THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH JANUARY, 1895.
PUPIL TEACHERS'.
MONDAY, December 17. 2-4.30.
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1. What is Education? Into what Sections would you subdivide it? What is the object of School
Education?
2 "Teach History through Biography, and Physical rather than Political Geography." Whose advice
is this, and on what principle is it based?
3. What has been done in England for Education during the last 25 years?
4. How has Education prospered in Hongkong during the same period?
5. Of what does Discipline consist. On what does it depend? What is the evidence of it?
6. What are the clements of Gool Writing. Against what errors should Chinese writing English be
specially on their guard?
CLASS I-COMPOSITION.
FRIDAY, January 11. 2-4.30.
"The War between China and Japan."
(1) What was its cause?
(2) What will be its probable consequences?
(3) Why were the Chinese Army and Navy unable to cope with the Japanese?
CLASS I, C.A.-LATIN.
FRIDAY, January 4. 2-4.30.
1. Write the genitive plural of Corpus, deus, dens, ingens, res, tres, vir, vis.
2. Decline domus, ego, hic, ambo.
3. Compare the following adjectives :-audax, magnificus, malus, multus, pulcher, similis.
4. Give the Latin names for the Rhone, L. Geneva, Seine, Switzerland, Garonne, Spain.
5. Translate into Latin-
The woman washes the boy with water.
The goat fears the boys' knives.
The dangers of war are feared by the wretched husbandmen.
In the winter the stars will be welcome to the sailors.
6. Translate into English--
His rebus fiebat, ut et minus late vagarentur et minus facile finitimis bellum inferre possent; quâ ex parte homines bellandi cupidi magno dolore efficiebantur.
Cæsar, quod memoriâ tenebat L. Cassium consulem occisum exercitumque ejus ab Helvetiis pulsum et sub jugum missum, concedendum non putabat; neque homines inimico animo datâ facultate per provinciam itineris faciundi temperaturos ab injuria et maleficio existimabat.
Se ita a patribus majoribusque suis didicisse, ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent, aut, insidiis niterentur.
7. Parse the words in italics; and explain fully the phrase sub jugum mittere.
8. Write the Pres. Subj. Passive of amo and rego; and Fut. Ind. Passive of moneo and audio. 9. Write out the four parts of possum, fero, eo, cado, jacio, claudo, fleo, domo, dico, do.
CLASS I-MENSURATION.
MONDAY, January 14. 2-4.30.
1. ABC is a triangle. DE is drawn parallel to BC, cutting AB in D and AC in E. If AE-24,
BC-35, DE 20, find EC.
2. The diameter of a circle is 65 and the chord of an arc 52, find the length of the chord of twice
that arc.
3. The sides of a triangular field measure 208, 145 and 225 links. Find to the nearest square pole
its area.
4. Find to the nearest ib. the weight of a lead pipe 2ft. long, 4 inch thick, and 2 inch bore, supposing
a cub. in. of lead to weigh 6 oz.
5. The height of a cone is 10in., the radius of the base 5in. How many cubic inches must be cut
away to reduce it to the largest possible pyramid with a square base?