Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12
COUNTRY SCHOOL EX'S
Eighth Grade Pupils Are Busy
Thursday and Friday.
FORMIDABLE QUESTIONS.
Common Sense Schooling Applied to
Many Different SUbiects-HOw
Many Can You Answer!

we're busy days in the country school,
particularly for those eight grade pu-
pills who wished to "get there" with
a diploma next May.
The county school superintendent
mailed out batch of questions last
week to all the teachers instructlng
them when and how to hold the ex-
aminations Especial stress was laid
on the question of honesty with both
pupil and teacher. The teacher
opened four envelopes containing the
questions the different times specified
and did so in the presence of the pu-
pill. The pupil in application for a
diploma fills out a form telling when
the questions were received md that
assistance was not obtained in ans
wering them. The form is signed with
the pupils name and forwarded TO
the county superintendent. All ans
wers were forwarded to the county
superintendent for marking. The days
and hours of examination, the subjects
covered and the questions are as fol
lows:
Thursday at $3.50 A. vi.
Spelling HiccOugh, apparel, paral-
we, massacre, similar, fertilizer, can
ceIled, vacancy, arrival, cleanse, miss
peIl, gayety, succeed, raisins, mort
gage, poisonous, foreign, salary, par
asOl, leisure, banana, catechism, an
nul, vanilla, gasoline, sanitary, ca
tarrh, busiest, sensible, bluing, len
lent, analysis, etiquette, aisle, cal
lous, suing, medicine, mileage, lus-
ciOus, lose, rescue, grieve, decision,
delicious, citizen, wooden, diploma,
dairying, peculiar, porcelain.
Arithmetic.
1. Ca) What is the difference be
tween a proper and an improper frac
ton? Illust each. OBJ What is a COM
mon denomination?
2. A man owned the south half of
the east One-fourth of the southwest
one-fourth and paid $3.50 an acre for
it. He then sold One-fourth of his
land to his oldest child at 5000 an
acre and next sold One-third of what
he had left at 500 an acre. How
much money did he get for the two
pieces he sold?
8. What will it cost to single
roof 81 feet by 3115 feet, if shingles
are laid four inches to the weather
and cost 81 a thousand?
4. How much profit is there in a
COW that gives 20 lbs. of milk a day,
testing As for 300 days a year? She
is fed each day of the whole year A
lbs. of corn worth zoe a bu., 3 lbs.
of barley worth Coo a bu., lbs. of
corn stover worth So a ton and 16
lbs. of silage, worth $3.50 ton?
3. man bought a 160-acre farm
for $12O an acre. He spent 500 on
new fences, $3.50 on new buildings
and then sold it for $120 an acre.
What per cent profit did he make?
6. AnaIyze: A man and his broth
er had $1,000. His brother had two
thirds as much as he had. How much
had each?
z. A farmer delivered the follow
money is due him?
March 20 delivers so lbs, test %
per cent, price butter fat, SIC.
March %, delivers 70 lbs, test %
per cent, price butter fat soc.
March "a, delivers So lbs, test "A
per cent, price butter fat soc.
March &c, delivers 20 lbs, test %
percent, price butter fat soc.
s. How many lbs. of water in a
cylindrical watering trough 2 feet
deep and feet in diameter?
8. Find the total cost of the follow
ing:
2250 lbs of oil meal at $35 a ton.
1860 lbs. of oats at soc blu.
r.
1850 lbs of ear corn at Coo blu.
10. A farmer paved $3.50 to an
agent for selling his farm. The agent
got per cent for his work. What did
the farm sell for?
Open Thursday at 1880 p. m.
Geography.
(Omit any one except 1 and p
1 and 2. Draw a map of Wiscon-
sin and place therein the ten largest
cities. three lakes, three rivers and
the potato regions.
3. Discuss the salmon industry and
the oyster industry of the United
States.
4. Through what waters would a
boat pass with a cargo from Duluth
to Liverpool?
5. What different things influence
the climate and occupation of a reg
ion? Illustrate.
6. Discuss Mexico as to its climatic
belts, its product belts, healthiness
and character of her people. Why did
SO many people from the United States
60 there?
z. Name and locate five important
canals in the world and show why
each was built.
s. England has a milder climate
than places in North America about
the same latitude Why is this? OF
what benefit or hindrance is this?