{"1": {"fulltext": "lUKtaMi\\nilHll\\nW", "height": "4463", "width": "2896", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "5415", "width": "3641", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "PRICE 25 CENTS\\nCollege (Questions\\nL6 ^z^^\\nPART I.\\nThe Examination Papers of 1888, i\\n1892, 1893\\n1890, i!\\nPART II.\\nThe Examination Papers of 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897,\\n1898, 1899\\nIN\\nARITHMETIC, GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY.\\nHISTORY, SPELLl^l?,\\nAND BREWING\\n_ AN AID IN PREPARING FOR\\nENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS TO JJM?tt SCHOOLS, NORMAL COLLEGE\\nCCLLEGE OF TH]^,CITY QF^EW YORK, WEST POINT, ANNAPOLIS,\\nVIL SEfeVrCE AND THE REGENTS EXAMINATIONS\\nFOURTH EDITION\\n^TF.V H", "height": "3798", "width": "2374", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "V\\nPtg si\\n50967\\n,YHqA^t Copyright, 1899.\\niLLiAM Beverley Harison.\\nOMIWA\\niici: owmA^aiiq vii aiA via\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0TH OT 8M0ITAMF\\n8\u00c2\u00a3C0ND GOPVy", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "\\\\JJ\\nN By\\nC2. College of the City of New York, 1888.\\nW Arithmetic.\\n1. (a) When is a common fraction said to be in its lowest\\nterms\\n(b) When are four numbers said to form a proportion\\n(c) What is meant by the present worth of a sum of\\nmoney due six months hence\\n(d) What is a minuend a subtrahend a quotient\\n2. (a) Reduce to its simplest form the following ex-\\npression\\na of n of I i 4.\\nf of3i I\\n(b) Add together (using the least Common Dividend)\\n3 4 15\\n6\\n(c) Divide If by\\n3. (a) What is the effect of multiplying the denominator\\nof a fraction by a whole number.\\n(b) Explain the reason of this.\\n4. (a) Write in decimal form\\nForty hundred thousandths.\\nNine hundred and twenty-four millionths.\\nTwo thousand, one hundred and twelve thousandths.\\n(b) Divide 5.6 by .00014.\\n(c) Reduce y|-^ to a decimal.\\n5. Addthe following decimals 3.123, .00084, 200.1.\\n(b) Subtract 2.0046 from 3.3.\\n(c) Multiply 1.001 by 33.0004.\\n(d) What denominator is always understood with every\\ndecimal fraction\\n3", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "4 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1888.\\nG. {(f) What is tlie effect upon the value of a decimal\\nfraction of moving the decimal point one i)lace to the right\\n(b) Explain the reason of this.\\n7. If it costs $100 to carpet a room 24 feet long and 21\\nfeet wide with carpet of a certain quality, how much will it\\ncost to carpet a room which is 31 feet C inches long, and\\n18 feet wide, with carpet worth 20^ more per yard\\n8. A dealer bought in the country 500 bushels of pota-\\ntoes for 50 cents a bushel and shipped them to New York\\nfor sale. The freight was 2J cents per bushel cartage in\\nNew York on the whole was $7.50, and one-tenth of them\\nAvere damaged on the way so as to be unsalable. At what\\nprice per bushel must he sell the remainder so as neither to\\nmake nor lose on the transaction\\n9. A man spends 25^ of his capital for a house, puts\\n60^ of the remainder into his business, and invests the rest\\nin bonds bearing Qfo interest. From these bonds he receives\\nan income of $1,200 per annum. AVhat is his entire capital\\n10. A, B, and can togetlier do a piece of work in 3 days.\\nA alone can do it in 12 days and B. alone can do it in 6\\ndays. In how many days can C alone do it\\nEnglish.\\n1. Use each of the following words in a separate sentence,\\nshowi-ig the correct use of the word\\n(a) Betrayed (I?) apparent (c) faltering (d) sympa-\\nthy (e) anonymous.\\n2. (a) What is a participle Give an example of an im-\\nperfect participle.\\n{b) What is the comparative degree of adjectives\\nGive the comparative of ill.\\n(c) What are modes or moods What mood is em-\\nployed in the example if he were\\n(d) How do intransitive and passive verbs differ Write\\na sentence of at least ten words, using an intransitive verb\\nas the predicate.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1888. 5\\n(e) State the difference between an interrogative and a\\nrelative pronoun. Construct a sentence showing the use of\\nboth pronouns.\\n3. Construct a compound sentence of not less than twenty\\nwords, one of the clauses of which shall be complex.\\n4. Construct a complex sentence of not less than fifteen\\nwords, with an infinitive phrase as the subject.\\n5. Analyze the following\\nTrust no Future, howe er pleasant\\nLet the dead Past bury its dead\\n6. Analyze the following\\nIn the middle of the night, and under all the rest of\\nour distresses, one of the men, that had been down on pur-\\npose to see, cried out we had sprung a leak.\\n7. The following examples, showing the careless use of\\nlanguage in advertisements, are from an article in Chamhers\\nJournal. You are required to correct the errors and give a\\nshort reason for the corrections.\\n{a) A shop in Cheapside warns everybody against un-\\nscrupulous persons who infringe our title to deceive the\\npublic.\\n{p) The proprietor of an eating-house near the docks\\nhas on his door the notice to the gallant tars who frequent\\nthe port Sailors vitals cooked here.\\n(c) A boarding-house keeper announces in one of the\\npapers that he has a cottage to let containing eight rooms\\nand an acre of land.\\n{d) A dealer in cheap shoes makes this announcement.\\nLadies wishing these cheap shoes will do well to call soon\\nas they will not last long.\\n(e) The same carelessness appears in the following\\nThis hotel will be kept open by a widow of the former\\nlandlady who died last summer on a new and improved\\nplan.\\n8. Write a short letter, the body of which shall not be\\nless than twelve lines in length, properly dated, addressed", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "6 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1888.\\nto 3 Oiir iiucle, and signed Tliomas Gilbert [innouncing that\\nyour father is about to sail for Europe mentioning the\\nlength of time he is likely to be absent and the countries he\\nintends to visit, and adding such other particulars as would\\nbe proper in a letter of this sort.\\nGeography.\\nI. (a) Sketch an outline map of the United States, omit-\\nting Alaska.\\nLocate on this map the following ranges of moun-\\ntains Blue, Cumberland, Coast Eange, Sierra Kevada,\\nCascade.\\n(c) Locate on the same map the following rivers and\\nlakes Missouri, Mississippi, Hudson, Lake Michigan, Lake\\nErie.\\n(d) Locate on the same map the following cities Bos-\\nton, Chicago, New Orleans, San Francisco, Galveston, Phila-\\ndelphia, Buffalo, St. Louis, Washington, Charleston.\\n2. From what State or States do we obtain silver, copper,\\ngold, mercury, petroleum, salt, sugar, cotton, rice, wheat\\n3. Through what waters and near what countries would\\nyou pass in the most direct course, (a) from New York to\\nOdessa (b) from San Francisco to Calcutta\\n4. (a) What is the highest portion of the continent of\\nAsia\\n(5) What is the most northerly portion of the mainland\\nof Europe\\n(c) Which is the larger, the Caspian Sea or Lake Su-\\nperior\\n(d) Does the Volga feed or drain the Caspian Sea\\n(e) What mountain ranges or elevations of land deter-\\nmine the general directions of the rivers of North America\\n5. (a) What is the size and form of the earth\\n(b) What is physical geography\\n(c) What is meant by longitude\\n(d) What is the latitude of New York City\\n(e) Explain the phenomena of day and night.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1888. f\\nHistory.\\n1. Give an account of tlie voyages of Columbus. A\u00c2\u00a5hy\\nwas not the New World named after him\\n2. State when, where, and why the Pilgrim Fathers\\nsettled in America.\\n3. Name the several wars, with dates, in which the colo-\\nnists took part, down to the Revolution. Which was most\\nimportant and why\\n4. Give the names of the thirteen colonies and group\\nthem according to their governments charter, proprietary,\\netc. Were the people of the colonies alike in nationality,\\nreligion, or other respects State the differences.\\n5. Describe the events of the Eevolutionary War in the\\nSouth in the year 1780. Full account.\\n6. What were the causes of the Mexican War What part\\ndid General Scott take in it\\n7. Valley Forge, Wyoming, Lookout Mountain, Appomat-\\ntox, Tippecanoe, Carteret, Wayne, Seward, Burr, Meade.\\nWhy are these names of places and persons prominent in\\nour history\\n8. Name the Presidents of the United States, and give\\ndates, from Madison to Buchanan, inclusive. Give the\\n{)rincipal events of Jackson s administration.\\n9. Give the Southern and Northern views of the seces-\\nsion question.\\n10. What is the Federal Constitution Give a full his-\\ntory of its adoption why, where, and when.\\nSpellin G.\\nCapacity is an absolute necessity of naval command, as the\\nfate of the Spanish Armada signally showed, and the most\\npatrician communities have one by one been compelled to\\nyield up the claims of rank and descent in the command of\\nthe -sea. It is the arena where new men can rise to power,\\nand among the Vikings were men who felt this and rose ac-\\ncordingly. Hence the difficulty of identifying the greatest", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1888.\\namong them in tliat ninth c\\nmidst of the destructive Avor\\noccupancy.\\nAn attack of ague.\\nThe skilful artisan.\\nAnxious thoughts.\\nIndividual peculiarities.\\nA disastrous engagement.\\nLincoln.\\nBismarck.\\nTeneriffe.\\nSumatra.\\nentury, when they were in the\\nk that preceded settlement and\\nAn arbitrary decision.\\nA prolific brain.\\nTriumphant shouts.\\nWholesome correction.\\nA handsome legacy.\\nIdaho.\\nAmherst.\\nBoulogne.\\nHebrides.\\nNormal College.\\nArithmetic.\\n1. Define quantity, number, figure. Explain the differ-\\nence betweennumber and figure. Explain briefly the Eoman\\nmethod of notation. Write the present year in Eoman char-\\nacters. What is a common fraction Upon what does the\\nvalue of a fraction depend Why are fractions reduced to\\na common denominator before they can be added\\n2. A man has 20f acres in one field, 404- acres in another,\\nand f as many acres in a third as in the other two how\\nmany has he altogether\\n3. What is ratio What is proportion Why must the\\nfirst and second terms of a proportion be of the same name\\nor kind\\nIt requires of a bushel of oats to keep 4 horses of a\\nday how many horses will 9 bushels feed of a day\\n4. AVhat is per cent Write decimally -J of 1^.\\nBought apples at of a cent each and sold them at\\nof a cent each required the gain per cent.\\n5. What is the face of a note at 90 days, the proceeds of\\nwhich, discounted at a bank at 6^, are $2,000", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1888. 9\\n6. A man bought a house, agreeing to pay -J in 4 months,\\nJ in 9 months, and the remainder in a year. Find the aver-\\nage time of credit.\\n7. Sold $460 uncurrent money at ffo discount. Find the\\ndiscount and market value.\\n8. What principal will in 3 years, 8 months, 15 days, at\\nQfo, give I76.09i interest\\nEnglish.\\n1. ISTame the different kinds of pronouns. Write a sen-\\ntence to illustrate each kind.\\nWrite a sentence with the word what used as an ad-\\njective.\\nCorrect ^Men and Boys Clothing.\\n2. What is a compound sentence Write an example\\nWrite a complex sentence. Show the difference between a\\ncompound and a complex sentence. Write a coippound sen-\\ntence with four co-ordinate clauses.\\n3. Write a sentence containing the word order as a noun\\nand as a verb. Give an illustration of a descriptive adjective\\nused as a noun of a numeral adjective used as a noun.\\nConstruct a sentence with a verb in the active voice\\nand change it into the passive voice without altering the\\nmeaning.\\n4. ^^At the first stage of his journey, a trial of his ten-\\nderest feelings awaited him in a public dinner given him at\\nAlexandria, by his neighbors and personal friends, among\\nwhom he had lived in the constant interchange of kind\\noffices, and who were so well aware of the practical benef-\\nicence of his private character. Washington Irving.\\nAnalyze the above sentence very briefly. Tell the kind\\nof sentence. Write out and number each clause and give\\nthe modifiers of had lived.\\n5. Parse given, him (after given), had lived, aware, and so.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "10 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1888.\\nGeography.\\n1. New York is 71\u00c2\u00b0 west longitude and San Francisco\\nabout 122\u00c2\u00b0 west longitude. li it is 9 o clock a.m. in the\\nformer, what o clock is it in the latter\\n2. Give as near as you can the direction of the following\\ncities from J^ew York MoMIe, A^igusta, Montreal, Naples,\\nCopenhagen, Melbourne, Montevideo, Calcutta, Teheran, and\\nOdessa.\\n3. Give the capitals of Greece, Switzerland, Egypt, Chili,\\nPeru, Canada, Wisconsin, Georgia, Texas, Vermont.\\n4. Bound Pennsylvania. Name its capital city its largest\\ncity and five other cities of importance.\\n5. Name the States on each side of the Mississippi those\\nthat border the great lakes and those on the Pacific coast.\\n6. What is latitude What is the greatest longitude a\\nplace can have\\n7. How can you tell with certainty the true south\\n8. What are the general productions of the temperate\\nzone of the torrid zone\\n9. Why have great cities as a rule been built on the sea-\\ncoast or on rivers and what great invention of modern times\\nwill perform the duty formerly done by the great rivers\\n10. Why are elevated places cooler than those on the\\nplain\\n11. Name four of the great railroad centres of the United\\nStates.\\n12. Bound France. Name its capital and five of its im-\\nportant cities.\\n13. On what rivers are the following cities Delhi, Berlin,\\nEome, Bagdad, Vienna\\n14. Where would you find Santa Fe, St. Augustine, St.\\nPaul, Sacramento and San Jose\\n15. Name five mountain ranges in Europe.\\n16. Name three capes on the coast of North Carolina.\\n17. Bound the State of Missouri. Name its capital and\\nits largest city.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1888. 11\\n18. Name six of the great rivers of the United States\\nstate where they rise and into what bodies of water they\\ndischarge themselves.\\n19. Through what waters would a vessel pass in going\\nfrom Albany, N. Y., to Hartford, Ct. Name five cities\\nshe would pass by.\\n20. A city is 10\u00c2\u00b0 30 due north of another city. How\\nmany geographical miles are they apart\\nHistory.\\n1. (a) What great idea prompted the discovery of Amer-\\nica\\n(b) Give a brief account of the discovery of America\\nby Coluriibus and of his subsequent voyages.\\n(c) Write a brief account of the voyages and discov-\\neries of Cartier.\\n(d) What great Englishman attempted to found settle-\\nments in North America in 1583, 84, and 85 Name two\\nof the navigators who sailed under his patronage.\\n{e) What part of North America was claimed by Eng-\\nland, and why\\n2. (a) Which one of the original thirteen States was first\\nsettled When, where, and by whom was it settled What\\nwas the character of the first settlers\\n(i) What State was settled in 1614 By what people\\nwas it settled How long did they hold possession of it\\n(c) When and by whom was Massachusetts settled\\nDescribe briefly the character of those people.\\n(d) Name two of the early Indian wars and state their\\ncauses.\\n(e) What was the cause of King William s war, and by\\nwhat treaty was it terminated\\n3. (a) What excuse did the English government make in\\n1764 for taxing the American colonies What reason did\\nthe colonists assign for resisting taxation\\n(b) Where and when did the Second Colonial Congress\\nmeet Who was its president", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "18 COLLEGE QUESTIONS- 1888.\\n(c) Give tlic iniportiint events oi 1770 ;is nearly as you\\ncan in chronological order.\\n(d) Give a brief sketch of Washington, stating when\\nand where born, his education, first employment, military\\ntraining, and at least tliree btittles of the Revolution in\\nwhich he figured in person.\\n{e) Name four distinguished statesmen of the Revo-\\nlution.\\n4. (a) What great measure was passed by Congress in\\n1787 What influence had this measure on the growth of\\nthe country\\n(Z\u00c2\u00bb) AVhat is the Federal Constitution Who was the\\nfirst President under this Constitution\\n(c) What territories have the United States purchased\\nat diiferent times, and from whom\\n(d) What right did Great Britain claim, which was\\nthe chief cause of the war of 1812-15\\n(e) Name the Presidents in order from Washington to\\nCleveland, and name those who were re-elected.\\n5. (a) Who was President during the Mexican War\\nWhy were a portion of the New England people sternly op-\\nposed to this war Name three American generals who\\ndistinguished themselves in this war.\\n{b) What celebrated measures were passed by Congress\\nin 1819-20 and 1850 How did the admission of Texas and\\nthe acquisition of new territory to the Pacific interfere with\\nthe celebrated act of 1819-20\\n(c) What do you mean by a civil war From your\\ngeneral reading, name some civil wars that took place in\\nother countries. Why did the South take up arms against\\nthe Union Why was the North bound to succeed in the\\nlong run Who was commander-in-chief of all the land and\\nnaval forces of the United States from 1861 to 1865\\n(d) What great fortification was captured by Grant in\\nJuly, 1863 Who was the Confederate commander Give\\na brief account of the capture of this stronghold.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1888. 13\\n(e) What two great generals were opposed to each other\\nin the series of skirmishes and battles that immediately pre-\\nceded the capture of Atlanta Who superseded the Con-\\nfederate commander at a critical moment What American\\nhero captured the city of Mobile\\nSpellii^g.\\nThe adojjtion of the Federal Constitution was another\\nepoch in the life of Washington. Before the official forms\\nof an election could be carried into operation a unanimous\\nsentiment tlirougliout the Union pronounced him the na-\\ntion s choice for the presidential chair. He looked forward\\nto the possihility of his election with characteristic modesty\\nand unfeigned reluctance, as his letters to his confidential\\nfriends bear witness. It has no fascinating allurements\\nfor me/ writes he to Lafayette, Let those follow the pur-\\nsuits of ambition who have a Iceener relish for them. In\\nreply to a letter from Colonel Henry Lee, he wrote ^^The\\nevent to which you allude may never happen. This con-\\nsideration alone would supersede the expediency of announc-\\ning any definitive and irrevocable resolution.\\nAt the frontier of Pennsylvania he was met by his for-\\nmer companion in arms, Mifflin, now Governor of the State,\\nwho with Judge Peters and a civil and military escort was\\nwaiting to receive him. Washington had hoped to be spared\\nall military ^ar\u00c2\u00ab(ie, but found it was not to be evctded. At\\nChester there were preparations for a public entrance into\\nPhiladelphia.\\nThe ladies of Trenton had caused a triumphal arch to be\\nerected. It was entivined with evergreens and laurels and\\nbore the inscription, The defender of the mothers will be\\nthe protector of the daughter s.^^ ^ever was ovation more\\ngraceful, touching, and sincere. His progress through N ew\\nJersey afforded a contrast to his wesiYj marchings to and fro,\\nharassed with doubts dnd j)erplexities, in the time of the\\nRevolution.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "14 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1889.\\nCollege of the City of New York 1889.\\nArithmetic.\\n1. {a) Define a common fraction\\n(b) A compound fraction\\n(6 A decimal fraction\\n(d) Give the rule for the multiplication of one decimal\\nfraction by another.\\n(e) Wliat is discount\\n4\\n2. (a) Add the following fractions f of of\\nTo\\n2i\\n(b) Find the value of the following i of\\nfotv\\n3. (a) Write in a decimal form Yofro- tw- ftf\\n(b) How do you most easily multiply a decimal by 10\\n(c) Divide 16. by 4.; by 400.; by .004.\\n{d) Multiply 41 by .0006.\\n4. In multiplying f by explain why cancelling the 3 in\\nthe numerator and denominator will give a correct result.\\n5. Divide 3.25 by .5 and explain the reason of the rule for\\npointing off the decimal places in the quotient.\\n6. AVhat sum of money put at interest for 2 years 9 months\\nand 9 days, at 6^ per annum, will produce 12,951.80\\n7. A certain cistern can be filled by one pipe in 10 hours,\\nby another in 6 hours, and can be emptied by a third in 5\\nhours. In how many hours can it be filled if all three pipes\\nare opened at once\\n8. An importer bought in France 1,000 pieces of a certain\\ngoods at 140 per piece. The duty paid on importing the\\ngoods was 50^ of the cost, and the freight and other\\ncharges were in all $1,500. For how much per piece must\\nhe sell the goods so as to make 20^\\n9. Two men start from two towns 105 miles apart and\\nwalk toward each other. They meet at the end of 15 hours.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1889. 15\\nThe first has travelled 3 miles per hour. At what rate has\\nthe second travelled\\n10. If 10 men working 8 hours per day can build a cer-\\ntain wall in 6 days, how many hours a day must 12 men\\nwork to build the same wall in 4 days\\nEn^glish.\\nAnalyze the following sentences, 1 and 2. If the candi-\\ndate prefers to diagram one or both of them he may do so.\\n1. In the Acadian land, on the shores of the basin of\\nMinas\\nDistant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand Pre\\nLay in the fruitful valley.\\n2. Alas the meanest herb that scents the gale,\\nThe lowliest flower that blossoms in the vale\\nEven where it dies, at Spring s sweet call renews\\nTo second life its odors and its hues.\\n3. (a) What is a sentence Name the different kinds of\\nsentences.\\n(b) What is a phrase Name the different kinds of\\nphrases.\\n{c) What is the difference between a phrase and a\\nclause\\n{d) What is the difference between a compound and a\\ncomplex sentence\\n4. Correct the errors in the following examples, a, i, c,\\nand d, being particular to give in each case the reason for the\\ncorrection and answer the inquiry in e.\\n{a) J Who is there It is me.\\n(b) If you had been working all morning like we have\\nyou would be glad to rest.\\n(c) You can t deny but what you received notice.\\n(d) If any pupil has seen the lost book, I shall be glad\\nif they will let me know.\\n(e) If he were here, he would answer for himself.\\nWhy is were used after he 9", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "16 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1889.\\n5. (a) In what ways is the plural of nouns formed Give\\nan example of each.\\n(b) Give the feminine of the following nouns Bachelor,\\nBoy, Drake, Earl, Gander, Ram, Hart, Wizard.\\n(r) What is meant by a part of speech What is in-\\nflection in grammar\\n(d) What part of speech undergoes the most change by\\ninflection Give the singular and plural of one example.\\n(c) What are the two simple rules for the use of the\\nauxiliaries shall and will 9\\nGeography.\\n1. How high is the highest mountain on the earth What\\nis the diameter of the earth in miles\\n2. Through what two points on the earth s surface do all\\nmeridians pass Borneo and Iceland each extending over\\nten degrees of longitude, which is the longer in miles\\n3. Which State borders on four of the five great lakes\\nWhich two other States border each on two lakes\\n4. Where are the following European cities (give country,\\npart of country, river or sea in and on which each lies)\\nAntwerp, Belfast, Copenhagen, Malaga, Palermo, Eouen,\\nWarsaw, Zurich\\n5. Name the European countries of which Algeria, the\\nAzores, Ceylon, Egypt, Greenland, Java, and Victoria, are\\nseverally dependencies\\n6. How would you go, eastward, from Vera Cruz to the\\nPhilippine Islands Through what waters and by what\\nislands would you pass\\n7. Where are the following South American cities Bahia,\\nBogota, Callao, Cayenne, Maracaybo, Quito, Rio Janeiro,\\nValparaiso\\n8. Where are these capes Hatteras, Land s End, Race,\\nSt. Roque\\n9. Where are Anam, Bokhara, the Congo Free State,\\nCorea, Manitoba, Morocco, the Orange Free State, Servia", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1889. 17\\n10. Draw a map showing the course of the Mississippi\\nfrom its source to its mouth. Indicate its junction with its\\nprincipal tributaries mark off the States on both banks and\\nname them, and locate the capitals of these States.\\nHistory.\\n1. Explain the origin of the names (a) America/ (b)\\nUnited States/ {c) Xew York, {d) ^Georgia. State\\nfully why tliey were applied and when.\\n2. Describe the colonists of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,\\nand Maryland, showing in what respects they differed from\\neach other. Include a brief account of their first settle-\\nments.\\n3. Give a sketch of Queen Anne s War. ISTame the princi-\\npal Indian wars since 1776, giving dates.\\n4. Show that the period from 1765 to 1775 was an impor-\\ntant one in our history. G-ive the chief events in order.\\n5. How far did France assist us in the Eevolutionary\\nWar Who was Steuben AYhat services did General\\nGreene render in the struggle\\n6. Washington as President state all you know respect-\\ning his administration, naming events, public measures,\\ncabinet ministers, etc.\\n7. Who were Marquette, Stuyvesant, Irving, Morse, AVar-\\nren, Andros, Webster, Seward, Fulton ^NTame six of our\\nprominent naval heroes since 1775.\\n8. Give the substance of the amendments to the Constitu-\\ntion adopted since the Civil War. What other questions\\nwere settled by that war\\n9. Give an account of the chief military operations of the\\nyear 1863. What bearing did they have on the result\\n10. What is meant by the Federal Union, and what\\ntie holds it together What form of government do we\\nhave in this State, and when was it adopted", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "18\\nCOLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1889.\\nSpelling.\\nThe queen is upon terms of the greatest cordiality with\\nLord Melbourne, and very naturally. Everything is new\\nand delightful to her. She is surrounded with the most\\nexciting and interesting enjoyments her occupations, her\\npleastires, her business, her court, all present an unceasing\\nround of gratifications. With all her prudoice and discretion\\nshe has great animal spirits, and enters into the magnificent\\nnovelties of her position with the zest and curiosity of a child.