Beloit High School - Trojan Yearbook (Beloit, KS)

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'mo TROJAN HELEN of TROT Miss Helen Haile, Junior, was chosen by the student body as the most popular B. H. S. student in 1932. She received 9,500 of the votes cast. This popularity contest was sponsored by the Trojan staff. May, 1932 HELEN HAILE Page Nine

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TROJAN Eureka—We Have Found It! b MILDRED ARMOUR ENSHROUDED in the crumbling walls of an ancient city, are many memories, memories of renouned warriors, a beautiful woman and adventure. These memories have created a legend, the legend of Troy. These shrouded memories lived in Troy long ago in the twilight of the glory of the Gods and in the lifting dawn of civilization. A physically perfect race of people, the Trojans gained a culture and a renoun for themselves by their deeds. Their mode of living was simple, characterized by their love of Troy and their worship of the Gods. Troy was a city surrounded by a high wall, and each man was pledged to protect the security of Troy. Troy bound its citizens to itself by its beauty, its tradition, and its hopes. For nine years Troy was beseiged for the sake of the lovely Helen, by the Greeks, and on the tenth it fell. The two armies were so evenly matched that only the decision of the Gods could determine the end of the war. The Gods frowned on Ilium and favored Greece by giving the victory to the Greeks through strategem. The victory was so complete that Troy was destroyed. “ hen the gray dawn appeared, unsightly heaps of ashes, and smouldering embers, intermingled with calcined bones, and piles of blackened ruins, and lurid volumes of smoke rolling up to the skies alone remained to indicate where Troy had been. A city and a nation had passed out of existence.” But the memory, the legend of Troy still exists. The Trojans fought for ten years. They lost their fight, but they won a fame far more lasting. As they fought those long years, they did not know that'their victory would be the undying legend of valor. Their spirit was unconquerable, their courage infinite; and uppermost in their minds was their pledge to protect Troy. Such is the spirit of Beloit High school. The scholars, athletes, and artists of B. H. S. always think of their loyalty to the school before any thought of self-attainment. These warriors of B. H. S. are very much like the Trojans in their majesty or sorrow following a combat. Many of our heroes go out to a single combat to win or lose as the Trojans fought in singles. The Trojans rode out to their battles in splendid chariots, with straining steeds to defy the cast of the opponent's spear. Although the contestants were of unequal qualities, they rode with the same dash and valor to defy defeat. Palamedes was the intellectual rival of all of Greece and to him are accredited the invention of chess, backgammon, weights and measures, and the regulation of the lunar division of time. He was the most inventive spirit of his time. He was progressive because he introduced important military modifications, such as the battle line and the posting of sentinels. He was stoned to death early in life for treason only to be found innocent, after il was too late. He was a scholar, an initiative among his associates, and to him we compare our scholars and students of science. Priam, King of Troy, was so gifted with speech that he won, by his plea, the body of Hector, his son, from the Greeks. Our debators, public speaking students and dramatic students aspire to the art of Priam. Great warriors like Hector, called the King of Men, and Paris correspond to our athletes—ever flushed with victory, ever expectant of success. Each activity of our school has an outstanding Trojan, who, straining ahead, attains victory, and in doing so reflects on the entire school all the glory and glamour of Troy. The Trojans were individuals, giving their best to gain an individual success, but all deemed themselves one because they were Trojans. The actual binding cord was their name. They were born Trojans and they died Trojans. Fhe students of B. H. S. had long felt the need of a name for the school. At various times they were everything from Crows to Panthers. The name Buffaloes, which was used for a while, was a good name, but it too lacked the meaning which was needed. The Journalism class of '32 finally decided upon Trojans. This name appealed to everyone. Yes. it would build a common tradition around the school activities. The athletic teams of B. II. S. took the Trojan pledge in a ceremony given in chapel. They pledged themselves to bear honorably and to fight for the name Trojans. This nameless loyalty had found no tangible expression until the Trojan appeared. With him came his pledge, his courage, his loyalty and his ambitions for B. II. S. Page Eight May. 1032

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T , TROJAN Scribes of Tro;9 S BLANCHE EVANS EDITOR.........................Mary Agnes Hicks BUSINESS MANAGER.....................Paul Hodler ADVERTISING MANAGER..................Paul White COPY EDITOR...................Elizabeth Hubbard EXCHANGE EDITOR...................Helen McGrath SPORTS EDITOR...................Elizabeth Smith PERSONALS.........................Blanche Evans ORGANIZATIONS.........................Ben Spatz REPORTERS: Henrietta Heiman, Irene Jones, Dorothy McCall, Cyrus Lummis, James Higinbotham FALLEN BY THE WAYSIDE: Winifred Dickie, Geneva Farr, Carolyn De Bey, Del Forrest Winn SPONSOR........................Gertrude Kirtland AS SCRIBES OF TROY wrote the chronicles and records of all historical events, victories and defeats of their time, so the journalism class preserves records to be kept for future reference during the succeeding years. The Life, which is published every two weeks, has as its motto: School Life in Print. The Life strives to chronicle our own defeats and victories; our little fancies and foibles that are so transitory yet possess such a reality for us at the moment. The B. H. S. Life made its initial debut in 1919 A journalism class was not established until 1924. Before 1924, press clubs were organized and meetings were held outside of the regular class periods. Perhaps that which gives a journalism student the most pride is to see his or her story in print. It makes one feel as though he were an important factor in school life and history. The second semester, the problem and work involved in publishing some reminder of the school year must be solved. This year the class published a Magazine. — You have already read it half through when you reach this page. The Life staff and the Trojan staff were combined as one this year to save time and work. By doing this, a great deal of the work done on the Trojan was done during class periods, rather than after school. Perhaps the greatest difficulty was found when it came to finances. The funds were running low, and hurried steps had to be taken to raise the deficit. One of the means used was the presentation of two one-act plays in the high school auditorium on Tuesday, May 10. The titles of the plays were: The Trysting Place, by Booth Tarkington and Medicine, bv Russell Porter. The journalism and public speaking classes presented the plavs. Miss Kirtland. the sponsor; the editor, and a number of the other staff members burned a great deal of midnight oil after the magazine was started. Six o’clock was the earliest quitting hour. Any earlier hour wasn’t even considered as excusable. The publishing of the Life went merrily on its way also. Just because we added another bundle to our already well-burdened shoulders, was no excuse for shirking. The Life staff wished to establish some lasting tradition in the hearts and minds of succeeding students. By christening the athletic teams, the year book, and the school spirit that permeates all B. H. S. activities Trojan, the staff hoped to establish a living memorial of the class of ’32. The Moving Finger writes; and having writ. Moves on: nor all your Piety or Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line. Xor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.” —Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Page Ten May, 1932