Classical High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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DR JAMES P McCAFFREY It has been sald, and wlth genulne lllslgllt, that we stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before us, and that we see farther than they by the measure of the breadth of their constructlve experlence Tlus IS the mes sage of hlstory that those who cannot remem ber the past are doomed to repeat lt a costly lesson, indeed Not that the humanlst would resurrect the Colden Age, but rather he would and art, ln order to CIll'lCll hls own understand mg and hls own tlmes Now the key to thls bonanza of anclent c1v1 llzatlon lS language, and the tongue of Caesar and of CICCFO, of Vlfgll and of 0Vld IS the mother of the languages of Europe Latm Wfho would neglect, then, to turn the key that would admlt hlm to the lllJI'3l'y of the Classlcs, must see only the superficial excrescences, the cap tlvatlng, but translent, flower of our cxvlllzatlon, rather than lts true essence, ltS roots, those We are deeply zndebted to Dr A Charles Lynch Pro eseor o Classzcs at Brown Unwer stty, or having urltten the mspzrlng Foreuord o this Caduceus DR A CHARLES LYNCH DE LATI I hardy provemtors of the West, mtlmately and 0I'l0'lIlally lntertwlned wlth the cltadels of Greece and Rome Out of the chrysahs of the Craeco Roman era the splrltual values and the wlsdom of Arls totle, Auvustme, and Aqumas have lllumlnated the hearts of men, produclncf a joyous and frult ful Art, reflectlnv the trlumphant humlhty and unconquerable fortltude of a people of Hope Can we afford, ln an age of lI'lClpl8Ilt despalr, to throw away the key to excellence and under standlng ln order to be free to woo the termltes of medlocrxty and m1sapprehens1on9 Shall we be persuaded to mlstake llcense for freedom and sulclde for surv1val'7 In the tfallqlllllty of order that brmgs peace among men there CXlStS a certam primacy of the splrltual, a recovmtlon that the Soul lS more ennobled than the Body So 1n educatlon there 1S a prlmacy of the arts, for art IS the very sig nature of man, who IS a creator as well as a creature A Classlc IS a work of art of endurlng slgnlficance, a grant strlde along the roadway of progress towards a better world Those of us who are proud of and lndebted to Classlcal and they are many were nourlshed ln and shaped by the arts Classlcal Hwh IS the key stone ln the arch of the edlfice of secondary educatlon ln the clty of Provldence Its de emphasls would weaken, and ltS demolltlon I'lllIl, that structure, to leave our talented youth a prey to the adherents of a technology whlch IQ art vnthout soul creatlon for destructlon, Man wlthout Cod Heaven forlnd' DR JAMES P McCAFFREY 1 n Us - 1 n ' I 0 U . D . U' a ' . n u nl U u Q - rs . , u s . f n despoil it of its great treasures of knowledge ' , , ' - n u I 0 ' I L. . .C . - I . . Q U a 1 U 1 0 I ' . . , 2 I n ' n 1- 1 ' , ' , f - f ' ' '

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N-Ill? I ' Miss Anmse B Kane DEDICATION To Nliss -Xnnise B Kane, whose retirement from Classic-al comes with the plllJllCiltl0Il of this hook, the tlasses of 1903 dedlc ate the LIXDLCEUS teacher to the student body Her constant friendliness, assistance, and vuidance have made her library a pleasant and restful retreat from the pressures of cl.:-sroom and study hall Out of appreciation for her wears of dexotion to the cause of vood educa lion, we honor her hy this 1lPlllfdllOl'l 5 X, 3 .4 . f .K ' H ki -. .h L, 1 - Miss Kane, our school librarian for many years, has been more than a .' ' 1 . f . ' l ,.'. ...f I., l , .' 7 i I ' f rv '

