Brookline High School - Murivian Yearbook (Brookline, MA)

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BROOKLINE PL ' S Lie LIBRARY I BROOKLINE BROOKLINE, MASS.

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A leading feature of Greek life was the great Olympic festival, held every fourth year at Olympia. In the sacred place, on the banks of the river Alpheus, athletes as well as musi- cians, poets and artists, from all parts of Greece, gathered to compete for the sacred olive wreaths. The Olympic games were far more than idle sport to the Greeks, for they repre- sented all that they held to be most worthy in human life. The competition had a deep re- ligious significance and all the games were dedicated to Zeus. Only the most skilled athletes entered the matches, but there were other qualifications besides athletic prowess. One had to be a free born Greek of unmixed blood and possess an unblemished reputation. To win an event was the greatest honor one could receive. Each winner had his own triumphal march to his home. So sacred did the Greeks consider these games, that a truce was declared if any of the states were at war, so that both athletes and spectators from all the states could travel and watch in safety. Thus the Olympics even to this day have been associated with peace. It is because of the great significance of the Olympics that we have chosen it as the theme of our Murivian. We do not want to dedicate this year book to the Olympic games themselves but to the ideals for which it has stood since its conception. It is our fervent hope that from this momentous, international athletic competition world peace will emerge.

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MURIVIAN 1957 3