Goin' to School

By Laura R. Talbot

At a progressive porch party the young women sharpened their wits with the following:

Alphabet

"If an alphabetical servility must still be urged."

—Milton.

1. A river in Scotland.

2. A printer's measure.

3. Owned by the Chinaman.

Answers

1. D (Dee).

2. M (em).

3. Q (queue).

Geography

"In despite o' geography."

—Butler.

Find the Islands

1. Eat a —— when you are hungry.

2. The cat caught my ——.

3. Jack had a —— pony given him.

Answers

1. Sandwich.

2. Canary.

3. Shetland.

III

Grammar

"Who climbs the grammar tree distinctly knows

Where noun and verb and participle grows."

—Dryden.

1. What the convicted prisoner receives.

2. What does the cat have?

3. Four-sevenths of a flower is what part of speech?

Answers

1. Sentence.

2. Clause (claws).

3. Verb-ena.

Physiology

"For of the soule the bodie forme doth take;

For soule is forme, and doth the bodie make."

—Spenser.

1. What humorist is a vital organ?

2. What is sometimes found in a closet?

3. What did Adam lose?

Answers

1. Heart (Harte).

2. Skeleton.

3. Rib.

The "scholars" were now dismissed for fifteen minutes' recess, while EDUCATOR CRACKERS were served. An old-fashioned hand bell called them to order.

Arithmetic

"This endless addition of numbers."

—Locke.

1. Think of a number,

Double it,

Add ten,

Divide by two,

Add five,

Multiply by four,

Subtract forty,

Divide by number first thought of,

Add nineteen,

And what do you have?

2. Not round and part of a plant.

3. Subtract nine from six.

Answers

1. Twenty-three.

2. Square root.

3. SIX

——

History

"For aught that I could ever read,

Could ever hear by tale or history."

—Shakespeare.

1. What fruit do we always find in history?

2. What fowls are associated with the Pilgrim Fathers?

3. What happened to America in 1492?

Answers

1. Dates.

2. Plymouth Rocks.

3. Discovered.

VII

Current Events

"For 'tis a chronicle of day by day."

—Shakespeare.

1. What large gun is often heard in Washington?

2. What kitchen divinity has been declared a fraud?

3. What European ruler was interested in "The Congo"?

Answers

1. Cannon (Joseph G.).

2. Cook (Dr. Frederick.)

3. King Leopold.

Refreshments were next served in school lunch boxes. Candy, in boxes representing books, was given as prizes.

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