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

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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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u PR.IMA LUCE 9. Cornelia: Cornelia the mother of Tiberius and Caius Gracchus, was the daughter of Scinio Africanus the Elder. Left a widow, she was offered marriage with the kin«- of Egypt, but preferred to devote herself to the education of her children. When a rich friend once exhibited to her a cabinet of rare gems, she called in her two sons, saying. “These are my jewels.” 10. Mithridates The Great: Mithridates was king of Pontus. The armor which fitted his gigantic frame excited the wonder alike of Asiatic and Italian. As a runner he overtook the fleetest deer - as a rider, he broke the wildest steed; as a charioteer, he drove sixteen-in-hand; and as a hunter, he hit his game with his horse at full rallop He kept Greek poets, historians, and philosophers at his court, and |ave prizes not only to the greatest eater and drinker, but to the merriest jester and best singer. He ruled the twenty-two nations of his realm without the aid of an interpreter. He experimented on poison and sought to harden his system to its effect. One day he disappeared from the palace and was absent for months. On his return, it appeared that he had wandered incognito through Asia Minor, studying the people and country. 11. Julius Caesar: Although Caesar was a patrician, yet he was a friend of the people. His unt was married to Marius; his wife was the daughter of Cinna. Both Marius and Cinna were in their life time, enemies to Sulla. During Sulla’s proscription, Caesar refused to divorce his wife at the bidding of the dictator, and only the influence of powerful friends saved his life. Sulla detected the character of the vouth and declared, “There is more than one Marius hid in him. It was a true prediction Caesar civilized Gaul and in doing so trained an army that knew no mind or will except that of its great general. After the battle of Pharsaha in which he defeated Pompey, Caesar rode over the field calling upon his men to spare the Roman citizens, and on reaching Pompey’s tent, put his letters in the fire unread. 12. Frederick The Great: Frederick was king of Prussia, and although he had unlimited power he respected the rights of others. A windmill at Potsdam stood on some ground which he wanted for his park but he could not get it because the miller refused sell and he although absolute monarch, would not force him to leave. This Dublin is carefully preserved today as a monument of Frederick’s respect for Hie rights of a poor man. “Mv people and I,” said Frederick on another occasion, “understand each other. They are to say what they like and I am to do what I like.” 13. Napoleon Bonaparte: Napoleon as a boy was resolute, quarrelsome, gloomy, not much liked by his companions, lived apart; but he was popular with his teachers and became the [ Page 105 ]

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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 ]