Annual Report of the Department of Education

GR. SCH.] I, II, III.

INDUSTRIAL DRAWING.

The Candidate may take Part I. or II., not both.

PART I.

Time, 1 kr.

1. What is symmetry? Distinguish between bilateral and radial symmetry.

2. Draw a pitcher, vase or jar, illustrating the use of reversed curves.

3. Give an example of interlacing, in one or more units of design, suitable for horizontal border (each unit employed to be once completed, and the continuation indicated by unfinished lines.)

PART II. (Alternative.)

Draw the object placed before you (a) in elevation, and (b) as it appears to you in perspective from where you sit.

[GR. SCH. & I.]

ENGLISH LITERATURE.

Time, 1 hr.

1. Where did Tennyson get the materials for the composition of his Idylls? Wha was the object of these poems? Give the date of their publication.

2. In what connection do the following occur? Name the speaker:—

(a) "I will not fight my way with gilded arms. All shall be iron."

(b) "Tho' men may bicker with things they love, they would not make ther laughable in all eyes not while they loved them."

(d) "The world will not believe a man repents. And this wise world of ours mainly right."

(e) "I have griefs enough: Pray you be gentle, pray you let me be."

3. Explain briefly the meaning of: "Toppling over all antagonism,” “debating i command of silence given;" "the pilot star of my lone life; the vicio quitch; "angrier appetite;" "take a horse and arms for guerdon."

4. When was "Locksley Hall" originally published? Indicate briefly the drift a purpose of this poem.

5. Quote the passage from "Locksley Hall" beginning "For I dipt into the futur and ending, "the Federation of the World."

6. Express briefly in your own language the thought contained in the followi extracts:

(a) "But the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that honor feels, and nations do but murmer, snarling at each other's heels."

(b) "Yet I doubt not thro' the ages one increasing purpose runs, and the thoughts of men are widen'd with the process of the suns."

Better fifty

(d) "Step by step we gain'd a freedom known to Europe, known to all; step by step we rose to greatness,-thro' the tonguesters we may fall."

7. Discuss briefly the leading qualities of Tennyson's style. Quote from any of his poems lines in which the sound is made to be "an echo to the sense."

N. B. Candidates for Grammar School Licenses will substitute Question 7 for Question 6; those for 1st class will work the first six questions only.

[GR. SCH. & I.]

SCHOOL SYSTEM.

Time, 1 hr.

1. In regard to the support of schools, shew (a) the basis on which Provincial Grants are made, (b) how the county fund is raised and distributed, (c) how the district assessment is levied.

2. What are the duties and powers of Trustees in respect to school property?

3. How are vacancies occurring on School Boards between the dates of the annual meetings to be filled (a) in case of the death of a Trustee, (b) when a Trustee declines or neglects to discharge his duties.

4. What are the provisions of the law to establish a school in a District the rate-payers of which refuse to vote sufficient money for the purpose?

5. What are the general duties and powers of the Board of Education?

6. In what respect do General meetings of rate-payers differ from Special meetings?

CLASS I.

SCHOOL SYSTEM.

(Same as Grammar School.)

TEACHING AND SCHOOL MANAGEMENT.

Time, 2 hrs.

1. Why should a teacher have a practical knowledge of psychology as a preparation for teaching?

2. How is skill in teaching and managing a school to be acquired? What is the rela

tion between knowledge and skill?

3. What is the distinction between the oral and the text book stages of teaching a subject? Outline a plan of oral lessons for any one year or standard, in one of the following subjects, viz. number, color, composition, health.

4. On what general principles would you teach the following subjects from the text book: Geography, arithmetic, grammar, reading. In addition to the general answer select a topic from one of the subjects named and show, in detail, how you would give a lesson on it.

5. What do you regard as the essentials of good school discipline? How do you propose to secure them?

6. How would you deal with such faults and offences as (a) inattention, tardiness, talking, noisy and careless movements, (b) falsehood, disobedience, copying at examinations, impertinence. Select one each from (a) and (b).

7. Show, on scientific principles, the necessity for proper ventilation in school rooms. 8. What are the dangers of improper admission and control of light? What is the nearest approach to ideal conditions of lighting school rooms?

