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APPENDICES. 16 Geo. 5
Part III.—Appendices.
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APPENDIX A.
RESULTS OP THE HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY MATRICULATION
EXAMINATIONS, 1925.
The following are the names of the winners of His Excellency the Governor-General's
silver medals :—■
Student.
High School.
Percentage.
88.6
86.5
85.9
85.2
Nelson
84.3
Honourable mention is made of the following candidates: John Ross Tolmie, South Vancouver High School; Howard Graves Nicholson, King George High School, Vancouver; James
R. Daniels, Rocklands Academy, Victoria.
The gold medal awarded annually by the Hudson's Bay Company to the candidate obtaining
the highest standing in the Third-year Commercial Examination was won by Mary Elizabeth
Clark, Victoria High School, who obtained 76.7 per cent.
The winners of the Royal Institution Scholarships of $100 awarded by the University of
British Columbia on the results of the Matriculation Examinations follow :—
District.
Student.
High School.
Percentage.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Margaret Theresa Gourlay
Irene May Smith
Joshua James M. Jacob
John Ross Tolmie
Helen Jean Reed
Olivia Dingwall Mouat
Oak Bay
Courtenay
King George, Vancouver.
South Vancouver
Penticton
Nelson
79.3
83.3
86.5
87.0
84.0
84.3
A Scholarship of $150 was awarded to Harriet Muriel Enabling Daniels, South Vancouver
High School, the student obtaining the highest standing in the Province in the Junior Matriculation Examination.
A Scholarship of $75 was awarded to Mary Hamilton Watts, Vernon High School, the student
obtaining the highest standing in the Province in the Senior Matriculation Examination. M 116
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Number of Successful Candidates at each Centre.
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24 5. Solve the equations :—
(a.) (4-7*)- {3*-[4a;+2(7-4*)-3(3-5a)]} =2*.
/, , #-13 6x +1 2/„ 3as\
(6.) a; = + -|6 - —)
v ' 9 5 3\ 2/•
(c.) 5a;-7y = 0
7x + 5y = 7i.
15 6. Resolve into factors :—
(a.) a?b2-3abc-\0c9-.
(b.) 2m2-Umn + 2\0n2.
(c.) a2x + abx + ac + aby + b2y + be.
9 7. A certain business has two branches, one in Victoria, the other in Vancouver.
The sum of the profits of the two branches is $88,130, and three times the
profits of the Victoria branch is just $15 less than twice the profits of the
Vancouver branch. Find the profits of each branch of this business. 16 Geo. 5 Part III.—Appendices. M 145
Grade X.
English Literature. (Time, 2 hours.)
[Candidates will answer Section A and any two of Sections B, C, D.]
Section A. Longer Narrative Poems.
Value.
10 I- Quote ten consecutive lines from one of the following:—
(a.) Christabel.
(6.) The Deserted Tillage.
(c.) Snowbound.
3 2. (a.) Name three customs or beliefs in Sohrab and Rustum which contribute to the
Oriental setting of the poem.
3 (6.) Explain clearly, but very briefly, how Rustum finally prevailed in his combat
with Sohrab.
3 (c.) By what means was Rustum definitely persuaded that the dying Sohrab was his
son?
12 3. Discuss Snowbound as a picture of home-life in New England during the earlier
years of the 19th century.
8 4. Enumerate four incidents or circumstances employed by the author of Christabel in
his creation of the supernatural atmosphere of the poem.
12 5. Contrast the present desolation of The Deserted Village with its former prosperity.
9 6. Write full notes of explanation on any three of the following:—
(a.) To me more dear, congenial to my heart,
One native charm, than all the gloss of art.
(6.) Alas for him who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress-trees!
(c.) And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
(d.) And thence I vowed this selfsame day,
With music strong and saintly song
To wander through the forest bare,
Lest aught unholy loiter there.
Section B. Julius Caesar.
Answer any two of these questions:—
10 (1.) Discuss two occasions in the play, Julius Caesar, on which Brutus overrules
the decisions of Cassius on disputed points.
10 (2.) Discuss the means whereby Cassius induces Brutus to join the conspiracy
against Julius Caesar.
10 (3.) Write a paragraph on one of the following subjects:—
The Fickleness of the Mob.
The Gentler Qualities in the Character of Brutus.
Section C. Quentin Dubwabd.
Answer any tico of these questions:—■
10 (1.) Give a brief account of how Quentin Durward came to be enrolled as an
Archer of the Scottish Guard.
10 (2.) Write briefly on Quentin Durward as a picture of conditions in France during
the reign of Louis XI.
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Value.
10 (3.) Write on one of the following:—
The Vanity of Le Balafre.
The Superstition of Louis XI.
Section D. Specimens op the Short Story.
Answer any two of these questions:—
10 (1.) "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." Discuss this principle with
reference to the story, " The Great Stone Face."
10 (2.) Write a very brief biography of Charles Lamb, drawing your information
chiefly from the sketch, " The Superannuated Man."
10 (3.) Write briefly on "Dr. Manette's Manuscript" as a mirror of conditions in
France prior to the French Revolution.
Latin. (Time, 2 hours.)
10 I- Decline in the singular only: uter homo, quae res, illud iter; in the plural only:
hie dies, tu, vis.
4 2. Compare: magnus, pruden's, utilis, magnopcre.
3 3. Write the numerals: seven, seventeen, sixth, ninety-three, eighteen, eleven.
4 4. Write the genitive plural of fructus, eivis, filius; the ablative singular of mure,
cornu; the dative singular of unus, agcr, pedes.
6 5. Write the third singular present indicative active of capio, fcro; second singular
future indicative active of nolo, audio; second singular perfect indicative active
of mitto; second plural present imperative of hortor; first plural present subjunctive active of moneo, volo; third plural future perfect indicative active of
capio; perfect infinitive active of do; third singular imperfect subjunctive of
proflciseor, volo.
10 6. Write the Latin for: on the same day; let us return; with great danger to himself;
do not go away; I shall disembark; do you not think? both consuls; a man of
great valor; a ditch ten feet wider; of great use to us.
10 7. Principal parts of: desilio, vinco, proficiscor, maneo. resisto, sterno, quaero, audeo,
traho, infero.
32 S. Translate into Latin :—
(a.) He promised to help us.
(b.) He urged me to remain in Rome ten days.
(c.) We wish to take thought for you.
(d.) Do not ask us to give hostages.
(e.) They sent envoys to ask for peace.
(f.) You are said to excel the others in valour.
(g.) We persuaded them not to leave the city.
(h.) They were so afraid of our troops that they were unwilling to cross the river.
14 9. Translate into English :—
Quod cum nollet Ariovistus facere, iterum ad eum Caesar legates mittit qui
postularent primum ne amplius Germanos trans Rhenum in Galliam
traduceret; deinde ut obsides Gallis redderet neve bellum its inferret. Ad
haec Ariovistus respondit se Gallos vicisse atque jure belli uti constituissc; 16 Geo. 5 Part III.—Appendices. M 147
Value.
se obsides redditurum non esse, neque Gallis injuria bellum illaturum si
imperio suo parerent; atque si Caesar vellet secum congredi, intellecturum
quanta esset virtus invictorum Germanorum.
(a.) Account for the case of iis, imperio; the mood of postularent, eonstituisse, esset.
10. Translate into English :—
Cum jam multi hortarentur ut in Graeciam reverterentur, Ulixes Graecis persuasit
ut aliud consilium inirent. Equus iigneus ingenti magnitudine est effectus
atque viris armatis completus est. Turn reliqui Graeci in naves conscenderuut
et se in Graeciam navigare simulabant.
(a.) Account for the case of magnitudine; the mood of inirent.
French. (Time, 2 hours.)
1. Write the opposites of:—
5 (a.) Mauvais, present, etroite, facile, propre, bon marche, tard, en bas, dessus,
noire.
6 (b.) Give the French for: (1.) Mary is as beautiful as a flower. (2.) John is
taller than Henry. (3.) Marguerite is less interesting than Louise.
5 2. Write the following in the future tense, using " il " as subject:—
Quand vous avez mal aux dents vous allez chez un dentiste, car vous souffrez
beaucoup. Vous vous asscyez dans un fauteuil puis vous vous tenez tranquille.
