Fenster Ranch School - Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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A Latin Conquest The Latin class decided to do something new and different one day. A contest between the members of the class was the outcome of much thought on the matter. We dbcided to see how many derivatives we could use from Latin words in writing a short story. The results showed us that the study of Latin had given usla wonderful understanding of the English language. The same words were used by each person and'the variety of stories and situations that sprang from this vocabulary was very impressive. They were so-impress- ive that two of them are printed for your enjoyment. Each of the words derived from Latin is underlined for your benefit. The Fugitive The agmea fugitive was in the midst of the fengid alanag,on the riparian side of town. The Qndible'excitement and gang sequenj,reaponaive movements of the crowd were being caased by the fiance regime which the Soviets were introancing. The fugitive hated vehemently each aalute he was forced to make. And, although he tried to defend himself, he was constantly under interrogation for an ansolved crime. At this very ng: ggngahe was watching another fugitive's initiatian into con- stant suapician, for he, too, was being deluged with inimi- aal,questions. These questions were painful and the man couldn't respond to any of them so great was his tennog at their contant. The leaders canducting the interrogation were glorying in their capaive's atultified penaonage when sud- denly a not-too cigcumsnect character leaped through the nggf tal,and transported away the fugitive. That night the fugi- tives hid in a deserted natatorium on the East side of town. They had a total of two dollars between them and some arms. Two months later they'd escaped to maritime Italy and now can be seen nanaing,nets by the sea, libanated from the constant salute to a tyrannical power. ' Chesley Harding

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Quinque Est Satis In many Roman towns it was extremely difficult to become a gijlggn, Here is a story told by a Latip scribe of one ...mR0m ummm- I I am a scribe and in order that the spectacular and glgr rigpg-higjory of our community should not disgolye into obscurity I am writing this account. Our town is lgcatgd near the gpciepj ruins of a college cam the motto of which was HSio Semper Tyrannis.n zAlways sic the tyrant.D It is on a flat plain where we have gppgjrpppgghan argpa for entertaipmept which is a xyiLg1,parp of our cp ppre, At these shows the specpators usually go c i e and lick lollypops made of salt. Our Dux fmayorg conducts all of our ceremopieg and' usually is the grciter and prime mover of egtertaippent. One of our chief rituals'is the apppal,ipitiatiop, each Decemper, of an alien who desires to become a citizen. portals. Afterward he is forced to live on the banks of our riygr as a common rrpariap In this mappgr,he must spend several days without any ovisio s. He must then give a verbal declaration of his desire to live in our community. If he merely murmurs stupid verbalisgg his, chances are already ruined. His declarapiop must be clear- ly ggdible to the apdiepce which is especially gudiepj since the inhabitantslare eager to detect any erroneous gpatgmeptsw After a careful circumspectiop of the 131117 gpg, the people proceed to defepd themselves from his grgpf mgpjs about their maltreatment of him. Of course, his ggggr opjecpion is that their actions are deleterious for no good First, the stranger is escorted with ceremony through our IEL.....JL. rggpgppand that they are trying to cause a total Qglgilgn of his persgp. At this point the povice often gives up and becomes a ipgipi1g,and finally a hermit. If, however, he has survived the initiation thus far without a complete gprrgndgr,to lunacy, he is ready for the fingl-step which takes place in our outdoor patatorium. 'The ipitiape rgy gpgpdg readily to this roguery. He is plunged into rrigig water, where he is expected to navigate in spite of his