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INTRODUCTION. The Town of Dedham, at a meeting held May 12, 1851, voted to instruct the Town ' s School Committee to hire a building and teacher, and establish a High School according to law. Also, voted that the sum of one thousand dollars be raised by tax for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a High School, to be expended by the Town School Committee. In accordance with these votes, the Committee elected Mr. Charles J. Capen as Principal, and also hired the hall in which he had for several years taught a private school. This hall was on Church street, over the store of Mr. William Field, and was commonly known as Masonic Hall. It was decided to admit to the school only such pupils as passed a satisfactory written examination. To show what standard of admission was set up, and what requirements the schools of the town were expected to meet, and also to preserve it as an educational curiosity, the entire list of the questions used in this examination is here given. ' Examination Paper. The scholar will write the answers to the following questions : Questions in Geography. Massachusetts has how many Counties? What are her principal towns? What the names of her cities? How many States in the United States? What the principal rivers of the U. S. ? What are some of her larger cities? The principal mountains of U. S. ? The principal lakes? JZurope. What are the principal countries of Europe? What seas? What cities? On what river is London? On what gulf is St. Petersburg!!? On what river is Paris? On
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4 DEDHAM HIGH SCHOOL. what Vienna? The capital of Norway ? Sweden? Denmark? Turkey? In what country is Edinburgh? Crimea? Galway? Warsaw? Mt. Hecla? Naples? Athens? Asia. What are the principal countries of Asia? The chief islands? In what country is Calcutta? Mecca? Canton? Damascus ? Africa. What are the northern States of Africa? What the western? What rivers? What capes? What sea between Africa and Asia? What channel between the main land and the island of Madagascar? In what part of Africa are Liberia and Sierra Leone ? South America. What the largest country? The most southern? What countries on the western coast? Range of mountains on the western coast? The two largest rivers? How is S. America separated from N. America? Where is Guayaquil? What the eastern cape of S. A. ? The southern? The western ? ThejWorld. What the principal volcanoes in the world? What the principal mountains? The larger islands? The oceans ? Descriptive Geography What the chief products of Mass.? Her chief commercial pursuits? The names of her colleges ? How does she regard education? The products of New England generally? The nature ' of the climate? The principal harbors of N. England? The comparative industry and intelligence of N. England and the southern States? The products of the middle States? The mineral resources? The intellectual character of their citizens? The resources of the western States ? Is their progress great or moderate? What astronomical observatory? Who are some of her great men ? What grades of society in the south- ern States? The general state of education? Their articles of produce? Their commercial condition? The climate? The Oanadas. Climate? Productions? To whom belong-
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