Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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FYYVYVYVYYYVYW The scroll and stylus were used by the Romans as a means of leaving for the fu' ture enlightening facts conf cerning themselves. With this end in mind, they care' fully penned many interest' ing volumes about their lives and habits. Some ancient scrolls and stylus have been unearthed and they are not unlike our modern writing.

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Our own letters are practically identical to the ancient lapidary form. In the Greek and Latin alplhabets we find many simif larities which have reappeared in our present symbols. Inter' esting tablets have been found, particularly on the Isle of Crete, which have proved somewhat similar to the cuneif form of Persia. ?VYYYVV

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Since prehistoric times man has endeavored to preserve for posterity some record of his physical and cultural life. Each era has found a change in his mode of living and method of expression. Around this evolution is woven the theme of our 1930 DUNES. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the monks were the only persons who had an ad' vanced educationg hence it was up to them to record for posterity the principal events of that era. Their offerings have heen recorded in a variety of forms and lan' guages, and their early trans' lations are still preserved.