Needham Broughton High School
Class Of 1968
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DANIEL B. (Dan) GATEWOOD
Joined: 07/03/12 Posts: 132 View Profile |
Latin and Mrs. Fisher and Toga! Toga! Toga! Posted Thursday, April 11, 2024 07:31 AM Pitchers of purple grape juice arranged on our long white table cloth were symbolic of Roman red wine. I thought my friend Ed (Hennessee) who sat beside me was reminiscent of a joyous Julius Caesar as he led all of us in his robust gaiety as if that juice was 'really' a Roman table wine, a vintage worthy of a celebrating Roman centurion. Either that or John Belushi leading a food fight. I miss Ed, a really funny guy and so smart too (his SAT score was over 1500!).
Mrs. Fisher was a special teacher--anyone who could teach me how to conjugate those irregular Latin verbs had to be. And her creative sway arranging that boisterous toga party we all loved....
I was so proud taking Latin. Who takes Latin? Mrs. Fisher made it all seem so worthwhile. Her class was my first at Broughton that sophomore year--held in one of those small trailers out front of that stately school near the flag pole. My second class was Mrs. Fountain's--a real murderer's row' but really great teachers in Mrs. Fountain and Mrs. Fisher. What a wonderful experience Broughton was.
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