3. Replace the infinitives in brackets in the following:
5 (a.) By the past indefinite tense: Quand je (aller) a la campagne je (se lever)
tous les matins de tres bonne heure. Je (s'habiller) vite, je (prendre)
mon dejeuner dans la salle a manger et je (ouvrir) la fenetre.
3 (6.) By the imperfect tense: Mon frere ne (etre) pas la je (remonter) pour le
reveiller et je (crier) "Jean, Jean reveillez-vous."
8 (c.) By the present tense: Un jour je (dormir) tres tard, et ce (6tre), Jean qui
me (sortir) du lit. II (devoir) me donner un copieux dejeuner et
nous (remplir) nos tasses du bon caf6 que ma soeur (venir) de preparer.
Enfin nous (partir) pour l'ecole oft les eleves nous (recevoir) joyeuse-
ment.
10 4. Complete the following sentences by using il est or c'est:—
(1.) — un medecin ; — docteur.
(2.) — nous; — eux.
(3.) —• un honune celebre.
(4.) — ici que nous demeurons.
(5.) — une heure et demie.
(6.) — demain le 4 Janvier.
(7.) A qui est ce crayon? —■ & moi.
(8.) —■ malade.
10 5- (<*•) Replace the italicized words by pronouns:—
(1.) Nous avons paye les bonbons an marchand.
(2.) Jean n'a pas repondu a son pcre.
(3.) Nous avons attendu ces enfants.
(4.) On nous a moutre des mouchoirs.
(5.) II a count a la maison. M 148 Public Schools Report. 1925
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5 (b.) Fill these spaces with suitable relative pronouns:—
La fourrure — j'ai vue et sur — il y a un ruban rouge appartient fl, la
reine — voyage dans notre pays.
Le pardessus gris est celui — je prgfSre.
— dites-vous? Je n'ai pas parle.
13 6. Put into English:—
Une dame, flgee, etait dans un omnibus ou se trouvait aussi un vieux monsieur,
" II fait trop chaud " s'ecrie celui-ci, " ouvrez la fenetre, j'etouffe." " Fermez-
la " dit la dame fl. son tour, " je vais mourir de froid." Le conducteur
hesitait. Un voyageur proposa alors, " Conducteur, ouvrez la fenetre et le
monsieur etouffera, puis vous la fermerez et la dame mourra, ainsi nous
aurons la paix."
etouffer— to stifle,
mourir—to die.
30 7. Translate into French:—
Jean: Good morning, Henri. AVhat are you doing in the country in June? Are
you ill?
Henri: I am not very well and I am resting (se reposer) here.
Jean: How long have you been here?
Henri: I have been here for two weeks.
Jean: Do you sleep well?
Henri: Last night I did not sleep very well, but I shall go to bed early to-night
and I shall sleep all night.
Jean: Will you please waken me when you get up? I am going for a ride
to-morrow morning.
Henri: Why, yes. I went for a drive yesterday. The weather was beautiful.
We set out at half-past nine and arrived home at lunch time. Before going
into the dining-room I washed my hands and face. I was very hungry
and I ate heartily. When I was eating my dessert two gentlemen arrived
and I invited them to dine with me at seven in the evening. If it is fine
to-morrow we shall go for a row on the lake.
English Composition. (Time, 2 hours.)
1. Punctuate the following, insert capitals where necessary, and arrange any verse into
its proper lines :—
3 (1.) and what did your uncle say to that asked the judge he said you must never
breathe a word of this to a living soul was the reply
3 (2.) three courses lay open to the french general he could evacuate the city and
fall back upon his old base he could attempt to hold the city against the
allies or he could assume the aggressive and actually attack the weak
force guarding the meuse
3 (3.) will he ever be weary of wandering the flaming sun ever weary of waning
in lovelight the white still moon will ever a shepherd come with a crook
of simple gold and lead all the little stars like lambs to the fold.
2. State what is wrong with the following sentences and write them correctly:—
2 (1.) After enjoying the evening in dancing all thoughts turned to supper.
2 (2.) Paris is larger than any city in France.
2 (3.) I am one of those who cannot describe what I do not see.
2 (4.) She has a bad habit of procrastinating everything until to-morrow. 16 Geo. 5 Part III.—Appendices. M 149
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3 + 3 3. You have received an invitation to a party. Write both a formal and an informal
2 acceptance of the invitation. What circumstance would guide you in deciding
which of the two forms of acceptance to use?
75 4. Write a composition of about 200 words on one of the following:—
The Life of Sohrab. (Sohrab and Rustum.)
A California Mining Camp. (The Outcasts of Poker Flat.)
The Battle of Philippi. (Julius Caesar.)
How I Spent My Last Summer's Vacation.
Algerra. (Time, 2 hours.)
6 1. In the equation x2 + 2xy = 7y + 37 find the value of y :—
(a.) When x is given the value 5.
(b.) When x is given the value 31,-.
(c.) When x is given the value - 8.
9 2. Form perfect squares of the following by supplying the missing term in each :—
(a.) 9»'G + ([I) + iy2.
(b.) 121a°-66a3s + (?).
(c.) (1)-40M2 + 64&4.
20 3. Solve the equations :—
25--
(a.) 3 16.x+ 44 = g+ 23
x +1 8*+ 2 x+\
(b.) zUx-^\.-hx--^i
x — y_\
x-\ y 3j
20 4. Resolve into factors:—
(a.) «2c3 -cs + a2 - 1.
(b.) a4-11a;2+ 24.
(c.) a;4-13a;2+ 36.
(d.) a'4 -11a;2 +25.
(e.) a3 - 3a26 + 3a62 - 268.
10 5. The following expression is the product of two equal factors :—
1 - 22a:2 + 6a;3 + 121a;4 - 66.x5 + 9aA ,
What are these factors 1
15 6. (a.) Find the H.C.F. of x3 - 19a; - 30 and x3 - 2a;2 - 29a; - 42.
(&.) What is theL.C.M. of these two expressions?
(The result may be left in the factor form.)
io — m (■♦>> {> + i^} {i - ^2
10 8. A man agreed to sell 2,500 tons of cement at $16 a ton. What he had on hand
cost him $12 a ton. Not having enough he had to buy cement at $18 a ton
to fulfil his contract. On the transaction he made a profit of $5,800. How
many tons had he to buy 1 M 150 Public Schools Report. 1925
Botany. (Time, 2 hours.)
[All questions are of equal value. Answer five only. Illustrate your answers
with carefully drawn diagrams.]
1. Distinguish between a fruit and a seed. Describe the structure of the seed of a monocotyledon
and of a dicotyledon. What is the use of each part?
2. Describe a bulb, a tuber, a corm, a rhizome, and a stolon. Give one example of each and
bring out clearly the reasons why each is considered to be a modified stem.
3. Give diagrams to illustrate the flower structure of one member of each of the following
families, choosing specific examples (label fully) : (a) Ranuneulacea?; (6) LiliacesR.
4. Write a note on the importance of the plant kingdom to the animal kingdom.
5. Discuss the function of green leaves in regard to the manufacture of plant-food materials.
6. Describe and give examples of five different kinds of fruit.
Geometry. (Time, 2y2 hours.)
Value.
15 1. If the sides of a convex polygon are produced in order, the sum of the angles so
formed is equal to four right angles.
10 2. A quadrilateral is a parallelogram if its diagonals bisect each other.
15 3. Parallelograms on the same base and between the same parallels are equivalent.
15 4. The area of a triangle ABC is 4.5 square inches. The base is equal to the altitude.
One of the interior angles at the base is 120°. Construct the triangle and give a
theoretical statement of your construction.
15 5. A and B are two points on opposite sides of a straight line CD. Show how to find
a point P in CD so that the angle APC is equal to the angle BPC. Give a proof.
15 6. In an obtuse-angled triangle the square on the side opposite to the obtuse angle is
equal to the sum of the squares on the sides containing the obtuse angle plus twice
the rectangle contained by one of those sides and the projection on it of the
other.
15 7. ABC is an acute-angled triangle of which BC is the least side. With B as centre
and BC as radius, a circle is drawn cutting AB at D and AC at E. If AD is equal
to DE prove: (1) that the angle CED equals the sum of the angle BCA and
twice the angle CAB; (2) that the angle ABC equals twice the angle CAB.
Chemistry. (Time, 2 hours.)
18 1- (<*•) Name the allotropic forms of carbon and briefly describe their characteristic
properties.
