1911-Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters. 1912-Awarded Gold Medal for poetry by the National Institute of Arts and Letters. 1911-His birthday celebrated in the New York City Schools, and many parts of the Nation as well as throughout Indiana, informally. 1912-October 8th, "Riley Day" in his home town of Greenfield. 1913-June 3rd, "Riley Day" at Anderson; October 7th, parade of school children past his home; October 8th, "Riley Day" at Indiana University; November 15th, "Riley Day" at Cincinnati. 1915-August 10th, Riley Day" at Columbus, Indiana. Proclamation by Governor Ralston making Riley's birthday a day of celebration throughout Indiana. October 7th, Musical Festival and dinner. 1916-Dies July 22nd, after paralytic stroke. Solutions of Problems from Indiana H. H. Scott, Supt. Van Buren Schools. Problem 87, Page 441. $50-100% of par value of 1 share. $1 of 100% of par value 2% of par value of 1 share. $61 61 × 2% of par value =122% of par value of 1 share, selling price. 3% of par value brokerage. 3% of par value semi-annual dividend. 23% of par value-6% of par value, annual dividend. 122% of par value of par value 1223% of par value, whole cost of 1 share. 6% stock bought at 100% par, yield 6% on the investment. 6% stock bought at 1% of par, yields 600% on the investment. 1 cwt. cost $.05. 1540.14 cwt. cost 1540.14 × $.05 $77.0070, amount paid for freight. 2% of the cost of the corn commission. 100% of the cost-cost. 100% of cost $1650.15. 1% of cost= 1 of $1650.15 $16.5015. 2% of cost-2 × $16.5015=$33.0030, commission. $1650.15 $77.007+ $33.003 $1760.16, total cost of corn. Problem 151, Page 450. 100% of the class number of boys and girls. 20% of the class number of boys. 100% of the class-20% of the class-80% of the class number of girls. 100% of the class 150 pupils. 20% of the class 20 x 1.5 pupils 30 pupils, number of boys. 1% of the number of girls of 120 girls=1.2 girls. 100 20% of the number of girls-20 × 1.2 girls=24 girls who failed. 1% of the number of boys 163% of the number of boys of 30 boys=.3 boys. 163 × .3 boys 5 boys who failed. 24+5=-29, number of pupils who failed. 150 pupils 100% of the class. 1 pupil of 100% of the class 3% of class. 121 pupils 121 % of class=80% of the class, who passed. Problem 15, Page 428. 8 in. 8 in. diameter of the dial. 2 in. 10 in., diameter of dial and frame. Area of any circle=square of diameter multiplied by .7854. 82 x .7854 -50.2656, number of sq. in. in dial. 102 x .7854 78.54, number of sq. in. in dial and frame. Problem 24, Page 429. 40 ft. height of center pole. 50 ft. distance from the top of the pole to the edge of the ring. 502-402=900-30, number of ft. in base of the triangle. Area of any circle= r2. 302 × 3.1416-2827.4400, number of sq. ft. in the circus ring. OUT OF THE ORDINARY. No other works of art could possibly be placed in your school that would create as much genuine pleasure among your pupils as a beautiful large oil painting of James Whitcomb Riley's famous "Old Swimmin' Hole," and a life-like bust of the beloved poet. Your school need not be without them for they can be had free of all cost. The Greenfield Art Association makes this unusual offer to every school and we want every teacher to read their novel plan in the advertising pages of this Journal. Indiana State Board Questions, With Answers, for August, 1916 ARITHMETIC. 1. Find the interest on $127.38 for 1 year, 6 months, 14 days, at 7%. 2. In computing interest by the six per cent. method, what are the reespective "multipliers" for years, months and days? What if thirty-six per cent. is made the basis? 3. How many cubic yards of dirt in a ditch 6 feet wide on top, 1 foot wide on the bottom, 3% feet deep and 40 rods long? 4. How much more water will a 2-inch pipe carry than a 1-inch pipe? 5. A cubic foot of water weighs 62 pounds, 8 ounces. of water 1 ft. 6 in. by 3 ft. 3 in. by 8 ft. 6 in. ? 6. A township wishes to raise $6,250 to pay its teachers. assessed valuation is $1,250,000? 7. What is the ratio of 4 to %? What is the weight of a tank What must be the rate if the 8. What is the difference in weight between a pound avoirdupois and a pound troy? How do the ounces differ? 