Old Orchard Beach High School - Oceana Yearbook (Old Orchard Beach, ME)

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',QT3EPkNfk LATIK Latin, thePdead lanjuagen some say scornfully. Not s Hdead lanfuafef It has only changed its name. From Latin come the Romance Lanpuaxes, Spanish and French, and English is based largely upon it. Out of every ten words spoken in English eight are de- rived directly or indirectly from Latin. Some say, HUDY take Latin? inet good is itu? In answer to this, here some convincing fectsL- Latin is mandatory in the professions medicine, law and their numerous branches, Roman Catholic services are still said in Latin. Countless references in daily newspapers and nsgezincs are made to literature, myth- ology, customs or laws of the Romans. Latin proves very useful if one is learning other languages such as French cmd Spanish. Therefore when you hear that someone is taking Latin, dp not scoff, but through this knowledge of the subject under criticism, you.wi11 admire this language that nas lasted down through the ages. As Alexander Pope said, Hlnow that which you criticize, before you.criticize 1t.u -Virgil Wood '40

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0 c satin! P HISTORY OF PARCEL POST SYSTEM During a session of Continental Congress in 1789, Parcel Post was born. This body of Legislature gave authority to the Postmaster-Genera11'to fix such rates per pound weight as he thought would make the people of .the United States use the mails to send their packages. At this time there were only twenty-five oostoffices in arerica, less than one-hundred people employed in these firms, and receipts of less than 835,000 for a year. One can see that under these conditions the Parcel Post System did not become a flourishing institution. To be sure, the sending of packages through the mails did not cease. During the presidency of Abraham Lincoln merchandise allowed to be sent at this time was garden seeds, bulbs, slips and cuttings. The real inauguration of Parcel Post came in 1912. Congress passed a bill setting this system up as a l department of the United States Post Office Department. This became a law in l9l5, .During the ensuing twenty-five years Parcel Post has risen to second place in prominence of revenues of the United States Post Office Department and more pieces of Parcel Post are handled than the total mail of some classes of foreign countries, Two divisions in Parcel Post have been made, those ' being C.O.D. and Insurance of packages. -