Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895?

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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 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 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 andindicate 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 theocean?
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 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.

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[Bassmaster-ND]

That's a boat load to remember!![url "javascript: addTag('shocked')"][shocked][/url]
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[rjf385]

i know i couldn't do it!
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[cat_man]

I guess I'm a flunkie! [url "javascript: addTag('mad')"][mad][/url]
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[patches]

haha dont think os george! i just wonder if the teachers of today could too. haha doubt it! or hte kids. that,s a whole lot to chew! and time wise, not very much fer the kids back then to do it in. had to do math in your head too. and we even still we,re learnin to do it in our heads when i was a kid, you member??? dividin addin subtractin.multiplyin/ kids have computers to be doin it fer em today. or them hand held ones. i learned cliff the old way so, he,d know how i wouldnt allow him to use one;. teacher got hot. but when it come to havin to know the answer right off, cliff was right there with it. before them with the computer. and checkin his answers, too. from bottom to top/ but this is somethin. think the kids learned more bout there state, as fer as doin basics and survival and knowin the prices and how to do the math so nobody took advantage of em. could be a framer store keeper, whatever. it was more just the basics, math readin writin and there ways of life. that,s more important than the bull they put on the kids nowdays.too much, i,ve seen where some kids have to go back to school, summer school cause they cant even read very good. and there in high school. who,s fault is that. the teachers just keep passin em cause they dont want ot deal with it, git there favorites that pick it up quick and to -- with the ones that need the extrie hep. this stinks. paychecks. what it boils down to. i member mr. ryan heppin me in math after school, i,d go to his house and he,d hep me. he wa strict but a damn good teacher and principal, and nobody give him any crap./ he give me lotta hours and his time, and didnt even git paid fer it, he cared bout me, i was dislexic and nobody knew what that was back then too, and cliff was, and they found it out by then, i didnt even have any idea, ma either, what was goin on. that,s when ya see stuff backwards, but he loved me too.enough to take the time with me, good ol guy. that,s when there was teachers. ways back when. and there respect fer em too. i know i wont fergit him.
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