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GRESHAM OUTLOOK HOLIDAY NUMBER, TUESDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1925
GRESHAM HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS CONTINUED S
the w ords you u se daily, conse- form w h atev er as ‘‘L ab o r’’ and "Ani-
In th e tw o y ears of S p anish of­
quently you w ill be a m ore ed ucated m al." B u t m ost com e in d irectly into fered in high school, we rea lize th a t
m an or w om an w ith a g re a te r in sig h t, E nglish. T he m odern lan g u ag es of th e language cannot be m a ste re d so
| th e re fo re a tr u e r A m erican.
Italy, F ran ce, Spain and P o rtu g a l are as to be spoken fluently, but th e fu n ­
F o r th e cau se of o u r lan g u ag e an d | directly derived from L atin,
d am en tals a re covered so th a t any
| u ations w hich co n fro n t th e av erag e
the p ro p er use of w hich I advocate, I
L atin w as th e in te rn a tio n a l lang- [ stu d e n t is able to broaden his know l
citizen in every-day life. Study is
■ beseech you as citizen s of our g lo ri-
uage of all th e civilized people w hen, edge of th e language and lite ra tu re by
i m ade of th e governm ent m achinery,
ous Land to u rge and im p ress upon Rome w as a t its h eig h t of pow er. E v en ’
individual effort if he so w ishes,
' politics, law s, m arria g e, divorce, and
w hich not only opens your vision
recen tly L atin h as been considered as
T he school lib ra ry is adding m at-
i o th e r item s of com m on in terest. T he
along m any ch a n n els b ut develops th e in te rn a tio n a l language.
eria l to supplem ent th e class w ork,
class has 13 stu d en ts.
your b rain and th in k in g pow ers.
L atin is used to a g re a t ex ten t in am ong w hich is ‘‘La P re r s a ” a S pan-
By L. It MASON,
T he class In business E nglish has 12 S T | iiy n r i t - i i v n s i i, n v
Come w ith no arg u m e n t th a t ‘‘it is o u r language. L atin te rm s are found ish n ew sp ap er published in New York,
Commercial Instructor.
| stu d en ts, and It p re p a re s th e pupils * 1 1 1,1
imub K t ' n ’ e
®K t AT so hard ." N othing w orth w hile was in new spapers. An illu stra tio n is th a t T he stu d e n ts enjoy read in g th is as it
Com m ercial w ork in
the
high w ith the business side of E nglish. A
ep a rtm en t is endeavor- ever won in th is w orld w ith o u t h ard of th e carto o n of th e L eague of Na- te lls of c u rre n t h appenings all over
schools has probably enjoyed a fa ste r Kood foundation of th e g ram m atical in „ T he L atin “„ « d .r.?
« .h .t r » h - u
„ work.
tions, w hich ap p eared in th e Ore-1 the w orld.
grow th in th e last few y ears th an any fu n d am en tals is insisted upon before J, g ,
fj
c u ltu r J i ' All T atin
gonian recently.
T he L atin w ord
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oth er d ep artm en tal activity
In th e th e w ork proceeds to le tte r w ritin g , c fasHeg a re k eep in g 1* ** *** i',atln
IS LATIN A DEAD LANGUAGE!
"pax" is used instead of th e E n g lish
WHY WE STUDY SPA N ISH ,
scrap b o o k s in
local school the d ep a rtm en t sta rte d th e w ritin g of rep o rts, new s item s, and
w ord peace.
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(A.ary M iller)
(E lizabeth R obinson)
w hich they p lace ad v e rtise m en ts con-
with one te ac h er on a p art-tim e basis criticism s. T he su b ject is one of th e
o r d eriv ativ es or
L atin a p p e ars also in m agazines and
F o rm erly , th e S panish la nguage w as
W hen people speak of L atin being a
Now one te ac h er is busy th e e n tire day m ost p rac tica l and useful of a n y '
. ,„„Ve8i ° r
In an account of C h ristm as in not n ecessary in th e course of study
.,.„ 1 t h r p , . „ i h . r . n a w
T C . t a u e h t i. . h i e h u, h ™ i
referen ces
to R om an a re m ythology.
