[1]905. APRIL. 1905.
STATE OP INDIANA.
QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION
OF PUPILS COMPLETING
The Course of Study in the "Common Branches."
Prepared by the following Committee of the County Superintendents' Association, 1904:
SUPERINTENDENTS:—Arthur Deamer, Chairman, Fulton County ; W. E. Stipp, Lawrence County ; J. M. Neet, Parke County ; Elmer G. Bunnell, Laporte County ; John Clerkin, Jennings County ; Guy M. Wilson, Hendricks County ; Geo. J. Richman, Hancock County.
To Be Held the Third Saturday in April, 1905.
INSTRUCTIONS.—Pupils need not copy the questions, but must number each answer to correspond with the question, and must write the manuscript in ink. When you are asked to answer "any six" out of eight or ten questions respectively, stop when you have answered the number required. To answer more is a loss of time, and may lower your grade, as all mistakes will be marked off.
Writing.—The penmanship shown in the entire manuscripts of the examination will be graded on a scale of [...]%, with reference to legibility (50%), regularity of form (30%), and neatness (20%). The handwriting of each [pup]il will be considered in itself, rather than with reference to standard models.
Spelling.—The orthography of the entire examination will be graded on a scale of 100%, and 1% will be de-[ducte]d for each word incorrectly written.
The County Superintendent will grade the manuscripts, and certificates of graduation will be issued to [...] applicant who attains a general average of 75%, without falling below 60% in any subject.
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.—On the first white page in your manuscripts answer these requests:
1. Give your name or number.
2. Give your age.
3. Give number of your school district.
4. Give your teacher's name.
5. Give your trustee's name.
6. Give the name of your township.
7. Give your postoffice.
8. Give place of birth.
9. Give date of birth.
10. Give number of years you have attended school.
NOTE.--Answer any six in each list, but no more. Music is optional in many counties. Ask your exam-[...] reference to your county.]
(1) READING.
Any six.
[1.] Who was Victor Hugo?
[2.] Give something of Hugo's description of the battle of Waterloo.
[3.] Name a work of Emerson.
[4.] Compare and contrast Longfellow and Tennyson as authors.
5. Tell the complete story in one of Longfellow's poems.
6. Explain the meaning of Tennyson's short poem, Crossing the Bar.
7. What life lessons are revealed in Thanatopsis? Quote from it.
8. Characterise Longfellow as a poet.
(2) ARITHMETIC.
1. (a) 2/3 of 5 1/2 times 2 3/4 equals what? (b) .96 divided by 96 equals what?
2. A farmer exchanged 17 1/2 cords of wood at $2 3/4 a cord for coal at $4 3/8 per ton. How many tons did he get?
3. At 20 cents per square yard what will it cost to plaster a room 15 ft. long and 12 ft. wide and walls 9 ft. high?
4. I sold a wagon for $100, thereby gaining $20. If I had gained $20 more what would have been my gain %?
5. Find the amount of $392.38 for 3 months 11 days at 6%.
6. A, B and C buy a farm. A invests $2,000, B $2,500 and C $3,000. The needed improvements cost $750. What should each pay?
7. A cylinder is 3 ft. in diameter and 6 ft. long. Find contents.
8. A hollow sphere has a diameter of 20 in. How many gallons of water does it hold?
(3) PHYSIOLOGY.
1. Name the juices that assist in digestion.
[2]. Name three uses of the skin.
[3]. Why is it difficult for a drunkard to quit drinking alcoholic drinks?
[4]. What is true respiration?
[5]. What are the constituents of expired air? What is the most injurious substance in expired air?
6. What is the portal circulation?
7. What are the main divisions of the brain? What are the convolutions?
8. What are the uses of pain?
(4) MUSIC.
[1]. Where is Do in the key of F? Give signature of the key of F.
2. How do we express the degrees of force given to tones?
3. Why do we not use sharps and flats in the key of C?
4. What are the uses of sharps, flats and naturals?
5. Give the signs of the following keys : C, F, G.
6. Locate Do in each.
7. Place pitch names on the staffs, using both F and G clefs.
[8.] What is the use of the natural?
(5) GRAMMAR.
Any six.
1. What is inflection? What parts of speech are inflected?
2. Write out a complete declension of all the simple personal pronouns in third person.
3. Use the following words correctly in sentences: Lie, sit, set, think, guess, expect.
4. Mention three verbs that may be used as either independent or auxiliary verbs, and give examples of each use.
5. Compare the following adverbs: Badly, far, late, nigh.
6. Parse the word before in each of the following sentences: He had been there before. He stood before me. Look before you leap.
7. Write a brief letter to a friend announcing your safe arrival in St. Louis.
(6) GEOGRAPHY.
Any six.
1. Locate the wheat belt and the corn belt of the United States.
2. Draw a map of your county, showing townships.
3. Explain how ocean currents affect climate. Illus-trate by giving one example.
4. What part of the United States is most thickly settled, and why?
5. Name three valuable products of Alaska.
6. Draw a map of Indiana and locate the regions where coal, gas and building stone are found.
7. What is meant by irrigation, glacier, geyser?
8. Why is there so little difference in the temperature of winter and summer on the Pacific coast?
9. What are ocean currents?
10. Name and locate four seas touching Europe.
(7) HISTORY.
Any six.
1. What were the views concerning the Earth at the time of the discovery of America? What countries were represented on the maps then in use?
2. Give an account of the introduction of Negro Slavery into America.
3. Discuss the New England Confederacy as to—
a. Colonies united.
b. Purpose.
c. Result.
4. Name and discuss three important causes of the Revolutionary War.
5. Name five men who took an active part in the framing of the Constitution of the U. S.
6. Tell how the President is elected.
7. Discuss the Missouri Compromise as to cause, main provisions, and results.
8. How and for how long are United States Representatives and Senators elected? Name the Senators from Indiana.
GENERAL STATEMENT.
After you have finished your examination, copy and fill the blanks in the following:
Statu of Indiana, County of ....
Township of ....
I am .... years of age ; have been a student in public schools for .... years; and I do solemnly declare that in the examination today I have neither given nor received aid in any manner whatever.
*Name or number ....
Postoffice ....
Dated .... 1905.
*Note.—Use name or number as County Superintendent may direct.
