Newport High School - Blunita Yearbook (Newport, PA)

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THE BLUE AND WHITE 9 Easter Ve celebrated Easter this year on April the fifth. Once upon a tine a lone while ago, so long ago that there was no Christian Era as yet, there tool: place an annual spring festival that as called Easter. Easter was so called because it raoant frou the east and it narked the return of the sun from its southern tour, bringing warmth . and revival in its rays. Eastor at this time was the most important holiday, and become the day of family reunions. It tras a day of feasting and was gradually turned into a day of celebration for the Goddess Easter. The story of the Goddess is fonilor, she having been hatched in full fori end great beauty fron an egg. This was supposed to have bec-n dropped from the heavens beside the river Euphrates. This legend accounts for the egg as the correct Easter food. How the rabbit cone to be laioxm as the distributor of Eastor eggs nay be tracod to the German legend which credited the hare, the rabbit's Gcman contemporary, with being r.s necessary for the delivery of Easter eggs as Saint Nicholas for the delivery of Christmas gifts. Christ, the Risen One, i3 present on this day to the faithful and to all his followers it is celebrated as the day when Christ brought freedom to the human race. Floyd Shcctz '33 -0-0-0-0-0-0-C-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- Eoy's Basket-ball The boy's basket-ball team this yean res not quite as successful as last year's tea:.:, but they havo workod to-gethor and out of the eighteen gomes played they ha”c won four. Captain Rowe the best player left from last year played a ’ onderful game as forward and was high scorer of this season, making 1 L0 points. Eortcll was second on the list, scoring 30 points, Beiders, McNitt, Gross, Jacobs and crtz also did their share in running up the score in several genes. Many times the crowds that gathered rt the games were held in arc at the excellent action Coach Rothonberger had drilled into his men. Graduation trices only two of the varsity squad fron this year's team and the 0oach is looking forward to a better season next year, 7c all hope he rill not be dissapointed. Track For the pest several weeks the boys have been practicing Jumping raid the shot put. Now they have started practice at the fair-ground and the Coach is looking forward to a very successful year. Drank Kerr '31 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- An Impossibility I cannot write a poor:. However hard I try, I nay improve in later years. And do better by and by. l ory Loy (35

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