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From : Tom Amundrud                                          1:330/201.1
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Subj : 1895 8th grade final exam                                             
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Original Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996 13:29:03 -0400 (EDT)


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bet Rush didn't mention that a significantly smaller percentage of
Americans made it to 8th grade in 1895.....or that no nation has achieved
literacy w/o public education

-Tom


On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Roger Voss wrote:

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> This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, KS that Rush
> has mentioned. It was taken from the original document on file at the
> Smoky Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS and
> reprinted by the Salina Journal. 
> http://www.dailynews.net/salina/news/HNS-SJ_Saline_County.html
> 
> >From the Salina Journal
> Content-Length: 3745
> 
> 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, 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. per
> bu., 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 m?
> 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
> 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, and 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, super.
> 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 N.A.
> 5.    Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba,
> Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, 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.
> 
> John Switzer     jswitzer@limbaugh.com   "It wasn't known at press time
> that s///ee caused | multiple evaluations of the replacement expression.
> This is to be construed as a feature." - Larry Wall   
>  *** Access the Congressional Record at ***   http://thomas.loc.gov   
>  
> Regards,
> RogerV
> 
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