8th grade education

Remember when our grandparents, great-grandparents, and such stated
that they only had an 8th grade education?
Well, check this out.: – – –
This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in 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
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, lay and
run
5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.
7. 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 Ibs., what is it worth at
50cts/bushel, deducting 10501bs. 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 Ibs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per
meter?
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)
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, sub vocals,
diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
4. Give four substitutes for caret ‘u’.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final I e. I 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 &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.
Also

Also notice that the exam took five hours to complete.
Gives the saying “she/he only had an 8th grade education” a whole new
meaning, doesn’t it?
What happened to us? It is kind of humbling, isn’t it?

February 5th Chamber of Commerce Meeting

History was made at The Chamber of Commerce Meeting on February 5th about 12:20 pm when two young ladies from the Republic School District spoke before a group of Chamber Members numbering somewhere around fifty.  Reagan Schmidly from Sweeny Elementary, and Payton Siegal, from Lyon Elementary.   Reagan is in the 5^th grade, Payton in the 4^th grade.  These girls spoke on Elementary Leadership and what they are doing to accomplish the goals at home as well as at school, using notebooks with charts and explaining what it takes to be a leader.  The leadership program as they explained, gives the young student body the ability to learn how to lead in all areas of organizing and conducting meetings, as well as prepare them for the business world after school.  I have seen adults who have been in the field for many years not able to present themselves as well as these young ladies.

Superintendent Chance Wistrom informed the Chamber Members that all grades are in the leadership program, and that the program is working great.

The Republic RIII School District is one to be very proud of.

DAYS GONE BY

From the Republic Monitor Thursday, November 3, 1949

Lions Club Fall Festival Meets Success

JUNIORS ELECT PATSY WOODFILL QUEEN

Blessed with clear skies and comfortable temperatures, the Lions Club annual Fall Festival got off to a good start at 2:30 Saturday afternoon with a parade.  Several hundred people were there to see the coronation and hear weatherman C. C. Williford.  Pasty Woodfill, a Junior in High School , was elected Queen of the Festival and Mr. Williford acting as master of ceremonies crowned the Queen.

Patsy  married Jack Trogdon  and is a charter member of the Republic Historical Society and helped in making it what it is today.

 

 

Republic Community Foundation

The Republic Community Foundation had their annual banquet on the 10th of April 2018.  They were able to give several grants to area groups that are helping  many people.  The Republic Historical Society was one of the recipients of a eight hundred fourteen dollar grant to purchase eight rolls of The Republic Monitor News-paper on microfilm.  Rolls from 1926 to 1946 have been order from the State Archives, last year, we received the same grant and purchased rolls 1907 to 1925.  This gives the society the ability to research the most often ask years to research.   The paper print is so brittle each time we view them a corner may brake off.  The society will be able to let the public come and view these historical papers on microfilm due to the help of the grants given by the REPUBLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.  We have partnered with the city of Republic in writing a grant for a microfilm scanner and hope to have this all in the near future.

DID YOU KNOW REPUBLIC HAD AN AIR PORT?

REPUBLIC MONITOR, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1949

CELEBRATION AT LOCAL AIRPORT JULY FOURTH

 

Plans are being made by the Frye Airport three-fourths of a mile northwest of this city to celebrate and have fun in general on the Fourth of July.

According to Danny Frye manager of the new port, there will be airplane rides with free rides to those fortunate enough to get their name on the registry book in a certain way and a number of contests including balloon bursting, ribbon cutting, spot landing and airplane races.

Mr. Frye will have a new Piper Clipper at the port and demonstration of the new ship will be made during the day.

Mr. Frye plans to make the day one that Republic will enjoy and remember for a long time.

(In the 1950’s Randall Sobotka was flying his plane at this airport and took my cousin and me for a ride around the City of Republic, for a couple of not yet teenagers this was out of this world.  I also found in the monitor that Jack Bridges had earned his pilots license using this airport).

Battle of Wilson’s Creek as told by an obituary of 1945.

While working on obituary’s this one was given to the Historical Society, dated April 16, 1945.  A little back ground before copying the obit.  We know from history that General Lyon was taken to the John Ray house, but I have not read any thing from the Ray family who may of cared for him.

France Elizabeth Ray, was born to John and his first wife on Jan 10, 1844, in Missouri. France married Claiborne Jerome Stewart September 7, 1865 at the Ray House.  Claiborne served in the Civil War, 24th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Now for obit of Edwin Jasper Stewart.

