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font face="Arial,Helvetica,Sans Serif" size="2"From: MSN Nickname&3666;?H????&3666; (Original Message) Sent: 1262005 6:34 PMHe Only Had An 8th Grade Education!Remember when grandparents and great-grandparentsstated that they only had an 8th grade education?Well, check this out. Could any of us have passedthe 8th grade in 1895?This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 inSalina, Kansas, USA. It was taken from the originaldo***ent on file at the Smokey Valley GenealogicalSociety and Liary in Salina, KS, and reprinted bythe 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 thathave no modifications.3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph.4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Giveprincipal parts of "lie," "play,"' and "run."5. Define case; Illustrate each case.6. What is punctuation? Give rules for principalmarks of punctuation.7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words andshow therein that you understand the practical useof the rules of grammar.*****************************************A rithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules ofArithmetic2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is itworth at 50ctsbushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. Whatis the necessary levy to carry on a school sevenmonths 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 18days at 7 percent.7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and16 ft. long at $20 per metre?8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace)at 10 percent.9. What is the co st of a square farm at $15 peracre, the distance of which is 640 rods?10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and aReceipt.***************************************** ***US. History (Time, 45 minutes)1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History isdivided.2. Give an account of the discovery of America byColumbus.3. Relate the causes and results of theRevolutionary 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 ofthe 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.*******************************************Or thography (Time, one hour) (WHAT IS THIS ANYHOW?)1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet,phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication2. What are elementary soun ds? How classified?3. What are the following, and give examples ofeach: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognateletters, linguals4. 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 inconnection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi,post, non, inter, mono, sup.8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables thefollowing, and name the sign that indicates thesound: 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 indicatepronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.************************************ *********Geography (Time, one hou r)1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?2. How do you account for the extremes of climate inKansas?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 ofthe U.S.7. Name all the republics of Europe and give thecapital of each.8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacificin the same latitude?9. Describe the process by which the water of theocean returns to the sources of rivers.10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give theinclination of the earth.******************************************** **Notice that the exam took SIX HOURS to complete.Gives the saying "he only had an 8th gradeeducation" a whole new meaning, doesn't it?!font

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