Monrovia High School - Monrovian Yearbook (Monrovia, CA)

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LEGEND O one seems to know exactly when or why the Olymplc Games came Into belng The be glnnung rs hidden In a maze of myths However nt IS wldely believed that Hercules upon has return from one of hrs labors founded the Games to honor the gods The name Olymplc comes from Olympna the valley In Greece which was the site of the Ancient Games The first Olympics consisted merely of a number of foot races Later more events were added un tll at one tlme or another twenty four separate events were Included The victor In a contest was privileged to have a statue of hlmself erected by himself or has frlends ln the enclosure devoted to the Games ' 1 1 1 u - 11 . 1 . , ' 1 1 T

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CLASSES IVALRY among the classes reached the peak In girls athletics this year The freshmen crowned themselves with glory by wlnnlng the championship rn every sport volley ball basket ball and baseball In boys athletlcs the sopho mores took the title In baseball and ln track the sensors the junlors and the sophomores won In classes A B and C respectively The juniors and sensors had their usual recep tuons one In the fall at which the sensors acted as hosts and the other In june wlth the juniors oftcfat ing Both were dances and proved to be huge suc cesses An added cause for Inter class competntnon was the paper drnve sponsored by the l-hgh School Parent Teacher Association Mrs Fetters president of the organization announced IH an assembly that the class which brought In the greatest amount of papers and magazines would receive one fourth of all the proceeds The junior class came out tar ahead thereby wunnnng frve dollars for Its treasury . , . . , , - j . s - : ' 1 v 1 u v ' 1 . . , r , .

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