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5. State some important facts concerning five of the following: (a) Daniel Webster; (b) Thos. A. Edison; (c) Robt. Fulton; (d) Wilbur Wright; (e) George H. Williams; (f) Richard A. Ballinger.

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When and how was slavery abolished in the United States?

7. Under what circumstances did Louisiana become a part of the United States? Alaska? Texas? Northwest territory? Philippine Islands?

8. (a) What was the period of Reconstruction?

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(b) Name one important event in that period.

Name two great American speeches, and state their occasion.

What is meant by protection, free trade, expansion, regulation of railroad rates, civil service reform?

11. (a) What is meant by conservation of natural resources?

(b) What remedies are now suggested to prevent further waste?

12. What is meant by (a) emancipation proclamation, (b) Dred Scott decision, (e) fugitive slave law, (d) ordinance of 1787, (e) squatter sovereignty?

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TO THE APPLICANT:

TO THE EXAMINER:

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.

Select any ten of the following questions.

Should the applicant write upon more than ten, you will

grade the first ten answers and reject all others.

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2.

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Name five erosive agents.

Locate the great volcanic regions of the world.
Describe the process of coal formation.

4. Explain the formation of mountains by (a) folding; (b) faulting; (c) eruption. Describe the desert flora. What is proved by the sections of deserts which have been irrigated?

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Define sirocco, blizzard, cyclonic storm, anticyclones hurricane.

7. Explain the presence in the atmosphere of (a) water vapor, (b) dust particles. Give a brief statement of the ocean currents.

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a river.

Mention three conditions that determine the amount of water discharged by
Define delta.

12. How many planets in the solar system? Name them.

PHYSIOLOGY.

TO THE APPLICANT: Select any ten of the following questions.

TO THE EXAMINER: Should the applicant write upon more than ten, you will grade the first ten answers and reject all others.

1. What is the law relating to the teaching of physiology and hygiene in the publie schools.

2. What is the object of teaching physiology in the public schools?

3. What is impure air? Describe the process by which impure air affects the

4. Mention three classes of foods. To which class does lean meat belong; oatmeal?

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6.

Tell what you would teach children about their teeth and why.
What is a stimulant? Give examples.

(a) A narcotic? Give examples.

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system?

(b) What is the effect of stimulants; of narcotics?

What is a nerve? What is the use of nerves? What is meant by the nervous

8. What is reflex action?

9. Give four suggestions for the care and use of the eyes.

10. How does a muscle cause motion? How is the action of muscles controlled? Name three involuntary muscles.

11. What is a capillary? What purposes are served by arteries? 12. What uses are made of the food that is taken into the body? remove waste from the body?

What organs

READING.

TO THE EXAMINER: Have the applicant read from Cyr's Fifth Reader any one of the following selections: (a) King's Mountain, page 247; (b) The Shandon Bells, page 235; (c) Address, etc., page 277; (d) The American Union, page 281.

SCHOOL LAW.

TO THE APPLICANT: Select any ten of the following questions.

TO THE EXAMINER: Should the applicant write upon more than ten, you will grade the first ten answers and reject all others.

1. What is the penalty for teachers leaving before the completion of contract, without the consent of employing board?

2. In case of appeal from the decision of the county superintendent, to whom shall the appeal be made?

3. What authority does the law give the teacher in the matter of discipline? What constitutes truancy?

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5. Give three powers of the county superintendent.

6. How can a member of a school board be removed and for what causes?

7. What constitutes a valid contract between a board of education and a teacher?

8. What are the sources of school revenue?

9. Who are entitled to vote for members of boards of education?

10. Give full directions for recording the attendance of pupils.

11. State substance of law relating to the percentage of tax which must be applied to teachers' salaries.

12. Give five distinct duties of a teacher as enumerated in the school law,

THEORY AND PRACTICE.

TO THE APPLICANT: Select any ten of the following questions.

TO THE EXAMINER: Should the applicant write upon more than ten, you will grade the first ten answers and reject all others.