(5.) What are the chief gaseous constituents of coal-gas?
(c.) State two chemical properties of carbon dioxide and give its uses.
18 2. (a.) Detail a convenient laboratory method for preparing a few jars of oxygen,
illustrating with a diagram. Write the equation.
(6.) State: (1) the chief chemical property of oxygen; (2) two commercial uses.
15 3. Distinguish between the following and give examples:—
(a.) A symbol and a chemical formula.
(b.) A solution and a chemical compound.
(c.) Saturated and supersaturated solutions. 16 Geo. 5 Part III.—Appendices. M 151
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18 4. Describe, with equations, what takes place in each of the following cases:—
(a.) When charcoal is burned in oxygen and the residual gas shaken with a
solution of calcium hydroxide (lime-water).
(6.) When white-hot iron wire is immersed in an atmosphere of chlorine.
(c.) When a lighted taper is brought to the mouth of a jar of acetylene.
15 5. Describe the precautions that should be taken in the following operations and give
reasons:—
(a.) Lighting a jet attached to a hydrogen generating apparatus.
(&.) Cutting a small piece from a stick of yellow phosphorus for experimental
purposes,
(c.) Testing the odour of a jar of gas suspected of being either chlorine or
hydrogen chloride.
16 6. (a.) Briefly describe what is meant by valency.
(b.) What is the valency of copper, phosphorus, and sodium in the following: copper
sulphate, phosphorus trichloride, sodium oxide?
(c.) State the law of definite proportions' (or constant composition) and explain
concisely what it means.
Physios. (Time, 2 hours.)
[Questions are of equal value. Answer five only.]
1. Explain the following :—
(a.) How to find the density of a liquid by using the specific gravity bottle.
(6.) Magnetic declination, electrical repulsion.
2. (a.) By means of sketches explain the different classes of levers. Give a common example
of each class.
(&.) Neglecting friction, what is the mechanical advantage of each of the following: inclined
plane, screw, single movable pulley.
3. (a.) State the law which is applied practically in the hydraulic press.
(&.) Make a sketch to show the position of the valves of the common suction-pump in the
upstroke of the piston. Account for the upward flow of water from the reservoir
to the spout.
4. (a.) Why is mercury commonly used in thermometers?
(6.) Explain clearly heat transference in relation to the following: oven-roasting, snow, the
polished surface of a tea-kettle.
5. (a.) State the First Law of Reflection and illustrate by drawing a figure representing an
experimental proof of it.
(6.) How is light transmitted?
6. (a.) The similar poles of two bar-magnets are placed near together. Make a sketch showing
the lines of force.
(&.) Describe the construction of either a Voltaic Cell or a Leyden Jar.
7. Solve any two of the following:—
(a.) The crank of a windlass is 1 foot long and its drum 7 inches in diameter. What
force applied to the handle will lift a weight of 156 lb.?
(6.) On mixing 500 grams of iron at 200° C. with 3 kilograms of oil, the temperature of
the oil is raised from 15° C. to 20°,C. Find the specific heat of the oil. (Specific
heat of iron=0.113.)
(c.) A mass of air whose volume is 210 c.c. when the barometer stands at 760 m.m. has
a volume of 240 c.c. when carried up to a certain height. What was the reading
of the barometer at the latter height, assuming that the temperature remained
constant? M 152 Public Schools Report. 1925
History'. (Time, 2 hours.)
[Answer any five questions.]
Value.
20 1. ("••) Give a brief account of Mohammed.
(6.) Outline the extension of Mohammedan conquest up to the battle of Tours in 732.
20 2. Write a brief essay on Charlemagne, touching especially upon the extent of his
conquests, law and government, education and the Church.
20 3. Explain the four chief results of the Crusades to England and to Europe generally.
20 4. (a.) What effect on Middle and Western Europe had the advance of the Mohammedans on the Bosphorus?
(5.) Show how the progress of the Saracens affected trade routes and navigation.
20 5. (a.) Describe briefly the condition of the French people prior to the Revolution.
(b.) What act on the part of Napoleon brought him into prominence?
(c.) Describe in a few words the conflict between Napoleon and England in the war
up to the Peace of Amiens.
(d.) Give a short outline of that work of Napoleon which was more important than his
military achievements.
20 6. Describe the great advance in agriculture, manufacture, and transportation during
the latter part of the eighteenth and the early part of the nineteenth centuries.
20 7. Write a brief explanatory note on each of the following men: Roger Bacon, Martin
Luther, Sir Thomas More, Hampden, Cavour.
20 8. Outline the work of Bismarck in Germany.
1. Simplify;
Arithmetic. (Time, 2 hours.)
[All work must be shoicn.]
2 3 o 3
(a.) gxjf-ofj.
.125+ .25
v ' .625 + .375
10 2. A pole of a circus tent is held in place by ropes 111 feet long running from the top
of the pole to stakes 105 feet from the base of the pole. How high is the pole?
12 3. How many square yards of tin will be required to make S dozen pails, without covers,
9 inches in diameter and 7% inches deep, allowing 3 square feet for seams and
waste on each dozen pails?
12 4. A quart of milk supplies as much of both protein and energy as % lb. of beef or
S eggs. When milk is 12 cents per quart, beef 25 cents per pound, and eggs
30 cents per dozen, what per cent, is saved by buying milk instead of beef?
instead of eggs?
12 5. A man commenced business with $3,000 capital. The first year he gained 22%%,
which he added to his capital; the second year he gained 30% of the whole sum
and again added the gain to the capital; the third year he lost 16%% of his
entire capital. How much did he make during the three years? 16 Geo. 5 Part III.—Appendices. M 153
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14 6. A baseball ground is 480 feet long and 360 feet wide. It is enclosed by a close board
fence 12 feet high, supported by posts placed 10 feet apart, to which are attached
three stringers 2 inches by 4 inches running the full length of the fence. The top
of the fence is covered by a round rail. The posts cost 45 cents each; the
stringers, $32 per M.; the boards, 1 inch thick, $32 per M.; and the rail 2% cents
a linear foot. Find the total cost of the lumber.
16 7. Find the proceeds of a note for $900, dated Dec. 1, 1924, at 2 months with interest
at 7% per annum and discounted at a bank on Dec. 15th at 6% per annum.
16 8. Mr. Brown owned a farm which rented at $411.45 per annum. He sold the farm for
$8,229 and invested the proceeds in 6% stock at 105, paying %% brokerage. Was
his yearly income increased or decreased, and how much?
Agbicultuee. (Time, 2 hours.)
[Qttestions are of equal value. Answer six only,.]
1. (a.) Write a concise account of how soils were made.
(6.) Explain the following terms as applied to soils: Loam, sedentary, transported, glacial,
alluvial, heavy, light, warm.
2. Scanty rainfall during the summer months is one difficulty with which the farmers and fruit
growers of B.C. have to contend. Mention two ways by which this difficulty may be
overcome and explain clearly how each method is carried out.
3. Give brief instructions under the following heads for the growing of an acre of potatoes:
(a) Choice and preparation of soil; (b) amount and choice of seed for either early or
late crop; (o) preparation of seed (cutting and treating) ; (d) planting; (e) subsequent
care; (/) yield expected.
4. (a.) Garden plants may be classified as annuals, biennials, and perennials. Explain these
• terms and say to which class the following belong: Lettuce, carrot, asparagus, peas,
cabbage, celery, rhubarb, pumpkin, onion.
(6.) Make a second list of these vegetables and state after each which part of the plant is
used for human food.
5. (a.) Name the two types of swine and name two breeds belonging to each type.
(b.) Sheep are sometimes classed as fine-wool, middle-wool, and long-wool breeds. Give an
example of each. Which of the three would also be classed as a mutton breed and
why?
6. (a.) England and Scotland have each produced two fine breeds of beef cattle. Name these
breeds in each case.
(b.) Give some of the most important characteristics of a good beef animal.
7. (a.) Trace briefly the life-history of any two of the following species of insects: Locust
(grasshopper), cabbage-butterfly, any species of cutworm, codling-moth, tent-
caterpillar.
(6.) Indicate the character of the injury done by each of the two species described and state
what remedial measures you would employ to destroy them.
8. (a.) Give directions for the planting and subsequent care of any one of the following:
Loganberry, strawberry, raspberry.
(b.) How are new plants obtained in the case of all three of the above varieties?
