Berea High School - Prima Luce Yearbook (Berea, NC)

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PRIMA LUCE And So It Goes Not many summers ago at Wentworth-by-the-Sea There arrived a new swimming instructor of unknown fame. Whose art was supurb and whose nations were ree Which subjected the brawnier life-guards to sliame. II A nd soon without any soliciting, effort or pain, On the part of the teacher for pupils to teach, Tire ' number enrolled in the classes increased by a flourishing train, And many a favorite lass wandered now to the beach. III Ami many a matron discharged an expression of scorn, ‘ Hut sUently nourished 3er-beaten and worn, for his youth unstung, IV An AewTy £ inslS daughters ; v a 3 ™ 51 irKl ‘ ’tissue, bTat least we can see.” VI VII Demurely the daughters replied, “Nothing ' s wrong, to be sure, The teacher is clever, the watei is fine, In fact parents dear, it would he hard to secure [ Page 107 ]

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head scholar in Mathematics. At sixteen he went to Paris to complete his studies. Poor and proud, discontented with his lot, tormented by the first stirrings of genius, he became a misanthrope. These characteristics were the effect of his genius. PORTRAYAL We know of no better way to portray the fatalism of Prof. Stone and his insight into human nature than listing a number of proverbs which he is fond of quoting. As he always objects to giving the English of a proverb without quoting the Latin, we, contrary to the interest of economy, also insert the Latin. Ab inopia ad virtutem obsaeta est via. Hard, is the path from poverty to renown. Absens heres lion erit. The absent one will not be the heir. Acerrima proximorum odia. The hatred of relations is the most bitter. Amicus omnium, amicus nullorum. Every man’s friend is no man ' s friend. An dives sit, omnes quaerunt, nemo, an bonus. All ask if a man be rich, no one if he be good. Ars long, vita brevis. Science is unlimited in its course, life is short. Bead monoculi in regione caecorum. Happy are one-eyed men in the country of ' the blind. Beneficium accipere, liberatem vendere. T o receive a favor is to sell your liberty. Caecus iter monstrare cult. The blind man ivishcs to show the way. Habent insidias hominis blanditiae mali. The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit. Multa verba, modica fides. Many words, little credit. Littera scripta manet. A letter once written cannot be recalled. Murus aereus constantia sana. A clean conscience is a ivall of brass. Cave a cane muto .et ab aqua silenti. Beware of a silent dog and of still water. Caveat emptor. Let the buyer be on his guard. 111a dolet vere, quae sine teste dolet. Her grief is real ivho grieves when no one is by. Cum fortuna perit, nullus amicus erit. When fortune deserts us, our friends are nowhere. De male quaesitis vix gaudet tertius heres. A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth. Etiam mendicus mendico invidet. Even the beggar envies the beggar. Extremis malis extrema remedia. Desperate maladies require desperate remedies. Kama nihil est celerius. Nothing moves more quickly than scandal. Felix, qui nihil debet. Happy is the man wh ' o is out of debt. Fide, sed cui vide. Have confidence, but beware in whom. Nihil est ab omni parte beatum. There is no such thing as perfect happiness. Qui sitiunt, silentio bibunt. They who are thirsty, drink in silence. Memento mori. Remember death. Cede Deo. Vield to divine power.

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Instruction from one more expert in this line, And one in whose presense a girl is at ease On either a mountain or in the sea breeze.” VIII This greeted a chorus of sniffs from the parents, Who angrily said, “Bring this young man before us, If you will not caution the youngster, we will — We mean business ; no waiting, contentions, or fuss.” IX The daughters departed but quickly returned. And accompanying them was the swimming instructor — A creature quite handsome, but slightly sunburned. Some one said, “Meet Miss Reggin, the Olympian Star.” X So this was the unscrupulous lad of the ocean — Her reticent voice and her boyish hairtrim, And masculine bathing attire had caused the commotion — ■ No wonder! Her body was lithe and athletic and slim. XI And the wrath of the fathers now faded away; The reproach of the mothers existed no more. Few were chagrined and some others had nothing to say, While many gave outbursts of laughter as heard on occasions before. XII It was rumored that in the confusion and joy, That some one ventured to ask the instructor, That since the delusion was over and she was no longer a boy, If she cared to give lessons in swimming to gentlemen. — Orlando Stone.