\\nBachelor.\\nElectrotype.\\nAmuse.\\nDeceit.\\nForeign.\\nAnswer.\\nDecrease.\\nCentennial.\\nDakota.\\nAppetite.\\nDoubtful.\\nMoscow.\\nElephant.\\nBarometer.\\nNicaragua.\\nAcre.\\nCalico.\\nDardanelles.\\nBullion.\\nFurious.\\nParaguay.\\nEecitation.\\nAgreeable.\\nJefferson.\\nDelicacy.\\nCemetery.\\nMassachusetts.\\nBehavior.\\nAdvice.\\nPennsylvania.\\nNormal College.\\nArithmetic.\\n1 TT.vn-paec qo\\nQ. HfiPlTYlSll 2 1^\\nx\u00c2\u00a5)-\\n3 6\\n2. A can do a piece of work in of an hour B can do\\nof it in one hour. In what time can both do it\\n3. What is the difference between the interest and the time\\ndiscount of 1576 due 16 months hence at 6^\\n4. What decimal of 7 bu. 1 pk. 5 qt. is 82 bu. 3 pk. 1 qt.\\n5. How much can be realized yearly from an investment\\nof 16,900 in a 4-J-^ stock, bought at 86, brokerage Ifo\\n6. The interest on a note for 2 y. 6 mo. at 7^ was 1118.23.\\nWhat was the face of the note\\n7. Bought the following bills on 4 months September 9th,\\n1880, 1140 October 9th, $160 November 6th, $200. What\\nis the average time of payment", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1889. 19\\n8. A merchant sold goods for 1150 and lost lOfo, whereas\\nhe should have gained 30fo. How much were they sold under\\ntheir proper value\\n9. If 25 men working 8 hours a day do f of a piece of work in\\n24 days, in how many days of 10 hours each will 30 men\\nfinish the piece of work\\n10. In what time will $12,000 yield $2,500 at 4^^\\nE:n^glish.\\nI.\\nI am the besom that must sweep the court clean of such\\nfilth as thou art. Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the\\nyouth of the realm in erecting a grammar school. It will be\\nproved to thy face that thou hast men about thee that usually\\ntalk of a noun and a verb, and such abominable words as no\\nChristian ear can endure to hear. Henry VI.\\n1. What kind of a sentence is the first sentence\\n2. What kind of a sentence is the second sentence\\n3. What kind of a sentence is the third sentence\\n4. In the first sentence write the kind of clauses accord-\\ning to the divisions known as noun, adjective, and adverbial.\\n5. In the third sentence write the kind of clauses accord-\\ning to the divisions known as noun, adjective, and adverbial.\\n6. Define clause s^nd phrase.\\n7. Parse the following words Besom, that (1), must, siueep,\\nclean, grammar-school, in, that (2), tliat (3), such.\\n8. Write the potential mood, past perfect [pluperfect]\\ntense of the verb to write.\\n9. What is a passive verb How is it formed AYrite a\\ncompound sentence of three clauses containing the passive\\nvoice of the verbs love, esteem, reverence.\\n10. Construct a complex sentence with one adjective and\\ntwo adverbial clauses.\\n11.\\n1. Write a letter of application for a position as teacher\\nin the ward in which you live.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "1^ COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1889.\\n[Credit will be given for arrangement, for correctness of\\nlangiuige, iov punctuation, for the right use of capitals, and\\nfor orthograpluj.^\\n2. Define garriso7i, instigate, repentance, remorse, Jiallow,\\nand use each word in a separate sentence.\\n3. Punctuate and capitalize the following\\nTrav my lord sir John umfrevile turned me back\\nWith joyful Tidings and Being Better Horsed.\\nout rode me after him came spurring hard\\na Gentleman almost forspent with speed\\nThat stopped by me to breathe his Bloodied Horse\\nhe asked the way to Chester and of him\\nI did demand what news from Shrewsbury\\nhe told me that Eebellion had ill luck\\nAnd that Young Harry Percy s spur was cold.\\n4. Convert the following into simple sentences\\nWhen I had done this I returned.\\n*^I came that I might assist you.\\nCorrect the following and give reason\\nThe reveries of a batchelor were written by D. G.\\nMitchell.\\nGeogbaphy.\\n1. How many degrees from the Equator to the Tropic of\\nCancer What is the width of the North Temperate Zone\\nWhat is the latitude of New York Name three important\\ncities in Europe having nearly the same latitude.\\n2. From what countries does the United States import\\ncoffee wines sugar State in general the chief produc-\\ntions of the Northwestern States the chief exports of the\\nUnited States. What made New York State the greatest of\\nthe United States, and Ncav York City the centre of com-\\nmerce in the Western World To what distinguished\\ngovernor is New York indebted for its greatness\\n3. Locate the following cities Denver, Santa Fe, Milwau-\\nkee, Louisville, and Toledo. Name the States that touch the\\nwest side of the Mississippi.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1889. 21\\n4. Xame the j^olitical divisious of South America and the\\ncapital of each. Locate the following cities Montevideo,\\nCallao, Santiago, Pernamhuco, and Caracas.\\n5. Bound European Russia. Xame its capital, three great\\nrivers, and two mountain chains.\\n6. Through wdiat waters would a vessel sail in going from\\nOdessa to Riga with a cargo of wheat\\n7. What waters separate Great Britain from Ireland\\nXame the largest four cities in Great Britain. State in\\nround numbers the population of London.\\n8. What seas touch the east coast of Asia Xame three\\ngreat cities of Ilindostan. What is the capital of Beloo-\\nchistan\\n9. Bound Africa. What channel between Madagascar and\\nthe continent of Africa Through what waters wx)uld a ship\\nsail in going from Londoii to Calcutta by the shortest route\\n10. Locate the following cities Melbourne, Sydney, and\\nHolarttown.\\nHistory.\\n1. From what monarchs did Columbus beg in vain for aid\\nto enable him to discover a j)assage to the East Indies\\nWhat sovereigns finally furnished him with an outfit With\\nhow many vessels did he sail With how many did he reach\\nthe West Indies, and with how many did he return\\n2. Who were the Puritans Why were they so called\\nWhen and where did they land in America What States did\\nthey settle What Indian w^ars occurred in Xew England\\nWhat form of government did the Puritans establish\\n3. Who settled Virginia, Xorth and South Carolina\\nWhat was the character of the first settlers When was\\nSouth Carolina first settled\\n4. State the causes of the French and Indian War, and of\\nthe Revolutionary War. State the most important event in\\neach of the following years 1759, 1763, 1775, 1776, 1777.\\n5. What great American was mainly instrumental in se-\\ncuring French aid and in forming the treaty of alliance with", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "22 COLLECJE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1889.\\nFnince Name lour distiiiguislicd Froucliiiion who aided\\nAmerica in the Eevolution.\\n*6. AVhat is tlie Constitution of the United States What\\nare the three great divisions of tlie government Wliich\\ndivision imposes taxes Which enforces tlie hiws\\n7. What States were introduced into the Union between\\n1789 and 1800 What was the Missouri Compromise Give\\nits date.\\n8. What historical event is connected with each of the fol-\\nlowing names Oliver H. Perry, Samuel F. B. Morse, De\\nWitt Clinton, Mason and Slidell, and John Ericsson\\n9. What States passed ordinances of secession after the\\ngeneral election of 1860\\n10. What Union officer commanded the land forces at An-\\ntietam at Gettysburg at Atlanta at Vicksburg and\\nthe naval forces at Mobile\\nSpelling.\\n1. The marble palace of the sovereign, with its arcades and\\ncorridors, its terraces and courts, its lakes and groves and\\ngardens, filled a circuit of ten miles its wide expanse of\\nroof, profusely wrought in gold, rested upon hundreds of\\npillars of pure gold cunningly adorned in arabesque of azure\\nto heighten the native richness of the yellow metal.\\n2. The rage of the Portuguese and the admiration of the\\nSpaniards were alike blind. Neither nation was aware that\\nthe newly discovered land was inhabited by savages. The\\ngeneral impression prevailed that the Bahama Islands and\\nthe West Indies were only outlying portions of Catliay.\\n3. He rode to the heacli on a chestnut horse which he tied\\nto a branch of a leech tree. He waited for the tide to rise\\nand then with oars he rowed o er the river. He met a young\\nDa7ie who would not deign to help him to load his boat with\\na hale of cotton. A stranger said he would go hail for his\\nwages.\\nPhilip. Canada.\\nHannibal. Jamaica.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1890.\\nMatthew. Havana.\\nBenjamin. Savannah.\\nEphraim. Missouri.\\nCollege of the City of New York, 1890.\\nAeithmetic.\\n1. (a) What is a common fraction\\n(b) What is a decimal fraction\\n(c) What is ratio\\n{d) AVhen are four numbers said to be in proportion\\n2. (a) Divide If by -J.\\n(b) Reduce the following fractions to equivalent frac-\\ntions having their least common denominator\\n2-2.\\nA,|offof-,tof i.\\n3\\n(c) Add together the results obtained in (b).\\n3. (a) What fraction of is J\\n(b) Find the value of of a mile in rods, yards, feet,\\nand inches.\\n(c) Eeduce to a decimal fraction.\\n4. What is the effect of dividing the denominator of a\\ngiven common fraction by 4 Explain the reason of this.\\n5. (a) Write in decimal form the following\\nTen and ten hundredths nine millionths thirty\\nthousandths thirteen hundred and forty-two hundredths.\\n(b) Add .003, 1.25, 20006.\\n(c) Divide .048 by 1600.\\n6. (a) Multiply .26 by .0035.\\n{b) Divide .006 by 10 by the shortest method.\\n(c) Explain the reason of this method.\\n7. If 4 men working 8 hours per day can mow a meadow\\nin 3 days, how many men working 9 hours per day can mow\\na meadow three times as large in 4 days", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "34 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1890.\\n8. A, B, and C entered into partnership for one year. A\\nput in $5,000, B $6,000, and C 1-4,000. At the end of G\\nmonths A withdrew $2,000 and put in $8,000 more. The\\nprofits at the end of the year were $G,000. Wluit was each\\nman s share\\n9. A bought merchandise from B for $10,000 and gave his\\nnote for 6 months, without grace, with interest at G^. Just\\nwhen the note was due he sold the goods to for $12,000,\\ntaking C s note at 3 months without interest, which his bank\\ndiscounted for him at Qfo the same day. After paying his\\nnote to B, how much money had he remaining\\n10. A drover bought a drove of 50 cattle for $2,000. He\\nsold of them at a gain of 10^ on the average price, and\\nof them at a gain of 15^. Half of the remainder, however,\\nwere so injured in a railroad accident that he could only\\nobtain $100 for them. For what price apiece must he sell\\nthe rest so that his total loss shall be $100\\nEnglish.\\n1. Give the plural of court-martial, genus, spoonful the\\nfeminine of abbot, hero the superlative of ill, much, forth,\\nfar the past participle of begin, shake, drive, cleave, swim.\\nChange the following nouns into adjectives by means of\\nsuffixes Gold, truth, boy, love, virtue, question.\\n2. State the class, mood, and tense of the verbs in the\\nfollowing sentences\\nThe dream was fled.\\nThe Lord judge between thee and me.\\nI shall not look upon his like again.\\nMany acts that had been otherwise blamable were done\\nby him.\\n3. Analyze the following sentences\\n(a) Epictetus says Every matter has two handles,\\none of which will bear taking hold of, the other not.\\n{b) Art thou not content that thou hast done some-\\nthing conformable to thy nature, and dost thou seek to be", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1890. 25\\npaid for it, just as if the eye demanded a recompense for\\nseeing\\n4. Correct the errors in the following sentences\\nI expect it rained here yesterday.\\nThe soil is adapted for wheat and corn.\\nWe sorrow not as them that have no hope.\\nShe is fairer, but not so amiable, as her sister.\\nNo one ever sustained such mortifications as I have\\ndone to-day.\\n5. Write a simple sentence containing a participial and an\\ninfinitive phrase.\\nWrite a compound sentence having two co-ordinate\\nmembers, one of which shall be simple and the other com-\\nplex.\\nGeography.\\n1. Draw a sketch map of the United States without State\\nboundaries.\\n2. Locate thereon the sugar, cotton, tobacco, corn, wheat,\\nand lumber belts, and the cities of San Francisco, Denver,\\nKansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Duluth, Portland, Me.,\\nBaltimore, Charleston, New Orleans.\\n3. What is the most direct route from Edinburgh to Bom-\\nbay Mention, in order, the countries and the waters trav-\\nersed, and the ports at which the traveller lands or embarks.\\n4. What European peninsula projects northward from the\\ncontinent What Asiatic peninsula westward Name two\\npemnsulas in North America, two or three in Europe, three\\nor four in Asia, which, project southward.\\n5. Name the largest two countries in South America the\\nsmallest two. Which South American country has the long-\\nest coast line, absolutely Which the longest relatively to\\nits area\\n6. The cities of Belgrade, Berlin, Leipsic, Stuttgart,\\nVerona, and Warsaw are at nearly the same distance from\\nVienna. Draw a circle, put Vienna at the centre, and locate\\nthe six cities on the circumference. Draw another circle,", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "26 COLLAGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 890.\\nplace Borne at Llie centre, and Cologne, Leghorn, Marseilles,\\nParis, and Venice on the circumference.\\n7. Draw the Mississippi and its branches, and give the\\napproximate location of each State thereon.\\n8. What are air and ocean currents How caused\\nState the name, location, and general direction of the most\\nimportant ones their influence upon the climate of conti-\\nnents.\\n9. Where is Queenstown? Through what channel, what\\nsea, and to the mouth of what river does the steamer sail in\\ncontinuing its trip from Queenstown to Liverpool And in\\ngoing from Liverpool to Glasgow, past what island, through\\nwhat channel, up what firth and river\\n10. Name and locate the largest five or six cities on the\\nearth.\\nHiSTOBT.\\n1. Who were the earliest explorers of the Great Lakes and\\nthe Ohio and the Mississippi Elvers Give names, dates,\\nand some details. Also, what interesting relics or earth-\\nworks were found in that part of the country\\n2. Give a brief account of the settlement of Ehode Island\\nand New York. State, also, what occurred in New York\\nbetween the years 1664 and 1674.\\n3. How did the French and Indian War differ, in its origin\\nand results, from other colonial wars Explain the final\\nsuccess of the English.\\n4. What were the causes of the Eevolutionary War\\nName three American victories and three defeats occurring\\nbetween 1776 and 1780.\\n5. What large tracts of territory were granted to or pur-\\nchased by the United States before 1805 What tracts have\\nbeen secured since then, and in what way\\n6. Name the Presidents who have served two terms, giving\\ndates. Who was President during the 1812 War Who dur-\\ning the Mexican War", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1890.\\n37\\n7. On what occasions did the slavery question greatly\\nagitate the country Give full account of what took place\\nin 1850.\\n8. State all that you know about Thomas Jefferson and\\nAbraham Lincoln.\\n9. What questions were settled by the Civil War Give\\nbrief account of the closing military operations in 1865.\\n10. What is the present form of government in New York\\nState, and when was it adopted Who were De Witt Clinton,\\nWilliam H. Seward, Millard Fillmore, S. F. B. Morse\\nSpellii^g.\\nThe mongoose is one of the drollest of animals, and he has\\nno fault except mischief of 2^ personal kind. But for humor-\\nous surprises he has unequalled ingenuity. If a strange lady\\nentered, my mongoose slipped out of sight, crept up the\\nhangings without a rustle, and when the lady was most i7i-\\nterested in explaining her business, he stretched his long body\\nand introduced a very cold nose hetween her hair and her\\ncollar.\\nSeizure.\\nShriek.\\nProfessor.\\nGrievance.\\nIrritate.\\nObey.\\nCriticism.\\nAcquit.\\nEhode Island.\\nProcession.\\nDebtor.\\nAddress.\\nEeceipt.\\nExcitement.\\nTelegraphic.\\nProgramme.\\nWheelwright.\\nBordeaux.\\nSynonymous.\\nEffervescent.\\nRighteous.\\nIncessant.\\nCampaign.\\nEmphasis.\\nScientific.\\nExchange.\\nRaleigh.\\nNormal College.\\nArithmetic.\\ni. When is a fraction said to be written in the vulgar\\nform In the decimal form Write seven thousandths in\\nboth forms. Express 133^^ decimally also as a vulgar frac-", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "$8 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1890.\\ntion without reduction and as a vulgar fraction reduced\\nto its lowest terms. State two ways of making a fraction\\nsmaller.\\n2. Find the result of the following operations\\n60\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .012 (f I) .008.\\n3. A sold B goods for 1394 at a loss of l^fc. B sold them\\nto at a profit of 1^^. Did they cost C more or less than\\nA, and how much\\n4. All my money is invested at 7^ and my annual income\\nin $1,735. How much money have I\\n5. A merchant bought velvet at 15 a yard; how much\\nmust he ask for it that he may make a discount of 10^ from\\nhis asking price and still realize a profit of 15^\\n6. How much income annually will be obtained by invest-\\ning 18,010 in 6fo bonds selling at 89\\n7. The interest of $500 at 6fo for a certain time is 160\\nwhat principal will yield $75 interest in half the time at 8^\\n8. What is the cost of 2 tons, 15 cwt., 2 qr., 15 lbs. of hay\\nat $21.50 a ton also at $1.12 a cwt.\\nEnglish.\\nI.\\n1. What is a part of speech Define comparison. Com-\\npare the words little and much. Name two adjectives that\\ndo not admit of comparison and give the reason.\\n2. What is an abstract noun? Write a compound sen-\\ntence containing two abstract nouns in different clauses.\\nWhat is a collective noun 9 Write two sentences each con-\\ntaining a collective noun, the one denoting tmity and the\\nother plurality of idea.\\n3. Write the principal parts of the verbs hurst, sit, set,\\nlay, shoe. What is d^ participle 9 How many kinds of par-\\nticiples are there Name them.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1890. 29\\n4. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold,\\nAlike fantastic if too new or old\\nBe not the first by whom the new is tried,\\nISTor yet the last to lay the old aside. Pope,\\n{a) What kind of a sentence is the above stanza {h)\\nName the different clauses, (c) Name the subject and predi-\\ncate of each clause, {d) State the kind of clause.\\n5. Parse luill hold, alike, neic (in the p^\u00c2\u00abond line), is tried\\nand last.\\n6. Parse ivliat in each of the following lines\\nWe know what men we should honor. He does ivhat he\\npleases.\\nWhat Does he fancy himself a Caesar\\nII.\\n1. Convert the following into simple sentences {a) He\\nreported that the governor was dead, {h) The scholars who\\nwere educated by him became distinguished, (c) He told\\nthe troops that they must not fire on the enemy.\\n2. Define the word ijivention. Correct the sentence\\nThe joy is great which arises from the invention of truth.\\nDefine vocation and avocation, and construct a sentence con-\\ntaining both words correctly used.\\n3. Write a composition of not more than thirty and not\\nless than twenty lines on Abraham Lincoln [You will\\nbe marked ior punctuation, use of capitals, the right use of\\nivords and grammatical construction of sentences.]\\n4. Punctuate and capitalize the following\\nTwo Gentlemen of the Country Lindesay and Kirkpatrick\\nfriends of Bruce were then in attendance on him seeing him\\npale bloody and in much agitation they eagerly inquired\\nwhat was the Matter I doubt said Bruce that I have slain\\nthe red comyn do you leave such a matter in doubt said\\nKirkpatrick I will make sicker that is I will make certain\\naccordingly he and his companion Lindesay rushed into the\\nchurch and made certain with a Vengeance.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "80 COLLEGE QUESTIONS-1890.\\nGeogbaphy.\\n1. What is a meridian Wliat is the first meridian How\\nmany meridians are nsually drawn on a terrestrial globe\\nand why How many degrees are equal to one hour of\\ntime\\n2. The meridian of Alexandria (in Egypt) is 30\u00c2\u00b0 east and of\\nNew Orleans 90\u00c2\u00b0 west. On March 21st the sun rises at 6\\nclock in Alexandria, what is the time then at New Orleans v\\n3. Bound Manhattan Island. In what direction are the\\nfollowing places from New York City Mzoark, Paterson,\\nLong Island City, Manhattan Beach, Staten Island, Yonlcers,\\nFlushing, Trenton, Long Branch, and New Haven\\n4. Name the four new States recently admitted into the\\nUnion. Bound Montana and state its capital.\\n5 Locate the following cities: ParamariU, Quito,\\nCallao. Santiago, Bahia, Montevideo, Buenos Ayres, Aspin-\\nwall, Caracas, and Asmicion.\\n6. Bound Great Britain. Locate the following cities\\nLondon, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh. What\\nis the most northerly point of Scotland The most south-\\nerly point of England\\n7. Name six mountain chains in Europe, and tell where\\nthey are situated. Name five islands in the Mediterranean\\nin the order of their size.\\n8. Bound Afghanistan. Name two of its principal cities.\\nWhat island south of British India\\n9. Through what waters would a ship pass in sailing from\\nLiverpool to Calcutta by the shortest route\\n10. Name the divisions of Australia. Bound New South\\nWales and name its capital.\\nHistory.\\n1. How long did the Dutch hold New Amsterdam In\\nwhose reign was it captured by the English Who was the\\nEnglish military officer who captured it Who had the", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1890. 31\\nbetter right to the territory, the Dutch or the English\\nState the reasons.\\n2. Describe the Conway Cabal. What was the most im-\\nportant battle of the Revolution Why Who were the\\nrespective commanders Name the members of the commit-\\ntee who drafted the Declaration of Independence. What\\nimportant military event virtually ended the Revolutionary\\nWar?\\n3. Name the three great departments of the United States\\ngovernment. Who is the chief officer of the national govern-\\nment Who is the chief officer of the State government\\nWho is the chief officer of the city government Who is\\nthe commander-in-chief of all the military and naval forces\\nof the United States State how a President of the United\\nStates is elected.\\n4. When and by whom were slaves introduced into the\\ncolony of Virginia What celebrated act was passed by Con-\\ngress in 1787 And what effect had it on the slavery ques-\\ntion When was the Compromise Bill passed Explain\\nthis bill.\\n5. By what act was the Confederate war commenced By\\nwhat battle was it ended Who was the great Secretary\\nof the Treasury during this war Name five battles in\\nwhich General Grant was the chief commander. In which\\nof these did he capture whole armies What two Presidents\\nwere assassinated What two died in office\\nSpellin-g.\\nIn a cabinet council it was determined to supersede ih-Q\\nFrench minister s diplo7natic functions, deprive him of the\\nconsequent privileges and arrest his person a message to\\nCongress was m preparation at this critical juncture, when\\ndispatches came from Gouverneur Morris announcing the\\nminister s recall. The partisans of France were now\\nin the ascendant. It was scouted 2,^ pxisillanimous any longer\\nto hold terms with Great Britain, The populace was", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "83\\nCOLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1891.\\nhelligerent and every means taken by the press and the\\ndemocratic societies to exasperate this feeling. Washing-\\nton, however, was too morally brave to be clmnored out\\nof his wise moderation by such taunts and iniiammatory\\nappeals.\\nThe school was built on a lonely site.\\nSatan can cite scripture,\\nThe ascent of the mountain was difficult.\\nThe lord of the manor was a baron.\\nAccessible.\\nGypsy.\\nDorothy.\\nDefensible.\\nApostasy.\\nCynthia.\\nAllotted.\\nCannibal.\\nEustace.\\nArable.\\nCavalier.\\nCornelius.\\nTypical.\\nHoliday.\\nBartholomew.\\nOracle.\\nPrelate.\\nMalaga.\\nCaravan.\\nColossal.\\nPhilippine.\\nOrifice.\\nZephyr.\\nArarat.\\nElicit.\\nRescind.\\nCaracas.\\nCemetery.\\nPigeon.\\nSicily.\\nCollege of the City of New York, 1891.\\n1. {a) What is meant by the ratio of one quantity to an-\\nother\\nWhat is meant by the Greatest Common Divisor of\\nseveral numbers Give an example.\\n(c) What is meant by a minuend by a quotient\\nWhen is a common fraction said to be in its lowest\\nterms\\n2. {a) Reduce to its simplest form the following expres-\\nsion\\n2i X 4 X of i|.\\n3\\n{h) Eind the value of the following f f\\n(c) Reduce to a decimal fraction.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS-1891. 38\\n3. (a) Find the value of j^ of a mile in the lower de-\\nnominations.\\n(i) What is the effect upon the value of a fraction if\\nwe multiply the denominator by three\\n(c) Explain the reason of the last answer.\\n4. (a) Write in decimal form the following\\nTen ten-thousandths.\\nOne thousand and twenty-four ten-millionths.\\nThirty-two and four thousandths.\\n(J) Multiply .0036 by 1.02.\\n(c) Divide 2.56 by .0016.\\n5. (a) If a cipher is added at the right of the decimal wliat\\neffect has this on the value of the decimal\\n(b) Explain the reason of this.\\n6. (a) What part of f is f\\n(b) What is the easiest method of multiplying a decimal\\nby 10\\n(c) Reduce 20 square rods to the decimal of an acre.\\n7. If by selling a house for $12,600 a builder gains 12^^,\\nwhat per cent, would he have lost by selling it for $8,400\\n8. A, B, and C began a partnership on January 1st. A\\nput in 110,000 B, $6,000 and 0, $3,000. At the end of 6\\nmonths B put in $4,000 more, but A withdrew $2,000. At\\nthe end of the year they had on hand $18,000 in cash and\\ngoods valued at $12,000. At this time the property was di-\\nvided and the firm dissolved, A taking all the goods as part\\nof his share. How much cash did each of the three receive\\n9. A traveller going from one town to another walks of\\nthe distance on his first day^s journey, of the remainder on\\nthe second day, 20 miles on the third day, and finds he has\\nof the distance still to go. What is the distance\\n10. A dealer bought 1,200 barrels of flour at $6 per barrel\\nand shipped them to New York by railroad. An accident on\\nthe road destroyed of them. He sold the remainder at\\n$7.50 per barrel. His freight and cartage were $312. He\\nsued the railroad company and recovered some damages, but\\n3", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "M CO\\\\Ajb:Vxb] QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1891.