J Sterling Morton East High School - Mortonian Yearbook (Cicero, IL)

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covering many things I never dreamed existed. Other seniors report the same discovery. Sir Francis Bacon said, Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. I believe he was right-very right-for read- ing has given me a fuller variety of experiences, a fuller lifeg speaking demands a rapid command of words and wide knowledge of subjectsg writing re- quires exact expression of thoughts, else the meaning is lost. Truly, when I began my high-school course, I never even guessed at the wealth of information and the practical value of English. It illustraes a hook she,s reading An English room bulletin hoard A interesting adventure thru Adventures Wise' All for improved speech The creative Writing class in session Q I

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LANGUAGE by Isabelle Gulclv I hate that man! Charles Lamb was once heard to remark about some person whose name had just been mentioned. But you don't even know him! his friend replied. Of course I don't, said Lamb. Do you think I could hate a man I knew? Of course we cannot hate a person we know and understand for in knowing and understanding people we are willing to overlook their shortcomings and appreciate the fact that we seldom meet a human being who has nothing to teach us. The same can be applied to another nationality. We must not think, because we have had the good fortune to be born in America, that we need not study the language of our sister nations, for it is common knowledge that all the great wonders and glories of the world are not here in the United States. We must go back to early Rome to see the beginnings of our civilization, culture, language, architecture, and law. I am going to turn back the hands of time twenty centuries, to the days when Julius Caesar walked the streets of Rome-will you come with me? See that building we're approaching? Doesn't it remind you of the New State Educational Building of Albany, New York? That is because it follows the Corinthian style of columns which we have borrowed from the Romans. But then, have we not adopted many architectural styles from them? They have had so many beautiful paintings and pieces of sculpture that when we gain knowledge and appreciation of them from our study of the language and the country, can we be blamed for accepting the best they have to offer? The student of Latin learns that Latin which is commonly spoken of as a dead language is not BATTLESHIPS Sic potens diva Cypri regat te, navisf,-Harare. Thus may the powerful goddess of Cyprus guide thee, O slzipfi TRENCI-IES Fossam ducerel'-Caesar. To build a trenclvf' TRICLINIUM Exornat ample et magnifice tricliniumn-Cicero A triclinium adorns amply and magnifcentlyf'