Cambridge Rindge and Latin School - CRLS Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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CAMBRIDGEHIGHAND-LATINSCHOOL JRA Although it is true, perhaps, that Julius Caesar would be very much astonished if he ever came back in the flesh and heard “Latin as she is spoke” by some of our promising young students, it must be ad- mitted that the Latin Department has come through with flying colors and the banner of victory at her masthead. Any one who has ever tried to figure out the “ablative absolute’ as Caesar delights to use it, will never deny that Latin burns more midnight oil than ‘Deadwood Dick” did in our grammar school days. And for that rea- son, more credit belongs to the ship and the crew, and the Captain, too, than we realize. Our Shipping Board is proud to : announce, therefore, that this vessel MR. CECIL T. DERRY weathered the gales when it rained “Ciceros” and Caesars,” and thundered “Departmentals,” coming into port with a craft good for many more miles. “% COMMERCIAL Two more vessels just reached port, one with a cargo of ‘“Writs of Habeas Corpus” and the other with a hold full of ‘‘Double Entries” and “Trial Balances.”’ The good ships “Law” and “Bookkeeping” under the command of one Admiral have completed their ten months’ sail and are now in dock. Their arrival was greeted with many cheers, and for several nights afterward, the crews were busy telling stories of their voyage and spinning yarns. It is really a surprise to hear from these hardy navigators the many dif- ficulties of such a trip; but we realize now that the Ocean of Commerce is no fresh water pond, and that to anyone who has successfully crossed it, rightfully goes a cer- tificate of honor in a sheepskin binding. Well they deserve it, and well does the plucky Admiral deserve the fame and glory of having brought into harbor, with no mis- haps, another crew and another fleet. May he rise to Chief-Admiral or to whatever an Admiral does rise. MR. GEORGE H. CAIN Page 14

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Farulty MATHEMATICS One of the biggest galleons is in sight of land. The shores are thronged with people to welcome it home. Its crew know well the eccentricities of the huge ship, as they carefully bring it into its place at the wharf. “This ship, one of the hardest to manage, requires a trained crew; and woe be to him who gets caught in a storm with no knowledge of seamanship and with this balky craft to keep in the wind. The smiling sailors are clambering over the rail with carefree optimism and a cheerful anti- cipation of shore leave. The jovial Captain is liked and respected by all: by his crew for not only bringing them to port safely, but for the good-humored manner in which he did it, and by the rest of us for his personality and his qualities which endear him to us. He has had no easy task: a dificult ship and particularly rough weather; but he has done nobly and as MR. THOMAS LONG BRAMHALL much credit goes to him as to the crew. ENGLISH Still going strong! It has been an event- ful voyage this year, and we have had a clever pilot to keep our course clear when so many rocks waited all about. Verbs and participles lurked just beneath the waves; infinitives and prepositions were scattered around us, and not very many blows from either would have sent us to the bottom of Davy Jones’ locker; tricky little commas and semi-colons were con- tinually and mischievously getting mixed up in our rudder; and the Sargasso Sea of intermingled sentence errors saw the keel of our ship more than once. But at last we emerged from the Grammar Sea, and pass- ing through the Straits of Composition, the open water beyond was hailed with un- MISS ANNA P. BUTLER bounded enthusiasm by us and a sigh of relief by our hardworked pilot. All through our journey, during the wild stormswept nights and gray hectic days, there were very few cries of “man over- board”; and we can say that we conquered the ‘English’ Channel in good time. Al- though we did not break any records, we learned a great deal and acquired a store of experience that will not come amiss in later life. Page 13

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AS Ga DRCAY GERMAN “Your name, please?” It would be an education to hear that said in German by the one who is the most capable. However, despite the little black book, there is no one who would not regret to see another skipper on the S. S. “German.” No storm in existence could down this craft with such a Captain; and no one who has ever shipped on that cruise ever wondered how to pro- nounce “Goethe” or say “I am, you are, he is’; and, in fact, it may be safely said that they went quite a bit higher in their command of that Teutonic tongue. At the end of every voyage, the results are indi- cative of the success of the trip; and, as for the little black book, we would posi- tively be lost if every once in a while we MISS MARY G. HARDY were not awakened with a jolt to hear, “Your name, please?” ROMANCE LANGUAGES FRENCH Parlez-vous Francais? We hope so. After our night-watches and days of labor, we have finally come to the great and glorious discovery that the present indi- cative singular of “aller” begins with a “vy” and that irregular verbs are as in- consistent as a woman’s mind; after the mastery of which we feel that we know the French language. Our fellow workers on the sister cruise of the good ship “Spanish” are coming along equally well. Every fresh wind is a new word and every mile, a new paradigm. They sailed the Spanish main, and we coasted French shores until finally we dis- embarked with our “A. B.’s” which, for the benefit of those landlubbers amongst MISS HENRIETTA E. McINTIRE us, is the prized degree of “Able Seaman.” Page 15