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From: Norma Harris <>
Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] exam for 8th grade eduaction in 1895
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 22:25:21 -0700
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Oh my gosh!! This is unreal....I did not come close to passing this
exam!
>
> > 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 Saline 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 do,
> > lie, lay and run.
> > 5. Define Case, and 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 50 cts. a
> > 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 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 are, 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)
> >
> > 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 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 inclination of the earth.
> >
> > This gives the saying of an early 20th century person that
> > "she/he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning.

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