9. What are the principles on which time tables should be constructed? What are the difficulties to be met in arranging a daily programme of work for a school of four or more classes, and how may these difficulties be partially overcome?

10. Write a brief historical sketch of Pestalozzi or Rousseau.

N. B.- 3 and 4.-7 and 8 are alternates.

GEOGRAPHY.

PART I.

Time, 1 hr. 30 min.

1. In teaching geography, what value do you give to books of travel, as compared with statistics of trade and population; and why?

2. Mention the chief natural resources of the Province of New Brunswick, giving some idea of the extent and character of each.

3. Describe the physical features, climate and productions of Australia, Chili, or the Hawaiian Islands.

4. Give topical notes of the particular geography of Central America.

5. What causes the change of seasons; and why does the average daily temperature continue to rise for some weeks after the summer solstice?

6. What difference of latitude and difference of longitude between Philadelphia and London?

PART II.

7. Draw an outline map of any one country on the continent of Europe.

NOTE. The examiner will allow 70 marks for Part I. and 30 for Part II.

GENERAL AND CANADIAN HISTORY. Time, 1 hr. 30 m.

PART I. GENERAL HISTORY.

1. Which are the first two nations to appear in the dawn of history? What circum-stances favored their development? What special features marked the civilization of each? Explain their relation to other branches of the human family. 2. What is meant by "The Later Babylonian Kingdom"? How long did it last? Who were its chief rulers? By what great events is it characterized?

3. Summarize the relation of Hebrew history to that of mankind.

4. When and how did the history of India first come into relation with that of Europe? What was the condition of Indian society at the time? its literature? its religion? In what special directions has India since been a factor in the history of Europe?

5. What circumstances led to the invasion of Greece by the Persians? How many invasions were thus made and with what results?

6. Through what events did Rome pass from a Republic to an Empire?

7. What were the causes, leading facts and results of the French Revolution?

PART II,-CANADIAN HISTORY.

1. In what several ways has the existence of native races in Canada affected its settlement and progress?

2. When and with what results has Canada been invaded?

3. Trace the main stages of the struggle for Responsible Government in Canada.

4. Describe (a) the founding of Halifax, (b) the Siege of Louisburg, (c) the Capture of Quebec by the English.

5. Give an outline sketch of the Constitution of the Dominion of Canada.

NOTE.-Four questions in each part will make a full paper.

2. Extract the square root of 1225 explaining the reason for each step in the operation. Extract the cube root of 27054.036008.

3. A rents a house for $187.20 for one year; at the end of four months he takes in B as a co-tenant; they admit C in like manner for the last 2 months of the year. What portion of the rent must each pay? Explain.

4. Explain and illustrate what is meant by "Compound Proportion," and "The Unitary Method." Work by either method: A besieged town containing 22,400inhabitants, has provisions to last three weeks; how many must be sent away that they may be able to hold out seven weeks?

By employing this discount on a sum

5. Show that the difference between the interest and the discount on the same sum of money for the same time is the interest on the discount. principle, find at what rate the inteerst is reckoned, if the due at the end of 2 years is 9 of the simple interest.

NATURAL HISTORY.

Time, 1 hr.

1. Illustrate, with reference (1) to the three kingdoms of nature and (2) with reference to special groups under each, the comparative method which underlies the study of natural history.

2. What part do water, air, heat and pressure respectively take in the formation of rocks?

3. From what minerals do we obtain our chief supplies of iron, plaster, lead, sulphur, quicksilver, gold? What countries afford the principal supply of each?

4. To what family do the cedar, clover, sunflower, mint and strawberry respectively belong? Give the more prominent features of the family in each.

5. What various facts may be drawn from the study of the seedling as it develops from the seed?

6. What constant relations are usually found to exist between the leaf, the flower and the seed?

7. Explain the nature of buds. Where do they arise? What are some of the different kinds? How does a seed differ from a bud?

8. Illustrate, among plants, multiplication by other methods than through the agency of seeds. What parallel illustrations are afforded among animals.

9. What is the purpose of the hard parts of animals? How are they variously disposed in different groups? By what means is motion of one part upon another provided for?

NOTE. Six questions, including No. 9, constitute a full paper.

DRAWING

(Same as Grammar School.)

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