Phillips High School - Mirror Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION SENIOR SECTION UNDERCLASS MEN ACTIVITIES ATHLETICS FE ATURES ALUMNI HUMOR

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IN MEMORIAM Helen H. Cook Finis coronal opus

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INTRODUCTION In the computation oi mankind's valuable assets for the maintenance of the race, athletics should have a high value. A discussion of athletics brings many meritorious qualities to the forefront. An athlete, when he has gained success, is called a STAR; yet the field of sports is the real reason of his glowing prominence. A close relationship exists here between the star athlete and the field of athletics. A five-pointed star, having for its points health, mental alertness, leadership, loyalty ami ambition, could be the symbol of athletics. Sports truly build the man into a physical being. Upon this sound lasis. wc find a keenly alert mind, quick to grasp significant facts. This condition is due to clear processes in a fit body and the lesson of thinking taught by sports. The true athlete is a leader; yet be can follow with a victorious spirit, giving his all tor his team play. The willingness to win arouses an ambition to be on top. and after leaving athletics, this spirit continues. This ambition in later life tends to make successful business men. From this will to win, the ambition to be physically and mentally fit follows closely a spirit oi loyalty to the Alma Mater of the man’s choice. Athletics arc not lieing over-emphasized. A field which sends healthy, intelligent, loyal leaders to take up citizenship cannot he emphasized too much in this day of self-government— “FOR WHEN THE GREAT SCORER COMES. TO WRITE AGAINST YOUR NAME. HE WRITES NOT WHETHER YOU WON OR LOST. BUT HOW YOU PLAYED THE GAME. —Freddie Siiu ton