Waukesha High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Waukesha, WI)

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A9 SENIOR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Fourth Row-Neumann. Lounsbury. Sugden, I-Iulburt, Mcliellips. Third Row-Owen, Lorier, Crump. Granich- er, E. Baird, E. Sherman. G. Price. Miss Lamoreux. Second Row-V. Fisher. I.. J. Birch, M. Knoebel, I-Iardtke. Martin, I-Ianke. First Roxy-Magnusson, E. Zillmer. Hartwick, I-I. Vohs. Goldsmith, Perren, Schober, Roberts. Closely related to their architecture was the Grecian sculpture. Greek sculp- ture has never been surpassed. Through all the ages of art, no one has been able to surpass the Greek artists, Phidias and Praxiteles. There are four standards upon which all sculpture can be judged. First is sensitiveness to beauty of material. Certainly Greek artists possessed this to a high degree. Their marble seems to live, and their bronze to breathe. Other bronzes have a dull, dead effect, and one is well aware that he is looking at an image, not the real thing. The Greeks were masters of line, our second standard. Marble drapes seem real, so vividly has the sculptor employed his artistic sense. The Greek sense of proportion is brought into play here. Outstanding figures are given central positions, and. in reliefs, are cut deeper than secondary figures. Here again the Greeks have excelled all others. Harmony and balance in full-cut figures is our fourth point. In the Venus de Melos, every view-point presents a well-balanced and harmonious pic- ture. In short, Greek figures seem more alive than any others. That is the secret of their eternal beauty. Then, aside from these more tangible things, the Greeks excelled in drama. All people seem to enjoy seeing the actions of others imitated. Particularly, do we seem to enjoy tragedy, but many Greek tragedies seem almost too cruel to afford enjoyment. Perhaps this is because the Greeks attended the theater. HOF only for amusement, but for instruction as well. The drama has great force in moulding public opinion, and they were often used in this Way. Many social evils were exposed through the drama, but, although put to this practical use, the Greek poet did not forget the poetical value of his play. I-Iis meters are carefully Worked out, and correspond to our English blank verse. Greek comedies Were also put to the practical use of satirizing objectionable practises of the day. Of course, the usual devices were used to produce amusing Page One Hundred Eleven

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JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY-FIRST SEMESTER. 1931-32 First Row, left to right-I-Icy, Bohrman, Elliott, Jones. Pope. Christoph, Loebl. Second Row-Miss Hanson. Jordan, Baird, J. A., Scrima, Graffenberger, Rowlands, Callen. Third Row-Anderson, Poetsch, Morton, Davies, lNIcI:arlane. matches. All-around contests were also held to determine the best general athlete. The winner was crowned with an olive or laurel wreath, and went home the local hero. Beside these formal games, others, less important, were played. Reliefs found in Athens in 1921 show us two games which even today are very popular. One is field-hockey, apparently played much as today. The other is a type of volley- ball, played with three on a side. These games were not limited to boys: girls often played many of them. In time, a group of professional athletes grew up, but they were looked upon with disfavor. The Roman conquest aided the commercialization of physical ability. Thus, even in our own school, we are closely linked with this old Grecian culture. But Greece is not noted for its athletics alone. Everywhere we see copies of Grecian architecture. During the time of Thomas Jefferson, Greek architecture was much in vogue. Even our colonial architecture was based upon Italian Renaissance palaces, derived from the Greek. Classical architecture again became popular after the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. Thus we see that Greek architecture is far from dead. XVhat has caused it to be so long-lived? Upon first sight, its simplicity seems to be the predominant feature, yet in modern copies there is apt to be a certain coldness that the original does not possess. Investigation has found that Greek architecture is not made up of the straight lines it seems to be, but is composed of curves that, however slight they may be, give an added degree of warmth and beauty to Greek buildings. Many other slight irregularities give relief from the stiff formality which this type of architecture would otherwise possess. Because of these little deviations, Greek architecture has endured through the ages. Page One Hundred Ten

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THE FOOTBALL SQUAD Top Row, left to right- -Klatt, Knoebel. Mickler. Disantis, Lansinger, Pronold. McGowan, Olson, Schlcy. Second Row-Coach Saubcrt. Sullivan. Kranzush. lilinger, Barnes, Lumb. Hannon. McDougall. Carey. Lynch, Badciong, Manager, Third Row-Rich, Golemgeske, Bruni, Stier, F., Stier, R,, Brimmer, Disantis, Captain, Smith. Seated-Cooley, Mcliellips, Managers. effects. Aristophanes and Menander were masters of the satire, while Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides are outstanding tragedians. Most of us are more or less acquainted with the myths of the Greek and Roman gods. These myths constituted the Greek religion, but. a few centuries before Christ. certain thinkers became dissatisfied with these more or less fantastic stories and tried to explain things in their own way. The outcome of this was the birth of modern science. Many theories and laws of today were suggested or stated by these old Greek scholars. But this did not satisfy many. They found little consolation in the fact that the gods rule the world. Neither were they content to be composed of many whirling atoms. vvv The Third Olympic Winter Games BRUCE STOLLBERG Lake Placid, the scene of the Third Olympic NVinter Games, is high in the Adirondack Mountains surrounded by forest-covered hills. After the three hun- dred and forty contestants had received the Olympic oath from Governor Roose- velt, the program was started by the first heat of the five hundred meter race. Jack Shea and Irving Jaffee, both representing the United States, were the out- standing speed-skaters of the meet, having defeated the entire field in their respect- ive events. The outstanding event of this winter's Olympics was the bobsleigh racing. Packed with speed and danger, this is a sport that Hts in perfectly with the Page One Hundred Twelve