My Goodness..!!! Judie this is amazing, thanks LOTS for sharing. Poor kids... I'll be sending this on to others... BTW my dictionary says..... Orthography is SPELLING... Ruth ____________________ Ruth (Grady) Skewis ruth4527@mindspring.com > -----Original Message----- > From: norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Judie Cook > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 4:00 PM > To: norcal@rootsweb.com; casanfra@rootsweb.com; > stlouis-mo@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NORCAL] Fwd: 8th Grade Exam from 1895 > > > This from a friend whose father was in this class of 95. Whew...! > > Judie > > > > > April 02, 2008 ..8th Grade Exam from 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 > > Geneal ogical Society and Library in Salina, and reprinted by the > > Salina Journal.< /FONT> > > > > 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. > > > > Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes) > > 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 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/ > > bushel, deducting 1,050 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 6,720 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 th e co st 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. > > 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) > > [Do we even know what this is??] > > > > 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.' (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 in con nection with a wo > > rd: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup. > > 8. Mark diacriticall y 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, Aspinw all 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 > > earth. > > > > 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? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > Visit: > NORCAL LIBRARY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html > NORCAL Genealogy Resource Center > http://www.sfgenealogy.com/norcal/resourcecenter/toc.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >