Chino High School - El Chasqui Yearbook (Chino, CA)

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2. ' 9. , 1 f f' I , I !f,yl ' 'jx .Id ' I I X14 W 1 A fy , I4 'f' .AJ lr! 1 ., ., 1,151 I 1 Mb I I I if i I M A, ' 41.34, I , 'X , 1 ODA, . I I .. I I . I f J V f X, , The victor returned home in cessions to enter the city in a posely made in the walls for was sung by poets and sculp- him. Perhaps the most far- was the inspiration they gave triumph with songs and pro- chariot through a breach pur- his reception. His praise tors and painters glorified reaching effect of the games to Greek sculptors. In the strong, graceful bodies of the contestants the artists had models of phys- ical beauty which could nowhere else be found. The games continued for about seven hundred years when they were suppressed, supposedly on the grounds that they were opposed to the in- terests of christianity. Exactly fifteen centuries later, 1896, the ancient Oilympic customs were revived in France, mainly to build a strong, hardy race through ath- letic stimulous. The French realized the significance of these activities and planned an inter-national, festival for all nations of the world. The first modern Olympic games were fittingly held in Athens, then they were- brought to St. Louis in 1904. In 1908 London held the games and from then the future of the Olympics was assured. The games were handled in an extremely business-like manner and many more events were added, making competition greater than ever before. This year, 1932, the Olympic games are to be held in our own Locality, Los Angeles. It is to include supremacy in a wide variety of activities even art competition as printing, architecture, music, literature, and sculp- ture. The main athletic events wiiil be-track, gymnastics, weight lift- ing, fencing, wrestling, boxing, rowing, yatching, all kinds of hockey, shooting, cycling, swimming, diving, water-polo, and a number of equestri- an sports. I History repeats itself again and again, and we in America, particular- ly in California, are witnessing in our modern civilization a revival of that ancient worship of physical perfection and athletic prowess known as the Greek Athletic Idealf' I f VLA , EL' If 'A I I 5 . I . .. ff- f 4' ,y gf? -. A L I J , - My , :Z 1 , 1 1 V ' f ,i 1 1 ng., , 3 QI, r ' , iw A KM ,N,.ALevL , U 8' - , , I 1 if ' 1, 5 Y YJ V . I, Y ' ' ph .Lff rv, ' 6 , if ,, VJ, f wi ' , ff f'