9. (a.) Give what you consider to be the essential features of a good poultry-house.
(b.) Give concise directions for the care and feeding of laying hens during the three winter
months. M 154 Public Schools Report. 1925
Grade XL, Junior Matriculation and Normal Entrance.
Greek. (Time, 2 hours.)
Value.
10 1. Decline in the singular tis, ti, acra-i's, Trar-qp, tx-qv.
12 2. Decline irds and dk-qOrfi in all genders and numbers.
6 3. Write the imperfect passive indicative, the present active subjunctive, the present
active optative of troieoj.
6 4. Write the second person singular of the imperative (a.) present active, (b.) aorist
middle, (c.) aorist passive of rip,d, KaAew, Yjoaoyucu, evyo>,
(Xavvd), a.Kov(i>, kap.i3d.vto.
20 8. Translate into English :—
(a.) eoeurav p.-q ol e^Opol TipinOeiev.
(b.) iav Se tous (TTpariioTas dSiKy , oi'K edeky'irropev iirewOai avro).
(c.) tfyjTovv rovq apyovra-i 'iva irepl rovrotv o-vp./3ovkevoivro avrols.
(d.) ira.vo-iop.e9a, & dvSpeote(. (roenn.)
(3.) ©ie Ijaben ntdjt oerfudjt ben S)om ju befdjretbcn- @§ roar iljnen
nidjt mogltd). (roetl.)
18 8. Put into German :--.—
The diligent student gets up in the morning not later than half past seven.
After he has washed and dressed himself, he eats his breakfast quickly,
for he wishes to go to school at a quarter to nine. There he has
classes until noon, when he goes home for lunch. If he has no classes
in the afternoon, he can take a walk or play tennis after he has studied
for a couple of hours. In the evening he must study again until he
gets tired, then he goes to bed and falls asleep at once. 16 Geo. 5 Part III.-—-Appendices. M 167
Value.
18 9. Put into German :—
(1.) You (sing.) can learn German if you want to.
(2.) That book is not yours, it is mine; please give it to me.
(3.) What one eats on the train often tastes better than what one eats at
home.
(4.) We left for Victoria on Wednesday, the twenty-fourth of May, 1925,
at 10.30 a.m. (numbers in full).
(5.) I know that he knows German and that he knows many Germans.
(6.) He thought that he had brought enough money with him.
Botany. (Time, 2 hours.)
[Questions are of equal value. Answer five only. Illustrate your answers by carefully drawn
diagrams.]
1. By diagrams, with brief descriptions, show the distinctions between monocotyledons and
dicotyledons in seeds, stems, leaves, and flowers.
2. How do our plants prepare for winter conditions?
3. Arrange ferns, fungi, mosses, algse, and club-mosses in the order of their complexity, and give
reasons for your answer.
4. (a.) What is meant by transpiration?
(6.) In what ways is transpiration of importance in the life of a plant?
(c.) Describe four modifications in plant structure which may influence the rate of transpiration.
5. Give diagrams to illustrate the flower structure of one member of each of the following
families. Choose specific examples and use either diagrammatic longitudinal sections or
floral diagrams. Label fully.
(a) Rosacea?; (6) Scrophulariacese; (c) Graminea?; (d) Labiate?.
6. What is the advantage of each of the following: The colours, the odours, the shapes, and the
duration of flowers?
German Translation. (Time, 2 hours.)
Value.
60 1. Put into English :—
(a.) 9(6er bte j?finigtn roar erne fel)r Huge gran, bie meljr tun tonnte al§ in
einer fiaroffe fasten, ©ie natpn tljre grofje golbene ©d)ere, fdjnitt
em gro^e§ ©tiicf ©etbengeug unb mad)te einen Hetnen SSeutet, ben
fullte fie mit feiuer Suchtnetjengru^e, banb tJm auf ben 9-tMen ber
j^prtnjeffin unb fdjnitt bemn ein Heineg Sod) in ben 93eutel, fo baB bie
®rii|e ben ganjen Sffieg, ben bte SPrinjeffin paffierte, Beftreuen fonnte.
(b.) 35a roar er gang Befdjamt unb ftedte ben JJopf unter ben glftgel; er rouble
felBft nidjt, roa§ er tun follte; er roar fetjr glMlid), aber gar nidjt
ftoljj. (Sr badjte baron, roie man iljn geBiffen unb gefd)lagen Ijatte,
unb Ijorte nun alte fagen, bafj er ber fdjonfte alter fdjonen 33ogeI fei.
35a f)o6 er ben fdjbnen, langen .SpalS unb rief: ,,@o ntel ©li'tcf Babe
id) mir nidjt traumen laffen, al§ id) nod) ba§ B,afjlid)e (Sntletn roar! "
(c.) ^e^t mujjten bie jroei 6d)§lein fiir iB,rer bret arBeiten. SBa§ tljnen aBer,
neBft Stiffen, ©djtagen, Jpungerleiben, ba§ SeBen ooltenbS oerletbete, M 168 Public Schools Report.- 1925
Value.
baS roar ba§ Jpeimroelj uad) bent Braoen ,£>ang. ©ie trauerten unb
rourben nerftodt unb taten afleg nerfeljrt. 35e§6aIB fprad) ber $eter
leife ju feittem SBeiB : ,,35te Odjfen finb mir aud) nerljert." S3alb
rourben bte (Sfjeleute eing, bafi fie bag $aar fi'tr etn ©pottgelb bent
9Jcel$ger nerfauften ; ber fdjtadjtete fie in ber ©tabt.
(d.) 3d) fanb etn Sett ju fitDer Shit)'
3Iuf roetdjen, griinen fatten ;
35er 2Birt, er beetle felbft mid) ju
9Jiit feinem fulilen ©ctjatten.
9cun fragt' id) nad) ber ©d)ulbigfeit,
35a fcBi'tttett' er ben SBipfel.
©efegnet fei er atlejeit
Son ber SBur^el Big jum ©ipfel!
(«•) 35er Sonig ftieren Slicfg ba fag,
9Jtit fd)Iotternben finten unb totenBtag.
35ie Snedjtenfdjar faf-j fait burd)graut,
Unb fajj gar ftiff, gab feinen Saut.
35ie SJcagier tauten, bod) feiner nerftanb
3u beuten bie gtammenfd)rift an ber 3Sanb.
Selfagar roarb aber in feibtger 9cad)t
95on feinen J?ned)ten umgeBrad)t.
(/•) Unb al§ ber friifje 3ftorgen in Often Eaum gegraut,
35a Ijat ein feltneg @d)aufpiel int Sager man gefd)aut;
@§ offnet leife, leife fid) bag bebrctngte £or,
(S§ fdjroanft ein 3ug mm SSeiBern mit fdjroerem ©djritt Ijeruor.
35tef Beugt bte Saft fie nieber, bie auf bem Deaden ruBt,
©ie tragen ifyre ©fj&errn, ba§ ift ifyr ttebfteg @ut.
,,JpaIt an bte argen SBetber!" ruft broljenb mand)er 9Btd)t;
35er Tangier fprtdjt Bebeutfam: ,,35a§ roar ber SJceinung nidjt."
10 2. Translate at sight:—
(Sin 93tend)en tranf au§ etnent 33acl) unb fiet in bag SBaffer. 35a§ fal) eine
£au6e, bie auf einem Sautn fa§. ©djnett brad) fie ein S3tatt non bem
33aum unb roarf eg in ben Sad). 35ag 23iend)en fdjroamm nad) bem
S3iatte unb Ijalf fid) glitcflid) au§ bem SBaffer. 92ad) etniger 3^ii fajj bte
£aube roieber auf bemfelben 23aunt. 35a ram ein 3iager un^ raoflte bte
SauBe fdjieffen. 2113 bag SBtendjen ben ^ciger faf), flog e§ fdjneU herbei,
ftad) ben Sctger in bie $anb, unb—puff! ging ber ©djufj in bie Suft. ©o
oergait bag SSiendjen ber £aube i6)re SSoljltat.
12 3. Put into German :—
Once there was a lazy boy who did not like to go to school. But he had
to go because his father wished it. He could never do his lessons well
in class, for when the others were working, ho would never pay attention. So he often had to stay in after school and study while the
others played.
18 4. Write in German a description of the city or district in which you live (about
half a page). 16 Geo. 5 Part III.—Appendices. M 169
Grade XL, Normal Entrance.
