5. To what extent can the reading work of the seventh year be devoted to the study of literature?

6. Read a selection to the County Superintendent.

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ALCOHOL AND NARCOTICS.-1. Why is it that in certain diseased conditions of the system alcoholic stimulants may be prescribed by a physician with great benefit, while the same person in health can not use these stimulants with any safety?

2. How can strong drink become a cause of insanity?

3. How does the effect of the continued use of alcohol upon the coats of the blood vessels tend to produce serious diseases of the kidneys and the liver? 4. The use of tobacco has caused many cases of virulent "delirium tremens;" how can you account for this?

5. What are the evil effects of narcotics upon the respiratory system? THE TEMPEST.-1. Who is Ferdinand? What does Prospero mean by saying of Ferdinand and Miranda, "They are both in either's power"?

2. What reason does Prospero give for opposing the union of his daughter with Ferdinand?

3. At one stage of the drama Antonio, who had been aided by Alonzo in seizing Prospero's dukedom, urges Sebastian to murder Alonzo. What insight into Antonio's character does this give?

4. Ariel awakens Alonzo at the moment he is about to be murdered. Does this event throw any light on the question as to what the poet means by Ariel?

5. Compare and contrast Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano?

HISTORY.-Discuss the subject of History under the following heads: 1. As a culture study.

2. As a study for the development of character.

3.

As related to other subjects.

5. Compared with other common branches as tending to give mental training.

ARITHMETIC.—1. What distinction do you make between solving a problem by rule and by principle? Which is preferable and why?

2. When the result of two factors and one of them are known, how find the other? Illustrate. Show how this principle is used in proportion, in square root.

3. What is commercial discount? Of what advantage is it in business? How computed?

4. A merchant bought a bill of goods for $1,000.00, with 10, 5 and 5 off for cash. He offered $800.00 net cash for the goods, which was accepted. Who, if either, was the loser, the buyer or the seller? How much? 5. A boy invested $25.00 in calves at $5.00 each.

to a pupil beginning this form of division.

Develop this work as

6. Find the cost of a carpet 4 yd. wide, at $1.50 per yard, for a room 17 ft. long and 141⁄2 ft. wide, there being a waste of one yard in matching the pattern, you being instructed to lay the carpet in the most economical way.

7. What rate of premium does 7% stock bear in market when an investment pays 6%.

8. A piece of property sold for $11,320.00; the terms were $3,200.00 cash, $3,500.00 in six months, $2,500.00 in ten months, and the remainder in one year and three months with 7% interest. What was the whole amount paid?

9. At what rate should a three months' note be discounted to produce 8% interest?

SCIENCE OF EDUCATION.-1. What is the general relation of the intellect, the feelings and the will?

3. To what extent does good moral character depend on strength and decisiveness of will? Show that your answer is true.

4. A man finds a sum of money and later discovers to whom it belongs. His desire to retain the money is stronger than his desire to preserve his integrity. Under these conditions, will he decide to retain the money? Give reasons for your answer.

5. Is the strength of the desire determined in any degree by the will itself? Explain your view fully.

6. Does the desire impel or compel the will?

7. What is meant by inner freedom?

8. What is meant by transcendental freedom of the will? Does the child possess this freedom?

(Any five.)

GRAMMAR.-1. An accomplished American, much known and much esteemed in this country, the late Mr. Charles Sumner, says that what particularly struck him in England was the large class of gentlemen as distinct from the nobility, and the abundance amongst them of serious knowledge, high accomplishment and refined taste-taste fastidious, perhaps, says Mr. Sumner, to excess, but erring on virtue's side.

1. Classify the above sentence as to use and form.

2. Select the principal clause and give its entire subject and predicate. 3. Select the first two subordinate clauses and state how they are used. 4. Select the participles in the sentence and state how each is used. 5. Select the appositives and state how they are used.

6. (a) Distinguish between co-ordinate and subordinate conjunctions. Illustrate in sentences.

(b) Distinguish between copulative and disjunctive con junctions. Illustrate in sentences.

GEOGRAPHY.-1. Dr. Brooks classifies the methods of studying Geography under four heads: Analytic, Synthetic, Inductive and Deductive ; which do you regard as best? Why?

2. What influences have the geographical conditions of the Mississippi Valley had upon the marvelous growth of the states and cities bordering upon it?

3. To what extent would you use, or permit to be used, the questions in the text book on Geography? Why?

4. Does the inclination of the earth's axis towards the sun ever vary? Does its inclination towards the north pole ever vary?

5. What is the U. S. system of land surveying?

6. Name three industrial occupations for which the New England States are peculiarly fitted.

9. What part of the territory of the U. S. was formerly known as "No man's Land?" To what organized territory does it now belong?

8. What geographical reasons make the Monroe doctrine a necessity for the U.S.? (Any seven.)

ANSWERS TO PRECEDING QUESTIONS.

ARITHMETIC.-1. Working a problem by rule is simply a mechanical process, the reasons for the different steps not necessarily entering into it. It is essential that the teacher first apply the principles that are connected with the different elements of the problem; he may then lead the pupils to form the rule—this being simply a process of generalization. But in every solution, the pupil should be required to state the principle involved until he is master of it.

2. By knowing the product of the means, you know the product of the extremes; hence, if one extreme [or mean] is given, the other can be found by dividing this product by the given term. A square number is the product of two equal factors; hence, if one is known, both are known.

