Could you pass 8th grade in 1895?

[Tin]

lol

EXAMINATION GRADUATION QUESTIONS

OF SALINE COUNTY, KANSAS

April 13, 1895

J.W. Armstrong, County Superintendent.

Examinations at Salina, New Cambria, Gypsum City, Assaria, Falun, Bavaria, and District No. 74 (in Glendale Twp.)

Reading and Penmanship. - The Examination will be oral, and the Penmanship of Applicants will be graded from the manuscripts

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 inch?

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 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 the Rebellion.

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, and 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 N.A.

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 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.

Health (Time, 45 minutes)

1. Where are the saliva, gastric juice, and bile secreted? What is the use of each in digestion?

2. How does nutrition reach the circulation?

3. What is the function of the liver? Of the kidneys?

4. How would you stop the flow of blood from an artery in the case of laceration?

5. Give some general directions that you think would be beneficial to preserve the human body in a state of health.

[RobbyZ5001]

I think we actually have an active member who passed it.. Congratulations  Long Mike!

[Maxximus Redneckus]

I think we actually have an active member who passed it.. Congratulations Long Mike!

YuP LMAO

[fishfordollars]

I would be held back, or possibly put back in the 5th grade.

[firefightn15]

In the history section it asks who Bell was, past tense.  Bell died in the1920's, many years after the 1895 test.   :-/

[Long Mike]

Yup, I passed the test ... on the third try.  I was twenty-two at the time.  If I remember correctly,  it was about three weeks after they invented dirt.   ;D ;D ;D

[RobbyZ5001]

Yup, I passed the test ... on the third try. I was twenty-two at the time. If I remember correctly, it was about three weeks after they invented dirt. ;D ;D ;D

What would we do without you...  ;D

[Tin]

In the history section it asks who Bell was, past tense. Bell died in the1920's, many years after the 1895 test. :-/

Yea there are a couple of give-aways to it. Good job lol

[Uncle Leo]

Just reading it made me panic. 

[SPEEDBEAD.]

I think we actually have an active member who passed it.. Congratulations Long Mike!

I think he may have cheated off Bass-Brat.

[Grey Wolf]

I think we actually have an active member who passed it.. Congratulations Long Mike!

I think he may have cheated off Bass-Brat.

No he didn't cheat off of me , I failed the darn thing!!!!!!!

[tyrius.]

The writer of the test would have failed as they used principal incorrectly multiple times.

Arithmetic question 3 is impossible as a bushel is measure of volume and not weight.

And, internet forwards are basically never accurate.    

[Stringjam]

The writer of the test would have failed as they used principal incorrectly multiple times.

Arithmetic question 3 is impossible as a bushel is measure of volume and not weight.

And, internet forwards are basically never accurate.

You passed the real test.   

[Fishing Rhino]

5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.

There is no wrong answer to this question.  If I answer it as nothing,  I am telling what I can.

[Tin]

The writer of the test would have failed as they used principal incorrectly multiple times.

Arithmetic question 3 is impossible as a bushel is measure of volume and not weight.

And, internet forwards are basically never accurate.

We did some work on this in my Psychology of Learning class. Had a bunch of the faults written down but I can't find it now.

[.dsaavedra.]

The writer of the test would have failed as they used principal incorrectly multiple times.

Arithmetic question 3 is impossible as a bushel is measure of volume and not weight.

And, internet forwards are basically never accurate.

i think it's just inferring you know how much a bushel of wheat weighs.

[Root beer]

Is question number 6 in arithmetic even possible? Maybe I'm spoiled, but it doesn't tell you when the interests accrues. Days, months, or what? Or at the time did they assume it was in days?