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Show OUKTIONSISKEDJNPANTS WOULD PUZZLE PSRENTS; SOME Of THE QUERIES Wtj are the business houses of Salt Lake located as they are? Give some of the chief differences In our manner of obtaining food and that of Robinson Crnsoe. Why is it nece&sary to have police in Salt Lake City? Under what conditions condi-tions would police become unnecessary? These are a few of the questions asked the third jjrade pupils of Salt Lake public schools in the semester examination ex-amination last week. J Mow many of you parents enuld an- fiwrr them Just a moment now. Close vi urVves and think! How is our manner man-ner of obtaining food different from Robinson Crusoe 'sf You do not know? Yet your nine-year-old boy or girl in the third gTade, B class, is expected to know! Then, whv are the business houses of Bait Lake lorated as they aret You do not know whv is a business house citherf Sad! But the third prade pupil has to know and be able to tell it. too. The average age of B Has of the third grade pupil in the Salt Lake pub-lie pub-lie school is 9 years. Here are some of the questions asked in the examination on geography last week : Give reasons why the present location loca-tion of the State University is a good one. In what municipal ward do you live? Who are the members of the Board of Education from your ward? -Why is it necessary to have police in Salt Lake city? In the or more advanoed section of the third grade, consisting of pupils whose age j s !'.." vears. the following questions were propounded to the go ographv class: Give some differences in the manner of life of people in Central Africa and the Lapps? Give reason for the differences. Why do we not raise coffee in Utah? Trace tea from a port in China to Salt Lake City, giving direction and routes followed. Take the first one. ' an yon think of anv differences between the Central African and Lapps, unless it is a mat ter of clothes? Or than one rae is more decided brunette than the other Or what the. manner of life of the ( en tral Africans is chiefly horrible dentil owing to enlargement of the avari. e on the part of one King Leopold? But can an average third grade pupil be ex peered to know all these delicate little point of difference?'" And why don't- pardon' who do we not -raise coffee in I'tah? The R Has of the fourth grade, age, on an average n.s voars. were given these: ril and tell of the occupation of the man. Name the great heat belts of the earth, and locate them. Name the great land masses. Name the divisions of the ocean. Draw a map of your school room to a scale. B Class, Fourth Grade. Locate the cotton section of the United Unit-ed States. What are the chief cotton ports? Give conditions favorable for the production of cotton. To what manufacturing centers is our cotton shipped ? here is the great wheat producing j section of the United 8tatesT Compare Com-pare the conditions with those of the cotton section. What foreign countries are dependent depend-ent on our wheat fields? Trace wheat from a center in the United States to i a foreign port. Name States noted for the production of lemons, apples, grapes, oranges, olives, ol-ives, bananas, and give conditions most favorable for the production of each. Locate the sugar cane section, the beet sugar sections, the sorghum sections, sec-tions, and maple sugar sections. Trace mutton from a center in the United States to a foreign port, giving giv-ing routes followed. What objections are there to the grazing of flocks of sheep in the mountains moun-tains of UtahT Name three meat packing centers fn the United States. Locate one meat packing plant in Utah. Name the States noted for their dairy products. Select one of the States and tell nhv conditions are fa vorahle for dairying. Praw from memory an outline map of the United States, indicating ap proximately the position of Canada, the Atlantic ocean, the Pacific ocean, the (iulf of Mexico, the Creat lakes, Omaha, San Francisco, Penver, Salt Lake Cit, the Oregon Short Line railroad and Southern Pacific railroad. A Class, Fourth Grade. Locate the three principal lumbering sections of the United States. Name the principal States in each. Name the principal kinds of wood found in each Trace an oak chair from the forest in a orrrain lumbering se.