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I don't know the answer to this, but it is worth consideration. What
percentage of the 14 year olds in the U.S. were graduating from 8th grade in
1895? This is an issue that is rarely mentioned when comparing US test
scores with those of other countries. When lamenting how far behind our
seniors are in science compared to other nations, remember that the U.S. has
put a priority on giving everyone a general education while in many other
countries students are entering apprenticeships or technical schools or
university level schools at age 16.
I would also encourage those of you with children in school to look at a
test or pull out some of your own from years past. How many questions can
you still answer?
Sarah Dixen
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. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
> > > >> 3. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
> > > >> 4. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
> > > >> 5. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the
> > > >> Rebellion.
> > > >> 6. 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 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.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> -------------------------- Imagine a college student 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!
> > > >
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