sary, solos, weasel, plague, commodities, tureen, Mormon, embalm.

PHYSIOLOGY.

1. The blood brings back certain impurities to the lungs to be expelled from the system in expiration. What are these impurities and where are they gathered up? 2. What is connective tissue and how largely does it enter into the composition of the body? What is the value of fat as a tissue? 3. Name all the bones of the leg. 4. Explain each of the following terms in connection with the digestion of food: pepsin, pancreatic juice, peptone, chyme. 5. Is the liver an organ of secretion, of excretion, or both? Why? 6. What constitutes the "white of the eye"? What gives color to the eye?" 7. Locate the heart and describe its size, shape and covering. 8. How would you stop the flow of blood from an artery? Name two poisons and their antidotes. 9. Define each of the following: sacrum, enamel, clavicle, saliva. 10. Immediately after drinking wine a sense of warmth is frequently felt. Does alcohol really impart heat to the body? Why, or why not?

LITERATURE.

1. To what period of American literature does Washington Irving belong? Mention three of his works. 2. Give the names of the five most famous American poets, and mention a short poem written by each. 3. To what class of literature do the writings of Emerson and Lord Bacon belong? Compare their writings briefly as to subjectmatter and style. 4. What is an allegory? Give the name of the world's most famous allegory, the name of its author, and the circumstances under which it was written. 5. What is the nature of epic poetry? Of lyric poetry? Give examples of each. 6. Write of the life of Thoreau and the nature of his books. Mention another author in the same field of literature. 7. Explain the connection of three of the following with American literature: Jonathan Edwards, Beniamin Franklin, Mrs. Hemans, Edwin Percy Whipple, Kate Douglas Wiggin. 8. Where was Shakespeare born? Give the approximate dates of his life. 9-10. Show your familiarity with one of the novels of Hawthorne. Scott or George Eliot, by outlining its plot, or by making a

list of the principal characters, with a descriptive sentence concerning each.

GEOGRAPHY.

1. How do ocean currents influence climate? Illustrate. 2. Compare the present government of Great Britain with that of the United States. 3. Of what commodities does the tonnage of the Great Lakes freight trade largely consist? 4. Why is England especially adapted to manufacturing. Locate three manufacturing cities of England and tell what is the chief industry of each. 5. What is a river system? Describe the drainage of southern Asia. 6. Compare the Hawaiian Islands with the Bermuda Islands as to climate, vegetation and products. 7. Locate the following mountain ranges: Caucasus, Ozark, Vosges, Sierra Madre, Atlas. 8. Define canon, tundras, delta, glacier, flord. 9. What can you say of the agricultural possibilities of western Canada? 10. Mention all the states bordering on the Mississippi from St. Paul to New Orleans and give the capital of each.

UNITED STATES HISTORY IN-
CLUDING CIVIL GOVERNMENT.

1. Who was Amerigo Vespucci and why is he mentioned in connection with American history? 2. State when and by whom the first settlement was made in each of the following colonies: Connecticut, Georgia, Pennsylvania. 3. Summarize the contents of the treaty signed at Paris in 1783. 4. State the causes of the panic of 1837. What measure was favored by President Van Buren to better the financial condition of the country? 5. State the means adopted by the abolitionists to further the anti-slavery cause. What paper was the recognized organ of the abolitionists? By whom was it edited? Mention four important events of the Civil War and show the importance of each. 7. Mention three events of the administration of President Hayes. 8. Why are the following important__in the history of our country: a The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin; b The construction of the Erie Canal; c The invention of the telegraph? What are the necessary qualifications for the office of President of the United States? 10. Describe briefly the legislative branch of the United States Government.

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Ohio State Teachers' Association called to order in Assembly Hall Hotel Victory, at 9:30. Singing of America led by A. J. Gantvoort. Prayer by Dr. Bennett.

Dr. Thompson called the convention to order and recognized Mr. J. S. Weaver, Chairman of Executive Commitee who said: It has always been so that we miss some faces at our annual meeting of those who have always been regular in their attendance. There are two members particularly who are absent from this meeting, Supt. J. W. Zeller of Findlay, who has not missed a meeting for twenty-three years.

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many of you know he is afflicted very severely at this time and is in great danger of leaving us entirely. The other member who is conspicuously absent is Dean H. G. Williams of Athens who is in the midst of a severe illness with very little hope of recov ery. I move that there be sent to each of these gentlemen a telegram in the name of this Association, a telegram of sympathy and hope and good cheer. Carried.

President Thompson appointed J. S. Weaver to prepare and send the telegrams. President Thompson also read a letter from Dean Williams.

REVENUES, ACTUAL AND POSSIBLE IN OHIO.

DR. W. O. THOMPSON.

In the assignment of the general topic of the morning it has fallen to me to

speak of revenues, actual and possible. The actual revenues will serve as a background for what may be said in the reference to the possible revenues and need take but a few statements.

The actual revenues as set forth in