Corvallis High School - Chintimini Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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llerman Fenner Kemp Mitchell Ruzek 'I' urge XV' ' 'ington XVI 't ll w H ISSI' Parker Student Govmcil In ancient Sparta one ruler was supreme, but through the ages countries have found it far better to place the responsibilities of government upon a group of eminent citizens rather than upon one individual. Corvallis High School, following their lead, chose the Student Council to act as the ruling body. The sale of business men's booster tickets was one of many new plans that proved very successful during the year. These tickets entitled the holder to attend all high school athletic events. They sold at 31.50 each, bringing in approximately four hundred dollars. At the beginning of the year the Council appointed a noon-hour-program committee which planned suitable entertainment each noon for those who brought their lunches and for those who returned to school early. Ping pong, boxing, volley ball, basketball, wrestling and dancing were included in the programs. Heretofore the teachers on noon duty had been in charge of en- tertainment, but the new plan relieved them of this responsibility. The revision ofthe constitution was another important work of the Coun- cil. Several changes were necessary to bring the document up to date, as it had not been revised for several years. The book exchange, which operated for the second year, handled 423 books. The student body fund was aided by a percentage received from these sales. The Student Council was composed of the student body president, the vice-president, the secretary and the treasurer, senior, junior and sophomore class presidentsg and the president of the Girls' League. Mr. Harry S. Parker, principal, was adviser of the group. -Lucile Maris. Illl

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Spartan., Czdraining All Spartans were subjected to the most rigorous training throughout life, from early boyhood to old age. Not only were they drilled in complicated military movements which taught a body of Spartan soldiers to act as one man, but they were subjected also to incessant gymnastic exercises to give them strength and endurance. Newly born babies were brought before a council and, if they were judged weak or deformed, they were left exposed on the mountains to die. Children were taken from their parents at the age of seven and were placed in groups of hundreds, headed by a chief who trained them to fight and to endure suf- fering. At the feast of Artemis, the young Spartans were beaten before the statue of the goddess until blood was drawn, but their pride would not allow them to cry. Boys were forced to go without food so that they would learn to provide for themselves. They did this by hunting and by stealing. Hunting in the mountains was encouraged, not only because it provided food, but also be- cause it built up endurance. All Spartan youths were taught to bear severe pain, to walk barefoot on rugged ground, to endure heat and cold, hunger and thirst, and to wear the same clothing in all seasons. A story is told of a boy who having stolen a fox, covered it with his cloak in order to hide it. The enraged animal tore him to pieces with claws and teeth, but the child did not reveal his theft. When a Spartiate reached seventeen years of age, he became a soldier, and led a military life. Spartan authorities regulated the lives of all the people, even to the hour of rising and retiring, the food that was eaten, and the exercise that was taken. Spartan soldiers were not allowed to engage in any other occupation or to live with their own families. Their whole lives were given to the state and they were slaves to military service. Girls were disciplined as rigidly as boys. They were forced to contend in boxing, running, wrestling and all sports that would make them strong and healthy. The women were a stimulus to the men in combat. One Spartan mother preferred to kill her own son rather than have him flee from battle, and another, learning that her five sons had perished in battle, said, This is not what I wish to know, does the victory belong to Sparta? When the answer was in the affirmative, she replied, Then let us render thanks to the gods. -Jean Whitelaw. l12l