In-
un. r k llir e i?nt, t r er»,i
<f . h - tl?J a T
»h ® ' ^ T h ,1 n«m
T n ° O1 i i
dividual
note-books*
kept b /w h ic
h ever studied it w ith any in te rest.
th e D ecem ber num ber of the M entor but now its value is becom ing m ore
Oidni , f ¿nlw ^nt »hK»f|r»O!n thw HUd|entB|
th^.n<,| SPe !p?K al-e Placed lists of E nglish w ords de-
Our class in L atin c e rta in ly does we find "M ons V icto rialis” referrin g pronounced on account of th e m any
l< int of view in th a t it is p ractical and I ain s th e purp o se of th a t class. T he r jvej d irectly or in d irectly , from th e llot And it dead. We have a scrap - to th e m o u n tain s to w hich th e th ree people th a t speak S panish. In Mex
oa iLb ni.U ra6'1 ,,h! a m e“ ns cf e a rn ln K I' , , '. . , “ Jn er m e tJ10*1 of w riting is ija tln w orj 8 studied in classes. Stu- ,>°°k 1» w hich we p aste w ords cu t kings of th e O rient w ent to p ray and ico, C en tral A m erica and p ra c tic a lly
a iiyeiinood.
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‘ J tn i, and some m ighty good penm en dents who study L atin flndn it of g re a t from ad v e rtise m en ts th a t have come from w hich they saw th e s ta r th a t w as all of South A m erica, S p anish is th e
A p rese n t the school offers th ese a re ‘u m e d
In spelling, th e class U8e
th e lr
d
f
8
from
Ijatin w ord. We a ,8O h
to guide them to t th e C hrist.
offlcial language.
su bjects:
bookkeeping,
shorthan d , 1»
drilled
isspelled I f m ar. If a _____
____________
n i . k ^ v . for oil
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u „ . er u » Many
n .
wni-da
»nil on
ia the
n „t com m r on a m ia“pelle^
person
a tte m p ts „ a „ _______
conver- j n notebooks
all «.„.A«
w ords t from
ad v e rtise m en ts have re fe r-
As th e re is so m uch in te rc o u rse be-
typew riting, business E nglish, social ja w b re ak ers as % Hkw»nnFaaZ .. i.'u ! ' 8“ tlon w ithout th e use of L atin w ords [ classes or books w hich we have read j ences to L atin. We use V enus (Venus, , tw een o u r co u n try and S panish sp eak -
problem s, and penm anship and sp e ll­
id io sy n c ra sy ." It is or d eriv ativ es he would find his vo­ th a t a re derived from L atin.
goddess of B eauty) pencils, vacuum ing co u n tries, it is n ecessary, in m any
ing. T he total en ro llm en t for these th o u g h t b e tte r to learn how to spell ca b u la ry very lim ited. P ic tu re s an d
If L atin is such a dead language (vacuum -em pty) bottles, and buy rec- positions, to be acq u ain ted w ith th e
classes is 150. T he typing classes lead such w ords as accom m odate, receip t. books a re ^ n g added to th e school why do sta te s, co u n tries, and o rg an i- ords for o u r phonographs.
J language.
in num bers as 53 a re le arn in g th e j em b arra ss, and o th er sim ila r ones lib ra ry to su p p lem en t the w ork in th e zations choose m ottoes w ritte n in
T hese few illu stra tio n s a re only a
M any of th e E nglish w ords a r e sim -
m ystery of touch operation. O ther which a re so often m isco n stru cted .
L atin ?
T he m otto of th e United few of th e m any L atin w ords w hich | ila r to th e S panish, both in sp e llin g
class-room .
com m ercial subjects offered at oth er
S tu d en ts who com plete th e w ork in
S tates, "E P iu rib u s U num ,” would not we speak each day.
and m eaning. In m usic th e re a re
tim es a re com m ercial law, econom ics, , com m ercial law a re not law yers, but LATIN. FOITN RATION OF AMEKI- be a p p ro p ria te if it w ere a dead lang- I V olum us vobis fo rtu n a tu m novem m any S p an ish te rm s and it is helpful
com m ercial arith m etic. It is planned they do have an u n d erstan d in g of th e
uage for th e co u n try ce rta in ly is not ■ annum ,
to be able to u n d ersta n d them . A l­
CAN LANGI'AGE.
to give in stru c tio n on the adding m a- 'p rin c ip le s of law w hich face th e busl-
dead. O ur sta te m otto, "A lls volat
so, m any nam es of o u r cities a re of
(E velyn Ledine).
chine soon.
