Fosdick Masten Park High School - Chronicle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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The Chronicle 29 Mlss Cowsaut M1ss Rvvs M1ss GLADYS SMITH M1ss Dmsev The Value of The Classlcs BY LOUISE DENEF EOPLE today have been lnfluenced by the boast ot progress wh1ch has been sweepmg the country They say they have put asxde such antlquated thmgs as Greek and Latm subjects w1th no pract1cal value Yet the Enghsh speakmg person cannot utter a complete sentence w1thout us1ng words derlved from the classlcs A knowledge of class1cs helps us to know our own language Latm structure IS elear loglcal and almost wlthout 1d1oms A close study of grammar and syntax makes Engllsh construct1on comparatlvely easy Because of the large number of words wh1ch eome dlrectly from the classxcs our xocabulary 1S greatly 1nere1sed Through careful analysls accurate d1st1nct1ons 1n shades of meanmg are developed Power of observa t1on IS helghtened makmg the m1nd alert To th1nk vxell and express one s thoughts elearly 15 essent11l 111 every professxon Th1s learmnv makes a greater appree1at1on of Envh h hterature posslble Sueh xx r1ters as Chaueer Shakespeare M1ltOH Tennyson and Lonvtellovx drew largely upon anc1ent h1 tory 1 1 ouree of 1nsp1rat1on To read M1lfOl1 s LyelLldS w1thout an wequalntanee ve1th the elassxes ls to m1ss the 1mport1nee ot dllUblO1la and the be xuty ot the lanvuaffe t any t1me 1 devoteel to elas 1es the mc elern lanvua Yes velll 11ot be so ehfheult A elo ely kn1t xxell eon trueted languwe l1ke L1t1n ta h1ons a toundatlon on wh1eh Lxnguwe xxh1 h 1re often ealled the daughters ot Lat1n mel lustly o slnee they have vroxxx our ot L1t1n as txxw Uroxx from 1 stem Furthermore lawyer and phx 1e1an Hnd the la 1 qu1te 1nd1spen able One of Reimes Ureate t eOllII'1k'Uf1l n 1 her laxx The laxx tude11t find h1s eourse l1terally peppered xuth Lat1n The phy 1e1an meet lonv xxord xxh1eh have a deeper meanmff 1t e has ome knoxxledve ot the ea le It 1 true they eould b memorve 1n parrot t1sh1on but It vuould be a dee1ded adxanta re to obta1n the exaet s1ffn1f1eanee from the Oflglnal phra e As a language 1 tud1ed the eurtoms of the people beeome mamfe t The deeds ot heroes are reeorded Thus the Romans reveal them elxe to the people of today . 5 7 V 7 ' T T ' 3 t 3 ' ' , 1 ' z . Y , e, L . ' . , A, , . , e . - . - , 5 1 ,- b . , -V ,Q . , , . -e , , ,S e , , g C 5 , , M 5. tb L C .1 . 5 'ax' 1' , ' . -Q e e, - Q--- e , , . Le- ,- A . e e e, . g g . 's g.g'a.', s' ' . '- other languages can bc bu1lt more rap1dly. Thls IS espcclally true ot the Romance zk.g's'cz' 've reg, . z e's, - r . 'f g '1 1 'gs g ' 1 . ' N, . ' s ,'s s ' c ss'cs ' Q 5 sz 2 ' 15.1 E H' is N V! -3 Q S v 5 f v Q N S 4' ' 'B . 3 , , , Q VS. e S D . 5 . - . , , D h s r 'age ' slss's. s H ef' 3 -Cl - I , I, 5 , 5, , .Y . -5 . - s s. .S 5 I , N b 1 w HN 3 U BS . 1 - - 1 -.- s - v qs v Q - -1 - 1

