[lit-ideas] Re: Fw: An Eighth Grade Education
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:40:45 -0600
I could pass. Except for the question about the history of Kansas. I don't
think Kansas has any history. Nothing's changed there for 200 years at least.
Mike Geary
8th grade graduate of St. Anne's Catholic School,
Memphis
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From: Andy Amago
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Fw: An Eighth Grade Education
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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