Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-09-06
Some Reasons Why it Pays TO
Take Latin in High School

There are many interesting things to do in
high school snd 50 many studies that are useful
he ought TO take One OF the subjects about
which pupil will inquire is Latin. He will be
sure 10 ask. What's the of studyini Latin7
Will il ever do me any good2'
First Latin will help you understand English
words, because about two-thirds Of them have de-
cended from the Latins. RreTsu children called
rose rosa They SAID sehois while we say
school. Exit" meant he goes out" and that's
our English word for the same idea. We use their
word for two duo when we use duet" and for
year annus" when we say annual" We call
q dog who burrows in the ground terrier be-
cause the Latin word earth terra" We
would not have the word military in English, If
we bad not borrowed IL from the Latin "militaris'
nor naval, II the Romans had not given is ma
Wis" ship. When you know that aer' means air
and nauts sailor. you do not need } be told
that aeronaut'' is sailor Of the air " II you
know that sub means under and marinus'
connected with the sea- you can guess what a
sub marine r. People talk q great deal now
about beliigerents" The word comes from bel
um, war and gerere" to carry on a fight In
fact. knowing large number of Latin words is
having English dictionary an your head wi ich
you can consult any time. in bed the train, or
when you walk along the street and see some new
word. Sometimes we have the actual expressions
that the Romans USED without any changes.
Pos'mortem" after death. is Lstn so is "A. B. -
ammo domini." in the year OF cur Lord.
Knowing how to spell English words is certain
~ very valuable to US. and Latin helps US a great
deal in this connection 4 laboratory is place
in word for work "laborare." add any one who
knows Latin will spell the English word with an
q instead of writing abretory' or 'lahritory'
You will find in science. that Utmost every scien-
tifc term is from either Latin or Greek Why
not learn the Latin word aqua meaning water
so that you will know what aqueous" in science
means. The Latin word 'ignis'' meaning FIRE"
makes it easy for YOU TO understand ignite 3"
II does not matter whether you study birds ami
mails plants. flowers trees. they all have Lat
in names in science. When you study Arithmetic
you find words which you can understand better
Latin word fractus" broken % into parfs;''
plus" and minus" are bsth Latin. So 10 ''dii-
dend' something TO be divided. = ard quotiont"
how many times"
The religion Of the Romans known as mythol-
ogy. must be understood by those who wish to ap-
preciate many famous pictures and statues in art
galleries or decorative designs every where. such
those on covers Of magazines or in advertise
ments In reading papers and books you find
ferences to these stories about the gods and god
desses and Greek heroes. Atlas. you remember.
had TO hold the world on his shoulders. So firm
in Portland Maine. that makes strong cement.
able to bear any weight. calls u Atlas Cement
In certain professions. also Latin is 81 special
value. The lawyer needs Il because many legal
terms are in Latin When You read about law
suits you are always seeing habeas corpus " quo
warrnto mandamus" etc all Latin terms
doctor gets on much better IL he knows Latin be
cause medical terms are Almost all Latin. both
those Of decesses and remedies. The word in
famation" means TO be on fire" a carbuncle"
is from Latin. carlo" live coal" If you go
bottles you win find that they are mostly Greek
and Latin. Latin is not an easy study. II it were
il would not be worth your while II calls for
hard work but any pupil Of average ability who Is
willing to pay a reasonable amount Of effort for
what he gets from Latin is sure TO succeed.