Wright School for Girls - Wrightorian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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Simi Berney Mclnnis, a third year Latin student, explains the rhyme Llbba Bfmln- Cornelia Zlcmlm- Bffmlii Moore. kms! ADH Scheme of Virgilis Aweid to LCC Faulk, JO Anne Pfleger, and Ixendall dramatize a French play for other members of Mrs Nancy Macau of Latin 1. ROSSS Ffsnfh II Class Est Par and volitive subjunctives and temporal clauses, from l which Neptune himself could not rescue me. l Appelez-vous? Quel age avez-vous? Coming F , from a precocious first grader and directed straight li! ' at me, I fumbled discreetly in my cluttered purse M- for my miniature French-English dictionary, and in order to avoid silence, I uttered the first worcls that N met my eyes, suis un petit chatf! The evening my parents and I had dinner at the I.a Fayette, I over-anxiously summoned the waiter and insisted that he take our orders in French. With precise pronunciation and articulate gestures of hands, I confidently awaited la fetef' A half hour later, lifting the covers from our dishes my parents simultaneously shuddered and averted their faces, as they beheld six life-like snails reclining on their plates! How do you say, 'Take them awaym? I returned to school, dedicated to the proposi- tion, A little learning is a dangerous thing. Now, I beam with the bright girls: Bonjour, Madame Ross! Qomment allez-vous? Madame Mc- Lean! fai etudie mon devoir, aujourdhui, Madame Oliver. Errare humanum est, Mrs. Frase! .lil , First graders receive their beginning lessons in francais vocabulary. 'I9

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Xia , as 18 In--M .. f H A sw, -- tm ti i ..,. c wa., wi, me The sixth grade learns French Christmas carols from Mrs, Ross and Mrs. Crocker in order to increase their francais knowledge. fi? Patty Towle, Nancy Stevens, and Becky Dunn-NIuniors- survey a nativity scene, while Mrs. Oliver teaches them Christmas vocabulary in French Francais Ale suis une jeune fille de Wriglit. Parlezvous francais? .,NO.,, Pourquoi pas? Huh? Wlieti the blond girl dressed in a Roman toga and speaking French greeted me my first day on campus, I knew there was something outstanding here-foreign languages. My next four years were filled with newness, bewilderment, and often humili- ation. The subjects themselves were new to me and yet so correlated with other studies that they could not help opening an appealingly new approach to academic thinking. lnstructional plays, recreational reports, modern short stories and poetry provided heightened interest for spiritless French studentsg likewise, dead Latin was quickened by wacky dra- matic orations, intriguing myths, and contemplated translations of the Christmas story from the Bible. Help! Help! Among scenes of the plays and sleepless nights at one of Caesars castra, I found my- self swimming dangerously amid ablative absolutes, active and passive periphrastic conjugations, optative

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-aa f. , , -'sf U, ga, ,sg XA.. ,assi 7 A visit to the court house breaks the routine ol class procedure for Miss Greene's eighth grade civics students, Hi tory Our Social Studies Department is forcefully clarifying terms that we once considered only house- hold words: 'History repeats itself . . . lt's a small world. Wfe, the People . . ln truth, it may be stimu- lating our imaginations far beyond clarity, for one small maxim haunts out fancies as we explore the facts: XVomen are here to stay! lf history does repeat itself, could the reason be that women are telling the story W- that we have been here all the time? Did civilization begin in the Valley of the Nile, just to make a good life for Cleo- patra? Wlould Caesar have enjoyed longevity if he had listened to Calpurnia? How high would taxes have gone except for the crowning glory of Lady Godiva? Did the North Sea Storm really sink the Awmzffa, or was ir the wrath of Good Queen Bess? W'ill the next page we turn reveal a feminine hand in marshalling Hannibals elephant train through the Alpine passes? Miss Green is not sure of answers to such leading questions, but we keep thinking- and repeating, i I ' 1 3 s I pw aa Seventh graders Sara Wornlclrirlge, Fran Aldridge, Marie Mcflonaghy, Brenda Wright, 'and Mrs. Oliver observe a map of the Louisiana Purchase in relation to their geography class. 20 i i i iiM t g l gg x N ' s, The sixth grade studies the relationship between ancient and modern world maps in geography,