No life, huh? I keep forgetting what sort of characters can turn up on the net. Dora --- "Richard Gillespie, DC" <DrRickTx@rattlers.net> wrote: > 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 > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/