Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-19
High School Seniors Have Inter-
esting Test on Biblical
Allusions
NOT WELL vERsED ON BIBLE
Percentage of Correctness of List of
Ten References, Runs About 4s-one
Received 100; One o-some of tho
Cons Selected From Pupils Manu-
soripts-Esau Older of Twins.

VINO. WIere, or WITH WAY bolSolnd
was Esau older than his twin broth
er?
Did Esau sell his birthright for bean
porrldge or WAS it bean soup?
These are some of the things some
of tho seniors of the Marshalltown
high school did not know. but which
they will know and have cause to re-
member hereafter
In the current number of the School
Review Mir. Dorey told of an expert
mcnt on Biblical illusions conducted
among high school students. and the
suggestion prompted Principal j. G.
Nelson to try Il similar test in the sem
ior class of the local high school.
the members of which average Is years
of age.
The illusions used were as follows:
/. OR memorize another Golgotha'
Macbeth, act !. scene 2.
2. Here feel we but the penalty Of
Adam AS You Like 1t, act /, scene 1.
8. "..............t the great King of
Kings Hath in the tables of his law
commanded That thou shalt do no
murder" --Richard III, act L. scene L.
L. "And that one talent. which Is
death to hide Lodged with thee use
less Sonnet, "on His Blindness
3. Marry. his kisses are Judas own
children'--As You Like 1t, act H.
scene 4.
G. Thru this concession my full
cup runs o'er"-The Ring and the
Book, Book TX.
I. How bloody Herod slew these in
nocents"--The Ring and the Book
Book IN
s. "Follow Light and do the Right
for man can half control his doom
Till you see the deathless angel seat
ed in the vacant tomb'-Locksley Hail.
Sixty Years After.
8. And from a heart as rough las
Esau's hand'-Godlya.
10. "Than that earth should stand
at gaze, like Joshua's moon in Ajalon"
Locksley Hall,
Correctness Percentage 48.
This list, when looked over. was
found to have been answered with a
percentage of correctness of about 49,
coinciding very close with Mr.. Doreys
results. The class was divided Into
two sections when taking the test. One
of these sections got an average of
53.1 per cent, and the other so. The
individual averages ran all the way
from 100 to O. One answered all an
swers correctly, two We're between 80
m 4 L.A, Nd JevtHt
between 20 and so. four from go to 70,
eight from so to so, ten from 40 to So
three between 30 and 40. five from 20
to 80, five from 10 to 20, and one O.
Fourteen Identify Psalm.
or the twenty-seven who undertook
the discussion of No 6, fourteen named
the psalm as the twenty third, and one
called it the shepherd psalm" No!
one. however, identified the command
ment in No. as the sixth.
= Hero Arc Some of the Gems.
Some of the gems that We're discov-
cred by going thru the examination
papers, including spelling and all, fol-
low:
Peter betrayed Christ If Judas
didn't, and If Peter was Judas SON
then the smile would be better ex-
planned.
"Herod Slowing the innocents re-
fers to the time when all Christian
babies under 2 years of age were to
be killed
"rhe salms were written by Solo,
mon.
Joshua gazed at the moon and had
\ dream or vision of some kind.
.Esau had twin brother who was
" older of the two.
"Golgotha was one of the bloodlest
titles in Bible history.
"The poor woman who had only one
lent to give to the Lord.
"Golgotha was where Samson slew
he philistines with the iawbone of an
ISIS.
when sin came into the world, the
avs changed from extreme heat ia
xtreme cold, which was the penalty
Vt Adam.
"Golgotha. was the leader of the
GIANTS who inhabited the promised
and before the Isrealites came to it.
The Ten Commandments were made
" Christ and he gave them to his
,isciples and the people.
"Golgotha was a heather god to
rhom the people offered living sacri-
fees.
"A rumor came to Herod that the
child Joseph should become a king.
'.Esau sold his birthright for some
,orrige.''
FINDS SNAKE IN BANANAS.