Northeast Junior High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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O I 0 9 0 Q lawrw grf u F ' Parlez-vous francais? If you do not, you - e, 2.1 + are missing a great deal. VVhy, that French Y if-i jf, 1' - student's remark might have been an uncom- f-.-.. ' .. plimentary one. How can you tell? Bon- - -- 3 .., l jour, they greet one another, Lomment allez- xx.. 315 Q2 -X J .., vous ? In class short speeches are given in .,,... French and sometimes an original dialogue. JT Y 1 v 'ij'-Q! . . -' '- Katia ' Y Besides the usual every day work in - ,Q-ffqgig. 1 .-'.cIvv'i lfrench. each student keeps a scrap book for 3 --I current events about France and the French - -+1 A f - . . . - . ' ' .pa-'nag Pi V 7 speaking people in .luastern Canada, advertise- A- of .. ' e- . - - . . ' f ',z- fw'3f.- 'A:5. ments with l'1'ench in them, poems, songs, pro- ll verbs, French stamps, or whatever the student 1- might find that would he appropriate. Qc- P '-' '- . H '-'-' ,:1fgr..'..- 'fttfifw-'A casionallv games are played in French. lhe . .' . . 1 . ' f d ,,gf-fgb'1'o', fgeid-3-5.113-z-:-sg students leai ned low to tell the time o ay ,a,..tss,4 - - -'thai' ' 'P25..1.9J.i :3.f2.i.. tlns way. A lfrench cross word puzzle was a ,gp-1,:gg5'gg'Q1:f9-355.3335535255: real brain teaser. It was then that the French ' - - , , . . , , , qzziitaihfitiatifz-:ivAF:-1f.'-rg' '-sehr. IllCll0l1Zl1 y was oveiwoiked. A French news- .,:g:g,a:- ftgfp, -T. . -- , .. . I 1 .f1i1 .'1W' ezsiffiisv paper is scanned now and then, and the Julhe- .Qfgff , -nigga' Q - -A355 lr W., .Q LSILQQ. lphxgp tm board always has something worth wlnle ---aww -'f'w'fh'-- A-H1-'-Ni -ss' on it. The French Department has had several fetes and special programs. The first was a patriotic one and consisted of songs, readings, and two short olays in French. The singing of La Marseillaise completed the program, and then games were played. Each student was given a tiny French flag to wear and 21 program with a fleur-de-lis painted on the cover, all made by students. The deco- ration committee had made the room look very attractive. Red, white and blue was the color scheme, since these are the colors of the flag of France. This was a wonderful day and everyone was happy. April Fool's Day, students read easy French jokes. Joan. of Arc Day was celebrated by a special program also. The French students are good songsters and seem to thoroughly enjoy sing- ing, especially Frere jacques and La Clache Du Matin, which are sung as rounds. Students have learned that many words and phrases used in English are really French such as: encore, apropos, garage, bon ami. rendezvous, promenade. soiree, corsage, souvenir, and others. By studying French, more is learned about the English language and, besides it prepares one to read more intelligently, books which have French phrases scattered through them. You would surely enjoy reading a French story and getting acquainted with the French people. Au revoir! lffrr-LA'-1,111 Zbeza Y5 nr- my r . Sixty three

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lgliin i9Y 9Y Espanol g g. Wfe North Americans need to seek the friendship of our neighbors of Latin America, . for they have much to offer us in exchange for our ideas and articles of commerce. In order to become true friends and to really un- derstand the people in these Spanish-speaking countries, a knowledge of the Spanish lan- guage is necessary, and this knowledge will bring about a sympathetic appreciation of their ideals.. The Spanish students of Northeast Junior have made a good beginning in the study of this language and are eager to learn more about our neighbors. Some of the students have been carrying on correspondence with educated and refined lN'lfexicans in Mexico. This is splendid practice for them, and be- sides it gives them a feeling of friendship for these very gracious and fine people. In order to have more practice in hearing espanol and to become acquainted with the W type of Spanish speaking people found in our own city, trips have been made to Mexican churches where nothing but Spanish is spoken. Students enjoy the conversational part of the language, and since the first week of school, the senores and the senoritas have been able to greet each other with buenos dias and other expressions. Every five weeks each student is expected to give a short discurso or to talk in Spanish on some colored pic- ture from a magazine which they themselves choose. Sometimes very funny things are said quite innocently. More than one student has called a gentleman a caballo instead of a caballero, thus making a horse out of a man. Besides the regular work of verb drills, vocabularies, and reading of short stories in Spanish, the students keep note books in which they put clippings from newspapers, advertisments that have a Spanish word or expression in them, original composition work, proverbs, tongue twisters, songs, and other things. Now and then they dramatize a story, have a sing fest, play Spanish games, or work Spanish cross word puzzles. The 23rd of April, Cervantes Day, was a Spanish holiday and was cele- brated in room 319 with a fiesta. The room was gayly decorated in red and yellow and each student wore a small Spanish flag. The program consisted of speeches about Cervantes the greatest of all Spanish writers, Spanish music, and a play in Spanish. The art committee made a souvenir program for each one. The students showed a great interest in the day and it was a real success. Adios! Srcty two F i

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fi Iillvsr-if if X - - - rayqfq l Twentieth Century Latin HELEN CLARK The Latin language is not dead, it has only changed its name. English is contained in its declensions and conjugationsg nearly all of the terms in science, mathematics, and music are derived from Lating history is in its records and statues of gods and goddessesg and many tales about the origin of flowers come from its beautiful legends. The study of Latin has been a pleasure to me from the beginning. The piec- ing together of the interesting stories is something like a cross-word puzzle, but, unlike the puzzle, it never grows boresome, for when one is done, he has a finished product in place of a conglomeration of words. Another thing which increased my pleasure in Latin was our scrapbooks. We collected pictures, magazine and newspaper articles, advertisements, words from the Romance languages, and stories pertaining to Latin. These we divided into separate sections with a chairman for each, and made scrapbooks. Therefore, while we were busily on the look-out for these various things, we became more familiar with Latin itself. Our Latin room is very inspiring. There are pictures of the Forum, the Capitolium, temples, scenes of Roman life and various others. At times there are articles on the board explaining the origin of some of our most common words. It is most interesting to note the difference in their mean- ings then and now. For instance, sincere is derived from sine fwithoutj and Ciara fwaxj. It was applied to honey which was without wax hence pure, genuine, Therefore, a person who is genuine is said to be sincere, without waxf' As another example, cab, in taxicab, is an abbreviation of Cabriolet which is a diminutive,.meaning a little goats' leap, in reference to the supposed lightness of the vehicle. VVe have also found it most enjoyable to carve Roman temples, chariots, pil- lars, arches, bowls and other articles from soap, We have a most interesting collection. All students of Latin realize the help it has given them in their work in Julius Caesar, science, and mathematics. Since it has helped so much this year, we can realize what it will do in the years to come. So here's to the study of this living, ancient language with the hope that many others will become discipuli Latini I Sitty four