Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute - Acta Nostra Yearbook (Guelph, Ontario Canada)

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ACTA NOSTRA, 1926 63 GREEK AND LATIN IN RELATION TO AN APPRECIATION OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. Ancient themes have frequently been used by the great English poets such as Milton, Shelley. Keats. Browning and Tennyson. They display in some of 'their shorter poems 'the same prospective as had the classic writers. and have filled their poetry with classical spirit. lYe find this exemplified in Milton's p-oem. LI-Xllegro. which is being studied this year in the Upper Forms. 'On the second line we find reference made to Cerberus in Sty- gian cave forlorn. who was the three-headed dog that kept watch at the entrance to the lower world. to prevent the living from enter- ing and the dead from escaping back across the river Styx. Mention is made of lovely Yenus, with two sister Graces more, who give beauty and charm to nature. XYe .hear also of Zephyr. the west wind, playing with his molth- er. .-Xurora. Milton speaks of the nods and becks. and wreathed smiles. such as thang on Hebe's cheek. She was the daughter of Zeus and Here. and the .goddess of eternal youth. He concludes his poem by referring to the beautiful legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. The student of Horace immediately recalls to mind: Quod si Threicio blanclius Orpheo, Auditam moderere arboribus Hdem. Num vanae redeat sanguis imaginif' In translating the works of the Greeks and Roman writers, the student becomes familiar with the classic legends. which in turn help him t-o appreciate English literature. Thus the'time and 'labour expended in studying Latin and Greek justifies itself even for this purpose. lFrom an Essay by Dorothy Drever IYJ Some that's Latin and more that isn't. CAESAR IPSE lCum 'omnibus aipologetibus to Miss 5.5 Oh! the Roman was a rogue. He erat was you bettum. He ran his automobilus. And smoked his cigarettum: He wore a diamond stu-dibus. And elegant cravattum. A maxime cum laude shirt. And such a stylish hattum. He loved his luscious hic-haec hoc: And bet on games and pugnae. Sometimes he won. at others though He got it in the nequae! He winked tquo usque tandem?l at Puellas in the Forum And sometimes. too. he even made Those goo-goo oculorum. He frequently was seen At comba-ts gladiatorum. And ate enough to feed. Ten boarders in memoriam, He often went on sprees. And said on starting homus. Hic, lalbor-opus est! Oh! where's my hic. hic clomus? D. M. D. ii Forum IV DRAMATIS PERSONAE Princeps Roseus tThe Magisterl .............. Eltonius Yolcerius fThe Captain of the Crew Lucius Silvanus ............ .. ............. .... Brutus Langerius ............ Gobbo Hullus KRugby Stark ....... ...... .-Xrtemidora tTeacher of Cicero Latin l...... Miltonio Yastus 1Servant to Artemidoral ....... Davidonius tPresiding Teacher in Forum IYl Students of Forum IY. SEEN THE FIRST A street corner in Guelph ncar the Capitol. Curtain rises-Eltonius. Lucius and Bru- tus stand on street corner talking about the picture in front of Capitol. Enter Princeps Roscus. unexpectedly. .-AML-I.F.R055 -.- - - - Elton lYalker - - - Louis Silver ...Robert Laing --A George Hull ...Miss E. Sinclair .. Milton lYatson . ...Mr. J. Davison Prin. Ros-:us-Hence! to school. you idle creatures! Get you to school! Is this a holi- day? lYhat! know you not. being students. you ought not go to matinees on school days and miss a half-day of study? In what Forum are you. Eltonius? Speak! Eltonius-lYhy. Princeps Roscus, in solid form. as a glance would show.

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62 ACTA NOSTRA, 1926 WWW QW, tstatvlii 'tttt K A Q HO5QgEP1f,kR1Q'H2,I3E V ligigiilll S. f51T.llf5'3?'flfiifia.,.5,tlf-l-ISL'-milf uii t.Xn attempt at a verse-translatirtn hy a ltth Furni Sturlcntt Xthat graceful youth. U Pvrrhaf lit-rlewcrl witl1 lltllllfl tverftune. ln Sftlllt' clelighttul grrvttrt Nuw wrms thee? lfwr whrnn. initl roses inany. Hair lmunfl in sunple na-attiess, X gcvlrlcn fleece ffvr ,lusun .'Xwait'st thou? Xlas he shall hcwail it. 'lihy faithlcssnt-ss and lust gurls, Xml wtvnrlcr :tt the waters S11 rtlltlctl. Xlhu trusting nrww CIIIHVS thcc. lhe gfwlflcn hwur uf thy lure. lhinl-:-. thuu art his ftvrt-vcr S41 lr'1X'lI1g. Xhl wrt-tcln-fl are the untriefl. 911 fair tw whrun thou set-inest. Xwaits tht-ni rufle awalccning. In future. Iiur nic. l'1'e nassetl the siren. 1 Hung up iny tlruviung gartnt-nts: lu NL'llIllIlk' 1111 the taltlt-t. l'x't- n1arkerl it. tl. M. XYatsr1n. MORE ABOUT GREEK lllx' a Xlcniltcr of the Creek Classl T11 the llYL'l'IlgL' sturlcnt the sttnly ut' thc h1'ct-lc language sur-ins liupeless anrl verx' un- iiitvrt-sting. flrt-ek. lifvwr-ver. is nut such a tlitlicult laiigtiagc. anfl is ut' use in nianx' uthcr tuflies. l.ct llN wvttstflcr the 1121111cs 111 1'Lt1'1f1ttS ttlfltcs. ,'XI'llll1l1L'llL' cffincs Irwin the Greek. Greek worrl for earth. Geonictry. geography and geology all qt111itain this word. Geometry cmncs frrnn ge anrl mctron. it nieasurc. Geo- metry nieans. therefore. measure of the earth. Geography frmn ge and graimhe, a description means a tlescri-imtion uf the earth. Geology from and logos. :1 rliscuurse. means dis- course ahont the earth. Biculuggfy. from hiO5. life. anrl lngos. means a rliscnurse un life. Zoo- lt-gy clerircrl frmn zrwon. animal and logos. means a rliseuursc on animals Physics, comes from plivsikos. ineaning having to clio wi-tl1 nature. Trigononit-try is derived frrnn trignnon. a triangle. and matron. a measure. so we say that triQ'onmnctrv is the measuriiig of triang- les. The worrl Stermgrapl1y is also of Creek rrlerivati-On. cmning from stenns-narrrww and graulio-I write. Now we will note some itwctitimis. The worfls. fl:'lL'1ll10I1C. 1116gfapl10ne and gralntvrpliune all inclurlt- the wnrrl phone, In Creek this worfl means a suuml. and su the things all have tw ilu with sounrl-tele-at a distance: niega-Qrcat. nnfl qraplio-l writc-cliHferen- tiatc the varinus kinrls. of sound. Hence 21 teletwlimie is that tlirrrugh which sfuuncl may he hcarcl at a rlistanceg a lllCQ'3I1llI1Il8 makes sound greater. anfl Z1 g'ra111v111l1r111e is an instru- nient which 11rr1rl11ce's. as it were written srwumlf' Thus. even a heginncr in Creek can at fmcc put uractical the lillf1XVlCflQL' accluirr-rl tu a very use in his general rearling and in his sturly uf the real meaning of nianv C0111- nmn English wurcls. WHO WAS HE? 'licztclicr lXYl'lllIlg' un the lvoarrll- Cave canctn-wh-1 can translate this? 4 l'u1nl. 'in trunt seat Knut tou well vcrsctfl in the -intricacies wt Latin verhsl- Beware, I shall sing.

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