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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><i><b>What it took to get an 8th grade education in
1895</b></i></font><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000000"><b><br>
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</font><font face="Arial Black" size="-1" color="#000080"><b>No hand
held calculaters, no internet, no TV, no cell phones, no i pods, no
electricity, no cars; so is all the new technology really
helping????</b></font><font face="Arial Black" size="-1"
color="#000000"><br>
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</font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0000FF"><b>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?</b></font><font face="Arial" size="-1"
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<b>This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in</b></font><font
face="Arial" color="#0000FF"><b> Salina<font size="-1">,</font>
Kansas<font size="-1">,</font> USA<font size="-1">. It was taken
from the original document on file at the</font> Smokey Valley<font
size="-1"> Genealogical Society and Library in</font> Salina<font
size="-1">,</font> KS<font size="-1">, and reprinted by the</font>
Salina<font size="-1"> Journal.</font></b></font><br>
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size="+1" color="#800040"><b>8th Grade Final Exam:</b></font><font
face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0000FF"><br>
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</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#800040"><b>Salina, KS,
1895</b></font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0000FF"><br>
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Grammar (Time, one hour)</b></font><br>
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color="#000000"><b>1. Give nine rules for the use of capital
letters.<br>
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no
modifications.<br>
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph<br>
4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of
"lie", "play", and "run."<br>
5. Define case; illustrate each case.<br>
6. What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of
punctuation.<br>
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that
you understand the practical use of the rules of
grammar.</b></font><br>
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color="#800040"><b>Arithmetic (Time, 65 minutes)</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000000"><b>1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of
Arithmetic.<br>
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many
bushels of wheat will it hold?<br>
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at
50cts/bushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?<br>
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?<br>
5 Find the cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.<br>
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7
percent.<br>
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20
per meter?<br>
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10
percent.<br>
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of
which is 640 rods? & lt; BR>10. Write a Bank Check, a
Promissory Note, and a Receipt</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font face="Arial"
color="#800040"><b>U.S.<font size="-1"> History (Time, 45
minutes)</font></b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000000"><b>1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is
divided<br>
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.<br>
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.<br>
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.<br>
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.<br>
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.<br>
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln,
Penn, and Howe?<br>
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800,
1849, and 1865.</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font face="Arial"
color="#800040"><b>Orthography (Time, one hour)<font size="-1">
(</font></b></font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#3366FF"><b>Do
we even know what this is???)</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000000"><b>1. What is meant by the following: alphabet,
phonetic, orthography, etymology, and syllabication.<br>
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?<br>
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, sub
vocal, diphthong, cognate letters, and lingual.<br>
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?)<br>
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two
exceptions under each rule.<br>
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.<br>
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word:
bi-, dis-, mis-, pre-, semi-, post-, non-, inter-, mono-, and
sup-.<br>
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.<br>
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane,
fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.<br>
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation
by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font face="Arial"
color="#800040"><b>Geography (Time, one hour)</b></font><br>
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</font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000"><b>1 What is
climate? Upon what does climate depend?<br>
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?<br>
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?<br>
4. Describe the mountains of North America<br>
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver,
Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and
Orinoco.</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000000"><b>6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of
the U.S.<br>
7. Name all the republics of: Europe and give the capital of
each.<br>
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same
latitude?<br>
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the
sources of rivers.<br>
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the
earth.</b></font><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#800040"><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF"><b>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? </b></font></blockquote>
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