I Tlorida Uniform I xamination -m- i •^ llue$tion$i In the Branchea Required for ^ For the Years ^ i 1894, 1895, 1898, 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900. 3 «^ Compiled and Published by rS I 0. L StricRlaiMl, i ^ 1900. 3 M M VK'kf-r'.'. Joij )>ri!ii'>r, l';)i^ltk-a. IMorida. \ Tloridd Unifortn fxantination :^i ^r^ Questions In the Branches Required for For the Years 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900. Compiled and Published by 0!l Strickland, PalatKa, Ticrida. 1900. COPYRIGHTED, 1900, Bv O. L. STRH'KLAKD. NEW VORK PUBL. LIB*; IN EXCHANGE. SEPTEMBER, 1894. ORTHOGRAPHY. I I'Mrst, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. (M) What is sijelling? (b) Define alphabetical equiv- alents. 2. (a) State the advanta.i^es of oral spelling; (b) writ- ten spelling. •S. Wliat is meant by word analysis ? T. Syllabic?'. te, nuu'k the primary accent, and give proper diacritical mark to each vowel in the following- words : Ifiiicnt, laiih-ulal'lc, slrald, iiiLTaiiitiie, phraseology. h. (rive five nouns, underscoring the sufilx in each, the suffixes- meaning respectively: act of, to make, one 70/10, pertain- i)ii^ to, slate of l>e//i:{. 6. Whr.t is the distinction between the phonic and the orthographic spelling of words? 7. I'.^e a prefix with each and show how the nieaning is s/\^//t, rate. 8. (a) What are the words called that sound alike. of the following words, changed: print, fair, modest. but are spelled dilferently? (b) That are not alike but mean ne-'rly the sune? 9. Spell and define each of the following words and two others, liaving the same sound as each one: lorite, road, raise, seen, siglil. 10. Spell correctly each of the following: si Under, eml>ar- ifss, prii'aledge, sintillate, t/iiir-o, slite, preferrable, catapiller, camfecne, siirjent. READING, [First, Second or Tiiird Grade (^ertiftcate.l 1. (a) What is reading? (b) Define articulation, (c) (live an error in articulation. 2. (a) What isempliasis? (b) Mention three ways of using it. 3. (a) Is there a difference in quantity of tone and pitek of voice in reading? (b) Explain your answer. 4. What drills do you give pupils as to: (a) Position of body? (b) Holding of book? (c) Breathing? (d) Ges- ture? (e) Facial exi^rt-ssion ? 2 Flo7-ida Umfortn Examination Questions, September, iSg^.. 5. How would you conduct a reading lesson in a large class, looking to (a) Correcting exTors, (b) Naturalness, (c) Mastery? 6-10. Read an extract of ten lines each of prose and poetry for your exaniiner. (Examiner will grade from to 25 each extract read and deliver same to the Grading Committee to be added by them to the grading of the questions above.) UNITED STATES HISTORY, [Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. (a) What was the Declaration of Independence? (b) Who was its author? 2. Explain the allusion in ''Charter Oak." 3. (a) Give date of Andrew Jackson's administration, (b) Name two important political questions settled. 4. What was the principtil issne on wliich Polk was elected President? 5. (a) Who enunciated the " Monroe doctrine " ? (Ji) What was it ? 6. What five men, afterwards celebrated in history, first came into notice during the Mexican War? 7. What was the "era of good feeling," and who was President? 8. (a) How did the United States get Florida? (b) Who was the first governor after it became a State? 9. Couple the names of the inventors with what you consider the five greatest American inventions. 10. Name five great battles of the Civil War, and tell which side was victorious in each. UNITED STATES HISTOFY. [First Grade Certificate.] 1. Name three of the chisf advanttiges to be derived from the study of history. 2. Into what periods would you divide United States Historv ? 3. Relate briefly the causes which led to the struggle for Independence, 4. Give a brief account of two of the most decisive battles of that struggle. 5. (a) What gave rise to the war of 1812? (b) Name some results following that war. 6. (a) Name five important acquisitions of territory, (b) Who was President when each was acquired? (c) Tell what led to the acquisition in each case. 7. Givs a brief history of political parties from Washington to Cleveland. 8. Give the principal features of President lan- coln's inaugural address. Florida Uniform Examination Questions, Septeinoer, iSg^. ;-{ 9. (a) Trace briefly the financial history of this coun- try, (b) Wnat of the '"wild cat" banks?* (c) Panics of 1887 and 1S78? (d) What seems to l:te the present financial policy ? 10. What of the growth in art, sdoncc, literature and ed- ucation in tlie past half century? ARITHMETIC. [Second or Thiril Grade ("ertiticate.J 1. (a) At 27 bushels an acre, low many bushels of wheat will be harvested from ()-lO acres ? (b) Which is tlie multiplicand in this example, and why? 2. If division is a short way of performing many sub- tractions: (a) Wliat in division corresponds to the subtra- hend? (b) What to the minuend? 8. Given the divisor 9U, the (piotient 909, and the re- mainder 9, what is the dividend? 4. ilesolve 81570 mto five prime factors. 5. W'lat is 1 he quotient of the least common multiple of 16, 20, 2-i and 80 divided by the greatest common divisor of 2878 and 66B7 ? H. ^a1:1±i^\% of \^ ? '*7 ' 1 4 7. ( I2P.0X 8.49)-=- 1.047 -8S.(J2-^.(M)211= ? 8. A tiu box 11 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 8 inches thick will hold liow many gills ? 9. T. F. ilcEeath bought* for .$2 an acre the Wi., of NEI4, the Sk, of NWI4, the NW^rt of SEI4, and NE'i^ of SWI4 of a section of land; he sold the NW^4 of NEI4 at .t2.r.() an r.cre, the 8Wi'4 of NEI4 at !^8 an acre, the SWJ4 of NW'4 at $1.20 an acre, the SEi-4 of Is^ \ at .$2 an acre, the W^3 of ^YA-^ of 8Wi'4 at %h an acre, the E3o of NWI4 of SE'4at.$4an acre: (a) How nuich land did he buy? (b) How much did he sell? (c) What is the description of what he now owns? (d) Btsides clearing the land he now owns, what per cent, did he make on his speculation ? 10. How long must $1,;jOI.64 be on interest to amount to $1,522.92 at 5 per cent.? ARITHMETIC [First Grade Certiflcate.] 1. A boy, after spending \ of his money for candy and \ for lollypops, found that 20 cents was } of what reinained! How much money had he? 2. If 1.4 bushels of rice cost $1.50, what will 7 bushels cost ? 8. (a) Prove that a cubic foot is approximately .8 of a bushel. (\i) Also that a bushel is nearly \\ cubic feet. Florida Unifonn Examination Questions, September, iSg^. 4. The property of Gainesville is valued at $2,8()(),()t)(). HoAv many mills tax would have to be levied for one year to pay for a hriek school house costing $9,120, if there were 200 polls ijaying $2 each, and tlie collector's commission on both polls and property tax was 5 per cent.? 5. Divide $5,376 among three heirs proportionately to 12 lit 21^ 6. What iDer cent, is made by a druggist who buys medicine at $5 a j)ound avoirdupois weight and sells it at 4H cents an ounce apothecaries' weight? 7. Find the difference between the true and the bank discount on a non-interest bearing note for $6,28^ for 9 months and 15 days, money being worth 6 per cent. 8. If six men dig a cellar 22.5 feet long, 17f\, feet wide, 10 feet 3 inches deep, in 3 days of 10 hours and 15 min- utes each, how many men will it require to dig another in 12 days of 8.2 hours each, 45 feet long, 34| feet wide, and 12.3 feet deep? ^ 9. What will be the length of a line that will exactly reach from the lower corner to a diagonally opposite upj^t-r corner of a cubical room that co. '.tains 1 9 ) 5,624 cul^ie feet of space ? 10. At a franc a square foot, what will it cost in U. S. money to tin a conical church steeple whose perpend iculai' height is 40 feet and its base 18 feet ? Ans. $223.73-|- ENGLISH GRAMMAR. [Second or Third Grade Certiticne.] 1. Name and define five properties of nouns. 2. Write the possessive ease, plural number, of//, 7i'//ii//, cupful, son-ill-law, Knig/it-teiuplar. 3. (a) Which parts of speech are declined? (b) Which are compared? (c) Which are conjugated? (d) Decline son-in-law. 4. Give the rule applying and compare each of the f«jllO',ving: bad, handsome, lovely, polite, beautiful. 5. Give the principal parts of the following verbs: dire, say, drink, eat, gird, cling, set, shoe, lie (to recHne), I ly. 6. (a) Give all the properties of the verb. (1)) Tell how the passive voice is formed. 7. Give synojisis of the verii see with he through all tenses of the indicative mood. 8-9. Analyze or diagram: ''When a man dies, they who survive liim jisk what property lie lirs left behind." 10. Parse in the_ above sent^nc?: whn, they, who, what, ash. ENGLISH GRAMMAR. [First Grade Certiticate.] 1. (a) What is meant by inflection ? (b ) The derivation of words? (c) Distinguish between etymology and syntax. FloriJa Utiiforiii Exaiiiiimtiou Qiicslio)is, St/ tile Crimean valleys learned How En<>lisli love remembers." (i-7. Diagiam according to Reed & Kellogg or Har- vey the a])ove sentence. H. Parse in full in the above sentence: Beyond, dor/:- i-iiiii_^, blood)\ InirncJ, wliiL\ Criiiu-ati, /io~u', it'ineinbers, ei)d>ers, ninsi-t^s. 9-10. State what principles of grammar are violated in each of the follov.'ing sentences: (a) Every man and everv won)an esteem tlieir own bfst. (b) Trust not Iiim whoni you know is disiionest. (c) If we study we will learn. (d) These Kind are fjest. (e) Such expressions sound l)arshly, GEOGRAPHY. [Second or 'I'hird Grade C'ertitlcate.] 1. (a) How many degrees of the earth's longitude corre- spond to one liour of time? (b) Explain. 2. Start at New Orleans and sail up tlie Mississippi to St. Paul and mane in order (a) the States you would see, (b) the cities, (ci the industries. 8. (a) Name five peninsulas on the coast of Nortli America, (b) Locate them. 4. (a) Name the countries of South America. (b) Name their capitals, (c) Tell what form of government each has. 5. (a) Name the islands known as tlie (Ireater Antilles. - cate each. COMPOSITION. [First, Second or Third tirade f.'enificate.J 1. (a) Wiiat is the us-e of tlie paragraph in composition? (b) Illustrate. 2. (a) Name the different parts of a letter, (b) How should each be punctuated ? S. (a) Wiiat is meant by out/ining-a subject? (b) Maks- an outline of the following subject: A Day at a. Picnic. 4. (a) Name five figures of speech. (b) lUustratf- each with a short sentence. 5. (a) How would you rank letter writing in import- ance among the various forms of composition? (b) At what stage of the pupil's education would you teach letter writing ? 6-7. Write a short letter to a County Superintend- ent applying for a school. State your age, experience in. teaching, educational advantages, your late reading on teaching as a science, salary you expect, and name two- persons as references as to your character and success as a teacher. Be careful about tlie begmning and closing of your letter. 8-iU Outline your subject with not Less than five heads and write an essay of not less than KM) and not ov.'v 200 words on one of the following subjects: (a) Tlie Recent Strike. Florida Uniform Examinatioti Questions, Septdiiibcr, iSg^. (b) Teachers Summer Schoolg. (c) The Press of the Present Day. NOTK. — Punctuation, capitali/ation, spelling, paragrapli- ing, style and subject matter each to be considered jn grad- ing the last question. PHYSIOLOGY. [Second or 'J'hird Grade Certitlcatc 1 1. (a) What are the offices of the skeleton? (bj Name and locate the Ixjnes of the upper body. 2. (a) Whsd is the composition of bone? (b) Explain liow a fractured ))one rei)Mi)'s itself. ;>- Describe muscles as to their (a) arrangement; (!>) covering; (c) most wonderful property. 4. Name the divisions of the alimentary canal. 5. What would you do in case of a deep flesh \> ound tliat wfis bleeding profusely? 6. (a) What is done to the blood in the lungs? ih) "Why not brenthe air a second time? 1. (a) Why is the skin called i\,\\ excretory (jrgan ? (h) F.xplain its functions. 8. Describe thf: ))rain as to (ti) shape; (1)) size; (c) ratio of white and gray matter. 9-10. Kxi)lain the digestion of a piece of fat ujent, tell- ing what bodily want it supplies. PHYSIOLOGY. 1 First Grade Certiticate, ) L Define (a) physiology; (b) anatomy; (c) hygiene; (d) ossification; (e) assimilation. 2. Name and descri))e the parts of the hip joint. 3. la) What is the cause of soreness after violent ex- ercise ? ih) What will lie the effect, physiologically speak- ing, of bathing and rubbing .-it such times ? 4. What parts of tlie bmly require the following: (a) :^dbumen; II)) lime; (c)iron? 5. Begin with the left auricle and trace the circulation •of the l)lood tijrough the system, naming the valve.*5, cham- bers, tubes and organs through which it passes- 6- (a) Name the excretory organs, (b) Explain tlie functions of ea-ch. 7. (a) Describe the nervous system, (b) Show its con- nection with psychology. S. Is the "sense of touch" a special sense, as com- j)ared with th*3 other sensx^s? 9- What effect has alcohol on (a) the heart? (b) the ;stoma.eh ? (e) the capillaries? (d) the brain? 10. How would you explain the evil effects of (a) re- S)reathing? (b) raj^id .eating? (c) tobacco? I-loiida C'lii/onii Ex(7/iti nation Qiit'stions, Septeinlwr, iSg4. THEORY AND PRACTICE I Second or Third Gi'ade Certificate.! 1. \Vhat is the real purpose of education ? 2. What is the purpose of recitation? 8. (a) Give necessary qualifications in a teaclier to se- cure the best results from recitations, (b) How do you economize time in a recitation? 4. Name the requisites in a teacher to secure good gov- erniueut. 5. Discuss oral instruction: (a) its use; (b) its abuse. 6. What is the difference in tcllino- 2i thing and in tMih- ini^ it ? 7. (a) What is tiie synthetic method of teacliingV (b) The analytic? (c) Which is more applicable to pri- mary instruction, and why? 8. What do you understr.nd l)y the educational maxim : '' Proceed from the known to the unknown "? 9-10. Have you attended a Teachers' Summer Schodl this year ? THEORY AND PRACTICE, [First Grade Certificate.] 1. (a) Of what advantage to the teacher is a knowledge of Psychology? (b) History of Education? 2. (a) Define education as a science, (b) Give four fun- damental principles to be observed in teaching. 3. When and to what extent should teaching be ob- jective? 4. What is meant by the following faculties: (a) pre- sentative; (b) representative; (c) elaborative ? 5. When do you think the i^upil should begin the study of abstract subjects? 6. (a) What is attention? (b) Its relation to educa- tional operation ? 7. Explain the analytic and synthetic processes, and explain their relative value with the teacher. 8. (a) Should the teacher's course of t^iwdiy h^ pari passu with his pupils ? (\)) What should it be ? 9. Name incentives to study : (a) proper; ()>) imprope]-. Modes of punishment: (c) proper; (d) improper. 10. Have you attended a Teachers' Summer Schoui this year ? CIVIL GOVERNlMENT. [First Grade Certificate.] 1. What is the object of introducing civil g-overnnienr into the course of study ? 2. (a) Name the law-making powers of a State, (bl Explain three processes necessary to vnake a law. Florida Uiuforui Examiuation Questions, September, iSg-/.. IJ 3. (a) What is the advantage of having- n legislative body divided into two branches? (b) And what is the wis- dom of the third process before a bill can become law ? 4. How m;!v a bill which has been vetoed become a law ? 5. (a) Name three county officers and define their du- ties, (b) What legr.l requiri^ments must they comply with before entering- upon th( ir duties'? 6. What legal requirement must teachers comply with before entering upon their duties? 7. Name five duties of a teacher, as prescribed by law. 8. Describe the Australian ballot sy.-,tem. 9. (a) What are the three departments of government? (b) What officers represent each in a county? 10. (a) What conditions must a teacher cojiiply with before being entitled to his l?\st month's salary? (b) How often, and to whom, must the county superintendent re- port? (c) How and l\v whom is the county school fund aj)- portioned? (d) Who has the aj^pointment of teachers; then what is the legal mode of procedure to obtain a school ? (e) Should a vacancy occur in the office of county superin- tendent, by whom and how would it be filled ? ALGEBRA, [First Grade Ceriificate.] 1. (a) What is algebra? (b) Define symb(jls; (c) equa- tion, (d) On what does the degree of an equation depend ? 2. Resolve a" — b** into its ].rhne factors. 8. Divide axy+x^+y^-l by y+x-1. ■1. (a) Prove that (x+y)'>=l. (b) Prove that a =>=— a-i b-2 c3 mn 5. Reduce ^^ \^—i (.— i m— f ^'^ ^^^ equivalent fraction liaving positive exponents. 6. Find the greatest common divisor of x=*-|-Tx-— x — 7, x3-[-5x'''— x-5 and x'^— 2x+l. 7. Find the value of x in the equation, 5x— ^ (x-|-8)=U. 8. Required the number of tv'o figures, which added to the number ol)tained by changing the place of the digits gives 77; and subtracted from it leaves 27. 9. Solve the equation ^+^ ^4x-3 x-1 x-f9 10. A certr.in farm is a rectangle, whose length is twice its ijreadth. If it should be enlarged 20 rods in length, and 24 I'odR in breadth, its area would be doubled. How many acres in the f ai'm ? 10 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, October, iSg^.. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. [First Grade Certificate.] 1. (a) In what respect is the earth like a magnet? (b) What and where are the magnetic poles? (c) What is meant by the "line of no variation ?" 2. (a) Give three evidences of the internal heat of the eartli. (b) Describe the formation of a volcano; (c) a geyser. 3. (a) What is a plateau ? (b) Name some of the i^la- teau regions of the earth with their distinctive features. 4. (a) What hemisphere has most land? (b) In which is the Iiighest civilization, and why ? 5. (a) What is the accepted theory as to the formation of mountains ? (b) Compare the perpendicular reliefs of Europe and Africa. 6. (a) Wliat is a valley? (b) a canon? (c) When are valleys transverse ? (d) When longitudinal ? 7. (a) Give tlie theory of tides, (b) Draw a diagram illustrating spring and neap tides. 8. (a) How are islands classified? Describe: (b) Con- tinental islands; (c) oceanic; (d) volcanic. 9. (a) What determines the range of plant and animal life? (b) Industries of man? 10. How is the saltness of the sea accounted for ? OCTOBER i6, 1894. [SPECIAL.] ORTHOGRAPHY, [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. Illustrate with words all the diacritical marks of the vowel 0. 2. (a) What is meant by tlie syllabication of words? (b) Separate the following into their syllables and mark the accented sylla])le : Leniency, indefensible, lamentation, obliga- tory, vehement. 3. (a) Define a primitive word ; (b) a derivative word; (c) a com.pound word, (d) Form a derivative and a com- pound word with man. 4. How are words designated as to the number of their syllables ? 0. Form and define a word with each of the following prefixes : itn, dis, be, ante, en. Florida Uniform Examination Questions, October, iSg^. 11 6. Form and define an adjective with eacli of the fol- lowing suffixes : er, is/i, ible, oiis, en. 7. Give the rule for spelling the second of each of the following pairs of words : l>og, bogg)'; note, noting; begin, begin- ner; victory, victorious ; daisy, daisies. 8. Give the reasons for spelling the second word in each of the following pairs of words: change, changeable; shoe, shoeing; hate, hateful; prefer, preference ; singe, singeing. 9. Write and define a homonym corresponding to each <5f the following words: one, beau,jye, choir, holy. U). Correct the following words spelled phonetically: kon-shens, kon-ker, kre-a-r;i-h'l, men-azh-e-ry, paj-ant-ry, rek-wi-zish-un, blas-fc-niy, am-a-tur, lik-wi-date, suf-flsh- ent. READING, [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. (a) What constitutes good reading? (b) Name three pre-requisites to the correct reading of a selection. 2. Give some special directions for the reading of poetry. y. How, and in what respect, are punctuation points a guide to correct residing ? 4. AVhat method of teaching primary reading do you employ? Why? 5. Wliat do you understand by rhetorical pauses? 6-10. Read selection given by examiner. UNITED STATES HISTORY, [First, Second or Third Grade Certilicate.] 1. Into how many, and what periods, does United States history divide itself? 2. (a) Give the liistory of the Whig party, (b) What were some of its principles ? ii. Describe the battle of Shiloh, giving important re- sults. 4. What is meant by (a) a protective tariff ? (b) tariff for revenue? (c) free trade? (d) internal revenue? (e) civil service ? 5. How did the United States acquire (a) Texas ? (b) Florida? (c) Kentucky? (d) Arkansfis ? (e) Oregon? 6. Why are the following places historic: (a) Mont- gomery, Ala. ? (b) Fortress Monroe? (c) Appomattox? (d) Philadelphia? (<-) Hampton Roads? 7. (a) Whc.u was the Monroe doctrine? and (b) when, if ever, has the United States government officially en- dorsed it ? 8. Who was (a) Daniel Boone? (b) General Custer (c) Kit Carson? (d) "Captain Jack "? (e) John Brown? 12 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, October, iSg^. 9. What where the causes leading to the war of 1812? 10. Mention five events of the present year of historic significance. Wliy? ARITHMETIC, [Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. The quotient is $76, the remainder $64, the dividend $56,000, what is the divisor ? 2. Wliat are the five prime factors of 10010? 3. A, B, and C have respectively $680, $1,134, and $1,386, with wliich they agree to purchase horses at the liig-hest price per head that will allow each man to invest all his money. How many horses can each man buy? 4.' What is the smallest number of bushels of wheat that will fvW an even number of boxes, whether they hold 36, 48, 80, 320 or 432 bushels ? 5. If 2^ acres of land cost $7|, how many acres can bi- bought for $65| ? 6. (1.26X34.9H-.1047) -(88.62^.211)= ? 7. Add 525 sq. 1., 91 p., 9',/,-! sq. ch., and J sq. mi., and find the exact number of acres. 8. If a box is 4 by 5 feet at the liottom, how high must it be to hold exactly 48 bushels, when \\ cucic feet is count- ed as a bushel? 9. Wliat was the gain or loss per cent, on the transac- tion, when two horses were sold for $99 each ; on the sale of whicli there was a loss of 10 per cent, on one and a gain of 10 per cent, on the other ? 10. $500. Tallahassee, January 2, 1893. Three months after date I promise to pay J. B. Doe, or or- der, five hundred dollars, with interest" from date at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum till paid. For value received. W. N. Slowpay. Payments endorsed as follows: July 4, 1893, $220g; Dec. 4, 1893, $10; June 24, 1894, $12; (Sept. 16,'l894, $206.80. " What will satisfy the note Oct. 16, 1894? ARITHMETIC, [First Grade Certificate.] i7A-9|-4-^ 1. Simplify TTTlTl 2. Divide 375 by .75, and .75 by 375, and find the sum and the difference of the quotients. 3. A tradesman marks his goods at 25 per cent, above cost, and deducts 12 per cent, of the amount of a customer's Ibill. for cash; what per cent, does he make? 4. What sum of money at 6 per cent, annually com- pounded interest, will amount to $2,703 in 1 year, 4 months? Florida L'ltifonii Examination Questions, October, i8g4. IH 0. A, B and C formed a parinership, and cleared $12,- 0(H). A put in $8,000 for 4 months, and then added $2,000 for H months; B put in $l(i,000 for 8 months, and then with- drawuig- half his capital, continued the remainder 5 montlis longer; C jjut in $13,5(K) for 7 montlis. How divide the profit ? 6. A man lost ^, }, and I of , his money, and then had $2,()(X) left; what sum had he originally, and how much per cent, had he lost ? 7. Extract the cube root of 30.625, correct to three deci- mal places. 8. When it is 10 o'clock in Boston what time is it in Jacksonville, the longitude of Boston I)eing 71'' 7' 45" W. from Greenwich, that of Jacksonville being- Sl° 47' 50" ? 9. Sold a house for .$5;000 and thereby gained 20 per cent. Siiould i ha'^-e have gained or lost, and how much per cent., if i Iiad sold it lor $4,000? 10- What is the diil'erence between the true and bank ■discount of $2o0, dut^ 10 months hence, at 7 per cent.? ENGLISH GRAMMAR, [Second or Third Grade CertiHcJte.j 1. Name the eight parts of speech. 2. How may you tell the part of speech of any word? 3. What parts of speech have inflection ? 4. Decline (a) w/iick, (b) e//ou, (q) nnin-servant. 5. Give the possessive case, singular and plura), of Mussulman, madam, fly, Knight-Templar, staff. 6. Give the past tense and past participle of the verbs fee, fly, lie- (to recline), loy, sit, set. berctwe, dreaiii, cl >the, go. 7. O, tJiat is doing \\xAt what ] wanted /^«< to do! Parse the words italicized. 8-9. Analyze, by dia^^ subject. 4. Illustrate by sentences the uses of tu/iat: (a) as an interjection; (b) an adjective; (c) pronoun; (d) adverb. 