WOW!! Now, how about giving us the answers please... Fern ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 1:33 PM Subject: [MARSHALL] 8th GRADE TEST IN 1895 ..... > I'll never think less of a person from 1895 for an eighth grade education! > > Subject: 8th GRADE TEST IN 1895 ..... > > > > Remember when our grandparents, great-grandparents, and such > 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, KS, 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. > > 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, 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 > 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 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 meter? > 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, 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, 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 > 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, 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 earth. > > Also notice that the exam took six hours to complete. > > Gives the saying "she/he only had an 8th grade education" a whole > new meaning, doesn't it? > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

I wish I had them!!!! This came from another list with only the questions. My husband and I could answer MAYBE 50%. ----- Original Message ----- From: "fern" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [MARSHALL] 8th GRADE TEST IN 1895 ..... > WOW!! Now, how about giving us the answers please... > > Fern > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 1:33 PM > Subject: [MARSHALL] 8th GRADE TEST IN 1895 ..... > > > > I'll never think less of a person from 1895 for an eighth grade education! > > > > Subject: 8th GRADE TEST IN 1895 ..... > > > > > > > > Remember when our grandparents, great-grandparents, and such > > 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, KS, 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. > > > > 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, 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 > > 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 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 meter? > > 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, 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, 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 > > 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, 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 earth. > > > > Also notice that the exam took six hours to complete. > > > > Gives the saying "she/he only had an 8th grade education" a whole > > new meaning, doesn't it? > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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Dear all, I am new to the list so I would like to say hello. My mother was a Marshall but I have had difficulty tracing this line back. James Marshall and Margaret were the parents of John Marshall born about 1845 in Coldwell, Northumberland, England I can't find John's birth records nor can I find his parents or any siblings. John married Margaret PEARSON (of Felling, Durham) in Kyo, Durham and they eventually drifted to Felling where most of their descendants still live. Any further information would be gladly received. As for the exam questions. They aren't hard if you know the answers and that is the sort of stuff that was taught in those days. So it doesn't mean we are less well educated. So don't worry about it. For example when I was at school we had to learn the names of authors of all the 'good' books. I still know the titles and authors but I've never read the books (with a few exceptions of course). My children have never heard of the most of the books or the authors. Does that make them less educated? I think not. All the best Chris Arnold (A Geordie, Kiwi at present in Oman) Personal replies to [email protected] please. ----- Original Message ----- From: "gene marshall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 5:19 AM Subject: Re: [MARSHALL] 8th GRADE TEST IN 1895 ..... > I wish I had them!!!! This came from another list with only the questions. > My husband and I could answer MAYBE 50%. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "fern" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:35 PM > Subject: Re: [MARSHALL] 8th GRADE TEST IN 1895 ..... > > > > WOW!! Now, how about giving us the answers please... > > > > Fern > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 1:33 PM > > Subject: [MARSHALL] 8th GRADE TEST IN 1895 ..... > > > > > > > I'll never think less of a person from 1895 for an eighth grade > education! > > > > > > Subject: 8th GRADE TEST IN 1895 ..... > > > > > > > > > > > > Remember when our grandparents, great-grandparents, and such > > > 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, KS, 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. > > > > > > 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, 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 > > > 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 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 meter? > > > 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, 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, 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 > > > 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, 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 earth. > > > > > > Also notice that the exam took six hours to complete. > > > > > > Gives the saying "she/he only had an 8th grade education" a whole > > > new meaning, doesn't it? > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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It seems like this had made the rounds some time back and then I read where it was a hoax, and no answers were given for it. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: "gene marshall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [MARSHALL] 8th GRADE TEST IN 1895 ..... > I wish I had them!!!! This came from another list with only the questions. > My husband and I could answer MAYBE 50%. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "fern" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:35 PM > Subject: Re: [MARSHALL] 8th GRADE TEST IN 1895 ..... > > > > WOW!! Now, how about giving us the answers please... > > > > Fern > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 1:33 PM > > Subject: [MARSHALL] 8th GRADE TEST IN 1895 ..... > > > > > > > I'll never think less of a person from 1895 for an eighth grade > education! > > > > > > Subject: 8th GRADE TEST IN 1895 ..... > > > > > > > > > > > > Remember when our grandparents, great-grandparents, and such > > > 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, KS, 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. > > > > > > 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, 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 > > > 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 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 meter? > > > 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, 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, 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 > > > 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, 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 earth. > > > > > > Also notice that the exam took six hours to complete. > > > > > > Gives the saying "she/he only had an 8th grade education" a whole > > > new meaning, doesn't it? > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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