\\nhis legal expenses were ^obO. At the close of the transaction\\nhe found h^ had made, over all expenses, just 1138. How\\nnuicli did he receive from the railrojid company\\nEl^GLlSH.\\n1. Correct the errors in the following sentences and give\\nthe reason in each case for the correction\\n(a) You cannot expect for a long time to write like he did.\\n(b) We were talking about our old friend who had sent\\nme a flattering message, and I wondered did he mean it.\\n(c) Everybody nowadays publishes memoirs everybody\\nhas recollections which they think worthy of recording.\\n(d) Let there be but matter and opportunity offered and\\nyou shall see them quickly to revive again.\\n{e) The being abandoned by our friends is very de-\\nplorable.\\n2. Analyze the following sentence\\nHigh on a throne of royal state, that far\\nOutshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind,\\nOr where the gorgeous East with richest hand\\nShowers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold,\\nSatan exalted sat, by merit raised\\nTo that bad eminence.^\\n3. In how many and what ways do we denote comparison\\nof adjectives Give an example of each.\\n4. Give the principal parts of the following verbs. If\\nthere are two forms of any principal part give both:\\nDive, Bereave, Cleave (to split), Swim, Abide, Thrive,\\nRead, Quit, Swing, Breed.\\n5. Give the general rule for the correct use of shall\\nand will.\\n6. Write a letter to James B. Murray y asking a situation\\nas clerk, stating your fitness for the place by education, age,\\nand any other qualification you deem important. Sign the\\nletter with the name George Thomson and be careful not to\\nsign it with your own name.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS-1891. 86\\nGeography.\\n1. How mucli of the eartli^s surface is water On which\\nside of the equator is most of the water Name some of the\\nlargest lakes aucl the largest sheet of fresh water on the\\nearth.\\n2. One-half of the land is divided among five powers\\nname them. Tell of each where its possessions lie.\\n3. Name the sea between Africa and Europe, the sea be-\\ntween Africa and Arabia, the channel between Africa and\\nMadagascar, the large gulf which indents the western coast\\nof Africa. In what part of Africa is Abyssinia Cape Col-\\nony Egypt Liberia Morocco the Congo Free State\\n4. What mountains must one cross in going from Virginia\\nto Kentucky from Dakota to Oregon from the Argentine\\nRe23ublic to Chili from Spain to France from Hindostau\\nto China\\n5. In what European country is Antwerp Athens\\nBristol Leipzig Luzerne Marseilles Moscow Na-\\nples Seville Utrecht\\n6. Draw a map of New England (fairly covering half the\\nsheet of paper) showing the State borders the Connecticut\\nand the Merrimac Lake Champlain and Narragansett Bay\\nBoston, Burlington, Hartford, New Haven, Portland, and\\nProvidence. Write the names (in reasonable abbreviation).\\n7. What is the climate of California What is the\\ncharacter of its vegetation What are, therefore, the chief\\nindustries of the State\\n8. Tell what you know of glaciers and of icebergs.\\nHistory.\\n1. At the outbreak of our Revolutionary War what four\\ndifferent groups of European settlers were living in North\\nAmerica Locate them, and give the population of the\\nlargest groups at the time.\\n2, What powers have had possession of New York City", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "36 COLLliOE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1891.\\nsince its tirst settlement and explain when and why it\\npassed from the control of one to another.\\n3. Name the three most important wars fought on this\\ncontinent, and state the cause and result of the first one.\\n4. Give the history of the Stamp Act. What other acts\\nof taxation did the colonists resist\\n5. The battles of Long Island and Trenton describe each\\nbriefly and estimate their importance as Revolutionary\\nevents.\\n6. When and under wliat circumstances were Louisiana,\\nCalifornia, and Florida acquired by the United States\\n7. State concisely for what the following men have been\\ndistinguished in our history Thomas MacDonough, An-\\nthony Wayne, Stonewall Jackson, Aaron Burr, John C.\\nFremont, Wendell Phillips, Winfield Scott, Daniel Morgan,\\nDaniel Webster, John Adams.\\n8. Why did the Southern States secede from the Union in\\n1860-61 What two great victories turned the tide of the\\nwar in favor of the North\\n9. What led to the adoption of the Federal Constitution\\nAVhen and where adopted, and what do you understand by it\\n10. Name the Presidents who served two terms, giving\\ndates. Who was President when John Brown was executed?\\nWho when the first Atlantic cable was laid\\nSPELLIJiTG.\\n1. If the jealousy of the Parliament and of the nation\\nmade it impossible for the king to maintain a formidable\\nstanding army, no similar impediment prevented him from\\nmaking England the first of maritime powers. (Macaulay.)\\n2. For many days the vessel was tossed about and all on\\nboard were jilled with apprehensions, and no little indigna-\\ntion against the author of their calamities. (Prescott.\\n3. The second was an inquiry how it could be rendered\\npracticable to discuss political matters in future 2^ proceed-\\ning now impossible, in consequence of the perverseness and", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 189L 37\\narrogance of certain functionaries, and one which whenever\\nattempted dlyfi^ys led to the same i^ievif able result. (Motley.)\\nNormal College.\\nArithmetic.\\n1. Define the following terms employed in arithmetic\\nQuantity, number, abstract number, multiplication, propor-\\ntion.\\nExplain the reason for multiplying the second and third\\nterms together and dividing by the first term in solving an\\nexample in simple proportion.\\n2 of 14 I of 8|\\n2. 5 5X IS what part oi\\nol 51 i ot 51\\n3. Columbus is 83\u00c2\u00b0 3 west longitude, and when it is 37\\nmin. 33 sec. past 1 p.m. it is 11 o clock a.m. in San Francisco.\\nWhat is the longitude of the latter city\\n4. Divide thirty-two hitndred-millionths by sixty-four\\nten- thousandths.\\n5. A, B, and C gained l)y speculation $11,480, of which\\nA s share was twice as much as C s, and B s five times as\\nmuch as C s. How much did each gain\\n6. A man owes $600, of which one-third is to be paid in\\none year and the remainder in two years. What is the\\npresent value, money worth 6^\\n7. I bought a watch for $120 and set such a price on it\\nthat after falling $12 I still made 15fo on the purchase.\\nWhat per cent, did I abate from the asking price\\n8. A pole was broken 52 feet from the bottom and fell\\nso that the end struck 39 feet from the foot. Required the\\nlength of the pole.\\n9. Extract the cube root of y^^ to five places of decimals.\\n10. Sold a horse so that of the gain equalled of the\\ncost. What was the gain per cent.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "88 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1891.\\nEnglish.\\n1. Name five different kinds of nouns.\\n(a) In the sentence,\\nOh, how this spring of love resembleth\\nThe uncertain glory of an April day,\\nname the nouns and state the kind of each.\\n(b) What part of speech is hotv What does it modify\\n(c) What is case Name the cases.\\n(d) In the sentence,\\nThe supplies having reached us the army began its\\nmarch, name the nouns and state the kind and case of\\neach.\\n2. Name four kinds of verbs in regard to their form,\\n(a) Name four kinds of verbs in regard to their sig-\\nnificatioji.\\n(b) In the sentence,\\nHome-keeping youths have ever homely wits,^ state\\nwhat kind of a verb have is according to its form and also\\naccording to its signification.\\n(c) In the sentence,\\nBeware of entering into a quarrel, parse beware and\\n(d) In the sentence,\\n^He was laughed at, explain the verb in regard to its\\nsignification.\\n3. Write eight auxiliary verbs.\\n(a) Write the potential mood, pluperfect tense of the\\nverb to write.\\n{b) What kind of a verb is cleave? Write its principal\\nparts.\\n(c) In the sentence,\\nI can always buy such books as I want, parse as.\\n4. Name seven different kinds of clauses.\\n(a) Give an example of a subject clause.\\n(b) In the sentence,\\nAs I told thee before, I am subject to a tyrant, a sor-", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 189L ^9\\ncerer that by his cunning hath cheated me of the island/\\nparse the Avords thee, subject, that.\\n(c) What kind of sentence is it Name each clause\\nand its kind.\\n5. Write a noun clause in apposition to a noun used as\\nsubject of a sentence.\\n{a) Write a compound sentence consisting of two co-\\nordinate clauses, each of which is complex with the depend-\\nent clause adjective in the first and adverbial in the second.\\nII.\\n1. In five sentences introduce the following words Object,\\nconcord, dissent, mvolve, and p7 0spect.\\n2. By substitution of other prefixes change these words to\\ntheir opposite meanings in five other sentences.\\n3. Explain the difference between courage and bravery in\\na compound sentence with two co-ordinate clauses, using\\ntlie word but as the connective.\\n4. Write in three paragraphs of not less than six nor more\\nthan ten lines each what you consider the principal qualities\\nof a good student, of a good teacher, and the main object of\\neducation.\\n5. Define paragraph. Name the punctuation points which\\nmay be made at the end of a sentence. When would you\\nuse a comma and when a semicolon Construct a sentence\\nin which you employ the comma, the semicolon, the dash,\\nand the period. Name all the kinds of Avords that are com-\\nmenced with capital letters.\\n6. Write a letter to the Governor of the State of New\\nYork, requesting him to use his influence to establish civil\\nservice reform in the appointment of all teachers.\\n[The letter must not exceed fifteen lines. Credit wilt be\\ngiven for arrangement, punctuation, the right use of words,\\nand the correct construction of sentences. The mark for ex-\\necutive ability will be given on this letter. J", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "40 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1891.\\n(Jeouhaphy.\\n1. What is the greatest latitude that any place can have\\nWhere has a place no latitude\\nWhat is the greatest longitude a place can have\\nName the southern boundary of the Torrid Zone.\\nMention two things that determine climate.\\n2. Bound the State of New York.\\nName five of its cities as nearly as you can in the order\\nof their size.\\nWhat is the largest city on Long Island\\nLocate Sag Harbor, Geneva, Oswego, Elmira, and Utica.\\nState as nearly as you can in round numbers the popula-\\ntion of New York City, and also of New York State.\\n3. Name the capitals of West Virginia, South Dakota,\\nTexas, Iowa, and North Carolina.\\nName five rivers of the United States that empty them-\\nselves into the Atlantic Ocean.\\nMention two great railroad lines by which you could\\ntravel from New York to Buffalo.\\n4. Bound Great Britain.\\nWrite the capitals of England, Scotland, and Ireland,\\nand the rivers on which they are situated.\\nLocate Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow, Belfast, and Oxford.\\nName four rivers of France.\\nLocate the following islands Corfu, Elba and Jersey.\\n0. Locate the follo\\\\ying cities of Asia: Bombay, Lassa,\\nIspahan, Mecca, Smyrna, Madras, Nankin, Calcutta, and\\nSingapore.\\nName three great rivers of Asia tliat empty themselves\\ninto the Arctic Ocean.\\nLocate the following cities of South America Buenos\\nAy res, Bahia, and Lima.\\nHistory.\\n1. Who discovered and explored the St. Lawrence Eiver\\nWho discovered the Mississippi River Who subsequently", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1891. 41\\nexplored it Wliat two nations claimed the valleys of the\\nOhio and the Mississippi State the claim of each. What\\nwas the result of the French and Indian war What Eng-\\nlish general captured the citadel of Louisbnrg\\n2. Describe briefly the route of Bnrgoyne in his invasion\\nof New York. What battles were fought Who was the\\nAmerican commander What American officers distin-\\nguished themselves in this campaign What great Ameri-\\ncan was chiefly instrumental in forming treaties of alliance\\nwith France and other European countries\\n3. Give a brief explanation of the government of the\\nUnited States, stating, first, the form of government second,\\nthe three great departments of the government third, the\\npowers and duties of each department and fourth, the prin-\\ncipal officer in each department.\\n4. Who was President during the war of 1812-15 Who\\ngained the great naval victory on Lake Erie Who was\\nPresident when the Missouri Compromise Bill was passed\\nExplain this bill. Who Avas President during the Mexican\\nWar What territory was acquired at the end of this War\\n5. There were two great victories gained in July, 1863\\nname them. Wlio commanded the Union army in the East\\n^who in the West What three important cities did Sher-\\nman capture in his celebrated march to the sea What was\\nthe grand result of the great Civil War\\nSpelling.\\nThe expedition w^hich sailed from Halifax against Louis-\\nburg, under the command of Brigadier-QeneYSil Amherst,\\nconsisted of twenty ships of the line, eighteen frigates, and\\nan army of fourteen thousand men. After a siege of a few\\ndays the fortress was surrendered.. At the same time Cape\\nBreton fell into the hands of the British.\\nColonel Bradstreet solicited and obtained permission to\\nsurprise and seize Fort Frontenac at the northwest outlet of\\nLake Ontario, With three thousand soldiers he moved with", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "42\\nCOLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1!\\nteleril y, look the fort, and with it nine armed vessels, sixty\\ncannon, sixteen mortars, and a great quantity of ammunition.\\nThe campaigjt closed with honor to the colonies. Prepara-\\ntion was made for the greater achievements of 1759. A\\ntreaty of peace and friends/up was made with the Indians\\ninhabituig the lands between the Appalachian Mountains,\\nthe Alleghanies, and the lakes.\\nAbsinthe.\\nJocund.\\nRaillery,\\nBacchanal.\\nKangaroo.\\nScythian.\\nCalcimine,\\nLabyrinth.\\nTaciturnity.\\nDaguerreotype.\\nLorraine.\\nUtility.\\nEdible.\\nMaceration.\\nVitriol.\\nFarinaceous.\\nNutritious.\\nThibet.\\nGibbeting.\\nOcular.\\nGalilee.\\nHypnotize.\\nPelican.\\nEdinburgh.\\nImmutable.\\nQuiescence.\\nGrenada.\\n1892.\\nCollege of th6 City of New York,\\nArithmetic.\\n1. [a) What is meant by a decimal fraction\\n{h) Define a minuend a multiplicand a quotient,\\n(c) In every common fraction what is shown by the de-\\nnominator What by the numerator\\n2. {a) Reduce to its simplest from the following expression*\\n{h) Reduce the following fractions to their least com-\\n3 2 2 15\\nmen denominator -j-, 7^ -k-oi\\nif o lb\\n(c) Find the value of of -f-\\n3. (a) What part of is f\\n(b) Reduce g-?^ to a decimal fraction.\\n(c) Multiply ,05 by 3.2.\\n4. {a) If the numerator of a common fraction is divided\\nby 3, what is the effect upon the value of the fraction", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1892. 43\\n(b) If the denominator is divided by 3, what is the effect\\nupon the value of the fraction\\n(c) Explain the reason of this last result.\\n5. (a) Write in decimal form Ninety millionths; thirty ten\\nthousandths ten, and twenty-five thousandths.\\n(b) Divide .064 by .000016.\\n(c) Add .003, 12.06, 1.1.\\n{d) Subtract 2.3 from 4.006.\\n6. (a) What is the effect of the value of a decimal of mov-\\ning the decimal point two places to the right\\n(b) Explain the reason of this.\\n{c) In multiplication of two decimals how many deci-\\nmal places are to be pointed oif in the product\\n{d) Explain the reason of this rule.\\n7. How much is 5f tons of coal worth, if 17|- tons are worth\\n$100\\n8. A person expended 16^ of all he was worth in buying\\n20^ of the stock of a Mining Company. If the entire stock\\nof the company sold for $160,000, what must the person have\\nbeen worth\\n9. Four men undertook to do a piece of work in 18 days\\nand worked at it 6 hours a day for 10 days, when they found\\nthey had finished only of it. How many more men did\\nthey have to engage in order to finish the job by the time\\nagreed upon, provided they all worked thereafter for 10 hours\\neach day\\n10. A provision merchant bought 100 barrels of apples at\\na farm-house at $1 per barrel, and paid 5 cents per barrel to\\nhave them taken to the railroad station. Then he paid $50\\nfreight on them to New York and $20 cartage in the city.\\nThey were sold at once for $3 per barrel, but the commission\\nmerchant charged him 10^ commission on the sale. Also\\nwhen some of the barrels were opened the apples were found,\\nto be damaged and he had to repay the purchasers $20 on\\naccount of this. How much did he gain in all", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "4A COLLEGE QUEHTIONS-1892.\\nEnglish.\\n1. We frequently lieur it said That is had grammar,-^\\nExplain wiiat is meant by bad grammar/\\nWhy is it considered wrong to say {a) most pe^ fect,\\n(b) most circular/ (c) suiJronest,^ (d) chiefest/ (e)\\nmost infinite f\\n3. Correct the errors in the following sentences and give\\na reason or rule for each correction\\n{a) That awkward country boy learns faster than us all.\\n(h) There is nothing to prevent him going.\\n(6*) My mother gave me three tea-spoonsful of the\\nmedicine.\\n{(l) I asked the carpenter to lend me his two feet rule.\\n{e) His teacher learns her boys better than our teacher\\nlearns us.\\nI called but you was not at home.\\n{g) I says to him Run away as fast you can.^^\\n(h) I will try and catch the horse.\\n{i) The next New Year s day I shall be at school\\nthree years.\\n1 know that he cannot do this like I did it.\\n4. What are tenses and moods in Grammar Give the\\nfirst person plural of the tenses in the different moods of the\\nactive verb ^strike.\\n5. Why do we use pronouns Show the advantage gained\\nby the use of he and Avhich in constructing one sen-\\ntence out of the following\\nCaesar crossed the Rubicon. The Rubicon is a river not\\nfar from Rome. Osesar found no opposition on entering\\nRome.\\nN. B. Substitute another word for the second Rome.\\n6. Construct a sentence about George Washington (a) with\\nan object clause (b) also one with a subject clause {c)\\nalso one with a subject infinitive phrase. Underline each\\nclause and the phrase.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1892. 45\\n7. Turn this poetry into prose.\\n(a) My heart leaps up when I behold\\n(b) A rainbow in the sky\\n(c) So was it when my life began,\\n(d) So is it now I am a man,\\n{e) So be it when I shall grow old,\\nOr let me die\\n8. In the foregoing selection parse the word tohen^ in\\nline (a) the word was in line (6 the word be in\\nline (e) and the words let and die in line (0-\\n9. Analyze the following sentence\\nThe bliss of man, could man that blessing find\\nIs not to act or think beyond mankind.\\n10. Write a composition of not less than 75 words in length\\non one of the following subjects\\n{a) The Chicago Fair.\\n(5) Is a cable-road better than a horse-railroad\\n(c) Why is rapid transit desirable\\n{d) Describe Eiverside Drive.\\n(e) Describe the Brooklyn Bridge.\\nWhy do I (you) seek admission to college V\\nNotice that the punctuation, capitals, grammar, and good\\nsense of your composition will be carefully criticised, and be\\ncareful to write the composition on a separate sheet.\\nGeography.\\n1. What is the shape of the earth What two constant\\nmotions has it What do they cause\\n2. Name the zones. What is the extent of each What\\ndetermines this extent\\n3. Sketch a map of the State of New York (covering one-\\nhalf the sheet of paper). Show and name the States and\\nwaters bordering on it, its rivers, mountains, valleys, islands,\\nand cities.\\n4. What geographical advantages are possessed by the\\ncities of New York, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "46 COLLEGE QUESTIONS~1892.\\n5. Niiiiie the chief jirticles of conitnerce between tlio\\nUnited States and France Australia China Brazil\\nMahiysia.\\nG. In what Enro])can country and on wliat water is Having\\nLisbon Messina Copenliagen St. Petersburg London\\nThe Hague llanunerfest Constantinople Stockholm\\n1. Through wliat waters and by what conntries would you\\npass in sailing from San Francisco to New York, stopping\\non the way at Melbourne, Aden, and Liverpool\\n8. Name the highest mountain and the longest river in\\nNorth America in South America in Europe in Asia in\\nAfrica in Australia.\\n9. What is a delta How is it formed Name and locate\\nthe great deltas.\\n10. Sketch a map of the British Islands. Indicate the\\nchief divisions of land and water represented thereon.\\nHistory.\\n1. Describe the voyages of Columbus, and give a brief\\nsketch of his life.\\n2. Give the history of New Netherlands under its last\\nDutch Governor. Who was the first American Governor of\\nNew York\\n3. AVhat was King Philip s war Also, Queen Anne s\\nwar Give main facts, dates, etc.\\n4. Why did the colonists refuse to pay a tax on tea Fol-\\nlow events thereafter to the 19th of April, 1775.\\n5. Give an account of the campaign that ended in Bur-\\ngoyne s surrender. Why was that event of special importance\\nto the American cause\\n6. What territory did the United States acquire in 1787\\nand how When and how was Texas acquired\\n7. Give the leading events of Madison s and Jackson s\\nadministrations.\\n8. AVhy did the Southern States secede in 1861 Why\\ncannot slavery be revived", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1893. 47\\n9. Grive an account of Lee s invasion of Pennsylvania in\\n1863. Name three great defeats the North sustained during\\nthe war.\\n10. Name the Presidents in order from Monroe to Grant.\\nUnder which one was Daniel Webster Secretary of State\\nWho was President when California was admitted into the\\nUnion\\nSpelling.\\nThe great historic systems of writing are of such immense\\nantiquity that their history has to be explained to a great ex-\\ntent by the aid of conjecture and analogy. Hence the rudi-\\nmentary forms of picture writing which we lind among the\\nless cultured races are of co7isiderahle interest and value^\\ninasmuch as they throw light on the earlier stages of the\\ndevelopment oi graphic symbols. (Isaac Taylor.)\\nAustria at first ostensibly favored the Poles. The Vienna\\nand St. Petersburg Cabinets were at that time far from\\nfriendly. Austria suspected and feared the Bussian plots to\\nexcite rebellion in Turkey, which could not but he prejudicial\\nto her interests. Russia, the foremost advocate of passive\\nand slaYiBh obedience, scruples not, when it suits her plans,\\nto foment rebellion among her neighbors. Bismarck had eri-\\ndeavored to draw Austria to the side of Russia. The treaty\\nwith Russia before mentioned made the question a European\\none. (Dyer.)\\nNormal College.\\nArithmetic.\\n1. (a) Define prime number.\\n(J) When is one number said to be prime to another\\n(c) Define the least common multiple and the greatest\\ncommon divisor of a number.\\n{d) Define commercial or bank discount.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "48 COLLEGE QUESTIOI^S\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1892.\\n2. Simplifv ^l^-^i x A:\\n.321 X .321 .179 X .179\\n4. Divide 3,432 into 3 purts proportional to 3, 4, and 5.\\n5. At 3 cents a pound how many tons of iron can be bought\\nfor $396.18?\\n6. If 50 men can build 50 rods of wall in 75 days, how\\nmany men will be required to build 80 rods of wall as thick\\nand f as high in 40 days\\n7. A lawyer having a debt of 11,536 to collect, compromises\\nfor 95.^. What is his commission at 4|% and what does he\\nremit to his employer\\n8. A broker bought for me 76 shares of bank stock (par\\nvalue of each share $50) at 47-g. What did the stock cost\\nme, the brokerage being -^fo\\n9. Two vessels sailed from the same port, one sails north\\n3 miles an hour, the other west 4 miles an hour. How far\\nare they apart in two days\\n10. Extract the cube root of 633839.779.\\nEnglish.\\nI.\\nMy father loved Sir Rowland as his soul.\\nAnd all the world was of my father s mind;\\nHad I before known this young man his son\\n1 should have given him tears unto entreaties.\\nEre he should thus have ventured.\\n1. (a) What kind of a sentence is the above quotation\\n(b) Name the first clause and state the kind of clause.\\n(c) Name the second clause and state the kind of clause.\\n(d) Name the third clause and state the kind of clause,\\n(e) Name all the subjects and predicates from My to\\nventured.\\n2. Parse soul, ally son, before, ere. State the mood and\\ntense of ventured.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE, QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1892. 49\\n3. Nobody else was just there parse else and just.\\nWrite sentences in which the word but is correctly used as a\\nnoun, as a conjunction, as a preposition, and as an adverb.\\n4. Construct a compound sentence with two co-ordinate\\nclauses, the first being a complex and the second a compound\\nclause.\\nWrite a sentence containing an adverbial clause a sentence\\ncontaining an adjective clause.\\n5. Define declension, conjugation, syntax, mood, and tense.\\nIL\\n1. Write a letter about the Normal College. Where sit-\\nuated What kind of building Handsome, large, well-\\nlighted, cheerful How you reach it from your residence\\nDescribe the room in which you are writing your examination.\\n[Credit ivill be given for arrangevient, proper division into\\nparagrapTiS, punctuation right use of words, and capitals and\\ncorrect construction of sentences.\\n2. What is the meaning of anti-slavery Give the word\\nwhich is the opposite of anti-slavery, and use both words in a\\nsingle sentence. Give another word beginning with anti.\\nDefine antecedent and state how the word is used in grammar.\\n3. Define accede, intercede, proceed, recede, and supersede\\nand construct sentences containing each word.