5. Parse tlie words in italics in the following sentence: '' Near to tlie bank of the fiver o\-rshado7ued by oaks, from whose branches garlands of Spanish moss and the mystic miiitleto':. Jiaunted, such as the Druids cut down with golden liatchets at Yule-tide slood, sec/uded Awd still, the house of thn herdsman." 6. Select the propositions in the above and tell which are principal and wliicli subordinate. 7. Make a list of the prepositions with their terms of relation. 8. Make a list of tlie adjectives in tlie sentence and compare them if any admit of it. y. Diagram or analyze tlie sentence according to Har- vey or Reed & Kellogg. 10. Parse all the thats in the sentence: That that that that that boy parsed is not that that that that teacher told him to parse, is plain. GEOGRAPHY. [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate,] 1. What and where is Corea ? 2. (a) What constitutes the empire of Japan ? (b) what is its capital? (c) its population? (d) the principal exports? (e) and what can you say of the character of the people? 3. (a) Bound the Chinese empire; name (b) its princi- pal rivers; (c) neighboring waters; (d) important cities; (e) and chief exports. 4. Name and locate all large bodies of water lying either in or around North America. 5. Name the two most southern continental capes of each hemisphere. 6. Locate the following and tell what each is: (a) Suez; (b) Bogota; (c) Dnieper; (dj St. Elias; (e) Blanco. 7. (a) What is the nearest distance in statute miles be- tween two places on the equator situated respectively in longitude 137° E., and longitude 175° W.? (b) When it is Thursday noon at the former, what is the day and hour at the latter? 8. What advantage to commerce would the cutting of the Panama canal afford ? 9. Describe the Mississippi and its value to the United States. 10. At what stage of the pupiPs advancement, and how, would you begin the teaching of geography? Florida Uniform Examination Questions, October, iSg^. 15 COMPOSITION, [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.J 1. Give three rules for the use of the (a) period, aiui (b) explain the use of double and also of single quotation points. 2. (a) What is the purpose of capital letters? (b) (live three rules for their use. 3. Give three rules for choice of words. 4. Give rule lor the placing of modifiers. 5. Name the essentials of a well-written composition, 6. Write a composition not exceeding 200 words on one of the following- subjects: 1. How to Teach Reading. 2. The Pleasures of Gountry School Teaching. 3. How to Succeed as a Teacher. Neatness 10 Spelling and Grammar 5 each Style 10 Thought .-.10 Choice of words and arrangement. . 5 each PHYSIOLOGY, [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate,] 1. What change in the blood takes place in (a,) the lungs? (h) the capillaries? 2. (a) What is a gland? (b) Name three of the largest glands in the human body? 3. Name and describe the fluids that enter into the process of digestion. . 4. Why is rapid eating injurious to health ? 5. (a) What is meant by decussation of nerves? and (1)) where does this take place? 6. (a) How would you determine as to whether an ar- tery or a vein had been cut ? (b) If in a limb, how would you proceed in eacli case ? 7. (a) How would you proceed in case one of your pu- pils fractured a limb? (b) How would you distinguish be- tween a sprain and a fracture, and wha't would you do in case of a severe sprain ? 8. To what class of organs does the skin belong, and what is its special function ? 9. Why are bright pupils generally very fond of active outdoor games ? 10. Why should little children be given frequent "re- cesses " ? 16 Florida Unifonn hxaiiiinaiion Qucsiicns, Oitober, iSg4. THEORY AND PRACTICE. [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. Distinguish between a lesson and a recitation. 2. Give five fundamental principles of teaching. 8. Distinguish between to instruct, to teach, to educate. 4. Where and to what extent should object teaching be employed in arithmetic. 5. Name in order of their greatest relative activity the principal mental powers. 6. How many recitations a day should a child in the Third Reader grade have, and in wliat studies ? 7. To what extent should the teacher assist pupils in tile preparation of lessons? H. Should prizes, honor maiks, etc., ever be used as in- centives to study or good conduct? Give reasons for your answer. 9. What daily prepavation on tlie part of the teachei' is essential to good teaching? 10. What works bearing on the subject of teaching or education have you read since last October. CIVIL GOVERNMENT. [First Grade Certiflcate.]_ 1. (a) What is the reason for having two houses of L'ongress? (b) Why chosen differently and for different periods ? 2. What sovereign powers have the individual States of the Union ? 3. What is meant by (a) an ex post facto law ? (b) bill of attainder? (c) writ of /^^//^t^?.? corpus? (d) "the right to bear arms"? (e) v.'hat constitutional i)ro vision with regard to each ? 4. (a) What was tlie purpose in giving the President the veto power? (b) W^hy was it not made fimil? 5. What kind of bills can originate from the House of Representatives only? Why? 6. How are members of the Supreme Court of the United States chosen, and for what length of term? 7. How are members of the Supreme Court of Florida chosen, and for what length of term ? 8. How many grades of certificates issued from the Department of Education in this State, and on what condi- tions ? 9. What constitutes the county scliool fund, and for what may it be disbursed? 10. What school funds are distributed from the Statr Treasurer's office, and on what basics is the apportiomnent madf^ Florida Uniform Examiiuition Questions, Odolier, iSg^. 17 ALGEBRA. [First (irade Certificate.] 1. Find the G. C. D. of 6x3y2+10x2y3+5xv^ and ax^y — axy3+x3y-xy«. 2. Write the factors of x— 2— y— 2; and x— y. 8. Required the sinn, difference, product and quotient a-(-b a— b a — D a-j-u 4. Show that x-m= — 5. Write the equations whose roots are —7 and +5. 6. Find by factoring the value of x in the "equations, x - - inx=ni n — n x . 7. Find the value of x in equation, ox— ^ (x-|-3)=14. 11 11 8. —+—=5, and ——— = 1. Find x and y. 9. Find the values of x in equation, mx^-f nx=pq. 10. If a certain young lady were as many months older as she is inchts in height, she would be 25; but if she were taller by ,'„ as m.'vny inches i.s she is months old, she would be 7 feet high. Recjuiretl her age and height. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. [First Grade Certificate.] 1. What is the thickness of the earth's crust? 2. What elements mainly compose it? 3. What reason for believing some connection exists I)etween volcanoes jsnd earthquakes? 4. On what does the amount of water in a ba.sin de- pend ? 5. Account for the numerous lakes in Florida, and the sweetness and clearness of their waters. 6. What cjiuses the phosphorescence of the sea? 7. To what three classes of ocean currents does differ- ence of temperature give rise? 8. (a) What is a waterspout? (b) a cyclone? (c) a tor- nado? (d) Whfit is meant by the avz/tv of a cyclone ? (e) Why do the cyclones originating in the West Indies move northward ? 9. Where are the largest rainless districts of the globe and why are these regions rainless? 10. What modifications of climate do the earth's mo- tions produce ? 18 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, May, i8g^. MAY, 1895. ORTHOGRAPHY, TFirst, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. Illustrate with words all the diacritical marks of the vowel u. 2. Syllabicate, mark the primary accent, and give each vowel its proper diacritical mark in the following words : Leniency, Ifimentable, coadjutor, vehemency, hygiene. 3. Give and define a homonyn to each of the follow- in*^: Sucker, marshal, collar, assent, sweet. 4. Form and define a word with each of the following prefixes: Mis, ad, dis,.anti, extra. 5. Form a word, and define the derivative, by adding a suffix meaning: Oite to whom, imthout, some'cohat, fold, office of. 6. Name the suffix and give its meaning in the follow- in f words: Divisible, doubtful, waspish, shorten, globule. 7. Add the suffixes en, ness, ist, able, erne to the following words in order, and give rule for spelling the derivative: Glad, dainty, copy, serz'ice, defer. 8. Discriminate between the following synonyms: Bring 'Aw(\. fetch, indolent and lazy, economy a,nd parsimony, doctrine and precept. 9-10. Spell correctly the following: Fleesy, flimzy, kolera, retreive, zar, absess, skollop, bronkitis, sla (a vehi- cle for traveling on snow), likoris, precede, seperation, ses- sion (a yielding), rubarb, privalege, pedagog, effishensy, desizion, enuff, striknin. READING. [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] (EXAMIXER WILL SELECT FROM A FIFTH READER.) 1. Read a paragraph of prose 1 to 50 2. Read an extract of i^oetry 1 to 50 UNITED STATES HISTORY, [Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. AVhat -VAas the basis of the English claim to America ? 2. Whence and why did the Puritans come to America? 3. What was the JVIonroe doctrine ? 4. Name one Spanish, one Dutch, one English and two French explorers of North America, and state where each made his explorations. 5. Name five acts of the British government that tended to precipitate the Revolutionary war. Florida Uiii/onii Examination Questions, May, iSg-f. \\) 6. What practice was inaugurated by Jackson when he became President? 7. (a) What caused the rupture between President Ty- ler and his party? (b) Between President Johnson and his party? 8. Describe the battle of Gettysburg, and name the prominent commanders in each army. 9. Why was there one, and what was the United States Electoral Commission? 10. Name several important historical events that have occurred during the p;!st lour years. UNITED STATES HISTORY. [First Grade Certificate.] 1. Tell of all the important acquisitions of territory I'rom other countries to the United States. 2. (iive causes, immediate and remote, that led to the VA\\\ war. i5. (a) Wlio was DeSoto, and what became of him ? (b) When and l)y wliom was St. Augustine founded? 4. State accurately the doctrines of the Republican party concerning slavery when first victorious. 5. Mention the names of five inventoi's prominent in American history, with a brief statement concerning each. H. P^xplain what is meant by the "Geneva Award" and the "Alabama Claims." 7. Sketch briefly the acquisition of Florida by the United States. 8. Name five of the most important public measures that have claimed tiie attention of Congress during the ad- ministrations of Presidents Harrison and Cleveland (last term.) 9. What do you aim to accomplish for your pupils by the study of history? 10. Give a brief' outline of your method of teaching history, and of hearing a historylesson. ARITHMETIC, [Second or Third Grade (.'ertiHcate.J gj^f~\\\ the solution of problems, every process must be indicated — mere answers will not be acceiDted. 1. (a) Express in figures: Twenty-nine billion, ninety- five thousand, forty-five; (b) in words, 20,200,010,010; (c) by Roman notation, 605; (d) by Arabic notation, MDL; (e) in words, 625.625. 2. Write iii the fovm of an equation, using the proper signs, what each of the three terms in subtraction, thfe three in multiplication, and the four in division, equals. 8. A has four tracts of land containing, respectively 860, 288, 648 and 720 acres. He wants to divide them into 20 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, May, iSqj. the largest possible farms of equal size, dividing each into an exact number, (a) How many acres can he put into a farm? (b) How many farms will he have? 4. Multiply together the sum, the difference, the prod- uct, and the quotient of | and g, (consider g as the divisor.) 5. In how many days will A, B and C together do a piece of work, which A can do alone in 3 days, B in 5 days, and C in 6 days ? 6. Divide fifty millionths by six hundred twenty-five ten-thous:;ndths and express the answer in words. 7. Eeduce f**o of a rod to the decimal of a mile and write the answer in words. 8. How much less will it cost to fence 40 acres in the form of a square than in the form of a rectangle witli its length four times the breadth, the price being $2.50 a rod ? 9. Sold two lots for .$i2(X) each, gaining 20 per" cent on one and losing 20 per cent, on the otiier. Did I gain or lose, and what per cent, on the transaction ? 10. If 5 horses eat as much as 6 cows, and 8 horses and 12 cows eat 12 tons of hay in 40 days, how much hay will be needed to keep 7 horses and 15 coavs 65 days? ARITHMETIC, [First Grade Certificate.] ^^r*In the solution of prol>lems, every process must be indicated — mere answers will not l)e accepted. 1. (a) What part of a yard is tlie smallest piece of silk from which an exact number of quilt pieces containing 4, 9, 16, 24, or 36 square inches may be cut? (b) How many pieces containing 24 square inches mav be cut out of the silk ? 2. Multiply 625 by .003 and divide the product by the square root of 39.0625, and write your answer in words. 8. It is 10 minutes past 1 p. m. where A is; it is 20 min- utes befoi'e 9 a. m. where B is; (a) wnich direction is B from A ? (b) How far are they apart, supposing a degree to be 50 miles on their latitude ? 4. A well 3 feet in diameter and 12 feet deej), will con- tain how many gallons of water ? 5. How many bushels will fill exactly level full a wheat house 12 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 6 feet high on one side and 8 feet high on the other, counting 1| cubic feet to a bushel ? 6. A merchant mai'ks cloth at .$2 a yard, so that he may drop 10 per cent, and yet gain 20 per cent. Find cost price. 7. What is the profit in buying opium at 75 cents an ounce, avoirdupois, and selling it at $1 an ounce, troy ? Florida Uniform Exaviinaiion Questions, May, j8gj. 21 8. If a cannon ball 3 inches in diameter weighs 10 lbs., what will one 8 inches in diameter weigh ? 9. At what price should -4 per cent, bonds be bought (brokerage \ of 1 per cent.) to yield an income of 5 per cent? 10. if a ladder standing perpendicularly just reaching the top of a wall 80 feet high, had its base drawn out 18 feet fronl the wall, how far was the upper end from the top of the wall ? ENGLISH GRAMMAR, ISecond or Third Grade (;ertiHc'»te.] 1. Write on each and explain the elements of (a) sim- ple sentence; (b) complex sentence; (c) compound sentence. 2. Write the plurals of the following: Prospectus, court- jiiartioi, man- servant, g, gas, syllainis, money, spKonful, aid-de-camp, Duxdam. 3. Write the possessive smgular and plural of man, J>rotlier-in-la'o, country, lie, enemy, 4. (a) What parts of speech are inflected? (b) Give the terminal inflections and precise use of each. 5. Compai'e,4'"c<'(/, /"/'A', HI, mucli, luuidsome. 6. Give the principal parts of lie, lay, set, sit, sing, rise, A-nozo, t>ear {bring forth), raise, Jly. 7. Write the synopsis in the passive voice of the verb hear witli thou in both the indicative and subjunctive nioods. 8. Analyze or diagram: We teachers, being constantly associated with children, become hermits while fitting- others for society. 9. Parse in the sentence above /« /////, all nouns, pro- nouns, verbs and participles. 10- In the sentence, " Whoever is deceived thereby is not wise," j^arse lohoever in full. ENGLISH GRAMMAR. JFlrsi Grade Certittcate.] 1. Write the ioos.sessive j)lural of ox, /:hitd, fox, mouse, Jiero, -ivJiicJi, it, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Smith, Knight- Templar. 2. (a) (iive two general rules for the comparison of ad- jectives- (b) Compare and give reason fox so comparing each : Thin, clever, wooden, merry, nigh, ample, grey, universal, shy, heautiful. 3. Halve a table of pronouns, give first the class, then grotip into two adjacent columns those of each class used as nouns, or used as adjectives. 4. Write a short sentence illustrating: (a) an intransi- tive verb used as transitive; (b) a transitive verb used in- transitively; (c) a verb with incomph'te prtdication; (d) .an impersonal verb; (e) show that transitive verbs only ad- mit of a passive use- Florida Uniform Examination Questions, May, i8gj. 5. Write the inflection in the present and past tenses in both the indicative and subjunctive moods of the verb (a) /(' l>e, (b) to steal. 6. Write the perfect participle of l>e, hope, split, se-w, so'ct\ freeze, fly, tread, seek, sit, 7. Give complete analysis of the following;: '■'Breathes there the man with soul so dead? Who never to himself hath said, 'This is my own, my native land ! ' " 8. Diagram, according to Harvey or Reed & Kellogg, the above sentence. 9. Parse, in full, he who, first, taught and what in the sen- tence: " He who first taught the principles of ChrLstianity knew well what would be the consequences." 10. Parse 7c'//(^/ in each of the following: (a) Pay what you owe. (b) What pleases you? (c) What vessel is that? (d) What with entreaty, what with threatening, I succeed- ed, (e) What! is thy servant a dog? GEOGRAPHY. [First, Second or Third Grade Certittcate.] 1. Define the following: Promontory, peninstila, inlet, sound, strait. 2. Locate and describe Japan as to its size, physical features, population and industries. 8. (a) Bound Korea, {b) Describe tlie country, (c) What ol the number and ciiaracter of its people? (d) What of its products and industries? 4. (a) Define latitude and longitude, (b) Is the length of a degree of longitude greater in Florida or Michigan ? (c) Why ? 5. (a) Show the relation between the ijhysical and po- litical conditions of a country, (b) Show how the physical features determine the intlustries, commerce and routes of trade. 6. Describe the German empire, telling (a) of the num- ber of States composing it; (b), name the four largest; (c> character of the people; (d) chief industries and manufac- tured products, (e) What of her educational system ? 7. (a) Describe the situation and shape of Mexico, (b) What is said of its shores? (c) What of its surface, peo- ple and farm of government? 8. What of the size, physical features, people, prod- ucts, and government of Cuba? 9. Draw a diagram of a township, sub-divide the six- teenth section into quar-quarters, and locate thus (x) a school hor.se in the sw'4 of nei4. 10. (a) Into what three great sections is Florida natu- rally divided by two large rivers? (b) Name all the cou-i- tie&, in the section in which yo-u take tlie exam-iiiation. Florida Umfonii Examinatioit Questions, Afaw i8g^. 28 COMPOSITION. [Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. Write an essay of not less than 200 words, o^ivinjr special attention to diction, capitalization and punctuation, on one of the following subjects: (a) Present Educational Tendencies. (b) The Ideal School Teacher. (c) The Value of Daily Composition in Schools. (The Grading Committee will mark the composition, according to value of thought and correctness, from I to 100.) COMPOSITION, [First Grade Certificate.] 1. Write an essay of not less than 2(K» nor more than aoo words, giA'ing especial attention to capitalization, punctuation, diction and style, on one of the following sub- jects: (a) Corporal Punishment in Schools. (b) Best Mode of Examining Teacliers. (c) Benefits of Teachers' Associations. PHYSIOLOGY, [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. Locate the metacarpal bonos and give tlieir number, 2. Name three offlce.s of the skin. 8. Describe the human skeleton, giving the number, classification, structure and composition of the bones. 4. Explain iiow blood circulates through the bones. 5. Name and describe the organs of circulation. 6. Name the principal organs and describe the process of iespii'ation. 7. (a) Name the organs of digestion; (b) the digestive fluids and the kind of food upon which each acts. S. Name five articles of food rich in albumen. 9. Discuss the influence of climate in determining the kind of food the people require. 10. What effect has alcohol (a) upon the blood ? (b) nerves? (c) brain? (d) Name three nai'cotic.s and def?cribe their effects upon the human body. THEORY AND PRACTICE [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. When the lesson is not well learned for today, w<5uld you give it over again for tomorrow ? Give reason for your a teacher? (e) Name and loeare the State educational institutions. ALGEBRA. [First Grade Certificate.] 1. Resolve x"— y® into four factors. 2. Expand (2a-|^2b)^ by the binomial theorem. 3. Resolve x— ^x-'-j-x"' into five prime factors. -a* 4. Pro\ e that —^^ix^ X X x-2 5. (liven -:::--|-3=-j- — — ^- to find x. O -r D H. Find the value of x in the equation, x2+2x— 44+ Vx^+2x -44=42. 7. x^-|-3x3*=10, to find values of x. S. A boatman who can row 12 miles an hour in still water, is 7 hours in rowing to a certain point up the river, and 5 hours in returning. At what rate per hour does tlie liver flow ? 9. (Uven x3-fy3=:iy9, and x+y=9, to find the values of X and y. 10. Solve 2v "+,^ ^x+v7J^^^| . ^nd x+vx'^-9 =(x-2)3. ^-r x-^-9 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. [first Grade Cevtificate.] 1. Why IS there no dew on cloudy nights? 2. Why is it that C;ilifornia has its rainy season in tlie winter, and Ploridji in the summer? 8. Describe and account for the difference in climate I)etween the east and west coasts of the United States. 4. What cJimntic influence does a high iriountain or a cliain of mountains exert upon the surrounding country? 5. Why are the tops of mountains colder than the"^ val- leys or plains at their bases ? 6. (a) What family of plants is the largest contriI)utor to human needs and comforts ? (b) Show how. 7. Why are some regions of Western United States comparatively rainless ? 8. What effect upon the climate, soil and surface of a country does cutting awtiy its forests produce? 9. Define and account for artesian wells. 10. Describe the barometer and its uses. 4 26 Florida Uniform Exaviination Questions, Septeviher, i8g^. SEPTEMBER, 1895. ORTHOGRAPHY, fPirst, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. Define letter, syllable, word, root, affix, and give an example of each. 2. Indicate by the use of the proper diacritical marks the pronunciation of the following words: cage, has, ink, cent, her. 3. Syllabicate and accentuate the following words: preferable, mischievous, deficit, irreparable, dolorous. 4. Give the meaning of each of the following prefixes, and illustrate by defining a word f oriiied with each : un, pre, se, syn, meta. 5. Define homonyn. Write and define each of the fol- lowing, and one or more homonyms for each : ascent, coun- cil, rain, metal. 6. Define synonym. Illustrate the correct u«e of each of tlie following, and one synonym for eacii : danger, genius, poverty, protect. 7. Separate the following words into root and affix, give the original meaning of tlie root, and show its relation to tlie given word: submit, coincidence, intention, con- spiracy. 8. To certain roots join the proper prefixes or suffixes in order to form derivatives signifying: (a) to go before; (b) to lead forth; (c) to make worthy; (d) to send away; (e) written by hand. 9. To the words l>usy^ traffic^ conceal^ /"'y-, trace^ join the suffixes ly, ing, ed, ous, able, respectively, and give the rule for spelling the derivatives thus formed. 10. Correct tiie spelling of the following: scizers, diz- olve. fude, tung, ofis, diferance, ^simetry, cajJijilary, seper- ible, descission. READING, [First, Second or Ttiird Grade Certificate.] 1. (a) What is reading? (b) Define articulation, (c) Give an error in articulation. 2. (a) What is emphasis? (b) JMention three ways of using it. 3. (a) Is there a difference in quantity of tone and/Z/r/^ of voice in reading? (b) Explain your answer. 4. What drills do you give pupils as to: (a) position of body? (b) holding of book? (c) breathing? (d) gesture? (e) facial expression ? 5. How would you conduct a reading lesson in a large class, looking to: (a) correcting errors? (b) naturalness? (c) mastery? Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September, jSqj. 27 6-10. Read an extract of ten lines each of prose and poetry for your examiner. (Examiner will grade from to 25 eacli extract read and deliver same to the Grading Committee to be added by them to the grading of the questions above.) UNITED STATES HISTORY, [First, Second or Third Grade C'ertirtcate.l 1. (a) What portions of America were claimed by the English, Dutch, P'rench and Spanish, and upon what did eacli base its claim to such territory ? (b) Give name and date of the fir.-^t settlement by each. 2. Give a brief account of: (a) Champlain's voyages and discoveries; (1)) Heriumdo DeSoto's explorations.' 8. (a) (^roup the colonies according to tlie kind of gov- ernment under which they were ruled, (b) Show the dif- ferences between these forms of government. 4. (a) State the causes which led to the French and Indian wj r. (b) Give the names and dates of three import- ant battles of this war. 5. (a) jS'ame tliree oppressive measures enforced by the British government tliat were opposed by the colonists. (b) Wlien and where did the first Continental Congress meet, and what resolutions did it adopt? 