Bolivar Central School - Gusher Yearbook (Bolivar, NY)

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BOLIVAR HIGH SCHOOL BLIZZARD” 23 Girls’ Basketball Cuba—26, at Bolivar—5. Bolivar—4, at Rushford—10. Bolivar—11, at Fillmore—4. Wellsville—4, at Bolivar—11. Friendship—4, at Bolivar—11. Bolivar—11, at Wellsville—13. Clean—9, at Bolivar—7. Center, Marion Hodnett (Manager) ; side center, Mary Root; right forward, Roberta Lain (captain); left forward, Regina Barnes; right guard, Florence Smyth; left guard, Edwina Smith; substitutes: Genevieve Williams, Marion Hoffman, Gladys Baldwin. The season’s games have proved more successful this year, due to the faithful and thorough coaching of our physical training teacher, Miss Hawley. Owing to lack of practice our first game with Cuba was a defeat sufficient enough to discourage us, but we kept up our courage and the three following games were smashing victories for us. All games being won by more than doubling our opponents score. Center college experienced no greater joy in defeating Harvard than we did in defeating Friendship, who for some time have been able to defeat Bolivar. The last two games brought out the “ole fight” and fairness which we have cultivated through practice, throughout the whole season. We have tried to use and to remember these things in playing and as a motto: We should play a game for its own sake, never spoiling the spirit of the game, or lowering the dignity of them by playing for profit at the expense of somebody else. If a game is not interesting enough in itself, we should leave it alone. We try not to break Hie rule of fair play, by playing for any reason other than for the pure love of the game. e play the game for the game, ana for nothing but the game. We must think of the game and not of ourselves. The game is lost in which one member of the team seeks his own glory. Especially we try to be good losers, ana to do this wiih cheerfulness and grace, to a victor who has played the game, leaving haggling, grudging and quarreling to meaner souls, and not spoiling the temper of the game by claiming doubtful points or insisting on little rights. We should be willing rather to lose a thousand games than win one by the shadow of unfairness. We try to be loyal or the game is lost. Everything calls for the qualities in holding together of the team. If we are loyal to our team, to our school, we shall be loyal to our town; so the beginning of patriotism lies in our games. Play them well and win. j | Photographers I of Quality s imean real satisfaction to you and also I PLEASE YOUR FRIENDS | DON SEELE Opposite Bradner’s Union Street, OLEAN, IV. Y. T1 llw MM ' HU ■■ — H» ■» +

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BOLIVAR HIGH SCHOOL ‘ BLIZZARD 25 The Hebrew People By VELMA GREEN '27 The Hebrews were a Semitic nation. They were men of the desert just as the Egyptians were men of the Nile River valley. They were wandering shepherds for many years and taught Christianity during these years. The Hebrew stmy begins with the departure of Abraham out of Ur of the Chaldees, about 2000 B. C. He had higher ideas of God than did his countrymen so naturally he became discontented with the religion. In his wanderings with his family and followers while hunting for the promised land and also a place where they could secure food he went to the Nile valley in Egypt and finally settled in Canaan. They lived peacefully in Egypt for a while but developed so great in numbers that the Egyptians were afraid of an uprising by the combined forces of the Hebrews and other enemies of the Egyptians. There arose a new dynasty of kings who at last drove them into slavery • and oppressed them sorely. This was really caused hv the antaganism of the people concerning their religions. The Hebrews were believers of monotheism whereas the Egyptians were believers in the worship of animals and nature. At last while the Egyptian government was in a state of disorder the oppressed people, being encouraged by Moses, their leader, decided to migrate from the country. They crossed the bead waters of the Red Sea and at last became wandering shepherds of the desert again. The pharaoh of Egypt gave them permission to go because he thought it would be a relief but very soon after they were gone he was sorry he gave them permission to go so he immediately gathered a large army of foot soldiers and chariots and pursued the fugitives. He overtook them just as they reached the Red Sea and it would have been sure destruction for the fleeing multitude had the quick sands of the Red Sea not compelled the “Pharaoh” and his army to return. Then an event which was called the “Exodus” occurred. This was a forty years’ period of wandering by the Hebrew people led by Moses and later by Joshua, Moses’ successor. They were kept together thru forty years of wandering just by the tact of their leader. He taught them to believe that their final deliverance was in Jehovah, the one and only God whom they should worship. Joshua, having overthrown the city of Jericho with its strongly built walls by the help of their in.,,, Jehovah, conquered Palestine and settled down there. The land was divided among the twelve tribes. These twelve tribes were Judah, Issachar, Zebelun, Reuben, Simeon, Gad, Ephraim, Manasseh, Benjamin, Dan, Asher, and Naphtali. Each of these had separate captains whom it is needless to name. They became an agricultural people instead of pastoral and tilled the soil. During this time there arose a line of national heroes who were called judges since they performed a kind of judicial function. However, there was no individual leader and the government was really an an-