\\n4. What is the most important word in a sentence De-\\nfine subject, predicate, and object. By what arrangement\\nof words is clearness of expression most readily secured\\n5. Punctuate and capitalize the following\\nThe autograph album prepared by a committee of the\\npress club for exhibition and sale at the actors fund fair is\\nrichly bound with gold trimmed covers and a quaint illus-\\ntrated title page exclusive of cartoon illustrations by well\\nknown artists the book contains sixty pages each bearing a\\nsentiment respecting the stage personally inscribed by some\\namerican celebrity in journalism or general literature.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "0 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1892.\\nWilliam I). Ilowells contributes a qiuitniin as follows\\nThe wit supreme and sovereign sage\\nhas told us all the worlds a stage\\nThe curtain on his scene up-furled\\nshows us the stage is all the world.\\nGeography.\\n1. (a) Write the cause of the change of the seasons.\\n(b) How many degrees from the North Pole to the\\nTropic of Capricorn\\n(c) What is the length of a degree at the Equator in\\ngeographical miles In statute miles\\n2. (a) In what part of the world will you find the antipodes\\nof New York\\n(b) What State of the United States was once an inde-\\npendent republic\\n(c) To what government is the Holy Land now subject\\n3. (a) Name in order of size the largest five cities of the\\nUnited States.\\n(b) Where is Harvard University, Yale College, Cornell\\nUniversity, Vassar College\\n(c) Locate the following cities Venice^, Copenhagen.\\nDantzic, Odessa, Carthagena.\\n4. (a) Bound Behring Sea. What valuable article of com-\\nmerce is obtained in that region\\n(b) Where is the Bay of Fundy and for what is it noted?\\n(c) Name the principal products of Brazil and of the\\nArgentine Confederation.\\n5. (a) Name two important islands belonging to the State\\nof New York.\\n(b) What two large islands southeast of Asia are crossed\\nby the Equator\\n(c) Name ten seas bordering on Asia.\\nHistory.\\n1. (a) By what people was America discovered prior to\\nColumbus, and what part of the American continent did they\\ntouch", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1892. 51\\n(b) Relate the history of Hudson and his voyages.\\n(6 When and where was tlie first English settlement\\nmade in America.\\n2. (a) Name the three wars prior to the French and In-\\ndian War caused by troubles in Europe.\\n(b) Write a brief account of the Salem witchcraft.\\n{c) What languages were spoken in New York in the\\nlatter part of the seventeenth century\\n3. (a) What action did the Continental Congress of 1774\\ntake, and what action was taken by the second Continental\\nCongress in 1775\\n(b) Give a brief account of the battle of Long Island.\\n(c) What great naval victory was gained by PaulJones\\n(d) Name five noted statesmen of the Eevolutionary\\nperiod.\\n(e) Name the captors of Major Andre and state how\\nthey were rewarded.\\n4. (a) Where was the seat of government when Washing-\\nton was inaugurated\\n(b) What is meant by the so-called era of good feel-\\ning: and who was President at the time\\n(c) Write a short sketch of Mr. Lincoln s life previous\\nto his becoming President.\\n5. (a) Name the States that seceded in 1861.\\n(b) In what city was the Confederate governmeni first\\nestablished and to what city was it subsequently removed\\n{c) Give a brief account of the battle of Gettysburg.\\nSpellixg.\\nthomas campbell.\\nTo the suggestion and eloquent advocacy of this distin-\\nguished man the London University is said to have owed its\\norigin.\\nThe Pleasures of Hope is a splendid poem. Its polish\\nis exquisite, its topics felicitously chosen, and its illustration\\nnatural and beautiful. He lifts you up to an exceedingly", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "52\\nCOLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1893.\\nhigh mountain, and you see all nature in her loveliness^ and\\nniim in the truth of his character, with liope irradiating,\\ncheering and sustaining him in the numerotis ills of life.\\nGertrude of Wyoming is preferred by some readers even\\nto his Pleasures of Hope It is a sad tale, told with ten-\\nderness as well as genvus. But if these had never been writ-\\nten, his songs would have given him claims as a first-rate poet.\\nCensure.\\nIncense.\\nSusceptible.\\nDefamation.\\nHygiene.\\nMorrisania.\\nDegradation.\\nHomicide.\\nAbyssinia,\\nIrritate.\\nHeresy.\\nChristiana.\\nIrascible.\\nGalaxy.\\nFinisterre.\\nInflammation.\\nFeudal.\\nKyswick.\\nIllicit.\\nSacrilegious.\\nCollege of the City of New York, 1893.\\nAeithmetic.\\n1. {a) What is a minuend\\n{h) What is a quotient\\n(c) Give the rule for the division of one common frac*\\ntion by another.\\n2.\\n{a)\\n(d) What is discount\\nFind the value of\\nof|of.2iH-i.\\n(b) Add f of h h of H.\\n3. {a) Find the value of Ton in whole numbers of lower\\ndenominations.\\niV) If the numerator and denominator of a common\\nfraction be divided by the same number, what effect is pro-\\nduced upon the value of the fraction\\nExplain the reason of this.\\n4. {a) Write in decimal form nine millionths three\\nhundred ten thousandths ten thousand and ten millionths.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1893. 58\\n(b) Divide .096 by 3.2.\\n(c) Add 100.216, 3.0046, 3126.04.\\n5. (a) When two decimals are multiplied together, how\\nmany decimal places must be pointed off in the product\\n(b) Explain the reason of this rule.\\n6. What capital must be invested in 4^ bonds bought at\\nlofo premium in order to yield an income of 17,500\\n7. A garrison had provisioiis enough for 1,800 men for six\\nmonths, but having sent away a detachment, the provisions\\nlasted ten months. How many men were sent away\\n8. A merchant had his note for 110,000 discounted at a\\nbank for six months, without grace, at Qfc. With the pro-\\nceeds he bought goods, and sold of them during the six\\nmonths at a profit of 15^, and then closed out the remainder\\nfor 11,200 cash. When he had paid his note at the bank\\nhow much had he left\\n9. Two brothers each inherited at the same time 14,000.\\nOne put his money in savings banks, where it received 4^\\ncompound interest each year. The other, during the first\\nyear, lost $100 by investments and spent 1200 in travelling.\\nThen he invested all he had left in a business venture and,\\nat the end of two years more, received back his money with\\n20^ profit. Which of the brothers had then the more money,\\nand how much more\\n10. A and B and can together do a piece of work in 5\\ndays. A alone can do it in 20 days B alone can do it in 30\\ndays. In what time can it be done by B and C working\\ntogether\\nEl^-GLISH.\\n1. Write sentences of not less than twenty words, in eacli\\nof which sentences the word that is used as a different part\\nof speech.\\n2. Combine these eight sentences into one sentence\\nAn owl lived in a tree. He was a white owl. He was\\nlarge. He lived in the hollow of the tree. The tree was old", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "54 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1898.\\n4. (live tlie principal events and measures leading to the\\noutbreak of the American devolution 1765 to 1775.\\n5. Describe the final campaign of the Revolutionary War,\\nand state tlie terms of the treaty of peace with Groat Britain.\\nG. J^anie the Presidents down to the close of the War of\\n1812. What advantages did the United States secure through\\nthat war\\n7. Give an account of the administrations of Presidents\\nJackson and Polk.\\n8. State all you know respecting the following public men\\nin our history Alexander Hamilton^ Henry Clay, Do Witt\\nClinton, Nathaniel Greene, Admiral Farragut.\\n9. Describe the political situation in 1860-61, sliowing\\nAvhat influences and causes brouglit about the Civil War.\\n10. {a) What form of government do we have in this State\\nto-day, and what was the form in colonial times\\n(b) What tie binds us to the other States\\n(c) Why cannot slavery be revived in the United States\\nSpelling.\\nHundreds of broad-headed, short-stemmed, iinde-branched\\noaks, which had witnessed perhaps the stately march of the\\nRoman soldiery, flung their gnarled arms over a thick carpet\\nof the most delicious greensivard in some places they were\\ninte7 mingled with beeches, hollies, and coj^seuwod of various\\ndescriptions, so closely as totally to intercept the level beams\\nof the sinking sun in others they receded from each other,\\nforming those long, sioeeping vistas, in the intricacy of which\\nthe eye delights to lose itself, while imagincttion considers\\nthem as the paths to yet wil-der scenes of sylvan solitude.\\nHere the red rays oi the sun shot a broken and discolored\\nlight, that partially hung upon the shattered boughs and\\nmossy trunks of the trees, and there they ilUiminated in\\nbrilliant patches the portions of turf to which they made\\ntheir way.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 189a, 55\\nsoutheast of Hindoostau, that east of Africa, chat south of\\nArgentina.\\n3. Name tlie three States on the Pacific, the five on the\\nGulf, the. two on Chesapeake Bay, the two on Delaware Bay,\\nthe eight on the Lakes.\\n4. Name the body of water into which the Danube flows,\\nthe Des Moines, the Ganges, the Mackenzie, the Nile, the\\nPlatte, the Po, the Thames, the Wabash, the Yukon.\\n5. Through what strait must a ship pass on the voyage\\nfrom Marseilles to Havre from Venice to Genoa from\\nConstantinople to Naples from Hull to Stockholm\\n6. Name the capital of Persia, of Italy, of Belgium, of\\nPortugal, of Peru, of Venezuela, of Connecticut, of Ten-\\nnessee, of Kansas, of Canada.\\n7. Name the highest point on the Earth, in North Amer-\\nica, in the United States east of the Mississippi, in Europe\\nand state, as nearly as you can. the height and location of\\neach (the range to which it belongs).\\n8. What is a Geyser a Delta a Watershed a River\\nbasin, or valley a Reef\\n9. When it is noon at Washington it is midnight at Bang-\\nkok how many degrees east of Washington is Bangkok\\nName some portion of the British Empire where it is mid-\\nsummer when it is midwinter in England.\\n10. Which are the most valuable animals of the Arctic\\nregions Which animals and plants (trees) are peculiar to\\nthe Tropical regions\\nHistory.\\n1. Name the European nations that secured a foothold in\\nAmerica at any time before 1775. What parts did each\\nclaim\\n2. Describe the different kinds of English colonial govern-\\nment, and give an example of each.\\n3. Grive an account of King Philip^s War also, of the\\nFrench and Indian War, including its cause, events and\\nresult.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "56 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1893.\\nand rotten. It wiis an oak-tree. It stood on the top of the\\nhilL The hill was back of onr honse.\\n3. Name the different classes of pronouns, and give ex-\\namples of each class.\\n4. When is it correct to say The Committee i.s in session\\nto-day, aiid when is it correct to say: The Committee\\nare in session to-day\\n5. Copy the following sentences, correcting errors\\nWe shall have a holiday upon Monday.\\nDivide this between the three girls.\\nOn what train did you come in on\\nOf these three kings, the latter was the wisest.\\nIf we do wrong we will be punished.\\n6. Illustrate by examples the difference between simple,\\ncompound, and complex sentences.\\n7. What tenses are formed by the use of auxiliaries Use\\nthe verb strike to show this.\\n8. Analyze the following, and notice that a diagram is\\ngreatly to be preferred, provided it is neatly and carefully\\nmade.\\nWhen reposimj that night on my pallet of straw,\\nBy the wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain.\\nAt the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw.\\nAnd thrice ere the morning 1 dream-t it again.\\n9. Parse the words italicized in the foregoing sentence.\\n10. Write a composition of not less than one hundred words\\nabout Thomas Jefferson, or Abraham Lincoln, or the\\nrecent Naval Review at New York. Be careful to write\\nthis on a separate sheet.\\nGeography.\\n1. Name the countries which border upon the Russian\\nEmpire.\\n2. Name the island south of Florida, that east of Quebec,\\nthat east of Greenland, that north of Norway, that east of\\nCorea, that north of Java, that south of Australia, that", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTION8-1898. 37\\nNormal College,\\nArithmetic.\\n1. What is the value of a fraction multiplied by its denom-\\ninator What is the effect ol removing the decimal point\\none place to the left one place to the right AVrite a\\npromissory note. Define the terms maker, payee Siud holder.\\n2. Express by Roman notation 81,963.\\n4f 3\\n3. Find the value of I of I divided by -A-.\\n8t% u\\n4. Divide 375 by .75 and .75 by 375 and find the sum and\\ndifference of the quotients.\\n5. $3,675 was offered to a man for his house, or $4,235 in\\nthree years without interest. He accepted the latter offer.\\nDid he gain or lose, and how much, money being worth 7%\\n6. A gentleman owns stock in a manufactory which pays\\nannually 9%. He receives quacterly $324. What sum has\\nhe invested\\n7. Two partners engaged in business. One furnished f of\\nthe whole capital and the other $4,000. They gahied in\\ntrade 20fc on their capital, but lost $500 from bad debts.\\nWhat was each partner^s share of the net gain\\n8. 600 yards of cloth J yards wide being required to make\\nsuits for 250 soldiers, how much cloth yards wide Avill be\\nneeded to make suits for 1,200 men\\n9. A general has an army of 226,576 men. How many\\nmust he place rank and file to form them into a square\\n10. Find the cube root of 3 to three decimal places.\\nEnglish.\\nI.\\n1. Give the rules for the formation of the plurals of nouns\\nand illustrate each rule by an example. Define case. Tell\\nhow case is expressed.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2()1.LK(^K giTKSTlONS-189P,.\\ni. In how many ways are adjectives compared Give au\\nexample of each. Name three adjectives that do not admit\\nof comparison and assign tlie reason. Write tlie second\\nfuture tense (known also as the future perfect) indicative\\nmood, in the first person siiigular of raise, rise, lay, lie, set.\\n3. Correct the following- and state the reasons\\n{a) 1 am one of those who cannot describe what I feel.\\n(b) I had hoped never to have Avitnessed the like again.\\n{c) Xor eye, nor listening ear, an object find.\\n(d) This injury his been done me by my friend, he whom I\\ntreated like a brother.\\n(e) What is the use of you talking like that.\\nI will surely drown Will no one save me.\\n4. Parse the word like in (b).\\nIt little jjrofits that, an idle King.\\nBy this still hearth, among these barren crags,\\nMatched with an aged wife, I mete and dole\\nUnequal laws unto a savage race,\\nThat hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.\\nParse little, profits, King, mat died.\\n5. But though ril gladly trace these scenes with thee.\\nYet the sweet converse of an iniwcent mind\\nWhose words are images of thoughts refined,\\nIs my soul s pleasure and it sure must be\\nAlmost the highest bliss of human kind\\nWhen to thy haunts, two kindred spirits flee.\\n[Write out each subordinate or dependent clause by itself, and\\ntell the kind (noun, adjective, adverb). Point out the word or\\nwords to which it relates, and state whether the sentence should\\nbe regarded as complex or compound.]\\nNote. An analysis of subjects or predicates is not desired.\\nII.\\n1. (The following letter must not be less tlian fifteen, nor more\\nthan twenty lines in length. It will be marked in form, punctua-\\ntion, construction and subject-matter. Please append an outlined", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1893. 59\\nand properly addressed envelope, and write the letter on a sheet by\\nitself.)\\n(a) Imagine it is mid-summer. Write a letter inviting a\\nschool-friend to visit you for two weeks. Tell her what your\\namusements are, by what railroad she must travel, when the\\ntrains leave, etc., and express your anxiety to see her.\\n(b) Envelope.\\n2. Give five verbs beginning with the following prefixes:\\n(1) a, ab.\u00e2\u0080\u0094(2) ad.-^(3) e, ex.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (4:) pre,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (5) re. Use\\neach verb in a separate simple sentence.\\n3. Define collation, collision, collusion, barometer, ther-\\nmometer, and use two of these words in two compound\\nsentences.\\n4. (a) What means the proverbial phrase A bird in the\\nhand is worth two in the bush.\\n(b) Give the proverbial phrase based on one of the charac-\\nteristics of a precious metal, and expressing the idea that we\\nought not to be deceived by appearances, by the impression\\ncertain things make on the eye.\\n(c) Give the feminine forms of emperor, executor and\\nhero, and use one of the masculine and one of the feminine\\nforms, each, in a separate complex sentence.\\n(d) Form a noun from the adjective content, and use\\nthe noun contents in any sentence.\\n5. Capitalize and punctuate the following\\nEvery general of prominence had a nickname bestowed\\nupon him by his troops some of these names were of a sar-\\ncastic nature but usually they indicated the confidence of\\nthe men in their leaders or their admiration for them gen.\\ngrant was commonly knoAvn over the watchfires of the army\\nof the potomac as old united states from the initials of his\\nname but sometimes he was called old three stars that number\\nindicating his rank as lieutenant-general mcclellan was en-\\ndeared to his army as little mac meade who wore spectacles\\nwas delighted to learn that his men had named him four-\\neyed george for he knew it was not intended as a reproach.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "00 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1893.\\nGeography.\\n1. (a) How niaiiy degrees is New York from Greenwich,\\nEngland f\\n(b) What is the distance in geographical miles between\\nNew York and the Equator\\n(6*) At Valparaiso the time is 10 min. earlier than New\\nYork time. What is its longitude\\n{d) What is the longitude of a place exactly half-way\\nround the globe (east or west) from New York\\n(e) What is the latitude of a place on the Arctic\\ncircle\\n2. (a) Grive as nearly as you can the direction of the following\\nplaces from New York, (a) Salt Lake City, (b) Albany, N. Y.,\\n(c) Washington, D. C, (d) London, England, and (e) the\\nCaspian Sea.\\n(b) In what direction do the Allegheny Mountains\\nextend\\n(c) State as nearly as you can the general direction in\\nwhich Columbus sailed in going from Spain to San Salvador.\\n(d) In what group of islands did he first discover land\\n(e) Where is the river Orinoco Where is the peninsula\\nof Yucatan\\n3. Bound the State of Michigan and give its capital city.\\n4. (a) Name the States or Territories which form the\\nnorthern border of the United States.\\n(b) In what States do the Mississippi and the Missouri\\nrivers, respectively, rise\\n5. (a) Name the State which produces the largest amount\\n01 coal.\\n(b) Name two great grain producing States.\\n(c) From what portions of the United States are the\\ngreatest supplies of iron obtained\\n(d) In what parts are found the greatest supplies of pre-\\ncious metals\\n(e) What is the principal export of New Orleans\\n6. (a) Through what parts of the world do the following", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS- 1893. 61\\nmountains extend, (a) the Caucasus, (b) the Himalayas,\\n(c) the Pyrenees.\\n{b) Name two active volcanoes, stating in what countries\\nthey are situated/\\n7. (a) Name the largest river of (a) Africa, South Amer-\\nica and (6 Europe, stating in what part each rises and where\\nit terminates.\\n(Z Name four large rivers you would cross in going from\\nNew York to Columbus, Ohio.\\n8. (a) To what nations do the following islands belong, (a)\\nCuba, (b) Jamaica, (c) New Guinea, (d) Luzon\\n(b) Give as near as you can the location of the Hawaiian\\nor Sandwich Islands.\\n9. What is the form of Government of Brazil of Russia\\nof Switzerland of Great Britain of Canada\\n10. Name the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea\\non the south, stating which are not independent and what\\nnations govern them.\\nHistory.\\n1. (a) What proofs show that America was inhabited by\\na race of men previous to the Indians\\n(b) What name have we applied to these people\\n(c) Who was the first navigator who circumnavigated\\nthe earth\\n{a) Where and when was the first permanent settlement\\nmade by the Dutch\\n2. (a) Who were the English Puritans\\n(b) Why did they leave England\\n{c) Who was King of England in 1620\\n(d) Who was the first Governor of the Puritans\\n(e) What name did the Dutch give their colony on\\nManhattan Island How was the island obtained\\n3. {a) In what year and by whom was New York taken\\nfrom the Dutch", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "62 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1893.\\n{b) Who had command of the British army at the\\ncoiiiinencemeiit of the Kevohition\\nN cime three battles fought in 1775\\n(d) Name the members of the Committee appointed by\\nCongress to draft the Declaration of Independence.\\n(e) What was the most disastrous battle to the Ameri-\\ncans in 1776\\n4. (a) What two rebellions occurred between 1787 and\\n1794 State the cause of each.\\n(b) During whose administration were the Alien and\\nSedition Laws passed\\n(c) Explain the Missouri Compromise.\\n(d) Explain briefly the Fugitive Slave Law.\\n5. (a) By what two great battles was Lee driven back\\nwhen he tried to invade the North\\n(b) When was the fight between the Merrimac and\\nMonitor Describe it.\\n(c) Who were the nominees for the Presidency in 1864\\n(d) When and by whom was Abraham Lincoln assas-\\nsinated\\n(e) Who succeeded him as President\\nSpelling.\\nAfter the battle of Getty sbiorg, Meade s campaign in\\nVh^ginia had been inconclusive. The leading members of\\nthe Committee on the Conduct of the War urged that he\\nshould be removed. They were in favor of the reappoint-\\nment of Hooker, but would acquiesce in that of any other\\ngeneral whom the President should think better fitted for\\nthe place. But all eyes had been turned to Grant, and it\\nwas tacitly conceded that he should be made the commander\\nof all the armies in the field. For this purpose the grade of\\nlieutenant-general was revived and his commission was\\nformally presented to him by the President. Henceforth\\nthe control of military operations was to be in the hands of a", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1898.\\n63\\nsoldier free from the dictation of civilian authority, even that\\nof Mr. Stanton, the Secretary of War.\\nGrant rode over a rough road to Chattanooga from Nash-\\nville, Tennessee.\\nSherman s march from Atlanta to Savannah and thence to\\nRaleigh is perhaps the most brilliant recorded in history.\\n^ilabaster.\\nBrigantine.\\nCarrot (a vege-\\ntable).\\nCaret (wanting).\\nCarat (the weight\\nfor the fineness\\nof gold).\\nDelicacy.\\nFarinaceous.\\nGalley.\\nHarangn.e.\\nIterate.\\nJocular.\\n.Knapsack.\\nLitigation.\\nManacle.\\nNauseate,\\nOcular,\\nParasite.\\nQuery.\\nRecommend.\\nSicily.\\nToledo.\\nUtah.\\nVesuvius (mount).\\nWilkesbarre,", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "College of the City of New York, 1894.\\nArithmetic.\\n1. (a) What is meant by ratio\\n(b) If 3 is subtracted from 8, and 5 obtained, what names\\nare given to 3, 8, and 5 respectively\\n(c) What is a decimal fraction\\n{(I) What is meant by the least common multiple (or least\\ncommon dividend) of several numbers?\\n2 Find the values of the following\\n(a) f of 3i X I.\\n(b) I of 11 of 3.\\n(c) 1 I 4 of 41.\\n3\\n3. (a) Multiply by 4, and give the rule for multiplying one\\ncommon fraction by another.\\n(b) Explain the reason of this rule, using the above ex-\\nample as an illustration.\\n4. (a) Write in decimal form Three, and ten one-thou-\\nsandths three hundred, and three one-thousandths ten, and\\ntwenty-five ten-thousandths.\\n(b) Reduce to a decimal fraction.\\n(c) Multiply .0015 by 3.2.\\n(d) Divide 16.4 by .041.\\n5. (a) Reduce 3 oz. to the decimal of a ton.\\n(b) If in a decimal fraction the decimal point be moved\\none place to the right, what effect will this produce\\noT\\\\ the value of the fraction\\n(c) Explain the reason of this.\\n6. (a) What part of 5 is 2\\n(b) What part of f isf?\\n(c) What per cent, of f is", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "9 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1894\\n7. ^our men were engaged to build a wall in 10 days. At\\nthe end of 5 days they found that only J of the wall was\\nbuilt. How many additional men would be needed to complete\\nthe wall in the given time\\n8. A can do a piece of work in 24 days A and C can do it\\nin 8 days B and can do it in 7-^ days. In what time can B\\nalone do it\\n9. A man bought a farm for $20,000 cash, and sold it again\\nimmediately, taking in payment $2,010 in cash, and a note at\\nsix months without interest for the remainder. He had this\\nnote discounted at the bank, and then found that the total\\namount of cash he had received was seven per cent, more than\\nthe cost of the farm. What was the face of the note\\n10. A real estate dealer bought a country cottage and lot\\nfor $2,000, and rented it at once for $300 for the summer.\\nHe insured the house for $1,400, paying one per cent, pre-\\nmium. The house was burned before the end of the season,\\nand the tenant paid him only $200 rent but the insurance\\nwas paid in full, and he sold the ground for $500. Did he\\nmake or lose on the transaction, and how much\\nEnglish.\\nN.B. Li analyzing, you will state the kind of each sentence analyzed,\\nwhether simple, compound, or complex. You will write each clause\\nseparately, stating whether it is co-ordinate or subordinate, etc., and in-\\ndicating to what word each clause relates. Give the principal parts of each\\nclause. Point out to what the modifying words and phrases relate. If\\nyou can, do all this in the form of diagram.\\nWrite your letter, which is not to contain more than nine sentences,\\non a separate sheet of paper. Address it to Robert Wilson, and sign Ed-\\nward Jackson. Be careful to give date, address, and signature correctly.