6. (a) Describe briefly two important battles of the Revolution, (b) What two generals, either from jealousy or revenge, opposed W'ashington, and how did they bring ruin j.nd disgrace upon themselves? 7. Speak of the Louisiana purcliase: (a) Negotiations for its purchase, (b) Extent of territory and price paid. (c) States and territories formed from this territory, (d) The State first admitted from this territory, and when, (e) The State last admitted from this territory, and when ? 8. (;ive names and dates of the following: (a) Two important battles in the war of 1812. (b) One important battle in the war with Mexico, (c) Two important battles in the Civil war. 9. (a) Wliat presidents have died in office? W^hen, and who succeeded each? (b) In whose administration, and at what date were the following measures passed: (1) The Omnibus Bill? (2) The first High Protective tariff? (3) The Sub-Treasury Bill? (4) The Civil Service Reform Bill. 10. (a) Name three leading statesmen of the present Democratic party, and three of the Republican party, (b) What two important bills were passed by the last Con- gress? (c) What changes have taken place in the cabinet of President Cleveland ? 28 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, Scptonbt'r, /c ARITHMETIC, [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. (a) Resolve 230299 into prime factors. (1)) Write four multiples of 21. (c) Given the sum and cUtference of two numbers, how find the numbers? (d) Write o38i)0() by Roman notation. 2. 876+94x16- (72x19h-9+9X144h-8- 175)=? 3. (a) At .$6.45 per C, how many shino-les can be bought for $47.73? (b) At .$7.50 per ton, how many bales of hay, weighing 50 lbs. each, can be bought for .$90? 4. A roll of paper 8 yds. long, 18 in. wide, costs $0.85. What will it cost to paper the walls and ceiling of a room 20 ft.Xl6 ft.XlO ft., no allowance being made for openings, and tiae cost of labor being $0..37)2 P*^i" square ? 5. A farmer sells through his agent a consignment of cotton at 2io per cent, commission, and increasing the pro- ceeds by .$1,508, instructs his agent to invest the amount, less the commission, in flour and sell immediately. This the agent does, but before the sale could be effected flour declines 10 per cent., in consequence of which the farmer sustains a loss of $677.90. If the agent's commission for buying be 4 i)er cent., and fo)- selling 3 per cent., how many bales of cotton, 400 lbs. each, did he sell, cotton being wortli 5 cents ? 6. Jones sold a horse to Brown for 233)3 per cent, of his cost, or $600 above cost. Brown sold him to Davis at a loss of 33^3 percent, (a) What did Junes give for the horse? (b) What did Brown get for him ? 7. Mr. B. of DeFuniak Springs makes a negotiable note for $250 in favor of Mr. C, bearing interest from date at 8 per cent., payable in 90 days. Date of note September 10, 1895. C. has the note discounted October 17, at 10 per cent, (a) Write the note, (b) Find time it falls due. (c) Find time it has to run. (d) Find proceeds. 8. Wliat is the difference between the true and the />ank discount on $250 for 1 year, 4 months and 21 days ? 9. A cubical block of granite contains 41063625 cubic inches, (a) Find radius of inscribed sphere; (b) radius of circumscribed sphere. 10. A cylinder 10 feet long and 5 feet in diameter has been cut into the largest possible cone. How much was cut, or what part of the cylinder was cut away ? ENGLISH GRAMMAR, [First, Second or Third Grade Certificite.l 1. (a) What are the three ways of distinguishing tlie masculine and feminine genders? (b) Give examples. Florida Uniform Examination Questions, Septi'tiibcr, i8gj. 2ii 2. (live the feminine genders of tlie following: Earl, friar, hart, sire, sloven, stag, swain, don, czar and marquis. 3. Write tiie plurals of the following: Ottoman, alder- man, court-martial, mouthful, nebula, focus, hypothesis, goodness, trout, elf, it, aid-de-camp, billet-doux, porte- monr.aie, staff, Nero, n. Dr., Mr. Jones, and chimney. 4. Compare the following adjectives: Bad, little, far, fore, lazy, ill, good-naturetl, evil, old, and late. 5. (a ) Chissify verbs with respect to meaning; (b) form, (c) Give five examples of each. 6. Give synopsis of the verb have with s/w in all moods in both active and passive voices. 7. Give a complete classification of the noun and pro- noun. 8. (a) In whiit ways may a noun be in the absolute case? (b) Illustrate each. 9. Diagnan and analyze this sentence: The clouds which rise with thunder, slake Our thirsty souls with rain; The blow most drtiidi'd fails to break From off our limbs a chain. — Whittier. 10. Parse in full: Which, slake, oui', rain, dreaded, fails, break, from, limbs, and chain. GEOGRAPHY, [First. Second or Third Grade Certificate. | 1. Name and explain all the imaginary lines and cir- clfcK used in }nathematical geography. 2. (:i) Name all the zones a)id give the boundaries of each, (b) Give the width of e:ich in common miles. 3. Show how the ]Miysical features largely determinn the industries of any country. 4. Name the So\ith American States and the cajMlal of each- • 5. Describe Cuba: (a) Its size in square miles, (b) Physical features, (c) Products, (d) Races and character of people, (e) Present government. G. What advantages would accrue to the United States from the Panama canal? 7. Name four prominent river systems of the United States. 8. Tell of the German Empire: (a) Number of States comprising it. (b) Name four largest, (c) How is each gov( rned. (d) Describe its legislative bodies. 'J. Draw an outline map of Florida, and locate its river systems and ten chief cities. 10. Draw a township, number its sections, sub-divide its 20th section into quarter-quarters, and its SEI4 of the NEi'4.into quarter-quarter-quarters and make a cross in th«- SEiii of SE^ii of SEI4. 80 Florida Unifonn Exdiinnation Questions, Septeiuber, iSgj. COMPOSITION. [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. (a) What is the use of the paragraph in composi- tion ? (b) Illustrate. 2. (a) Name the different parts of a letter, (b) How should each be punctuated ? 3. (a) What is meant by outlining a subject? (b) Make an outline of the following subject: A Day on the Gulf. 4. (a) Name five figures of speech, (b) Illustrate each with a short sentence. 5. (a) How would you rank letter writing in import- ance among the various forms of composition ? (b) At what stage of the pupil's education would you teach letter writ- ing? 6-7. Write a short letter to a County Superintendent applying for a school. State your age, experience in teach- ing, educational advantages, your late reading on teacliing as a science, salary you expect, and name two persons as. references as to your character and success as a te;.cher. . Be careful about the beginning and closing of your letter. 8-10. Outline your subject with not less than five heads and write an essay of not less than 100 and not over 2(K) words on one of the following suljjects: (a) Necessity of Summer Schools for Teachers. (b) Uniform'Ex;.^minations. (c) The Comparative Educational Value of Eng- lish Grammer and Arithmetic. (d) Duties of a Teacher the First Day of School. Note. — Punctuation, capitalization, spelling, para- graphing, style and subject matter each to be considered in grading the last question. PHYSIOLOGY, [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. Define: (a) Physiology; (b) anatomy: (c) hygiene. 2. (a) What is a gland ? (b) Describe three of the largest in the human body. 3. What will be the physiological effect of bathing and rubbing after violent r^xercise ? i. Tell why rapid eating is injurious to health. 5. Define: (a) Systole; (b) diastole; (c) lymph; (d) lac- teals; (e) j)ulse. 6. Name the organs, and explain respiration. 7. Name the organs, and explain the whole process of digestion. S. Explain the office of the eustachian tube. 9. (a) What do the convolutions of the brain indicate? (b) What is the " arbor- v itse " ? Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September, iSgj. HI 10. Explain the effects of alcohol and tobacco: (a) Upon the brain; (b) the blood; (c) the nerves; (d) the lieart; (ej the stomach. THEORY AND PRACTICE, [First, Second or Third Grade Certiticate.l 1. Define percept, sense concept, imagination, idea, reason. 2. What is a general concept? How is it formed? What is the relation between general concepts and words? 3. Name five prominent educators, and mention an ed- ucational work written by each of tliem. 4. What is the value of a school program? What are the three things of greatest importance to be considered in making a school program ? 5. Give five of the most important qualifications of a teacher. 6. State the substance of some article on an educa- tional toi>ic that you have read in a school journal within the last three months. What school journals do you take and read regularly? Name some of tlie most valuable ped- agogical works tiiat you possess. 7. State the advantages and disadvantages (a) of the question and answer method of conducting a recitation; (b) of the topic method of conducting a recitation, 8. What faculties of tlie mind are most active in the .six-year-old child? What use should tlie primary teacher make of this knowledge? S). What is meant by each of the following educational maxims: (a) The concrete before the abstract? (b) Jdeas before words? (c) From the known to the related un- known ? 10. What special preparations for opening school should a teacher make the week before school opens? - CIVIL GOVERNMENT, [First Grade Certificate.] 1. Discuss the value of civil government as a public school study. 2. (a) Define government, (b) Show why government is necessary, (c) Name and define the principal forms of government. 8. (a) Give a summary of the nature and duties of cit- izenship, (b) What are the duties of a government toward its citizens ? 4. (a) Explain the nature of the Constitution, (b) Give a brief account of the formation and adoption of the Constitution of the United States. 5. What are the functions of government, and to what divisions of power do they give rise? ;^2 Florida Unifonn Examination Questions, September, iSgj. 6. (a.) Define impeaclniient. (b) DtBcribe the method of coiulucting impeachment proceedings in the case of a, President of the United States. 7. State the qualifications, powers and duties of the Governor of Florida. 8. Name by title the officers -who constitute the Gov- ernor's cabinet,' and define the duties of each. 9. Tell what you can of the origin and growth of the public school system in Florida. 10. (a) Explain how the Coiistitution of Florida may be amended, (b) Give the substance of two amendments which were adopted in 1S94. ALGEBRA. [First Grade Certificate.! 1. What difference between (a) arithmetic and alge- bra? (b) theorem and problem? 2. Define (a) identical equation; (b) quadratic equa- tion; (c) root of an equation; (d) logarithm; (e) co- efficient. .3 T^• -1 2x-fy 2y-x x»+y ' 3. Divide -^j-^.^—^—^r^y^T—^2 4. (a) T have two hours to spare; how far may I ride on the street car at the rate of 6 miles an houi', if I walk back at the rate of 2 miles an hour? (b) Demonstrate a°=l. 5. Explain the three methods of elimination witli the following simultaneous equations: 3x+.3y=18 3x-2y-l 6. Find two numbers whose sum multiplied by the greater is 120, and whose difterence multiplied bv thr less is 16. 7. A and B together had $9,800. A lost ^ of his and B ^ of his. Now tliey have equal sums; what have thev each ? 8. Divide 100 into two such parts that the sum of their square roots shall be 14. 9. (a) Find the equation whose two roots are 5 and 2. (b) Insert two geometrical means between 24 and 192. 10. A and JB run a mile. First A gives B a start of 44 yards, and boats him by 51 seconds; then A gives B ;; start of 1 min. 15 sees., and is beaten by 88 yards. In what time can eacli run a mile? flofida i'liifonn Exniiiiinrfion Qi'eslioiis, Jtine, iSqb. 88 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. [Kirst Grade (!ertirtcate.l 1. (a) 111 what respect is the earth like a magnet ? (I)) What and where are the magnetic poles? (c) What is meant by the '' line of no variation "? 2. How iiave tiie soils of the earth been formed? ;>. Name «nd account for five areas of scanty rainfall. 4. Wh;it are geysers and glaciers? (Jive the theory of : hi' l\)rmation of each. ."). WMiat causes the phosplior'^scence of the sea? 6. (a) How are the tides caused? {b)I)istinguisii be- tween ehb, Jlood, spring x\\\(\ neap tides. 7. (a) Wll^!t family of plants is the Uirgest contril)utor to liuman needs and comforts? Show how. H. (a) Wiiat is a valley? (b) a canon ? (c) AN'iii n are valleys transverse ? (d) NVlien longitudinal ? '.). Define t'losion, fossil, delUi, monsoon. 10. Explain the monsoons of the Indian Ocean. JUNE, 1896. ORTHOGRAPHY, [First, Second or Tliird Grade Certiflcite.] 1. Define letter, syllable, alphabet, spelling, ortliogra- phy. 2. Define synonym, homonym, piironym, primitive word, derivative word. Give examples illustrating each definition. 3. Use the following prefixes and give meaning of the word: ex, re, ob, sub, pro. 4. Cornet the sptlling of the following words, if in- correct: \; lliMnt, insence, surely, dogmattical, ir«ssable, exhjiust, loser, hygtne, Conr.eeticnt, predjudice. 5. SylU:liify, mark accent, and give diacriticjil mark- ings of the followir.g worcis: Geiuiine, gratis, inquiry, lapel, mirage. 6. Write the following words in a column and opposite each write a synonymous word: Cheerful, clamorous, de- fective, edifice, enormous. 7. Give the rule for spelling the second of each of the following pairs of words; Eog, boggy; note, noting; begin, beginner; victory, viciorious; daisy, daisies; change, <'h;tngeable; shoe, shoeing; hate, hateful; prefer, prefer- ence; singe, singeiag. 8. Write homonyms of the following words: Need, leek, step, .seal, seed, pique, ere, meddle, counsel, station- ary. Si Floi-id(x Uniforvi Exaiitination Questions, June, i8g6. 9-10. Spell correctly the following: Vishus, dominoze, lettis, benefitted, sedislius, gageable, atturny, boka, sheckel, bilyus, chizzle, wevll, lackrimal, mortis, korpusel. kristal- ize", battalyun, rubarb, sudonini, bizness. READING. [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. Describe in full tlie -word method; the phonic meth- od. Name what you consider the qualities of good read- ing. 2. Define pitch, force, movement, emphasis, inflection. 3. Give general directions for positioii and manage- ment of body in reading or speaking. Show how lessons in reading may be made to serve as exercises in literature and cultivate a literary taste. 4. What other subjects are tvught iucide.itally in con- nection with the teaching of reading? 5. Give three general directions for reading poetry. and state some errors to be avoided. 6-8. Read a paragraph of prose. 8-10. Read an extract of poetry. [The examiner will gi'ade on the examinee's paper the last two questions for the use of the Grading (Commit- tee in grading this subject.] UNITED STATES HISTORY. [Second or Tiiird Grade Certificate.! 1. Why was this continent named America ? 2. Sketch briefly the settlement of Virginia. 3. Relate the incident connected with ''The Charter Oak." 4. What is meant by the "• Monroe doctrine " ? What recent occurrences make this in our foreign relations a mat- ter of great importance ? 5. What events do these dates suggest: 1492, 1607, 1620, 1754, 1775, 1787, 1812, 1845, 1861, 1863? 6. Locate and state for what noted in our histoi'y: Sar- atoga, Yorktown, Gettysburg, Richmond, Chicngo. 7. Name Ave great inventions and associate with each invention named tlie name of rhe inventor. 8. Name the last five Presidents, and sDmething of im- portance that occurred during the administration of e:jch. 9. Relate some important historical facts connected with each of the following: Thomas .Jefferson. Alexander Hamilton, Daniel Webster, Andrew Jackson, Grovor Cleve- land. 10. What was the expressed position of the RepuL'lican party respecting slavery when Abraham Lincoln was first elected ? Florida Uniform Examination Questions, June, iSgb. UNITED STATES HISTORY, I First Grade (..'ertiticate.] 1. Define history. State yoifr method of teaching United States history, 2. Tell when and where tlie first permanent English settlements were made in the Ignited States. 8. Name and give causes of two wars in which the United States have been engaged since 1800. 4. What have been the important additions to the ter- ritory of the United States since ITSiJ? 5. What is meant by the Civil Service of the United States? What evils was tlie Civil Service bill designed to corr.-ct ? 6. I)escril)e the battle of Gettyslmrg, naming the prominent commanders in eacli army. 7. What was the necessity of an Electoral Comniis- sion? What do you thinli t)f the justice of its acts? 8. Trace briefly the financial history of this countrv. Wiiat of the ''wild cat" banks? Panics of 1887 and 1873? Wluit seems to bi; tlie present fi'i-rncial policy? 9. What of the growtli in art, sdcncc, literature, and ed- ucation in the past half century? 11). F]xphiin whr.t is meant by the following: " Pro- tective tarifiV' "tariff for reveraie," "free silver," "the initiative and referendum," in political aifairs. ARITHMETIC rWecond or Third Grade CertiHcite. 1 1. Express by Arabic notation twenty billion, nineteen thousand, nineteen (one num))er); l)y Konuui notation six liundred five tlionsand (one number); express in figures MDIi; in words 625.625. 2. Divide the least common multiple of 7, 42, 6, 9, 10, 630, by the greatest common (iivisor of 110, 140, 680. 3. A In.d his money in ti^-ee pockets; in the first \, in the second \, in the third $85 more than I of the whole. He invested %lv\ in a horse, .$(i5,'; m ;; cow, $183 in a buggy, the remainder in sheep at $2:,'^ a head. How many slieep did lie buy? [Note. — Don't convert into decimals.] 4. Add il, expressed decimally to 600 and twenty-five ten-thousandths; diminish the sum by syejVo'o expressed decimally; n^ultiply th^ remainder by six and 34 thou- saaidths; divide tlie product by six thousand thirty-four ten-thousandths, and what is the result? 5. Divide 375 by .75; .75 by 375; find the product of their quotients and express tne answer in words. 6. Find the interest on $1,297.60 for 2 years, 11 months, 18 days at 7 per cent. 86 Florida Unifonit Exaiiii)iallon Questions, June, iSg6. 7. Received $33.25 interest on a sum of money loaned 5 years previous at 7 per cent. What was the sum lent ? 8. A owes B $321, payable in one year. What is the present worth of the deUt, money being worth 7 per cent.? 9. What sum of money will produce .$300 in 8 months, if $800 produce $70 in 1.5 months? Solve according to the rule for compound proportion. 10. A commission merchant sold a consignment of flour at %% commission and invested the net proceeds in bacon at 5% commission. What did he receive for the flour and pay for the bacon, if his total commission amounted to $1.50? ARITHMETIC, [First Grade Certiticate.] 1. What number fallen from 2'r. times 12i will leave 20% ? Find the cost of 20^3 cords of wood, if '6K cords cost $11.37>o. 2. What is the difference between the area, of a floor 2-5 feet square and that of two others each 12 feet 6 inches square ? 3. When it is 12 o'clock (noon) at Portland, Oregon, what time of day is it at Omalia, 9{t degrees W., sui)posiiig that the longitude of Portland is 124 degrees W. ? 4. A fence five boards high is built around a square field containing 10 acres. The top l)oard is 4 inciies wide, the base board is 10 Indies wide, the middle i;oj.rtls each B inches wide; what is the cost of the lumber i\< $12.50 per M? 5. What per cent, is made by a druggist who buys medicine at $5 a pound, avoirdupois weight, and sells it at 48 cents an ounce, apothecaries' weight? 6. Find the difference between the true and the bank discount on a non-interest bearing note for $(3,285 for 9 months and 15 days, money being worth 6 per cent. 7. If six men dig a cellar 22.5 feet long, 17.8 feet wide, and 10 feet 3 inches deep, in ;> d iys of 10 hours and 15 min- utes each, how many men will it require to dig another in 12 days of 8.2 hours each, 45 feet long, 343 feet wide, r.nd 12.3 feet deep ? 8. (a) Find the square root of 16,49;),844. (bl Find rhe cube root of 7,301,384. 9. How much will it cost to plaster a room 16 feet 9 inches long, 14 feet 8 inciies wide, 10 feet G i.iehes iiigh, if there are tliree windows 6 feet by 2 feet 9 inches, two doors 7 feet by 3 feet, and a base board one foot wide; the price of j)lastering being 25 cents per square yard ? 10. What will be the cost in T. S. money of a cylinder of oil whose diameter is 3 feet and whose length is 4 feet, if oil is worth a franc per gallon? Florida i'nifonii I'.xaiiiinaiion Questions, June, iSgb. 87 ENGLISH GRAMMAR. [Second or Third Grade Certificate 1. Nnnie eight parts of speech. Which [);!rt.'^ of speech have inflection ? 2. Decline: Which, tlion, man-servant. 8. Coniprre: tiood. j)olite, ill, nuich, liMidsonit'. 4. (Jive tlie prii.clpj'.l p? rts of : I^ie, lay, set, sit, sing, rise, know, hear (Oring lortii), I'aise, fly, 0. ^A hen are verl s said to be regular? fJive the prin- cipr.l parts of four irrtgnha- verl)s, in the use of whicli wrong forms frecjuently occnr, B. Define declension, conjugation, comjnirison, voice ■AwCi case f,s usejunclive moods, passive voice. 10. Define syntax. Chajige tlie following sentences to correct syntax, and p-ive reason in ea(M) instance for your correction: (a) They are l)oth alike. (b}If I ;;m not inistaken the numljer is 2(i. (c) The committee was divided jn its opinions. (d) I wished really to know, (e) Kither you or i are in error, (f) Wjiich of tlie group of men is the taller? (g) Have you Webster and Worcester's dictionarv. (h) There goes Mr, and Mrs. Smith, (i) It could not nave been her, (j) I fed brdly. ENGLISH GRAMMAR- /First Grade Certificate.] 1. Write the possessive case, both singular and plural, of the following-: Fly, child, l)rother, sheep, mother-in-law, mouse, ox-cc.i't, money, portico, chimney. 2. Compare and give reason for so comparing each: Thin, clever, wooden, merry, nigh, ajtiple, grey, universal, shy, beautiful, o. State the tlifi'erence between yi'ltal and the other rel- atives. When are that and as relatives ? 4- Writ* sentences in which 7i>hat is used as a noun, in-onoun, adjective, adverb and interjection. 5. Write the synopsis of the verb leal with he in alj iDiodes and tenses and in both voice.*:. 88 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, June, iSgd. 6. Analyze: I seem to have been only like a l>oy playing on the seashore, and diverting >nysc-lf\\\ noio and then /«^//;/^'- a smoother pebble or &. prettier shell than ordin«i-y, tc/z/Ay the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. 7. Parse in full the ten words in italics in the above sentence. 8. Which do you consider more important, analysis or parsing? For wliat reason ? 9. Distinguish between the analysis and diagram of a sentence. 10. Diagram: A School Board which assigns any teacher to a school, when there is among its applicants an- other teacher unemployed and better qualified for the posi- tion, sins against God,\he State, and every child and patron in that school district. GEOGRAPHY. [First, Second or Third Grade Certiticate. ] 1. Define longitude; latitude; meridian; parallel; ecliptic. 2. Locate and define each of the following: Amazon; Vesuvius; Cuba; Nile; Liverpool; Gibraltar; Sr.hara; Honolulu; Yukon; Venice. 3. State the name of tlie line which marks tiie highest northern limit on which the rays of the sun are ever ver- tical, and give the date on which the sun reaches this limit. 4. Describe the drainage of Florida. Name the five largest cities in the State, and locate each. Estimate the area and population of Florida. 5. To what country does Cuba belong? "What is the cause of the ijolitical trouble now brewing there ? 6. How do you account for the climate along the coast of Alaska ? Labrador ? 7. Name five of the largest cities of the world and lo- cate each. Name five largest cities, five longt st rivers in the United States, and loc;.te the cities. Give the sources of, and the direction and into what waters the rivtrs flow. 8. Of what foreign countries are the following the principal export products: Tea, sugar, coffee, cotton, o[)ium, cinchona, wool, watches, jr.te, tin? 9. Write three cohnnns: In the first, the names of the countries of Eui'ope; in tlie second, the names ol their cap- itals; in the third, their form of government. 10. Draw a diagram of a township, sub-divide the six- teenth section into quar-quarters, and locate thus (x) a school house in the sw^u of ne\. Florida Uniforni Exaiiiiiintion Qtii'slions, June, iSg6. )Vi) COMPOSITION, [Kirst, Second or Third Grade Certiticate. ] 1. What is composition? 2. WliJit is style? Givf foui' requisites of style. 