Sparta High School - Spartan Yearbook (Sparta, WI)

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X SL 'XV f G i aft ' Behinatinn TO ESTHER ROBERTS HANSON In recognition of leadership through personality, enthusiastic helpfulness, and sincere goorlfellowship, we dedicate this Spartan. O 6

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S S s a T' iw. li' ' s o 1 ST 5 Foreword N OLDEN days Spartans of Greece were held in high repute by their neighbors because of certain virtues which were inculcated in their citizens from earliest youth. These virtues were: justice, service, valor, patriotism and loyalty to right. Our Sparta of today strives to teach its citizens the same high ideals. Her sons and daughters who have gone forth from Sparta High School are eloquent witnesses to her success. They have rendered distinguished service in many lines of activity to their commonwealth and their nation. ln the following words two distinguished Alumni express their recognition of the ancient Spartan ideals as embodied in our modern life- Those who founded Sparta and gave her a name had in mind the Sparta of ancient Greece whose claim to fame was the fighting spirit of her inhabitants. As war was their profession, Spartans triumphed on many a field ..... Through her schools our Sparta is striving to fit her sons and daughters for intellectual and moral combat. Triumphs more glorious and endur- ing than those that came to the ancient Greeks will come to our Spartan youths who, availing themselves of their opportunities, become thrice armed. 1 The heroism which the Spartan mothers of old instilled in their sons, as shown by their hero- ism at Thermopylae was fittingly revealed by our Spartans' heroism in the World War. Their loyalty to the right and desire to serve their community were felt at that time as they are now,

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