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

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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'

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A Latin rtudentis drawings from Roman life dead but living in our church services. When one speaks of a dead language he doesn't mean a language that is not spoken, he means one which is not being changed or altered. This fact makes Latin especially acceptable to the church, for it is beautifully old fashioned. Besides leaving us many valuable paintings, architecture and sculpture, Rome has left us an appreciation of good workmanship. This is to be seen in the condition in which we now find the ruins of the old arches and forums and in the construction of the Appian Way, the most famous of the Roman roads. Rome has contributed much, but the greatest gift is the Latin language which our doctors and scientists use. Now, reversing Hanni- bal's famous saying, Across the Alps lies Italy le-t us cross the Alps and enter France. The students of French take an imaginary trip across the ocean many times with the aid of maps, newspapers, and magazines. They work cross-word puzzles, read continued stories, current history events, and advertisements. The exchange of foreign cor- respondence is very popular. Many letters have cross- ed the ocean to reach our students and many students have likewise crossed the ocean to meet and spend some time with their French friends. Such a feeling as this among the young people of the nations can do more than foreign ambassadors to promote world fellowship, for the youth of today is the man of to- Roman engineering and architecture are studied by means of student models