1. Give the three fundamental ends of a teaching exercise.

2. Give the three guiding principles of the art of teaching.

3. Give the three methods of instruction.

4. Name and describe the three methods of calling on pupils to recite.

5. What is the chief merit of the question method of testing knowledge? 6.

"The teacher's preparation must determine not only the facts to be taught, but also the order of their presentation." Explain fully the quotation.

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Name one advantage of class instruction. One disadvantage.

8. Name three advantages of the written test. Two disadvantages. What do you understand by a teaching test?

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Hold the book with its back on a smooth or covered table; let the front board down, then the other, holding the leaves in one hand while you open a few leaves at the back, then a few at the front, and so on, alternately opening back and front,

gently pressing open the sections till you reach the center of the volume. Do this two or three times and you will obtain the best results. Open the volume violently or carelessly in any one place and you will likely break the back and cause a start in the leaves. Never force the back of the book.

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Revised by the State Board of Education April 1, 1909.

1. The questions for the uniform examinations shall be based on the State Course of Study, and shall cover the following branches, vip: Arithmetic, civil government, geography, history, language, physiology and hygiene, reading, spelling, and writing.

2. Examinations for graduates from the Eighth Grade shall be held, at the option of each county superintendent, in any three of the following months, viz: February, May, June, and September; beginning at 9 A. M. on such days of said months as the Superintendent of Public Instruction may indicate, in accordance with the program prepared by the State Board of Education for Eighth Grade examinations.

3. Teachers having pupils who will have completed at the time of the last examination all of the work of the first eight grades as prescribed by the State Course of Study and who wish to take the uniform Eighth Grade examination shall notify the county superintendent in accordance with the following form:

Superintendent

Oregon.

Oregon.

DEAR SIR: This is to certify that the following named pupils of School District No. will have completed, on or before 19., all of the work of the first eight grades as prescribed by the State Course of Study, and have spent at least seven school months of work in each of the Seventh and Eighth grades; hence, will be ready for the Eighth Grade uniform examination to be held at that time:

Teacher in School District No.

County, Oregon.

4. No pupil shall be entitled to enter the unifor mEighth Grade examination whose teacher has failed to notify the county superintendent in accordance with Rule 3; nor shall any pupil be entitled to enter such examination who has not spent at least seven school months of work in each of the Seventh and Eighth grades as prescribed by the State Course of Study.

5. No pupil shall be allowed to take the uniform Eighth Grade examination in any district other than the one in which he or she has completed the grade work without first securing the consent, in writing, of the county superintendent of the county in which the school house of such district is situated.

6. The district clerk of the district in which the examination is held shall certify to the county superintendent the name of the person chosen by the chairman of the board to conduct the examination.

7. The county superintendent shall transmit the uniform questions, sealed, to the person who is to conduct the examination with instructions that the examination is to be conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations for Eighth Grade examinations, and no examiner is to use

any questions except those received from the county superintendent of the county in which the examination is held.

8. The sealed envelopes containing the questions shall not be opened until the day fixed for the examination, and then only in the presence of the teacher and the class-all the applicants being seated and ready to begin work. The package containing the questions must be held up before the class to show that the seal has not been broken. 9. At the beginning of the examination the applicants' names and examination number shall be entered on a preliminary paper, sealed, and sent to the county superintendent with the examination papers.

10. All examinations shall be conducted by numbers, and applicants must indorse their papers with their numbers and the name of the subject, the name of the school or number of the district from which the applicant graduated, together with the date of the uniform examinations.

11. Applicants are not to copy the questions, but to number their answers to correspond with those of the questions.

12. All applicants shall begin a given subject at the same time, and no recess shall be taken until that subject is completed.

13. No applicant shall be allowed to leave the room or communicate with any person during the examination, except by special permission from the examiner.

14. No communication or reference books or memoranda shall be permitted during the examination.

15. At the close of the examination each applicant shall subscribe to the following:

I do hereby certify that prior to the examination I had no knowledge of the questions submitted, and have neither given nor received any aid during the progress of the same.

Applicant.

16. Within one day after the close of the examination the examiner shall mail the manuscripts, together with the preliminary papers, to the county superintendent.

