders and both its numbers.

SECTION V.

1. Define weak and strong verbs respectively, and name the sub-divisions of the weak verbs. Are the following weak or strong, viz., weep, speak, tell, work, shall, betray, spread, write? Give reasons for your

answers.

2. What is a preposition, and what various relations are expressed by prepositions? Give a list of Latin prepositions used as prefixes to English words, and add the meaning of each, with an example.

SECTION VI.

Write full notes of a lesson on one of the following subjects:

(a) The rules of syntax which govern the relation between a verb and its subject.

(b) The analysis of a complex sentence.

SECTION VII.

Write out, with proper punctuation, either (1) the story of Androcles and the Lion, or (2) an account of the contents of any poem which you have read.

GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.

GEOGRAPHY.

SECTION I.

1. Draw a full map of Wales, marking the rivers, lakes, mountains, principal towns, and the boundaries between the counties.

Βιβλία