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Remember when our grandparents, great-grandparents, and such stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could all of you have passed the 8th grade in 1895? (Look Closely... that's EIGHTEEN NINETY FIVE!) This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 n Salina, KS, USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey 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 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, 1.25 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 50cts/bushel, 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 7percent. 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 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, 1865. ********************************************* Orthography (Time, one hour) spelling, for the most part 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, 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 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 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. 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

I was in a drunken daze a number of years ago, and posting on ESPN. Admin got some info on me and began blackmailing me to join whatever forum he was on (yahoo, old official board, ez, stands, here.) I will never be free....... later........

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Chip Carey is fine with me :lol Good one, Ramp! As for me, I mainly use them to put salsa or hot sauce on. So that means tortilla or corn chips work the best. later..........

Do all you Gator's like NASCAR? This one does. Like the bad boy Stewart. Also like that nowhere near bad boy image of Bobby Labonte. Basically, the Gibbs team. But I just like a competetive race. Anyone that runs a good race, competes, and does it 'right.' later.........

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What a great takedown! ala Nolan Ryan, Farnsworth wasn't about to just take it. Wilson was pretty bloodied by the time it was over, and Farnsworth was all smiles. Looks like Kyle wins this round. later..........

George spends his money to try to win, and I can in no way fault him for that. Remember, part of his money will be supplimenting the Marlins. As far as Gates owning a team: 1. don't think he is much of a baseball fan, or he would have bought the Mariners when he had the chance. 2. Can't see him buying a team such as the Marlins 3. If he did buy them, the first thing he would do is move them to Portland (have to stay close to home.) later......

I stop there once in a while to see if anyone else cruised by (never deleted it from my favorites.) later............

ha...im here...but Im still loyal to Mollusk, Rex, rfc17.... I remember them well. I use to be a very frequent poster there, but now I'm more of a part time lurker I'm also remember your posting contributions to the board. Hope you can find the time to make this another home. Welcome aboard! later.......

After a long partnership, RJR and NASCAR will end their agreement. The Winston Cup Series will now be the NASCAR-Nextel Cup Series link Gonna take some getting use to :unsure : later........

A young man excitedly tells his mother he's fallen in love and going to get married. He says, "Just for fun, Ma, I'm going to bring over 3 women and you try and guess which one I'm going to marry." The mother agrees. The next day, he brings three beautiful women into the house and sits them down on the couch and they chat for a while. He then says, "Okay, Ma. Guess which one I'm going to marry." She immediately replies, "The red-head in the middle." "That's amazing, Ma. You're right. How did you know?" "I don't like her.". :whistle

Did any of you see that Jeff Kent (and a few others) didn't know about it? LOS ANGELES - Last night's no-no at Yankee Stadium was an exciting moment for the Houston Astros...that is...for everyone except Astros second baseman Jeff Kent - who didn't know the 'Stros no-hit the Bombers 'til after the game. Jim Rome on Kent: "Get over your unhealthy obsession with your porn mustache and pay attention." Houston outfielder Lance Berkman on Kent (audio). later....... :banghead

link BRITNEY'S BREASTS THROB Britney Spears is to get a pair of pump-up breasts that will throb in time with her breathing. A group of lucky experts are fixing the attachments to the singer to make her pole-dancing poses more raunchy. But they won't be getting their hands on the real thing. The pump-up breasts are being fixed to the star's waxwork model at Madame Tussauds in London. Bosses want to make the ?52,000 model more realistic. So they are hoisting it up and around a dancing pole. Her breasts will then hang provocatively out of a skimpy top, inflating rhythmically to make it look like the singer is breathing heavily. "For the first time we are installing balloons in her chest so her boobs heave in and out," a spokesman told The Sun. Britney will be the centrepeice of the museum's new ?2m interactive room. It will also feature a blushing J-Lo and a Brad Pitt with a squeezable bum. Last Updated: 12:00 UK, Thursday June 12, 2003 later.......

link Homer vies with presidents to be greatest American KAREN MCVEIGH A BEER-swilling, bumbling cartoon father of three is running neck and neck with five US presidents, one of America?s leading statesmen, its most famous civil rights leader, a Sixties folk singer and a Seventies children?s television icon in a survey to find the greatest American ever. Readers of BBC News Online have come up with their top ten Americans, living or dead. Heavy with historical figures, the list has only four living characters - that is, if you count Matt Groening?s creation, the much-loved Homer Simpson. There was not a single woman in the top ten. Many of those chosen, such as Thomas Jefferson, the third US president, who drafted the Declaration of Independence; the black civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King; and Benjamin Franklin, the statesman and scientist who helped with the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution, appear to reflect British admiration for American ideals of freedom and equality. Others include the singer Bob Dylan, Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D Roosevelt, and, bizarrely, Mr T, from the television series, The A-Team. Think our image abroad is slightly askew? later........

M*A*S*H Star Trek and I'll stop there since several others I thought of were already mentioned. later........... :tv_happy

yea iight hialeah owns all the high skools!!!!!!!!!! :lolup Yea, I can see that. later........

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Damn, I like that little flash movie. Poor Rune!!! :jackass later............... :rofl

George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi was going up to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go turn off the light but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things. He phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" and he said no. Then they said that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be along when available. George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again. "Hello I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now cause I've just shot them all." Then he hung up. Within five minutes three police cars, an Armed response unit, and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips residence. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed. One of the Policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!" George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

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