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What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895...
What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895...
Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents 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, Kansas, USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, 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,""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 the cost 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 b attles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe?
8. Name event s 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 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 diacrit ical 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.
< / SPAN>10. Describe the movements of the ea! rth. Gi ve the incl ination 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?!
Also shows you how poor our education system has become!
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Once again I'd like to take the time to personally thank everyone who has joined in a world wide friendship to unite the world and bring about world peace and harmony.
As it was, once upon a time when we all gathered to learn, and better mankind. In my opinion, History should repeat itself in a grand and historic event "of the fine arts on a global scale bias free and cultavating"for all mankind.
You know you're from South Chicago if.......... South chicago
1. YOU HAVE HAD WOOLWORTH'S PIZZA AND WASHED IT DOWN WITH AN ICEE.
2. BEEN TO GOLDBLATT'S TO WATCH CARTOONS ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
3. YOU HAVE SHOPPED AT ANGEL'S.
4. YOU HAVE SHOPPED AT POPE'S TO BUY A MIX-TAPE, AND NINJA STAR.
5. YOU KNOW CRAZY LARRY.
6. YOU PUT HECTOR'S HOT SAUCE (HIENE'S) ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
7. YOU HAVE HAD CAPRI'S PIZZA.
8. YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT A GUY DRESSED AS HOMIE THE CLOWN DAT WAS HARRASING PEOPLE.
9. You heard THAT AT RUSSELL SQUARE PARK THEY BURN THE WITCH ON HALLOWEEN.
10. YOU KNOW THAT THE COCULA'S USED TO BE BROWN'S CHICKEN AND A PIZZA HUT.
11. YOU REMEMBER THERE WAS A TOYS-R-US BY OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE.
12. You've been to La Alteña to buy CARNITAS.
13. You've been to THE BOWLING ALLEY THEY HAD ON COMMERCIAL.
14. You REMEMBER PHIL'S CASTLE ON COMMERCIAL.
15. You got a hooded sweatshirt from Pars with your name on It!!! hahaha- J.
16. You ate Gayety's Ice Cream on Commercial and for the old folks...you watched a movie at the Theater next door.
17. You remember looking forward to the sidewalk sale and carnival at the end of the summer.
18. You have to buy some shish-ka-bobs from "Tony's Shish-ka-bobs" on the corner of 92nd & Commercial EVERY TIME they come out. Mmmmmmmmmmmm-mm!
19. You know the "I.C." is the old name for the Metra train and you used to take it downtown for the Taste of Chicago - but now you just take it to work.
20. You saw a movie at the Chelten on 79th and Exchange.
21. You saw a band or attended a quince at either The Patriotic or Union Hall.
22. You saw either Life, Skafish or Dead Steel Mill (or all three at once) at Nick's on 91st and Baltimore across from the old IC station.
23. You had Carlos Pizza when it was on 83rd St, not in South Holland.
24. You know that the bowling alley on Commercial was called Andy Rocks and you probably bowled on a Saturday morning league as a child. Also Seip Chevrolet was the dealer across the street and next door.
25. Al's low liquors at 87th and commercial.
26. You remember 'Waffles' the ice cream truck driver.
27. You've been to OLG for either a quince, wedding, baptism, funeral, or ALL OF THE ABOVE!
28. You had a candy lady on your block that sold now-n-laters, fun-dip, lemonheads, etc... from her basement.
29. You went to South Chicago Neighborhood House for day camp.
30. You thought that going to the East Side just to get to the beach was farrrr. Damn those 93rd/95th/100th/106th St. bridges!!!
33. You used to sneak into the pool at Bessemer/Russell Square Park in the middle of the night.
34. You remember a 'hood without traffic islands, cul-de-sacs and police cameras.
35. You know that 'South Chicago' is a neighborhood in the city, it doesn't mean the 'south side' and it's not a suburb.
36. You know that our zip code/ward - 60617/10th, is the largest in the city of Chicago.
37. You know that South Chicago was the FIRST Mexican neighborhood in Chicago - NOT Pilsen/Little Village, sorry to my peeps to the north! Yes, you're considered north to us! LOL!
38. You remember when Bowen was just one school and Mirales was Phil Sheridan.
39. You know that Bush is a section of our 'hood, not just a crappy president!
40. Somebody in your family used to work at a steel mill or for a railroad company. i.e., Wisconsin Steel, Burnside, U.S. South Works, the B&O, etc.... hell, why else would we live there???!!!
41. You know why South Deering/Vets Park is really called 'Slag Valley.'
42. You know our movie credits include: The Blues Brothers, The Fugitive, and Barbershop
I'm sorry if i don't speak any other language but english ... i only understand very little Spanish ... So for you people of other ethnic orgin So sorry you need a translator
People with artistic ability to do art,poetry,music,sculpting,photography, research help, and time to devote. The Great world's fair 1893 and anyone with modern time research in the Englewood area. Please feel free to contact me.
Something woke me up early "around 3A.M.". It was beconing me to the White City! On the express way near 63rd there was an auto accident east of murder castle. It was my first omen and not a good one. After taking photos of the museum of science and industry, my second omen a black crow landed on a tree. Sirens were echoing in the distance when taking the photo of the black crow directly behind the museum on the fair grounds. The third omen was a good one a hawk flew right in front of my windshield. A glimmer of hope for future work.
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