1 ness man. A larg e pro p o rtio n of th e
IS LATIN BEA D !
j S p an ish origin.
When th e A m erican youth an n o u n c­ p ro p rils," is also L atin an d our sta te
E quipm ent in th e ty p ew ritin g de- ' w ork deals w ith co n tra c ts, who can
(A llene D ixon)
es his in ten tio n of stu d y in g L atin, his is about as lively as any sta te in th e [
In th e stu d y of Spain, we read m any
pnrtm ent co n sists of 22 ty p e w riters, co n tra ct, liability of p a rtie s and th e ir elders and com panions alm o st in v a r­ Union.
A lthough som e people firm ly believe Filings ab o u t it and its custom s, ab o u t
an electric m im eograph and a mime- obligations, rig h ts, and defenses to iably th in k th a t he is w astin g valuable
L atin is very in te re stin g if ta k e n ; th a t L atin is a dead language, I th in k w hich o th erw ise we w ould be ig n o r­
oscope. As an additional incentive to actions.
tim e th a t could be used to a b etter ad- not ju s t for a cred it because you need th a t if they sp e n t an y tim e at all on ant.
the typing stu d en ts, the different type-
Econom ics stu d ies th e un d erly in g
the su b ject they would discover th a t
T h ere a re m any o th e r th in g s, too
w rlter com panies offer aw ard s for causes of th e whys and w herefo rs of becomes’ evident to 'th e 'y o u th * him self it, b ut because you w ant to learn it.
L atin is not q u ite so dead as they m any to en u m erate, th a t show th e
work done
on
speed
and a c - |o u r com m ercial and n ational life. I
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think.
IS LATIN BEAD LANGUAGE!
benefits of S panish, but it is c e rta in
curacy tests. T hese a w a rd s consist S ta rtin g w ith th e old m a n o rial days to reagon m uch ljke hjs frie n d s and
So m any E n g lish w ords and m o t­ th a t anyone who ta k es S p anish w ill
(R u th D inges, ’29)
of certificates of proficiency, and med- w hen pepole w ere bound to th e soil e iAerH • w h v s t u d v I . t i n " ’ " T ( b .
Many; people believe th a t th e study toes of sta te s a re e ith e r derived or never re g re t an y tim e sp e n t in th e
als m ade of bronze, silver, gold and upon w hich they w ere born, th e sub-
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dead language, anyw ay. W hat good of L atin is a w aste of tim e for th e av ­ cam e d irec tly from th e L atin. F o r in ­ study of it.
gold Inlaid with Jewels. T hus far th is Ject show s th e stu d e n t why living con- will it do? You can never ta lk it.” It erage high school stu d en t, because It stan ce, th e m otto of th e United
year certificates have been aw arded dltlons have changed and how they would be far b e tte r if some people is a dead lan g u ag e an d can help no j S tate s, "E P iu rib u s U num ,” E sse-
UIIY S T U B ! SPA N ISH !
to F ra n k Salisbury, W ilma Fensk, and a re likely to ch an g e in th e fu tu re. co u ld n ’t ta lk so m uch. Most a s su re d ­ one.
| quam v id eri,” th e m otto of N orth C ar-
(B a rb a ra W a lte rs)
H arvey A nderson.
B ronze m edals Econom ics touches on p rice control, ly it is a dead lan g u ag e in th e sense
Some people th in k S p anish do esn ’t
In th e sense of being a spoken la n g ­ olina, "Ad a s tra p er a sp era," th e m o t­
were won by H elen L audan, Edw ard ex p en d itu re of taxes, labor unions and th a t you w ill not be able to use it in uage of a c e rta in gro u p of people L at- to of K an sas an d “Alis volat p ro p riis,” do you any-good and th a t it is foolish
Stubbs, and Saruh M etzger. J u s t re- | o th er related subjects,
in is dead, b ut it still lives and occu­ th e m otto of Oregon, a re all L atin to w aste your tim e le arn in g som e oth-
n o thlng daily co n tac t w ith p e o p T ^ b u t th e
cently Miss M etzger has also won a
pies an im p o rta n t p lace in o u r la n g ­ p h rases. Many of o u r good E n g lish Ie r c o u n try ’s language w hen you
gold m edal from the R em ington Type- m ore th an applied arith m etic
w ords a re d eriv atio n s from L atin. For | h av en ’t p erfected your own.
