Palm Bay High School - Royal Fortune Yearbook (Melbourne, FL)

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Latin Lives Though some think of Latin as a language that has long since disappeared from our everyday lives and culture, it is quite the opposite. Original Latin words are used in every aspect of daily life. Such common words as stadium, campus, exit and alumnus as well as most abbreviations letc., R.xl are taken directly from the Latin language. The Romans have also directly contributed to our modern civilization in the fields of government, law, medicine, architecture and astronomy Some of our modern sports events traces, wrestling and fencingj were first introduced by the Romans. Through the years, changes in pronounciation and spelling have occurred, but approximately eighty percent of the English words are derived from Latin. The class was a great learning experience for all. Intermingled with the learning of declensions, derivations and vocabulary was culture. The students were taught some of the customs, games, architecture and behavior of the old Roman society Demonstrating the age old technique, passed down through the centuries, for eating grapes was Dawn Bot- zong. Peppered in the Latin class, along with a lot of learning was some times of fun. David Sian and Yolanda Landeros shared some of this fun with their classmates during the Latin cultural observance in December. This was not a scene from the Roman archives, it was picture day for the Latin class. Michael Schiele did the honors of lmighting teacher Danielle Tibbetts, to her honored place on the staff. Danielle Tibbets ,ii The resident first Latin class consisted of: Mi- chael Schiele, Ice Spy- chalsky, Shawn Chapman, Roy McCrerey Debbie Goodman, Shane Hussel, Katie Redmond, Sherri Reiss, Danny Bexfield, Laura Reed, David Sian, Gale Botzong, Betty Whedbee, Kendra Clark, Geri Pigg, Dianne Leves- que, Sandy Murdick, Lau- ra Cuy Yolanda Landeros, Althea Spencer, Dani? X, Botzong, Becki Caswa , Q Lydia Ellul, Renee Clary, . f b N'--..,N i g Ioe Heike, Mrs. Tibbetts, -it , 4 Warren Pyle, Helga Fuen- it by fausen, and Ioanne Morh- N N335 i f man. Not pictured: Iohn Kreinbihl, fames Mill- 'M ' ' spaugh. - , ,A ft 214fLATIN rm WW 1 E' 5 4 - '

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