ayer on her lips and listening to the voices
that had whispered to her so often.

The heroism of Joan of Arc was wonderful. We do not know what
form her great patriotism took or how far it really led her.
She spoke of hearing voices and of seeing visions. We only
know that she resolved to save her country, knowing though she
did so, it would cost her her life. Yet she never hesitated.
She was uneducated save for the lessons taught her by nature.
Yet she led armies and crowned the dauphin, king of France.
She was only a girl, yet she could silence a great bishop by
words that came from her heart and from her faith. She was
only a woman, yet she could die as bravely as any martyr who
had gone before.

The following compositions have been evaluated by Professor Thorndike,
and may be used to supplement the scale given above.

VALUE 13

Last Monday the house on the corner of Jay street was burned
down to the ground and right down by Mrs. brons house there is
a little child all alone and there is a bad man sleeping in
the seller, but we have a wise old monkey in the coal ben so
the parents are thankful that they don't have to pay any
reward.

VALUE 20

Some of the house burned and the children were in bed and
there were four children and the lady next store broke the
door in and went up stars and woke the peple up and whent out
of the house when they moved and and the girl was skard to
look out of the window and all the time thouhth that she saw a
flame.

And the wise monkey reward from going to the firehouse and
jumping all round and was thankful from his reward and was
thankful for what he got. $15. was his reward.

VALUE 30

A long time ago, I do not know, how long but a man and a woman
and a little boy lived together also a monkey a pet for the
little boy it happened that the man and the woman were out,
and the monkey and little boy, and the house started to burn,
and the monkey took the little boys hand, and, went out.

The father had come home and was glad that the monkey had
saved his little boy.

And that, monkey got a reward.

VALUE 40

Once upon a time a woman went into a dark room and lit a
match. She dropped it on the floor and it of course set the
house afire.

She jumped out of