SECTION V. 1. In what subjects do you consider oral lessons to be necessary, and in what others desirable? Give your reasons, and illustrate them in the case of arithmetic (written and mental). 2. What qualities should a teacher possess in order to secure success in oral teaching, having special regard to his manner, his illustrations and his language? Show the absolute necessity of securing order and attention among his audience and of having his lesson thoroughly prepared. SECTION VI. Write full notes of a lesson on one of the following subjects: (a.) Ventilation and exercise as contributing to health. (b.) Savings Banks, noting especially the advantages of those which are connected with the Post Offices in this country. (c.) The recovery of persons apparently drowned. SECTION VII. For Acting Teachers, and for those Students ONLY who are about to leave the Training College. Answer FOUR questions out of the Sections I., II., III., IV., and V., and not more than Two in Section VII. 1. (a.) Name all the Registers and Books that are required to be kept in a Public Elementary School. (b.) Explain clearly what is meant by an average, and state how you would find (1) the average daily attendance of any School for a given time, and (2) the average number of attendances made by each child present at all during that time. (c.) Why is an exact account of income and expenditure required to be kept, and what has this to do with the grant? (d.) Make an imaginary weekly register for a class of 15 children, and show how to find the average daily attendance for the week. 2. Make a time table for one of the following cases: (a.) A school of 230 boys in a manufacturing town, 100 of them being half timers, and the staff consisting of a master and 4 pupil teachers. (b.) A mixed school of 110 children of all ages under a master, an uncertified mistress, and a pupil teacher. BRITISH HISTORY. SECTION. I *1. What do you know of the Religion, Government, and Mode of Warfare of the Ancient Britons? 2. What great military works were constructed by the Romans against the North British? Are there any traces of the Roman occupation remaining in Scotland? *3. Give the date of the earliest Saxon invasion of Britain. Name the principal subdivisions of the Saxon tribes. Explain the terms, "Count of the Saxon shore," "Bretwalda," "Danegeld," "Witenagemot." SECTION II. *1. What were the events which led to the Battle of Hastings? Give a short sketch of the character and government of William the Conqueror. 2. Give an account of the reign of David I. of Scotland. *3. Give an account of the wars of the Barons in the reign of Henry III. SECTION III. 1. Sketch briefly the military career of the Black Prince. Name (with dates) the Plantagenet kings. *2. Give an account of (a.) the Battle of Neville's Cross, or (b.) the Combat of the North Inch at Perth. 3. Describe the popular disturbances in the reign of Richard II. SECTION IV. 1. How were the wars of the Roses terminated? Give the dates of their duration, and describe their effects upon the country at large. *2. When and how were the English expelled from France? *3. Sketch the leading events of the reign of James IV. of Scotland. SECTION V. *1. Describe the character of Richard III., and give the chief events of his reign, with dates. 2. State what you know of one of the following:(a.) Captain Wood. (b.) Cardinal Beaton. 3. Trace the career of Wolsey, and give a short account of Henry VIII.'s quarrel with the Pope. SECTION VI. 1. Who were Queen Elizabeth's favourites? Name the most distinguished men of her reign in (1.) Statesmanship, (2.) Literature, and (3.) Warfare. *2. Describe the events which led to the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. 3. What do you know of the Gowrie Conspiracy? GEOGRAPHY. If the candidate put in, and correctly number the lines of latitude and longitude, it will add to the value of the map. Places must not be indicated by letters or figures, referring to a list of names at the side, but the names themselves must be inserted in the map. Not more than two maps are to be drawn. [These directions were repeated in all the other papers on the same subject, for different classes of Candidates.] SECTION I 1. Draw, carefully and fully, a map of the West Coast of Great Britain. *2. Describe fully the basin of the Severn, including the physical features, minerals, manufactures, &c. *3. Describe minutely the Coal-fields of Great Britain, naming the manufactures connected with them. SECTION II. 1. Draw a full map of the Province of Munster. 2. Describe fully the counties of Ross, Aberdeen, and Roxburgh. *3. Describe the chief Mountain Ranges of Great Britain; show the differences of character between them, and give a table of the heights of the principal peaks. SECTION III. 1. Draw a map of the basin of the Danube. 2. Give illustrations, from the map of Europe, of the term "Watershed"; and describe each fully. *3. Trace (in words) the course of a ship sailing along the northern Coast of the Mediterranean Sea; noting all objects of interest, and briefly mentioning anything worthy of notice in each seaport. SECTION IV. 1. Draw a map of the Eastern Coast of Asia. *3. Describe in order the Islands of Asia and Australasia, and mention the chief features of each. SECTION V. 1. Draw a map of Africa. *2. Describe the great rivers of Africa, and say, as regards each of them, what discoveries have been made by each explorer who has assisted in tracing its course. *3. What are the hindrances to civilization arising from the physical peculiarities of Africa? SECTION VI. 1. Draw a map of Central America, including the West Indian Islands. 2. Describe the North Coast of N. America, referring (when you can) to the tracks of Arctic voyagers. *3. Describe the mountains, rivers, and forests of South America. EUCLID. Candidates are not permitted to answer more than two questions in each Section. Acting Teachers are not obliged to take this Paper. Capital letters, not numbers, must be used in the diagrams. = The only signs allowed are + and The square on AB may be written "sq. on AB", and the rectangle contained by AB and CD "rect. AB. CD." SECTION I. 1. Define the terms-superficies, circle, oblong, and parallelogram; and distinguish between a postulate and an axiom. 2. The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another; and if the equal sides be produced the angles on the other side of the base will be equal to one another. Show that the segments of BG, CF, in Euclid's figure, are equal, each to each. 3. If from the ends of the side of a triangle there be drawn two straight lines to a point within the triangle, these shall be together less than the other two sides of the triangle, but shall contain a greater angle. If lines be drawn from the angles of a rhombus to a point within it, they shall be together less than the perimeter of the rhombus. 4. If a straight line fall on two parallel straight lines it makes the alternate angles equal, and the exterior angle equal to the interior and opposite angle on the same side; and also the two interior angles on the same side together equal to two right angles. What axiom did Playfair propose to substitute for Euclid's 12th axiom in proving this proposition? SECTION II. 1. If a side of a triangle be produced, the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles; and the three interior angles of any triangle are equal to two right angles. Enunciate and prove Euclid's second corollary to this proposition, and state under what limitation it is true. |