Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
Examples of Some Answers.


The following examples are taken
from candidates examination papers
of July 5, 1911:
Robert Burns was and English he
was born in England and his parents
were very poor. All during Roberts
early child hood he showed that he
was very bright. He is considered one
Of the greatest English His poems
sound different from that of the other
poets. The sound much more smooth
err.
Robert Burns was an English writ
err of poems. Burns was born OF poor
parents, his father being common
day labor. Burns when young showed
taste for good book. Often while
to the table and read as he ate. Burns
was large mans. but the hard LABOR
which he did while young weaken him.
When about seventeen Burns attended
a dancing school which his parents
objected to very much.
Burns early educations was obtain
thro his mother and poor school. To
which he could attend only a few
months year.
LAS Burns grew in man hood he feel
in with companions. The results were
he became a drunken.
Robert Burns came from the Resent
class of Scotland; His father took it
upon himself to instruct his son as he
should be. When Robert was boy,
his father would talk to him as if he
were a man with intelligence and ma
turer knowledge instead of a mere boy.
Nature greatly Influenced him as is
shown by his literary works later;
many of his poems were about birds,
and the animals he came in contact in
his daily work on the farm.
Burns was Of Scotch decent. His peo-
pie were poor and ignorent. His oppor-
tunities were not good but he was de-
have run through his veins He knew
the peasant life well and it influenced
his works of later years. No poet has
ever been able to surpass him in de-
scribing the peasant life
"Nepoliean" and Lord Wellingford.
1.-THE battle of Waterloo where Ma
pelican the most noted and powerful
ruler also general that Europeshas ever
produced, is what some authorities say
as to his greatness, met his defeat wa!
merely an oversight on his part.
THE Battle of Waterloo was fought
between the French and English. The
French were led by Nepoliean and the
English by Lord Wellingford.
'Nepoliean had captured most of Eu-
rope and had been carrying on a war
against England. The English were the
better on seas but French beat them OF
land"
lone day in August few of the boys
thought they would go camping so they
invited the rest of us to so along to dc
the work l should imagine. it seemed SC
later but of course we hade our trobles
the same as other campers do. We for
got to take salt. The first few days
things went lovely but later the fellow
that couldn't whip the rest hade to be
cook the next weakest the dish washer
and SO on down until We had a sort OF
feudil system each one swearing ale
gence to the One who last WHIPPED him.
this continued for the remainder OF the
time and finely got so bad that camp
was broken and we went home.
AS examples of failure to exhibit fair
knowledge of English literary history.
the following answers to the question
asked-"ln few paragraphs altogether
about 200 words) mention the chief char-
acteristics and the most important writ
ers Of the nineteenth century In English
literature"-are submitted:
THE important writer's or the 18TH
Century were nearly all raised as poor
should class first among them is Long
fellow. After his death. The people Of
England thought so much about him.
they ask for his bust for the Poets Corner
in West Minister Abbey. 1t stands IN a
prominate place today.
There were a number OF good writer's
such as Johnson, Jonson, Tennyson, and
etc.
..The majority of the best writers at this
time were Englishmen. The Americans
only being q few. That is comparing
them with the Foreign writer's.
There was . great difference between