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Oregon Republican Reporter, Thursday, March 6, 2014, Page A3
Try your hand at examinations from the 1800s Editor’s note: Otto Dick, Oregon, has 2. Name and locate the mountain ranges of researched the people, places, and events the United States. important in Oregon’s history for the Ogle 3. Name the states having the Mississippi County Historical Society. The following is River for their western boundary, beginning at part of a series of the articles he has written. the north. 4. Into what do the following rivers By Otto Dick empty: Hudson, Ohio, Columbia, Tennessee, Missouri? I came across a series of examinations for 5. Tell where lead, gold, coal, petroleum and Ogle County school teachers. natural gas are found. One was dated 1891 for country schools Grammar labeled advanced division. 1. Write five proper nouns and five proper Another one dated 1898 was a final adjectives. examination for Ogle County, and one in 1901 2. Write the declension of the noun man. was named central examination. 3. “John seems happy.” What part of speech Teachers were tested and certified by the is happy? Parse it. counties and sometimes townships. 4. Write a sentence containing a predicate The following were taken from exams given nominative. Another with a noun in apposition. in 1891, 1898 and 1901. 5. Give principal parts of do, run, ride, go and swim. History Spelling 1. Who was King of England during our 1. Spell plural of valley, duty, money, city, Revolutionary War? lady. 2. In what wars did the following occur: 2. Rule for spelling plural of words ending Burning of Washington? Death of Gen. with y. Wolfe? Battle of Monmouth? 3. Write the noun, adjective and adverb 3. Who was “Old Hickory”? “Old Rough form of study. and Ready”? “The Hero of Tippecanoe”? 4. Copy, cross silent letters and mark 4. Who invented the telegraph? The sewing properly each sounded vowel: enough, machine? The cotton gin? through, freight, wright, furlough. 5. Name the first and last engagements of 5. From diction write division, principal, the Civil War. principle, America, separate, necessary, gauge, 6. What was the Dred Scott decision? Who parallel, Gettysburg, glacier. delivered the opinion of the court? 7. Write briefly about each of these: Alexander Hamilton, La Fayette, Major Andre, Aaron Burr, Molly Stark. Arithmetic Show the process by which each result is obtained. 1. If a man earns $27.72 in 9 days how much will he earn in 7 days? 2. I bought a horse for $50 and sold him for $60. Did I gain or lose and at what per cent? 3. I bought muslin at 81 cents a yard. If I sell at 25 cents profit, how much a yard do I get for it? 4. What is the value of the corn in a crib 12 feet long, 6 feet wide and 8 feet high at 3/8 of a dollar a bushel allowing 2.25 cubic feet to the bushel? 5. John gives Henry his note for $500, January 10, 1898 at 7 per cent. What is due today March 2, 1901? 6. How many ¼ inch cubes can be made from a cubic inch block? Geography 1. Name the states bordering on Lake Erie, and give their capitals. 2. Name and locate three straits and three This is a photo of the dedication program isthmuses. from 1909.
Oregon Public School Staff about 1880 were: top row,Cora Dwight, grades 5-6; Ed Conner, janitor; Jenusha (last name unknown) grades 3-4; and Mary (last name unknown), grades 7-8. In the front row are: Agnes McMallan, grades 1-2; Harriet Morse, high school; Samuel Wadsworth, Superintendent and high school; and Carrie (last name unknown, high school.
This newspaper photo shows the unveiling of the boulder that marked the spot in Washington Grove where the first public school in Ogle County opened in 1895.
Oregon Library News “A library is infinity under on Thursdays, at 10:30 a.m. a roof. — Gail Carson for stories, crafts, friends and Levine fun. Story Time is designed for 3-6 year olds. Registration Friends of the Library is requested. A Literary Feast—a collection of recipes by Federal Tax Forms the Friends of the Library Many of the IRS forms are is available for $15. All now available in the foyer proceeds will benefit the of the library. Please limit Oregon Public Library. yourself to one of each form due to the limited number. Library Book Clubs The Illinois State tax forms The Rock River Center have not yet arrived, but will Book Club will meet on be placed in the foyer as soon Wednesday, March 12 at as they do. 12:30 p.m. at the Rock River Center to discuss Marley and 2014 Bookmark Contest Me by John Grogan. It’s back. Entry forms for The Afternoon Book Club the 2014 Summer Reading will meet on Wednesday, Program bookmark contest March 19 at 1 p.m. at the are now available at the library to discuss The 19th library. They will be accepted Wife by David Ebershoff. through Monday, March 31. The 2014 theme will be Preschool Story TIme Paws to Read! Students in A new session of grades K-12 are eligible. StoryTime has begun. Join in Come by to get an entry form.
All entries will be displayed and selected bookmarks will be duplicated and used during the 2014 Summer Reading Program. Children/Youth New Book Arrivals — Nominees for 2015 Monarch Nominees Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin by Duncan Tonatiuh Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson Helen’s Big World by Doreen Rappaport If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen Jimmy the Joey by Deborah Lee Rose Prudence Wants a Pet by Cathleen Daly
The Oregon Public Library “lions” don’t sleep during Preschool Story Time. Photo supplied
The Princess and the Pig by Never Say Die by Will Jonathan Emmett Hobbs Nic Bishop Snakes by Nic One for the Murphys by Bishop Lynda Mullaly Hunt Rebecca Caudill Nominees Legend by Marie Lu Tuesdays at the Castle by A Long Walk to Water by Jessica Day George Linda Sue Park Unstoppable by Tim Green Dogs on Duty by Dorothy
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