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: Wednesday, June 11,
2003 2:49 AM
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Hasn't technology taken us to new heights in education over
the years???Remember when our grandparents, great-grandparents, and such
stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could
any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?This is the eighth-grade
final exam from 1895 in Salina, KS, 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.The exam took six hours to complete.
Gives the saying "s/he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new
meaning!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,lay 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 levyto carry on a school seven
months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?5. Find cost of 6720
lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months
and18 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 around 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) [I don't even know what this is!]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'.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.
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