Monrovia High School - Monrovian Yearbook (Monrovia, CA)

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1.4, T the termlnatlon of each Olymplad the patrlotlc and ambltlous youths of Greece came together In friendly competition athletic and literary prowess The American school system IS also based upon unlts of four years so that a person completing hls hugh school course may well look upon It as the close of an educational Olympiad Each year completed may be considered a race either well or poorly run The Greek youths looked forward not to one but to many Olympics So may you aspire to Increasing success with each suc ceedlng Olymplad of your llves measurlng that success not by triumph over others but by Improvement over your former selves j WARREN AYER Who are to be the contestants In the Olympic Games IH which we are so much Interested? Those who have proved themselves vlc tors In their own countries Why are they victors? Because they have kept themselves flt and have constantly stnven to umprove their record of the day before What may we as students learn from thelr experiences? lf we are to be victors In life we must keep physically flt mentally alert and do better more thorough work each day Yours for vlctory GRACE A OSBORNE DURING the past four years the leading athletes of the country have been tram mg for that great series of athletic contests the Olymplc Games Durlng this same penod students throughout the land have been traznlng for the greatest contest of all the contest of llfe ln both cases lt IS safe to predlct that the ones who breast the tape ahead of their fellows wrll be the ones who have been con slstently falthful to training rules and have made the most of their opportunltles during the tralnlng period l-le who trusts to natlve abllnty alone will fund himself outdlstanced by his hard work :ng rnval A K WILSON