Columbus East High School - Altis Yearbook (Columbus, IN)

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the yeaR of the olympians Creating an authentic late 1800's look. Junior Elaine Young styles the hair and make-up of Sophomore Shawn Frederick who portrayed John Day in the dramatic fall production “Life With Father. Clockwise from top: Filled with banners, posters, and crepe paper the halls rung with Olympian support as the football team approached the state finals. Representing East, the marching band performed in the fall festival parade. Utilizing an eight millimeter fisheye lens. East is framed in the midst of eight years of history. Constructed outside the academic hours, the Spanish Club presented their authentic award-win- ning float. Under a full October moon, members of our stu- dent body gathered on the practice football field -for our sec- ond annual bonfire. In 776 B.C. the first Olympic games took place as Carboebus ran at Olympia. Since that precedent setting event, Olympia the ancient Greek festival plain, has enlarged to contain many exquisite works of art, including statues of the Gods, monuments, temples, tombs, altars, groves and gardens. The be- ginning of the oldest form of athletic competition was indicated by an elaborate procession of the chosen competitors through a part of Olympia known as the Altis -the sacred grove of statues honoring all Olympic victors. Halted by the decree of Roman Emporor Theo- dosius in 3% A.D. the Olympic games were sus- pended for fifteen hundred years. After an extensive time lapse, the age-old tradition was revived in 1896 by a Frenchman. With aid from the Duke of Sparta and members of the Diplomatic Corp, King George I formally opened the modern Olympic games on the morning of April 6, 1896, in the magnificent stadium in Athens. The United States has actively participated in all the modern Olympics. Competing in the combined men's and women's 20 athletic fields, the U.S. chal- lenges opponents from across the globe in 82 winter and summer events. With impressive shows, the United States holds the competitive record of win- ning more than half of the Olympic golds in four fields. The U.S. has been crowned champions in the majority of nine of the nineteen track and field events, including ten of the fourteen decathlon ti- tles. Our Olympic basketball team is undefeated in championship gold, excluding their one loss to Rus- sia in 1972 during a very controversial overtime game. Our men's swimming squads have won the majority of 14 from a possible 17 events. Likewise, the women's swimming team has won the majority of 13 from a possible 16 swimming events over the 80 years of Olympic competition. During the current 1980 Olympics, the United States had one more item in their favor-the advan- tage of hosting the winter events in New York. Throughout the preliminaries, Indiana shone with pride as its own Kurt Thomas, a student at In- diana State University, represented not only our na- tion, but also our state as well. The United States has become internationally rec- ognized for not only their fine outputs in industry and their strong governmental statures, but also now for their quality performance in athletic fields. After eight decades. United States competitors are still taking the world by storm. 80-06907 Opening 3