Milford chronicle., 1960-03-18

unknown. Ancient Olympic Games
were held in a sacred valley at
Olympic, in Ellis, near the western
corded Olympic competition was in
776 B. @. So important were these
contests that time was measured
by the four year interval between
the games. The term "Olympiad"
describes this period. When the
games were taking place wars
were stopped, roads were free, and
no one would have dared to break
the truce of Olympic.
The First Olympic Games in mod
ern times were revived by Baron
Pierre de Coubertin of France in
1896. Since that time the scene of
the First Olympics in the u. S. was
at Lake Placid, New York, in 1892.
This year they were held in Cali
fornia.
The Olympic flag was flown for
the first time in Antwerp, Belgium,
in 1920. In the center of the white
background are five interlaced
rings or circles. The rings or cir
cles represent the five major con-
tinents of the world (Asia, Africa,
Europe. North America and South
America).
The rings are linked together to
denote the sporting friendship of
the people of the earth. The colors
are chosen because at least one of
them (blue, yellow, black, green
and red) appears in the flag of
every nation of the world.
The words "Citius, Altius, Fort
ius'' which often appear under the
circles mean ''swifter, higher,
stronger" The competing athlete
hopes to run faster, jump higher,
and throw more strongly.
The 1860 Winter Olympic Games
marked the first time a complete
village was built, including three
churches, a Fire Station, and 28-
bed hospital Athletes were housed
in one building. Every comfort of
living was provided for all athletes,
including particular type of steam
bath house which the Scandinav-
ians prefer.
Squaw Valley, California, is des-
cribed as a magnificent natural
amphitheater" and is part of the,
Sierra Nevada Range. This range
is considered the highest mountain
range in the United States, rising
to 14,495 feet. The three peaks
where the Alpine competitions were
held were Squaw Peak (8,885 feet),
and Papoose Peak (4,566 feet).
The founder of the Modern Olym-
pic Games wrote the Olympic Greed,
which reads, THE important thing
in the Olympic Games is not the
winning but taking part. The
essential fighting in life is not con-
quering, but fighting well!"
From the Readers Digest we
learned that Squaw Valley area
will become a state park. There is
a possibility that this park will be
named in memory of John,A. Thorn
son, who skied the slopes of this
area to deliver the mail during the
winters Of 1856 until 1869, when
the Central Pacific Railroad was
completed.
If the resolution that is before
lHS Odll1OIdlld legislature is aQOp-
ted, Squaw Valley will be known
as Snowshoe Thomson Park-a CEN
tury late tribute to ''the greatest
skier of them ALL
One of the resources we were
able to obtain for this research
was from the Organizing Committee
VIII Olympic Winter Games at San
Francisco, California. The Cham
Der of Commerce from Sacramento
supplied us with an interesting
pamphlet. For one dollar you may
order an official souvenir program
from Olympic Program, San Fran
cisco, California.
Reading skills have been helpful
in reading about the Olympics in
daily newspapers, magazines, and
the encyclopedia. We learned about
many new magazines that we did
not know were available.
The Newspaper Committee
Mr.. Simpson - Grade Sec. f.
We elected new class officers for
the second semester. Thy are:
Cindy wilkins, President; Jack
Hall, Vice President; Priscilla