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>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> 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) Do we 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.
>>>>
>>>> Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete. Gives the
>>>> saying "he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning,
>>>> doesn't it?!
>>>>
>>>> Also shows you how poor our education system has become... and,
>>>> NO I don't have a lot of the answers to this test

I flunked it and not asamed to admit it.

Shamas O'D

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