EDWIN JASPER STEWART

Edwin Jasper Stewart, 75 retired cattleman of the Battlefield community, died last night at his home after an illness lasting two weeks.

Mr. Stewart was well known throughout Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma in the cattle business and at one time owned and operated a large cattle ranch in Stone County.

A native of Battlefield community, he was born June 24, 1869, on a farm where the present town of that name stands and a mile and a half from the site of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek.  He was the son of C. J. Stewart, a Civil War Union Veteran, and France Wray Stewart who nursed General Lyons, Union general, when he was brought to her father’s home after being wounded in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek on August 10, 1861.  The Wray family cared for General Lyons for several days before he was brought back to Springfield.

When the Missouri Pacific railroad laid a line between Springfield and Crane, they ran it directly across his father’s farm.  Mr. Stewart, with visions of a future there, purchased 40 acres of his father’s farm land and laid out the present town of Battlefield.  When the little country Methodist church was moved into the town he helped to erect a building to house the congregation of which he had been a member for many years.

Funeral services will be held in the little Battlefield Methodist church a 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon with Rev. Frank Nelson officiating  and burial in Manley Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be his nephews, Hubert, and Paul Stewart, Hershel Perkins, Homer and Lee Young and Earl Mikesell.

Mr. Stewart is  survived by his wife, the former  Miss Betty Young, a neighbor girl to whom he was married in 1891;  one son, R. E.  Stewart, 801 East Grand;  one daughter, Mrs. Verna McDaniel, battlefield;   one sister, Mrs. C. T.  Perkins, Battlefield;  two brothers, W L Stewart, Morrisville, and J B Stewart, Wilson Creek;  six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

One grandson Leon McDaniel is aboard a ship in the Pacific with the Navy, and another, T/Sgt Ralph McDaniel, radio operator on a B-17 Flying Fortress, has completed 35 missions over Germany and is back in the United States stationed at Scott Field, Ill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flying Ambulance Service

Did you know in 1948 Republic had a Flying Ambulance Service Available?  The R E Thurman Undertaking Company is offering long distance ambulance service by air for emergencies and transfer of bodies, according to an announcement this week (Thursday, November 25, 1948) by Mr. Thurman, veteran funeral director of this city.

When was Highway 60 between Billings and Republic made to be on the southside of the railroad.

A question came up as to when Highway 60 from Billings to Republic was made straight.  Bill O’Neil remembered  while in high school they could see men working on  Hwy 60 from the upstairs windows.  Bill was in the class of 1942.  MODOT’s maps  for 1941 shows the old road, going north of the railroad tracks at Billings by Rose Hill Cemetery,  the 1942 map shows 60 hwy on the south side of the railroad tracks in a straight line to Republic,  any help on the exact times please let us know, at rob112241@yahoo.com.

There are some other stories of those working on the highway project, but have not been confirmed.

Just received word from Bob Thurman that he could see construction on the stretch of hwy 60 from his home at 504 East Elm Street, between East Elm Street and South Main Street.  Bob said he was pretty sure it was prior to 1945, when he started School.

Thanks Bob

With the help of all we can keep history alive.

(recopied from article in The Monitor)

The Republic Monitor, Thursday January 15, 1942

Contractors Start on

                   New Super Road

According to Tom Sutton, foreman of the dirt crew which is to prepare the roadbed for the new super highway which will skirt Republic on the south and terminate near Marionville, the highway department has given the go-ahead signal for work on the new road to begin.

When interviewed Tuesday Mr Sutton said that though men and considerable of the material were on location, the starting of the work was being delayed by a significant highway meeting which might mean an indefinite delay.  Tuesday evening he received the word to go ahead and yesterday morning men and machinery swung into action.

There may be delays due to inability to obtain tires for trucks, etc., but the work will go ahead Mr Sutton believes.

Their company’s contract calls for nine miles of work, according to Mr Sutton, but he thinks that the balance of the route to highway 13 east of Marionville has already been let on contractors

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I searched the 1943 and 1944 Monitor’s and found no other mention of the work, some think that both 60 highway and 166 highway were completed in 1945 or 1947,  and the Y connected them?  Will keep looking!

 

 

 

 

REPUBLIC STATE BANK ESTABLISHED

Republic Monitor June 1911

 

            The new bank has closed a deal for the two story brick building belonging to E. H. Britain and will remodel the front and divide the interior to make it ready for occupancy.  The banking rooms will be on the north side and a partition will cut off the south half which will be used for a store or for some other business.