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E 28 The Chronicle fa 31.1 MR HELLRIEC EL Mlss Form Miss XIILLIXI ML Miss Gam Phys1eal Edueatlon B1 RoBERT D Enyx urns HE phys1e1l edueauon department IS, perhaps, the largest department of the sehool oifermg, as It does, chance for phys1eal deyelopment to eyery boy and g1rl Eich pupll IS requ1red to take tvxo per1ods of phys1eal tr 111111111 1 veeek At these el155e5 they go through y1r1ou5 eal15the111es or appxratus work mel th1 regulxr clxss work ls folloyxeel by some frame I11 the sprmg the ent1re per1od ls deyoteel to 111door md outdoor basebill and other outdoor work Th1s 15 true durlnyf the yunter at wh1eh t1r e the hlef sport 15 basketlull Eyery ye1r 1 med1ea1 1l15pQet1OIl IS eonducted 111 the sehool and the tudents 1re gmen 1 hne ex 1111111 lflllll of the he lrt lungs throat, teeth and eye Be51des the revular vymna 111m elas es there tre the dnferent sport p 1rt1e1p1t1on III XXl11el1 ls open to ill In lthletles, Fosdlek Masten has alymys he ll one ot the won the W1ll1HHlS trophy, sy ml1ol1e ot all around athlet1e 5upren1aey 1X t1n1es out of e1ght We ean attr1l1ute th1 pltlldld reeord to eyeral tl'11110' , n1n1ely hne eo1e mg mel the yyonderful support ind f:lUl1t1l'lU' Splflt of the sehool But vehat 15 the purpo e of our teachers 111 6I1eOUl'1U1llU 1ll the e ports and dnferent teams? Is It ju t for the vrat1fieat1on of a d6Slf6 for a ehan1p1o11 h1p Is lt merely to vym cups and troph1e tor the school? No Th e thlnv xre o11ly sy mbohe of the real purpo5e veh1eh I belleye la to teach true sport man hxp Then, too one le1rn5 the yalue ot team play 1nd LO Op61'dt1Oll Thus ue see that athletle ean play a grexter part IH ou1 l1ye th1n yxe real1 e for yye learn not only the 41116 IDOIIII: of the game but al5o the eth1e of the Game We learn that what counts most IDI yyhether vue win or lo5e but hoyy yxe play the game So let us eontlnue to haye our Fo5d1ek Ma ten Park 5port fllilllllxk teims and to keep our phy sledl department the hnest 1n the hlgh sehools ' Q N ,f 0- 1 A -. . . I' 1 ' 3 . f 5 5 N x . , I e ,1 5- ' - ' - ' Vs 5Vs e , - . . I y V 1 y . 2 H, I 11:31 K 11 11' 1 1 ' 1' ,z s 1, 1 1 '- V 5 ' ' 3 ' '- 1 sV s ' C, . V 5 1 D 'A 3 . y V- 3 V -- . . . e 3 ,. .11 c 1 1 , K C 1 X 1 5 I t ,, Z , 1 , ,Z , 2 .5 7. 5 1' 1: 1 15: , as nes 11: 1 1 3 s, 1 12 V 5 I . 2 . K 5 5 Q , V V VI V- ,C 5 , ltfllkllllg, 1t not the leadmg school ot the c1ty as emphas1:ed by the tact that she has 4 ' , 155 , 1 5 5 V, ' 5 1 .. 1 ,51-h- . - e e be , 5 ' 15 v 5 . I I I A - . . 5 5 - . 12 .1 1 s1 e 1 .5 5 1 51 s 1 ' ' 1 :. ' ' s ' 1 ' ' ' 1 ' ' Q ' . ' 5 - 1 1 'A '1s ' . . 65' 'asa 1 1 3' '1 z- -3 V '- , 5 ' - , '- V S S ' I s , -.1 - x V. ' V V- - , - ' ' e 1 1 . 1 '15 1 z ' 1 1s . '1 1' '21, ff V 5 A' ' - - s s A-Q l I 5 1 , - 5 . - - - 'q ' V V ' - V V V 1 1 5 . 1 ' '1 1 '1 1 's 1 s 1 ' 1 11 1 15 7-wrxv v -5 y . 3- A . -1 Q

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