'i^. Wluit is reduiulancy ? What is tautology? Re- move the rpcluiukmcy in the following sentence: ''Every mail on tiie face of the earth has dutif^s to perform." Re- move the tautology in: '•The effects and consequences of such corruption and degenenicv are deplorable ami lament' al)le." 4. (tive six rules for the use of the comma. 0. >,'ame and make all the other marks of punctuation. Sta.te hrielly tlie use of each. 6-7. Write a letter to your County Superintendent, using not les.< than lOt) words, giving tiie following facts: Where you were educated, where you last taught, the nanic of the su])ervisor, the grade of certificate then iield, where it was obtained, the grade you are now aiming to s: cure, the salary you expect; give two references as to your past success as a teaclier; or student, if you have never taught. 8-10. First give outline of your subject and write a composition one page in length on one of the following subjects: My Favorite Rooks. Industrial Education. Reiiefits Arising From Summer Schools. The Teacher's Opportunities. NoTK. — In grading the last two consider: (1) The thought expressed. (2) The correctness and propriety of language used. (3) The orthography, punctuation, paragraphing, use of capitals, and general appearance. PHYSIOLOGY. [First Second or Third Grade Certiticate. J 1. Define physiology, anatomy, hygiene. 2. Give three principal uses the bones sen-e. Give^ three principal uses the muscles serve. 8. C'.assify the bones of the arm, and name the bones in each class as usually given in the text-books. 4. Explain the st^i^s of digestion, beginning with mas- tication. 5. Describe the heart, and the principal circulatory organs. (5. Name the principal organs and describe the process <;f respiration. 40 Florida Unifonit Kxaiitination Qiustions, June, 1806. 7. Niiine the grand divisions of the l)rain, and the func- tion of each division. 8. Tell how to properly care for the eyes, with refer- ence to character of liglit;'direction from whicli it should come; size of print; when. to rest them. 9. Describe the nervous system. Into what classes are the nerves classified? What are motory nerves? 10. Give six specific cautions you would teach your pupils to observe in regard to eating and drinking. Enu- merate some of the harmful effects of narcotics and alco- holic liquors on tlie human system. Whr^t importance do you attach to (he formal study of physiology and hygiene in the common schools? What is the proi)er temperature to maintain in a schoolroom ? What is the teacher's duty in regard to ventilation and cleanliness in the schoolroom? THEORY AND PRACTICE, (I^'roni Page edited by Payne.) [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 1. Give a brief sketch of the life of David Perkins Page. 2. Name three conceptions of fitness for teaching in the order of their historic-il sequence. Wliat is the real basis of fitness for teaching, so far as it can be obtained from study? (ChaxJ. I.) 8. Scholarship asid<>, what is the first thing to I)t- sought by a candidate lor the ollice of teacher ? (Chap. II.) 4. Kt.me four inferences in regi.rd to education drawn from the illustration of the '•'• neglected perr tree." Name four things for whicii the teacher is mainly or lc.rg\-ly re- sponsible in the education of the young; state the ordei in which the elementary studies should be taken up. The schoolroom is noplace for what kind of teacher? (Chap. III.) 5. Name five personal habits indispensable to a teacli- er\s success. (Chap. IV.) 6. Name in order, if yon can, the twenty-two studies which a '' good teacher, even of a common scljool, should make himself acquainted witli." AVhrtdid M.-rtin Luther say of tlie scliuol-mastev that cannot sing? (Chap. V.) 7. What is education in the absolute sense? Why do. even good scliolars fail as educators? (Chap, VI.) H. Name two erroneous processes of teaching, into one of wliich many teachers fall. V^fhat more excellent way is illustrated by an ear of corn, and whom does the last pro- cess awake? (Chap. VII.) 9. State briefly nine suggestions which will enable teachers to excite interest in conducting recitations. (Chap. VIII.) Florida Uniform Exaniitiadon Questions, June, iSgb. 41 10. Give in brief seven ohjeetioiis to offering: prizes as incentives to stndy. Name five proper incentives that may he safelv emploved to excite interest in studv. ' (Chap. IX.) CIVIL GOVERNMENT, — [First Grade Certificate.] 1. Who are citizens of the I'nited States? How may others become citizens ? 2. How are the followinj? United States officers chosen and for wliat lenf^tii of time: President, Senator, Repre- sentative, Secretary of State. .Jntljjfe of tiie Snpreme Court? 8. Wiiat is the Constitution of the United States? How made? How adopted? How anjended ? 4. Name the tiiree (iepartnu-nts of {government. De- scribe the law-makin<:^ department and the stages tiirouj^h which a United States statute must pass before it becomes a law. 5. What Constitutional qualifications are necessary to become a President? V. S. Senator? Representative? Why proliibit a forei<^n born citizen from beitig President? i). Wiiat is meant l)y tiie Australian Jiallot? Give the main features of tlie system. 7. Wliat is (reason? How generally punished ? What is a " filibuster"? S. How are territories govei'ned? How do they be- come States? Name tlie principal changes they undergo in l)econung States. y. State tliree principal duties of each of the follow- ing: Governor, State Superinteiident of I'ublic Instruction,* County Siiperintendent of Public Instruction, County Board of Public Instruction, School Trustee, Supervisor, Public Scliool Teaciier. 10. Wlio constitute the State Board of Education? Wliat creates tlie permanent school fund? What school funds are apportioned by the Slate, and upon what basis? From what sources are county scliool funds obtained? On what basis and l)y whom apportioned? ALGEBRA. fFirst Grade Certificate.] . 1. Define algebra, quantity, root, a radical, equation. 2. Find the greatest common divisor, a*— b^, and a« -b«. 8. Find the least common multiple of a*— b', a^' — b* and a-— 2ab-|-b''. 4. There is a number such that the sum of its \ and i exceeds the sum of its \ and \ ; required the number. 5. Write the development of the binomial (l-x)«. 6 42 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, Septeiiilier, i8g6. 6. A number is expressed by 3 digits. The sum of tlie digits is 9. The number is equal to 42 times the sum of the first and second, and the third digit is twice the sum of the other two. Find the number. 7. Square. — + —; Expand (a+v' ^^ -x^)-'. 8. What two "numbers are to eacli other as 4 to 5, and the difference of whose numbers is 81 ? 9. A farmer bought a number of sheep for $y<); if he had bought 4 more for the same money, he would have paid %\ less for eadi ; how many d id he buy ? 10. Solve 2i/x-|-v4x+v 7x-f 2 = 1. ' PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. [First Grade Certificate.] 1. Define physical geography. What is meant by the '' laws of nature "? 2. How have the soils of the eartli been formed ? 3. Explain the trade winds. Tell how glaciers are formed and where found. 4. Name all the causes that affect tiie heat and cold of a place. 5. Name some of tlie great rainless regi'Mis of the earth, and tell why tliey are rainless. 6. What are tides? What causes the difference in their heiglits ? 7. Explain the mutual dependence of plants and ani- mals. 8. What is an equinox? How many are there? When •do they occur and why ? 9. If you were at the equator June 4tii, wjjich direc- tion would your shadow fall? Give the reason for your answer. 10. Why should more rain fall on a mountain than on the low lands at its base ? What effect does cutting away the timber have upon the climate of a country ? SEPTEiVlBER, 1896. ORTHOGRAPHY, fFii-st, Second or Tliird Grade (".ertiticate.] 1. Illustrate with words all the diacritical marks of the vowels a and o. 2. Write the suffix with its meaning in each oi the fol- lowing words: Divisible, doubtful, waspish, shorten, glob- ule. Florida Uniform Examination Questions, Seplemlwr, i8g6. 48 8, Give five nouns, underscoring the suffix in each, the suffixes meaning respectively: Act of, to make, one who, pertaining to, state of ])eing. 4. Use a prefix with each of the following words, and show liow the meaning is changed: Print, fair, modest, sight, rate. 5. What are the words called that sound alike, hut are spelled differently? That mean nearly tlie same tiling? 6. Spell and define tlie following words with two others liaving tlie same sound as eacli : Write, road, raise, see!>, sight. 7. Add tlie suffixes en, ness, ist. able, ence to the fol- lowing words in order, and givpy, service, defer. H. (live diacritical marks for two sounds of c; two sounds of g. Illuslrate eacii. 9-10. Spell correctly : lieafstake, ockurence, senteneal, iilleys, hiilyards, inflaimasliun, exadgerate, tiranicle, sir- single, vaxinate. READING, f First. Second or Third Grade (JeriiHcate.l 1. (a) What is reading? (li) Define articulation, (e) (live an error in articulation. 2. (a) What is einpl.asis? (b) Mention three ways of using it. 8. (a) Is there a difference in (juantity of tone and pitch of voice in reading? (h) Explain your answer. 4. Wliat drills do you give pupils as to: (a) Position ofl)ody? (b) Holding of book? (c) Breathing? (d) (iles- ture? (e) Facial expression? 5. How would you conduct a reading lesson in a large class, looking to: (a) Correcting errors? (b) Naturalness ? (c) Mastery ? 6-10. Head an extract of ten lines each of prose and poetry for your examiner. (Examiner will grade from to 25 eacli extract read and deliver same to the (irading Committee to be added by them to the grading of the questions above.) UNITED STATES HISTORY. [Second or Tliird Grade ("ertiticate.] 1. Name three of the chief advantages to be derived from tile study of history. 2. Into what periods would you divide United States history? 8. Name the wars engaged in by the United States, tlie cause or causes of each, with the results. 44 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September, i8g6. 4. Of the f?reat orators, which have been Presidents? Which of the great generals have been Presidents? 5. Wliicii of our Presidents spi'ang from obscure origin? Give a brief sketch of the early life of each. 6. Make a list of the Presidents of the United States, affixing to each name the time he served and tlie political imrty to which he belonged? (in columns.) 7. How many electoral votes will the State of Florida have this year? 8. Who was the first Governor of Florida elected by the i^eople ? What man prominent in Florida history after- wards became President of the United States? 9. Name five important acquisitions of territory. Who was President when eacli was acquired? Tell wl^at led to the acquisition in each case. 10. What is the paramount question at issue in the present national campaign ? What does each party claim will be the result if tlie other triumplis? UNITED STATES HISTORY, [First Grade Certificate.] 1. Why is history valuable as a study? Why is the history of the United States important to us ? 2.' Give a sketch of the territorial development of the United States. 3.' Name the leading questions at issue at the follow- ing dates: 1812, 1882, 1844, 1850, 18B0. 4. What did eacli of tlie following write: Irving, Bry- ant, Longfellow, Wiiittier, Holmes, Poe, Emerson, Lowell, Cooper, Hawthorne ? 5. Name three Presidents whose elections were at- tended with unusual circumstances, and explain those cir- cumstances. 6. Who was the author of '' Millions for defense, but not' a cent for tribute "? 7. What States, besides the original thirteen, became States without liaving been organized as territories ? 8. How did the United States get Florida? Who was the first Governor after it became a State ? 9. Couple the names of the inventors with what you consider the five greatest American inventions. 10. What are the principal questions ai i.ssue in the ap- proaching national election ? State the position of the three leading parties. Florida Uniform Examinaiion Questions, September, i8g6. 45 ARITHMETIC rSecond or Third Grade Certittcite. I 1. Divide one hundred and one tenth by thirteen thou- sandths. 2. A owned ;: of a factory and sold \ of his share to V>, who sold i of what he l)()U((' W. When it is 1 p. m. in Tam- pa, what time is it in San Fianciseo? 6. Sold two houses at ^2,4S4 each ; on one I gained S'^, and on the other I lost S",,. What per cent, ditl I gain or lose on the transaction? 7. What % of j; is 2? y. How must goods costing lij cents a yard be marked to yield a gain of H;5;', per cent.? J). What will be the proceeds of a (>(» day note for .$1,- 2tM), if discounted at a bank at S"„ IS ilays aft«A- it is tirawn? 10. Sold a farnj for .tl,^)*) on a commission of .">"„; in- vested tlie net proceeds in oranges, reserving a commission of 3%. How many boxes of oranges did I buy, and how much change had I over? ARITHMETIC, [f'Mrst Grade Certificate.] 1. Divide $7^ among 5 boys and 3 girls, giving each boy I as much as each girl. How much will eacJi get? 2. What time is it when 5 of the time past noon equals \ of tile time before midniglii ? 3. What per ceiif. did a huckster make on his invest- ment, who bouglitflve bushels of chestnuts at .$3 a bushel, dry measure, and retailed them at 10 cents a quart, liquid measure? 4. What will be the proceeds of a 90-day note, face $S()0, dated August 15, 189(5, and bearing interest at 8 per cent., if discounted Sept. 8, 1896, at 10 per cent.? Bank dis- count, 360 days counted a yiiar. 5. How far is ir in a straight line from the northwest corner of Sec. 6, Townsliip 2 N. of Bange 3 Mest, to the southeast corner of Sec. 35, T. 3 S., B. 3 K., neglecting all corrections for curvature of earth's surface? Draw a dia- g:ram. 6. What will be my gain on 35 shares of stock bought at 82^, brokerage i%, and sold at 109J, brokerage |% ? 46 Florida Unifovm Examination Questions, September, i8g6. 7. Kohn, Fuichgott & Co. liave an account with Field & Leiter which stands as follows: DKBTT ITKMS CREDIT ITEMS. April lU, 1896, Mdse. $150 00 I April 12. 1896, By cash $250 (H) '' 80, "• " . . 4(K) Ot) I Mav 16, ^^ '' .. UK) 00 May 1, '' '' .200 0(» June 24, ^' " .. 500 00 [ June 7, '' " . 400 IM When should a note in settlement of the above account have been given? And what is now due (Sept. 8) on the acct., counting interest at 8%, 860 days to the year? 8. How many square feet of galvanized sheet-iron will he required to make a cubical tank, without cover, which will contain 1000 gallons of water ? 9. How many lead balls, 3 inches in diameter, will weigh as much as'one iron liall 12 inches in diameter? Sp. (t. of lead being 11, iron 7. 10. What will be the weight of an iron column in the shape of a hollow cylinder wliose walls are 2 inches thick, outer circumference* 25.1828 inches, and length of pillar 12 feet? (A cubic foot of water weighs 624 lbs. Sp. (t. of iron 7.) ENGUSH GRAMMAF. (Second or Third Grade Certificate. i. Write the possessive case, plural number, of: Jt. which, cupful, son-in-law, Knight-Templar. 2. Which parts of speech are declined? W^hich iw^ compared? Which are conjugated? Decline son-in-law, who, it. 8. C'ompare: Fit, much, fore, up, nigh. 4. Decline in full the 8rd personal pronouns. 5. Write the synopsis with //iii, Scptu'inhi-i , iSg6. (I)) A complex iiiterrojjfativp .seiitencf contaiiiii.u: ail adverbial clause (leiiotinj^ place. (c) A simple declarative sentence with the verl) in the potential present, (d) A compound imperative sentence. (e) A simj)le sentence containing- two sii)j;iilar sul)jects connected \>y or. ENGLISH GRAMMAR. [l'ii>t Grade Certificate ) 1. Write the possessive singular anil i>iiiral of : Man, hi(»tlier-in-law, country, he, enemy, 2. When more than one, give different plurals and ex- jilain the formation of the plural of the following: .Statf, Miss Smith, Mrs, Jone.s, I)r, Coe and Jiee, fish, hose, inatheii, four pair, by score, politics, 8. Compare: (iood, 2'olite, ill, jnuch. handsome, and give reason tor eacii comparison. 4. Write the synojjsis with thou uf the verb Kttih in both tlie active and passive voices, indicative and sub- junctive modes- 5. Correct, give law and diagram: " P>very one of th<- pt-r.scMis whj) have news in their cl)n)rJi haveconcurred in tlie same .sentiment." 6. Write a com2>Iex sentence, comjilex in ,sul)je('t. i^retl- icate and ol)je('t. 7. Th'-re has always be^n a question whether men who are reared within the friction of great cities have the better ^opportunities for development, or whether tliey may l)t- eome stronger or more robust from constant cojnmiinioii with the sublimity of nature, where the great pealcs lift liieir faces to the skies and the streams niake music as tlj/^y /low toward the sea, — CJnnJa E. Filch. (a) Select from the above exerci«e antl wj-ite in a colujmi Hi.^ following; An adjective phrase; an adverbial phrase; an adverb that modi- fies another adverb; a predicate noun; two adjectives in i\\e cojnparative degjee, one compared by means of a suffix, the other by aneans of an adverb; a relative noun; an in- transitive verb; a. verb in the potential mode; two correlative (corre«pondinj», alter- jiate.) conjuuftions. K In the exercise alwve, give two words that connect \dauses; give the first i^roposition; name a noun never used in the plural; give the subject of the sentence; parse /^w, y. Diagram the following: I like the lad who, when his father thought To clip his morning nap by hackneyed praise Of vagrant worm by early songstei'caugJit, 48 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September, i8q6. Cried, ''Served him right! 'tis not at all surpris- ing; The worm was punished, sir, for early rising." — Saxe. 10. Parso in full from the above: Lad, who, when, clip, caught, cried, served, right, sir, Saxe. GEOGRAPHY. [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. Name ten great nations of the earth and the capital of each. 2. What are the tropics? Why so placed? What is longitude? What is the greatest longitude a place can have? What is tlie greatest latitude a place can have? 3. Describe the island of Cuba, giving its size, popula- tion and products, and the trouble tl)at exists there now. 4. Wliat and where are the following: Pyrenees? Blanc? Danube? Gibraltar? Selvas? Sardinia? Pekin? Tanganyika? Olympia ? Orinoco? 5. Name ten States of the United States and the capi- tal of each. 6. Name five rivers in the United States that empty into the Atlantic Ocejin, and five States that touch the (iulf of Mexico. 7. Wliat would you teach about France? 8. Name a State in the ITnited States prominent in the production of gold; of cotton; of wheat; of tobacco; of manufactured articles. 9. Describe Florida. Give its iiistory, surface, prod- ucts, rivers, cities, population, and area. 10. Name the principal exports and imports of the United States. Name five prominent nations with which the United States has commercial relations. COMPOSITION. [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. Name five essential points to be considered in grad- ing a composition. 2. Give five important rules for the use of capital let- ters. 3. Write five rules for the use of the comma. 4. Name five figures of speech and illustrate each .with a sentence. 5. Give reasons why it is best to outline a subject be- fore writing upon it. Name the essential properties of good style. G-10. Write an essay of not less than 300 words on one of the following subjects: Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September, iSgb. 49 (a) Ingratitude. (b) The greatest needs of the Florida public school system. (c) The value of studying methods of teaching. (d) The duties of the teacher to the community. (e) Are teachers' training schools desirable? NoTK. — In grading the composition, o])serve the spell- ing, punctuation, capitalization, gramnmtical construction, value of the thought expressed and the general appearance. PHYSIOLOGY. [First Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. What are the offices of the skeleton? Name and locate the bones of the upper body. 2. What are muscles ? Explain the muscular system, naming the !avg«ist and most important muscles. 8. Name all the organs of respiration. Explain the (•«)nsequences of re-breathing the air in a room. 4. I^xplain the function of each of the excretory or- gans. 5. Name the orgai'.s and explain the process of diges- tion. 6. What is the effect upon digerstion of drinking great draughts of ice water? 7. What effect has alcohol upon digestion? What upon the heart? Upon the brain and the nervous system? 8. For warm climates which is the better food, meats or vegetables ? Explain your answer. 9. Should one work or study just after eating? AVhy should one not eat rapidly, or when mad or worried? 10. Explain the effects of chewing tobacco and smok- ing. Wliich is more injurious and why? THEORY AND PRACTICE, [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 1. Name three requisites in the teacher for good gov- ernment. How would you secure good government in your .school ? 2. In what manner and to what extent should a teacher make himself a useful citizen in the community where he labors? 3. Write a program for a day's exercises in the com- mon school. 4. AVhat is the last resort of a teacher in securing good order and establishing government ? What is punishment? What is the object of punishment? Name three proper punishments. Name some imj^roper punishments. r>(> Florida Uniform Exaiiiination Questions^ Septcinln'r, iSgb. 5. What is the object of the lesson ? By what should the teacher be governed in assigning a lesson ? 6. Of what value are reviews ? What methods are there of conducting reviews? 7. Explain the relation that should exist between the teacher and the parents of his pupils. 8. How may a teacher improve himself in his profes- sion ? 9. What special prepai-ation should a teacher make for liis first day of school? How would you occupy tlie first hour of the first day of school? 10. Give a concise definition of teaching. Name some of the qualities that should be possessed by a good teacher, scholarship aside. Salary aside, name some of the rewards of a faithful teacher. CIVIL GOVERNMENT. [First Grade Certificate.] 1. What is government? Into what departments is tlie government of the United States divided ? 2. How are members of the House of Representatives chosen? How long do they serve? How are Senators cliosen? How long do they serve? What, is the presiding officer in each brancli of Congress styled, and liow is In- elected ? 3. What is the ratio of representation in the House of Representatives? Where do all bills for raising the reve- nue originate? 4. Name three powers given to, and three prohi))itioiis I) laced upon, Congress. 5. Explain in full the manner of election of a Presi- dent of the United States. 6. What is impeachment ? Which branch of Congress has the sole power of impeachment ? Which branch tries impeabhments? What is tlie limit of punishment in cases anr.v the United States. 8- DistinguLsh between the Provincial, Continental sind Federal Congress-jw. \. (Jive the meaning and origin of each of the follow- ang political terms: Loco-foco-s, Nullification, Free Soilers. Know-nothings, Undergt-o; what waw the price of the city lots? 5. If 24h men, in hi ilays of 12 hours (^ach. di^ a ditch of 7 decrees of hardness, 2."{2i yards lonti;. Hjj yards wide, and 2i yards dt-ep; in how many days of it hours eacli, will 24 men diji^ a ditch of 4 tiejifrees of hanhn .ss, 8H74 yards lont:. '\\ yj'.rds wide, and HA yartls fi inches long and Hi inches wide raises the water 8 inches; what is tlie edge of tlie cube ? H. A commission merchant received Ho.dOO bushels (»f n;its, which he sold at ."52 cents pel' bushel. He was insti'uct- ed to invest tlie proceeds, togetiier with $4,(MK) cash sent him, in print.>=i at hh cents per yai'd. If his commission, both for l)uying and for selling, was 2 per cent., iiow many yards of prints did he ))uy ? 9. At a maj"k a cubic fool, what was the cost in United States money, of a solid cylindiical stone road-crusher, H ft, ii in. long, antl o ft, 4 in. in diameter? 10. What will it cost in United States mom^y to gild a sphere 2 feet in diameter at one-half franc a square inch ? ENGLISH GRAMMAR. [Sfcoiid or 'rhird Grade (lertificate 1. (a) Into what classes are common nouns tlivided ? (b) Name all the pi'operties of nouns. 2. (a) Give the ])iurals of: Wharf, clierub, crisis. Miss licy, p. (1)) (live the feminine.-; of: Czar, testaioi-, earl, peacock, sultan, H. AVrite the possessive case, singular and plural, of: Ivily. son-in-law, goose, ox, which, Knight-Templar, til let, poetess, child, thou. 4. Define four classes of i)i"onouns, ;iiu! nn!)ie two of each class. 5ti Fhnda Uniform Kxamination Questions, Jtiin, iSgj, 5. (jQUipare the following: Fine, peaceable, witty, hot, ill, fore, out, much, nimble, forth. 