Brearley School - Brearley Book Yearbook (New York, NY)

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FROM A LATIN COMPREHENSIVE fThe comprehension questions on the Latin college board examination are popularly supposed to be very dreadful, but any pupil who studies our specimen will have no difiiculty hereafter with this type of questionj III fDo not write a translation of the following passage but read it carefully and answer the questions set below.j Cicero Imfoleer the Gods Inter pericula examinationum, inter discrimina dierum, inter terrores noc- tum, horrescog a magistris, a libris, a tabulis nigris, fugog amicae nullum auxil- ium parentes nullas felicitates, mihi dare possunt. Insidia me expectant, latrones me sequntur, sum designata ad caedem. In biblotheca nullam pacem habeo, quod de examinationibus puto, in lectulo etiam non quiescere possum. Litteras Millicentianas habeo, non recommendata sum. Susa et Mellica, principes gentis, mihi non confidunt, Juliana me invidet. Propter stultitiam meam Vanna Bibberia se confert ad furorem. O di immortales! Multis cum lacrimis vobis fortunas meas commendo. Cicero, In Examinationem 50. fRather Adaptedj fYou mm! find the anrufers to the following question! in the parmge above., 1. How does Cicero feel? Ar1Ju'er: Awful. 2. Is this a natural feeling? Explain in full briefly. Amu'er.' Yes, absolutely yes. 3. Point out in this passage an effective piece of pathos. Amu'er: I think Susa . . . non confidunt is the most pathetic sentence that I have ever seen. It means just what it says. 4. Explain the reference to the Litteras Millicentianas. Amu'er: These were letters sent by Millicentia Optima Maxima, in her character of prophetess, to the unfortunate victims about to be led to the slaughter of the third week of June. They foretold the doom of the victims, interpreting the ravings of their maddened guardians. 5. Is Cicero justified in the reference to his stultitiam ? Amu'er: You bet! 6. Who was Vanna Bibberia? An5u'er.' A personification of an abstract quality, conceived of as the daughter of Iustitia and Intellectium. i631

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Mlcbeline: The blood rushes to its head when it's going the wrong way. Anne fdefending her theoryj : It hasn't any blood. Miclaeline fwho has been using her Baitsellj: It has. It has a dorsal blood vessel and a ventral blood vessel and parietal blood vessels. Anne Qsadlyj: Another bubble pricked. Sarah: In .Iourney's End they said the same thing, about worms going down instead of up, and they said worms didn't have any blood. Min Littell: journeys End is wrong. Worms have blood. Sarala funconvincedj: Well, I don't see why the man who wrote journeys End should tell a lie, do you? Min Littell: Get to work, girls. QAII except Bebba recognize defeat and handle their worms with a multi- tude of tools.j Mrs. Littell .' Bebba, why aren't you working? Bebba: Miss Littell, I can't, really. In Italy girls don't inspect worms. I just can't stomach worms. Helen: Very few people can. Look at IHPGWOIIHS. janet: Oh, Helen, disgusting. Mirr Liltell: janet, I do not want that word used in my laboratory. Qanet concentrates on earthwormj Sybil: Miss Littell, I think I have a bad worm. It's all full of holes like stigmata. Lo11i.fe.' Do you mean stig- - - or sto- - -mata? Sybil: I mean what a leaf has. Loni.fe: Stomata then. Only saints have stigmata. Anne: Oh yes. St. Francis had them. I read it when I was reading about Duckio's works. Bebba: Oh, Dio mio! Dootchio. Min Litlells Attend to your worm, Bebba. Helen: It's really better to get it done now. You'll only have to do it later. Bebba fbridlingj: I should say that was my business. Beryl fsoothinglyj: Worms aren't so bad, Bebba. Wait till you get to frogs. Frogs squirt. IIl1f'0lll7IfdI 'lf Claornf: Oh, how disgusting! l62il

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BIOGRAPHY OF - QFor the convenience of those who will have to write Biographies of everybody who ever did anything for Ancient History next year we have inserted this form which, when filled out will do for any General in the History book., 1 was the son of his parents, --, a nobleman of -- and his wife, --, who died before he was born. He was born in -- B. C. In his youth he was a very remarkable child. He soon became quite import- ant and fought in the battle of Ti beside -, his faithful friend and teacher, ---. Soon after this he became commander in chief of the whole army. He soon ran the whole show. Soon after this he devoted his immense energies to driving the --s out of --. He made speeches before the: a. Senate, b. People, c. Assembly, d. Comisha Centuriaytaf' The mighty Hood of his stupendous oratory completely overwhelmed every- body. His speeches were good. His policy was to always win his battles. He first fought the battle of --. He then fought the battle of ---. Soon after this he completely destroyed the -1 army at --. Then he was acclaimed by the people. Everybody liked him. Then he went home to live with the people and everybody got very sick of him. So he took his army to --- where he was hit by a falling tile and killed in -i- B. C. Plutarch says that he cut off his dog's tail just to show off. Livy says that he had more than: a. Roman, b. Greek, c. Egyptian, d. Punic perfidy. Herodotus says that he was so great that when he played marbles in the middle of the street the chariots turned out of the way, but Thucydides does not say this. ll was a great man and a brilliant general. He contributed a large amount of civilization to the world. VGICES CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS Miss VAN BIBBER: Use your mind! Think! Think! Miss CAREY: Shall we sing hymn 1669, all the verses? Miss FOWLER: You poor darling lamb, do you really mean to say you've never heard of Mt. Parnassus? MISS LITTELL: I will not have that word used in my laboratory. MLLE. CHAMPRIGAND: C'est bon pour vous que j'ai un sens d'humeur. Miss SHIPPEN: I do wish you'd do your history in history class. l64l