Olympia High School WW Miller High School - Olympiad Yearbook (Olympia, WA)

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N TIME an Olympiad, however good or bad, be- comes endeared to students, especially to seniors. But a few facts about its production might encourage appreciation of the task it is to prepare and publish this yearbook-a year-long project. planned from the opening days of school in the fall and brought to consummation in the hurricane days that herald graduation and the twilight of another 180 days of education. First, the selection of a theme. Then, organization of the book, so that it will cover the year's activities attractively. The theme must be worked into the book. N i Inf' , J , f ' . . x M . .H ,1 z ,- ' x I AREFUL budgeting must be adhered to. Pictures are taken, mounted in panels, and sent to the engraversfWest- ern Engraving and Colortype Company, Seattle. Two dum- mies, showing exact position and arrangement of all copy, captions, cutlines, engravings and art work, must be prepared fone for the staff and one for the print shop-Quick Print in Olympia. Proofs must be searched meticulously for errors. After several weeks' printing, the guts of the book are ship- ped to the binders-Ward's Bindery of Seattle-to be sewed and bound in the covers. It has taken months to prepare these covers at the plant of Becktold.Cornp in St. Louis, Mo. v' .e Y !.5e-.3 ' ? 5,vx 1 1 FFERING tribute to the genius of the Olympiad art director, Frank Murdoch, the Farwest Lithograph and Printing Company of Seattle made the beautiful five-color lithograph of the Mexican pageantry scene, and sent it to the binders, to be tipped in as the outstanding feature of the book. Ten days were required for the binding of the 1100 volumes. Farther on in the book is a page listing the names of Olympia merchants and citizens whose kind contributions made it possible to pay for reproduction of Frank's oil, Mark O'Leary deserving much credit for solicitation of these funds, with Les Steele helping .... Yes, behind this Olympiad are many long, dreary hours of toil on the part of those who labored to make it a success. And now it is yours, another memory book of O.H.S. for you to have and to cherish through the years.

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EXICO: The faraway land nearby. Out of a faraway past, dating back to hundreds of years before Christ, comes a strange blending of races whose peoples emigrated out of the mysteries of ancient Asia. History later speaks of the advent of Cortez and his Spanish conquistadores, but these were not conquerors, as time proved, for Spain in - the New World became decadent, and although the blood of the early natives became intermingled with that of European intruders, the spirit of Mexico lives triumphantly today, to claim the future. The glory that was old Tenochtitlan has been reclaimed in a new, more enlightened civilization. .QM 4 W. I. ::, Z . A -I ' , ,J .,.,,.,.. ' 'Li .-', ,IEII p V - - A , J f ' uv- , M Yi . 4 VA X, if? KEY Q ff 'f' y W . ., , E. OCHIMILCO, Taxco, Cuernavaca, Puebla, Guadalajara, Aca- pulco, Oaxaca, Toluca, Morelia-these are only a few of the famous old towns beckoning out of the past to the tourist of today. Mexico City, with its two millions heterogeneous population, is one of the great metropolises of the world. Mexicans were the builders of cities, pyramids and temples, the ruins of which are numerous and may be seen everywhere. Distinctive sights to see in Mexico City are too numerous to mention: The great Cathedral, the largest church building on the American continent: the mas- sive National Palace facing the main Zocalog the beautiful National Palace of Fine Arts, with its gorgeous all-glass stage curtaing great castle, where Maximilian museum and art galleries, all an intriguing pastg the bullring. 9 the many exciting and colorful lovely Chapultepec Park with its once dwelt, the national library, teeming with relics and lore from featuring Mexico's national sport markets-and countless other attractions. Mexico is a land of music and dancing, of fiesta and siesta, of pleasing pictures and defying contrasts, of the future. .4.,. ' .: ',:, is TERNAL sunshine abounds in beautiful Mexico land. But there is sadness, a sad- ness indwelling in souls deprived, oppressed, exploited. Yet there is peace. There is a say- ing: Once the dust of Mexico settles on your heart, you can find rest in no other land. There is color, too. Mexico is pre-eminently a land of flowers: everywhere are gardens and patios filled with gorgeous magenta bougain- villea, scarlet hibiscus, pink oleanders, and climbing geraniums with blossoms of every hue. Mexico's scenery charms by its infinite variety, and it is favored by a perfect climate. ' '53 SN ...el A 1 ,rtt gpg,

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