Lowell High School - Red and White Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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RED xv WHITE- - Tl-IE ETERNAL PAGEANT HE myThical Origin OT The Olympic Games is enshrouded in a veil OT mysTery in The vague hisTory OT ancienT Greece, conTounded wiTh legends concerning men and immOrTals. The name Olympic is derived Trom Olympia, in The celebraTed valley OT Elis in Greece, which was The siTe OT The ancienT Olympic Games. ln all There were 293 OT These naTional conTesTs daTing Trom 776 B. C. To 394 A. D. Each OT These marked a period OT Tour years, an Olympiad, which served as The recognized calendar Tor eleven cenTuries, unTil abolished by Theodosius I. The PenTaThlon gives a general idea OT The evenTs comprising The ancienT Olympic Games. These, in The order OT Their perTOrmance, were jumping, TOOT racing, Throwing The discus, Throwing The iavelin, and wresTling. From These iT will ineviTably be deduced ThaT The conTesTanTs musT have been remarkably well developed in all respecTs physical in order TO wiThsTand The ordeal OT compeTiTion. Indeed, Their magniTicenT sTaTues, porTraying as They do beauTiTul and symmeTrical physiques, give evidence OT This. Boxing, wresTling. and PankraTion, The lasT a combinaTion OT The Two evenTs aTOre- menTiOned, in Greece were symbolic OT The Triumph OT civilizaTion over barbarianism. The TOOT race was one OT The mosT imporTanT OT Olympic evenTs. The disTance run varied wiTh The lengTh OT The sTadium. There were Two classes OT conTesTanTs, men and boys, The ages OT The laTTer ranging beTween sevenTeen and TwenTy years. Con- Tenders were enTirely nude, and Tor This evenT, as mosT oThers, The body was careTully oiled. The sTade, or 600-TOOT race, was run in heaTs. Winners OT heaTs ran TogeTher in The Tinalsp so The vicTor had apparenTly won Twice. There were lanes Tor TwenTy runners in Olympia. All cOmpeTiTors were obliged To undergo a sTrenuous campaign OT Train- ing lasTing Ten mOnThs. lnTeresT was parTicularly cenTered upon The PenTaThlon. The only prize given The vicTor was a garland OT wild olives cuT Trom a sacred olive Tree ThaT grew near The alTar OT AphrodiTe in The AlTis OT Olympia. The vicTor's name, wiTh +ha+ OT his TaTher, was proclaimed by a herald ThroughOuT Greece. The hero was accepTed wiTh The pomp OT a conqueror upon his TriumphanT reTurn To his naTive abode. Glory was showered upon him: songs and liTeraTure immorTalized his name: sTaTues were erecTed in his honor. The revival OT The Olympic Games is linked wiTh The rediscovery OT Their ancienT siTe aT Olympia by Richard Chandler in I766. The incepTiOn OT The modern Olympic Games was acTually in T893 when Baron de CouberTin OT France direcTed a world-wide aThleTic campaign, The response To which was discouraging. In I894, wiTh renewed vigor, he again insTiTuTed his movemenT, which was enThusiasTically accepTed This Time. The TirsT OT The modern games was held in AThens in 1896. Since This occasion, enThusiasm has aTTained such propOrTions as To make The Olympic Games a subiecT OT world-wide inTeresT. The original PenTaThlon has increased iTs scope unTil iT has encompassed nOT only all The TinesT OT inTernaTional sporTs, buT The Tlower OT arT as well. Thus, The Olympic Games have assumed an 17 - - 1 -

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LAUS DEO Lei praise clevole Hwy worlc, and sldll employ Thy wlwole mind, and Hwy liearl be losl in joy. Well-doing bringellw pricle. Jrlmis conslanl lliouqlwl l-lumilily, llwal Hwy besl clone is nouglwl. Man oloellw nollninq well, be il greal or small, Save lo praise God: bul +l1a+ lwallw saved all: For God requires no more llfian llwou luasl clone, And Jralces Hwy worlc To bless il' for I-lis own. ROBERT BRIDGES

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-'l'i'i JU N E, I932 aes+he'ric aspeci which, in Ihe course of years, Ihrough The course of ceniuries Io come, is bound 'ro build an everlasiing monumeni 'ro man's abiIiIy-a monurneni' dedicaied Io Jrhe beiier qualiiies wiih which he has been endowed. MODERN OLYMPIC ALL-TIME RECORDS Evenf Record I00-meier run IO.6 sec. I00-melrer run I0.6 sec. I00-meier run I0.6 sec. I00-nneier run I0.6 sec. I00-mefer run I0.6 sec. 200-meier run 2 I .6 sec. 200-meier run 2 I .6 sec. 200-meier run 2 I .6 sec. 400-melrer run 47.6 sec. 800-meier run I min. 5I sec. I500-meier run 3 min. 53 sec. 5000-me+er run I4 min. 3I sec. I0,000-me'rer run 30 min. I8 sec. I0,000-me+er waIIc 40 min. 28 sec. I I0-me+er hurdles I4 sec. 400-meier hurdles 53 sec. 400-mefer hurdles 53 sec. Running high jump 6 'Hi 6 in. Running broad jump 25 I+. 4 in. I-Iop, siep and jump 50 H. I I in. Pole vauI'r I3 II 9 in. Discus 'rhrow I55 I+ 3 in. Javelin 'rhrow 2 I 8 Fr. 6 in. I6-pound shoi 52 I+. I in. I6-pound hammer I79 II. 8 in. 56-pound weighi 36 I+. II in. Peniaihlon I4 poin+s DecaIhIon 8053.290 poinfs Av. Name and Nafion Year D. F. Lippincoif, U. S. I9I2 I-I. M. Abrams, Greai Briiain I924 Percy Williams, Canada I928 R. F. McAIIis+er, U. S. I928 J. E. London, Greai Briiain I928 A. Hahn, U. S. I904 J. V. Scholz, U. S. l924 I-Ielnui' Kornig, Germany I928 E. I-I. LiddeII, Greai Briiain I924 D. G. A. Lowe, Greai Briiain I928 I-I. F. Larva, Finiand I928 Paavo Nurmi, Finland I924 Paavo Nurmi, Finland I928 G. I-I. Goulding, Canada I9I2 Weighiman-Smiih, Soufh Africa I928 Lord BurghIey, Greai' Briiain I928 F. M. Taylor, U. S. I928 H. M. Osborn, U. S. I924 E. B. I-Iamm, U. S. I928 A. W. Winier, AusIraIia I924 Sabin W. Carr, U. S. I928 Dr. C. L. I-Iouser, U. S. I928 E. I-I. Lundquislr, Sweden l928 John Kuck, U. S. I928 M.J. McGraIh, U.S. I9I2 P. J. McDonald, U. S. I92O E. R. Lehionen, Finland I920 Paavo YrioIa, Fir1Iand I928