Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1916 — TRY THIS ON FATHER. [ARTICLE]

TRY THIS ON FATHER.

Of Course He Can Pass the High School Examinations. If parents are intolerant of the low grades which are not worthy of their children, let them volunteer to show how easily a person of mature years can answer high school examihation questions. A housewife might amuse her little girl by answering the questions in the cooking “exams.” being given this week: Name the five food principals, giving the composition and use of each. Name five methods of cooking and explain each. How may food be kept from season to season? Give a complete classification of the proteins, with an example of each'. ■ Tell about the complete digestion of the protein. iGlve the composition of beef, milk and eggs, and the food value of each. Name the cuts of beef in the hind quarter. Name two tender and two tough cutsand explaiA the method of cooking each. What vegetable should be served with beef at breakfast and at dinner? What are the tests for good chicken, beef, veal, pork and eggs? At what temperature should protein foods be cooked? Fancy being suddenly confronted, on a dark night, with such questions as these, which are saddening the lives of little Johnnie who wishes to graduate from high school next spring: “Tell the story of Beowulf,” or “Name the special contributions of Caedman, Bede, Alfred Layamon, Wycliff, Langland, Gowery and Malory to English literature.” One is perhaps relieved when, in questions propounded to the juniors, he finds: “Give the units of measure with the cost in Kansas City of gas, water and electricity.” A freshman English “exam.” such as this may be answered in rapid tempo to impress the young: “Define the parts of speech, conjugation, tense, case and conjunction. Who is the heroine of ‘lvanhoe?’ Give two reasons, illustrating each. What do you know of the condition of the common people in England during the reign of Richard I.? State simply the meaning of the first three stanzas of Scott’s ‘Lady of the Lake.’ Define verse, foot (metric), dactyl, iambus and tetrameter. Also tell whether ‘a number of mistakes (was or were) made, and whether the speaker as well as the President (was or were) applauded.” Dash off a paragraph on “Should the wages of women be the same as those of

men?” Wind up quickly by answering the following: What is the difference between the English cabinet system and the American? Which is the more democratic? What is-the function of the king in England?’" ‘ Who really governs England? How does England solve the questions of poverty and unemployment? What racial elements constitute an Englishman? For what are Gladstone, Disraeli, Warren Hastings, Joseph Chamberlain, Charles Stewart Parnell, Cecil Rhodes and Adam Smith famous,? Who said that every man has his price? Who was the "old lady of Threadneedle street?” —Kansas City Times.