Holland High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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JV?-k THE B0OMERANG4301ii.i Class Memorials MERSON once said, 'GNever lose an opportunity for seeing anything that is beau- tiful. Keats reminded us that GA thing of beauty is a joy forever. Certainly students in Holland High School are fortunate in being surrounded with so many beautiful works of art. Our paintings and statuary represent the best works of many famous artists. ln the assembly room we find Reynold's painting of The Infant Samuel which was presented by the class of 1926, the Freize of the Prophets by the noted American artist, John Singer Sargent, presented by the class of 1919, and declared to be Sar- gentls finest decorative achievement, the original of which covers the wall of the great hall bearing his name in the Boston Public Library, and the painting of Justice by Edward E. Simmons, presented by the class of 1918. Simmons was one of the original members of the Ten American Painters, and his mural painting for the New York Court House was awarded a prize by the Municipal Art Society of New York, and since was used in decorating the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, the Library of Congress in Washington, and other public buildings. b Our corridors are also made attractive by paintings such as Raphael's Madonna of the Chair, the most popular and best loved of Madonnas, Reynoldis Age of Inno- cence, Van Ruisdael's painting of The Windmill, given in memory of Harold John- son, Van Ruysdaelis Mountain Torrent, The Aurora by Renig the group of pictures representing the Song of Hiawatha, and a painting of our Saugatuck woods by a local artist. Edwim Austin Abbey's paintings in the Holy Grail Series, three of which, The Departure, The Round Table, and The Castle of the Maidens, are found in the High School and should be very inspirational to every student, for each one of us is searching for his own Holy Grail. These paintings are wonderful and Abbey him- self said, Give me a little time and Iill do something worth while with my subject of the Holy Grail. It has been said that a person can learn more about a great character by seeing him or his likeness than through reading several pages of printed matter. Almost every student has some great man for his ideal, and the busts in our auditorium give him an excellent chance to study some of these men. The busts of Washington, Lin- coln, Roosevelt, Longfellow, and Lindbergh are the five great Americans represented in our assembly to serve as a constant reminder of true greatness and an inspiration for us to be likewise. Two large Greek statues are found in the corridors on the second floor. In front of the boys, cloakroom stands the Discus Thrower, the mighty man of muscle, and in front of the girls' cloakroom the famous winged statue of Victory, the original of which was discovered by accident in 1863 on the island of Samantharace. A man while engaged in some excavation work picked up a small piece of marble. Other fragments were soon found and put together, forming the beautiful statue which is, however, headless and armless. Besides these volumes of upoems without words various other pictures such as Rosa Bonheur's Horse Fair and Millet's painting of The Gleaners are found in the various classrooms, making our building most attractive with an air of refine- ment that is indeed inspirational. ng 4' :V , V siffl , , ' 5 'H' K .LN-1, , -A r i ,. rg I ..'!, is 1 s '. 5' ' - .N '-l1.4,?- I A .M 4, .., -. - U41