! value of m any p erso n s is not reco g ­ uage.
w riter com pany for having w ritten 56
Colleges and u n iv e rsitie s have rec- nized u n til th ey have been long dead
Some of us may never have stopped , in stan ce, vocabulary from “voco," ' T h ere a re m any rea so n s fo r study-
w ords a m inute for 15 m inutes. O th- ognized com m ercial w ork as equal to and gone. So it is w ith th e ‘‘dead ’ to th in k th a t to L atin we owe m any p o rtab le from “ porto
lib e rty from
S panish. I t helps you to u n d e r­
ers In th e class a re w rith in g as fa st as ( o th er sta n d a rd w ork offered in high language, L atin. I t is of m ore value j of our m ost im p o rta n t w ords. F or e x - ) lib er,” aq u ed u ct from "a q u a,” veloci- , sta n d y o u r own language b etter. It
thiH or nearly so, and it is expected schools and th e com m ercial d ep art- to cu ltu red A m erica th a n ever be- am ple, th e re is th e com m on E nglish ty from "velox,” and an n u a l from an- gives you a b e tte r social standing,
that m any aw a rd s will be won soon, m ents a re bound to grow as th e stu - fore.
word om nibus, w hich we have sh o rt- 11118 a re som e exam ples of derivatives. ' Many of th e E nglish w ords w hich
Some of the first-year stu d e n ts a re d ents see th e o p p o rtu n ities w hich a re I Did it ever o ccur to you th a t ab o u t I ened to ’’bus.” O m nibus is tak en i Does it seem p ossible o r probable we m eet in o u r every day w alk of life
show ing unusual developm ent and a re offered and th e business m an realizes one-h alf of th e w ords of the A m erican over d irectly from th e L atin,
I th a t L atin can be a dead la n g u ag e | a re S p an ish , or have been derived
w riting around 35 and 40 w ords a m in- th e service w hich th e school can be language, so rich and colorful in ex-
M any w ords w hose m ean in g we find w hen so m any L atin w ords a re used from th e Spanish. You recognize th e se
ute. As a supplem ent to typew riting , " h in.
pression, a re derived o r com e d irectly i it h ard to rem em ber a re easy if we eith er d irec tly or in d irectly in our a n <l know how to pronounce them and
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also w h at th ey m ean.
to o u r lan g u ag e from L atin ? T his fact know th e L atin d erivation. Of co u rse co n v ersatio n every day?
ing and office practice.
GRESHAM UNION IIIGII SCHOOL. alone o ught to be enough to stim u late ° u r w ords do not all com e from
T ra v elin g in a S p anish speak in g
Gregg S h orthand is ta u g h t to 19
(M ary L angford)
co u n try Is m ade m uch m ore in te re st-
in te re st and love for th e la n g u ag e th a t , L atin ; but m any of th e h a rd e st do.
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students, all but th ree of whom a re In G resham Union high school
, has given b irth to th e tongue w hich ! Bi th e h ig h er ty p e of sto ry we find I
' ing if you a lre ad y know som ething of
girls. L ittle can he said of th e w ork
Our p rin cip al, Mr. Cannon, sta n d s; we now call our own. If you w ill I m any L atin p h rase s w hich a re v e ry .
th e ir cu sto m s and th e ir language.
done except th a t the stu d e n ts learn to T he prin cip al, a m ighty cap tain he, | study L atin you w ill learn to like it | useful and d escriptive, as well as j
It is th e m ost com m on of a ll ou r
w rite from dictation at ra te s ran g in g
foreign languages. It is estim ated th a t
With a stro n g and ru lin g han d ;
and it w ill g ra d u a lly ta k e on life an d m uch m ore ex p ressiv e th a n th e Eng-
from 120 to 160 w ords a m inute. S h o rt­ And th e wisdom of his th o u g h tfu l 1 color. You will no longer te rm it dry. j li«*h equivalent.