17. The teacher shall certify to the county superintendent that the examination was conducted by the person duly appointed in accordance with the rules and regulations.

18. The county superintendent shall not unseal the envelopes containing the names and numbers till the manuscripts are graded.

19. The county superintendent shall not, under any circumstances, reveal to the persons assisting him in grading the papers, the names or numbers of the applicants until such grading is completed.

20. Pupils who shall reach an average of 80 per cent in all branches, and shall not fall below 70 per cent in any one branch, will be considered as having successfully passed the examination; provided, that when an applicant has failed in not more than two branches he shall be allowed to rewrite on the subjects in which he failed, at the following examination, and shall then, if he has secured the required percentages, receive an Eighth Grade diploma in accordance with the result of the two examinations.

21. The county superintendent shall present each applicant, who shall have successfully passed the uniform examination for graduates of Eighth Grade, with a diploma, signed by the county superintendent, by the principal of the school, and also by the chairman of the board; provided, that a county superintendent shall not sign any diploma unless the applicant has successfully passed the aforesaid examination.

J. H. ACKERMAN, Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Salem, Oregon, September 24, 1909.

QUESTIONS FOR EIGHTH GRADE DIPLOMAS.

JUNE, 1910.

ARITHMETIC-A.

TO THE APPLICANT: Select the first and any seven of the others.

TO THE EXAMINER: Grade the first eight answers only. 10 credits each.

1. Write and add the following numbers: Eight hundred seventy-five, fortyeight, two hundred seven, forty-two, three hundred nine, eight, four hundred fortyseven, one thousand four hundred forty-seven, two thousand three hundred fortyfour, nine thousand seven hundred ninety-eight, eight hundred, seven hundred forty-four, two thousand forty-six, five thousand three hundred fifty-seven, nine hundred one, eight thousand five, seven thousand eight hundred forty-seven, eighteen, nine.

2. A man sold % of a flock of sheep to one man, and 1⁄2 the remainder to another, and then had 44 sheep left. How many were there at first? Write in decimal notation:

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(a) Ten thousand, and four ten-thousandths.

(b) 1 and 15 millionths.

4. A contractor furnishes the following materials for the construction of a house: 32.600 brick at $7.75 per M.

9,800 feet flooring at $18.50 per M.

12,500 feet lumber at $16 per M.

7,900 shingles at $9.80 per M.

5,400 lath at $.50 per C.

Find cost of material and make out bill.

5. What is the cost of the following coal bill, at $7.50 per ton: 3650 lb., 2720 lb., 5000 Ib., 1960 lb., 2750 lb.?

6. From a rod of land 80 rd. square, 80 sq, rd. were sold. What was the value of the remainder at $50 per acre?

7. A lost 33% of his money and then found that 16%% of the remainder was $30 less than he lost. How much did he lose, and how much had he at first?

8. Find the interest on the following amount, for the given time, at 6%: $118.50 for 4 yr. 8 mo. 15 da.

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How many bushels of wheat can be bought for $51.06, if 12 bushels can be bought for $6.66?

10. Extract the square root of 60516.

ARITHMETIC-B

(Accuracy and speed contest).

(1). Distribute these lists among all the applicants, placing them face down upon the desks.

(2). Each applicant is to write his number or name across the back of the list. (3). At a signal from the examiner, all reverse the papers and, in the right-hand column, write as many answers to the questions as is possible in ten minutes.

(4). At the second signal, all again reverse the papers, when they will at once be collected by the examiner. Give one credit for each correct answer, making twenty credits for this part of the examination,

1. How many days are there in April and June?.

2. A man has 125 bushels of corn, wheat, and oats.

He has 25 bushels of

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wheat and 25 bushels of corn. How many bushels of oats has he?. Divide 64 by 2',

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A family uses % of a pound of sugar a day. How much will it use in a week?

How much wills of an acre of land cost at $42 an acre?

If dozen eggs costs 12 cents, what is the price of 1⁄4 dozen?..

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How much did he pay per dozen?.

18. By selling apples at 4 cents a dozen more than cost, a boy gained 10%

19. Find the missing term in the following proportion: 3:8: :6:?

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