6. Give all the classes of verbs: (a) As to form; (b) as to n^eaning, (c) Name all the modifications of the verb. 7. Write the synopsis with t/um of the verb see througli nil modes and tenses ot the passive voice. H, Diagram and analyze : "' He who from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky the certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone, Will guide my steps aright." y. Parse in full the italicized words in the following: (a) Not a word of (iMt, if you please. (b) It is believed by vKuiy that bribery 'mis used. \c) Is he as wise as Solomon ? (d) He has a disposition iwrth a mine of gold. (e) Be not Hke dumb, driven oitth\ U), Separate the following into all of its phrase and olause elements, and tell the kind and what each modifies: " He liveth long who livetli well; AH else is life but flung away; He liveth longest who can tell Of true things truly done each day." ENGLISH GRAMMAF. [Firsi Grade Certiftcate.} ). Write sentences illustrating the use of: (a) Pronom- ial adjectives; (b) compound relative pronoun; (c) parti- (.-ipial adjectives; (d) infinitive used as a noun; (e| infini- tive used as an adverbial modifier. 2. Write or quote a compound complex sentence, both subjects and predicates having clause modifiers. 8. Th'jre has always been a question whether men who. are reared within the friction of great cities liave the better opportunities for developnieut, or whetlxer thev may be- come stronger or more robu&t from constant communion with the s.ublimity o.f nature, where the great peaks lift their faces to the skies and the streams make music as they flow toward the s.ea. — Ckav/es Ji. Fitch. (,a) Select from the above exercise and write in a. coUinm Wvi fallowing: An adjective phrase; an adverbial phrase; an adverb that modi- fies another adverb; a predicate noun ; two* adjectives in the coanparative degree, one compared by means of a sutflx, the other by means of an adverb; a relative pronoun; an intransitive verb; a verb in the potential Florida Uniform Examination Questions, Jtine, tSgy. modo; two corrt'hitive (corresponding;, alter- nate) conjunctions. 4. (s) Give all the modifications of an active transitive VHi'h. (b) Write the synopsis with Mck of the verb ftc in fh<- passive voic<" of all nioih-s and tenses. 5. Diagram or write tln^ full analysis of the follownif?: "He praycth best who loveth l>est All thinji;s both great and small; For the dear (lod who loveth us, He made and loveth al!." H. Parse in full the words in italics in the following: (a) 'W/Vm/ with entreaty, '^'Imi with threatening, I succeeded." (b) "That is worth -while:' (c) *' Woe 'oorth the day." (d) " I took him for better or tiw-jc-." (e) "Forgive mey//>v this onte.'"' 7. Write a sentence containing all the parts of speech. S. Write the principal i)arts of: Lie, sow, bear (car- ry), hew, iiold, lay, seethe, siiake, strow, strive. 9-U). Correct the syntax in each of the following, and give the reason : (a) Virgil has often been compared to Homer. (b) Slie reads well for a new beginner. (c) Thou has helped us, and siiall we not pay you? (d) He don't improve mucli in writing. (e) Can I spt^ak to Mary? (f ) He is older than me. (g) P]veryone can master a grief l)ut he that hath it. (h) Who are you looking for. ( i ) 1 will not permit of such conduct. ( j) The jury could not agree in its verdict. GEOGRAPHY, [Mrst, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. Draw a diagram of the glolie, marking thereon the lines which divide it into zones, the latitude of each line, and the width of eacli zone in degrees. 2. (a) ]Sanie four important purposes subserved by the study of geograpliy. (b) Wlierein do these determine how tlie subject should be taught? ;j, JSame lour important rivers in the United States which serve as State boundaries. Name the States thus hounded. 4. Name five ol the chief industries of the following sections of the United States: (a) New England States; (1)) South Atlantic States; (c) North Central States; (d) Rocky ^Mountain States; (e) Culf States. oH Florida Uniform Examination Questions, June, i8gy. 5. Make the following comparisons between Floridji atid California: Area; population; climate; physical feat- ures; products; wealth; wet and dry seasons; water courses; size of metropolis; animal life. 6. To what countries would you go for large quantities of each of the following: Sugar; coffee; tea; opium; ivory; carpets; silk; sponges; cotton; wheat? 7. Name the European countries now at war and the causes of the same. 8. Give the following facts in regard to Cuba : Area in square miles; population; character of inhabitants; chief products; the reasons why Spain puts such value upon the island. 9. Compare South America and Africa ; (a) As to lati- tude; (b) general outline; (c) character and number of in- habitants; (d) products; (e) general importance to man- kind. 10. (a) Name five leading imports to tlie Tnited States and the countries from which each comes, (b) F'ive lend- ing exports and the States producing each. COMPOSITION. [First, Secoml or Third Grade (Jeriiflcaie.l 1. Why is short daily practice in composition product- ive of greater skill in writing well than longer and less frequent exercises? 2. Give four rules for the use of the comma; two for the use of the semicolon; four requisites of a good style. 3. (a) Why is it necessary to paragraph ? (b) Wliat should be the relation of eacli paragraph to the otliers and to the subject? (c) Of each sentence to tlie others and to tlie paragraph ? 4. Define and illustrate each: Simile, metaphor, met- onymy, synedoche, vision, epigram, personification, climax, irony, hyperbole. 5. (a) From what sources should pupils get the basis for their composition? (b) Wliy is an outline important in writing a composition ? 6-10. Prei)are an outline and write a composition of not less than two hundred words on one of the following sub- jects: (a) Bribery in Elections. (b) Summer Schools for Teacliers. (c) Present Needs of Our Pul)lie Scliools. (d) Necessity for Broad Scholarship in a Teacln^-. (e) Necessity for Teachers to be Extensive Read- ers. ^^~The Grading Committee will consider the following in valuing the composition: Capitalization, punctuation, spelling, paragraphing, diction, style, value of the tlionght, and general appearance. Florida Unifonn Examination Qiiesiionj, Jiin,\ iSgj. PHYSIOLOGY, [First Second or Third tirade Certificate. 1 1. (a) JlhistrHtH three uses of hone, (h) How oould you tie a hone into a knot? 2. Wlinre is eat'h of rlie follo\viii<^ »;iaiuls located: Lachrymal. sel)aceSenator? (b) Distinguish between Joint and Executive Session, (c) How is a U. S. Senator elected? /d) Wliat change in method is desired and how may it be secured ? ninatio>i Qtieslions, Jttiw, iSg'j. (b) Wlio is authorized to fix salaries and employ teachers, and what is necessary to make both binding? (c) Who may vote in an ordinary school meeting? In a subdistrict election ? (d) What are the sources of State school revenue ? What constitutes County school fund? (e) Wlmt in your judgment constitutes good moral character in a teacher? ^f) Are certificates or diplomas granted in other States valid in this? (g) Between what ages may children legally at- tend a ].ublic school ?* (h) What pupils may be charged tuition, and wiiat must be done with the money ? (i) What number of hours service constitute a school day ? What number of days a school month? Has any Board tlie right to de- mand a greater number for a month's salary ? ( j) To wliom and how often should a teacher re- port ? What the consequences if he fails to I'eport, or if his report he incomplete or in- correct ? ALGEBRA. ! l<"irst (irade Ceniticaie.l \. (a) Prove that any quantity witii a v:en> exponent e(|Uals 1; (l>")tliat « m=: am 2. Factor x« - 1 , 8x-+28x-fl4, and x'»- v«. H. Find the G. V. D. of 8x«-4x^'+8xv''— 2v=* and 4x- — Txy+8y^ 4. Find the L. ('. M. of a'^-.-Jab+ib^ a''-ab-2.b^ and a^-b^ 5. Find the values or x ami y, and illustrate three methods of elimination with the e(iuations .'ix-lpov = 19 and r>x-4y=:7. H. Five yeai"s ago the age of a father was four times tliat of liis son. Five years hence the age of the lather will be 2^ times that of his .son. How old is each ? T. Expand by use of the binomial theorem. i:2a^+8bc)^. V 6x-2 4v 6x-9 !S. Find the value •xf x m — = =- — = — 1 fix+2 4i 6x+« 9. Find the time between 8 and 4 t)'clock wtieu tlii* hands of a watch make a straight Hue. Florida Uniform Exainiiuilioit Questions, Septeinlh-r, i8gj. B8 10. Tlie joint stock of two partners was $1,(MM»; A's inonev was ill trade 9 months, B's (5 months; when tliey shared stock mid gain, A received .i;l,l4(). and H ^fi4!), Wliat was each man's stock? PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. ! t-'ii'st lirade Certiticaie. ] 1. To what five other sciences is physical <;eojxraphy intimately related? 2. I)istin. Explain the origin of winds and tides; and acconnt for constant oceanic currents, 4. What are geysers and glaciers? (ilve the tlieory of the forrriation of each. 5. Account for volcanoes and earthipjakes, and tell why they are confined to certain sections. H. WJjat does the history of animal life, as recorded in the rock.s, show ? 7. Define eJ'osion, fossil, delta, cany«»n, nionsooji. H. Exi)lain why mountain tops under tije direct rays of « tropical sun are covered with snow; and tell what pur' j)oses such mountains subserve. 9. Wiiat is snow, hail, dew, rain, frost ? h). Account for the origin of coal; of coal ojl. SEPTEMBER, 1897. ORTHOGRAPHY. f I'Mrst. Second oi- 'I'hird Grade Certiticate.l 1. (a) Distinguish J)etween the jnerits of oral and writ- ten spelling, (h) Give reasons wliy neither siiould l>e dis- ^ntory.. dolorous, quinine, dec- ade, idea, inquiry, abdomen, bicycle, towards, ho- rizon. 4. Form a derivative word liy using each of the follow- ing as a suffix, and illustrate the meaning of each suffix: JF]n', dom, ness. ism, ity, cle, ling, able, ary, ous. rt4 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September, iSgy. 5. Define each word formed by uniting in order to a root a prefix meaning: From, not, towards, beyond, witi),, between, down, before, around, lialf. 6. Write a paronym of each ot the following: Man. principle, pendant, corporal, stationary. 7. Write and define a liomonym for each of tlie follow- ing: Need, rabbit, corps, seller, quire, cygnet, bald, bruise, fame, plain. 8. Write in order a synonym of each of the following: Custom, invent, dexterity, ' prolific, antique, revolt, rough, eminent, misfortune, accelerate. 9-10. If wrong, correct the spelling of the following: Ee/.le, domisil, etteet, desendant, silinder, demagog, fik- tishus, catapiller, manicle, etoinoiogy, ekstacy, elemosin- ary, aleet, F^skimo, effishent. indelable, rhinoceros, satalite, sintillate. hypokracy. READING. [First, Second or Third Grade (.'ertitieate.l 1. Name five otlier branches that should be taught in connection with the reading lesson. 2. Wliat two ordinary school appliances does the scien- tific teacher of primary reading use more than chart or primer? 'A. (a) Define reading, (b) Distinguish between silent reading and oral, (c) Distinguish between teaching reading and a process of word calling, ((i) Would you begin with scrijit or print with a primary class in reading? (e") Giv^- reasons for your last answer. 4. (a) Distinguish between the word metliod, phonic. seutence, and letter metliods.. (1)) When should the phonic method be dropped ? 5. (a) Make an outline analysis of how you would teach a cla.ss in the Second Reader, which had been properly taught in the First. (b> What changes would you make in your method ami objects in teaching an advanced reading- class ? 6-8. Read for your examiner a paragrapl^ of prose. y-ltU Read an extract of poetry. UNITED STATES HISTORY. fSecond or Third Grade Certiflcate.l 1. Tell fsx>m whcvm and how the United States obtainetf the territory embraced within each of the following States: Louisiana, Ohio, Florida, California, Alaska. 2. (a) When and Ijy wliom were negroes introduced in- to the United States? (b> When and l)y what authority was the slave trade prohibited ? Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September, jSgy. 05 ;}. Recall the peculiar circuinstanees of the Presiden- tial efections of IWIO and lH24,and teli wherein tliey difft-red from tile contest of 1S76. 4. Tell all you know of each of the following: (a) The "Hartford Convention"; (b) the Nullification Ordinance. 5. In wliat consists tlie cliief difference between the New Enfiland and tiie Soutlieru conceution of the U. S. Constitution? 6. What is meant by the following: (a) Tariff for reve- nue? (b) Reciprocity ? (c) Free Silver? (d) Civil Service? (e) Free Trade? 7. Couple the name of the inventor with five of the most important American inventions. 8. In pleadinf>- for what cause did each of the follow- \\\<^ render Iiimself famous as an orator: Samuel Adams, Wendell Phillips, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Benj. H.Hill? 9. Name the States admitted into the Union since the Civil War. 10. (a) What did President McKinley do immediately after he came into office? (b) What law has just been passed in consecpience of his action? UNITED STATES HISTORY, (P'irst Grade Certificate.! 1. (a) What of tlie Mound Builders? (b) What evi- dence can you {i;ive to prove that they were not the ances- tors of the Indians? 2. I'pon wlitvt basis did each of the following lay claim to lands now in the United States: (a) Spain; (b) France; (c) England; (d) Holland? 8. Write a sketch of Washington's administration, noting: (a) His foreign policy; (b) the notions of the peo- ple in regard to the government; (c) the rise of political parties; (d) condition of home affairs on assuming the presidency; (ej condition on his retiring from office. 4. Discuss the " Doctrine of State Riglits " in the light of the following: (a) Kentucky and Virginia resolutions; (])) Massacliusetts Legislature relative to the war of 1812; (c) the "Hartford Convention "; (d) the Nullification Ordi- nance of South Carolina; (e) the Ordinance of Secession. 5. Distinguish between the '' Virginia Plan " and the " New Jersey Plan " in the U. S. Constitutional Conven- tion. 6. Trace briefly tlie financial policy of the United States rrom Alexander Hamilton to Wm. McKinley. 7. Tell why each of the following became distinguished in American history: Wm. H. Prescctt, Elias Howe, Charles Sumner, William Cullen Bryant, Eli Whitney. B6 Florida Uniforvi Examination Questions, Scptcntber, iSgy, 8. What do the stars and what the stripes signify iu our flag? When was this flag first used? ' 9. Name the great political parties of today, and give the distinguishing features in the platform of each. 10. Tell what you know about the circumstances which each of the following suggests: (a) Weyler; (b) Klondike. ARITHMETIC, rSecond or Thirci Grade Certificite.l 1. If I of 4f bushels of beans cost .$51, what will % of \ of 20 bushels cost ? 2. (a) l-fx 1+41-33+4,^=: ? (b) (i-|)X(i+4|)^(3§+4/^)=? 3. Multiply 16 by sixteen hundredths, divide the prod- uct by sixteen ten-thousandths and ex^jress the quotient by Roman notation, 4. (a) What is the value of the wheat, at %\\ a bushel, in a box 10^ ft. long, 5^ ft. wide, and {^\ ft. deep, the box be- ing level full, (Use approximate rule in gauging the box.) (b) If a cask containing .^'„ the capacity of the above box is half full of wine, what will be its value in U. S, money at 10 francs a gallon ? 5. A teacher invests $200 in books at 33^ per cent, be- low list price and sells them to his students at 16| per cent, above list price; what per cent, does he make on his invest- ment? 6. A trader sells two horses for $100 each ; on one he gains 20 per cent., on the other he loses 20 per cent. Did he gain or lose, and what per cent, on both horses? 7. Divide 2 sq. mi. 120 A. 8 sq. ch. 12 P. 500 sq. 1. equally between 8 heirs, (Do not reduce the whole to square links.) 8. Find the square root of the third power of 1.6 cor- rect to four decimal places. 9. (a) A receives a semi-annual income of $1HI) from Florida 6's; what was his total investment in bonds if tliev were quoted at 1104, brokerage i of 1 per cent.? (b) What annual rate does the investment' pay if the interest for the first half of each j^ear is immediately loaned at I per cent, a month ? 10. If a tank 6 ft. long, 3 ft. wide and 2 ft. deep con- tains 4^ hogsheads of water, how deep must a tank ))e that is 8 ft. long and 5| ft. wide to contain 22^ hogsheads of water? Florida Uiiiforni Kxaniinalion Questions, September, iSgj. 67 ARITHMETIC, [I-'irst Grade Certificate.! 1. B sells { of his cattle to A, I to (', ? of the remain- der to I), and find.-; that 48 head is -^ of what he has left. How many cattle had he at first? 2. Sev(M) men start together aronnd an island 120 miles ill circumference, 'nu-h walkin, 6^, T.'j, 8j, l)i. loj and 11^ miles an hour respectively. In liow many diiys will they all be togfether again, if they walk 12 hoursa day ? .'5. The sides of a triangular lot are lloi ft.,'l28j ft. and 184f ft. respectively. HoM- many boards will it take, and what will it cost to fence it with lumber at $7i per M., the longest boards possible being used, and the fence being 5 boards high, the bottom one 10 in. wide, two 6 in. wide, and the others -i in. wide ? 4. A and B are partners. A's capital is to B'.s as 5 to S; at the end of 4 months A withdraws \ of his capital and B i; of his. At the end of the year their whole gain is !ii4(K), liow much of the gain does each get ? 5. A grocer bought .'36 bu. .'i qt. of nuts at .$8.20 a bushel, and sold tliem at 12 cent> a li(|uid quart. Did he gain or lose, and how many dollars ? 6. At what i)er cent. l)elow par must 4^ per cent, stock be quoted, to yield the same per cent, on the investment as 5| per cent, stock at a premium of 23i per cent., brokerage i per cent, in each case? 7. At Washington, 77 degrees west longitude, it is 12 minutes past 7 p. m., while it is 2 p. m. on the Sandwich Lslands; what is the longitude of the Sandwich Islands, and are they east or west of Washington? 8. A square lot is bordered by a walk 1 yd. wide, the lot and walk together occupy 2* acres; find the cost of pav- ing the walk at 25 cts. a sq. yd, 9. If a sphere 2 ft. 1 in. "in diameter weighs .8,125 lbs., what is the diameter of one of the same material weiahinir et\ i8gj. 5. (1) What is food in a physiological sense? (2) Or- ganic food is divided into what two general groups? (3) What are chemical constituents of each group? (4) From what sources are each of these constituents found in the greatest abundance? (5) Name the inorganic foods, and tell why each of the following is needed: Lime, phos- phorus, iron and the alkalis. 6. Tell to which class, the albuminoid or carbonaceous, '■ach of the following belongs, and its value as a food prod- uct: Fish, milk, butter, eggs, wheat bread, sweet potatoes, peas, apples, onions, mustard. 7. How do alcoiiolic stimulants affect each of the fol- lowing: Heart, liver, kidneys, brain, and nerves? 8. (1) Can the evil effects of it be transmitted b.\- parent to child? (2) Why are malt liquors and light wines dangerous? (.3) Give some of the evil effects of tobacco, especially upon the young. (4) Name some of the narcot- ics, and tell what effect they liave u]K)n the system. 9. AVhat is most likely to induce sunstroke, what the s.\'mi5toms, and what should be the treatment if no phy- sician is near? 10. Dis('uss the evils of bad cooking and tlie value of right cooking. THEORY AND PRACTICE 8®""'Questioiis on White's School Jfanagenient. first l.')0 pai^es, [First. Hecond ov Third Grade Certificate.! 1. What, says the author in the preface, are the two most obstructive foes of needed progress in school traiu- uig? 2. (1 ) What serves as " a guide in practice" in deter- mining the best means and methods of teaching? (2) What is said of "test of devices"? (3) of '' wortlilessness of scores of device? " ? (-I) What is the end of school disci- pline? (5) Name the six topics to be considered in a prac- tical treatnient of school government. 3. Name the seven essential '' eleinents of governing power." 4. (1) What does ths teacher need more than "person- al magnetism " and "natural aptitude"? (2) Give reasons for the necessity of " daily study," and quote the rea.*on of Dr. Arnold, of Rugby, why he did it. 5. Give in brief tlie argument used under the sub- heads; (1) "Acquisition of skill"; (2) "Individuality"; (3) "Crank turning "; (4) "Teacher's personal example"; (5) " Teacher's spirit." 6. What law would the author, if lie had the power, write over every schoolroom door ? 7. Name six " requisite qualifications," wJiicli are " conditions of easv control." 72 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, Septcinhcr, iSgy. 8. (1) Give the author's disthictioii between a '^ condi- tion" and a "•device" in school government. (2) Name the four ''mechanical devices." (3) Give a kind of synop- tical brief of the arguments advanced for the adoption of each of the above devices. 9. Name " the seven school virtues " of every well ordered school. 10. Under the head, '' School Incentives," give in or- der the " royal nine." CIVIL GOVERNMENT, i First Grade Certificate.! 1. Distinguish between four different forms of govern- ment. 2. Describe briefly each of the ''four groups of rights." 3. (a) Explain what is meant by Magna Charta; (b) the origin of taxes. 4. (a) What is meant by the supreme law of the United States? (b) Describe the three departments of government for which it provides. 5. (a) What is the necessity for political parties? (b) Name all the conventions necessary to secure a nominee for President, (c) Give some of the benefits and some of the evils of the convention system, (d) Which is the most important in the system of conventions? 6. (a) What is a State? (b) Name the departments of a State government, (c) Give in brief the duties of the Administrative officers of this State, (d) Give the number of State Senatorial districts and the number of lower house or assembly districts, in this State, (e) Tell how a terri- tory becomes a State. 7. (a) How did it happen that Congress was composed of two hotises ? (b) For how long, and who elect members of each house? (c) What are the qualifications for mem- ))ership in each? (d) How are vacancies in each house filled ? 8. Give the Executive Departments of the Federal (Tovernment. 9. (a) What was the object of "Tlie Australiati Ballot System "? (b) Give the main features of it. 10. (a) Who is a school patron ? (b) Who are qualified electors in choosing a school .supervisor? (c) State the du- ties of a supervisor, (d) Who has the authority to form school districts and to assign teachers? (e) What is meant l)y the one mill tax, and what is done with it? Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September, i8g~, 78 ALGEBRA, [First Grade Certificate.! 1. Simplify (a-'-f b2+c2+2ab+2bc+2ac)--(a b— c). 2, A man walking \ miles per hour has 80 minutes the start of a boy on a bicycle. How many miles per hour must the boy go in order to overtake the man in 20 minutes. 8. Give the prime factors of the following: m3-n3. a^+n'^ a»— bs, p4-(-p2_j_i, n'^,-2 no-fo^. 4. Of the following quantities, x^-2x3+6x-9, ex^-lx^ -16x2+12x-6 find: (a) G. C. D.; (b) L. C. M. 5. A and B, in a game of baseball, are each at the bat 15 times. B makes 2 hits to A's 1, and A gets out 1^ times as many times as B. Find the number of hits and outs of each, supposing each gets out when he does not make a hit. 6. Raise 2a'^-(-4b^ to the 7th power by the binomial t heorem. 7. Multiply (x-y)S by (x+y)*. 8. Find the values of x in x- 1=2+^:1 X 9. Find the values of x and v: -L-_L=8; J_-_L=21 X y x'^ y' 10. A man purchased a field, whose length was to its breadth as 8 to 5. Tlie number of dollars paid per acre was equal to the numb'jr of rods in the length of the field; and the number of dollars given for the whole was equal to 18 times the number of rods round the field. Required the length and breadth of the field. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, FMrst Grade Certiticate.l 1. Of what does physical geography treat? 2. (1) Explain the cause of night and day. (2) The causes of the changes of seasons. 3. Distinguish between maps of« the earth on the fol- lowing projections: (1) Mercator's; (2) equatorial; (3) polar; (-f) conical. 4. Give proofs of the present heated condition of the interior of the earth. 5. (1) What is an atoll? (2) What does their existence in any part of the earth prove? 6. (1) How are tides caused ? (2) Distinguish between ebb, flood, spring, and neap tides. 7. (1) Give proofs that the greater weight of the at- mosphere lies within a few miles of the earth's surface. (2) Explain the origin of winds. 10 74 Florida Uniform Fxanniiation Questioiis, June. i8gS, 8. Give the characteristio fauna of the followiug: (I) I^orth America; (2) South Axnerioa; (3) Australia; (i) Greenland; (6) Cuba. 9. (1) Distiuouish between vertical and horizontal distribution of vegetation. (2) What are the conditions requisite for forests ? 