10. Five great subdivisions of land. 11. Five great divisions of water. Five great subdivisions of water. 12. Five zones or belts round the earth. 13. Five races and colours of men. 14. Five great mountain ranges of Europe. 15. Five senses of man. Capes or Promontories. V. I. Atlantic Ocean. II. Pacific. III. Bays. IV. Straits. V. Rivers. I. Alps. II. Apennines. III. Py- kan. I. Hearing. II. Seeing. III. Feeling. IV. Smelling. V. Tasting. THE following questions form sections 3 and 4, of the paper on "The English Language," proposed at the recent general examination of Male Training Schools: 1. Correct the following passage, and parse it— The sun upon the calmest sea, 2. Write a paraphrase of the following passage, and parse the words printed in italics. To what three poets does it refer? Three poets, in three distant ages born, 3. Paraphrase one of the following passages Heaven may not grant thee all thy mind; Vhy sleeps the future, as a snake enrolled, His drowsy rings. Look forth!-that Stream behold (Dryden.) (Cotton.) ANSWERS. (Wordsworth's Eccl nnets.) 1. The sun upon the calmest sea, Appears not half so bright as thou. The, def. art. defining sun. Sun, com. noun, sing., neut., nomin. to appears. Upon, prepos. expressing relation between sun and sea. Calmest, adj. superl. deg., qualif. sea. Appears, reg. verb, neut., indic. pres. third pers. sing. agreeing with its nominative sun. Not, adv. modif. half. Half, noun used adverbially, modif. so bright, and abridged from the phrase by half. So, adv, modif. bright. Bright, adj. qualif. sun. As, conj. connecting sun appears and thou (appearest). 2. Parsing of the passage from Dryden. Poets, noun, nomin. to did, or did adorn, Born, perf. partic. pass. of the verb bear, used, instead of borne, as an adjective describing poets. England, prop. noun. obj. gov. by trans, verb adorn. Surpassed, reg. verb, intrans., past indic., in concord with its nomin. poet, which the adjective first qualifies, by implication. Next, adj., superl. of nigh, defining poet implied. Last, adj., superl. of late, defining poet. To make, irreg. verb, infin. gov. poet understood. The sense of this expression being that she might make, we have here an instance of the infinitive sign to being used as a connective between clauses. (See Hunter's Grammar, Supp. Synt. Ch. 13, § 5.) An examination, however, of the expression she joined to make will evince the really prepositional character of the word to in the infinitive mode; and instead of saying, as some grammarians would, that to make is governed by joined, we should say, in strictness, that to expresses relation between joined and make. (See Hunter's Gramm. Elem. Synt. Ch. 6, § 1; and Supp. Synt. Ch. 9, § 1.) Third, adj. defining poet understood. Paraphrase of the Passage from Dryden. Three poets, born at periods widely remote from each other, conferred lustre upon Greece, Italy and England, respectively. The first of these excelled in loftiness of thought; the next was unrivalled in majesty of style; and the last was pre-eminent in the union of loftiness and majesty: for Nature's energy being unable to produce a poet of loftier genius than Homer's, or of a spirit more majestic than Virgil's, she gave to the world a third poet, by uniting in Milton the excellences of the former two. Paraphrase of the Passage from Cotton. Heaven may not grant thee all that thou wishest; yet do not, on that account, consider Heaven to be unkind. God is equally wise and good, both in giving and in withholding. And it may happen that something which God in His goodness bestows upon us one day, may, in the exercise of the same goodness, be withdrawn by Him the next. Paraphrase of the Passage from Wordsworth. Why, in this age of religious light, do we realize so little of the future, suffering it to lie unstirred, like a snake coiled together and asleep at noonday? For the Word of Divine Revelation, if examined in a spirit of cautious and reverential faith, imparts ability to "discern the signs of the times," and to make the slumbering future unfold its coils. Look forth, my soul, and behold that Stream of Sacred Truth, by which we, as a community, have been sustained and carried onward in safety, while nations have been supplanted by nations, and Death has gathered to the grave long lines of powerful princes,-look forth upon the future course of that Stream, and be not slow to admit the truth of the vision which faith presents to thee. Behold! the waters of spiritual life, gradually less stained and corrupted by human abuses and impurities, become more and more bright as they roll through time, until they have reached that Eternal City which God has prepared for the "Spirits of the just made perfect!" GENERAL EXAMINATION OF TRAINING SCHOOLS. CHRISTMAS, 1850.* GEOGRAPHY AND POPULAR ASTRONOMY. Three Hours allowed for each Paper. SECTION I-1. Where are the following capes and headlands situated:Flamborough Head, Beachy Head, the Lizard Point, the Naze, Cape Finisterre, Cape Verde, Cape Guardafui? 2. Describe the course of the river Trent. 3. Describe geographically the situations of Bohemia, Transylvania, the Carnatic, Great Bucharia, Guatamala, Massachusetts. SECTION II.-1. Draw a map of the Holy Land. 2. Draw a map of Great Britain. 