Can you pass an Eighth-grade test? What?-1895
Remember when our grandparents, great-grandparents, and such stated that they only had an 8th grade education?
April 13, 1895
J.W. Armstrong, County Superintendent.
GRAMMAR
(Time, one hour)
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 ¼ hour)
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 weights 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 per cent.
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 per cent.
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)
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, Whtney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865.
ORTHOGRAPHY
(Time, one hour)
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 “uâ€.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final “eâ€. 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)
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.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.
RULES FOR TEACHERS
1872
1. Teachers each day will fill lamps, clean chimneys.
2. Each teacher will bring a bucket of water and a scuttle of coal for the day’s session.
3. Make your pens carefully. You may whittle nibs to the individual taste of the pupils.
4. Men teachers may take one evening each week for courting purposes, or two evenings a week if they go to church regularly.
5. After ten hours in school, the teachers may spend the remaining time reading the Bible or other good books.
6. Women teachers who marry or engage in unseemly conduct will be dismissed.
7. Every teacher should lay aside from each pay a goodly sum of his earnings for his benefit during his declining years so that he will not become a burden on society.
8. Any teacher who smokes, uses liquor in any form, frequents pool or public halls, or gets shaved in a barber shop will give good reason to suspect his worth, intention, integrity and honesty.
9. The teacher who performs his labor faithfully and without fault for five years will be given an increase of twenty-five cents per week in his pay, providing the Board of Education approves
The following document was transcribed from the original document in the collection of the Smoky Valley Genealogy Society, Salina, Kansas. This test is the original eighth-grade final exam for 1895 from Salina, KS. An interesting note is the fact that the county students taking this test were allowed to take the test in the 7th grade, and if they did not pass the test at that time, they were allowed to re-take it again in the 8th grade.
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WTK WE THE KIDS WOULD LIKE TO THANKÂ Smoky Valley Genealogy Society, Salina, Kansas
for giving us permission to reprint.
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Smoky Valley Genealogical Society
Names of Saline County Old Settlers Together with Date of Coming to County”.
Saline County Historical Society
“The gathering of the names and dates of coming to Saline County of the within old settlers was started in 1879 by the secretary of the Saline County Historical Society. For the most part given by the parties themselves. Also from the old diaries of the Morrisons and Luke F. Parsons, A.K. Boyles and from the signatures by the old settlers themselves at the various old settlersâ reunions from year to year. That there will be some errors is to be expected as some have given their dates of coming to Saline County and later have come and had the dates changed.
Every effort has been made to get the names and dates accurate, and it is believed this list contains the largest and most correct list of names of the early old time settlers in existence at this date.
Re-indexed Aug. 15, 1924
Signed by A.M. Campbell, Jr.
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/saline/society/oldsetsa.html
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Good Morning, Judy!
I took some time last night to explore your website and was pleasantly surprised! What an asset to kids who have a curiosity about our history! It’s easy to navigate and is very informative as well as enjoyable to read. Good job!
The information concerning the 8th grade exam is correct. Smoky Valley Genealogical Society & Library, Inc. was given a copy of the exam by the granddaughters of the school superintendent. I only wish that we had a copy of all of the correct answers! If our society had a nickle for every email, phone call, or letter that we’ve received concerning the exam, we’d be rich! Many people tend to forget that 8th grade was as far as many children ever went in school in 1895. After 8th grade, they were expected to help on the family farms or obtain a job. My, how times have changed!
I wish you luck with the future of your website! I was impressed!
Mary Jane McIntire,
Pres. SVGS
The answers to this test can be found at the following website: http://www.barefootsworld.net/1895examcomp.html