Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

Page 25 text:

MINI) AND HANI). ir, by long possession and treatment of those failing to pay interest in thirty days; fourth pertained to the rights of fathers in disposing of monstrously deformed chil- dren, and also of selling them ; fifth pro- vided for cases where the father of the family or a freedman failed to make a will ; sixth dealt with transferral of property, selling of persons entitled to freedom, and of divorce laws ; seventh pertained to damages due from the master of a beast which had harmed any one, and also to cases of incantation, of incendiary offenses, of insults, breaking another ' s limb, and of murders; eighth told the distance required between houses, being two and one-halt feet, and that by-laws were allowed if they did not injure public laws; ninth stated that there could be no exceptionable laws in favor of individuals, and that bribing a judge was a capital offense; tenth per- tained to funeral rites in allowing no man to be burned or buried in the city, and that there should be little expense on funerals except in cases of deceased having gained a crown. The plebs. were better satisfied with these laws for they gave them more license and caused the magistrates to keep to the laws. Lulu Robinson. ■•liSSn !, . ■..: ■ x ' ■ . I-J Hk ■ e I « :- COOKING LABORATORY.

Page 24 text:

14 MIND AND HAND. Let a tangent be drawn to the ellipse at B, and let D and E be the points in which this tangent meets perpendiculars drawn to it from the foci F ' and F respectively. D, E, S and R lie in the circumference of the auxiliary circle, for the auxiliary circle is the locus of the foot of a perpendicular dropped from the focus of an ellipse to a SKETCH ON THE TWELVE ROMAN TABLES. FR is parallel to F ' S, and EE to F ' D, since two lines in the same plane perpen- dicular to the same straight line are parallel. Therefore, angle SF ' D equals angle R F E, having their sides parallel and extending in the same direction from their vertices. Draw the straight lines SD and RE. Angle DSR equals angle I) E R, both being measured by one-halt the same arc. Angles F ' S R and FED are both right angles, and hence equal. Therefore angles F ' S D and F E R are equal, because if equals are added to equals the sums are equal. Triangle F ' S D is similar to triangle FR E, for they have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other respec- tively. F ' S : F ' D : : F E : F R ; but F ' D = F E = B. Since they are perpendicular to the same straight line and lie between paral- lels. Hence, F ' S:OB::OB:FR B = b. Therefore, F ' S : b : : b F R. F ' S x F R -= h Orval Mehking. THE dissensions between the two classes, patricians and plebeians, grew more fierce and bitter. The law hitherto had been simply handed down by tradition from one magistrate to another, and therefore always in the hands of the patricians. Gains Terentilius Arsa proposed that the laws should be written. This proposition created a bitter party strife that lasted for ten years. During this time two conces- sions were made to the plebs. One, the incressinii- of the tribunes from five to ten ; and the other, the distribution of property in the Aventine for the poorer classes. But the plebeians clamored for more rights and new laws, and so at last ten men were elected from the centuries fur the purpose of drawing up the laws. They were called Decemviri, and while ihey were holding otlice they had full control of the government. The tribunal was suspended, and affairs were so evened up that plebeians wtre eligible to the new office. An embassy was sent to Greece to collect the famous Greek laws, for Greece was at. her height of prosperity. Especially did they desire the laws of Solon. These were carefully studied, and at the end of the first year, in 451 13. C., the law, engraved on ten copper tables, was affixed in the Forum, in front of the Senate house. I bit these Decemviri did not retire at the end of the year. Some changes were made in the offices, allowing more plebeians in, and the next year two more tables were added, and thus originated the first and only legal code of Rome. The substance of these laws were : First pertained to forms for calling any one into court; second treated of the punishment of a thief; third was on the treatment of frauds, limit of interest, gaining property

Page 26 text:

H) MINI) AND HAND. CIVIL GOVERNMENT. ENTHUSIASM? If anybody wishes to see an enthusiastic class let him look in any Friday afternoon on the pres- ent Civil Government class, when the two factions are hurling bomb-shells at each other in hot debate. Of course we do not debate as eloquently as our honorable and dignified Senators, but with good, common sense views that we have gathered from our various readings. There are some very good speakers in the class, and an excellent drill for driving the point is ohtained by the two minutes allowed each orator. Often unexpected questions are put to the other side, and which no one feels competent enough to undertake. Too proud to let the opposing side win, up goes a timid hand or two, a speaker rises, stares at the floor as if an answer were there, stammers out a word or two, climaxed by — why — a — a — 0, 1 forgot what I was going to say! and shoots into his seat, shamefaced, while the class is convulsed with laughter. A clinching argument in favor of pro- tective tariff was given by a would-be ora- tor the other day. He said that a man could buy a pair of boots a few years ago for two dollars and seventy-five cents ; now he could buy the same pair of boots for one dollar and a quarter! And then he wondered why the class roared with laugh- ter. Clara Leonard. THE CUBAN QUESTION. rPUIE question of the United States ac- X knowledging the belligerency of Cuba has occupied much of the public attention lately. It is not a question to be decided by our sympathies. It is far too serious for that. It is a question which must be ap- proached impartially from all sides. The whole principle of rebellion is wrong, just as the principle of Lynch Law is wrong. Truly, there are cases in which the violation of both these principles is not only justifi- able, but necessary. There may be exten- uating circumstances, as in the American Revolution, but in the case of Cuba we can not find those peculiar conditions. The American colonies were fighting with or- ganized forces under an organized govern- ment. According to the latest authorities Cuba has no government, and her army consists of bands of guerrillas pouring down from the mountain regions upon the Spanish forces. Is the United States to recognize guerrilla warfare, and to recog- nize a government which does not exist ? But if, out of sympathy, or, perhaps, the hope of some possible future benefits in the way of commerce, the United States should acknowledge Cuba to be in a state of belligerency, what would be the result? What benefit would it be to Cuba, and what effect would it have upon the United States itself? The aid to Cuba would be insignificant. The harm to America would be great. To be sure the Cubans would be encouraged and given a dignity among the nations, but that is practically all. The United States, as a nation, dare not send war supplies to Cuba, as that would be a direct violation of international law, and Spain would guard against the insurgents receiv- ing aid from private individuals. As for the United States, such an action would be equivalent to declaring war against Spain, a nation with whom she is at peace. In accordance with the laws of nations, what right has the United States to do that? It is stated, moreover, on good authority that the rebellious Cubans acknowledge that their greatest hope lies in the possibility of a war between Spain and the United States on their account. This would turn Spain ' s attention away from them, and so give them an advantage.