3. By some authorities, commercial discount is a deduction made from the face of bills, from the list price of goods, or from the amount of a debt, without regard to time, and is usually expressed by the term, "per cent. off." It is sometimes called trade discount. Such discounts are made to avoid the necessity of changing list or catalogue prices, when the market price changes; the list price remains the same, and the discounts are changed to meet the rise and fall in prices. A per cent. off is sometimes offered to tempt the buyer to pay cash and cash transactions are considered highly advantageous to both parties concerned. [English arithmetics call bank discount, commercial discount.]

4. Answer, the seller lost $12.25.

5. Let "counters" of some kind represent dollars, and have the pupil separate them into groups of five; he can then be led to see that each group represents the number of dollars it takes to buy one calf, and the number of groups will be the number of calves that the $25 will purchase.

6. ÷ 3 =75; hence, 8 strips if laid the short way; [8 times 48 yds.] +1 yd. = 393 yds.

3+3=63; hence, 7 strips if laid the long way; [7 times 53 yds.] + lyd. = 403 yds.

Laying the strips the short way will be the least expensive; 393 yds. @ $1.50 $59.50.

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7. Each share of $100 yields annually $7, which is 6% of what was paid for a share; the problem then becomes-$7 is 6% of what sum of money? 7+ .06 116; hence, the sum is $116%; the price paid for a share of $100. Therefore, the premium is 16%.

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Amount of $3,500, at 7%, for 6 mo
Amount of $2,500, at 7%, for 10 mo

$ 3,200.00 3,622.50 2,645.83%

2,305.50

Amount of $2,120, at 7%, for 15 mo

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$11,773.83%

9. By bank discount:-Let $100 proceeds; then the amount of this at 8% for 93 days $102, face of note. If the banker gives $100 proceeds, and in 93 days receives $102,,, he makes 8% interest, direct, on the money invested.

Now the problem is,-what rate of discount (bank) will give $100 as proceeds from a face of $102, the time being 93 days?

The bank discount (or interest) is $2; the time is 93 days; the principal (face of note) is $102,'.

(See Ray's Higher Arithmetic for similar examples, solved by bank discount).

9. By trade discount?—Let $100 = proceeds; then the amount of this at 8% for 90 days = $102, face of note. If the bill broker gives $100, and in 90 days receives $102, he makes 8% interest, direct, on the money invested. Now the problem is,-what rate of discount (trade) will give $100 as proceeds from a face of $102, time not being considered?

(See Lock's Arithmetic for similar examples, solved by trade discount).

HISTORY.-1. History brings to the mind of man broad views and great principles, the great causes which have been and are at work among the nations, and the tendencies now existing among the peoples of the earth. These ideas improve mankind by exhibiting to him his environment in all its varied activities, and give him culture by enlarging his thought, feeling, and purpose.

2. No other study can so strongly impress the student with eternal truth existing in the maxim of life—“As a man sows, so shall he reap;" or with the certainty of the punishment that awaits dishonesty, avarice, selfishness, etc.; or with certainty of the reward that awaits virtue, honesty, generosity, etc. A reflective mind considering these things tends to choose the right, and in this tendency to choose voluntarily the right course, lies the germ of character development.

3. History is very closely related to geography and literature. History is the record of the life of a people. This life has been largely directed and influenced by man's environment, much of which is his geography; and this life is revealed in all its struggles and emotions by the literature of the people.

4. In the progress of men and nations it can be clearly set forth that right in the end prevails; and the force of example is so strong with young people, that the use in our schools of the biographies of great men is one of

the best possible means of inculcating right actions aud thoughts among the the pupils.

"History deals with the actions of mankind; and these actions contain a moral element. We see the motives which inspire and the results which flow from these actions. We see the consecrated labors of the good, the devotion of the patriot, the fortitude of the martyrs, and our souls in admiration are lifted up into a higher plane of moral feeling. We see the meanness of the ignoble, the craft and falsehood of the unprincipled, the corruptions of the base and degraded; and the soul turns instinctively away from the low and vicious to the pure and virtuous. We long to emulate the deeds of heroes and patriots, and thus a desire for good and noble actions is excited in the mind. For moral culture, a boy should go to history rather than to moral philosophy."

5. The study of history gives special culture to the memory, to the imagination, and to probable reasoning. No other branch, considered alone, gives mental training equal to that given by history, because of the intense interest excited in the mind, in following the career of man in his struggles for freedom.

PHYSIOLOGY.-1. Physiology treats of the functions, processes, and properties of the various parts of the body.

2. [See pages 191, 192, of Adv. Phys.] The sweat glands select the excrementitious matter that is conveyed through the ducts to the surface of the body.

3. [See page 279]. The tympanic membrane is easily thrown intö vibration by the atmospheric waves; this membrane receives the waves of sound, and being thrown into vibration, it gives the chain of bones the same movement.

4. The sclerotic coat protects the eye and gives it form by its hardness and serves as an attachment for the ocular muscles.

5. [See page 255.]

6. [See page 238.]

7. [See page 290, 291.]

8. The old theory of the advantage that dosing the victim of a snake bite with whisky would give, is that "one poison will kill another." Administering the whisky in large doses counteracted the effect of the bite, by putting into the blood a substance that neutralized the poison of the snake, and also stimulated the system so that it could resist the nervous depression caused by the bite.

GRAMMAR.-1. According to use, the sentence is declarative; according to form, it is complex.

2. The principal clause is—"An accomplished American, much known and esteemed in this country, the late Mr. Charles Sumner, says." Its entire subject is-"An accomplished American, much known and esteemed in this country, the late Mr. Charles Sumner." Its entire, simple predicate is "says."

3. ["What" is equivalent to that which, and these two words are in different clauses.] The first subordinate clause is "that (that) was the large class of gentlemen as distinct from the nobility, and the abundance amongst