10. Tell the following of Alaska: (1) Its area; (2) its principal islands ; (8) its principal trees; (4) its principal finimals; (5) describe the river systeni of the Yukon, JUNE, 1898. ORTHOGRAPHY, rPirst. Second oi' Third Grade ('crtiticate.l 1. Define: Orthography, primitive word, derivative word, prefix, suffix. 2. Unite each of tlie following primitive words witli tlie suffix, and give the rule for the spelling: CUose — ure, sing^ — ing, charge— able, planning, fancy— ful. differ— - ed, prefer — ^ed, plenty — ^ous, red— =en, model — iiig. 3. Separate the prefix and the root in the following de- rivatives and write after each prefix its meaning: Abed, afternoon, belittle, midsunimer, misname, withstand, mikind. outstrip, disobey, foresight. 4. Form a derivative by using each of the following as a prefix or suffix, and define each word formed: Age. ery, cule-, dom, fule, ish, ity, ment, uess, post. 5. Write the following and opposite each a. homonym: Rude, sear, surf, serge, auger, throw, team, suite, root, strait, 6. Syllabicate and mark diacritically the vowel in the syllable primarily accented in each of the following: In-. ventory, financier, aUy, gratis, apparatus, sinecure, re- cess (noun), agriculture, abdomen, altej-nately. 7. Form ten derivatives by using as a prefix or suffix each of the following, once only, meaning: One who, across, times, between, like, against, little, without, full of, Uiade of. 8-10. Spell correctly : Damning (obstructing), bulitin, census (enumeration), reserrection, restorant, separation., malliable, privilege, eorister, pregudice, hipokrit, projeny, orkestra, kleek, missle, Florida Uniform Examination Questions, June, i8g8. READING, fPirst, Second or Third Grade Certilicate.l 1. 2\aine in order the steps you would pursue iu teach- ing' a beginner to read. 2. Wlien a class has reached the Fifth Reader, state what you aim to accomplish by the reading exercises, and how you would conduct a recitation. ;.{' Name the necessary qualifications of a successful teacher of reading. 4. What other subjects should be taught in connection with readmg? 5. Name the books you have read that have been es- pecially helpful in directing you how to teach reading. 6. Read for the examiner, without previous knowledge of what you would read, a paragraph of i^rose. 7. Read for the examiner, he selecting tne piece, one or more stanzas ot poetry. UNITED STATES HISTORY, [Second or Third Grade Certiticate.l 1. Tell what you know of "Tiie Starving Time." and what followed in tiie early history of the country. 2. Relate the story of the sending of wives to Virginia. 8. V/hat of "bond servants," " redemptioners " and slaves, in the colonies. 4. Tell the history of Patrick Henry, and his part in precipitating the Revolutionary War. 5. Wliat forms of i-eligious worship were established by law in different sections before the Revolution? To whom is the country indebted for relig:ious freedom, free speech, and a free press? 6. (a) Give an account of the United States navy in the war of 1812. (b) Give an account of the battle of Bla- densburg and the subsequent results. 7. Why is each of the following celebrated in history: Arnold, Ethan Allen, John Endicott, Roger Williams, La- fayette, Daniel Boone, Alex. Hamilton, Washington Irv- ing, Alex. H. Stephens, Admiral Dewey. 8. Describe the Civil War from Bull Run to Gettys- burg. 9. Relate the history of the term, "The Greater New York." 10. Tell the causes of the present war with Spain.- 76 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, June, i8g8. UNITED STATES HISTORY, [First Grade Certificate.! 1. What are the chief benefits to be derived from the study of history, and what subjects should be taught in connection with it ? 2. Give the principal epochs in the history of what is now tlie United States. 3. Distinguisli between the Provincial, C^ontinental and Federal Congresses. 4. Give the meaning and origin of each of the follow- ing political terms: Loco-focos, Nullification, Free Soilers. Know-nothings, Underground Railroad, Secession, South- ern Confederacy, Emancipation, Carpet-baggers, Mug- wumps. 5. (a) Who enunciated the doctrine, ''To the victors belong the spoils " ? (b) What is meant by "Civil Service Reform " ? (c) Under whose administration was the latter inaugurated? (d) What is likely to be tlie outcome of it? 6. What is meant by the " Monroe Doctrine " ? What recent occurrence made this question prominent again ? Explain. 7. Write five questions you would ask a class about the "Dred Scott Decision." 8. Give a brief sketch of the first one of each in the United States-: (a) Railroad; (b) steamboat; (c) newspaper; (d) telegraph; (e) cotton gin. 9. What do you understand by the " Resumption Act ' of 1879; the Sherman Silver Bill repealed by special session of Congress in 1898 ? 10. What do you understand by " the free and unlimit- ed coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to I " ? ARITHMETIC, rSecond or Third Grade CertlticJte.l 1. (a) Express in words, 605(M)6. (b) Write in figures: Eight hundred trillion, eight billion, eight million, eight hundred thousand, eighty, (c) Write: Fifty-five thousand eight hundred sixteen dollars, five cents, "(d) Express l)y Arabic notation: XDCCCXXII. (e) Express one million by Roman notation, using one letter. 2. 4+11 X3- (5+28^4+24) H-6==? 3. Write all the prime factors of 4862. 4. A can walk around a race-course in 12 min., B in l.i min., and C in 18 min. If they start together and keep walking eacli at his own rate, how many minutes will elapse before they are all three together at the starting- point, and how many times will each have made the cir- cuit? Florida Uniform Examination Questions, June, iSgS. 5. The pendulum of one clock makes 25 beats In 2S seconds, and that of another clock 30 beats in 3-t seconds. If the clocks are started at tlie same moment, when first after starting will the clocks beat together again ? 6. What is the exact value of j 3+2i-i of %+ i- ( -^n ? 7. When it is noon at Philadelphia it is 10 min. past 5 o'clock p. m. at Paris. What is the longitude of Paris, the longitude of Philadelphia binng 75° 10' ? : 8. Find, by using approximate measurement,'' how many feet high a box 5 ft. square must be made to hold 100 bushels of rice. 9. After getting a note, without interest, discounted at a bank for 3 mo. at 6 per cent., I had .$354.42. What was tlie face of the note? 10. A man purchased a horse, giving in payment his note at 6 per cent. At tlie end of 3 years and fi mouths he found that he owed $42 interest. How much did the iiorse cost him? ARITHMETIC, [First Grade Certificate.! L A farmer brought to market 3 jars of butter, weigli- ing 27, 29, and 40 pounds respectively. The empty jars weighed 4J, 4^, and 1\ pounds. The butter was sold for $28. Ciive the jirice per pound in the fraction or a. dollar. \ 2- 3^ / 8 2. Beduce / ^jf-^Ti" ( X~7r+.01 to a decimal. Give answer correct to six decimal figures. 3. Find the value in U. S. money of the contents of a purse containing 35 sovereigns, 27 half-sovereigns, 13 crowns, 41 half-crowns, a guinea, and a shilling. 4. Express .65 of a pint as a decimal of a bushel. 5. Fifteen persons agree to purchase a tract of land, but three of the company withdrawing, the investment of each is increased $150, Wliat does the land cost ? 6. If the assessed valuation of a town is $2,360,000, and the town has 640 polls, paying $1.50 each, what must be the rate of taxation in order to raise $10,400? 7. What is the difference between the present worth and proceeds of $500 due in 2 yr. 6 mo., at 6 per cent.? 8. If 5 horses eat as rriuch as 6 cattle, and 8 horses and 12 cattle eat 12 tons of hay in 40 days, how much hay will he needed to keep 7 horses and 15 cattle 65 days ? 9- If a globe of gold 1 inch in diameter is worth $120, what i^ the diameter of a globe of gold worth $6400? 78 Florida Unifonn Examinatioii Qiusiioiis, Jitiu\ iSgS. 10. If a child should receive 1 cent at birth, 2 cents on the second birthday, 4 cents on the tliiz'd, etc., how niiicli would lie be wortii when 21 years of age ? ENGLISH GRAMMAR, [Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. (a) Distinguish between practical and technical grainniar. (b) Tell which should be taught first, and give reasons for your answer, 2. Separate tlie following into all of its propositions, clauses and phrases, classify, and tell what each modifies: "Nobody knew how the fisher)aan brown. With a look of despair that was half a. frown, Faced iiis fate on tliat furious night. Faced the mad billows with hunger white. Just within hail of a beacon light That shone on a woman fail- and trim Waiting for him." ;5. Parse in full in tlie above sentence: How, tliat (wherever it appears), with (both), faced (second), half. knew, just, 4. Write each part of speech and after it as a head, in the order of stating them in parsing, all the properties and accidents to whicli each is subject. 5. (a) Only what kind of verbs may have a passive voice, and why? (b) How is the passive voice of every verb formed ? 6. Writeasliort sentence and illustrate- each of the following uses of the infinitive: (1) As the subject of a sen- tence; (2) as the object of a verb; (8) as the object of a preposition; (4) as rhe complement of a ver)>; (5) as a noun appositive; (6) as an adjective; (7) as an adverb. 7. Write a short sentence in which a noun clause is used: (1) As the subject of a sentence; (2) as the object of a verb; (8) as the object of a preposition; (4) as a comple- ment of the verb be; (5) as an appositive. 8. Write two sentences and illustrate the difference be- Iween restrictive and non-restrictive clauses. 9. (a) Give four classifications of sentences, (b) What determines the classification of words, phrases and clauses ? 10. (a) Which two parts of speech, besides coiijunc- tions, may connect; and what is each of them called ?' (b) Illustrate each hy a sentence. ENGLISH GRAMMAR. f l-Mr.st Gi'ade Certiticate. 1 1. (a) What does English Grammar teach? (b) How should pupils be taught the subject for two or three years preparatory to taking up technical grammar? Florida Uiiifonn Exainhwlion Questiotif. June, iSgS. 7'.) 2, In beginning grannnar, nhould the sentence and its elements, oi' the parts of speech and their proi)erties and accidents, be taught tii'st? "Why ? 8. (a) Name and define tlie different I^inds of sentences, (b) Write a declarative sentence and change it into each of the other kinds. 4. (a) Define intlc^ction, (b) When is it called declen- sion; when compaj'ison ; when conjugation? 5. Decline: J, tli(>u, thyself, which, man-of-war. 6. Give the rule and compare each of the following: Hot, clieerfnl, sincere, able, capable, angry, fore, well, worldly, much. 7. Copy the following, and write opposite each its plural: Arhiy, turkey, tax, thief, brief, *, solo, son-in- law, forget-nie-not. Knight-templar. 8. Write the synopsis with ///c// of the verb r///rv in tlie passive in all moods and tenses, and give all forms of the infinitive and i)articiples. 9. Make a list of all the propositions, clauses and phrases, stating what each modifies and the kind of ele- iiient it is, in the foDowing sentence: "We can not perceive that tlie study of grammai- makes even the sniallest difference in tlie speech of people who have always lived in good society." 10. Pai'se in full the italicized words in the following sentences: ( 1 ) nVu'c/TYr studies u'/// A-iini. {2)J'-7'<'r^' good gift is from 7Y. 0^) He IS would you sail from (libraltar to Manila? 80 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, Jitnt\ iSgS. 8. Give the following in regard to Cuba: Length, aver- age width, area in square miles, climate, character of soil, chief products, number of inhabitants and their character, chief exports and imports. 9. Locate Mexico. How many states compose the re- public? What is its area? What is the character and number of its poiDulation ? What are its chief exports and imi^orts ? 10. Name all the governments in South America with their capitals. State approximately their combined popu- lation. What countries have furnished the greater part of the South American population ? What language is princi- pally spoken in each government ? COMPOSITION. [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 1. What advantage to composition are written recita- tions? Should they be more frequent, more carefully cor- rected, and copied? 2. What of the nature of the subjects, and at what period in a child's education should composition work be- gin ? 3. Elaborate upon the benefits of the fV>llowing as in- troductory to composition: (I) Conversation lessons; (2) copying exercises; (iJ) oral and written descriptions of pict- ure.s and familiar objects; (4) committing choice extracts. 4. A knowledge of the following being indispensable in composition, when and how should their use be taught: (1) Capital letters; (2) punctuation ; (8) use of Avords; (4) use of sentences; (oj figures of speech ? 5. Name briefly ten instances when words should be- gin with capitals. 6. (a) Name all the marks of punctuation in general use. (b) Write five rules for the use of the comma. 7. Write ten cautions to be observed in the selection of words. 8. Give five general rules to be observed in the con- struction of sentences. 9. Name and illustrate the use of five of the figures of speech in most common use. 10. (a) What is the value of paragraphing? (b) Give some rules for paragraphing. 11. After preparing an outline, write a composition, at least one foolscap page in length, on one of the following- subjects: (1) The Use and Abuse of School Examinations. (2) Teachers' Uniform Examinations. (8) The War with Spain. (4) The Necessity of Ripe Scholarship in a Teacher. Florida Uniform Exaininalioii Qiu-s lions, June, jSgS. 81 PHYSIOLOGY. [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate. | 1. Describe all the bones of tlie trunk. 2. (iive the pliysiolosical reasons Avhy a chikl's feet should not be allowed to (hingle from a hisi:h"seat. 3. Explain the uses and structure of the muscles. 4. Describe and state the uses of tlie perspiratory glands. 5. Name the organs of respiration and tell how we breathe. 6. Give reasons for schoolroom ventilation, and tell how it may best be done. 7. Describe the heart and explain its movements. 8. Tell tlie effects of alcoholi'c drinks and narcotics upon circulation; the heart; the blood; the lungs. 9. Trace the food from the mouth to the small intes- tines and describe the whole process of digestion, explain- ing the action of the gastric and i)ancreatic juices and the bile. 10. Explain tlie effects of alcoholics and narcotics up- on the organs and process of digestion; and give the '• Law of Heredity." THEORY AND PRACTICE, (From Hughes' Mistaltes in Teachinsr.) [First, .Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 1. Discuss the following mistakes: (1) Regarding knowledge as more important than the child; (2) of confin- ing education to the school; (3) of neglecting definite moral training. Chap. I. 2. Give a brief of the arguments on the following questions of school management: (1) Yard supervision; (2) demerit marks; (3) tardiness in the teacher; (4) personal habits of the teacher; (5) sitting while teaching. Chap. II. 3. Give in substance the discussion on five mistakes of the teacher in dealing with parents. Chap, II. 4. Discuss the following mistakes in discipline: (1) Trying to teach without order. (2) State five rules given for " maintaining order." Chap. III. 5. What is said in relation to the following: (1) Too many rules. (2) Losing sight of the class; (3) Whipping for disciplinary purposes merely. (4) Allowing whispering on the plea of •' allowing pupils to assist each other." (5) A hearty laugh in the schoolroom. Chap. III. 6. Discuss the following mistakes in method: (1) Ask- ing questions in rotation; (2) repeating questions; (3) slav- ish use of text-books; (4) assigning lessons without testing thereon; (5) continuing le.ssons too long. Chap. IV, 11 82 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, June, i8gS. 7. State in brief the argument of Mr. Hughes on the following: (1) Thinking one teaching of a subject suffi- cient; (2) Supposing detecting errors means correcting them. Chap. IV. 8. What is said of the following: (1) Trying to teach too much in a single lesson; (2) paying most attention to smart pupils; (3) accepting partial answers; (4) reijeating answers ? Chap. IV. 9. (1) Write what is said of talking too much while teaching. (2) Quote the ''teacher's golden rule," and the sayings of Mr. Hughes, Sir William Hamilton, and Horace Mann, relative to the same principle. L hap. IV. 10. Reproduce the substance of the arguments in dis- cussing the following mistakes: (1) Allowing "•Yes" and '' No," and neglecting the manners and deportment of pu- pils; (2) tempting pupils by the self -reporting system. CIVIL GCVERNMENT- [First Grade Certificate.! 1. (1) What State took the first step leading to the formation of the present Constitution of the United States? (2) Name the time and place fixed by the commissioners tor the meeting of the first convention. (3) Why did the attempt fail? (4) When and where did the convention finally meet? (5) State why organization was delayed, who was elected president, and the length of the session. 2. (1) Tlie ratification of how many States was neces- sary to adopt the Constitution? (2) How many ratified within a year? (3) When was tlae first election held under ir ? (4) What prevented Congress from organizing and the President from being inaugurated at the date fixed, March 4th, 1789? (5) When and where was he finally inaugu- rated ? 3. (1) Give the six reasons set forth in the preamble for tlie establishment of the Constitution. (2) How many articles in the original instrument? (3) How many since added by amendment? (4) How many amendments were proposed by the first Congress ? (5) Which thre,e were of- fered and declared ratified to free and to adjust the negro to citizenship ? 4. (1) Name the branches of government established by the Constitution. (2) Show wliei'ein tliese branches are not entirely independent of eacli other. (3) Name the two bodies created constituting the first branch of government. (4) W^hat are botli together called ? (5j How often is this ])ody required to meet ? b. (1) Why is the House of Representatives so called ? (2) State three conditions of eligibilitj' therein. (3) Give the number of members in the first Congress. (4) Wlien was the first census taken ? (5) What was approximately Florida Uniform Exninination Questions, June, iSgS. 83 the pojjulation of the United States, and -svhat was the primary object of this census? 6. (1) Give approximately the population of the Elev- enth census; the number of members in the present House. (2) What population was made the basis of the apportion- ment of Representatives after the First census? what after the Eleventh? (3) Can a non-resident of a Congressional district be elected and serve it in Congress? (4) What three exclusive powers are granted the House of Repre- sentatives ? (5) How many times has the House of Repre- sentatives elected a President, and under what circum- stances may a State have no voice in such election ? 7. ( 1 ) How many members now compose the United States Senate? (2) Wlio are eligible; how are they elected, and how did it happen that the Constitution did not require their election by popular vote? (3) Who is its presiding officer; wlien must the Chief Justice preside? (4) What executive and what judicial functions performed by this body? (5) Under what circumstances may a State lose its vote in the election of a Vice-President ? 8. (1) Why is it that State Legislatures frequently in- struct their Senators and request their Representatives to support certain national measures? (2) How long must a foreigner live in this country before eligible lo the Senate? (3) What is the salary of a Senator; a Representative? (4) What are the salarfes of Vice-President and Speaker of the House? (5) Under what conditions may a Governor ap- point a Senator? 9. Give three processes by which a bill may become a national law. 10. (1) Show the points of agreement, and how State governments are all built on the plan of the general gov- ernment. (2) Mention the executive officers of a Stiite, and the primary duties of each. ALGEBRA, [First Grade Certificate.! 1. (1) Define algebra. (2) Express the multiplication of a, b, and c, in three ways, (3) Express the division of a by b in two ways. (4) Write x with a numerical coefficient; with a literal coefficient; with a literal exponent. (5) Ex- press the fourth root of x=*; the reciprocal of a+b. 2, Express by algebraic symbols: (1) x equals the sum of a and b; (2) x is less than the sum of a and b; (3) x is greater than the sum of a and b; (4) x is not equal to y; (6) X is not greater than y ; (6) x is not less than y ; (7) make the sign of deduction (meaning therefore), the sign of con- tinuation (meaning and so on); (8) name the four signs of aggregation; (9) in the trinomial 2a "^—b^+Sc, tell the sign S4 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, June, i8gS. of 2a2, the coefficient of b^, and the exponent of 8c; (10) give three rules embodying your answers to sub-question 3. (1) Add: (a), 2a+(+a); (b), 2a4-(-a); (c), -2a+{-|- a); (d), -2a+(-a). (2) Subtract: (a),2a-(4-a); (b),2a— (— a); (c), -2a— (+a); (d),— 2a— (— a). (3) Multiply: (a), ax (+b); (b),— aX(+b); (c),aX(— b); (d),— ax(— b). (4) Divide: (a), abH-(-(-a) ; (b),— ab-^( — a); (c), — ab-^ (+a); (d), ab-^(— a). (5) Explain all the algebraic nieaning.s of the signs plus and minus. 4. Resolve each of the following into four factors: (1) l-m«; (2) x-«-|-7x3+9x2-7x-10. 5. Find each the G. C, D. and the L. C;. M. of 6x-'-18x -1-6, 2X2-I-OX— 12, and 6x2-x-12. 6. Reduce to its simplest form : \ m _ n / s n^ I . n / f m— n m — n ^ ~ ' m-fn m — n ^ 14 I 7 _., 21 B _, 7. Solve the equations — — i" -;; — ^31 — — ~— ; — » H. A and B together earn $50 in 8 days; A and C to- gether, $69 in 12 days; B and C together, $55 in 10 days. How much can each eHrn in a day ? 9. Find the value of x in : 1.1 X x-t-v2-x'^ x-v'2-x2 ^ 10. A certain number of sheep were bought for $468; but, after 8 of them had been reserved, the rest were sold at an advance of $1 a head, and $12 were gained on the lot. How many sheep were bought? PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. r First Grade Certificate.! ]. (1) Distinguish between Mathematical, Political, and Physical Geography. (2) Name six other sciences closely akin to and partly treated in Physical Geography. 2.' Give the following in regard to the earth: (l/lts form; (2) its polar and mean equatorial diameters; (8) its surface in square miles, and volume in cubic miles; (4) its relative cubical contents and mass as compared with the sun; (5) the source from which its losing heat is largely re- stored. 3. Define: (1) Agonic line; (2) isogonic lines; (8) iso- clinical lines; (4) magnetic storms; (5) Mercator's Projec- tion. Florida Uniform Examination Questions, .SV//<'w/'tv, i8g8. Ho 4. (1) What is relief? (2KTive the total relief of the earth in miles, and the proportion between that and the earth's radius. (3) Tell the effects of erosion. (4) Undei- what eirt'unistances might there be no land? (5) C'lassily islands. 5. (1) Describe the coral polyp, and coi'al reef building-, (2) Give the theory of atolls. 6. (I) Define seismology. (2) (Tive the modern theory of earthquakes, and tlieir effects at sea> 7- (1) Explain tlie nature of waves, liow produced, jnoveinent, extreme height aiul velocity, duration, depth of disturbance, etc. (2) f'xplain the phenomena of tides: solar, lunar, spring nwA neai) tides; height at differeni places; bores and tlie niaelstron). 8. (U Define climate, and state the chief conditions which determine the climate of a place. ^2) Tell how winds are produced; give the starting place (^f cyclones, and draw the distinction between cyclones and tornadoes, 9. (1) Define vapor, and tell how water is held in the air. (2) Explain what is meant by the "• dew point," and state the conditions and in what forms vapor is precipi- tated. 10. (2J Explain what is meant by the fauna of a country-, suid name son>e ot tl)i' animals common to the several faunal regions. SEPTEMBER. 1898. OJRTHOGRAPHY. fKirsl. Second or Tbird Grade Cenitjcaite.i 1- <1 ) Define a word. <2) Oive four (cla.ssitieationr; of words according to the number of syllables. (8) Define ac- <'ent- /4) What is a tr^graph ? (5) Which is the ante- penult ? 2. Sei)arate the i^i'eflx and the root in each of the fol- .lowing, and write after each prefix its jiieaninjg: Abed, ^ifternoon^ belittle, mixisummer, mi.sname, withstand, .unkind, outstrip, disobey, f/jresight. 3, Give one word accented on each of the following ;syllables: O) t'ltimate; < 2.) penultimate; <3) antepennlti- jnate; (4,) preantepeuultimate. 4, Give fiA'e pairs of each: (1) Homonyms; (2^ syno- nyms. 5. Join to root words affixes meaning: Little, state. imany, one who, wrong, back, continuing, f.o jmilie. above, bevojid. 86 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September^ iSq8. 