Geogbaphy. (Time, 2 hours.)
[Answer questions 1, 2, 3, 4, and any two of questions 5, 6, 7. Illustrate answers,
whenever possible, by sketch-maps or diagrams.]
Value.
10 !• (»•) The longitude of two locations is each 110° west. The latitude of one is 30"
north and the other is on the Arctic circle. How many miles (approximately) are the locations apart?
(6.) Explain the following: isobars, igneous rock, doldrums,
(e.) When do neap tides occur?
10 2. Describe clearly the production of either rice or raw cotton under the following
headings:
(a.) Climatic conditions.
(b.) Method of cultivation,
(c.) Economic value and principal producing countries.
20 3. (a.) Write comprehensively on one of the following topics:—
The Fisheries of the Atlantic Coast of Canada.
Canada's Export Trade.
Transportation Facilities of Canada.
(6.) Name and locate the most productive Canadian mine for each of the following:
gold, nickel, lead-zine, asbestos,
(c.) " Canada is the land of the future." Why?
20 4. (a.) Account for the greatness of Great Britain as an industrial and commercial
nation.
(6.) Name and locate live of the great industries of England. Associate at least one
city with each,
(c.) The greatness of London " is due to many causes." Enumerate these.
20 5- Sketch a map of the Mississippi Itiver System and the Great Lakes. On this mark
the location of:—
(a.) The corn, rice, and tobacco producing areas.
(&.) The twelve largest cities. Select any four of these and account for the
importance of each.
20 6. Describe Brazil or India under the following headings :—
(a.) Surface and drainage.
(&.) Climate.
(c.) Principal products and important cities.
(d.) Trade.
20 7. Answer the following in regard to " Lumbering in British Columbia " :—
(a.) Where are the most valuable forests situated? Why?
(&.) What are the principal trees cut by the lumbermen? What qualities make
them marketable?
(c.) Where are four of the largest sawmills?
(d.) Where do the lumbermen sell their finished product?
(e.) What was the approximate timber cut for 1924 (in board-feet) ?
(f.) What was the total estimated damage in 1924 through forest fires? M 170 Public Schools Report. 1925
Grade XII., Senior Matriculation.
Biology. (Time, 3 hours.)
[Questions are of equal value. Answer five only. Illustrate your answers
with diagrams.]
1. Write a brief account of the characteristics which are common to both plants and animals.
How would you differentiate between plants and animals? Illustrate your answer by a
description of a unicellular plant and a unicellular animal.
2. What is meant by the "alternation of generations"? Describe fully the life-history of a
plant and of an animal to illustrate your answer.
3. Give five examples of cells (either plant or animal) which have become specialized for the
performance of particular functions. By what modifications is each cell dealt with above
specially adapted to the work which it performs?
4. (a.) What is meant by osmosis?
(6.) Discuss the importance of osmosis in the life-processes of plants and animals.
5. Explain what is meant by the " Law of Recapitulation " and give three examples.
6. Describe either the pectoral girdle and forelimbs or the pelvic girdle and hind limbs of the
frog.
German Grammar and Composition. (Time, 3 hours.)
Value.
1. Put into German :—
18 (a.) The most interesting thing that the American students did in Germany
was to take a trip up the Rhine. The boat left Cologne at half-
past nine in the morning and did not arrive in Rudesheim until
nine o'clock in the evening, so they spent the whole day on the
beautiful and romantic river. The sides of the mountains were
covered with vineyards and almost every peak was crowned with
an old castle. These splendid buildings, towering up so proudly
from out the green forests, were not only picturesque to look at,
but also called up many old legends and tales.
15 (b.) During their stay in Germany the two Americans learned many new
things about the country and the people, although they found that
in such a short time they could not see all that they would have
liked to see. If they had been able to stay longer, they would
have spent more time in South Germany, for they thought it was
most beautiful. But they also found many interesting things to
see in Berlin and wished that they could stay there for a whole
winter.
16 2. Put into German :—
(1.) Paul's uncle, whose eldest son had been in America, could speak
English.
(2.) What they liked best in Germany was the arrangement of the trains.
(3.) They finally succeeded in finding their relatives.
(4.) I am sorry, but I don't care for that book at all.
(5.) One likes to do what is pleasant, one ought to do what is right.
(6.) They had to hurry, for their train was to leave in half an hour.
(7.) They had had their luggage sent to the hotel, because they were not
able to carry it.
(8.) We have not been permitted to speak English in our German class. 16 Geo. 5 Part III.—Appendices. M 171
Value.
9 3. Construct sentences (third person singular) using the following verbs in the
present, perfect, and future tenses : Bereinfommen ; fid) erinnern ; iiberfeljen.
12 4. Put into German :—
(1.) Karl told him that the castle was at the other end of the town.
(2.) Fritz said that he had never seen such a beautiful park.
(3.) His uncle said that he would go with them to Berlin.
(4.) If it rains to-morrow, I shall not go.
(5.) One could see more, if one could travel more slowly.
(6.) If they had gone to Heidelberg, they would have visited the old castle.
6 5. Rewrite in the passive :—
(!•) ©ein greunb fdjretBt iljm einen langeu Srief.
(2.) Man rotrb imtner bag @oetl)e=,£>aug Befudjen.
(3.) 9Jcan Iwt ben Corner im 15. ^afjrfunbert geBaut.
24 6. Write in German (about 20 lines) a description of Germany, or the story of the
Mousetower.
English Literature. (Time, 3 hours.)
14 1. With definite references to incidents in the story, discuss the skill shown in differentiating the characters in " The Sire de Maletroit's Door " or " On Greenhow Hill."
14 2. Within two pages, write a comparison of the two plays, " Electra " and "Julius
Caesar," showing the main differences between the drama of the Greeks and
that of Shakespeare.
10 3. What is meant by Foreshadowing and Dramatic Irony in the Drama? Illustrate your
answer with two examples of each from " The School for Scandal."
14 4. Set forth the principal incidents in " A Doll's House " that show the gradual development of Nora Helmer.
14 5- Within two pages, set forth the chief characteristics of the poetry of Rupert Brooke
or of Thomas Hardy.
12 6. On one of the following themes write an essay setting forth some of the ideas found
in " An Anthology of Modern Verse " :—
(a.) The Poet's Love for the Open Road.
(6.) The Relationship between Man and his Creator.
10 7. Quote a passage of about fourteen lines and write notes pointing out its particular
virtues or beauties.
12 S. Write concisely on each of the following:—
(a.) The Setting in "Ethan Brand."
(6.) The Importance of Jupiter in "The Gold-Bug."
(c.) Pathos in " Rab and his Friends." M 172 Public Schools Report. 1925
Physics. (Time, 3 hours.)
[Questions are of equal value. Answer nine only.]
1. An accelerating force of 10 lb. acts on a mass of 120 lb. for 5 seconds starting from rest.
Find the acceleration, velocity at the end of the 5 seconds, the distance traversed, and
the work done (expressed in two different units).
2. (a.) How long a plank will be needed to enable us to roll an iron safe weighing 1% tons
into a wagon 3 feet high with a pull of 600 lb. parallel to the incline? What is the
mechanical advantage?
(&.) A block of stone weighs 1,656 lb.; its volume is 10 cubic feet. What is its density and
how much will it weigh when suspended in water?
3. (a.) Define, briefly, the terms cohesion, viscosity, capillarity, surface tension, and osmosis.
(6.) How does the molecular theory explain the expansion of a substance when heated and
the cooling effect of the evaporation of a liquid?
4. (a.) Define the terms relative humidity, critical temperature, mechanical equivalent of heat
and efficiency of a steam-engine.
(&.) A litre of hydrogen at standard temperature and pressure weighs .0S96 gram. Find
the weight of a cubic metre of hydrogen at 15° C. and SO cm. pressure.
5. (a.) Show how the pitch of both open and closed organ-pipes may be determined and why
the quality of the sounds given by them is different.
(&.) A certain stretched wire has a frequency of 256 vibrations per second. What would be
its frequency if it were (1) twice as long, (2) stretched with twice the force?
6. (a.) Define focus, index of refraction, bright line spectrum, and magnifying power of a
simple microscope.
(b.) An object is placed 15 cm. in front of a spherical mirror and its image is found to be
40 cm. behind the mirror. Find, from the mirror formula, the focal length of the
mirror and whether it is concave or convex; then draw a diagram, roughly to scale,
showing why the image is so placed.
