3. What kind of composition-exercises would you give to children in a Primary School, during their third school year? 4. Give the "heads" of a composition about Government. 5. Write the most important rules of punctuation that you would give a class in composition, as follows: 1, two rules for the comma; 2, two rules for the semicolon; 3, one rule for the dash; 4, two rules for the exclamation mark; 5, two rules for quotation marks. 14. ALGEBRA. [50 Credits; 5 Questions, 8 Credits each.] 1. Find the square root of 4a-12a3+ 25a3-24a+16. 2. Divide the number 5 into two such parts that twice their product increased by the sum of their squares may be equal to 25. 3. Find the value of x and y: x2+xy=28 4. Difference between a pure and an affected quadratic equation? 5. Extract the cube root of a 6a+ 15a-20a3+ 15a6a+ 1. [One Question, Ten Credits.] 6. What are logarithms, who invented them, and what are their uses? 15. PHYSICS. [50 Credits; 5 Questions, 8 Credits each.] 1. How far will a cannon ball, dropped from a height, fall in 4 seconds? 2. Give four illustrations of the correlation of heat and motion. 3. How is light supposed to be diffused. 4. A body would weigh 4 tons, 8,000 miles above the earth's surface, find its weight at the surface. 5. On what law of light does the action of the microscope depend? [One Question Ten Credits.] 6. What are the laws discovered by Kepler that govern the motions and distances of the planets? 16. PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE. [50 Credits; 5 Questions, 8 Credits each.] 1. State two differences between the veins and the arteries. 2. State the difference between the functions of the cerebrum and the cerebellum. 3. Direct a class how to treat headaches; common colds. 4. In case the artery of the wrist or the ankle were cut, direct a pupil how to stop the bleeding until the arrival of a physician. 5. Give a class five rules for taking care of their eyes. [One Question, Ten Credits.] 6. State the locality of: 1, the patella; 2, the ulna; 3, scapula; · 4, tibia; 5, hyoid bone. 17. NATURAL HISTORY. [50 Credits.] 1. What changes take place in the organs of a flower when it is made "double" by culture? 2. Name and classify five of the most beautiful flowers, indigenous to California. 3. Give the transformations of the frog. 4. How does the natural system of classification differ from the artificial system? 5. Mention the principal forest trees of this State. 6. What are the chief wild animals of this State, and where found? 18. CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CALIFORNIA. [25 Credits; 5 Questions, 4 Credits each.] 1. When was the Constitution of the United States framed; who was President of the Convention, and when was it adopted by a majority of the States. 2. Name five rights of the people guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. 3. State the substance of two important amendments to the Constitution of the United States. 4. How is the United States Constitution amended? 5. What educational provisions does the Constitution of California contain ? [One Question, Five Credits. ] 6. In framing the Constitution, why was each State, large or small, allowed two Senators? 19. SCHOOL LAW. [25 Credits.] 1. What are the conditions for obtaining a life diploma? 2. In what three different ways are school moneys raised by tàxation? 3. Name five provisions of the school law that are, in your opinion, good ones. 4. What are the provisions of the State law about educating negro children? 5. How is the State University supported? 20. DRAWING. [25 Credits.] 1. Name any benefits derived from the study of drawing in the public schools. 2. What system of drawing has been adopted in this State? 3. What are the distinctive features of this system? 4. In a graded school, how much time would you give for drawing? In an ungraded school? 5. Define: 1, a right-angled triangle; 2, a circle; 3, a surface; 4, a vertical line; 5, a perpendicular line. 21. MUSIC. [25 Credits.] 1. How can a teacher that cannot sing have singing in school? 2. Name two benefits arising from school singing. 3. How much time ought to be given to singing, and when should the time be taken? 4. What text-books on music have been adopted by the State Board of Education? 5. Write the scale. VII. THE PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS OF CALIFORNIA. LIST OF THE HOLDERS OF LIFE DIPLOMAS WHICH HAVE BEEN ISSUED ONLY TO HOLDERS OF EDUCATIONAL DIPLOMAS THAT HAVE HAD TEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING. [The names of holders of diplomas who have permanently engaged in other pursuits are marked t; the names of holders deceased are marked *.] *Bodwell, Miss Mary L. '66 Dooner, John. .'75 Cross, C. W. '75 Duane, Mrs. A. S. .69 DuBois, Mrs. A. E. ."74 +Eickhoff, J. Henry. '75 Field, Miss Carrie P. Bolander, H. N.. .... Clappe, Mrs. L. A. K. Cook, Miss Hannah. Crawford, Mrs. J. F Crowhurst, Wm. Crowell, C. H.. .'72 Fry, W. H.. Furlong, George. '73 Gabriel, Mrs. C. E.. .'68 Garrison, Gazena A. .'68 Gates, Freeman. .'67 Gorman, W. J.. .'66 +Graf, Miss Minnie. '70 Gunn, Miss S. M. '73 Gwinn, James M. '68 Drake, A. J. '71 '66 Drake Chas. M. .'76 '72 .'68 '76 .'75 .'75 '73 '72 '75 .'71 $75 .'76 .'74 Freeman, G. N.. $75 .'72 .'69 .'76 '74 .'76 .'72 ."73 Hodgdon, Miss S. J.. Jackman, Samuel H. + Littlefield, J. D.. .71 Milliken, Mrs. Ellen A. '71 Mumford, Mrs. M. E. G.... '69 *Morse, Augustus, Jr.. |