Classical High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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Dear Student-, lllffh -chool -tuflent-, Wllll the help of tl1e11 parente, are confronted Wllll the nece--1tV of -electmff mo-t of the suhjecte tl1at make up tl1e1r provram of Nllllllfi lhe -eleftlon 1- lIl1p0lldI'lt and fhfficult lmportant heeau-e lt rep1e-ent- .1 IOIIIIIIIIIIIPIH of valuable t1me, -o IICUIIICS for Qex eral veare, to the cxclu-1on of other opportunltle- tllffieult hecau-e of the wlde ranffe of CllOlC'P hetween -uhject- eavh with 1t- unlque appeal and eflucatlonal value ln Illdkllllf lu- -electlon tl1e -tuflent -hould wewh well the xalue of Latln Some of the arffument- for 1t apply to other forewn lanffuaffe- otl1er- are pet lllldl' to Latm lfmluc at1on 1 more than afljlwtment to the Current enuronment lt 1- more than lrillllllllf for tl1e ta-k lIl1IIlCIlliltClY ahead It Qhould put the -tuxlent 1n rontact Nrltll the fir-t rate, wlth the lnvhe-t ZlCl11CWCIl1CI'lt of manklnfl lllI'0llUll the tPI'llllI'lPN It -houlcl Une h11n per-peetne not onlv 1n t9IIll of human hu-ton hut al-o a- .1 cltlzen of an Amerua that lne- -lcle hv -ule Nltll ot 1er ll IUUIIN suth 1l1fl'ere11t culture- and l11 torle lllll c1n t0I'l1l'llllltP -uh tantlallx to the-e ohjeetne- It 1 the lanlfuaffe ol muent Home, of tae ar .mtl CICOFO of Ylrffll anfl Horace or Uxul anal usenal lt 1- 'food to reall the1r lllNt0I'W lt IN hetter to lead anal -peak 11011 llll lld 0 IX Nlfrell North xhlllli'llPdll ha- wrltten, I 1n1fua'fe IN the lmarna tion of the lIll'YltdlllY of the rave mlm l1 fZlNlll0IlCll lt Iwerw phra-e anal eserx worcl emlmoche- ome lldlllllldl ulea of 111en and women a- thew plossecl tl1e1r held- tencleml tll?ll' home- mtl lllllll the1r eltle- l hellexe, too m the mental cl1 c1pl1ne that come- Wllll tran-latmff Latm Nlcntal all uplme 1 l knows an oltl fa lll0Il?tl term, not altoffether 1n ffoofl repute -o I mu-t explaln latln 1 a l11 hls mfletterl lanlfuaffe It prem-e form aletermme- lt- meanln-f and rel1t1on lllp to tl1e otl1e1 palt- of the -entente It nlemaml- auuravv of thouvht and BYIIFPHQIOII and, a- IITOHCICHCY clexelop- 1t requ1re- a -earc I1 for the approprlate Enffll-l1 phraee or word TlllN praetlce of Dllllllltf ulea- ll1t0 lLn1fl1-h pl1ra-e- and -entenCe- accurately and vfraeefullw 1 I hellewe, the he t po--lhle method of lmprounff a -tuclent - -lull 1n expre-- lnff lu- own lIl6dN It pre-uppo e , of cour-e a firm foundatlon 1n latm -ome Illlllf' tl1at come- only from hard ws ork JAMES L HANLEY 1 , k, 1 S I 1 w - ' .1 7, , K 1 P . , , 1 , F 1 . ' Y 1 ' v ' - 1 I 1 1. 1 ,. . 1 .' ' f, ,' , S ' , ' . I, 1 . , , . 1 r, . 1 , , F 1 K I. I. ,. 1. 1 1 ' s , 1 , , : 1 , 1 ' P L ra - 1' P, ' S 2 K ' s 1 ' 1' ' ' 'S ' S. l1z ' -1 ' ' 1' s ' K' Q ' ' ' s ' P ' I, L . A. S , K K KK . . K . . J . , K K. K- . K, K.: K. . . K. K I . - -Y . . 1, I .K . K 1 P 'P . 1 - 1 , ' '. ' 11 , , 1 1 - ' . ' - 1 - ' , - ' ' 41 v v . 1 , . - ' Ky S a . 1 ' r 1 Y rk- v v . - K . K K . . . . K., ' 1. 1.. 1. v K 1 'Sf ' 1 . K, V' 1 K- 1 ' 1 ' K I. 1 1 r.. . a P P , Q 1' ' . 1' s g K' .' ' l. 'P . s 1' K. K. . K- , 1 S . . . K, K. . K x. 1 P 1 1 1 1 1 , K F K I- I v - -N. ' v' w ,- V. . -- P. ,F 1. , 1 1 . 11' n u Z. I, S ' 5 s s : . ' 1 fp ,- I' S . Y ' DR. JAMES L. HARLEY Superintendent of School-

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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 ,. .

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JAMES F ONEIL Prmclpal 'C- Dear Graduates of 1955 W e are lndeed fortunate and IDI'lWllCU'Cd to have wreited a lll1Tll school edu matron wluch has ltS mote ln the ffrandeur and the fflorv, ln the courage and the wlrtue, ln the law and the rehfflon and the culture of the Weetern Clvlllzatlon Fortunate are we to have maetered lanffuaffe., to llawe Qtudted the luetory of lu mkmd, to hate developed lilfdlg, and to hate attamed a wholesome maturlty throuffh the pagea of Iatm 1'r'unmar, Caeaar, and CICPFO Prxvlleved are we to have tasted and Z1SSlIIlll2llPIl few puhhc school: today offer -chool 19 due earnest Latm percentave of A former words Llke the vulture of the anment Latm world for werv 'md much lew require, the study of Latln ln Ureat part to the pre-ence of Latm m Ita curriculum, to the teachers down throuvh the vears, and to the fact that a larffe Qtudentf- have pur-ued the Latm cour e for four yeare colleve pre-:dent has aptlv summed up the walue of Latm m the-e manw other Qtudentb m colleffe I queetnoned the value of Latm My sulwequent CXIJCFICIIIP, however, m husmee-, ln ffowernment, ln the 'Nawy and ln educatxon haa demonstrated the values of Intellectual dlSClplll'lC, lm proved hnvual Huencv and tultural hackffround whlch I framed from clawnal etudles JAMES F 0 NEIL 9 7 ' I 1 , H f ' - Rfk ' ff . l IL Q4 W. , . , I ' Y 1- l M lr- ' U K I' F' .Y K ' , , . . Y 7 Y ' . , . , Y., l, r . 'Q L J' ' 1- It ,A A- V . ' ' lg, , f We helieve that Classical High School? success as a vollege preparatory , S n I- 1 , tx '- , , : s , ' , s, .. I- 1 A1 1 A ' A f 7 .N 4 l M . Y Q . . . l , r, ' ' : I, 2 - ' ' 1' . l P l F.. 3 U ' ,F . .. , v