3. Any sum of money at 6% interest will in one yr. gain 6% of the prin. To gain 1% of the prin. requires year. 1% is the prin. with the decimal removed two places to the left. Hence, moving the decimal point two places to the left gives 6% interest for a period of 60 days. In year 10% will be gained hence moving the decimal three places to the left will give 6% interest for a period of 6 days. In finding the various years, months and days use multiples and divisosrs of 6 and 60 days. If 36% is made the basis, the prin. will earn 1% in ten days. Hence, moving the decimal two places to the left will give the interest at 36% for 10 days. In finding the total interest by this method multiples and divisors of 10 will be used to find the total time at 36. In either case the complete answer will be increased or decreased proportionately when the rate is other than 6% or 36%. 4. The two pipes will carry approximately in the ratio of the square of 1 to the square of 2.12-1. 22—4, therefore the 2 in. pipe will carry approximately 4 times as much as the 1 in. pipe. 5. 1 ft. 6 in. 13 ft.; 3 ft. 3 in.-3 ft.; 8 ft. 6 in. 8 ft. A tank 1 ft. x 31 ft. x 8 ft. contains 41% cu. ft. 1 cu. ft. weighs 62 lbs. 711% cu. ft. weighs 41 × 62 lbs.=2589 lbs. 6. $1,250,000=100% of the assessed value. $11256000 of 100%=12500 of the assessed value. $6,250 6250 × 1500 of the assessed value of the assessed value, the rate. ་ 8. A pound avoirdupois contains 7000 grains; the pound troy, 5,760 gr. PHYSIOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC TEMPERANCE. 1. Describe the ideal sanitary conditions of a city. 2. Illustrate by a drawing the general plan of the heart, locating and naming the essential parts. 3. Name the different classes of simple foods and explain their three-fold purpose. 4. Explain the process of assimilation. 5. Describe the physiological effects of exercise. 6. Account for the nervous condition of many school heildren and suggest the means of improvement. 7. Describe the general plan of the skeleton, naming the parts. 8. Describe the structure of the eye. 1. The sanitary conditions of a city vary according to local physical conditions but there are certain elements of sanitation that are essential to health in all cities. The city should abolish the open cesspool and remove all sewage with a complete underground sewage system. The water supply should be from deep wells or where this is not available a filtering plant under the direction of the local board of health should be used. A system of municipal removal of garbage is necessary and a statute should require all garbage to be kept in covered cans and all refuse removed at frequent intervals and during time of accumulation should be screened from flies Markets should be well kept and screened and local health authorities should have the power to designate any improvements necessary for safeguarding the food supply and quarantining cases of disease in the city. 2. This can not be shown since it requires a cut. 3. All foods are divided on basis of chemical composition into three classes, proteid, carbohydrates and hydrocarbons. The characteristic of the first class is the fact that it contains nitrogen. The last two classes contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, the carbohydrates in proper proportion to form water, the latter with too much hydrogen to unite into this compound. Certain mineral salts and water are also necessary to the proper nutrition of the body. All foods serve three general purposesmaintain bodily temperature, repair disintegration and furnish energy for the bodily processes. The one great purpose of food is to furnish energy. The energy is expanded in the three ways named. 4. Assimilation is the process whereby the foods taken into the body become a part of the living cells of the body. The first step is digestion which prepares the food for absorption. This process is different for each different kind of food. Special enzymes are required for the various classes. After digestion the carbohydrates and proteids are absorbed directly into the blood of the intestinal circulation. The hydrocarbons are absorbed into the lymphatic system and pass into the circulation through the thoraic duct. The first two classes pass through the liver through the portal circulation where excess of proteid is oxidized and excess of starch stored in the form of glycogen. From the blood the food passes to all parts of the body through blood distribution of the circulation and becomes food for the liv-' ing cells of the body. An essential step of assimilation is the removal of the waste since accumulation will result in poor absorption. This is also accomplished through the circulatory co-ordination of the organs of the body and the organs of excretion, the kidneys. lungs and skin. 5. Exercise brings all the organs of the body into play. If the person follows sedentary occupations he uses few of the organs of the body and even the one following occupations requiring great muscular exertion will