\\nOther points to be attended to are spelling, capitalization, punctuation,\\ngrammatical correctness, the sense and clearness of your sentences,\\ntheii; orderly arrangement, and the composition generally. Let the\\nletter be neatly written.\\nT. Analyze\\n(1) To err is human, to forgive, divine. (Pope.)\\n(2) From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1894 3\\nmoney that came into my hands, was ever laid out in\\nbooks. (Franklin.)\\n(3) 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,\\nWhere wealth accumulates and men decay\\nFor a bold peasantry, their country s pride,\\nWhen once destroyed, can never be supplied.\\n(Goldsmith.)\\nWrite a letter on either of the following subjects\\n(1) A visit to the menagerie in Central Park.\\n(2) A day s experience in school.\\nGeography.\\n1. How much of the surface of the earth is land What\\nportions of the land are not habitable Why Of what\\nregions is it not known whether they are land or water\\n2. Which rivers join their waters at Kansas City Which\\nnear St. Louis Which at Cairo (111.)? Which at Pittsburg\\nWhich near Troy (N. Y.) Which at Montreal Which near\\nBuenos Ayres Which at Lyons? Which at Mayence?\\nWhich at Belgrade Which near Bassorat (Asiatic Turkey)\\n3. Name the countries about the North Sea those about\\nthe Baltic those about the Adriatic those about the Black\\nSea those about the Japan Sea.\\n4. Name the four largest islands in the West Indies the\\nfour largest in Malaysia the most important city in the first\\ngroup, and the most important city in the second tell of each\\ncity on which island it is situated, and what is its general or\\nofficial lanffuar^e.\\n5. Name five great mountain ranges, two in North America,\\none in South America, one in Europe, and one in Asia tell\\nof each, as nearly as yoU can, in which part of the Grand\\nDivision it is. Name the highest peak in the Eastern Hemi-\\nsphere, and the highest in the Western, and state how high\\neach is. Name three volcanoes, and locate them.\\n6. Between the mouth of the Pigeon River (which river\\nflows into Lake Superior on the confines of Minnesota and On-\\ntario) and the Thousand Islands, the United States and the", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "4 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1894\\nDominion of Canada approach very near to each other four\\ntimes name the rivers which separate them, and locate them\\nwith reference to the Lakes and the American States. Where\\nis the Strait of Dover? Where the Strait of Gibraltar?\\nWhere the Strait of Bal-el-Mandeb Where the Strait of\\nMagellan\\n7. Locate the following capes Clear, Cod, Comorin, East,\\nFarewell, Finisterre, Good Hope, Hatteras, Land s End, Lop-\\natka. May, Race, St. Roque, San Lucas, Verde.\\n8. What is the Magnetic Pole Where is it What is a\\nmeridian? Omaha and Vera Cruz lie on the same meridian,\\nand Vera Cruz is about twenty-two degrees south of Omaha\\nwhat time is it at Vera Cruz, when it is noon at Omaha?\\nDoes the sun ever rise at the same time in these two cities?\\nDoes it generally rise in one city earlier than in the other\\nHistory.\\n1. Give an account of the explorations and discoveries of\\nVespucius, Verazzani, Champlain, and Hudson.\\n2. In what way were Raleigh, Roger Williams, the Duke of\\nYork, and General Oglethorpe identified with the settlement\\nof this country\\nGive particulars in each case.\\n3. Give the history of the Stamp Act and the Boston Port\\nBill.\\n4. The battles of Bunker Hill and Camden. Show how\\nthey came to be fought, and add a brief description of each.\\n5. What were the boundaries of the United States, as fixed\\nby treaty at the close of the Revolutionary War How were\\nthey changed in 1803\\n6. State the causes of the Mexican War. What advantage\\ndid the United States gain by it?\\n7. Name the Presidents who served two terms also those\\nwho died in office.\\n8. What services did General Grant render this country\\nduring the Civil War?", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1894 5\\nEricsson, Samuel Adams, Perry, HamiitoD, Nathan Hale.\\nWhy are these names prominent in our history\\n10. What are the principal features of the government of\\nthe State of New York Who was its first Governor\\nNormal College.\\nAbithmetk..\\n1. Give the sum in units of lower denominations of .67\\nleague, f mile and rod.\\no .035-H.OU12S .0374X.00T5 c T-i? J ^l U\\n-7T= 777^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 x-^- 55^ oimpliiy and express the result as a\\n.Oi-f-.UlD .010\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .0001 r J r\\ncommon fraction reduced to its lowest terms.\\n3. A builder sold a house to an agent at a profit of W^.\\nThe agent sold to a third party at a gain of Ibfc, who in turn\\nsold it at a loss of Sfb and lost 82,000. Find the cost of the\\nhouse and for what it was sold each time.\\n4. A house cost 815,725 and rents for 81,500 the insur-\\nance is ^fb and the repairs each year. What rate of inter-\\nest does it pay?\\n5. A broker buys stock when it is 20^ below par and sells\\nit when it is 16 fo below par. What is the rate of gain\\n6. Gunpowder is composed of 33 parts by weight, of salt-\\npetre, 7 of charcoal, and 5 of sulphur. Find the percentage\\ncomposition of gunpowder.\\n7. A ship sailed due south and due east on alternate days at\\nthe same rate each day at the end of six days it was found\\nto be 203.G-46 miles southeast from the place of starting.\\nWhat was the daily rate of sailing?\\n8. An orchard containing 6 acres 12 sq. rods, is three times\\nas long as it is wide. Required the lengtii and breadth.\\n9. A man who owned 820,000 or stock, par value, sold for\\n140 and invested the proceeds in other stock at 160. Tlie first\\nstock paid an annual dividend of 5fc and the second of GJ^.\\nWhat was the change in his income\\n10. Required the number of square feet in one face of a\\ncubical block whose contents are 105,211 cubic feet.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "6 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1894\\nDrawing.\\n1. Draw a regular pentagon, four inches on a side.\\n2. Draw a regular octagon, four inches on a side.\\n3. Draw any Greek or Moresque ornament, writing name\\nunderneath.\\n4. Draw from the solid in position actual size.\\nWorking lines must be left on the paper. Ruling is not\\nallowed.\\nEnglish.\\n1. From the word syllable form five other words and define\\neach word.\\n2. Define the following words fare, pun, fain, caret and\\nidiom.\\n3. Write a composition on Benjamin Franklin, stating (1)\\nwhere born, (2) father s trade, (3) his own trade, (4) where he\\nworked at his trade when he arrived at manhood, (5) what\\npublic offices he held and his influence in securing American\\nindependence.*\\n4. Write fifteen lines of poetry which you committed to\\nmemory (in accordance with the new course of study).\\n(a) Define poetry, verse, stanza.\\n(b) What is the difference between rhyme a,nd rhythm,\\n5. Punctuate and capitalize the following\\nThe Moors brought into Spain the cultivation of the\\nSugar Cane of Cotton and Rice and the Mulberry on\\nwhich feeds the Silkworm commerce owed them the\\nblades of toledo the Silks of grenada, the leather of\\nCordova the Spices and sweets of Valencia were re-\\nnowned throughout Europe at this period the moors\\nhad accustomed themselves to forget the Past and to\\nseek no other successes than those of Industry.\\n6. What is the meaning of the proverbial phrase Birds\\nCredit will be given for correct sentences, the right use of\\nwords, correct punctuation, the right use of capitalSy\\nand for brevity and clearness of expression. You\\nmust write at least twenty-five lines.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1894 7\\nof a feather flock together? Give any other common prov-\\nerb and explain it.\\nGive for each of the following a word of Saxon origin\\nhaving the same meaning Advent, omnipotent, pre-\\ncursor, prospect, ultimate.\\nGive the plural of leaf, son-in-law, sheep, pailful, stratum.\\nEnglish Grammar.\\nCousin, I am too young to be your father,\\nThough you are old enough to be my heir.\\nWhat you will have, I ll give, and willing too\\nFor do we must what force will have us do.\\n1. Analyze the two sentences\\n(a) To what kind of sentence does each belong\\n(b) Write out the clause or clauses and tell the kind\\n(noun, adjective, adverbial).\\n2. Parse cousin, father, enough, lohat (in the third line), do\\n(at the end of fourth line) and willing.\\n3. Correct the following sentences and give the reasons\\n{a) It is our duty to protect this government and that\\nflag from every assailant, be they whom they may.\\n(b) I can give no information concerning who or whom\\nwere there.\\n\\\\c) His curiosity as well as his anxiety were or was* ex-\\ncited.\\nWhich forms are correct, and why?\\n4. Define part of speech^ case, voice, syntax. Tell why the\\nsame word may belong to different parts of speech.\\n5. With any abstract noun construct a simple sentence, and\\nthen expand it into a complex sentence, making the depend-\\nent clause adverbial.\\nClassify as nouns, adjectives, or adverbials the italicized\\nclauses\\nI know the hour lohen he arrived.\\nI know when he left the city.\\nI was not at home when he called.\\nWhich pronoun Which verb", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "8 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1894\\nGp:ography.\\n1 (a) How can you tell in the day-time, without a mariner s\\ncompass, where the true south is?\\n(h) In what parts of the world is the sun directly over-\\nhead, at noon, twice in the year?\\n(c) When it is 11 a.m. at 100\u00c2\u00b0 W., what is the true time\\nin New York\\n(d) What is the latitude of Madrid^\\n2. Name ten States through which you would pass if you\\ntravelled directly west from New York City, and the capital\\nof each.\\n3. Bound Idaho name its capital city. Where is the Y el-\\nloiostone Park?\\n4. Locate the following cities Omaha, Galveston, Cleve-\\nland, Louisville, Little Bock, Christiania, Lhassa, Berne^\\nHerat, Bombay.\\n5. {a) Why is the climate of Newfoundland more severe\\nthan that of Ireland?\\n(b) Which of these islands lies farther north?\\n(c) What river runs between the U. S. and Mexico?\\n(d) Describe the geographical position of Nicaragua\\n6. State where the following rivers rise where they enipty.\\nName a large city on each and the nation to which that city\\nbelongs, [ci) the Ohio ib) the St. Lawrence (c) the Dan-\\nube (c7) the Rhone (e) the Paraguay.\\n7. [a) What group of islands on the eastern coast of Asia\\nare in the same latitude as our middle iVtlantic States?\\n{h) What large island lies south of Australia\\n(c) What one south of Hindostan\\n{d) To what islands was Napoleon Bonaparte exiled?\\n8. {cji) What mountains would you cross in going from Bor-\\ndeaux to Barcelona {h) From Vienna to Venice From\\nBulgaria to Constantinople?- (fZ) From Tennessee into North\\nCarolina? \\\\e) Name two volcanoes in Europe, one in Mexico,\\nand two in South America.\\n9. (a) Jp what two river valleys were the most ancient civ-\\nilizations of the world situated", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QI:TESTI0NS~1894 9\\n(b) Where are the Pillars of Hercules\\n(c) Name three countries in which Mohammedanism is the\\nprevailing religion, and\\ntwo in which the Greek Church prevails.\\n10. {a) Name the two principal railroadis between New York\\nand Buffalo.\\n(b) What are the following great routes between the East\\nand the Pacific respectively called\\n1. That which passes through Bismarck and Helena?\\n2. That which passes through Salt Lake City\\n3. That which passes through Winnipeg?\\nHistory.\\nI.\\n1. The invention of what instrument assisted naval explora-\\ntion\\n2. Who was King of Mexico, when Cortez came to that\\ncountry\\n3. Who made the first and who the second voyage around\\nthe world\\n4. What were the French and Indian wars and their dates\\n5. When and where were negro slaves first sold in Amer-\\nica?\\n6. What was the most important event in the last French\\nand Indian war and its date\\n7. What reason did the English Government give for taxing\\nthe American colonies How did Great Britain interfere with\\nAmerican commerce\\nII.\\n1. Where and when did the first Continental Congress as-\\nsemble\\n2. Who was chiefly instrumental in writing the Declaration\\nof Independence\\n3. What city did Washington take at the beginning of 1776,\\nand what city at the end of the same year\\n4. What important battle of the Revolutionary War in-", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "10 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1894\\nduced France to enter into an alliance with the Americans\\nIts date and the commanders on both sides What event was\\ndecisive of the war Its date and the commanders on both\\nsides\\n5. Name one noted Frenchman, German, and Polander, who\\nassisted the American revolutionary cause.\\n6. Where and when did the first Federal Congress meet\\nafter the adoption of the Constitution\\n7. When was the City of Washington made the capital of\\nthe United States\\n8. From whom and for what amount was Louisiana pur-\\nchased\\nIII.-\\n1. Under whose administration did the war of 1812 begin\\nand end\\n2. What Indian troubles occurred during the administration\\nof Jackson\\n3. Why was the petition of Texas for admission to the\\nUnion at first rejected\\nWhen was she admitted\\n4. Whose administrations extended from March 4th, 1849,\\nto March 4th, 1853?\\n6. When was gold discovered in California\\nIV.\\n1. What State passed the first ordinance of secession and\\nwhen?\\n2. What vessels were sunk by the Merrimac\\n3. By what vessel was the Merrimac disabled\\n4. Name five great victories won by General Grant, three by\\nGeneral Lee, and one by General Sheridan.\\n5. What were the charges against Johnson, and what was\\nthe result of his impeachment?\\n6. When, of whom, and for what consideration was Alaska\\nobtained", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1894 11\\nV.\\n1. What was the debt of the Union, August 31st, 1865?\\n2. When did Congress demonetize silver? When and by\\nwhat bill was it again made legal tender? When was this bill\\nrepealed\\n3. How was the Chinese immigration restricted in 1882?\\n4. Who was the first American ^writer to secure general rec-\\nognition at home and abroad\\n5. What are the three branches of the Federal Government?\\nWho presides over the Senate What is the presiding officer\\nof the House of Representatives called\\nSpei-ling.\\nAt the time when he became King of Spain, Cabot, Colum-\\nbus, and Vespucius had discovered the continent of America.\\nNot long after his accession to the crown, Fernando Cortez,\\nwith a handful of men, marched from the Gulf of Mexico\\nupon the city of the same name, and, after terrible struggles,\\ndethroned its sovereign and reigned in his stead as Charles\\nviceroy. He discovered the Pacific and California. Before\\nCharles death, the Spaniards pushed northwards to New Mez*\\nico, and southwards to the Isthmus of Panama.\\nTrisyllable Surfeited\\nTierce Maintenance\\nBevy Misdemeanor\\nJocular Oracle\\nBizarre Palate\\nCaviler Saracen\\nBelligerent Doggerel\\nVestige Syringe\\nElegy Labyrinth\\nSynonym Oxygen\\nPrivilege Tenable\\nFiligree Solecism\\nHyperbole Corinth\\nIrritated Vesuvius\\nThibet Bosphorus", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "12 OOLLEOK QUK.^TTONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1895\\nCollege of the City of New York, 1895.\\nArithmetic.\\n1. (a) What is a decimal fraction Give an example.\\n(b) What is a denominate number? Give an example.\\n{c) Give the rule for multiplying one common fraction by\\nanother.\\n(c7) Define ratio.\\n2. (a) Reduce to a simple fraction\\nf of 41 X I of\\n(b) Add I, I, and j\\\\.\\n(c) What part of is\\n3. (a) Find the value of -^j of a mile in whole numbers of\\nlower denominations.\\n(b) Reduce ,00125 to a common fraction in its lowest\\nterms.\\n(c) What is the difference between .325 and f\\n4. {a) What effect is produced upon the value of a common\\nfraction by multiplying numerator and dominator by the same\\nquantity\\n(b) Explain why this is so.\\n5. (a) Subtract .003 from 1.1.\\nMultiply 1.04 by 100.1.\\n(c) Divide 1.111 by .0011.\\n(d) What effect is produced upon a decimal by moving\\nthe decimal point one place to the right\\n(e) Explain why this is so.\\n6. I bought 100 shares of Railroad Stock at 10^ below\\npar, and sold them at 8^ above par. What amount of money\\ndid I make, and what percentage did I gain on my invest-\\nment\\n7. A cistern has three pipes. The first can fill it in four hours,\\nthe second in five hours, and the third in six hours. After\\nthe first had been running alone for two hours it was closed,\\nand the second opened and allowed to run for two hours, and", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1895 13\\nthen closed, and the third opened. How long did the third\\nhave to run in order to fill the cistern\\n8. Two brothers each received at the same time 1980 in cash.\\nThe first bought R. R. Stock at 2^ discount, and sold the\\nsame at the end of a year at 2^ premium. The other placed\\nhis money in a Savings Bank, which paid 2fo compound in-\\nterest every six months, How much did each have at the end\\nof the year\\n9. A contractor undertook to build a wall in twenty days, and\\nset six men at work on it. At the end of eight days he found\\nthey had only been able to build J of it. How many 7nore\\nmen did he have to put on the job, in order to complete the\\nwall in the time agreed upon\\n10. A and B set out from two cities 720 miles apart, and\\ntravel toward each other. A goes 12 miles more each day\\nthan B, and at the end of ten days they meet. What has been\\nthe rate of travel per day of each\\nEnglish.\\nI. Analyze the following extract, classifying the sentence,\\ndescribing each clause, and giving the principal parts with\\ntheir word and phrase adjuncts.\\nNevertheless, the common sense of mankind, which in\\nquestions of this sort seldom goes far wrong, will always rec-\\noo^nize a distinction between crimes which orio-inate in an in-\\nordinate zeal for the commonwealth, and crimes which orig-\\ninate in selfish cupidit}^ Macaulay.\\nIT. Explain the difference between an active transitive verb\\nand a passive verb. State how a passive verb is formed.\\nUsing the verb strike construct two sentences, one with\\nthe verb in the active voice, the other with the verb in the\\npassive voice. Underline the passive verb.\\nin. 1. Write not more than ten lines from some poem\\nyou have memorized during the past school year, giving the\\nname of the poem and its author. In writing this extract, pay\\nparticular attention to the poetical arrangement by lines, tne\\nspelling, the punctuation, and the use of capitals.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "14 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1895\\n2. Tell in your own language what the author means in the\\nselection vou have o iven.\\nTV. Rewrite the following sentences correctly, stating briefly\\nthe grammatical reasons for each correction\\n1. Of the pair of horses, the shortest one seemed lo he much\\nthe younger.\\n2. We did not tell her who the package came from.\\n3. Nearly every one of the students we knew were going to\\nthe exhibition.\\n4. An old shoe always goes on very easy.\\n5. She was smaller than either of her three sisters.\\nV. 1. Then a book was still a book,\\nWhere a wistful man might look,\\nFinding something through the whole\\nBeating like a human soul.*^\\nParse the words in italics.\\n2. Change the following extract into a simple sentence\\nThis assault which was of a cruel and barbarous nature,\\nwas committed by soldiers who belonged to the British army.\\nVI. Write, on a separate sheet, a composition on one of the\\nfollowing subjects\\n1. The Greater New York.\\n2. Military Drill in the Schools.\\n3. A letter to your uncle in the country, describing some\\nobject or place of interest of New York City.\\nNote. Your composition, or letter, must not be less than one hundred\\nor more than one hundred and fifty words. In your letter, address your\\nuncle as Jonathan Swift, and sign it Alexander Pope.\\nGeography.\\n1. What is the shape of the earth? Give reasons for your\\nstatement.\\n2. Name and define the circles of the earth the zones\\nthe divisions of land of water.\\n3. Where are the following islands situated Anticosti,\\nYezo, Man, Sicily, Aleutian, Samoan, Azores, Jamaica, Ber-\\nmuda, Iceland", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1895 15\\nI 4. Name the sources of the following rivers, and state their\\ngeneral course, and the waters into which they empty Yang-\\ntse-kiang, Murray, Yukon, Columbia, Parana, Danube, Obi,\\nOhio, Ottawa, and St. Lawrence.\\n5. What countries border on the Mediterranean Sea the\\nCaribbean Sea the China Sea the Japan Sea Bering s Sea\\n6. In or between what countries or States are the following\\nmountains Pyrenees, Himalaya, Darling, Wahsatch, Atlas\\nThe following bodies of water Caspian Sea, Lake Superior,\\nVictoria Nyanza, Lake Maracaybo, Cayuga Lake\\n7. What States border on the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific\\nOcean the Dominion of Canada?\\n8. Name and locate five harbors on our Eastern, three on\\nour Western, and two on our Southern coast.\\n9. Name the mountains, rivers, and lakes, great railroads,\\nproducts, capital, and chief city of New York State.\\n10. What is meant by a solar day by new or standard\\ntime by an astronomical day What is the latitude and\\nlongitude of New York City? Upon what does the difference\\nin time of two places depend\\nHistory.\\n1. The Constitution of the United States. State when,\\nwhere, and why it was adopted.\\n2. Name the Presidents in order, with dates of terms, from\\nMadison s to Grant s administration inclusive.\\n3. What large tracts of territory has this country acquired\\nthrough purchase? What through war? And what through\\nannexation?\\n4:1 What events occurred within the present limits of New\\nYork and Brooklyn during the Revolutionary War?\\n5. Describe the early colonists of Virginia, Pennsylvania,\\nand Rhode Island, showing in what respects they differed\\nfrom each other.\\n6. What navigators discovered our Atlantic Coast from the\\nSt. Lawrence to Florida Give their nationality and the part\\nof the coast explored by each.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "IH COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1896\\nOf (Jtc four remaming qtiestions answer any tioo.\\n7. Describe General Lee s invasion of the north, and his re-\\npulse, in 1863. What important events in the same year along\\nthe line of the Mississippi\\n8. The State of New York. Describe the form and general\\nfeatures of its government. How were we governed here in\\ncolonial times, both Dutch and English?\\n9. Give a clear account of the origin of the Revolution\\n(about half a page).\\n10. What public services Vi^ere rendered to the country by\\nThomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster^ Nathaniel Greene, Wm. H.\\nSeward, Wm. T. Sherman?\\nNoniial College.\\nArithmetic.\\n1. What mixed number multiplied by ^equals 15f\\n3\\n2. A can do a piece of work in J of a day, B can do it in\\nof a day, and C can do it in 1| days. In what time can all do\\nit, working together\\n3. Divide 3 hundredths by 987 millionths.\\n4. 26J bushels of wheat are raised from bushel. What\\nper cent is the increase\\n5. A house that rents for $1,200 costs $16,000 the insur-\\nance is per cent., and the repairs y^ per cent. What rate of\\ninterest does it pay\\n6. If $2,000 in 6 mo. 15 da. produce $102.33, what principal\\nmust be loaned to gain $62.16 in 11 rao. 21 da.\\n7. A s capital was in trade 6 mo., B s 8 mo., and C s 10 mo.\\nA s gain was $750-, B s $1,200, and C s $800, and the whole\\ncapital $19,880. How much did each own?\\n8. In what time will $18.20 at 5f per cent, amount to\\n$28.43\\n9. The diameter of a circle is 14 inches. What is the side\\nof an inscribed square (Inscribe the square.)", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "COLLEGfE QUESTIO]^S~-1895 17\\n10. What is the difference between the true and the hank\\ndiscount of $10,000 for 7 J mo. at 3 J per cent., no allowance\\nbeing made for three days of grace\\nDeawing.\\n1. Draw an ellipse, vertical diameter 8 inches, horizontal\\ndiameter 5 inches.\\n2. Draw an octagon, 4 inches on a side.\\n3. Draw any Greek oi- Moresque ornament, writing name\\nunderneath.\\n4 Draw from the solid in position, actual size.\\nWorking lines must be left on the paper. Ruling is not\\nallow^ed.\\nEnglish.\\n1 (a) Define the following words Analysis, synthesis, con-\\ncrete, abstract, involution.\\n(b) Write the plural of the first two words.\\n(c) Write a compound sentence, using the words analysis\\nand synthesis.\\n{d) Write a sentence in which concrete is used as an ad-\\njective, and another in which the adjective may be used\\nas a noun.\\n(e) By substitution of another prefix change into words of\\nopposite meaning Inculpate, subscription, prologue.\\n4:0fo\\n2. (a) Write five words derived from the word fame three\\nfrom prime and two from idol.\\n(b) What are synonyms Give a synonym of torrid.\\nGive a word in which one of the constituent parts of\\nsynonym is found and illustrate by an example. (The\\nword synthesis will not be accepted.) 40^\\n3. (a) Draw a form of rectangular envelope and address it to\\na board of school trustees in some ward.\\n(5) Write a letter of application to this board for a posi-\\ntion as a teacher.. ^30^\\n4. Write a composition of not less than twenty or more than\\nthirty lines on the City of New York, stating in order (1) its", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "IB COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1896\\nboundaries (2) its early settlement (3) its subsequent con-\\nquest (4) why it was named New York (5) to what it owes\\nits greatness as a city and (6) name its principal buildings\\nand parks. 60^\\n(In 3 and 4 credit will be given for arrangement, correct use\\nof words, punctuation and grammatical construction.)\\n5. Capitalize and punctuate\\nThe aziola.\\nDo you hear the aziola cry\\nmethinks she must be nigh\\nsaid mary as we sate\\nin dusk ere the stars were lit or candles brought\\nand i who thought\\nthis aziola was some tedious woman\\nasked who is aziola how elate\\ni felt to know that it was nothing human\\nno mockery of myself to fear or hate\\nand mary saw my soul\\nand laughed and said disquiet yourself not\\ntis nothing but a little downy owl. dO^\\n(Students are requested, in writing their answers and num-\\nbering their papers, to follow the order of the questions.)