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From: "Captain Buddy" <>
Subject: Re: [ARSEVIER] 8th Grade
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:21:06 -0500
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Subject: [ARSEVIER] 8th Grade


> Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only
> had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have
> passed the 8th grade in 1895? (LOOK CLOSELY... THAT'S EIGHTEEN NINETY
> FIVE!)
>
> This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas, USA.
> It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley
> Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS, and reprinted by the
> Salina Journal.
>
> 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS -1895 ********************************
> Grammar (Time, one hour)
> 1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
> 2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no
> modifications.
> 3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph.
> 4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of
> "lie," "play" and "run."
> 5. Define case; Illustrate each case.
> 6. What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
> 7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that
> you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
>
> *****************************************
> Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)
> 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
> 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many
> bushels of wheat will it hold?
> 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at
> 50cts/bushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
> 4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary
> levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104
> for incidentals?
> 5. Find the cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
> 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
> 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20
> per metre?
> 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
> 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of
> which is 640 rods?
> 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
>
> ********************************************
> U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
> 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
> 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
> 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
> 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
> 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
> 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
> 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn
> and Howe?
> 8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800,
> 1849, 1865.
>
> *******************************************
> Orthography (Time, one hour) (WHAT IS THIS ANYHOW?)
> 1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic,
> orthography, etymology, syllabication?
> 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
> 3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph,
> subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals
> 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?)
> 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two
> exceptions under each rule.
> 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
> 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word:
> bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
> 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name
> the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell,
> rise, blood, fare, last.
> 9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane,
> fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
> 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation
> by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
>
> *********************************************
> Geography (Time, one hour)
> 1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
> 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
> 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
> 4. Describe the mountains of North America.
> 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver,
> Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and
> Orinoco.
> 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
> 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
> 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same
> latitude?
> 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to
> the sources of rivers.
> 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the
> earth.
>
> **********************************************
> Notice that the exam took SIX HOURS to complete. Gives the saying "he
> only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning, doesn't it?!
>
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