Raleigh High School - Excelsior Yearbook (Raleigh, IN)

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T p as s ssss ss ss ssrzngiishs--me--smf -is-fps--M flood English is the door lo opporiunily and flu? short road io 8IlCCl'SS.,' No matter what your vocation, position or education, you have found or will find that effective English is the foundation upon which your success is built. If your Ihiglish is weak, then your success is limitedg if it is strong you may climb as high as you wish. You never write a letter, you never speak a word but does not measure your ability to some one. In trying to carry this out in our high school course in English we study 'Composition and Rhetoric, A First Viewof English and American Literature and Classics Our definite aim in studying Composition and Rhetoric is to enable us to speak and write in strong, simple, clear and correct Eng- lish. Having secured the habitual strength, simplicity, clearness and correctness, it arouses interest in English. Therefore we study both oral and written composition. Our aim in studying A First View 0' English and American Literature is to arouse the interest in literature, so that we may well understand the association of the English and American litera- ture a.id to gain an appreciation of the classic written by the great authors. In studying the classics our object is to come in contact with the thoughts of higher men. In this way we may understand things without having experienced them: also that we may raise our thoughts higher, and leam to appreciate the value of literature. In- cluded in this study is the collateral reading of which each pupil must both read and give a written report on the book. The purpose of this is so we may become better acquainted with good literature. AVANELL POER. 7- -'r'r 'W' ir1fr'-' i'l,3t1ng- - it Why study Latin? This is a question asked by two-thirds of the parents of High School students. If this class of people would look over the past they would unnerstand the present, because civilizat'on rests upon that of the Greeks and Romans. It is also true that the knowledge of Latin not only leads to a more exact aud effective use of our lan- guage, but it also has a vital importance and is of a practical value to any one preparing for a literary career. The study of Latin throws very much light upon the structure ot language and lays a fine foundation for all grammatical points. The greatest thing in studying it is that there is no more effective means of strenghtening the mind than by the earnest pursuit of studving Latin. In the first year of Latin the pupils learn the technique of Latin. He does some sight reading, committing and transl ting. In the second year the pupil studies Caesar's Gallic wars. Gen- erally in this year the language is the chief study. In the third year the pupil studies Cicero's Orations and Letters. By this time the pupil should have a pretty good knowledge of Latin. 1- '-'l- ' 'H iam ' 'im--r' A

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me r 'i'l'l1o Junior Class of '18 LLM,-,-,temboli ,LLLA CLASS COLORS--Orange and Black CLASS FLOWER--Tea Rose CLASS MOTTO-4'Not Drifting But Rowing JUNIOR CLASS ROLL fBillie Thomas, Glenn Poer, Loa Caldwell, Hazel Rider, Davis Nelson 1 Now as we are each week, nearing the end of our high school course, nevertheless we have come to the realization of the Denetits of high school or mental training. When we first entered into the work of solving algebraic problems and learning the amo-amare of Latin, We be an to think we were not amply armed to conquer these tasks, but as we neared the end of our first high school term, We saw how tasks ' ' ' f l k. E seemingly invincible Were falling before us. School opened this year wlth a Junlor class of eleven, all of whom went eager y to wor

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IN MEMORIAM' HORACE HOLLAND ELWELL, member of the Freshmen Class of Raleigh High School, departed from this life into the happy world beyond, Feb. 17, 1917, at the age of 15 years. Horace was a hard working and earnest student. He was always ready to champion the cause of justice. Having as his motto, If you want to succeed you must go straight ahead. We miss his kindness, thankfulness and cheerfulness very much. Horace is gone but will not be forgotten by the Freshmen Class of 1916-17 and other beloved associates. And now we think of one who in his youthful beauty died, The fair, meek blossom that grew up and faded by our sideg In the cold moist earth we laid him, when the forest cast the leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so briefg Yet not unmeet it was that one, like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful, should perish wfth the flowers. -His CLASSMATES ' r 1 '