7. (a.) Different wave lengths in ether radiations manifest themselves as entirely different
phenomena. Name these different phenomena which have been investigated and
give some idea of the wave length in each case.
(b.) When looking at a building through the ordinary glass of a window, why do straight
lines of the building appear so distorted? What makes them appear to move as
you move your head slightly?
8. (a.) Explain the construction and action of an electrical condenser.
(&.) What is the fundamental difference in the construction of alternating and direct current
dynamos?
9. An electric iron takes 6 amperes at 110 volts. Find its resistance, the cost of operating it
for one hour at 6 cents per kilowatt-hour, the number of calories of heat it generates
every second, and its power consumption expressed in horse-power.
10. (a.) Draw a diagram of an ordinary electromagnet, showing clearly the direction of the
current and the position of the poles. How could you wind a wire around a piece
of iron in such a way that no magnetic poles would be formed when a current is
passed through the wire?
(6.) State the laws of electrolysis.
(A maximum of 15 marks will be allowed for a properly certified laboratory note-book.) 16 Geo. 5 Part III.—Appendices. M 173
Trigonometry. (Time, 3 hours.)
Value.
12 I. (a.) Express 51° 17' 45" as a decimal of a right angle to 5 places of decimals.
(6.) Prove 3 tan2 30° +1- cos2 30° = 1 sec2 45° + i sin2 60° + f sin 90°.
(c.) Prove sin4 6 + sin2 6=2-3 cos2 d + cos4 6.
12 2. A man observes a spire in a direction E. 10° N, He walks 500 yards to the S.E.
and observes that the bearing of the spire is N.E. How far is he now from
the spire] Given tan 55° = 1.4280.
12 3. (a.) Solve 2 sin A tan A+ 1 =tan A+ 2 sin A.
(b.) Prove cos (180° - A) = - cos A. (Use a diagram.)
b c
16 4. (a.) In any triangle prove
sin A sin B sin C
(b.) In any triangle prove tan = cot ._.
2 a + b 2
(c.) Prove cos (A + B) = cos A cos B - sin A sin B.
-I r-. co t, sin x + sin 2x + sin 3x , n
12 5. Prove = tan 2x.
cos x + cos 2x + cos 3x
18 6. Given A = 37° 27', B = 72° 11', a = 10, find c.
sin 37° 27'= .6081 L sin 37° 27'= 9.7840 log 155 = 2.1900.
sin 70° 22'= .9419 L sin 70° 22' = 9.9740
sin 72° 11'= .9520 L sin 72° 11' = 9.9787
18 7. Given a = 681, c = 243, B = 50° 42', find the angles A and C. (Use 4(b).)
log'438 = 2.64147 log cot 25° 21'= 0.32443
log 924 = 2.96567 log tan 45° 0' 57" = 0.00023
Latin Prose Composition, Sight Translation, and Roman History.
(Time, 3 hours.)
A. Latin Prose Composition.
50 Translate into Latin :—
(a.) We would rather die free than live as slaves.
(b.) You will scarcely venture to deny that duty was sometimes at variance with
interest.
(c.) He promised to supply the army with food and clothing.
(d.) The exiles believed that they had reached the locality from which their forefathers were sprung.
(e.) He pretended that it was not for the sake of gain but of friendship that he had
given me all the books which his brother had left.
(/.) All the world believes that the moon moves round the earth.
. (g.) The island'is surrounded by the sea which you call the ocean.
(h.) You cannot, said he, injure your country without bringing loss and ruin to
yourself and your own affairs.
(i.) So far am I from having said everything, that I could take up the whole of the
day in speaking; but I do not wish to be tedious.
(j.) And therefore, my country-men, do not believe that I, who have so often led
you to the field of battle, am afraid to-day of fortune leaving me. M 174 Public Schools Report. 1925
B. Sight Translation.
Value.
35 Appio Claudio consule coeptum est primum adversus Poenos bellum. Cum Messanam,
Slciliae urbem, Carthaginienses et Hiero, rex Syracusanus, obsiderent, Appius
Claudius ad Messanam liberandam missus est. Consul primo ad explorandos hostes
nave piscatoria traiecit freturn inter Italiam et Siciliam interiectum. Ad quern
venerunt nuntii ab Hannone, Poenorum duce, hortantes ad pacem conservandam.
Cum vero consul nullas coudiciones admitteret, nisi Poeni ab oppugnatione desis-
terent, iratus Hanno exclamavit, se non esse passurum Romanos vel manus in mari
Siculo abluere. Non tamen potuit prohibere, quin Claudius in Siciliam legionem
traduceret, et Poenos Messana expelleret. Deinde Hiero apud Syracusas victus est.
Qui eo periculo territus Romanorum amicitiam petiit, et in eorum societate postea
constanter permansit.
C. Roman History.
15 1. What were the causes of the Plebeian struggle for political equality? Write notes ou
the Tribunes of the People, and on the Assembly of the Tribes, showing the effects
of these institutions on popular liberty.
2. Write a short story of Hannibal's march into, and campaign in, Italy.
3. Give a short account of the trial of Gaius Verres.
Algebra. (Time, 3 hours.)
12 1. Solve: a;3 + 2/3 = 351
x2 - xy + y2= 39.
14 2. The distances which a man travels in successive days are in A. P. At the end of
the 5th day he has gone 100 miles and at the end of the 7th day 150 miles.
How long will he take to complete 300 miles in all ?
12 3. In a G.P. the first term is 7, the last is 448, and the sum is 889. Find the series.
12 4. (a.) If 15*2+ Ixy- 8y2 = 0, find x:y.
(b.) Solve: (^±3)3 + (,-l)a^65-
v ' (2x + 3)s - (x - If 63
12 5. The weight of a sphere varies as its density and the cube of its radius. The
densities of two spheres are as 2:3 and their radii as 15:7. If the weight of
the first is 50 lb., find the weight of the second.
14 6. (a.) Find the equation whose roots are m and n when ?n + n = 10 and ran — 16.
(b.) If (m - l)ic2 - (4m + 4)ic + 7m + 1 = 0 has equal roots, find m.
12 7. («.) In how many ways can 7 quarters and 5 ten-cent pieces be given to 12 boys,
one coin to each 1
(6.) In a town there are three different letter-boxes. In how many ways can 5
letters be posted 1
12 8. (a.) Find the coefficient of x~15 in (x + ~
\ x
(b.) Expand (1 -\-2x)~'* to four terms. 16 Geo. 5 Part III.—Appendices. M 175
Latin Authors. (Time, 3 hours.)
Value.
16 1- Translate:—
Difficile est dictu, Quirites, quanto in odio simus apud exteras nationes propter
eorum, quos "ad eas per hos annos cum imperio misimus, libidines et iniurias.
Quod enim fanum putatis in illis terris nostris magistratibus religiosum, quam
domum satis clausam ao munitam fuisse? FJrbes iam locupletes et copiosae
requiruntur, quibus causa belli propter diripiendi cupiditatem inferalur.
Libenter haec coram cum Q. Catulo et Q. Hortensio, summis et clarissimis
viris, disputarem. Noverunt enim sociorum volnera, vident eorum calami-
tates, querimonias audiunt. Pro sociis vos contra hostis exercitum mittere
putatis, an nostrum simulatione contra socios atque amicos? Quae civitas
est in Asia quae non modo imperatoris aut legati, sed unius tribuni militum
animos ac spiritus capere possitf
(1.) Account for mood of simus, infcratur, disputarem, possit.
(2.) What was, generally, the nature of Roman administration of conquered provinces
in Cicero's time?
20 2. Translate:—
Verum ubi ductores acie revocavcris ambo,
Deterior qui visus, eum, ne prodigus obsit,
Dede neci; melior vacua sine regnet in aula.
Alter erit maculis auro squalentibus aniens;
Nam duo sunt genera : hie melior, insignis et ore
Et rutilis clarus squamis; Hie horridus alter
Desidia, latamque trahens inglorius alvom.
Ut binae regum facies, ita corpora plebis.
Namque aliae turpes horrent, ceu pulvere ab alto
Cum venit et sicco terrain spuit ore viator
Aridus ; elucent aliae et fulgore coruscant,
Ardentes auro et paribus lita corpora guttis.