 (Article one week later)

             A meeting of the shareholders of the new bank was held last Friday and an organization was effected.  The bank will be known as the Republic State Bank and it has a paid up capital of $10,000 with a surplus of $5,000.  The board of directors for the first year are as follows: E. Deboard, J. E. Decker, W. T. King, W. H. Fike, S. M. Hughs, C. O. Short of Iberia, and Chas B. Ousley of Crocker.  The officers elected were: President, E. Deboard;  Vice-president, J. E. Decker; Secy. W. H. Fike; Chas. House, assistant cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Iberia, will be the cashier of the new institution and Ray Groves will be assistant.  The matter of selecting quarters for the business was left to a committee composed of W. T. King, S. M. Hughs and S. E. Decker.

 

           REPUBLIC MONITOR

Republic Missouri Thursday September 26, 1929

(Article recopied from the Monitor)

STATE BANK BUILDING

            TO BE A MASONIC HOME

            Fifty or more members of the local Masonic Lodge, has underwriter an amount sufficient to acquire the building formerly occupied and owned by the State Bank of Republic, Which closes its doors in April , 1928.

A committee of enthusiastic workers have been busy on the purchase of the building for the past month, and as a result were successful within a short time in getting approximately fifty members to underwrite the amount of the purchase price.

These signers met and elected a board of trustees who will be in direct charge of the building, and carry out the articles of agreement.  It is the plan of the men who hold the building to convert the build into a Masonic Hall, in a manner that in time the building becomes the property of the lodge.

The contract and all papers in the case have met with the approval of Martin Howard, special commissioner in charge of the defunct state bank.

Just as soon as possible it is proposed to occupy the second floor for lodge purposes, and in the no distant future Republic Lodge will own its own building, an ambition that is worthy of the splendid effort that the members have put forth to acquire.

 

2017 Bass Pro Tournament of Champions

The Republic boys basketball team has been invited to this years Bass Pro Tournament of Champions.  Republic being  winners of the Blue division of the Greenwood  Blue and Gold Tournament will be going up against Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth, California, Thursday January 12, 2017 at 6:30 p.m.   Junior Marvin Bagley III, ESPN’s No. 1-ranked junior in the country is one of the players on this team.  Why is this showing up on the historical society’s web site you may ask.  This is the second time Republic has been invited, so this is history in the making.   If someone  should publish another  Sports Book, (we have LOOKING BACK, A Memoir of Republic Sports 1913-1969, memories are being made  from 1969-2017 ready for another sports book to be published).   Lets all get behind Republic and win this tournament.

The basketball team did their best but came up short.  I will say this group of young men make Republic very  proud.  Ty Stevens took part in the Slam Dunk Contest and did good, was also named to the all-tournament team..  It will go down in history that on January 12, 13, 14, 2017; Treyon Racley (Sr), Hunter Creek (Jr), Trent Rackley (So), Mitchell Coiner (Sr), Ty Stevens (Sr), Devon Ward (Sr), Cameron Doke (Sr), Broc Smith (So), Caleb Singley (Sr), Jeremy Geiger (So), with coaches, head coach  Trevyor Fisher, assistant coaches; Sean Price, Dave Ketterman.  Managers; Chandler Duryea, Dylan Girdley, and Jack Wright, played in the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions.  This group of men showed that Republic is a top ranked team in the Ozarks, and their sportsmanship is the best.

Republic was awarded the Edsel Matthews Sportsmanship Award.  These young people were in front of around 10,000 fans per night, this is a great honor, for the school, parents, teachers, coaches, and the Republic District.

The young ladies in the cheer-leading and pom squads did  fantastic, representing the district in a manner that all should be proud of.

The varsity cheerleaders are; Madison Bateman, Raigan Davis, Kylee Fredrickson, Ella Fry, Amanda Gideon, Allison Gill, Kaylin Glenn, Kyra Holt, Ryleigh Hosp, Haven Lander, Hannah Lee, Jaydra Phouthone-Samms, Alea Robison, Olivia Skeans, Mariah Stanfield, Caitlyn Sturgis, Emilee Sullivan, and Morgan Wojciechowski.

The pom squad members are; Caitlin Calhoun, Katie Groves, Maegen Huyck, Isabel Lopez, Jasey Overholser, Bailey Peabody, Anna Strusz, Karson Thomas, Kayla Warner, and Hadley Wilson.

 

Bill