Barnard School for Boys - Bric Yearbook (Fieldston, NY)

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FRESI-IIVIAN CLASS HISTORY VVith0ut doubt the first year for the class of 1910 in the Upper School has been very successful. In the class room, in spite of many defeats, the members of our class are coming out triumphant. VVe are not always perfect in our les- sons, but from the way the teachers talk, we judge that the same might be said of the other classes. In athletics, however, we shine a bright constellation of little stars. Although we did not make many points in the Christmas games, we retrieved ourselves in the sports that followed. In the class Basket Ball Championship contest we came out in second place, a record to be proud of, considering the skill of the teams which opposed us. Wfe did even better than this in the gymnasium contest. Here for the second time we demonstrated our ability as all-round gymnasts, and won the gym banner. In addition the two individual champions were members of our class. ' The Class of 1910 has had many players on the school teams. Two fellows were on the 'Varsity Basket Ball team, and three, including the captain, made the Junior team. The ,Varsity Base Ball team took two of its members from 1910, and the junior team its captain and two others. There are also two members of our class on the 'Varsity Track team. VVe have three years more in which to make our class a model for those who come after. XfVith the good material which is in the class, it should develop into one of the best in studies and in athletics.

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ATHLETICS During the past year the athletic work of the school has encountered several obstacles which have affected disastrously some sports. Early last fall it was found that the public agitation against football as a school sport, had influenced enough of the parents of the boys of the school, so that the organization of a school team was doubtful. VVhen school opened and several of the old players did not return, this doubt become a certainty. The association then decided to exert itself to put championship basketball and track teams in the field. Senior and junior teams were organized and practice work was successfully begun, when without warning, the military authorities summarily refused us the further use of the Eighth Regiment Armory at 94th Street. The headmasters exerted every influence, pulled every wire but all in vain, the man behind and the man higher up remained obdurate. VVith no place to practice, the prospects for our team's success seemed fearfully slim. However, the team was not disbanded, most of the games being played on the courts of our opponents, and so the basketball team completed the schedule. After the use of the Armory was denied us, indoor track work was, of course, out of the question. It thus became necessary to omit the annual indoor meet which had been so popular in past years. With the exception of the games held in Madi- son Square Garden during the winter, the members of the team had no opportunity to compete. Most of them were able to keep in condition by work in the gymna- sium, and so acquitted themselves creditably in the spring games of the N. Y. T. S. A. A. and N. Y. U. The inclement weather in March and April delayed the development of the base ball teams so that it was mid-season before they were in condition. The sea- son as a whole was, however, reasonably successful. The success of all the teams in a school of our size depends usually on a very few men. Trips to the South and lfVest taken by some of these men were further obstacles. Yet as we look back over the athletic work of the year, in the gymna- sium and on the field, we cannot help but feel that we have gained much that will count for us in the end, even though a temporary victory was sometimes with our opponents.