Virgil Junior High School - Forum Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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wb . Y Sep. 19, 69 B.C.- Dec. 30, 69 B.C Jan. 10, 68 B.C Jan. 27, 67 B.C june 16, 66 B.C Feb. 2, 64 B.C June 29, oo B.C Nov. 21, 66 B.C Feb. 12,63 B.C. t-161 I have two teeth now. I have a ring to chew on, too. I am getting big. I weigh twenty-eight pounds, four times as much as when I was born. I am twenty-seven inches tall more than twice as much as when I was born. I canistand up now. I can stand up a long time without falling down. I don't hurt myself 'falling down any more. I can walk a little, but I fall down after about three feet. I can really walk now. I can walk thirty feet be- fore I get tired. I drink goat's milk now. I eat bread, too. I went out-of-doors today, and I was stung by a bee. It stung me on my nose. Father has a lot of bees in square boxes. There are many boxes on our farm. I like honey, but I don't like bees. I was lost today in the forest. Father found me. I am glad I have a good father. I was afraid in the forest. I was found just as the sun went down. I will not go off again without knowing Where I go. I went to school today. I am in the first grade. I learned some more words today. I have a nice capsa. It holds all of my books and tablets. Father made it for me. It is bronze and has a nice cover, too. I certainly have a nice father. .I am shy, so the boys always tease me. I don't like it. I hide from them. I saw a little rabbit today. It ran into a trap. The trap hurt it, so I let it go. .-I got an honor card. I got the highest honor in the class. Father said he was proud of me. It was easy to get an honor card. If you study hard, you can get honor cards. 9 We studied more in detail about the founding of our city. It is certainly interesting. I like our teacher. - -Father says-one of the illnesses I have is dyspep- sia. I don't know what it means. I ate some candy today. I ate so much of it that I had a stomach ache. donlt like to have a stomach ache.

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-,..- g PRICELESS By ALLEN HENDRY, January ll, 1931 I am a collector of old manuscripts. I always am looking for them. Some men have picked up old letters and have gotten thou- sands for them. One day I suddenly remembered I had not gone to a certain country on my trip over to Europe last year. I have always wanted to go to this country, and so I set sail for it as soon as the first boat going to it sailed. After about five days we landed in the country's capital. I was on one of the seven hills of the city. I was in a hurry to go to my hotel, so I took a short cut through a vacant lot. My foot struck a piece of metal sticking out of the ground. It was green and rusty. I dug it up and saw that it was a schoolboy's capsa. It was of bronze. There was a top on it. I took the top off. In the capsa there were some rolls of papyrus. I looked them over. They were all lessons except one. It looked like a diary. I could not find the name of the person who wrote it. The diary of the schoolboy said: Oct. 16, 64 B.C.-I decided to start my diary when I was almost six years old. So the first seven or eight incidents ' were written after they were performed. Oct. 15,70 B.C.-I was born early this morning. My mother is Magia Polla Maro. She is the daughter of Magius, the rich land owner. I think my father is an employee of his. Father used to be a potterg now he is a farmer. When he married Magia, Magius gave father an acre of land. Oct. 20,-70-B.C.-They named me today. I cannot say such big words as they can, so I don't know what my name is yet. I am happy. I wanted to be named, so I didn't cry all day. i451

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June 30, 63 B.C.-We graduated again. I got the highest honors. I had a headache today. .I have them often. Oct. 21, 63 B.C.-I went to a funeral today. I did not like it. I think it is not the right Way to conduct a funeral. Mar. 3, 62 B.C.-I have been watching the games at the Coliseum. It seats eighty-seven thousand people. Oct. 15, 62 B.C.-I had a birthday party today. AI am eight years old. I don't like this kind of a diary, so I am not going to Write any more of my life. flj Capsa-a round box used to carry a boy's books to school. It is like our brief case. C21 One of the characteristics of Virgil was that he was shy. Q31 Another of the characteristics of Virgil was his gentleness and kindness. I wondered who it could be. He was born in the year of seventy B.C. Virgil! That's who he is. I certainly would not sell the manu- script for any amount of money. Wouldn't you like to have the manuscript? A r i471