Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-09
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| SCCOho SlduOS AiuSG NC per Cout
above third grades and third grade
must be per cent. above pupils to oh
tain the same credits.
! One hundred points will be the maxi
mum.
Best set of full, correct answers 49,. 81
Composition and rhetoric .. 1!
Penmanship. II
Spelling. ....-.........: ............ II
General appearance and neatness of
manuscript. Il
Each misspelled word will be pei
cent. off.
There must be at least three com.
petitors and three prizes will be
given. Name and answers of the best
set will be published, and winner will
find prize at the Office of County Super
intendent between Christmas and New
Years.
1t is to be hoped that every one who is
eligible will try. A suitable committee
will do the grading.
1. Give history, description and
Specification of the great seal of Kansas
2. When did the nineteenth century
begin? When does it end?
8. A great German philosopher start
ed out to prove from pure reason the ex-
istence and nature of God. What is the
| book? and what his final conclusion.
4. Give short biography of the
greatest or most famous living American,
| president and ex-presidents excluded)
| with your reasons for SO considering.
5. Name the ten most popular Ameri-
can authors and their best work. Give
reasons.
6. When is *" function of 's?"
7. What is meant by the doctrine of
'Pre-EstablishedH armony?'
8. Metempsychosis? Where and
when taught? BY whom generally &C
cepted now?
8. Describe the most probable course
Of a tornado (or cyclone) originating at
the center of Kansas.
10. Explain the difference between
the commonly accepted theory of sound
and the accepted one prior to Newton.
II. Locate in the brain the organ of
philo-progenitiveness. How can you
prove it?
u. Marasmus? Cause? Remedy if
there is one?
ID. Give history OF discovery of
aluminium. Where found, description,
uses, process Of manufacture?
II. Name the six greatest, most i'm
portant or decisive battles of the world,
the commanding generals, probable re-
suits if terminating differently.
10. Name all the products, by pro-
ducts and uses, of petroleum.
he
ducts and uses of coal.
II. How do we measure the distance
to the moon?
IS. Is there such thing as "chance?"
Why or why not?
10. What direction do climbing
plants take? Why?
20. "That that man said that that
that, that that that referred to was an
adjective, is true" Parse and construe
properly all the ''thats" in the above.
q. Who wrote, "Cogito ergo sum-"
as the beginning sentence of his greatest
work? It's meaning? What the work
and intent2
20. What is the purpose of the GOV
eminent towers in Trego county2
%. Bought horse for $50, sold for
800 taking two notes for $40 and $50 re.
spectively, shaved first % per cent, took
horse back for the second, fed him $40
worth of corn, sold again for $110 and
paid first note which l had Endorsed.
What per cent. gain or loss2 and the
amount.
"a. What is the most useful vegeta
bic or plant? Why?
25. What is the measure Of man?
In answering the questions you will
observe the following rules:
1. Write only on one side of paper.
Legal cap preferred.
2. Get no direct help of any one, but
acquire the information any other way
possible. You may ask where such and
such an answer may be found, but the
work, answers and language must be
your own.
3. Except where necessary to quote,
then give full credit to the authorship.
4. Sign not your own name but a
hom de plume and after it the class you
are in 2nd, 3rd or P. according as you
are second grade, third grade or pupil.
5. Certify over the nom de plume
that you have obeyed the above rules.
6. The longest answer should not
contain more than twelve or fourteen
lines.
Z. Number the answers to correspond
with question, but do not write question.
s. Send manuscript to Box 1878, Wa
Keeney, Kansas, on or before December
81, 1893.
IN EXPLANATION.
Do not fail to try because you cannot
answer these all-few can. You have
two weeks yet. It is not expected that |
absolute answers will, or can be given to
some of them, and on a few your answer
or idea may be equally as good as mine
or better, although different. The work
itself will be benefit. 1t costs you
nothing to try. One-half of the grades
viii be given on the style, appearance,
etc. of manuscript itself you see.
There are really no foolish questions
asked and none but may have good
answer. The collateral information will
be worth more to you than you may
think.
The only reason for nom de plumeis
that the committee may not know the
writer's until the awards are made,