Haec potior suboles, bine caeli tempore certo
Dulcia mella premes, nee tantum dulcia, quantum
Et liquida et durum Bacchi domitura saporem.
(1.) Parse and give principal parts of revocavcris, ardens, lita, domitura.
(2.) Parse sine. Account for mood of regnet.
12 3. Translate:—
His quidam signis atque haec exempla secuti
Esse apibus partem divinae mentis et haustus
Aetherios dixere; deum namque ire per omnes
Terrasque tractusque maris caelumque profundum;
Hinc pecudes, armenta, viros, genus omne ferarum,
Quemque sibi tenues nascentem arcessere vitas;
Scilicet hue reddi deinde ac resoluta referri
Omnia, nee morti esse locum, sed viva volare
Sideris in numerum atque alto succedere caelo.
Scan: Terrasque tractusque maris caelumque profundum..
Indicate the caesura by a double vertical line.
18 4. Translate:—
' Dis equidem auspicibus reor et Iunone secunda
' Hunc cursum Iliacas vento tenuisse carinas.
' Quam tu urbem, soror, hanc cernes, quae surgere regna
' Coniugio tali! Teucrum comitantibus armis,
' Punica se quantis attollet gloria rebus!
' Tu modo posce deos veniam, sacrisque litatis M 176 Public Schools Report. 1925
Value.
' Indulge hospitio, causasque innecte morandi,
' Dum pelago desaevit hiemps et aquosus Orion,
' Quassataeque rates, dum non tractabile caelum.'
His dictis incensum animum inflammavit amore,
Spemque dedit dubiae menti, solvitque pudorem.
(1.) Coniugio tali—account for case.
(2.) What is the usual meaning of litaref
14 5. Translate:—
Reginam thalamo cuuctantem ad limina primi
Poenorum exspectant, ostroque insignis et auro
Stat sonipes, ac frena ferox spumantia mandit.
Tandem progreditur magna stipante caterva
Sidoniam picto chlamydem circumdata limbo:
Qui pharetra ex auro, crines nodantur in aurum,
Aurea purpuream subnectit fibula vestem.
(1.) Derivation of sonipes?
(2.) Account for case of chlamydem.
20 6. Translate:—
' Quae quibus anteferam? lam iam nee maxima Iuno,
' Nee Saturnius haec oculis pater aspicit aequis.
' Nusquam tuta fides. Eiectum litore, egentem
' Excepi, et regni demens in parte loeavi ;
' Amissam classem, socios a morte reduxi.
' Heu furiis incensa feror! Nunc augur Apollo,
' Nunc Lyciae sortes, nunc et love missus ab ipso
' Interpres divom fert horrida iussa per auras.
' Scilicet is snperis labor est, ea cura quietos
' Sollicitat. Neque te teneo, neque dicta refello.
' I, sequere Italians ventis; pete regna per undas. -
' Spero equidem mediis, si quid pia numina possunt,
' Supplicia hausurum scopulis, et nomine Dido
' Saepe vocaturum. Sequar atris ignibus absens;
' Et cum frigida mors anima seduxerit artus
' Omnibus umbra locis adero. Dabis, improbe, poenas;
' Audiam, et haec manes veniet mihi fama sub imos.'
(1.) Scilicet—derivation?
(2.) Case of Dido?
(3.) Atris ignibus. Explain.
(4.) Write note on manes.
Geometry. (Time, 3 hours.)
11 1. To describe an isosceles triangle having each of the angles at the base double the
third angle.
11 2. The rectangle contained by the diagonals of a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle is
equal to the sum of the rectangles contained by its opposite sides.
11 3. If any point is taken on the circumference of the circumscribed circle of a triangle,
the projections of this point on the three sides of the triangle are collinear. 16 Geo. 5 Part III.—Appendices. M 177
Value.
7 4. (a.) The points where the bisectors of the exterior angles at A, B, C of the triangle
ABC meet BC, CA, and AB, respectively, are collinear.
7 (b.) In a semicircle of diameter 2 inches inscribe a square having two of its vertices
on the arc and the other two on the diameter. (Give construction only.)
[N.B.—Graph paper is supplied. An accurate diagram must be drawn for each of the
following questions.]
12 5- (a.) Find the length of the line joining (—3,-7) and (2,5).
(6.) A is the point (—4, 3), B the point (1, 4), and C| lies on AB produced. Given
AC : CB=3: 2, find the co-ordinates of C.
(c.) Find the area of the triangle (3, 0), (5, 4), (3, —2).
10 6. (a.) Find the equation of the line joining (—3, 7) and (2, —5).
(&.) Find the equation of the line through (—1, —4) having slope —•%.
12 7. (a.) Derive the condition that one line shall be perpendicular to another.
(&.) Find the equation of the line through the intersection of Sx+4y+12=0 and
2x—3y=Q, and perpendicular to the latter line.
8 8. Find the radius and the co-ordinates of the centre of the circle x2-\-y2—4x+6y—12=0.
Draw the circle.
11 9. Derive the equation for the tangent to a circle x2-\-y'233=r2 in the form x x^y y13=.f.
Draw the tangent when »i=5 and (xlt y1)=(—3, 4).
French Language. (Time, 3 hours.)
30 I- Traduction:—
" Moliere belongs to no nation," said a great English actor (Kemble) ; " one day
the god of comedy, wishing to write, became a mail, and happened to fall in
France." I accept this; but in becoming man he found himself, at the same
time, a man of the seventeenth century and a Frenchman. Only the French
art of the seventeenth century could succeed in amusing honest folk, for it
consists in leading by an agreeable path to general notions.
10 2. (a.) Frangaisde:—
The man of whom I speak:
The table of which I think.
The boys whom I see.
Whom do you call?
I give you all I have.
(?).) Corrigez s'il est necessaire:—
On a joue du violin et on a dance au marriage du soldat. Apres dinner,
plusiers persons ont visits l'apartment et la gallerie de tableaux oft il y a
beaucoup des vieiles peintures.
20 3- Frangais de:—
(a.) Before he has time to come back, will you speak to me about it?
(&.) She has just shut the window and is working near the fire,
(c.) You ought to go and see the wood in autumn.
(d.) The Italian captain was seen advancing towards the French lieutenant.
(e.) He has been speaking in prose for forty years without knowing it.
12 M 178 Public Schools Report. 1925
Value.
10 4. (a.) Placez les adverbes correctement:—
Je le vois (souvent).
Je l'ai vu (rarement).
II est parti (hier).
Dites lui de parler (ne pas).
II faut travailler (bien).
(6.) Traduisez pour la comparaison:—
His orchard is the best cultivated in the village and has the best fruit.
There are more than two feet of snow on the mountain.
That hoy is not so tall as the others but he is the worst of all.
15 5- (a.) Traduisez avec le verbe faire:—
It is warm. I shall give you pleasure. He had the pupil sing. While you
show the farm to the visitor, I shall have cakes made for tea.
(&.) Frangaisde:—
In springtime—in time—in Paris—in Canada—in France—in the country.
I have my hat in my hand—the nest is in the letter-box. Return within
twenty-four hours. They are in the church.
15 6. (a.) Mettez le verbe au temps convenable:—
—D6s que je revenir on joua bien.
—Approchez afin que je vous faire la legon.
—Si je alter a la foret, m'accompagnerez-vous?
—Ce jeune homme sortir chaque soir depuis quelques semaines.
—Je lui parlerais demain, s'il venir.
—Voulez-vous qu'il s'en alter.
—Cette jument s'est-elle blesser?
—Les cadeaux qu'il a offrir sont superbes.
—II regardait jouer les autres tout en manger.
—Nous repondrons quand il nous appelcr.
(b.) Donnez les cinq temps primitifs (principal parts) de:—
mourait, ecrirai, prendrions, sache, vaiflt.
French Literature. (Time, 3 hours.)
20 i- Traduisez le passage suivant; dites qui parle et a quel propos :—
Monsieur, la plupart des gens, sur cette question n'hesitent pas beaucoup. On
tranche le mot aisement. Ce nom ne fait aucun scrupule a prendre, et l'usage
aujourd'hui semble en autoriser le vol. Pour moi, je vous l'avoue, j'ai les
sentiments sur cette matiere un peu delicats. Je trouve que toute imposture
est indigne d'un honnete homme, et qu'il y a de la lftchete a deguiser ce que
le ciel nous a fait naitre, a se parer aux yeux du monde d'un titre derobe,
a se vouloir donner pour ce qu'on n'est pas. Je suis n& de parents, sans
doute, qui ont tenu des charges honorables. Je me suis acquis dans les annes
l'honneur de six ans de services, et je me trouve assez de bien pour tenir
dans le monde un rang assez passable; mais, avec tout cela, je ne veux
point me donner un nom oft d'autres, en ma place, croiraient pouvoir
pretendre.