6. Form a derivative by using each of the following •< s a prefix or suffix, and define each word formed: Ship, dis. ess, post, hood, able, hyper, ty, ism, circum. 7. (1) Give the three principal rules for spelling, and Illustrate each by an example. (2) Give an exception to each rule. 8. Syllabicate and mark diacritically the vowel in the accented' syllable in each of the following wordp : Almond, opponent, despicable, combatant, juvenile, obligatory, interloper, protocol, onerous, patron. 9-10. Spell correctly the following words: Kar-i-lShafter; Schley? UNITED STATES HISTORY. [First Grade CertiBcate.] 1- What part of North America did 'Spain, Frani'*-. Kngland and Holland each claim, and upon what discover- ies was each claim bailed? 2. Discuss briefly each of the following; (U I'nion of IH48; (2) House of Burgesses; ^S) Constitutional Conven- tion; (4) Court of Alabama Claims; (.5) Electoral Commis- sion. 3. Tell why each of the following is noted: Miles Stan- dish, Oglethorpe, Oliver Hazard Perry, John Jay, Genet. Ixeorge Stephenson, Rali)li Waldo EmeiMon, Fremont, Hor- ace Mann, Camlx)n. 4. Tell what you know of the following: X. Y. Z. Dispatches; Charter Oak; Ashburton Tre/ity; Trent Af- fair; Squatter Sovereign ty- 5. Discuss briefly the origin, leaders and doctrines of the following political parties: Federalist; Whig; Repub- Jiran; Democratic; Populist. S8 Florida Uniform Exaniinatiou Questions, September^ j8g8. H. From whom, how, and wlieii did the United States obtain the following- territory: Louisiana, Florida, Alaska. Hawaii, Puerto Rico ? 7. Give some of the principal events in the administra- tions of the following" Presidents: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, Jam.es K. Polk, Grover Cleve- land. 8. Mention one literary production of each of the fol- lowing: Irving, Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, Ban- croft, Edwin L. Green. 9. When did each of the following battles occur, and what was the result of each: Yorktown, New Orleans; Buena Vista, Gettysburg, Manila ? 11). Give the expressed and real causes of ttie re- cent war. What do you know of Cervera ? Aguinaldo ? President Dole? Garcia? AEITHMETIC. fSecond or Third Grade Certitic<»te.^ 1. The minuend is 296; the subtrahend exceeds the re- enainder by 182. Find the subtrahend and remainder. 2. Express in Roman notation the result of 2.8X.25-4- W()85-f-5)+21o()X.06. 8. The sum of two numbei-s is 6-=rf-; one of tbem is tht- 49,», 22 J ditlerence between — j-j — and —^. Find tlie other number. 4. Find the quotient of the L. C. M. of 815, 1850, and 1500, divided by their G. (". D. 5. Find, by using the approximate rule, the length of a bin, whose width and depth are each 5 feet, to hold ISO bushels of grain. 6. New York is 7-1° west longitude, and Paris 2° dO" east longitude. If a telegram is sent from New York at 5 o'clock p. in., to Paris, at what time will it arrive, allowing- 15 minutes loss in transit? 7. Sold two houses for $1,000 each, lost 10% on one and gained 10% on the other. What was the gain or loss pei- cent, on the transaction ? 8. If 12 men can build a wall 30 ft. long, 6 ft. high, 8 ft. thick in fifteen days, by working 12 hours per dav, in what time will 60 men build a wall 800 ft. long, 8 ft. high, and 6. ft. thick, working only 8 hours per day ? 9. In a partnership, A puts in $1200 far 8. months; B. $900 for 10 months; C $850 for 12 months. They gain $1296. Find each partner's share of the gain. 10. What would it cost in U. S. money to plaster the- twelve columns of the Florida State Capitol, at a franc per sq. yd., each culuixm beuig 80 ft. high and 8i ft.in diameter. Florida Uniform Examinatiott Questions, September, iSgS. 80 ARITHMETIC, fFirst Grade Certificate.] 1. (2H^X7T2l-li^2^)H- ) ^-^h ! = ? 2. If J of 8 acres of land cost $53^, what will four times .fi3 of an acre cost ? 3. Divide (124X10+-1 of .Ol+.OOl of 10) by twelve hun- dred forty and six thousand nine hundred eighty-five ten- thousandths less IJ. 4. (a) By selling a hat for 66 cents I lose 34%, What did the hat cost? (b) The interest of $12,480 for 3 yr. and 1 nio. was $384.80. What was the rate per cent ? 5. If a globe of gold 'i\ inches in diameter be worth $5,145, what will be the diameter of a globe worth $120? 6. Bought a bill of exchange on Paris for 24^? francs, at 5.20, h% brokerage. What did it cost in U. S. money? 7. BoHght a quantity of cloth for $750, J of which be- ing injured I had to sell at $1.25 a yard, and lost thereby $100. What must I sell the remainder per yard to gain h\%% on the whole ? 8. If a ten-cent loaf of bread weighs 1\ ounces when wheat is worth $1 ^ a bushel, what ought a five-cent loaf to weigh when wheat is worth 82| cents a bushel ? 9. If a ball be shot from a gun with a force that carries it one mile the first second, J of a mile the next, and so on in the increasing ratio of % till spent, what number of miles would the ball go ? 10. What would be the exact cost of the silk necessary to make, and of the gas to inflate, a balloon 25 ft. in diame- ter, no loss allowed for seams, if the silk be worth $1 J a sq. yd. and the gas P*>Mh ^ hundred cubic feet? ENGLISH GRAMMAR. [Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 1. (1) What is a sentence ? (2) Name and illustrate the two essential parts of a sentence. 2. (1) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause. (2) Construct a sentence and underscore a phrase and a clause. 3. (1) Define all the parts oi speech. (2) State which have inflection and what the inflection of each is called. 4. Decline: I, thou, you, ox, mother-in-law. 5. Arrange, in parallel columns, the masculines in one and the corresponding feminines in the other, the following words: Earl, Francis, czar, Jesse, monk, peacock, Paul, she-bear, tiger, widow. 6. (1) Make an outline of the adjective showing all the classes and sub-classes. (2) Name all the adjectives having singular and plural forms, and tell to which class each be- longs. 12 yO Florida Uniform Examination Questions, Sepleinhcr, iSg8. 7. (1) Distinguish between transitive and intransitive verbs. (2) Tell how the passive voice is always fornied, and what class of verbs may have a passive voice. 8. (1) Write the synopsis of the verb take with he in thf progressive form through the indicative mood. (2) The synopsis of tlie verb see with thou througii all moo(is and tenses of the passive voice. 9. In the following quotation n«nie: (1 ) Tlie subject; (2) all the clauses; stating what each modifies and what kind of clause it is : " Next to the illusion that money can confer liap- piness, is the illusion that tiie giving of inoney is the only form that practical help- fulness can take." 10. Parse in full these words from the above quotation : Next, illusion (first), that (first), confer, illusion (second), giving, only, that (last), practical, take. ENGLISH GRAMMAR. [First Grade Certiticate.l 1. Give an example of each of four kinds of sentences: (I) When classified as to meaning; (2) When classified as to form. 2. Write in parallel columns the possessive, singular and plural of eachof the following words: Tliou, geese, it, deer, mice, negro, tyro, staff, son-in-law, Knight- templar. 3. Distinguish between the use of: My, thy, your, and mine, thine, yours. 4. (1) Define an appositive. (2) When one of two or more appositives is in the possessive form, what of tlie others? (8) Construct a sentence and illustrate the latter. 5. Distinguish between the uses of ^^?//and will\ (l ) In declarative sentences; (2) in denoting determination; (;}) in asking questions. 6. (1) Tell how imperfect (present), perfect and com- pound participles are formed. (2) Distinguish between verbal adjectives and verbal nouns in ing. (,S) Give the verbal nouns formed from any verb, and illustrate that they are grammatical "equivalents. (4) Name and write tlie five forms of the verb rise, the four of tlie verb talk, and explain which verbs have five forms and which four. (.5) What is an attributive verb? Use one in a sentence and change il into its equivalent copulative verb and attribute. 7. (1) Give the synopsis with thou of the verl) take in the progressive form of the indicative mood. (2) The synopsis with he of the verb .ff^' through all moods and tenses' of the passive voice. 8. (1) Illustrate seven uses of the infinitive phrase, fiv»- when a noun, one when au adjective, one when an adverb. Florida Uiiiforiit Examiitation Qtifslioiis, September, j8g8. 91 (2) Construct st'iitenees and illustrate five uses of noun clauses. 9, In the f<»llo\ving (juotation write: (1) All the main propositions; (2) all the subordinate clauses; tell what kind each is, and what it modifies; (8) all the plirases, tell what each modifies and its kind: " I see, in tlie world, two heaps — one of human happiness, and one of misery; now, if 1 can take but the smallest bit from the second heap and add it to the first, I carry a point. If, as I go home, a child has dropped a half penny, and, by giving it another, 1 can wipe jiway its tears, I feel that I have done some- thing." !(►. Parse in full the following words in the above quo- tation : Heaps, one, now, but, first, as, add, home, giving, its. GEOGRAPHY. [First. Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. (a) Name all the zones and give the boundaries of each, (b) Give tlie width of eacli in common miles. 2. State tile nanie of the line which marks the highest northern limit on wliidi the rays of the sun are ever verti- ral, and give tlie date on which the sun reache.'' this limit. 3. (a) Name the countries of South America, (b) Name their capitals, (c) Tell what form of government nach is. 4. Starting from Pittsburg, Pa., and traveling entirely by water, on what waters would you sail in order to reacfi St. Petersburg, Russia. 5. Name five of the chief industries of the following sections of the United States: New England States; South Atlantic States; North Central States; Rocky Mountain .States; Gulf States. 6. (a) Sliow tlie relation between the physical and po- litical condition of a country, (b) Show how the physical features determine tlie industries, commerce and routes of trade. 7. (a) What is the nearest distance in statute miles be- tween two places on the equator situated re.spectively in longitude 137° E, and longitude 175° W? (b) When it is Thursday noon at the former, what is the day and hour at the latter? 8. Name the provinces of Canada and the chief indus- tries of each. 9. Draw an oiuline map of Florida, locating six of its largest cities, and three of its largest rivers. 10. Draw a township, number its sections, sub-divide its 20th section into quarter-quarters, and its SEJ of the 92 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September, i8g8. NEJ into quarter-quarter-quarter.s, and make a cross in thn SEJ of SEJ of NEi. COMPOSITION. [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate. J 1. (1) State the purpose of composition work; (2) its relations to the other studies in the language group. 2. (1) In preparing a school program, how much tinte should be allowed for composition ? (2) Discuss the value of a little daily practice in composition as comiDared with longer and less frequent practice. 3. (1) Give a remedy for the common error of requir- ing pupils to express their thoughts when they have none to express. (2) What must always precede expression and good, clear writing? 4. (1) State the sources from which pupils must get their materials for composition. (2) Show how a teacher may assist the different grades to correct use of language and to facile expression of thought. 5. (1) Define redundancy and tautology; correct and tell which exists in each of the following: (a) "Every man on the face of the earth has duties to perform." (b) "Tlie effects and consequences of such corruption and degenera- cy are deplorable and lamentable." (2) Illustrate how a quotation within a quotation should be written. (3) Name the figures of speecn in each of the following: (a) "Thn waves to sleep had gone." (b) "She has seen sixteen sum- mers," (c) "Fame is a plant that grows on soil immortal." (d) "Life is like an isthmus between two eternities." (e) "The coat was a mile too large for him." (4) State the thi'ee essentials of good diction. (6) Discuss the necessity of paragraphing. 6. Why is an outline important ? 7-10. Prepare an outline and write a composition, at least one foolscap page in lengtli, on one ot the following subjects: (1) Language W^ork in the Common School Course. (2) My First Teachers' Institute. (3) Modei'n Implements of War. (4) State Uniformity of Text-Books. (5) Physical Education, PHYSIOLOGY. [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 1. Name: (1) The systems of the body; (2) the tissues. 2. Name all the bones of the head. 8. (1) Into what three kinds may all foods be cla.ssi- fied ? (2) Name three examples of each kind. J-'/oi-iiiu Uniform Examination Questions, Septeiii/ier, iSgS. Do 4. (4) Name the juices used iu digestion. (2) Tell where each is secreted, and its eltect on food. 5. Describe the process of inspiration and expiration. 6. Name the parts of a tooth and the substances of . which it is comi:)osed. 7. Describe each of the following processes: Transfu- .sion; trei)anning; grafting; peristalsis. 8. (1) What composes the nervous system? (2) What are motory, sensory, vaso-motor, syujpathetic and cranial nerves? 9. Locate and define the following*: Lacunae; fascije; cochlea; meninges; masseter. 10. Describe in full the organs of speech. THEORY AND PRACTICE (Krom Mrowning's Kdacational Theories ) [First. Second or Third Grade Certificate. 1 1. J n what two ways may the history of Kducati<»nal Theories be of practical use to teachers? Preface. 2. (1) Name the subjects taught by the Greeks, and state their reasons for attaching great importance to ath- letics and music. (2) Discuss briefly Plato's plan, and show wherein ArLstotle differs from him and is more practical, <'hap. J. 3. (1) Distinguish between the Oreek and Roman ideals. (2) Name the first Romati writer on education. (Hj State briefly Cicero's theory, and give the culminating idea with him of all education. (4) Give Quintilian's reasons for favoring public schools, and his ideas as to corpox'al punishment, the qualifications and duties of teachers. I'hap. II. 4. <1) State the changes produced by the introduction of Christian education under the P'atliers; give the design of Chai-les the Great; distinguish between trivium and , b=2, c=8, and d = l, and tlien find tlie nu- merical value of (a-J-2b-)-c) (a ^ — 2abd ) -^ ,/ 8l)''c — ( a'-'^- b ) . 4. Divide ix«+/^xy*'+,'^y=' by ^x'— Jxy-f Jy^ 5. Resolve eacli of tlie following into four factors: (I), X"— y8; (2;.m«— n«; (;8), a"— 10a-'-|-9; (4). Slx^^72x- v'^+lfi y'; (.■>), x''—2x=' — 16x-'-[-2x+ir). 6. Reduce to its simplest form: ^ l_l_ ^~^^ ( ^ S j_a — 1> / * a-f b S ' 'I a-fb * ' 7. Seven year.s agu A's age wa.s just tliree time:* tlmt <»r H, but seven years hence A's age will l>e just tloubje ^hat of H. What is tl)e age of eacli ? 8. Find the value of x in 2, x— y 4x — i\—\, 9. Find the values of x and v: X'-|-xy-|-v- = 175, x^*— v-' =875. 10. A man began , saving by putting by 1 cent on New A'ear'sDay, 2 cents on tJie next day, 8 cents on the next, lind so on. In how njany days would lie have put by .t98.7*>".' PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. I l''roiti Houston's Njeiv Phytjeal Geography.) [First Grade Certificate.] L Of what does physical geograpliy treat V 2. (1) Enumerate five proofs of the rotiuidity lof the learth. {2} Give the causes of the change of seasons, 8. (1) Give proofs that the interior of the earth is still in a highly heated condition. ,(2^ Statue the eau.ses of vol- ^•anoes and eartiiqualetter of mankind, and do more service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.''' 2. Make a list of all tlie phrases in the above sentence, tell the kind, and what each modifies. 3. Parse in full the ten words in italics in tlie above sentence. 4. Write each of tlie following words in a column, and opposite in four other columns tlie plurals of each, the fem- inine (if any), the jjo.ssessive singular, the possessive plural (if any): Boy, man, ))ox, valley, lily, ox. lord, actor, t, executor. 5. Show in a tabulated form all the kinds of pronouns, and the subdivisions of each. Florida L'liifonit Examination Qttfstioiis, /iun\ i8qg. 101 6, ConHtruc't .seuteiu'es illiistratjn<;- t)ie use of uouii clauses as a subject, an objet-t of a preposition, a eonipie- luent, aji object of a verb, and an appositive. 7, "Write tl)e synopsis of tlie verb r/zrv.fc with ///c/c in all file moods and tenses of the passive voice. 8, Write two sentences, one containinji: a restrictive clause, the other a non-restrictive clause. Explain the punctuation, y, Writ(^ sentences illustrating the use of eacl) of the following connectives: (I) Correlative conjunction; (2) suboi'dinate conjunction; (8) conjunctive pronoun; (4) con- junctive adverb; (5) compound conjunctive adverb. 10. Illustj-ate that use detei'niines tlje pa)'t,s of s))eecl) of words, GEOGRAPHY- (From Kedway's Cieosraphy, I t First. Second or 'J'ljird Grade (Jertitjcate. ] 1, (a) Name six seas and a gulf on the east coast of Asia; (b) tlie peninsulas j)rojecting from this coast; (cj the plateau occupying the peninsubi of India, and tell of what it is composed, 2. Give seven principal occupations of man, and tell in which section of the United States eacli is most largely carried on. 8. As relates to Mexico tell; (1 ) In wliat /ones located; (2) the number of states composing it; (3) of its climate and plant life; (4) in what consists its cliief wealth. 4. Write the countries of South America, and opposite each its capital. Locate and describe its principal lake. 5. Compare Nortli and South America as to: (l)(ien- eral shape; (2) western highlands; (3)' heights of peaks; (4) extent of plateaus; (5) the number and regularity of mountain ranges. 6. (a) A notefl cape of the United .States anil the mosl >southern point of the European mainland are in about tlie same latitude; name each, (b) Nanie and bound the two important republics of Europe. 7. (a) Name the most densely populated country of Europe, (b) Explain why the British isles are moister fintl milder than the eastern coast of America in the same lati- tude. 8. Describe the five great river systems of Africa. 9-10. Draw a map of Florida, placing the na)ne of each t'ouuty within its proper boundaries. 102 Florida Uniform Examination Ques/ions, Jttiw, i8gg. COMPOSITION. (From Svvinton"s Xew School Oompo-sition.) [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 1. Define composition, sentence, laaragraph, discourse, diction. 2. Construct six simple sentences with which illustrate '' Synthesis of Compound Sentences." 3. Under the topic '' Conversion and Combination of Sentences," illustrate expansion, contraction, combination. 4. (a) Give three requisites of good style, (b) Name some violations of each and explain what is meant by re- dundancy, tautology, and circumlocution. 5. (a) Define and illustrate four figures of speech. (b> Name tliree qualities to be aimed at in the construction of paragraphs. 6-lU. Prepare a topical outline and write an essay of not less than 200 wards on one of the following subjects': (a) The Necessity of Ripe Scholarship to the Teacher. (b) The Result of Giving Long Terms to Teacli- ers' Certificates of Low Grade. (c) Politics in the Public Schools. (d) Female Sutfrage. PHYSIOLOGY. (From Steele's Hygienic Physiology.) [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.], 1. Tell why we need food. Describe the three i)rinci- pal kinds of food, and state why one kind is insufficient. 2. Describe the four processes of digestio.n, naming the organs and the functions of the juices employed in each, px'ocess. 3. Give the relative value and tlie length of time re- (juived far the digestion of soane of the- principal kinds of food. 4. State five evil results of rapid eating, and the dis- eases liJvely to grow out of it. 5. Tell the effects of alcohol upon digestion, and ex- plain what is meant by '•'•fatty degeneration." 6. Describe the structure and three principal organs of tlie nervous system. 7. Write a description of the organ, of taste, and tell its uses. 8. Describe the organ of hearing, and rell how to cai-i for it. 9. Write a description of the eye, and explain thh causes of far-sightedness and near-sightedness^ Florida UnifovDi Exatnination Questions, Juiii', i8gg. 1()H 10. Give five of tlie principal constituents of tobacco smoke, and describe the physiological effects of toba.cco, especially upon the young. THEORY AND PRACTICE fFrom Compayre's Psycholo^ty Applied to Hdijcation,! [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! L Give the three different divisions of education, the tl liferent means of physical education, and the substance of Avhat Horace Mann said on hygiene. Chap. I. 2- State tl)e )iecessities of physical exercises, and tell which are bejst, and why. Chap. II. 8. Besides knowing well what he teaches, what two other things sliould the teacher know? Chap. Ill, 4- ReiH'oduce what is said of teaching tlirough tl)e eyes, and of the educative value of drawing. 1 hap!^ IV, ' 5. Discuss methods of instruction; tell how they sliould vary and to whom be accommodated. Cliap. VII. ' 6. Give the substance of what is said of the import- ance of tlie black-boai'd and other school apparatus; also, of the office of books. Chap. VIII. 7. (a) What is said of the necessity of preparation by the teacher for the recitations? (b) Explain the SocratiV- method, and discuss its value and limitations. Chap. IX. 8. Discuss oral and written exercisers, and the method of conducting each. Chap. X. 9. Give the substance of what is said about the correc- ttion of compositions. Chap. X. 10. (a ) Disciiss character and moral education, as com- jmred with knowledge and intellectiuil education. (b) .State the essentiaLs of moral eduxjation. (Jhap. XI, CIVIL GOVERNMENT. J Fi'ora l-'eiermaa'.s Klem4, x'-2x=' — l(5x-'+2x+ir), x-'+7x='+9x-''-7x-*l(). •^. Find the H. C. F. and the L. C. M. of x="'-2x3— x-' and x='-f2x«+2x+l. x2+20x+96^ x2-8x-20 x^+lOx+lB -t- Shnplify ^.,_,5^+5o^x-^+10x-24" x'-7x+10 11 _l_ _1^ ^ ~ y 6. There are four mnnl)ers such that, by adding each to twice the sum of the remaining three, we' have 46, 43, 41. and 38, respectively. Wl^at are tlie numbei's? 2, 8+3v^ Solvt^ the equations — -I- — =a ; — — — — b. J X ^ y ' - 7. Rationalize tlie divisor and simplifv ' ^ 3v ;5+4i 2 8. form the quadratic ecjuation whose roots are 2 — V 3 and 2+v 3. 9. A man bought a certain amount of sugar for $6fi; but if sugar were to rise one cent per pound, he would ob- tain fifty pounds less for the same money. How much sugar did he liuy ? 10. The sum of the diagonal and the longer side of a rectangle is three times the length of the shorter side, and the difference in the length of the two sides is four yards. Wliat is the area of the rectangle? Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September^ i8gg. 105 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. (From Houston's New Physical Geography.) [First Grade Certittcate.l 1. Define physical geography. 2. drive five proofs of the rotundity of the earth. 3. (a) Give three reasons for tlie belief that the interior of the earth is in a highly heated condition; (b) three rea- sons for the theory of the original fluidity of the earth. 4. Discuss earthquakes : (I) Facts established; (2) va- I'ieties of motion; (3) velocity of motion; (4) their causes; (5) periodicity and distribution. 5. Give three proofs of the subsidence of ocean beds. 6. Give four noticeable peculiarities in the relief forms of continents. 7. Name five conditions which influence the quantity of water discharged by rivers. 8. State four causes for the irregular distribution of heat over the earth. 9. Name the conditions requisite for the existence of forests; of jjrairies; of steppes; of deserts. 10. Distinguish between ebb, flood, spring, and neap tides, and tell where the parent wave originates. SEPTEMBER, 1899. ORTHOGRAPHY, (From Reed's Word Lessons.) [First. Second or Third Grade Certiticate.l 1. Unite the following words and sufflxes, define the words formed, and give the rule of spelling that applies to each: Censure — able, hate — ful, glad — den, conceal — ed, benefit — ed, acquit — ed, occur — ed, pity — able, copy — ist, charge — able. 2. Syllabicate and mark diacritically the vowel in the accented syllable in each of the following: Abdomen, con- dolence, rapine, lowering, apparatus, hymenean, accli- mate, inventory, finance, dictionary. 3. Give five nouns, underscoring the suffix in each, the suffixes meaning respectively: Act of, to make, one who, pertaining to, state of being. 4. Form a derivative by using each of the following as a prefix or suffix, and define each word formed: Age, ery, cule, dom, ful, ish, ity, ment, ness, post. 5. Write the following and opposite each a homonym: Hude, sear, surf, serge, auger, throw, team, suite, joot, strait. 