Do you know that someone posted this to the Philly-Roots list, and someone started a whole big thing by screaming that it was political propaganda? I didn't read his argument - would only have said something. Yours, Dora --- "Richard Gillespie, DC" <DrRickTx@rattlers.net> wrote: > This is a little off list but I think you'll > find it interesting! > > Check this out... > > > Subject: 1895 Passing the 8th Grade > > Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895? > ...Take a Look: > > This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 > from Salina, KS. USA. 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. > > 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 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 lb., what is > it worth at 50 CTS. per Bu. > deducting 1050 lb. 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 lb. 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 > are, 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 theRebellion. > 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,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 North America. > 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 US > 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. > - > ------------------------------------------------- > Imagine a college student who went to public > school trying to pass this > test, even if the few outdated questions were > modernized. > - -------------------------------- > Gives the saying of an early 20th century > person that "she/he only had an > 8th grade education" a whole new meaning! > > Richard Gillespie, DC > mailto:DrRickTx@rattlers.net > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb, > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm > > ============================== > Visit ROOTS-L, the Internet's oldest and > largest genealogical > mailing list: > http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/

I don't know the intent of the original author of this article. My only intent was to pass this along as an interesting article which is somewhat tied in to geneology. Nothing more. Nothing less. If someone wants to try to turn this into some kind of political platform I suggest they get a life. :) Richard Gillespie, DC mailto:DrRickTx@rattlers.net -----Original Message----- From: Dora Smith [mailto:tiggernut_48@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 7:35 PM To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXBASTRO] Could You Have Passed this 1895 8th Grade Test Do you know that someone posted this to the Philly-Roots list, and someone started a whole big thing by screaming that it was political propaganda? I didn't read his argument - would only have said something. Yours, Dora --- "Richard Gillespie, DC" <DrRickTx@rattlers.net> wrote: > This is a little off list but I think you'll > find it interesting! > > Check this out... > > > Subject: 1895 Passing the 8th Grade > > Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895? > ...Take a Look: > > This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 > from Salina, KS. USA. 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. > > 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 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 lb., what is > it worth at 50 CTS. per Bu. > deducting 1050 lb. 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 lb. 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 > are, 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 theRebellion. > 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,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 North America. > 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 US > 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. > - > ------------------------------------------------- > Imagine a college student who went to public > school trying to pass this > test, even if the few outdated questions were > modernized. > - -------------------------------- > Gives the saying of an early 20th century > person that "she/he only had an > 8th grade education" a whole new meaning! > > Richard Gillespie, DC > mailto:DrRickTx@rattlers.net > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb, > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm > > ============================== > Visit ROOTS-L, the Internet's oldest and > largest genealogical > mailing list: > http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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