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Freude hat mir Gott gegeben ! Die ihren Schopfer wandelnd loberl Sehet! wie ein goldner Stern, Und fiihren das bekriinzte Jahr. Aus der Hiilse blank und eben Nur ew i gen un a ernsten Dingen Scbalt sich der metallne Kern. Sei ihr me tallner Mund geweiht, Von dem Helm zum Kranz *U ud st findlich mit den schnellen Schwingen Spielt's wie Sonnenglanz; Beriihr' im Fluge sie die Zeit. Auch des Wappens nette Schilder Dera gchicksal leihe sie die Zunge ; Loben den erfahrnen Bilder. Sdhst herzlos, ohne Mitgefiihl, Herein, herein, Begleite sie mit ihrem Schwunge Gesellen alle, schliesst den Reihen, Des Lebens wechselvolles Spiel. Dass wir die Glocke taufend weihen, Und wie der Klang im Ohr vergehet, Concordia soil ihr Name sein. Der miiehtig tonend ihr entschallt, Zur Eintracht, zu herzinnigem Vereine So lehre sie, dass nichts bestehet, Versammle sie die liebeude Gemeine. Dass alles Irdische verhallt. Und dies sei fortan ihr Beruf, Jetzo mit der Kraft des Stranges Wozu der Meister sie erschuf! Wiegt die Glock' mir aus der Gruft, Hoch iiber'm niedern Erdenleben Dass sie in das Reich des Klanges Soil sie im blauen Himmelzelt, Steige, in die Himmelsluft! Die Nachbariu des Donners, schweben Ziehet, ziehet, hebt! Und grenzen an die Sternenwelt, Sie bewegt sich, schwebt! Soil eine Sthnine sein von Oben, Freud dieeser Stadt bedeute, Wie der Gestirne helle Schaar, Friecle sei ihr erst Geliiute. Classes D and E.—Elementaky Science. Wednesday, March 2Uh. — Afternoon, 2.30 to 5.30. [Note. —Candidates are not to attempt more than sixteen questions. Female candidates, if proficient in needlework, may substitute for this paper the paper on Laws of Health and Domestic Economy, but passing in Science will not exempt them from passing in Needlework also.] A.—Physics. 1. What is meant by the terms " force " and "energy"? Classify the different kinds of force, or the varieties of energy. 2. Ely-wheels are frequently used with engines and other machinery : explain their use. 3. Sketch a diagram showing the mode of construction of a common water-fountain. 4. A well axle with a long handle will enable a man to lift a very heavy weight at the end of a rope: how is this ? 5. Draw a section through a common pump, and explain why the water flows up after the plunger. 6. How r is an echo produced ? How far away is a gun when the report is heard three seconds after the flash is seen? 7. Air when heated expands. How would you experimentally prove the fact ? State some of the natural phenomena to which it gives rise. 8. Describe various experiments to prove that heat is motion of some kind, aud not a material substance. 9. If a beam of sunlight be allowed to fall upon a triangular prism of glass, the light is broken up, and a rainbow-coloured patch is seen on the wall. Show by a diagram the course of the rays through such a prism, and show how the colours are arranged. 10. If a common burning lens be held at a certain place in a room between the window and a white wall, an inverted picture of the window is seen : show by a diagram how this occurs. 11. Describe some of the experiments that may be made with two magnetized sewing needles. 12. Describe how to make some simple electric experiments without any special apparatus : or, give an account of any form of telegraph with which you are acquainted. B.—Chemistky. 13. What do you understand by the term " chemical affinity "? Give examples of the action of the principle. 14. Divide the following into two lists—one containing the elements, and the other the compounds— and name the elements contained in any one of the compounds: —Table salt, chlorine, sand, sugar, carbon, water, chalk, oxygen, flour, sulphur, glass, hydrogen, sodium, wood, iron, gold. 15. What are the differences in the properties and composition of hard and soft water ? 16. If I breathe into lime-water, it turns white: explain this. How is lime-water made ? 17. How can water be proved to consist of oxygen and hydrogen ? What are the most distinctive properties of each of these gases. 18. A piece of wood is burnt in a jar of air: what chemical changes occur ? C.—Biology. 19. What purposes does breathing serve ? 20. How do bones, muscles, and nerves stand related to each other ? 21. What are the most striking differences between animals aud plants ? 22. What are the uses of the leaves of plants ? 23. What are the chief differences between endogens and exogens ? 24. What is the cause of the beating of the pulse ?