106 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September^ i8gg. 6. Write the following, and after each one or more syn- onyms; Capacity, rivalry, talkative, famous, bring, forsake, judgment, final, poverty, character. 7-10. Write correctly the following words, spelled phonetically; Ak-we-dukt, ko-ko, vit-lz, kur-te-se, am-und (a nut), laiig-guor, sam-un, ger-kin, sham-ray, ek-we-te, con-cen-sua, raz-ber-e, rez-er-vwor, kub-berd, bel-lus, for- hed, skol-lup, skane, kops, di-a-iram. FEADING. [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate,! 1. (a) Give the two-fold purpose which should guide tlie teacher in teaching reading, (b) Which is the imme- diate purpose; which the great ultimate purpose ? 2. in teaching reading, what must invariably precede thought-getting, or reading proper? 3. (a) In word-study, what three things must a child learn about a word before he can be said to know it ? (b) Name them in the order to be taught. •1. (a) If you teach primary reading by the word meth- od, when should the study of phonics begin ? (b) Give two purposes of phonic drills. 5. Reading is tliought-getting and thought-giving: what is the unit of reading ? 6. Why should the teacher from the first, teach thn child that he mu.st read by sentences? 7. (a) Upon what does expression in oral reading de- pend ? (b) Explain the necessity of silent reading by sen- tences to precede the oral in primary reading. " * 8. Show the necessity of conversation lessons in con- nection with reading, taking tor example, "The curfew toUs the knell,' etc. 9. (a) rfliow the value in primary and lower grades, of the teacher's frequently i-eading or reciting the best things in literature; also tlie necessity of mucli supplementary reading by pupils, (b) In communities where parents are unwilling or unable to buy books, what can and sliould be done by the teacher? 10. Name the series, and give the author's plan of teaching beginners to read from the first reader of any series. 11. Read orally a paragraph of prose selected by thn examiner. 12. Read an extract of poetry selected by the exam^ iner, Florida Uiiiforni Exatninntion Questions, Septeiithcr ^ i8gg. ll)7 UNITED STATES HISTORY. (From Field's U. S. Grammar School Historj' and Green's t'lorida History.) [Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 1. (a) Name the wars, with their dates, in which our country has been involved from 1776 to 1899. (b) Give causes'and results of each. (3) Give tliree principal battles in each, (d) Name two leading commanders in the oppos- ing armies in each war. 2. Name the political parties of our country from Washington to McKinley, and give one doctrine of each party. 3. Name the territorial acquisitions of the U. S. in tlieir order. 4. Name five important treaties and give the substance of each. 5. State facts to each of the following: Philip Living- stone, Horace Greeley, Wm. H. Seward, Marchand, Drey- fus, Kruger, Kitchener, Aguinaldo, Dewey, Torral. 6. Name five great inventions of the nineteenth cen- tury with their inventors. 7. Name the different countries to which Florida be- longed in the proper order. 8. (a) Give the boundary lines of East and West Flor- ida, (b) When and under what circumstances was Florida thus divided? (c) When and under what circumstances were the sections re-united? 9. Outline the Seminole War from beginning to end, giving the principal commanders, massacres, battles and treaties. 10. Name the Governors of Florida from the Civil war to the present, giving one event in each administration. UNITED STATES HISTORY. (From Field's U. S. Grammar School History and Green's Florida History.) [First Grade Certificate.! 1. Where did Raleigh attempt to plant a colony ? Give its history. 2. (a) When and by whom was Maryland settled? (b) What advantages did the Maryland charter confer? (c) Tell of the difficulties between the Catholics and the Pro- testants. 3. Give account of the surrender of Burgoyne. What were the immediate results? 4. Relate the circumstances which, at the time of the e-stablishing of the Constitution, led to having two houses of Congress. 5. What caused the war with Mexico ? Give the re- sults. 108 Florida Uniform Examination Qtiesiions, September^ i8gg. 6. Mention the principal engagements in the war with Spain, with the date of each. What treaty closed this war? 7. What was included in East Florida, and what in West Florida when they were separated under different governments. 8. (a) What change in the ownership of Florida took place at the close of the French and Indian War? (b) Why did Florida not take part in the Bevolutionary War ? 9. Who was '' Old Rory " ? Tell some story in connec- tion with him, 10. Give the history of education in Florida. ARITHMETIC. (From Milne's Standard Arithmetic.) rSecond or Third Grade Certificate.] X. 3|+6|X2J-It^2<=? 2. B owned .35 of a factory and sold .4 of his share to C, after which five hundred thousandtlis of the factory was destroyed by fire, B's loss being $1680. What was the Value of the factory ? 3. At 3^ cents a foot board measure, what is the cost of five pieces of sawed timber, each measuring 18 feet long, 1 foot 4 inches wide, and U inches thick ? 4. How much cheaper will it be to pave a street J of a mile long and 60 feet wide with asphalt at .$0.22 a square foot, than to pave it with granite blocks at .$3.10 a squart- yard ? 6. A dealer bought grain by measure and sold it by weight, thereby gaining 1^ per cent, in the number of bush- els. He sold at a price 5 per cent, above his buying price, and received $4910.976 for the grain; find the cost. 6. A commission merchant whose rate both for selling and investing is 5 per cent., receives 24000 pounds of poi'k, worth 6 cents a pound, and $8000 in cash, with instructions to invest the whole in cotton. What will be his entire com- mission ? 7. A bookseller bought books at 12^ per cent, discount from the retail price, which was $2 per volume, and sold them at the retail price. What was his gain per cent? 8. For what sum must a note be drawn at 8 months to net $150, after it is discounted at a bank at 6 per cent.? 9. How many barrels of water will a cylindrical cis- tern hold whose diameter on the bottom is 6 feet, and whose height is six feet? 10. How much more will it cost at $1.85 a rod to fence a field in the form of a rectangle, 135 rods long and 60 rods wide, than to fence a field of equal area in the form of a square ? Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September^ i8gg. l09 ARITHMETIC, (From Milne's htandard Arithmetic) [First Grade Certificate.! 1. I have a lot in the form of a parallelograin contain- ing one acre. The distance between two of its parallel sides is 12 rods. What is its length ? 2. What will be tlie cost of a triangular piece of land whose base is 18.36 cli,, and its altitude 10,54 ch., at $70 per acre ? 3. How many pounds of butter, at 24 cents a pound, must be given in exchange for 186 yards of muslin which in sold at the rate of 15 yards for a dolhir ? 4. C can dig a well in 25 days, and C and D in 15 days. How long will it take D to dig what remains after C' has dug 1 of it? 5. D, E, and F earned .$39,36; E earned three times hs much as F, and D four times as much as E, How inucl) did each earn ? 6. What is the duty on 18 pieces of Brussels carpeting, of 60 yards each, invoiced at 45 cents per yard, tlie specific duty being 38 cents per yard and the ad valoreni duty 35 per cent.? 7. What must be paid for stock which pays a dividend of 10 per cent, so as to realize 7 per cent, on the investment? 8. A boai'd is 18 feet long, 20 inches wide at one end, and tapers gradually until it is only 1 foot wide at tlie other end. It is one inch thick. How many board feet does it contain ? 9. At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock will the liandn of a clock be exactly opposite ? 10. A cubic foot ot cast iron weigl^s 4-5(1) pounds. What is the weight of a cannon ball wliose diameter is 18 inches? ENGLISH GRAMMAR, (From Metcalf s Knglish Grammar.) [Second or Third Grade Certiticate. ) 1. (a) Define inflection; (b) case, (c) What does tlu* apostrophe in the possessive case denote? (d) Decline child; (e) it. 2. Name Ave different inflections of nouns to denote the plui'al, and give two examples of each. 3. Name all the classes of pronouns and give two ex- a.iij)les of eMch. 4. (a) Define comparison, (band c) Compare: Able, dangerous, manly, evil, (d) Give two modal adverbs. (e| eing^ not seeming." " Give every man thine ear, but fe-^o thy voice." " He came home Friday." ENGLISH GRAMMAR, (From Metcalf's Knglish Grammar.) [First Grade Certificate.! 1. (a) What is meant by the conjugation of a verb? (b) Give a complete synopsis of the verb break in the third person singular. 2. (a) Distinguish between the passive and progressive forms of the verb, and give an example of each, (b) Dis- ringuish between the uses of the word playing in the follow- ing sentences: (1) He is expert at playing ball. (2) He is playing ball. (3) The boy playiiig ball is ten years old. 8. (a) Define clause, (b) What are the three grrat classes of subordinate clauses? (c) Give examples of sul)- stantive clauses used in five different ways. 4. Give two sentences each containing a verbal adjec- tive. Give three sentences each containing a verbal noun. 5. Analyze: '' His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him, that nature might stand up and say to the world, ' This is a man.' " 6. Parse in full all italicized words: I dare do all tluit may become a man. They do notliing except complain. Florida Uniform ExaDiinatioii Qneslions, Si-'pleiitber^ iSgg. 1 1 1 Education attempts to change -iC re- bellion. Dorr's rebellion, Hartford convention, Trent aflair, Itata aflair. ; 4. State facts relative to each of the following: ^Robert Morris, Nathan Hale, Ijafitte, Charles Sumner, Elias Howe. George W. Childs, S. J. Tilden, Edison, Marconi, Thomas Lipton. 5. Tell what you know of the Venezuela incident- 6. From whom, how, and when did the United States obtain the following territory; Florida, Ala^ska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Philippines? 7. Discuss the Republic of Florida. 8. Sketch Weatlierford, Osceola, Coacooohee, Wild ster- ing expeditions. 1 18 Florida Uniform Examination Questions, June', igoo. 10. Name and locate the State schools, iiniversitits and colleges of Florida. ARITHMETIC. • (From Milne's Standard Arithmetic.) [Second or Third Grade Certittcste.l 1. 2^+-fX3|-2^^4i=? 2. A farmer engaged a man to work for him a year for .$216 and a suit of clothes. The man left at the end of 10 months and received $175 and the suit of clothes; what was the value of the suit ? 3. Divide 12 millionths by 12 thousandtlis. 4. When it is noon at Greenwich it is 6 hours, 52 min- utes, 40 seconds, a. m., at Harrisburg, Pa. What is the longitude of Harrisburg? 5. How many yards of carpet 27 inches wide will be required for a room 18 feet long and 16 feet wide, if thr strips run lengthwise and there is a waste of one-filth of a yard in each strip in matching the pattern ? What will be the cost of the carpet at $1.85 per lineal yard ? 6. A merchant's sales on Monday amounted to $385.84. His sales on Monday were 16§ per cent, of 54 per cent, less than the amount of goods sold on Tuesday. What was the amount of Tuesday's sales? 7. Mr. H. sold two houses for $3,600 each ; on one he gained 25 per cent., and on the other he lost 25 per cent. How much was gained or lost by the transaction ? 8. A merchant sent his agent in St. Paul $3,493.50 to in- vest in flour. The agent bought the flour at $4.25 per bar- rel, and chai'ged 2| per cent, commission. The merchant had the flour insured at Ig per cent., and paid $268.25 foi* transportation. The flour was then sold at a gain of 10 per cent, on the whole cost. What Avas the selling price per barrel ? 9. For what sum must a note for 2 months 17 days be made so that the proceeds after it has been discounted at bank at 7 per cent., may be $895? 10. What is the volume of a frustum of a pyramid, the lower base of which is 20 feet square, the upper base 10 feet square, and the altitude 20 feet? ARITHMETIC, (From Milne's Standard Arithmetic.) [First Grade Certiticate.] 1. A Iiorse cost $125 and J the cost of the horse is 4 times tlie cost of the harness. What did the harness cost? 2. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days. If A can do only f as much as B, liow long will it take' eacli of Them to do the work ? Florida Uniform Exai)iination Questions, Jiau\ igoo. 1 19 3. A miner sold to a broker 2 pounds of gold dust at $220 per pound, avoirdupois, and the broker sold it at $1K per ounce, troy. Did he gain or lose, and how much ? 4. A merchant was offered a credit of 3 months on a bill of goods amounting to $3,468, or a discount of 2% for cash. How much better was the latter offer, money bein<; worth 7% ? 5. How much must be invested in 1% city bonds, bought at 101^, brokerage \%, to vield an annual income of $840? 6. What was the list price of an article whose net cost was $4.50, after deducting discounts of 40% and 10% ? 7. How large a 60-day draft can be bought on St. Paul, Minn., for $1,260, when the exchange is at \\% premium? 8. A lady has 2 silver cups, and only one cover for both. The first cup weighs 16 ounces, and when it is cov- ered it weighs three times as much as the second cup; but when the second cup is covered it weighs four times as much as the first. What is the weight of the second cup and of the cover? 9. A room is 18 feet long, 15 feet wide and 9 feet high. What must be the length of a line extending from one of the lower corners to an opposite upper corner? 10. A man at his marriage agreed that if at his deatli he should leave only a daughter his wife should have f of his estate; and if he should leave only a son, she sliould have \. He left a son and a daughter. * What fractional part of the estate should each receive, and how much was each one's portion, if the estate was worth $6,591 ? ENGLISH GRAMMAR, (From Metcalf s English Grammar.) [Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. (1) What is grammar ? (2) What is language? (3) What is a sentence ? (4) Name and illustrate the two es- sential parts of a sentence. (5) What is analysis? 2. (1) What is a compellative ? (2) Construct a sen- tence and give disposition of the compelhvtive, 3. (1) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause, and construct a sentence and underscore a phrase and a clause. 4. Define all the parts of sj^eech and give the proper- ties belonging to each. 5. Define appositives and state how tliev are usuallv set off. 6. Decline: I, thou, goose, hanger-on, brotlier-in- law, 7. Define gender, person, number and case. 121) Florida Uniform Examination Questions, /tine, igoo. 8. (1) Disting'iush between transitive and intran.sitiv>.' verbs. (2) Tell how the passive voice is always formed, and what class of verbs may have a passive voice. 9. Construct five sentences each containing one of the following verbs, used first transitively and then intransi- tively: Fly, draw, taste, become, smile. 10. In'the following quotation name the subject, all the clauses, stating what each modifies, and what kind of clause it is : We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good ; so find we profit By losing of our prayers. Parse in full the following words in the above sentence: We, ignorant, beg, often, harms, which, so, find, losing, i^rayers. ENGUSH GRAMMAR. (From Metcalf s English Grammar.) [First Grade Certificate.! 1. Give an example of three kinds of sentences: (1) When classified as to form; (2) when classified as to mean- ing. 2. Give tlie possessive singular and plural of the fol lowing nouns: Boy, s, clef, keynote, plaintiff, synec- doche, bridegroom, hypothesis, courtmartial. 3. Distinguish between the uses of s/iali •Awd'oiti. 4. Give the various uses of infiniti/es, and giv^e the disposition of the infinitives in the following sentences: He came to see me. I told him to come home. 5. Construct two sentences, one containing a restric- tive clause, the other a non-restrictive clause, and explain the punctuation. 6. Define noun clause, object complement, attribute complement, and write a sentence illustrating each. 7. Define conjunctive adverbs, and construct a sen- tence illustrating the same. 8. Distinguish between direct and indirect objects, ancll give a sentence to illustrate each. 9. Analyze the following sentence: No radiant pearl which crested fortune wears. No gem that twinkling hangs from beauty's ears. Nor the bright stars which night's blue arch adorn. Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows Down virtue's manly clieek for others' w^oes. Florida Uniform Examination Questions, June, igoo. 121 10. Parse in full the tollowing words in tlie above sen- tence: No, pearl, fortune, that, twinkling, hangs, not, stars, adoi'n, nor, suns, that, gild, morn, shine, such, tear, down, cheek, woes. GEOGRAPHY. (From Redway's Geography.) [First. Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 1. Define dunes, canyons, delta, bayou, glacier. 2. Name and locate the mountain systems of North and South America. 3. Write the countries of Europe in a column and op- posite each its capital and form of government. 4. Compare the New England States with tlie South- ex'n States as to general shape, extent, topograpliy, indus- tries, climate. 6. Name five of the most useful metals, where found and uses. 6. Define selvas, llanos, pampas, and state what these words suggest. 7. In what latitude are the Pliilippines ? State what you know of the climate, the people, principal products and "their wortli strategically to the United States. 8. Trace a water route froin Tampa to Honolulu ; from Jacksonville to Iloilo; from Kissimmee to Key West. 9. Name all the railroads in the State; six principal towns in order as to population ; six rivers in order as to size. 10. Make a list of the counties of Florida in a column with the county seats opposite. COMPOSITION, (From Swlnton's New School Composition.) [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.] 1. Define composition, theme, essay. 2. Define simple, compound, and complex sentences, and illustrate each. .8. Define style; give four requisites of good style; de- fine constrttction and give the qualities a sentence should possess. 4. Give six figures of speech and illustrate each. Dis- tinguish between metonomy and synecdoche. 5. Define period ; loose sentence. Give an instance of a loose sentence changed to a period. 6-10. Prepare a topical outline and write an essay of not less than 300 words on one of the following subjects: (a) The Good and Evil of Novel Reading. (b) Is the Town or the Country the More Appreci- ative of the Public Schools? 16 128 Ftovida Uniform Examination Questions, June, igoo. (c) Should a Teacher be Allowed to Teach Longer Than One Year on a Third Grade Certifi- cate? PHYSIOLOGY, (From Steele's Hygienic Physiology.) fFirst, Second or Tliird Grade Certificate.! 1. Locate the fibula, scapula, uhia. What frequently causes curvature of the spine ? What is a sprain ? 2. Name all the hopes of the head. B. State fully the process of digestion. 4. Describe fully the structure of the skin, and give the theory of complexion. 5. Explain fully the process of hearing, naming all the parts of the ear. 6. Discuss ventilation, and tell how you would secure good ventilation in your school room. 7. Describe the eye, showing how we see. 8. Describe the circulaticn, giving a diagram of the heart. 9. Why do the Esquimaux eat whale blubber and other fats and the South Sea Islanders eat fruits and vege- tables ? 10. State the effects of tobacco and alcohol upon the system. THEORY AND PRACTICE. [Based on White's Pedagogy.! [First, Second or Third Grade Certificate.! 1. Define intellect, knowledge, presentative powers, consciousness, attention. 2. Distinguish between induction and deduction, and upon what do they both depend? 3. Which powers are the most active in the young child, and which become the leading powers from fourteen to eighteen ? •4. What are the ends and means of education; the ends of teaching ? 5. (a) Which one of the author's '' Principles " on teaching is axiomatic? (b) Under " Principle II " give the natural order in which the powei's of the mind should be exercised and the corresponding kinds of knowledge taught. (g) Under "Principle IV " what serious mistake do teach- ers often make? (d) What is said about ''object teach- ing"? 6. What is essential in leading the pupil to form coi'- rect ideals? What caution to teachers in their presenta- tion of a truth is here implied ? Florida Uniform Examination Questions, Jnne^ igoo. 128 7. What is the lunction of the drill? How is it often abused ? What is the relation of test to study ? How may it be abused ? 8. Give three merits of the " question method." Name two defects. What about questions that admit of '^yes and no " answers. Give some merits of the "topic meth- od." Discuss questioning as an art, 9. Give your opinion on written examinations. Should the results of wiitten examinations be made the basts for promotion ? 10. What should the teacher's pi'eparation include? What is said about use of text books ? What about the principles lo be observed and tlie methods to be used? What about assignment of lessons? Make a program of tlie day's work. CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (From Townsend's Shorter Course ) [First Grade Certificate.] 1. State the good to be derived from teaching Civil Government in the public schools. 2. Define government and show liow you would convey to the mind of the child the necessity therefor. 3. Name the three branches of government, and give your reason why they should be kept as separate as pos- .sible. 4. How are the members of each liouse of Congress cliosen ? What bills must originate in the lower house and why is this ? 5. What are taxes ? Why is it necessary for the I'nited States to borrow money? Can the government lend money to individuals? 6. What are letters of marque and reprisal? 7. Define a bill and tell how it becomes a law. Trac*' it from the time it is drawn until it receives the President's approval, 8. Give a full explanation of a writ of habeas corpus. When may it be suspended and why ? 9. Describe in full the method of nominating a presi- dential candidate. 10. Give both methods of electing a President. ALGEBRA. (From White's School Algebra,) fFir«;t Grade Certificate.] 1. Define* co-efficient, exponent, equation, radical, .- ^ '^tY? 5. Solve and exprpss tlie answer in words, when the l)roduct of 12 X 12 hundrelic schools, and give the reasons why the State should liberally foster free public education. ALGEBRA, (From White's School Algebra.) [First Grade Certificate.! 1. Divide ix^-Mx-=+3-*'e by Ix^-ffx— f. 2. Resolve into five factors a^x-*— 2abx^+b'x^— a-y^+ 2abv^— b^v^. 3. Find the H. C. F. of Sx^— 4x-7, 5x2+3x-2, and ISx^ +18X+3. X 1 ■4. Reduce to its simplest form — ^ —1— ^7^Z-\\ 5. The difference of two numbers is 8, and twice the sum of their reciprocals is equal to 3 times the difference of their reciprocals. Find the numbers. X— li?' 27(x+l) 6. Reduce to simplest form —^ — ~7^Z-\yr' 3 7. Find the value of x in ^/x-|-l+^/xt=y x+1 8. A steamer performed its down trip of 150 miles at a certain rate per hour. On the return trip, going 3 miles an hour slower, it took Ih, hours longer. What was the rate down the river? 9. The product of two numbers multiplied by their sum is 180, and the sum of their <;ubes is 189. Find the numbers. 10. An elastic ball falls from a sufficient height to re- l)ound 30 feet, and at each successive rebound rises \ of the distance of the previous one. How many feet will tlie ball pass over in 5 rebounds ? How manv feet before it comes to rest? PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. (From Houston's Xew Physical Geography.) fFirst Grade Certificate.! 1. Of what does Physical Geography treat? 2. How have the soils of the earth been formed ? Florida Uniform Examination Questions, September, igoo. 13o 8. (1) Ciive proofs that tlie interior of the earth is still in a higlily heated condition. (2) State the causes of vol- canoes and earthquakes. 4. Describe the changes, and state the six agencies now causing changes in the earth's crust. 5. (1) Discuss the origin of winds. (2) Define con- stant, periodical and variable winds. 6. Discuss earth(iuakes: (1) Facts established; (2) va- rieties of motion; (;-{) velocity of motion; (4) their causes; (5) periodicity and distribution. 7. Name five conditions which influence the quantity of water discharged by rivers. 8. Give the characteristic fauna of the following: (1) North America; (2) Australia; (:5) Greenland; (4) Cuba. 9. Name the conditions reciuisite for the existence of forests; of prairies; of steppes; of deserts. 10. Locate tlie United States: (1) As to mathematical zon*^; (2) physical zone; (.■}) between what two isothermal lines? 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