\\nGrammar.\\n1. Name five adjectives that do not admit of comparison.\\nName the two positives of worse. Write the plural of radius^\\nof bandit and of stratum.\\n2. T/iis vms the noblest Boman of them all:\\nAll the conspirators.^ save only he\\nDid that they did in envy of great Caesar\\nHe only^ in a general honest thought\\nAnd common good to all., made one of them,\\n{a) Analyze the above sentence, stating the kind of\\nsentence.\\nip) Write the several clauses.\\n(c) Correct errors (if any).", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1895 19\\n3. Parse save, that^ only (in second line), only (in fourth\\nline), good.\\n4. Compose a sentence having a substantive clause used as\\nan attribute.\\nWrite a sentence containing an adverbial clause, and\\nchange the clause into a phrase.\\nWrite a simple sentence having its object modified by\\na participial phrase, and change the phrase into an\\nadjective clause.\\n5. Correct the following sentences and give the reasons\\n{a) Either you or I are in the way.\\n(5) That is seldom or ever the case.\\n(c) What sounds have each of the vowels\\n(c?) Bismarck is greater than any German statesman.\\nGeography.\\n1. Name the boundaries and state the width of the Torrid\\nand Temperate zones.\\n(a) At what place on the globe must one be to have the\\nsun in the zenith on the 21st of June\\n(ft) Of what use are parallels and meridians?\\n(c) State the latitude and longitude of New York.\\n{d) Why does a telegram from New York at noon reach\\nOmaha before noon\\n2. Name the straits and rivers which connect the great lakes\\nwith each other and with the ocean.\\n{a) What is the population of the United States, of New\\nYork City, and of London (In round numbers.)\\n(6) Name two important islands belonging to the State of\\nNew York, and the largest town in each.\\n3. Draw a map of Connecticut, and locate the following\\ncities New Haven, Hartford, and Bridgeport.\\n{a) Write the boundaries of the State.\\n4. Locate the following cities Denver, Rock Island, Daven-\\nport, Vicksburg, Helena, Louisville, Olympia, Santa Fe, Ban-\\ngor, and Chattanooga.\\n5. Name five rivers of South America.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "20 COLLEGE QUESI^TONR\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1805\\n(a) Bound Austria. State its capital and principal\\nriver.\\n(b) Name the two principal cities of Japan,\\n(c) What circle crosses the island of Formosa\\n(d) Name the Barbary States and the capital of each.\\n(e) Name two of the Sandwich Islands.\\nOn which is Honolulu situated\\nUnited States History.\\n1. (a) To what race are the North American Indians sup-\\nposed to belong? (b) What was the social condition of the\\nMexicans when attacked by Oortez (c) Who discovered\\nthe Mississippi, and in what year\\n2. (a) When and by whom was slavery introduced into the\\nUnited States (b) Describe briefly the difference in char-\\nacter between the original settlers of Massachusetts and Vir-\\nginia, (c) Name the wars that preceded the French and\\nIndian War.\\n3. (a) What name was given to the adherents of George\\nIII. during the war of the Revolution [b) What special\\nexperience as militar}^ officers had Washington and some of\\nthe other American commanders when the war w^as begun\\n(c) In what year did the Americans receive important aid\\nfrom Europe, and from what nation [d) Name the two\\nmost important battles of the Revolution, and give the date\\nof each, (e) Name the battles in which Greene was chief\\ncommander.\\n4. (a) Give a brief account of the Hartford Convention.\\n(b) What is meant by the Monroe Doctrine (c) Name two\\nnoted American and two noted Mexican commanders during\\nthe Mexican War.\\n5. (a) Name the different commanders of the Army of the\\nPotomac during the Civil War. (b) Name the two men who\\nwere Secretary of War under Lincoln, (c) What two great\\nquestions were settled by the success of the North (d)\\nName the Presidents from Jackson to the present time.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "(lOLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1895\\n21\\nSpelling.\\nThe military results of the campaign as summed up by\\nTji-rant were The defeat of the enemy in five battles outside\\nof Vicksburg, the occupation of Jackson the capital of Missis-\\nsippi, and the capture of Vicksburg, its garrison and muni-\\nitions of war. He might have added the fall of Port Hudson\\nwhich Farragut and Banks had vainly endeavored to reduce.\\nGrant, after winning the battle of Chattanooga, sent\\nSherman to relieve Burnside who was cooped up in Knoxville,\\nEast Tennessee. All eyes were turned to Grant, and it was\\ntacitly conceded that he should command all the armies in the\\nfield. Two courses were open to him. He might invest Rich-\\nmond from the north, or, crossing the Ohickahominy and the\\nJames, besiege it from the south.\\nAnaconda\\nBivouac\\nCannibal\\nCentennial\\nCentenary\\nCylinder\\nDeclamatory\\nInflammatory\\nDiocese\\nFarinaceous\\nGraminivorous\\nVictuals\\nVermilion\\nVaccination\\nTureen\\nSymmetry\\nSatyr\\nResuscitate\\nRhythm\\nPomegranate\\nParricide\\nPalisade\\nHyacinth\\nHarass\\nEmbarrass\\nJavelin\\nMurrain\\nMorrisania\\nPhilippine Islands\\nGibraltar\\nJamaica\\nTyrol\\nSicily (Island)\\nMadeira\\nMozambique\\nAleutian Islands\\nCollege of the City of New York, 1896,\\nArithmetic.\\n1. (a What is meant by the ratio of one number to another\\nGive an example.\\n(b) What is meant by the Greatest Common Divisor of\\nthree numbers? Give an example.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "22 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1896\\n(e) What is meant bv a compound fraction Give an\\nexample?\\n(d) Give the rule for dividing one common fraction by\\nanother.\\n2. {a) Find the value of the following expressions\\nI off\\nof 14\\n(b) Add\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n3^.11 |ofifofJj4.\\n(c) What part of is J\\n3. A telephone wire whose length is 1 mile 30 rods, cost\\n$10.50. What was the price of the wire per foot\\n4. (a) Write in decimal form\\nThree ten-thousandths,\\nThree, and ten one-thousandths,\\nOne thousand and ten, and ten hundredths.\\n(b) What is the quotient of 2.25 by 1.5? by 150? by\\n.009?\\n(c) Add 3.002, 610, 21.6.\\n5. (a) Divide by 7.\\n(b) If the denominator of a fraction is multiplied by a\\nwhole number, what effect will this produce upon the\\nvalue of the fraction\\n(c) Explain the reason of this.\\n6. (ct) When a decimal fraction is multiplied by another\\ndecimal fraction, give the rule for pointing off the deci-\\nmal places in the product.\\n(b) Explain the reason of this rule.\\n7. A man bought 1,000 bushels of potatoes at a certain price\\nper bushel. One hundred bushels were damaged before he\\ncould sell them, but he sold the remainder for $55, and found\\nhe had gained 10 on the cost of his entire purchase. What\\ndid he pay per bushel\\n8. A dealer in real estate had his note for $20,000 at six\\nmonths discounted at his bank, and with the proceeds bought\\na house. He rented this at $50 a month, for six months, but", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1896 93\\nduring that time he paid out $340 for repairs. At the end of\\nthe six months he sold the property at an advance of 5 on\\nthe original cost, and from the money he received paid his\\nnote at the bank. How much did he gain on the transac-\\ntion\\n9. Six men undertook to do a piece of work and finished half\\nof it in 5 days. Then two of the men were taken off and set on\\nanother job. In how long a time did the remaining men finish\\nthe work?\\n10. A, B, and C entered into a partnership for three years.\\nA put in $10,000, B $15,000, and C $25,000. At the end of\\nthe first year, however, A put in $10,000 more, B put in\\n$2,500 more, C withdrew $12,500, and D joined the partnership\\nand put in $25,000. At the end of the three years the profits\\nwere found to be $34,000. How much should each partner re-\\nceive\\nEnglish.\\nI. The snow had begun in the gloaming,\\nAnd busily all the night\\nHad been heaping field and highway\\nWith a silence deep and white.\\nEvery pine and fir and hemlock\\nWore ermine too dear for an earl,\\nAnd the poorest twig on the elm-tree\\nWas ridged inch deep with pearl. LoweU,\\nIn the above extract state what is meant by\\n(a) l7i the gloaming.^\\n(b) With a silence deep and white.^^\\n(c) Wore ermine too dear for an earV\\n(d) Was ridged inch deep with pearl.\\n11. 1. In the above extract analyze the first stanza, classify-\\ning the sentence, describing each clause, and giving the prin-\\ncipal parts with their word and phrase adjuncts.\\n2. Parse\\nhad been heaping, (b) wore^ (c) deary (d) was ridged.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "24 COLLEGE tiUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1896\\nIII. Rewrite the following sentences correctly, stating briefly\\nthe grammatical reasons for each correction\\n1. The work goes on slower than we expected.\\n2. His four sons were named John, Peter, Henry, and\\nRobert the latter was a graduate of Harvard.\\n3. Try to write like I do.\\n4. Each of the boj^^s were perfect in their spelling.\\n5. Neither the carriage nor the livery of the servant who\\npreceded it were familiar to them.\\nIV. On a separate sheet of paper write a letter, properly\\narranged, containing not less than one hundred or more than\\none hundred and fifty words. Imagine you were living near\\nLexington on April 19, 1775, and saw all you have studied, or\\nthat has been told you, about the story of the battle of Lex-\\nington. Write the letter to your cousin living in Philadelphia,\\nand give an account of what you saw and heard on that mem-\\norable day. Sign your letter Jonathan Swift.\\nGeography.\\n1. Name the grand divisions of land on the Earth, first in\\nthe order of size, and secondly in the order of population.\\n2. Which is farther, from the Mississippi (at St. Louis) east\\nto the Atlantic, or west to the Pacific Which is the longest\\ndistance and which the shortest of these three from Cadiz\\n(Spain) to Norfolk (Virginia), from San Francisco to Yoko-\\nhama, from Sidney (New South Wales) to Valparaiso (Chile)\\n3. Name the two largest states of the United States the\\ntwo smallest the three east of the Mississippi that have\\nneither seashore nor lakeshore the three on Lake Superior.\\n4. Bound the State of New York (exclusive of Long Island),\\nstarting at Buffalo and following the boundary until you get\\nback to Buffalo again and so far as lakes and rivers consti-\\ntute the border, name not only them but also the land on the\\nother side.\\n5. Sketch the coast of South America from the Isthmus cf\\nPanama to the mouth of the Amazon start the boundary\\nlines running from the coast inward name, on your sketch,", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "COLLEaE QUESTIOlSrS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1896 25\\nthe republics and colonies so divided locate the mouth of the\\nOrinoco, and trace the general course of the river locate and\\nname the capitals which are on the coast.\\n6. Which two European countries have possessions in North\\nAmerica considerably larger than themselves which four\\nEuropean countries have large possessions in Africa, other\\nthan Egypt to which country is Egypt tributary Where\\nare the Hebrides w^here the New Hebrides where the\\nCanary Islands (name not only the ocean but also the nearest\\nland).\\n7. Name ten European cities, not capitals, nor more than\\ntwo in any one country; and name with each the country in\\nwhich and the water on whicli it is situated.\\n8. Through which (four) straits must a ship pass on the way\\nfrom Odessa (which is on the Black Sea) to Oronstadt (which\\nis on the Gulf of Finland) Which powers [or nations] have\\nforts on these straits Odessa being almost due south of\\nOronstadt, the latter on the 60th parallel and the former in\\nlatitude 46\u00c2\u00b0 30 what is the distance, in English miles, be-\\ntween them? Could a ship-canal connecting the two ports be\\ncarried ulong their meridian, or are there mountains in the\\nway\\nHistory Examination.\\n1. Describe Raleigh s attempts to establish colonies in Amer-\\nica. What did Gosnold accomplish ?_\\n2. Write a brief account of the settlement of Massachusetts,\\nNew York, and New Jersey.\\n3. Give an outline of the Parliamentary measures that pro-\\nvoked the colonists from 1765 to 1775.\\n4. What were the causes and the result of the 1812 war?\\nName three naval actions, 1813-14.\\n5. State the Secession question, giving the views of both\\nparties. What was the nullification issue before that\\n6. With what events are the following places associated in\\nour history? Philadelphia, in 1774; Tippecanoe; Salem;\\nCowpens Vicksburg Detroit Monterey.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "d6 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1895\\nAnswer any one, and only one, of the following questions\\n7. Name the Presidents in order, from Jackson to Garfield.\\nWho was President when Alaska was purchased? Who,\\nwhen gold was discovered in California? Who, when Hamil-\\nton was killed\\n8. What are the leading points in the last three amend-\\nments to the Constitution?\\n9. Give an account of the earliest explorations of the Great\\nLakes and the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.\\nN. B. The candidates will also be marked for their spelling on this\\npaper. They should examine tl?ieir work carefully before handing it in.\\nNormal College.\\nArithmetic.\\n1. A certain sum of money was divided among four persons.\\nA received f, B J, C -f^, and D the remainder, which is $30.\\nWhat was the whole sum divided\\n2. Divide one thousand and one hundred thousandths by\\none thousandth.\\n3. Invested |6,000 in 6 per cent, bonds at 125. What rate\\nper cent, do I receive, and what is the income from it\\n4. Find the cost of covering the floor of a hall, 45 feet long\\nand 6 feet 6 inches wide, with oil-cloth at 11.35 a square yard.\\n5. What principal will amount to $15,000 in 4^ years at 5^\\nper cent.\\n6. Bought goods for $500 sold half of them at a loss of 20\\nper cent., and the other half at a gain of 20 per cent. How\\nmuch shall I gain or lose on the whole\\n7. A and B are partners f of A s capital is equal to of B s\\nand their loss in business is $2,150. What is the share of each\\n8. A rectangular field is 42 rods long and 35 rods wide.\\nFind its value at $37.50 an acre.\\n9. What is the length of the diagonal of a city lot, 25 feet\\nby 100 feet\\n10. Find the cube root of 3 to three decimal places.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1896 27\\nDrawing.\\n1. Draw a square, 5 inches on a side in this draw a simple\\ndesign.\\n2. Draw an Egyptian or Greek border, writing name\\nunderneath.\\n3. Draw from objects in position, showing actual size.\\nRuling and mechanical measurements are not allowed.\\nEnglish.\\n1. Write a composition of not less than twenty or more\\nthan thirty lines on Arbor Day. State (1) what you know of\\nits origin (2) why and how it is celebrated (3) how it was\\ncelebrated in your school (4) what wise and useful purpose\\nis attained by its celebration.\\n(Credit will be given for arrangement, correct use of words, punctu-\\nation, and grammatical construction.)\\n2. (a) Give the plural of valley, journey, sheaf, ellipsis, and\\nindex, (b) Write each of these words in a sentence, (c)\\nWrite a sentence illustrating antithesis.\\n3. {a) Define the following words Graphic, scribe, raise,\\nraze, and fare, (b) Write a simple sentence containing the\\nword graphic, a compound one with raise, and a complex one\\nwith raze, (c) Write the two following sentences, using a\\ndifferent gender\\nShe is an alumna of our College.\\nShe instituted her husband as executor of her will.\\n4. (a) Form three other words from the word origin three\\nfrom court, and three from human, (b) Explain the difference\\nbetween learn and teach, and between famous and notorious,\\n(e) Write a complex sentence containing learn and teach.\\n5. Punctuate and capitalize the following\\nThere is a highly suggestive sentence in one of matthew\\narnold s letters which runs thus perfection in the region of the\\nhighest poetry demands a tearing of one s self to pieces\\nwhich men do not readily consent to unless driven by their\\ndemoii to do so there surely we have the explanation of which", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "28 COLLEGE QUESTIONS- 1896\\nwe are in search in eight words tliough he has left works in\\nverse that will not die thyrsis the scholar gypsy obermann\\nonce more etc still at no time of his life did matthew arnol(|\\ntear himself to pieces he preferred to cultivate tranquillity he\\nwrote some most beautiful poetry but he was not driven by\\nhis demon to do so and at length he ceased to write poetry\\naltogether.\\nGrammar.\\n1. What is a part of speech Why do words change from\\none part of speech to another How can you distinguish the\\nparts of speech\\n2. What is a passive f a redundant f a defective verb\\nWrite three sentences, each containing one of these.\\n3. Compare little^ loell, and ill.\\nCompare in^ oHi^^ and up.\\nName three adjectives that cannot be compared, and\\ngive reason.\\nWrite a noun clause in apposition with the subject of\\nthe sentence, in other words, explanatory of the\\nsame,\\n4. Correct the following sentences and give the reasons\\nIt is our duty to protect this government and that flag\\nfrom every assailant, be they whom they may.\\nDouglas.\\nBurke was offered a very lucrative employment. Good\\nrich.\\nHomer, as well as Virgil, were translated and studied on\\nthe banks of the Rhine. Gibbon.\\nWhile ever and anon there falls huge heaps of hoary\\nmoulded walls. Dyer.\\n5. Write a sentence which has a clause used as a subject.\\nWrite a complex sentence containing both an adjective\\nand an adverb clause. In the following sentence\\nstate the kind of sentence write the clauses tell\\nthe kind of clause each is\\nYou ll ask me, why I rather choose to have\\nA weight of carrion flesh than to receive", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1896 29\\nThree thousand ducats I ll not answer that\\nBut say it is my humor.\\n6. Parse ask, why, rather, receive, that.\\nGeography.\\n1. (a) What is the Equator?\\n{h) Name the Polar Circles.\\n(c) Give the cause of the change of seasons.\\n{d) What part of the earth s surface has no sunlight in\\nJune\\n(e) Why does a telegram sent from New York at noon\\nreach Chicago before noon\\n2. (a) Bound Manhattan Island, Staten Island, and Long\\nIsland.\\n{b) By what other name is Staten Island known\\n(c) Of how many counties is Long Island composed?\\nName them.\\n3. {a) Name three great railroads running through the State\\nof New York.\\n{b) Give reasons which justify the term Empire State as\\napplied to New York.\\n4. (a) Bound the State of Maine.\\n(6) Name its capital, and four important towns.\\n(c) Where is Harvard University Yale College Cor-\\nnell University\\n5. (a) Mention five sea-ports in Europe to which steamers\\nleaving New York sail regularly.\\nip) Name the four largest islands of the West Indies\\nalso, the four largest of the East Indies.\\n(c) Name the bodies of water a ship would pass through\\nin sailing from London to Calcutta.\\n6. Write the capitals of Holland, Austria, Japan, Canada,\\nThibet, Persia, Transvaal, Chili, Peru, and Venezuela.\\n7. Name three great rivers in Africa three in South Amer-\\nica and three in Asia.\\n8. {a) Where are the Aleutian Islands, and to whom do they\\nbelong", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "30 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1896\\n(b) Where is the Island of Formosa, and to whom does it\\nbelong\\n(c) What nations own the following islands Jamaica,\\nCuba, Java, Corsica, and Iceland?\\nUnited States History.\\n1. (a) Name the three vessels which Columbus commanded\\nwhen he set forth on his great voyage of discovery.\\n(b) Why was the New World not named after Columbus?\\n(c) By what right did Spain, France, and England claim\\nNorth America?\\n2. (a) Name the Dutch governors of New York, (b) State\\nwhat you know of the Patroons of the colony of New York.\\n3. (a) What four expeditions moved against the French in\\n1755 [b) Give a brief account of Braddock s expedition\\nagainst Fort du Quesne. (c) What great man was a subor-\\ndinate officer in this expedition\\n4. (a) Where and when did Washington take command of\\nthe Revolutionary army (b) What important victories did\\nWashington gain at the close of 76 and the beginning of 77\\n(c) Where did Congress assemble while the British occupied\\nPhiladelphia (d In what two battles near Philadelphia\\nwere the Americans defeated (e) By what victories in the\\nState of New York was the cause of independence greatly\\nbenefited\\n5. (a) Why did The articles of Confederation not furnish\\na good government for the new Republic (b) When was the\\npresent constitution adopted by the States (c) By what\\nvote was it adopted? (d) What difficulties led to the estab-\\nlishment of a strong central government?\\n6. (a) What were the Alien and Sedition Laws? (b) Dur-\\ning whose administration were these laws passed {c) Dur-\\ning whose administration and from whom was the Louisiana\\npurchase made? {d) What was the Missouri Compromise?\\n7. (a) State the causes which led to the Mexican war. (b)\\nWhat battles were fought by General Scott between Vera\\nCruz and the City of Mexico? (c) Name the territory ceded", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1896 31\\nby Mexico at the close of the war. (d) Explain the Fugitive\\nSlave Law. (e) What great work written by a woman made\\nabolitionists by the thousand? Name the writer.\\n8. (a) State the causes that led to the civil war. [b) Name\\nthe States which passed ordinances of secession, (c) Describe\\nthe two flags the United States and the Confederate, (d)\\nWhat was the first important battle of the civil war? (e)\\nWhich side was successful Name the chief command-\\ners, (g) How often did Lee invade the North (A) In what\\ngreat battle was he defeated during his first invasion\\nWhat was the greatest victory gained by the Army of the\\nPotomac (j) Name three of Grant s greatest victories.\\n9. (a) How was slavery abolished in the United States?\\n{b) Why was President Johnson impeached (c) Who were\\nthe candidates for the presidency in 1876 [d) What dis-\\npute arose about the election (e) Who was Secretary of\\nState under Garfield\\nSpelling.\\nHorace Mann, LL.D.^ was born in Franklin, N orfolk\\nCounty, Massachusetts, May 4, 1796. His father was a farmer\\nin limited circumstances. The boy earned his school-books by\\nbraiding straw. At the age of twenty he commenced the\\nstudy of Latin, and in six months completed his preparation\\nto enter the sophomore class in Brown University, Rhode\\nIsland, where he was graduated with the highest honors in\\n1819. In 1821 he entered the law school at Litchfield, and in\\n1823 was admitted to the bar. In 1833 he was elected to the\\nState Senate. To his enlightened philanthropy was due the\\nestablishment of the State Lunatic Hospital at W^orcester. In\\n1837 he was elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of\\nEducation. By his diligence, enthusiasm, and indomitable\\nenergy he effected a thorough reform in the educational sys*\\ntem of the State.\\nHe went bail for a man who stole a bale of cotton.\\nHis gait while passing through the gate was unsteady\\nThe pale girl carried a pail of water.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "32\\nCOLLEGE QUESTTONft\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1897\\nAlpaca\\nl^ilious\\nCrustaceous\\nDramatize\\nEcstasy\\nEdible\\nFilament\\nFerret\\nGlycerine\\nHeifer\\nInoculate\\nJocund\\nKangaroo\\nLacerate\\nLarynx\\nMacerate\\nNautilus\\nOcular\\nOperatic\\nParricide\\nQuarantine\\nSibylline\\nVenetian\\nPortuguese\\nSpaniard\\nItalian\\nCincinnati\\nOrinoco\\nBartholomew\\nCornelius\\nDardanelles\\nTiberius\\nCollege of the City of New York, 1897.\\nArithmetic.\\n1. (a) What is meant by a quotient by a minuend\\n(b) What is shown by the numerator and what by the\\ndenominator of a common fraction\\n(c) What is meant by the present worth of a sum of\\nmoney payable at a future time?\\n(d) Why are common fractions reduced to a common de-\\nnominator before they are added?\\n2 of 11 ^a of 11\\n2. {a) What part of -r^-^ is\\n40ix-H\\nH^t\\\\\\n(b) Find the value of If of 4^ 1\\n3. (a) What decimal part of a furlong is of a foot\\n(b) What is the effect of multiplying the denominator of\\na common fractipn by 3\\n(c) Explain the reason of this.\\n4. (ci) Write in decimal form nine ten-millionths thirty*\\nthree ten-thousandths ten, and twenty ten-thousandths.\\n(b) Divide .064 by 16 by .00016.\\n1-1/. Ill 121.11\\n{c) Keduce to a decimal lorm and add rr\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nlUUu 1/co li.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS 1897 B3\\n5. (a) What is the effect upon the value of a decimal of\\nmoving- the decimal point one place to the right?\\n{b) Explain why this is so.\\n(c) In multiplying one decimal by another, how many\\ndecimal places must be pointed off in the product?\\n(d) Explain the reason for this rule.\\n6. If it requires y bushels of oats to keep 3 horses J of a\\nmonth, how many horses can be fed for of a month, on\\nbushels\\n7. A cistern has two pipes (A and B) to fill it, and one pipe\\n(C) to empty it. On one occasion after A and B had both\\nbeen running for two hours, the cistern was found to be ful].\\nThen A and B were turned off, and C opened for two hours,\\nwhen it appeared that the cistern was full. If then all three\\nhad been opened together, how soon would the cistern have\\nbeen filled\\n8. A man who had $2,000 in cash was offered a house and\\nlot for 111,850. He borrowed 15,000 from a friend, giving to\\nhis friend his note for |5,000 at six months at 6^. He also\\nhad a note at six months discounted at the bank for such a\\nsum as yielded him the remaining $4,850. He then bought\\nthe property, and sold it at the end of the six months for\\n113,500. After he had paid his notes how much had he left\\n9. Two mechanics, A and B, undertook a job together,\\nagreeing to share the profits equally. In performing the\\nwork, A paid out for wages and material $116, and B paid out\\nfor the same |56. A collected the bill in full for $250. How\\nmuch should he pay to B\\n10. A man bought bonds having a par value of 110,000 at\\n10^ discount, held them for one year, receiving during that\\ntime 5^ interest on them, and sold them at. 6fo below par.