-rion to n manufacturing center to Salt Lake Cir to a furniture dea'er, giving the routes followed. Is furniture more or less expensive now than it was ten ears ago! (iivc rrason W hat is meant bv ' f oresr reerves " ' T Locate sonic forest reserves, and give rraons for their location. Where in Utah are the following f.omd: Iron. coal. gold, sliver, copper. Nau.e o;l,ei Statts that are noted for the production of iron, coal, gold. o vei. copper, petroleum and building S! "tie Trace salmon from the place where caught to a cannery, and then to Salt Lake Citv. giv ing some of the processes necesarv and the routes followed. In what scenic center that von have studied have v ou been most interested? Tell just w hv it appeal) d to you. Locate Lo-cate it . Whv i New York an important core mercia I renter? What condition indicate that Salt Lake city will become a more import ant commercial renter? "Draw from memory an outline map of the United States, indicating approximately ap-proximately the position of Canada, the Atlantic ocean, the Pacific ocean, the Gulf cf Mexico, the gieat lakes, Oman, San Francisco. Denver, Salt Lake City, the Oregon Short Line and Southern ; Pacific railroad?. I .lust whtit th' (rfon Short I.ir.o :ir. i Southern I'm ifio hnve to ro with a nmp j of the l"n NyJ stste i not .f.-ite.. nor is a trap of the line of the j , (irnn.le W'estrrn or the Salt l.nke Kou'e eiil..) for. To r fourrh grade, pupil acf,,l on an avrmge J 1 ' vfjr". the following were put : I Locate the three principal lumhenng sections cf. the United States. Name the principal kind of wood found in each. Trace an oak chair from the forest in a certain lumbering section to a manufacturing man-ufacturing center; to Salt Lake City to a furniture dealer, giving the routes followed. What is meant by forest reserves? Locate some forest reserves and give reasons for their locations. Here i a full lisr of the eTamina tion 'luestion. How rnarv i.f them .iti you answer, parent? Class B, Third Grade. Whv are the business h"Ue of Silt Lake i i r v loeatel rhov ap-? iive reason whv 1 1,.- pr--.erf lo.-n tion of trie stare !"niversi is a c 'I one W hi-ri would v ou prefer to huiM a home in Salt Lake in .' Whv wouM v i n prefer to Lull 1 it fhere ? ( f what use are trw- uti.tth and riv rrs f .rn.e.l )n the n.ourtains to th' pe. pi" of Salt Lake it v ; N.'.T.e two streams or river near here, tell how aid where thev are forced and irto what vtir thev flow, Ies rihe the h::il'linsr of a house, n(mi::j the ntaterials used hv the pio-nei pio-nei rs. t'o'njiare that wirn a houe now lx ing ere.-fd and give reaon for the use i.f . i ; ff r-n t materials at the present time. Traee liread from vour h'.ne t a wheat f.iim. Tell or tl;e work of the various stajrea. diroetion and transpor-t transpor-t a t i c p . (iive ome i.f the rhief difference m o';r -tat. tier of .btain.Mij l'o"d and that of K. l'i.'son ('rusoe. Who is the -hief ofTieer of Salt Lake iv ? What i his title ? I ;i what municipal ward do von live? Who are the members of trv Hoard of Kd'i:it ion from vour ward? Whv is ir iec,vf,. to have police in Salt Lake 'i'v? Lnder what condition would pohre l'.e ii t. neeesga rv ? Whar is our diitv rr rja rd i r g tin- care if all of our public propertv, a.'hool book, school-houses, school-houses, school grounds, stre t. etc.f A Class, Third Grade. From what countries von have studied do we obtain fursf ("if what advantage is it to animals in that see tion to be covered with fur? In what heat belt are such animal ehieflv found f Give ome differences in the manner of life of the people of Central Africa and the Lapps? (Vive reasons for the differences. In what country or countries did you learu thit coffee is produced? Why do we not raise coffee m Utaht Trace tea from a port in China or Japan to Salt Lake ( it v. giving direction direc-tion and routes followed. Locate France as to direction from Palt Lake City. In what part of Europe Eu-rope is it? Name tome product of France. Describe a viit to a home in Bra- |