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Language IQ the sacred, dlstlnvulshlng attrlbute of men lt ls the expresslon of man s hopes and fears, hls prayers and hls freedoms If mans flgllti are to be defined and defended, lf hls ldeas and ldeals are to suruve, then culture and law must find thelr protectlon and Ill'0Ill0ll0ll ln the exact and endurlnv meanlnv of lanvuaffe as the span between llllflll and lnlnd man and man If two llllffls of our Fn llsll words are dcrlved from the latln, thcn the studv of Latln ls most lm portant for a truc and scholarly understandlng of the Envhsh lan-fuagc But there are othel reasons The loglcal tralnlnlf ln the study of Latln fflves genulne dlsclpllne to the expandlnv mlnd It lntroduces the student to the sweeplnfr chapters of human lllstory It acqualnts lllm wlth the -freat mlnds and the great orators and wrlters It an akens llli emotlons to the herolc qual ltlCS and the moral beauty tllat survlved even ln pagan darkness As we look back, we reallze tllat every lesson ln Latln was really a lesson ln EI1gllSll Out of the re slstance of translatlon and syntax we developed the facultles of the mlnd we enlarged our VOC3lJUl3l'lCS we were lnsplred to match the brevlty, cleamess and force of the authors we studled TlllS IS not to decry the values of mathelnatlcs and the natural sclences Indeed, the classlcal tralnlnfr fOI'tl6CS the study of the sclences And the sclentlst and the buslness man no less than the teacller, the preacher and the lawyer need- the whole culture to make hls hfe complete From todav s vantalfe polnt of our responslbllltles, we look back WVltll affectlon and ffratltude to Classlcal H1 h School where our IIllllIlQ were molded beyond kllls of dally exlstence so that we Hllfrlll enjoy the beautles of the past and prepare ourselses for the dllllCS of the future ln the SCTVICC of our fellow men Classlcal Hwh School IS a cltadel of culture ln lllli Provldence of our prlde JOHN O PASTORE Unlted States Senator the materlal JOHlN O PASTORE Unlted States Senator In tlllS ave of opportunlty and opportunlsm all too often we hear a father say When my Dlck graduates he I9 golng to work ln my Jewelry huslness So why does he need Latln'7 And he IS rlght Latln The trouble wlth thls argument IS that those who make lt fall to reahze how far lt goes If Dlck doesn t need Latln, what need does he have for trlgono metry, or French, or even Enghsh'7 In fact, why dld he need to go to lllgh school at all? The answer hes ln two words, both, lncldentally derlved from Latln, Culture and Dlsclpllne Culture, ln the Latm, means enrlcllment of the soll so that It wlll yleld a frultful harvest Culture, as we know lt, means the enrlchment of the mlnd by feedlng It Wltll the best of the past and the present records of lllan s thlnklnv and achlevements so that as the nllnd matures lt mav make lts own frultful contrlbutlon to the culture of the future Latln IS the record of a great culture of the past Dlsclpllne, ln the Latln, means learnlng through t68ClllIlf' how to llllllk clearly Latln IS no longer, as IS EIlgllSll, a language of constantly Cllallglllg mean lngs It IS preclse and the translatlon of Latln lS one of the purest exerclses ln mental dlsclpllne and stralvht tlllllklflg the determlnatlon of the true and exact meanlnff of thoughts expressed ln words And so lf Dlck dCCldCS after all to take Latln, the nlental f,llSClIlllIl8 wlll strengthen hls ablllty to thlnk stralvht and clearly ln these days of weasel words and half truths, hls vocabulary wlll be lmmeasurably CIlI'lt llCKl as he learns to comprehend and use Wltll ease the many Envhsh words that derlve from Latln and the power wlll ffrow ln hlm to read and talk lntelhgently on subjects other than Jewelry ln short latln wlll help hlm become as well as a successful buslnessman, a cultured ffentleman ROGER T CLAPP ROGER T CLAPP ' v:- . . , . . , . . . . A l . P . I- P F, , f t - ' s , g '. ' . ' J' I 1 m 1 . 'L x - rl R F I. 1 1 a c Q . n I q 1 I l ' F ' n nh I n rl I n u n q P I u . u F n q I g 1 . . T s L 4 . n 4 x Q n P . . . i- .. ln , as ' ' A. 1 ' I P L . . . . 0 . . . C, 3 , ' '. . . . . will never help Dick to sell jewelry. 1 F l . . . I P . . . . i . , g . ss as - - - 5 L ' ' - . . .E . . x H Q A . lf 7 . P l . l 'K . . . i , . . . 0 o P 0 n R Y V 0 D u a U . r . D L F n 2 1 A J an 1 D 1 ' rl n 1 0 n o I r Q u t ,. .