find that with proper exercise he will be enabled to find muscles that he seldom uses. Exercise leads to a symetrical development of the whole body. There is no direct means of circulation of the lymph except bodily movements and exercise promotes the circulation of this liquid. Exercise promotes the general nutrition by increase of the efficiency of the food supply. Circulation is the food supply of all cells in the body. 6. Nervous condition of school children may arise from many sources. It is frequently caused from food supply and conditions at home which can only yield to better housing and living conditions and education as to diet, sanitation, ventilation, etc. Other sources for nervousness are defective eyes, difficulty of hearing, after effects of measles and other diseases. The best methods of removing all such causes is co-operation with health boards and medical inspection in the schools. 7. The general plan of the skeleton is an axial skeleton and two pairs of appendages. The skeleton serves three general purposes; it forms the framework of the body; makes motion possible through articulations of the bones and protects the more delicate organs such as the skull protecting the brain. The axial skeleton contains the central nervous system, the brain and spinal cord and furnishes a protection for the heart and lungs and suitable motion for respiration. The appendages permit motion and control of food supply. 8. The eye is essentially an organ provided with a lens for forming an image on its rear wall which is provided with nerve endings for carrying the impulses and hence interpretation of this image to the brain. The eye is about seven-eighths of an inch in diameter and with the exception of the cornea or front portion of the eye is almost a perfect sphere. The curtain to be seen in the eye which determines the color of the eye is called the iris; the hole in the curtain which admits the light which forms the image is called the pupil. Back of the iris is the crystalline lens which together with the cornea form the lens by which the image is formed. The shape of the lens and the size of the pupil is regulated by suitable muscles and reflex nervous actions. The eye is filled with two humors-the aqueous in the cornea and the vitreous back of the crysstaline lens which keeps the ball in shape. The wall of the eye consists of three coats-the retina which forms the inner coat and contains the nerve endings, the choroid or middle coat which furnishes the chief strength of the wall and the sclerotic or white external coat. GEOGRAPHY. 1. Name the states touched by the Mississippi River. Give the capital and the leading industry of each state. 2. Show how a range of mountains may affect the rainfall of a country. Illustratee. 3. Name at least four factors that help determine the industries of any locality. 4. Contrast northern Indiana with southern Indiana in (a) climate; (b) resources; industries; (d) population; (e) surface. 5. Discuss the schools in Indiana in 1840. 6. How will the Panama Canal aid the commerce of European countries? 7. Name five of the most important rivers of Asia and describe each. 8. With what countries do countries in Africa carry on commerce chiefly? (c) Illustrate. 1. On the east bank of the Mississippi River there are Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois and Wisconsin. On the west bank of the river are Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri. Iowa and Minnesota. The chief industries are as follows: Louisiana, culture of cotton and sugar cane. The river towns are very important trade centers. Mississippi is a great cotton country. Arkansas raises cotton. Its lumber is also an important industry. Dairying also receives much attention. Missouri has rich mines of iron and zinc. It raises the usual agricultural products of this latitude. St. Louis is an important meat packing and trade center. The chief industry of Kentucky is agriculture. Tennessee producees manv agricultural products and also mines large quantities of coal and iron. Illinois is a great corn State. Manufacturing receives much attention and Chicago is the greatest meat packing center in the world. Wisconsin has important manufactures and rises many farm products. Iowa is a typical agricultural country of the middle west. Minnesota has important manufacturing and commercial interests. Minneapolis and St. Paul are seats of the milling industry. Duluth is an important lake port. 2. A mountain range in the path of a prevailing wind, if it contains moisture, causes an increased rainfall in the windward side and a smaller |