3. Draw a chart of the Baltic Sea; showing the countries on its shores, the rivers which flow into it, and the sea-port towns. * In order to limit as little as possible the opportunities by which peculiar talents may be exhibited, it is not perhaps desirable to prescribe which of the Subjects of Examination the Candidates for Queen's Scholarships shall be at liberty to select, further than to state strongly their Lordships' opinion that they should not attempt answers upon all the Subjects. The following Subjects must not be wholly omitted by any Candidate, viz. 1. The Holy Scriptures, the Catechism, and the Liturgy of the Church of England (in Schools connected with the Church of England). 2.-English History. 3.-Geography. 4.—Arithmetic (including Vulgar Fractions and Decimals). 5.-English Grammar and Composition. 6.-The Notes of a Lesson, or some observations on the Practical Duties of a Teacher. A Candidate who answers in these Subjects really well, may obtain an Exhibition of £20 for one year. A Candidate who answers in the foregoing Subjects really well, and also in one other Subject, really well (to be selected by himself out of those proposed to the Candidates for Certificates of Merit, but with a preference on the part of my Lords for the three First Books of Euclid) may obtain an Exhibition of £25 for one year. If a Candidate attempts a greater number of Subjects, he will do so on his own responsibility. My Lords could not but be happy to find that he was able to answer in a greater number of Subjects well: but the extent of the Subjects attempted will not be accepted in lieu of mastery over those which are indispensable. Candidates for Queen's Scholarships in FEMALE Training Schools will not be required to answer questions in Vulgar Fractions or Decimals. For the higher Exhibitions, they will be at liberty to select one of the Subjects proposed to Female Candidates for Certificates of Merit, such as Book-keeping, Biographical Memoirs, or Domestic Economy. Their Lordships would prefer a knowledge of some good Manual upon the last-named Subject, in connection with which they will be prepared to give due weight to Certificates from the Managers of the Candidate's School, attesting her practical knowledge of household duties. The Exhibitions awarded to Females will be at the rate of two-thirds of those awarded to Males, viz.: £13 68. 8d., and £16 13s. 4d., instead of £20 and £25, to correspond with the different expense of boarding in Training Schools, for Males and Females respectively. The first question in each Section has been framed more especially with Reference to Candidates for Queen's Scholarships. Every Candidate will further be required to instruct a Class in the presence of the Inspector; to read intelligently, with good articulation and pronunciation; to write a fair hand; and to spell correctly. SECTION III-Give a short account of the geography of one of the following countries:-1. Ireland. 2. Portugal. 3. British India. SECTION IV.-1. Explain fully the terms degree, longitude, latitude, tropic, arctic circle, archipelago, antipodes, zenith, nadir. 2. Explain fully the terms watershed, isothermal line, snow line, and give examples of their application. 3. If in latitude 45° I travel 1000 miles due east, by how many degrees shall I have changed my longitude? SECTION V.-I. Describe the course of a ship from Liverpool to Sidney and back. Why would it sail eastward? 2. Why are the largest rivers the widest? How may the highest lands of any region be determined on the map from the courses of its rivers? Give examples of this from the map of England. 3. What would be the prevalent currents of the atmosphere and ocean if the earth were at rest? What change would be produced in them by the diurnal motion of the earth if there were no annual motion? What effects result from the annual in addition to the diurnal motion? SECTION VI.-1. Explain the means by which the longitude of a place is determined by the chronometer, and the latitude by a meridian altitude of the sun. 2. On what causes does the difference between true solar and mean solar time depend? SECTION VII.-1. How is it known that the fixed stars are greatly more distant from us than the sun and planets ? 2. Describe the apparent diurnal motion of the stars to an observer at the equator, and at the poles. 3. Describe the phases of the moon in her first and third quarters, and explain them. Why does the time of high water at any place vary daily ? After what interval is it again the same at that place, and why? ARITHMETIC. Each step in the solution of the questions which are marked with an asterisk is to be explained in terms intelligible to children. SECTION 1.-1*. Subtract 579 from 724. 2*. If 9 things cost 117. what will 13 cost? Prove the method by which you work this sum, having recourse to no other than the first four rules of arithmetic. 3*. Eggs are sold at the rate of 5 for 3d. At what price must they have been bought to gain 20 per cent. SECTION II.-1*. Reduce to its lowest terms, multiply it by, and divide the product by 2. Of what distance is 4 miles seven-tenths? 3*. If A. can reap ds of a field in what time can A. and B. reap the whole SECTION III.-1. Find the value of which you point off the decimals. days, and B. ths of it in 3 days, in field together? '004 x '0003 '006 and prove the rules by 2. Reduce 5s. to the decimal of 3s. 4d., and the recurring decimal 1'454545, &c., to its equivalent vulgar fraction. 3*. Extract the square root of 459684, and prove the rule you use. SECTION IV.-1*. What is the interest of 6717. 19s. 6d. for three months at 4 per cent ? 2*. At what rate per cent. (simple interest) will 2507. amount to 3007. 12s. 6d. in 4 years? 3*. Bought 137. 6s. 8d. worth of apples at 3s. 4d. per bushel, part of which being damaged were entirely lost; for the rest, which were sold at 50 per cent. profit, I received 167; how many bushels were damaged? |