STUDY OF SPANISH IN HIGH I55,000,000 p erso n s use th e S p anish
hand is a difficult subject, req u irin g a
w ords
lan g u ag e as th e ir native tongue.
It was once th e p rin cip al lan g u ag e of ( I <1° not th in k th a t L atin is dead '
SCHOOL IMPORTANT.
g reat deal of close application and
Is stro n g as an Iron band.
w estern E urope, and today th e m odern when it holds such an im p o rta n t place [ T h e s t u d e n f a n t
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o u th com
A m erica, ou r n ea r neighbor,
„ e r i J “ nA ‘ L v i
is S ju
practice. Many of the stu d e n ts en ter
languages of Italy , F ran ce, S pain and ) >n E nglish and m any o th e r languages. , m at
Prial and hnnka « m / s L . L i a I I is
l u s st t C
l ing to the front, or in other
positions upon graduation.
In G resham Union high school
P o rtu g al a re directly derived from
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T he bookkeeping class en ro lls 19
Our te ac h ers have the floor;
SOME ► ACTS ABOUT u m .
Latin.
students. They a re given instru ctio n
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10............ 4 M a r.a re t O .n t.n b e in ) , c,„ a in ie i! w ith 1 | £ " e ' e r o “ hS
w hich in th e p a st have been little a p ­
from the fundam entals of m aking Bim- i
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ond-year L atin is v alu ab le for its his-
L atin w as the lan g u ag e of th e peo- people th e m a n n ers and th e custom s p reciated as com m ercial products.
pie original en tries In day books to j You
d b e tte r study m ore.
| tory. E ach page Is an open book r e - | pie who inhabited A n cien t L atium . | of S pain and o th e r S p a n ir t-s p w k in g
By stu d y in g S p anish you le a rn not
closing ledgers and m aking financial j
only th e lan g u ag e but also th e co n d i­
vealing u nto us th e g re a t deeds of T he chief city of L atium was Home, co u n tries.
and loss and gain statem ents. Any j In O resham Union high school
¡■’u h u 8 C aesar and a h isto ry of th e | T he co n q u ests of th e R om ans m ade i An attem p t is being m ade to have tio n s, g ro w th and custom s of th ese
student who has successfully done th e , The pupils have th e ir say;
t.a , lllc
w ars. . .
L atin th e p p rin
lan g g u u ag
ag e e not
not only
only I I th
th e e stu
studei
,
.
rin cip
cip al
al lan
d e n ts realize th a t th e lan g u ag e L atin A m erican co untries.
work offered a t the high school ought
"W e’ll light for our old standby,
W ith a know ledge of S p anish you
If
you
expect
to
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te
r
any
profes-
of
Italy
but
of
all
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a
ste
rn
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not
tru ly ‘‘fo re ig n ” in everv sense
to be able to keep an o rd in ary set of
U ntil we‘ve used ©very w ay.”
a re th en fitted to ta k e ad v a n ta g e of
,
sion,
m
edical,
d
en
tal
or
legal,
It
is
in-
About
h
alf
our
E
nglish
w
ords
have
of
th
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w
ord,
sin
ce
so
m
any
com
mon
books. H ow ever, th e high school does
V! w n
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!“ L a,in ,,,i8 in - and m an y L atium J g eo g rap h ical nam es in N orth A m erica th ese o p p o rtu n ities of South A m erica,
not tu rn out "a cc o u n tan ts.”
Now prin cip al, teach ers, pupils
W
hen
you
have
m
astered
L
atin
you
term s a re used in law, m edicine, and a re S pan ish w ords. Did you ever real- for it is th e prom ised land of to m o r­
Social problem s as a study is being
Make Union high school g reat,
need consult Noah W ebster less.
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the
sciences. Aside from th e se te rm s 1 ize th a t E stacad a is a S p an ish w ord row.
tau g h t here for the first tim e this To us our good old high school
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Latin Department
Spanish Department
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