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1908 Scholarship Exams

If you were 11 years old and hoping to get a free scholarship to the Boys' High School for the year beginning in September, 1908, you would have turned up at the High School on the morning of Saturday, 17th July, 1908, and have taken five of six examination papers.

The links below will take you to the papers - have a look - how well would you do?

09:00 to 10:00 Arithmetic

10:05 to 10:55 Grammar

11:00 to 11:45 Composition

  lunch

14:00 to 15:00 Algebra

  then either ...

15:05 to 16:10 Geography
  or
15:05 to 16:15 History

 

scholarship 1908 - geography
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