\\nWhat interest has he made on his money?\\nEnglish.\\nSpake full well, in language quaint and olden.\\nOne who dwelleth by the castled Rhine,\\nWhen he called the flowers, so blue and golden,\\nStars that in earth s firmament do shine.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "34 (;OLJ.E(^K QlTEatlONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ISO\\nStars they are, wherein we read our history,\\nAs astrologers and seers of eld.\\nYet not wrapped about witli awful mystery,\\nLike the burning stars, which they beheld. Loiujfelloio.\\nIn the above selection, state what is meant by\\n{ti) In language quaint and olden.\\n(I)) The castled Rhine.\\n(c) Earth s firmament.\\n(d) Astrologers and seers of eld.\\n{e) Wrapped about with awful mystery.\\n2. Analyze the first stanza of the selection given above;\\nclassify the sentence, describe each clause, and give the prin.\\ncipal parts with their word and phrase adjuncts.\\n3. Parse spake, well, quaint, one, flowers.\\n4. By means of various prefixes, make from the root of each\\nof the following words two other English derivatives aspire,\\nassign, ascribe, deceive, affect.\\n5. On a separate sheet of paper, write to a friend in Boston,\\na letter, of about one hundred words, in which you give an\\naccount of Grant Day, Sign your letter Washington Irving.\\nGeography.\\n1. What river must one cross in going from (1) Arizona\\nto California, (2) Georgia to South Carolina, (3) Illinois to\\nIowa, (4) Indiana to Kentucky, (5) Iowa to Nebraska, (6)\\nLouisiana to Texas, (7) Maryland to Virginia, (8) New Hamp-\\nshire to Vermont, (9) New Jersey to Pennsylvania, (10) Ohio\\nto West Virginia, (11) Oregon to Washington\\n2. Locate these islands and state to what countries they\\nseverally belong (1) Alderney, (2) Corsica, (3) Crete, (4)\\nHelgoland, (5) Jamaica, (6) Joannes, (7) Spitzbergen, (8) Su-\\nmatra, (9) Tasmania.\\n3. Of what larger countries are the following states, king-\\ndoms, provinces, etc., severally parts? (1) Amooria, (2)\\nBohemia, (3) Chihuahua, (4) Finland, (5) Lombardy, (6) Nor-\\nmandy, (7) Oklahoma, (8) Ontario, (9) Saxony, (10) Syria, (11)\\nThibet, (12) Victoria, (13) Wales.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIOXS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1897 36\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a04. The daily papers coiiiain advertisements of steamers to\\nsail for (1) Antwerp, (2) Bremen. (3) Genoa, (4) Glasgow, (5^\\nHamburg, (6) Havre, (7) Hongkong, (S) Liverpool, (9) Rotter-\\ndam, (10) Southampton, (11) Yokohama. Teii of each of these\\nports in what country.* and at or near the mouth of what river,\\nor on what sea, gulf, etc., it lies.\\n5. When it is noon at Cape Farewell it is midnight near\\nOkhotsk. How far apart are Maranham and the Admiralty\\nIslands {en in degrees and [b) in miles? Both lie near the\\nequator, Maranham due south of Cape Farewell, and the Ad-\\nmiralty Islands south of Okhotsk.\\n6. Where do the Bedouins live? {2} where the Busnmen\\n(3) where the Choctaws ^A- where me Esquimaux? (5) where\\nthe Hottentots (6 1 where the Malays\\nHiSTOET.\\n1. Briefly describe the voyages and discoveries of the Cabots\\nof Champlain of Hudson.\\n2. Describe the early colonists of New York. Pennsylvania,\\nand Yirginia, showing in what respects they differed from\\neach other.\\n3. How did the French and Indian War differ, in its origin\\nand results, from other colonial wars? Explain the final suc-\\ncess of the English,\\n4. Was the Declaration of Independence a cause of the\\nRevolutionary War Explain why it was issued.\\n5. What were the boundaries of the United States, as fixed\\nby treaty, at the close of the Revolution What additions\\nhave since been made, and when and how have they been ac-\\nquired\\n6. Give the leading events of Madison s and Jackson s ad-\\nministrations.\\nAnswer but one of the following questions, giving the\\nnumber of the one you answer\\nT. What are the leading features of the government o: the\\nState of New York?", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "3 1 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1897\\n8. What services did General Grant render this country dur-\\ning the Civil War\\n9. State concisely for what the following men have been dis-\\ntinguished in our history Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster,\\nGeneral Greene, Robert E. Lee, Wm. H. Seward.\\nN. B. The candidates will also be marked for their SPELLING on this\\npaper. They should examine their work carefully before handing it in.\\nNormal College.\\nArithmetic.\\n1. A cistern has a capacity of 289yV gallons, and has a\\npipe discharging into it 25| gallons per hour, and there is a\\nleak through which it loses b\\\\ gallons per hour how long\\nwill it take to fill the cistern\\no wu .u 1 1.2^37x5000 7_\\n2. What IS the value of ^r\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .jFTr.-\\n3. A coal dealer receives 118.68 for 4,624 pounds of coal,\\nwhat was the price per ton\\n4. The longitude of New York is 74\u00c2\u00b0 3^ west, and of New\\nOrleans 90\u00c2\u00b0 west what is the difference in time?\\n5. A student who attended school 75 days during a term\\nwas marked 85^ for attendance how many days was he\\nabsent\\n6. The proceeds of a three months note discounted by a\\nbank at 5^ were 11,000 find the face of the note.\\n7. How many dollars would a man gain in buying 240\\nshares (the par value of each share being $100) of railroad\\nstock at 3f discount and selling the same at 1| premium?\\n8. If I buy oranges at 15 cents a dozen and sell them at the\\nrate of 3 for 5 cents, what per cent, profit do I make\\n9. If A travels 24 miles 198 rd. 4 yd. in 6 h. 30 min., how\\nfar will he go in 9 h. 45 min.\\n10. How many square feet in the sides of a room 18 ft.\\nlong, 14 ft. 6 in. wide, and 9 ft. 6 in. high", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS_1897 3?\\n11. A gold eagle of the United States weighs 258 gr., and\\nthe silver in it weighs 25.8 gr, what per cent, of the coin is\\nsilver\\n12. A man bought 1,000 shares of stock for 118,000 and sold\\n800 shares for what they all cost required the gain per cent.\\n13. A receives $1,260 dividends at 7^ required the amount\\nof stock he owns and number of shares, each share being $50.\\n14. What is the longest straight line that can be drawn on\\nthe floor of a room 20 ft. 9 in. long and 15 ft. 3 in. wide\\n15. Find the cube root of 389,017.\\nDrawing.\\n1. Draw a pentagon 3 inches on a side.\\n2. Draw a square 5 inches on a side in this inscribe a\\ncircle.\\n3. Draw any Egyptian or Greek ornament, writing name\\nunderneath.\\n4 Draw a hexagonal prism, placed so that the top is below\\nthe level of the eye, and resting on hexagonal face. Height\\nabout six inches.\\nRuling is not allowed.\\nEnglish.\\n1. Write a composition of between twenty-five and thirty-\\nfive lines on General Grant, stating (1) his full name, (2) his\\nrank in the army, (3) where and when he was born, (4) in\\nwhat wars he served as an officer, (5) the names of four great\\nbattles in which he was victorious, and any other important\\nevents in his life you may choose to narrate.\\n[Credit will be give^ifor arrangement^ correct use of words,\\npunctuation, the use of capital letters, grammatical construe\\ntion, and accuracy of fact.\\n2. From the word fame form four words, and use each in a\\nseparate sentence the first, simple the second, compound\\nthe third, complex and the fourth containing two clauses,\\none adjective and the other adverbial. Name five kinds of\\nwords beginning with capital letters.\\n3. Show the difference between the words learn and teach,", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "38 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1897\\nand illustrate this difference by using both words in the same\\nsentence. When should you use O, and when Oh Use\\neach in a separate sentence. Put in the plural the two fol-\\nlowing sentences\\n(a) This young man is an Alumnus of the City College.\\n(b) This young lady is an Alumna of the Normal College.\\n4. Define the following words cite, site, prey, trend, feud.\\nGive your reasons for approval or disapproval of the fol-\\nlowing\\n(a) Whom do you think I am\\n{b) Why don t you lay down and take a nap\\n(c) A farmer advertises that boarders will get healthy food\\non his farm.\\n5. Capitalize and punctuate\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^bill after passing both houses is sent to the president who\\nhas ten days Sundays excepted to consider it if he approves\\nhe signs it if he does not approve the bill he usually returns\\nit to the house in which it originated with his reasons for not\\nsigning it if he does not return it within the ten days it\\nbecomes a law without his signature unless congress has\\nidjourned before the ten days expired\\nThere rolls the deep where grew the tree\\nO earth what changes thou hast seen\\nThere where the long street roars hath been\\nThe stillness of the central sea\\ni he hills like shadows melt they flow\\nFrom form to form and nothing stands\\nThey fade like mists the solid lands\\nLike clouds they shape themselves and go\\nEnglish Grammar.\\n1. Write three nouns that are alike in both numbers. Give\\nthe plural form for tooth-brush, spoonful. State and illustrate\\nthe three principal ways of forming gender. Define case.\\nHow many cases in English How do you distinguish each\\n2. What rules can you give for the correct use of shall and\\nwill? Write a suitable example of each rule.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1897 39\\n8. Parse the italicized words in each of the following\\nThe staff of his spear was like a weaver s beam.\\nWhat we like, seldom tires us.\\nHe ran like a deer.\\nForward like a blood-red flag the bright flamingoes flew.\\nIt is scarcely worth while.\\n4. Analysis.\\nHis hand was known\\nIn heaven by many a towered structure high,\\nWhere sceptered angels held their residence,\\nAnd sat as princes, whom supreme King\\nExalted to such power, and gave to rule,\\nEach in his hierarchy, the orders bright.\\nWrite out, separately, each subordinate or dependent clause,\\ntaking care to supply what is wanting to any elliptical clause.\\nTell the kind of clause according to the divisions known as\\nsubstantive (noun), adjective, and adverbial clauses.\\n5. Syntax.\\n\u00c2\u00a5n\\\\\\\\ fathoms five thy father lies.\\nHe died the death of the righteous.\\nMy friends said such things as surprised me.\\nThe wall is only s^foot high.\\nThis bodes us no good.\\nParse the italicized words in each of the foregoing.\\nGeography.\\n1. {a) Name two important islands belonging to the State\\nof New York.\\n{b) Bound the State of New York.\\n(c) Name five large cities in New York in the order of\\ntheir population.\\n{d) What counties and portions of counties are included\\nin the Greater New York\\n{e) Name two great railroads and one great canal in the\\nState of New York.\\n2. (a) State in degrees the width of each zone.\\n{b) Name the continents and oceans in order of size.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "40 COLLKciK yrKSTI()NS_lS97\\nAt what place on the globe must a person be to have\\nthe sun in the zenith on the 22d of June\\n(d) What is the situation of places having the same\\nlength of day\\n3. (a) Name and locate five cities situated on the great lakes\\nbetween the United States and British America.\\n{b) What State of the Union has the largest population\\nthe largest city the greatest commerce\\n(c) Name the States on the west bank of the Mississippi\\nand the capital of each.\\n4. (a) Name the six great powers of Europe, the capital of\\neach of these countries, and where situated.\\n(b) Name five islands in the Mediterranean in the order of\\ntheir size.\\n(c) What is the most populous empire in the world\\n(d) What is the capital of Persia? of Thibet? of\\nJapan\\n(e) Name the four large cities in Australia.\\n5. (a) When it is noon at San Francisco, what o clock is it\\nat St. Petersburg, the former being 124\u00c2\u00b0 west longitude,\\nand the latter 32\u00c2\u00b0 east longitude?\\n(b) Name three groups of islands west of Northern\\nAfrica.\\n(c) Name the states along the northern coast of Africa.\\n(d) Why is there little rain in Northern Africa?\\n(c) Nanje five mountain-ranges in Europe and locate\\nthem.\\nHistory of the Uxited States.\\n1. What was the greatest political event of the American\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Revolution Where and when was the last pitched battle\\nof the Revolution fought? Where and when the last siege\\nconducted? What was the result of this siege? Who com-\\nmanded the French fleet which aided Washington in the last\\nyear of the Revolutionary war?\\n2. Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury? What\\nmeasures did he take to establish the financial credit of the", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1897 41\\nUnited States? Who was the first Vice-President? Who\\nwas the first Secretary of War?\\n3. What was the most celebrated naval battle of the Revo-\\nlution of the War.of 1812-15 of the Civil War? State the\\ncauses of these wars.\\n4. When and by whom was African slavery introduced into\\nthe United States In what year was the slave trade abolished\\nWhat was tiie Compromise Bill, and when was it passed\\nWhat was the cause of the Mexican War? What territory\\nwas purchased at the close of this war?\\n5. Explain briefly the Fugitive Slave Law During whose\\nadministration was this law passed Explain briefly the Kan-\\nsas-Nebraska Bill. Who introduced it? By what other name\\nis the Civil AVar known\\n6. Name three decisive battles won by General Grant.\\nWhat battles were fought by General Sherman between Chat-\\ntanooga and Atlanta? What was the greatest moral event of\\nthe Civil War? Give the date of the beginning and end of\\nthis war. Why was President Johnson impeached\\ntsf", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "College of the City of New York, t898.\\nArithmetic.\\n1. (a) What is meant by a minuend\\n(3) Give the rule for multiplying one common fraction\\nby another.\\n(c) What is meant by the Greatest Common Divisor of\\nseveral numbers? Give an example.\\n2. (a) Reduce to its simplest form tj\\n(d) Reduce to a simple fraction\\nf of I of 2J of 14.\\nc) Add together f\\n3. (a) Reduce -g^^ to a decimal fraction.\\nWhat part of is f\\n(c) Find the least common multiple of 24, 12, 180.\\n4. (a) Write in decimal form forty-five ten-thousandths\\nthree hundred and one, and sixty-six thousandths ten thous-\\nand, and five hundredths.\\n(d) What is the quotient of 6.26 by 2.6\\nWhat is the quotient of 6.26 by 0.0026\\nc) Convert .875 into a common fraction and reduce the\\nresult to its lowest terms.\\n6. (a) If the denominator of J is multiplied by 5, what effect\\nis produced on the value of the fraction\\n{d) Explain the reason of this.\\n6. The garrison of a besieged city consisted of 2,000 men,\\nand they had provisions for 8 weeks. After the siege had\\nlasted 3 weeks a re-inforcement of 600 men was received.\\nHow long after this would the provisions last\\n7. A speculator borrowed $18,000, giving his note at 6^,\\nand invested the rnoney in bonds which he bought at 10^", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1898. 43\\nbelow par. At the end of 6 months and 18 days he sold the\\nbonds at 5^ premium and immediately paid his note with\\ninterest. How much money did he have left I\\n8. A man spent of his income for house rent, of the re-\\nmainder for clothing, |800 for all his other expenses, and\\nhad $200 over. What was his income\\n9. A shopkeeper just starting in business, who had $1,000\\nin cash, borrowed $1,000 from a friend, on a six months note\\nand had another six months note for $1,000 discounted at a\\nbank. He invested all the money in goods, and sold them\\nwithin the six months. He sold half of these at an advance\\nof 40^ on their cost, one third of them at an advance of 30^^\\nbut the rest he had to sell at a loss of 54. When he had paid\\nhis notes how much had he left\\n10. What will it cost, at 9 cents a yard, to plaster a room 21\\nfeet long, 18 feet wide and 12 feet high, and which has two\\ndoorways each 6 feet wide and 7^ feet high, and two windows\\neach 12 feet high and 6 feet wide\\nEnglish Grammar.\\n1. Analyze the following sentence\\nHome they brought her warrior dead\\nShe nor swoon d, nor utter d cry\\nAll her maidens, watching, said,\\nShe must weep or she will die,\\n2. In the above sentence parse the following words /Wz/e*,\\nbrought^ dead, watching, will die.\\n3. Guilt and misery shrink, by a natural instinct, ixom public\\nnotice j they court privacy and solitude and, even in their\\nchoice of a grave, will sometimes sequester themselves from\\nthe general population of the churchyard, as if declining to\\nclaijn fellowship with the great family of man.\\nExplain the expressions in italics.\\n4. State the meaning of the prefix of each of the following\\nwords Circumscribe, infallible, postpone, obstruct, reaffirm.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "41 coi.i.Miii-: ori:sri()Ns isus.\\nStale llic meaning of the siittix of each of the following-\\nSu(i-e ss////, owJi^/fi/j, }nakei\\\\ waspish^ gosling.\\n0. Write a composition of one hundred and fifty words on\\nthe Maine disaster.\\nCtEO(;rap}iv.\\n1. Name the three South American republics on the Atlan-\\ntic Ocean, the two on the Caribbean Sea, the five on the Pacific\\nOcean, the two inland.\\n2. Tell in what States and on what rivers these cities sev-\\nerally lie (1) Bismarck, (2) Hartford, (3) Little Rock, (4)\\nLouisville, (5) Minneapolis, (G) Nashville, (7) Omaha, (8)\\nPoughkeepsie, (9) Topeka, (10) Wheeling.\\n3. Where (in what (jcean or sea, near what land and in what\\ndirection from it) are (1) the Aleutian Islands (2) the Azores\\n(8) the Hebrides? (4) the New Hebrides (5) the Ionian\\nIslands (6) the Sunda Islands\\n4. Locate these lakes (1) Albert Nyanza and Victoria\\nNyanza, (2) Baikal, (3) Cayuga and Seneca, (4) Como and\\nMaggiore, (5) Great Bear, (6) Great. Salt, (7) Ladoga and\\nOnega, (8) Moosehead, (9), Nicaragua, (10) Wener and\\nWetter.\\n5. (1) How much of P^urope and how much of Asia belong\\nto the Russian empire (2) Name the oceans, seas and gulfsi\\nand countries which surround it. (3) How much of the land\\nof the globe l)e]ongs to the British empire (4) Name its\\nprincipal colonies and possessions.\\n6. (1) Why do travelers go to Switzerland (2) Why to\\nEgypt (3) Why to Naples and its environs (4) What scenery?\\nnatural formations and phenomena, v^^hat buildings and con-\\nstructions, may travelers in the United States be advised to\\nvisit\\n7. (1) On maps the North is usually above, and people usu-\\nally say* up north what proves that the northern coast of\\nboth continents is lower than the land south of it for hundreds\\nof miles (2) What is the greatest length of the United", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1898.\\nStates, from the mouth of the Columbia to the mouth of the St.\\nCroix? and what is the greatest breadth of the country, from\\nthe mouth of the Rio Grande to the Canadian border? (3)\\nHow great will these distances be on a map drawn on the scale\\nof 1 2,000,000\\nHistory.\\n1. Give an account of the settlements. of Virginia and Rhode\\nIsland. Include the leading facts, names, dates, etc.\\n2. Explain the origin of the names (1) New York, (2)\\nGeorgia, (3) Baltimore, (4) United States. State\\nwhen and how they came to be applied.\\n3. What Presidents have died in office, and who succeeded\\nthem\\n4. What European powers claimed parts of North America\\nby right of discovery Which one claimed the Ohio region,\\nand when and how did it lose it\\n5. Describe the final campaign of the Revolutionary War.\\n6. Give the Southern and Northern views of the secession\\nquestion, 1861.\\n^p^Answer but one of the following questions, giving the\\nnumber of the one you answer\\n7. State all you know about Andrew Jackson and Abraham\\nLincoln.\\n8. When, where and why was the Federal Constitution\\nadopted Give a full statement.\\n9. What powers have had possession of New York City\\nsince its first settlement, and state when and why it passed\\nfrom the control of one to another.\\nNormal CoIIcgfc.\\nArithmetic.\\n1. Simplify (-f -jg X -21) X If\\n2. Find the cost of carpeting a room 25^ feet long and 18J\\nfeet wide with carpet of a yard wide at 75 cents a yard.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "46 COLl.KGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1898.\\n3. Divide 45 uiillionths by 15 and express tlie answer in\\nwords.\\n4. If I) persons eat |,24 worth of bread in 4 months when\\nHour is worth $G a barrel, how much bread will a family of 4\\npersons consume in 6 months when flour is |9 a barrel\\n5. Berlin is in IS 23 53 E. longitude and San Francisco\\nis 122^ 26 15 W. When it is noon at the latter, what time\\nis it at the former place\\n6. What will 16 cwt. 3 qr 21 lb. cost at $21-| per cwt\\n7. Find the cost of 136.75 lbs. at $5.50 per ton.\\n8. A peddler buys oranges at 18 cents a dozen, and sells\\nthem at 3 for 5 cents what per cent, does he make\\n9. In how many years will P,000 amount to $3,438.75\\nat 2^fo simple interest\\n10. Paid $54.80 to insure a house worth $30,000, what was\\nthe rate\\n11. A merchant sells goods at a discount of 15^ from the\\nmarked price, and still makes a profit of 10^, how many per\\ncent, above cost was the marked price\\n12. What is the cost of a draft of $1,000 for 60 days on\\nChicago, exchange being at 101^, interest 5^ per annum\\n13. What is the cost of a draft in Paris on New York for\\n$1,500 when the franc is $.193, premium being 4^?\\n14. A boy wheels his bicycle 12|- miles due North and his\\nsister hers 8J miles due West, how far are they apart (Carry\\nout to two places of decim-als.)\\n15. What is the face of a note bearing interest at 5^ and\\nhaving 90 days to run that will yield $5,000 if discounted at\\ndate at 4^\\nDrawing.\\n1. Draw a square five inches on a side, and in it any unit\\nof design suitable for a surface covering.\\n2. Draw any example of Egyptian or Greek ornament,\\nvriting the name below.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1898. 47\\n3. Draw a cube about four inches on a side, the top below\\nthe level of the eye, two sides being visible.\\n4. Draw a square pyramid, the base below the level of the\\neye and two sides visible the base about four inches on a\\nside, the height of the pyramid nut less than six inches.\\n(Ruling and mechanical measurement are not allowed.)\\nEnglish.\\n1. Write a composition of not less than 100 or more than\\n150 v.ords on the Spanish-American war, or on Admiral\\nDewey s victory, or on the battles of Trenton and Princeton.\\n\\\\CredU will be given for arrangement^ correct use of words\\npunctuation and granwiatical construction, for correct spelling\\nLDid neat and legible handwriting?^\\n2. Define the words blockade^ capitulate, bombard. Write a\\ncompound sentence containing the word blockade, a simple\\nsentence containing the word capitulate, and a complex sen-\\ntence containing the word bombard. Contract the last sen-\\ntence into a simple sentence.\\n3. W^rite the possessive plural of boy, of hero, of monkey\\nthe masculine of witch, of spinster, of duck.\\nWrite the words for which the following abbreviations\\nstand A.D Uit, Anon., M.D., and P. O.\\n4. 1. When is a man said to be relentless Give its\\ncontrary.\\n2. What is meant by an indigenous plant Give its\\ncontrary.\\n3. Why is an expression called ambiguous Give\\nits contrary.\\n4. When are lines called convergent What may\\nthey be when not convergent\\n5. Fill each of the following blanks with some form of\\nflee, fly or flow\\n{a) The hare from the hounds.\\n\\\\b) The birds as the hunter approached,\\n(r) Before he could fire, they had all away in the\\ndiiection of the brook, which by the meadow.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "48 COLLEGE (JIT ESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1898.\\n5. Punctuate and capitalize the following\\nWeil 111 repent and that suddenly while I am in some lik-\\ning i shall be out of heart shortly and then 1 shall have no\\nstrength to repent And I have not forgotten what the inside\\nof a church is made of i am a peppercorn a brewers horse the\\ninside of a church company villainous company hath been the\\nspoil of me.\\nGod bless the flag and its loyal defenders\\nwhile its broad folds o er the battletield wave\\ntill the dim star wreath rekindles its splendors\\nwashed from its stains the blood of the brave.\\nEnglish Grammar\\n1. When are adjectives said to be irregularly compared\\nCompare the following words, evil^ fore. Write the\\npositive oi further.\\n2. For what are verbs inflected What is an intransitive\\nverb Write one example of a verb ordinarily intransitive\\nwith two objects. What is a defective verb? Give an ex-\\nample.\\n3 Insert the word only in four different places in the sen-\\ntence, saw William yesterday. Tell the part of speech of\\neach only, and explain the difference in meaning caused by\\nthe change of place in each instance.\\n4. Classify the following clauses according to the divisions\\nknown as noun, adjective, and adverbial\\nHe is not so courageous as his brother.\\nI asked him where I could find the horse.\\nI will buy such, things as please me.\\nHe did not enter into the question, how much, truth is pre-\\nferable to peace.\\n5. Analyze the following sentence\\nSleep is a death O, make me try.^\\nBy sleeping, what it is to die,\\nAnd as gently lay my head\\nOn my grave as on my bed.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1898. 49\\nState (1) kind of sentence (2) write out separately each\\nsubordinate or dependent clause, and no other (3) write the\\nkind of clause.\\n6. Parse the italicized words in the above sentence also\\nthe italicized words in the following sentences\\n(1) He fought the good fight.\\n(2) He walked over a mile.\\n(3) He did nothing but laicgh.\\nGeography.\\n1. {a) How many great circles can pass east and west\\naround the earth\\n{b) How many can pass north and south\\n\\\\c) Draw a diagram of the zones.\\nid.) Write on the diagram the names of the boundaries\\nand the width in degrees of each division.