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