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July 18, 1874
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[July 18, 1874.
Mistress. “ Jane, tell Cook I ’ll come down and See what she wants done to that Stove, as the Builder’s coming
to-Morrow. ”
Jane. “ 0, please, ’cm, I don’t think we can Ast you into the Kitching to-Day, Mum, as Cook and mb’s got a Small
and Early ‘at ’Ome’ this Afternoon, Mum !”
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS EOR ENTRANCE
INTO INFANT SCHOOLS.
Lord Chelmsford, who went to sea at an early age, hut after-
wards became Lord Chancellor, as good as confesses that he would
be all at sea again if he had to answer some of the questions put to
our Naval Cadets. Certainly Collingwood and Nelson could never
have entered the British Navy under the present rules. N’importe:
we have improved things. Mr. Punch has had to set the examina-
tion papers for the admission to infant schools, and has done so to
the best of his ability, only remarking that it is one thing to set
papers with your books about you, and another to answer them with
nothing more informing than pen and ink, a quire of foolscap, and
a pad of blotting paper. Ten minutes’ allowance for infants under
three years of age ; above that, weight for age—girls, 3 stone 2lb. ;
boys, 4 stone. T. Y. C.
Arithmetic.
1. The Daily Telegraph has the largest circulation in the world,
and the Daily News a world-wide circulation. State the exact cir-
culation of each paper, and reduce the value of it to pence, florins,
and rupees.
2. What was the precise amount of Mr. Lowe’s surplus, in far-
things, kreutzers, and cowries ? and give some general idea of what
has become of it.
3. State the exact amount of the Spanish national debt, and if
your father holds any bonds, tell us how he feels.
4. Give the united ages of Sir Richard Wallace and Baron
Albert Grant, multiply them by ten, and reduce them to
sovereigns.
History.
1. W’hat did MaryQueen of Scots say to Oliver Cromwell
after the battle of Blenheim, and what did he say when she said
that r
2. Relate what you know of Andrew Marvell, the old Member
for Hull, and Mr. Reed, the present Member. (Any child making
a joke about the “ Ship of the State ” will be at once disqualified.)
3. Who was Shawn O’Neill, and why did he quarrel with
William the Third ?
Geography.
1. Describe Yarkand, and state the reasons which induced Shi
Samuel and Lady Baker to go there.
2. Give the exact distance between the Seven Dials, and the end of
the Five Points of New York; state which you think to be the nicest
place of the two; and put down what you remember of Wordsworth’s
poem on the Dials, beginning, “ We are Seven.”
3. State the relative heights of the lakes Tanganyika and the
Albert Nyanza above the level of the sea ; and give your opinions,
if any, as to the former lake being the Sereree of the Congo.
4. Which is the shortest way from Fitzroy Square to New Bur
lington Street; and, if you lost your way between the two places
at what Police Station would you give yourself up to be taken
home ?
General Knowledge.
Who’s Griffiths ?
Did Poor Miss Finch ever accumulate any property ?
Where’s Eliza ?
How’s your mother, and does she know if you are out P
Did you ever Send your Wife to Camberwell ?
Can We Forgive Her ?
“ Who fears to talk of Ninety-Eight ? ”
Tell us about the Transit of Venus, and show why the Venus of
Milo takes longer in passing over the sun’s surface than the Venus
de Medici.
Tell us the name of anybody who does not adore the Princess of
Wales.
These are all the questions which Mr. Punch has set at present,
but, as education progresses, of course he will have to be more severe.
We seem to be coming back to the safe old Schoolmaster’s rule, that
no boy is to go into the water until he can swim.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[July 18, 1874.
Mistress. “ Jane, tell Cook I ’ll come down and See what she wants done to that Stove, as the Builder’s coming
to-Morrow. ”
Jane. “ 0, please, ’cm, I don’t think we can Ast you into the Kitching to-Day, Mum, as Cook and mb’s got a Small
and Early ‘at ’Ome’ this Afternoon, Mum !”
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS EOR ENTRANCE
INTO INFANT SCHOOLS.
Lord Chelmsford, who went to sea at an early age, hut after-
wards became Lord Chancellor, as good as confesses that he would
be all at sea again if he had to answer some of the questions put to
our Naval Cadets. Certainly Collingwood and Nelson could never
have entered the British Navy under the present rules. N’importe:
we have improved things. Mr. Punch has had to set the examina-
tion papers for the admission to infant schools, and has done so to
the best of his ability, only remarking that it is one thing to set
papers with your books about you, and another to answer them with
nothing more informing than pen and ink, a quire of foolscap, and
a pad of blotting paper. Ten minutes’ allowance for infants under
three years of age ; above that, weight for age—girls, 3 stone 2lb. ;
boys, 4 stone. T. Y. C.
Arithmetic.
1. The Daily Telegraph has the largest circulation in the world,
and the Daily News a world-wide circulation. State the exact cir-
culation of each paper, and reduce the value of it to pence, florins,
and rupees.
2. What was the precise amount of Mr. Lowe’s surplus, in far-
things, kreutzers, and cowries ? and give some general idea of what
has become of it.
3. State the exact amount of the Spanish national debt, and if
your father holds any bonds, tell us how he feels.
4. Give the united ages of Sir Richard Wallace and Baron
Albert Grant, multiply them by ten, and reduce them to
sovereigns.
History.
1. W’hat did MaryQueen of Scots say to Oliver Cromwell
after the battle of Blenheim, and what did he say when she said
that r
2. Relate what you know of Andrew Marvell, the old Member
for Hull, and Mr. Reed, the present Member. (Any child making
a joke about the “ Ship of the State ” will be at once disqualified.)
3. Who was Shawn O’Neill, and why did he quarrel with
William the Third ?
Geography.
1. Describe Yarkand, and state the reasons which induced Shi
Samuel and Lady Baker to go there.
2. Give the exact distance between the Seven Dials, and the end of
the Five Points of New York; state which you think to be the nicest
place of the two; and put down what you remember of Wordsworth’s
poem on the Dials, beginning, “ We are Seven.”
3. State the relative heights of the lakes Tanganyika and the
Albert Nyanza above the level of the sea ; and give your opinions,
if any, as to the former lake being the Sereree of the Congo.
4. Which is the shortest way from Fitzroy Square to New Bur
lington Street; and, if you lost your way between the two places
at what Police Station would you give yourself up to be taken
home ?
General Knowledge.
Who’s Griffiths ?
Did Poor Miss Finch ever accumulate any property ?
Where’s Eliza ?
How’s your mother, and does she know if you are out P
Did you ever Send your Wife to Camberwell ?
Can We Forgive Her ?
“ Who fears to talk of Ninety-Eight ? ”
Tell us about the Transit of Venus, and show why the Venus of
Milo takes longer in passing over the sun’s surface than the Venus
de Medici.
Tell us the name of anybody who does not adore the Princess of
Wales.
These are all the questions which Mr. Punch has set at present,
but, as education progresses, of course he will have to be more severe.
We seem to be coming back to the safe old Schoolmaster’s rule, that
no boy is to go into the water until he can swim.