\\n{e) What is the latitude of the North Pole\\nWhat city in South America has no latitude, and why\\n2. {a) Draw a map of the pre^nt city of New York.\\nIp) Write its boundaries.\\n(f) Write the names of the boroughs on the map.\\n3. {a) What are the largest three cities in the State of New-\\nYork\\n{fi) What State produces the greatest amount of coal\\n{c) Name four other coal-producing States.\\n{d) Mention the largest four of the West India Islands,\\nand the largest two of the Philippine Islands.\\n{e) Mention the capitals of all the States west of the\\nMissisppi.\\n4. {a) What is the form of Government and what is the\\ncapital of each of the following countries Turkey,\\nCanada, France, Japan, British India\\n[b) Which of these countries has the largest population\\n5. [a) What European nations have taken possession of\\nnearly all the African continent\\n{b) How will a fleet sail (taking the shortest route) from\\nBarcelona to Manila, and through what waters would\\nit pass\\n6. {a) What part of the Pacific coast of South America has\\nabundant rain\\n{b) What part has none\\n{c) Account for the difference.\\n{d) What territory of the United States is chiefly desert", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "^O COLLEGE QUESTIONS-1898.\\n(g) Between what seas is Corea\\nIn what country is the Euphrates River the Lena\\nthe Irrawaddy the Amu the Amoor\\nHistory (U. S.).\\n1. 1. For what purpose did the Dutch establish settlements\\nin North America\\n2. What name did they give to the country they occupied\\n3. To the city at the mouth of the Hudson\\n4. What other name was given to this river\\n5. By what name was the Delaware known\\n6. With what settlement had the Dutch trouble\\n2. 1. What was the cause of King William s War\\n2. Of Queen Anne s War\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a23. Of King George s War?\\n4. In what respect did the French and Indian War differ\\nfrom the three wars that preceded it\\n5. Mention the treaty that terminated each of the four\\nwars.\\n3. 1. In what very dangerous condition were Washington\\nand the other leaders of the Revolution prior to the\\nDeclaration of Independence\\n2. Which was the most important battle of the Revolution,\\nand why\\n3. What European nations were represented by great\\nmen who assisted the Americans in the Revolutionary\\nWar?\\n4. 1 Under what form of government was the Revolution\\nconducted\\n2. What important service was performed by Franklin\\n3. Why was it necessary to establish the present Consti-\\ntution\\n4. Into what departments was the Government divided\\n5. State the qualifications for a U. S. Senator.\\n6. For President.\\n5. 1. What two great victories were gained by the North on\\nthe 4th of July, 1863\\n2. Who were the opposing commanders in each battle\\n3. Name two great admirals, and state what places they\\ncaptured.\\n4. State the causes of the following wars\\n(a) The War of 1812-15\\n(b) The Mexican War\\n(c) The Spanish-American War.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "College of the City of New York, 1899.\\nAkitiimetic.\\n1. (a) Define a prime number. A clonominate number.\\nGrive examples.\\n{b) Give tlie rule for multi2)lying one decimal fraction\\nby another.\\n(e) AYhat is the least common (lividend of several\\nnumbers\\n(d) What is shown by the numerator and what by the\\ndenominator of a common fraction\\n2. {a) Reduce to its simplest form\\n1 nf 1 V 5 -i- 7\\nT\\n(h) Add\\n3 of 1 1 5 1 1\\n2 2 TJ\\nWhat per cent of 18 is of %2. ^f 5 f\\n{0) Reduce -prj-y to decimal fraction.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a04. (a) Subtract 003 from 3.0001.\\n(h) Multiply 5.1 by .031.\\n(c) Divide 1.6 l)y .4, by .0004.\\n5. (a) Why is it that multiplying the numerator of a\\ncommon fraction by a whole number has the\\nsame effect upon the value of the fraction as\\ndividing the denominator by that number\\n(b) What effect is produced upon the value of a decimal\\nfraction by moving the decimal point one place\\nto the right\\n(c) Explain the reason of this.\\n51", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "52 COLLKdK QlJK8TIONS-lS )t).\\nfi. If two kinds of coft ee jire worth 35 and Ji6 cents a lb.\\nrespectively, and (diicory is worth 9 cents a lb., whnl will\\nbe the price of 5 pounds of a mixture, 20 per cent of which\\nis coHee of the first kind, 30 per cent coffee of tlie second\\nkind and 50 per cent chicory\\nT. Ten men can do a piece of work in 8 days. In wliat\\ntime can the work be done by 5 men and 6 boys working-\\ntogether, providing each boy does half as much work as a\\nman in the same time\\n8. A cistern has three pipes. The first can fill it in 4\\nhours, and the second in 6 hours, while the third can empty\\nit in 3 hours. On one occasion, after the first and second\\nhad been running together for tw^o hours, the third pipe\\nwas also opened. How long after the third pipe was opened\\nwas the cistern full\\n9. A man bought stock having a par value of 120,000 at\\n15^ discount. He held it for six montlis and received a\\ndividend of 2fo during that time. Then lie sold it at 12f^\\ndiscount. What interest per annum did he make on his\\nmoney\\n10. A man sold two houses at the same time. For one he\\nreceived $10,000 cash. For the other he took the purchaser s\\nnote at 60 days for $10,500, with interest at 6fo, and had it\\ndiscounted at once at the bank. For which house did he\\nreceive the most, and how much\\nEn-gltsh.\\nI, Analyze botli of the following sentences. A diagram\\nis preferred, provided that every relation is clearly indicated\\nand that the sentence and its main clauses are named.\\na. Tito was tlius sailing under the fairest breeze,\\nand, besides convincing fair judges that his\\ntalents squared with his good fortune, he wore\\nthat fortune so easily and unpretentiously that no\\none had yet been offended by it.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1899. 58\\nb. There the conimou sense of most shall hold a\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2d fretful realm in awe,\\nAnd the kindly earth shall slumber, lapi)e l iu\\nuniversal hiw.\\nIL From the following passage select all the adjectives,\\nadverbs and pronouns, write them down separately, and\\nstate the word to which each relates. Write down also all\\nthe finite verbs and all the nouns which are in the nomina-\\ntive case.\\nThe Fool, the best of Shakespeare s Fools, made\\nmore conspicuous by coming after the insignificant\\nClown in Othello, is such an echo\u00e2\u0080\u0094 mordantly witty,\\nmarvellously ingenious. He is the protest of sound\\ncommon-sense against the foolishness of wliich Lear has\\nbeen guilty, but a protest that is pure humor.\\nIll, Write a letter of two hundred and fifty words from\\nJames Reid. a New York boy, to his cousin. Philip Mon-\\ntross, who is travelling in Switzerland and who has just\\nreached Geneva. Write about something that interests you.\\nsuch as Dewey day or other recent happenings in the city.\\nGeography.\\n1. ^N ame the sea east of Sweden, that west of Alaska, that\\nsouth of Cuba, that east of Ireland, that west of Arabia.\\n2. What river carries the water of the Great Lakes to the\\nocean Which is the largest of the rivers that flow into\\nthe Mediterranean What rivers flow into the Indian\\nOcean (the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Ben-\\ngal)?\\n3. Locate these islands Hondo, Madagascar, Majorca,\\nNova Zembla. the Parry Isles.\\n4. Name the two mountain ranges that separate Asia\\nfrom Europe, and the mountains between Tennessee and\\nNorth Carolina. Where is the American Sierra Nevada\\nand where the European", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "54 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1899.\\n5. By what statet ivs Peuiisylvania surrounded By what\\neouiitrios Germany\\nIll what state and on what river is Montgomery\\nISaeramento Peoria Dubuque Frankfort Augusta\\nDetroit Bismarck Austin Eichmond\\n7. Locate as definitely as you can, Bahia, Callao, Caracas\\nAmsterdam, Brest, Hamburg, Palermo, Southampton\\nCalcutta, Shanghai.\\n8. How many miles is it around the earth on the equator\\nHow many miles is it from -New York to London What\\nis the time at St. Petersburg (longitude 30\u00c2\u00b0 K. when it is\\nnoon at London\\n9. What causes winds In what directions do the Trade\\nWinds blow Why Why are they called Trade Winds\\n10. Why are canals built For instance the Suez Canal\\nWhy is the Erie Canal less important than it was fifty years\\nago What would be the advantage of the Nicaragua\\nCanal\\nHistory.\\n1. Describe the different kinds of colonial government\\nand give an example of each.\\n2. When and why did England pass ttie Stamp Act, and\\nwhy did the Americans oppose it\\n3. Describe the movements of Washington s army in this\\nvicinity (Greater New York) from August 27, 1776, to\\nNovember 16, inclusive.\\n4. Under what circumstances were Louisana and Califor-\\nnia acquired by the United States C-ive dates, etc.\\n5. Name the Presidents who served two terms. Dates.\\nf). What services did General Sherman render this country\\nduring the Civil War\\n7. Jamestown. Vicksburg, Stony Point Carrier, Decatur,\\nMeade, Clay. Why are these names of places and persons\\nprominent in our history", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1899. 56\\nAnswer but one of the following questions, giving the\\nnumber of the one you answer\\n8. Describe Raleigh^s attempt to establisii Colonies in\\nAmerica.\\n9. What are the leading points in the last three amend-\\nments to the Constitution of the United States\\n10. What do you understand by the Missouri Compromise\\nNormal College.\\nAkithmetic.\\nI. Simplify U X __1\\nn. Two men contract to move a pile of brick for $57.00.\\nThe first furnishes 5 carts for 4 days, and the second\\n3 carts for H days. How much should each man\\nreceive\\nIII. 2 cwt. 8 lbs. is what decimal of 81 lbs. 4 oz.\\nIV. A bankrupt pays S3. 76 on every 15 what is the divi-\\ndend on a debt of 117.355\\nV. Divide 60 into three parts which are to one another\\nas 2. 3, 5.\\nVI. A house worth 14,000 rents for $275 what rate per\\ncent, does this investment pay\\nVII. Five months after date (Dec. 10, 1897) I promise to\\npay J. 0. Thomas i540 with interest at the rate of\\nG per cent, per annum. This note was discounted\\nat a bank. April 10, 1898, at 7 per cent. What\\nwere the proceeds\\nVIJI. What is the face of a bill of exchange in London for\\nwhich I pay $975.00 in New York, the course of\\nexchange being $4. 87^", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "66 COLLF.GE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1899.\\nIX. A coinnus8it)ii inerchaiit 8old 2140 lbs. of butter at 23\\ncents a pound. After deducting 5^ for his commis-\\nsion and paying $30.50 for freight and charges, and\\n$21.40 for storage, how much sliould he send the\\nMuiM for whom he made the sale\\nX. What is the exchange value of a franc when a bill of\\nexchange on New York of |1,500 cost 2,925 francs\\nin Paris\\nXI. 1 sell two books at |3 eacli on tlie first I gain 25^\\nand on the second I lose 20^. How much do I gain\\nor lose\\nXll. What part of an acre is a rectangular piece of land 12\\nrods long and 132 feet wide\\nXIII. An army lost 18fo of its men by sickness and then 14^\\nof the remainder in battle and then contained\\n84,624 men. What was the original number\\nXIV. A cargo of 400 bushels of wheat Avorth 11.20 a bushel\\nis insured at of 1^ per cent, on of its value. If\\nthe cargo be lost, how much will the owner of the\\nwheat lose\\nX\\\\ One side of a rectangular field is 95 rods long, and\\nthe diagonal of the field is 228 rods long. How\\nmany acres in the field\\nGrammar.\\nI. Define abstract noun, redundant verb, passive verhy\\nvoice, defective verb, and write sentences illustrating\\neach.\\nII. Write sentences containing an adverbial clause, an ad^\\njective clause, a noun clause. Write the possessive\\nplural of dwarf and mou^e.\\nIII. Correct the following sentences and give the reasons\\nShe don t know her lessons as good as formerly.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1899. W\\nWasn t you sorry for her\\nThere is a wide difference between a good and bad\\nboy.\\nThe Keepers have strict orders to interfere in every\\ncase of the rule against smoking being neglected.\\nWhom do you think failed yesterday\\nWho did I find in the class-room\\nIV. Analyze the following sentence, stating the kind of\\nsentence, the several clauses and the kind of each\\nTh igh we can follow hut obscurely the Aryan\\npeoples from their common fatherland to their final\\nsettlements, we can yet assert that the profound\\ndifferences which are manifest between the German\\nraces on one side and the Greek and Roman on the\\nother arise for the most part from tlie difference\\nbetween the countries in which they have settled.\\nV. Parse but, yet, assert, manifest in the above sentence\\nalso the italicized words in the following sentences\\nFull many a gem of purest ray serene\\nThe dark imfathomed caves of ocean bear.\\nCease to do evil learn to do well.\\nEnglish.\\n1.\\nIn a letter, of from 20 to 30 lines, to a European friend,\\nwho has never been in this country, suggest a visit to Greater\\nNew York, and mention the principal features of interest\\nto a stranger.\\n(Credit will be given for arrangement, proper division\\ninto paragraphs, punctuation, correct use of words and\\ncapitals, and grammatical construction.)\\n11.\\n1. State the difference in meaning of Emigrants and immi-\\ngrants, diseased and deceased, principal and principle.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "f\u00c2\u00bb8 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 18^9.\\n2. Write sentences illustrating the proper use of thai,,\\n{a) as a relative pronoun\\n(d) as an adjective\\n(n) as a conjunction.\\n3. How would you address the President of the United\\nStates The Mayor of New York A School Com-\\nmissioner\\nIII.\\n1. Explain the following\\n(a) A garrulous person, (b) An amphibious animal.\\n(c) A surgical operation, (d) A microscopic object.\\n(e) An unfathomable depth.\\n2. What meaning do the prefixes ante and pofii impart to\\nthe expressions in which they occur Give one\\nexample for each, in a separate sentence.\\n3. Define collective noun, and illustrate by a compound\\nsentence.\\nIV.\\nWrite no less than 14, nor more than 20 lines of a poem you\\ncommitted to memory.\\nV.\\nCapitalize and punctuate properly\\nJust after president mc kinley s inauguration he had\\nhis relatives who were in the city at a family dinner at\\nthe white house it was a large company and a very good\\ndinner dear old mother mc kinley was there but she was\\nnot very talkative she was too happy for words but she\\nkept a sharp eye on the dinner and no detail of it\\nescaped her she was impressed by the quantity of cream\\nserved with the fruit and coffee for she looked up at her\\nson in her sweet way and said william you must keep a\\ncow now some of the younger members of the family", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1899. 59\\nparty found it difficult to suppress a smile but the presi-\\ndent with his usual graciousnsss replied yes mother we\\ncan afford to have a cow now and have all the cream we\\ncan use.\\nGeography.\\nL\\n(a) What is the difference betAveen the polar and equatorial\\ndiameters of the earth\\n(b) When it was 9 A. M. to-day at Boston, 71\u00c2\u00b0 W., what\\nwas the time here at New York, 74\u00c2\u00b0 W.\\n(c) Why do degrees of parallel decrease in length from the\\nequator to the poles\\n{d) How many degrees short of the South Pole does light\\nfall on the 21st of June\\nn.\\n(a) Draw a map of Massachusetts.\\n(b) Write its boundaries.\\n(c) Write the names of three cities on the map in their\\ncorrect positions.\\nIII.\\n(a) What waters does the Erie Canal connect\\n(b) Name two reasons for its importance.\\n(c) Name four cities located on it.\\n(d) What States border on the Ohio River\\n(e) Name their capitals.\\nIV.\\n(a) Name the largest State in the Union the smallest\\nthe most populous the first settled.\\n(b) Name two States which are chiefly peninsular and an\\nimportant product of each.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "60 COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1899.\\n(c) Xame four States which are ohie% mountainous;\\n{d) Name tour whicli are destitute of mountains.\\nV.\\nBound iS icarag-ua.\\n{b) Why is the Nicaragua Canal important\\n(c) What country in South America has no sea-coast in\\nEurope In what continent is there no independ-\\nent State without a sea-coast\\nVI.\\n(a) Name four European countries which touch the Danube.\\n(b) What is the form of government of each\\n(c) Name four great rivers which flow from Switzerland\\ninto as many countries.\\n(d) What are the capitals of Holland, Belgium, Hungary,\\nand (ireece\\nHistory.\\nT.\\n1. What idea led to the discovery of America by Columbus\\n2. Give a brief outline of his life (not to exceed seventy\\nwords).\\n3. What sections of this continent were explored by the\\nSpaniards\\n4. AVhat was the cause of Bacon s Rebellion\\n11.\\n1. Give the principal events in the history of New York\\nfrom 1664 to 1674.\\n2. When and where was the first settlement made in Mary-\\nland\\n3. What treaties ended King William s War, Queen Anne s\\nWar, and King George^s War\\n4. Whom did the Indians assist in these wars", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE QUESTIONS- 1899. \u00e2\u0080\u00a261\\nIII.\\n1. How did the French and Indian A\u00c2\u00a5ar contribute to the\\ncauses of the Revolutionary War\\n2. When was the battle of Brandy wine fought, and who was\\nvictorious\\n3. What important posts on the Hudson were surrendered\\nto the Americans in 1779, and by whom were they\\ntaken\\n4. AVliat European nations were represented by great men\\nwho assisted the Americans in the Revolutionary War\\nrv.\\n1. What was the cause of Shay s Rebellion\\n2. In what year and from what place was the seat of govern-\\nment removed to W^ashington\\n3. Describe the battle of New Orleans of the War of 1812.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a21. What States were admitted during Jackson s administra-\\ntion\\nV.\\n1. AVhen was the battle of Buena Vista, who were the com-\\nmanders, and which party was victorious\\n2. When and to whom did the Mexicans surrender Vera\\nCruz\\n3. AVhat important question arose at the commencment of\\nTaylor s administration\\n4. Of which party was Buchanan the candidate.\\nVI.\\n1. By what right did England demand the surrender of the\\nenvoys Mason and Slidell\\n2. AVhich vessels did the Merrimac destroy at Norfolk\\n3. Describe briefly the battle of Antietam.\\n4. By whom and when was the last invasion of the North\\nduring the Civil War", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "M COLLEGE QUESTIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1899.\\nVIL\\nL. Wliat residents lieUl office for two consecutive terms\\nZ. From whom jincl for what sum was Alaska purchased\\n3. When iind where were international exhibitions held in\\nthe United States\\n4. AVhat form of government exists in the State of New\\nYork\\nSpelling.\\nThe Hague, May 19. One incident that occurred Sit the\\nmeeting was possibly of some significance. Sir Julian\\nPaiuicefote, President of the British delegation proposed\\nthat the subject of humane regulations in extension of the\\nGeneva convention should be assigned io two committees, one\\nto consider naval and the other military affairs. The meet-\\ning negatived the suggestion and decided to refer the whole\\nsubject to a single committee. Mr. Andrew D. White of\\nthe American delegation supported Sir Julian, and the\\n(XQiQ2^i oi t\\\\\\\\Q proposition indicates a \\\\\\\\nQ oi cleavage which\\nwill probably reappear when other questions arise.\\nManilAj May 20, 7:50 A. M. The Filipino Commissioners\\non their way to join the other Commissioners were detained\\nbecause they were not in sympathy with peace negotiations.\\nBrigadier-general Funston has relieved General Wheaton.\\nAlpaca.\\nHyacinth.\\nProselyte.\\nAntarctic.\\nInitiate.\\nHavana.\\nBigoted.\\nJavelin.\\nSavannah.\\nVisited.\\nMythology.\\nVenetian.\\nCodicil.\\nNoticeable.\\nJamaica.\\nDilatory.\\nBlamablc.\\nPennsylvania\\nEcstasy.\\nParasite.\\nSicily.\\nHalibut,\\nPorcelain,\\nPyrenees,", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON, 3 and 5 West 18th Street, N. Y.\\nHISTORY OF THE WORLD. By Zenaide A. Ragoztn, author\\nof Chaldea, Assyria and Babylon, Vedic India, Tales\\nof Heroic Ages, etc., etc.\\nEarliest Peoples. Covering pre-historic times and the peoples of\\nthe valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, Price, 75 cents.\\nIt has been prepared with such clearness and simplicity that it is\\nsuitable for lower grades it has been tested with children of eight and\\nwith those of higher grades most successfully. All pronunciations are\\ngiven. The book is accompanied by a clear map, full index and\\nchronology, and is illustrated with over 200 line and half tone cuts.\\nPATRIOTIC SONGS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 with Music. Containing a well selected\\ncollection of National Patriotic Songs. Paper covers, 10 cents.\\n$1.00 per dozen.\\nS. T. A. POCKET CLASS RECORD. The best, cheapest and\\nmost practical. Bound in cloth. 25 cents per dozen, $2.00.\\nThis little pocket class record has been arranged for those schools\\nwhere separate class records are used it is so planned that one writing\\nof the names will suffice for the entire term. Its special features are\\nclearness of ruling, excellence of paper, convenience in not having to\\nrewrite names frequently, and the arrangement 6i five weeks to the month.\\nBOOKS ON VERTICAL PENMANSHIP. By John Jackson.\\nF. E. I. S., M. C. P.\\nTHEORY AND PRACTICE OF HANDWRITING. $1.25.\\nThe Theory and Practice of (Vertical) Handwriting. This is probably the most\\ncomprehensive work on penmanship that has appeared since the revival of vertical\\nwriting set in. It comprises an elaborate presentation of the claims of this writing,\\nwith a history of its former use and its revival, and instructions for teaching it. No\\nteacher who desires to be in complete touch with the foremost educational thinkers\\nof the day can afford to pass it by unread. Edward G. Ward., Associate Super-\\nhitendent 0/ Brooklyn., X. Y. in Educational Re^deiv.\\nJACKSON S TEACHING OF VERTICAL WRITING. A practi-\\ncal teachers hand-book, the latest arid best assistant for elementary\\nwork. Cloth, 50 cents.\\nVERTICAL vs. SLOPING WRITING. 10 cents.\\nNEW STYLE VERTICAL WRITING COPY BOOKS. 10\\nnumbers, perdoz., $1.20.\\nHARISON S VERTICAL PENMANSHIP PADS. Per dozen.\\n$1.20.\\nThe purpose of these pads is to enable the teacher to give as much\\npractice as may be deemed necessary with any particular set copy, the\\npupil writing one, two or more sheets, if it is thought advisable to do so,\\nbefore exposing a new model.\\nDESK CARDS WITH VERTICAL LETTERS (Miniature Charts)\\nper dozen, 75 cents.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\nWILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON, 3 and\\nHARISON S VERTICAL WRITIN ^^w ccc P)\\nNo. 1. Price, per dozen, 75 cents. 019\\nPrepared especially to aid pupils in acquiring, inductively, the proper\\nuse of the pen and uniformity of stroke, and designed for larg-e or small\\nclasses as a practical aid to the teacher.\\nThis little blank admits of an almost unlimited scope of practice work\\nin vertical writing, and is the outcome of extensive experience in teaching\\nthis system of writing.\\nIt takes the place of practice paper and used as an elementary book at\\nfirst, and thereafter as a practice book, in connection with any system of\\nvertical writing, yields a rapid uniform hand of strength and character.\\n?s of great valut to oi crcouie tJie tendency to 7vrite hack hand.\\nPICTURE LESSONS, FIRST STEPS IN LANGUAGE. By\\nE. L. BiDDULPH. Price, per copy, 20 cents. Per dozen, $2.00.\\nA well graded book of simple lessons in word building, consisting of\\nwords, at first in script and type accornpanied by illustrations, afterwards\\nin type without the illustrations, and finally in easy sentences. The\\nbook has proved most effective in teaching foreigners. For young\\nchildren it makes an exceedingly attractive busy work exercise and\\nintroduction to the First Reader a great improvement in primary\\nteaching.\\nDISSECTED MAP\u00e2\u0080\u0094 United States. Price, 60 cents.\\nThis map is made of plain pasteboard, without either names or color\\nto guide the student. It is on a sufficiently large scale to have each\\nState a separate piece therefore they can be contrasted, as for instance,\\nthe size of Texas and the New England States. As btisy ivork this map\\nhas no equal. It furnishes a delightful and instructive round game\\nThe Game of States directions for which accompany each box,\\nKLEMM S RELIEF PRACTICE MAPS.\\nList of Maps.\\nSmall Size. North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa,\\nAustralia, Holy Land, New England, Middle Atlantic, South\\nAtlantic and East Central States. (91^ x 11 inches.) Others to\\nfollow. Price, per 100, plain, $5.00 waterproof, $10.00 per\\ndozen, plain, 75 cents waterproof, $1.35. A few old editions,\\nNorth America and Holy Land, will be sold at 20,^ less until dis-\\nposed of.\\nLarge Size.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 United States, Roman Empire, British Isles, South\\nAmerica. (About 11 x 16 inches.) Western Europe, North\\nAmerica, Asia. (About 13 x 14 inches.) Price, per 100, plain,\\n$10.00 waterproof, $15.00 per dozen, plain, $1.35 waterproof,\\n$2.00.\\nTeachers of geography are having more than their share of good things just now.\\nthe latest benefit being something new and eminently practical in ilie form of\\nelegant raised maps for the individual pupil. It is useless to try to give any idea\\nof the perfection and simplicity of these maps. They are made from stiff cardboard,\\ncovered with a durable waterproof surface that can be quickly cleaned with a damp\\nsponge. Oceans, lakes, rivers and mountains are clearly indicated. They may be\\nslipped in any geography. It is one of the great inventions of the day, from the\\nteachers standpoint. The American Teacher^ October., i8q4.", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n019 725 556", "height": "3624", "width": "2311", "jp2-path": "collegequestions02newm_0132.jp2"}}