History
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Boxing crowd in Mt. Vernon
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Parading down Main Street, John Day, 1910
Contributed photo/Grant County Historical Museum
Taken in Mt. Vernon; time and people unknown. Boxing
was a popular sport in Grant County years ago.
Joseph Sewell, popular boxer
Contributed photo/Grant County Historical Museum
Scene from a Fair parade in downtown John Day, circa 1910.
School days in Fox, circa 1914
All boys at Izee School
Contributed photo/ Grant County Historical Museum
Contributed photo/Grant County Historical Museum
Joseph Sewell, a well-known boxer and brother of
Thomas Sewell. Date unknown.
The Lofton District School in Fox, circa 1914. Top,
from left, Otis Robbins, Homer Halstead, Ray Berry
(teacher), Willis Born and Reuben Snode. Second
row, from left, Clyde Johns, Byron Berry and Carl
Born. Third row, from left, Altha Prescott, Auna
Robbins, Zella McBride, Francis Crossett(?) and
Clarence Snode. Front row, from left, Ray Prescott,
Leet Vaughan, Melvin Snyder, Erma Robbins,
Velma Snode, Lenora Synder, Lavern Johns,Velda
Halstead and Bertha Vaughan.
STATE OF OREGON
Questions for eighth
grade diplomas 1931
TO THE APPLICANT:
Select any ten of the follow-
ing questions.
TO THE EXAMINER:
*rade the ¿ rst ten answers
only.
GRAMMAR
1. Use each of the follow-
ing words correctly in an in-
teresting sentence: seen, laid,
isn’t, went, set.
2. (a) Use the possessive
form of a proper noun in a
simple sentence.
(b) Use a plural noun as
the object of a verb in a com-
plex sentence.
3. Use the neuter nouns in
the following list as the sub-
jects of sentences, masculine
nouns as objects of verbs and
the feminine nouns as objects
of verbs and the feminine
nouns as objects of prepo-
sitions: bundle, lion, table,
queen, hero.
4. Write a sentence which
contains pronouns of all three
persons.
5. Use the correct form in
the following sentences:
(a) One of them (is, are)
going to be here.
(b) Either Joe or Susan
(know, knows) about the af-
fair.
(c) A box of lemons (was,
were) overturned on the high-
way.
(d) If you are one of the
men who (is, are) going to
town, start at once.
(e) I (shall, will) probably
write the letter tonight.
6. In the following sen-
tence is seen transitive or in-
transitive?
Give a reason for your an-
swer:
The cloud was seen by her
before the rain began to fall.
7. Properly punctuate and
capitalize the following: the
smith sash and door co on
16th street jacksonville or-
egon was given a large or-
der for windows casings and
doors last thursday
8. Write a compound sen-
tence containing an adjective
phrase, a compound object
and an adverbial phrase.
9. Write the principal parts
of the following verbs: go,
teach, write, show, play.
10. 'e¿ ne an appositive
and give an illustration.
11. What parts of speech
are used as modi¿ ers? Illus-
trate the use of each.
12. Make sentences be-
ginning with the following
groups of words:
(a) Crying softly
(b) Eating the apple
(c) Slipping on the ice
(d) Catching the ball
(e) Defending the fort
(Courtesy of the Grant
County Genealogical Society)
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Contributed photo/ Grant County Historical Museum
Izee School, date unknown. Two teachers and
eight students, all boys.