The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-07
LOCAL NEWS


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The freshman issue of The Dial is to
be published Friday of this week While
this number win appeal particularly to
the freshmen, the upper claSsmen also
WILDE interested, as il is the first issue
of the year.
The literary department contains sew
eral essays on freshmans day at school
pirate. There are several freshman con
tributions that help to carry out the
idea of a freshman issue. Being the
School Principal for Il Day is sure to APP
peal to everyone, and Ten Minutes TO
Play. a football story, Will hold one
breathless to the very end. \ Halloween
Adventure and The School of the Noun
tain are clever and well-written stories.
The usual Book Chat and Parva Sed
Apta are designed especially to appeal TO
the freshmen.
The joke department is unusually
large and contains many hits on the
freshmen, as we'll as on the upper class
men. \ bedtime story with a moral is
written for freshmen only"
\ clipping from the Burlington school
paper in regard to the prize winning
Dial with Il long paragraph of COM
mentS by our own exchange editors, is a
feature of the exchange department.
Everyone will be Interested in the
whereabouts Of last years seniors. There
) complete list of these i'm the alumni
depart ent. besides Il letter from Stanley
Newton. 81, which win appeal to the
boys who may be interested in the navy.
The athletics department contains the
summaries of the football and tennis
Games held 50 far this year.
Every department, as far as possible
has carried out the idea Of freshman
number. and il is hoped that a new in
rerest in The Dial and school affairs viii
pc instjllcd in the freshmen.
Work in Latin.
The work in Latin in the high school
IS divided into four distinctive divisions.
namely. the fundamentals of syntaX and
construction; study Of Caesars Common
;aries; study of Cjcero's orations; and.
'as;ly. the reading of Virgil.
1t is absolutely essential 10 get Il good
foundation in Latin grammar. freshman
wear. i'm order 10 he able to do any trans
'atjOn successfully i'll sophomore. Junior
or senior years. To many the work in
freshman Latin is more difficult than the
remainder of the regular course. This
explains why. as Il rule. so many discon-
tinUe the study of Latin at the end of the
FIRST year. Careful. conscientious work
he first year will pave the way for sue
cess for the succeeding years.
In the Sophomore class the study of
Caesar. with the characteristic long sen
fences. idioms and numerous military
+eTms iSf bore TO some. while others
devour the contents of these common
taries with real energy.
The study of Cicero's orations. in the
JUNIOR class, is very interesting. Per
haps it is the form of discourse. so strik-
jngly different from that of Caesar. that
makes these OrationS 50 fascinating
Gicero's orations against Cataline are
unusually forceful, vivid and straight
forward.
Last of all Virgil is taken mp in high
school and as word Il encouragement
difficult it might be said that Virgil is
considered easier to grasp than the ora
tons. However. Virgil'S work being
poetry, the constructions are different il
many respects from that of the narrative
discourse.