25 2. Donnez les principaux traits de caractere de troia des personnages importants de la
comedie. 16 Geo. 5 Part III.—Appendices. M 179
Value.
20 3. (a.) Mettez en frangais moderne (surtout les phrases en italique) :—
(1.) L'affaire est dans le sac, done, nous n'avons que faire du truchement.
(2.) J'en demeure d'accord avec vous, ce coquin de valet donne furieusement
dans les vices du temps.
(3.) Par ma foi, e'est un grand dadais, et j'espSre qu'il ne s'avisera pas
de venir ceans.
(4.) Je ne saurais me tenir de rire de le voir fagote' de la sorte.
(5.) Comme je le fus voir, et que j'entends parfaitement la langue, il
s'entretint avec moi.
(6.) Formez cinq phrases avec les expressions suivantes: de gra.ee!—prefer l'oreille—
au premier jour—force gens—comme il faut—-(donnez l'anglais).
10 4. Traduisez:—
II ne put en dire plus long, il pleurait. L'empereur, a la lueur des feux allumes
de toutes parts, vit que la jument etait atteinte d'un eclat d'obus &. la cuisse
gauche. II croisa les mains derriere son dos, sous les basques de sa redingote,
et dit: " GuSrissez-vous tous deux, je le veux! Quand vous serez gueris,
allez-vous en au pays des Cotes, vous m'avez bien servi. Seulement je
retiens son premier poulain pour ma garde, et, dans vingt ans d'ici, tu
m'enverras ton ills k toi: j'en ferai un officier."
" Oui, mon empereur."
Cette journee rendit fier Jean-Marie pour toute sa vie, qui fut longue.
25 5. Description d'un pare que vous avez visitfi, ou d'un beau jardin (celui du cure de
St. Philemon par exemple).
History. (Time, 3 hours.)
[Answer any five questions.]
12+8 1- Describe the work of Calvin in Geneva. Estimate his influence upon religion and
politics.
15 + 5 2- What were the main issues involved in the struggle between Charles I. and Parliament? What was the final outcome?
5X4 3. Write notes on: (a) Rousseau; (b) Turgot; (c) Mirabeau; (d) The Declaration
of the Rights of Man.
20 4. Discuss the causes of Napoleon's downfall.
10+10 5. What were the early effects of the Industrial Revolution upon the working classes
in England? Mention the remedies that have been attempted.
20 6. " The Paris Revolution of 1848 proclaimed, not the ' Rights of Man,' but the rights
of the working-man." Explain and discuss.
20 7- Recount the chief steps by which German unification was achieved under the direction of Bismarck.
20 8. Compare briefly the home and foreign policies of Gladstone with those of Disraeli.
20 9- Sketch the maritime and naval background of the World War.
20 10. Give a succinct account of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and summarize its results.
20 11- What appear to you to be the most important results (political, social, economic,
etc.) of the World War? M 180 Public Schools Report. 1925
English Composition. (Time, 3 hours.)
Value.
10 1. Point out definitely the particular principles violated in the following sentences, and
recast in more satisfactory form:—
(a.) I live two miles from college, which makes the trip to and from a short and
untedious one.
(«.) Miss Edwards lectured with stereopticon views, at Chickering Hall, with a
musical voice, her broken left arm in a sling, on Egypt, five or six
thousand miles away,
(o.) The ship then struck a rock, she began to slowly and steadily sink, and the
waves finally enveloped her.
(a\) I doubt very much if anyone has a harder day than this one, especially as
it comes on Monday, and Sunday is not a good day for studying, even
if you have no religious scruples concerning it.
(e.) We went home, after all our misfortunes, glad to get one night's sleep,
anyhow.
20 2. Discuss the principles of good paragraph structure as exemplified in the following,
and indicate clearly the means of explicit reference:—
"Every educated person has at least two ways of speaking his mother tongue.
The first is that which he employs in his family, among his familiar friends,
and on ordinary occasions. The second is that which he uses in discoursing
on more complicated subjects, and in addressing persons with whom he is less
intimately acquainted. It is, in short, the language he employs when he is
' on his dignity' as he puts on evening dress when he is going to dine. The
difference between these two forms of language consists, in a great measure,
in a difference in vocabulary. The basis of familiar words must be the sain3
in both, but the vocabulary appropriate to the more formal occasion will
include many terms which would be stilted or affected in ordinary talk.
There is also considerable difference between familiar and dignified language
in the matter of utterance. Contrast the rapid utterance of our every-day
dialect, full of contractions and clipped forms, with the more distinct enunciation of the pulpit or the platform. Thus in conversation we habitually
employ such contractions as I'll, don't, he'd, and the like, which we should
never use in public speaking unless of set purpose, to give a markedly
colloquial tinge to what we have to say."
10 3. Discuss the chief points to be considered in the planning and construction of an
expository theme. Illustrate your answer by making an outline for your answer
to question 4.
60 4- Write an expository essay of at least two pages on one of the following:—
(a.) One Characteristic of Contemporary Poetry.
(6.) Presence of Mind,
(c.) Cross-word Puzzles. 16 Geo. 5 Part III.—Appendices. M 181
Chemistry. (Time, 3 hours.)
[Questions are of equal value. Answer ten only.]
[Atomic weights and other data are given at end of paper.]
1. What do you understand by the following terms: (a) equivalent weight; (b) chemical
equilibrium; (c) dissociation; (d) valence; (e) normal solution?
2. (a.) Mention three different phenomena which indicate dissociation or ionization in solution.
(6.)' Compare the kinds of ions present when an acid, an alkali, and a salt respectively are
dissolved in water, and show by means of equations what happens to the ions when
an acid is neutralized by an alkali.
3. (a.) Compare the action of hot concentrated sulphuric acid on a chloride, on a bromide,
and on an iodide.
(6.) Write equations for the action of chlorine on (i) water, (ii) an aqueous solution of
potassium iodide, and (iii) methane.
4. (a.) Describe the theory and practice of the Haber process for the manufacture of ammonia
from nitrogen and hydrogen.
(6.) Write by means of partial equations the complete equations for the action of (i) concentrated nitric acid and (ii) dilute nitric acid, on metallic copper.
5. (a.) If diamonds are a form of carbon, why are they not manufactured synthetically from
carbon on a commercial scale?
(6.) Write the equation illustrating the solution of limestone in water charged with carbon
dioxide. What variety of hardness would this produce in water? Describe with
equations two methods by which this hardness could be removed.
6. Describe briefly, with equations, the theory and practice of the manufacture of sodium
carbonate or bicarbonate by either the Solvay (ammonia-soda) process or the Leblanc
(salt-cake) process. What is baking-powder and how does it act?
7. Write equations for reactions occurring when aluminium hydroxide is dissolved in sodium
hydroxide and hydrochloric acid respectively. Would you consider aluminium to be a
metallic or non-metallic element? Explain.
8. Indicate roughly the variation of the valence of elements, with respect to both hydrogen and
oxygen, as a function of their position in the periodic table. Do the same for basic
and acidic properties.
9. (a.) Write the formula for bleaehing-powder. What acid radicals does it contain? How is
it made? What is the mechanism of its bleaching action?
(&.) What is "superphosphate"? Write its formula. How is it made and what is it used
for?
10. 3 grams of metallic zinc are dropped into 100 c.c. of 1.85 normal hydrochloric acid. What
would be the normality of the acid after the zinc had dissolved?
11. What is the formula of a compound having the following composition: Fe.—=36.761%;
S—21.106%; 0=42.132%?
12. What volume would be occupied by the hydrogen obtained when 1 gram of metallic sodium
is dropped into an excess of water, if measured over water at 21° C. and at 740 mm.
pressure?
Atomic weights: H=l, 0=16, S=32, Zn=65.37, Fe=55.9; Na=23.
Vapour pressure of water at 21° C.=18.5 mm.
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1925.