Belmont High School - Campanile Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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51' 9 R h at-1 ,W 9' Q fum S X513 A 'Q THE GRECIAN PRINCIPLE The Splfll of the ancIent OlympIcs was that of accomplIshment for the mere pleasure of doung ThIs success was attaIned after much self dlSCIp lIne and hard work lt IS a e trIbute to the AncIents that these clean sports for the up buIldIng of physIcal manhood have come down to us lvlay vIe enter Into the Interest of the Games and thereby guarantee theIr future success and Interest It IS BDDVODFIETG that a book com pIled by youth and symbolIc of youth should be dedIcated to the welfare of InternatIonal Interest We need a more thorough understandIng of one another throughout the world In these turbulent tImes and how bet ter can we BVFIVE at an understandmg than through the medIum of play? From cover to cover ID thIs annual appear words and pIctures whIch wIll chal lenge the most vIrIle among us As you look forward to seelng some youth Spflnflng down the fIeld lIke a flash of lIghtnIng or trudgIng on wIth that spIrIt of determIrIa tIon whIch only a long dIstance runner possesses or marvel at the physIcal prowess and muscular control of the weIght man wIll It dawn upon you that hundreds of years ago these same or sImIlar actIvItIes actually took place? Roman hIstory Illustrates the value of amateur competItIon When the games assumed a professIonal turn and paId experts competed for the entertaInment of the publIc Immedlalely Interest and physIcal well beIng waned and In the place of the tense fInely developed well traIned muscles appeared the loose flabby physIcal con dItIon as depIcted by Clycon s statue Farnese Heracles Out from the CrecIan world came the best In the land, and In the SDIFIT of a relIgIous ceremony competed Co to the statuary of ancIent Greece and Rome and you Wlll see the fIne sInews of the athlete exemplIfIed Here the VQFIOUS POSITIONS for the dIfferent entrIes may be seen Compare these to our modern methods and you wIll see that our present coaches have made lIttle progress The very spIrIt of the modern athlete IS exemplIfIed In the modesty, faIrness, courage, self control, and courtesy of the ancIent games To the boys actually competIng ID the races, It may be of Interest to know that attentIon was gIven to the method of leavIng the marks, the approach to the turn, and to the dIet of the runner ln l932, no doubt many annuals wIll be dedIcated to some phase of the OlympIcs Belmont has exemplIfIed her nghtful leadershIp IU appearIng In the vanguard of the processIon by beIng a year ahead If the Games are to be recognIzed by the world at large as beIng so worthy of consIderatIon how commendable It lS that Belmont IS InformIng her pupIls of the hIstor5 and possIbIlItIes of these ancIent actIvItIes through the medIum of the CampanIle C MILLACE MONTGOMERY Page T tt :IM 4 m Q l ' l 1' W X. -luv' 'SX x N L ' ' 7x ,NI 'tl ft-lXavwI- -wiiia ' g .. ' - fin-

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vw I7 8 s ' is A f f X vt f .g.,g,tf.?-fS.?-faith OUR ATTIC HERITAGE Ll e a tlov er Creek lvlllzatuon blossomed npened and perlsh d but th memor ot nts ' ag ance and color has ltngered through centanes to untluence our :deals ln art phllosophy llterature and sport Some people say that we on the west coast are bulldlng tow rd a renalssance that wrll con serve th best of anclent ways and yet b unlque IN nts development l do not know whether these prophets are nght or wrong but I am sure that thev can be nght only as our hugh school graduates attarn an art of llvlng and thlnlclng equal to that ot the Creeks AMY LINCCLN Pl-HELPS Ctrls Vlce Prlnclpal OLYMPIC HONOR There as much ot ment for each ot us ln a thoughtful examlnatlon of the tralnlng of the Anclent Olymplc athletes Flrst they chose theur race-or goal accordlng to theur talents next they carefully trained for tntty two weeks a year never stepping aside tor temporary honors or acclalm, but with eves tuxed on the goal Flnally, the pnze was an ollve branch a sample recognition ot achlevefnent The emphasls was prop erly placed upon the pertectlon of one's body and talents and not upon the mere questlon of wlnnlng In the passing cen tunes ot progress, may we retaln the sump llclty ot the anclent Creeks' D RAYMOND BROTHERS, Boys' Vlce Pnnclpal Page 'X xnrtcr

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