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

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THEATRE Theatra tota reclamanti'-Cicero. 'QThe theatres echo everythingf' morrow, and if a feeling of brotherhood can be fos- tered and kept alive, no one would ever dream of going to war against his friends and foreign brothers. Since we all build castles in the air, let us go to see one of the oldest castles in Spain, the Alhambra. In- stead of looking at the well built, lofty houses and at the new streets which are fine, broad, and bordered with trees, let us give our imagination full sway, and travel back to that picturesque Spain of mediaeval time. As we go back in time to the scenes of the bull-fights, we see, on one of the finest squares for bull-fights, the Plaza Mayor. A new cathedral and royal palace replace the ancient Alcazar, which had been burned down. We can also see the Escurial built in 1685 by Philip the Second. It is called the AQUE- Nflppius aquam in urhem duxit U-Livy DUCT 'Vlppius brought the Water to the city. eighth wonder of the world by the Spanish. Oh, Spain has much to give the modern world, and the modern world has taken much from Spain. They have adopted their language, and next to English, in the commercial world, Spanish is the most used. If you are as eager as I, for exceptional pleasures, thrilling experiences and for new impressions of these old countries, let me show you a new Eastern Europe. We will go to see, not the countries, themselves, but their people. As we think about Poland, we immed- iately think of Pulaski, for he is one of :the outstand- ing men of our American Revolution, or perhaps, if you are a lover of music, as well as, historian and linguist, you will want to see in the Botanic Gardens of Poland the statue of Woodrow Wilson, presented Spanish ways and customs are associated with the study of the language.

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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

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Scenes from Bohemia in class movies by .Ian Paderewski, the famous musician, and first president of Poland. We can find another mon- ument dear to the hearts of Americans, that of the Polish-American national hero, Koscuszko. I say Polish-American, for while he was Polish, he is also American because of his gallant championship for American liberties. Poland has given much to the world in Copernicus and Marie Slodowska Curie. It has also added to our store of authors the name of Henry Sienkiewicz, whose book, Quo Vadis, one of the outstanding literary works of two decades, and read all over the world, is being produced in the motion picture industry. Two of his other novels, Wirln Fire and Sword and Knights of the Cross, are read by the Polish classes, during their second year 'An independent Poland should he created. fWilson of Polish at Morton. In order to appreciate Czechoslovakian music we need not go to Czechoslovakia, for a few years ago we were honored in having .Ian Kubelik and his son, violinist and pianist, here at Morton. Then too we have the famous musical composer, Anton Dvorak, for whom we thank Czechoslovakia. The Bartered Bride, and Rose Mariel, two well known operas, were written by other Czecks, the first by Smetana, and the latter by Rudolf Friml. Moreover Czechoslova- kia has an important place in the educational world, the first university in Europe was built in Praha, Czeck. in 1348, and the renouned school reformer, -lan Komensky, was a Czeck. You have traveled far, both in the point of time Bohemian plays provide expression hoth in native costume and native tongue