Linden Hall School - Leaves Yearbook (Lititz, PA)

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LINDEN HALL Students at Play The value of recreation is fully recognized at Linden Hall. Every form of recreational activity that will benefit a girl and give zest to her work has a recognized place on the school program. Athletic Sports are to the fore. No expense has been spared to provide superior facilities along this line. All the major sports are represented. The school does not seek to develop a few crack athletes to win laurels for the school in interschool contests. Rather is it our policy that every single girl shall have the opportunity to engage in those sports which appeal to her and to derive from them the utmost benefit. The sports at Linden Hall are conducted not for the few, but for the many. To enhance interest and bring into play a wholesome spirit of rivalry, the school is, for Athletic purposes, divided into two groups, the Blues and the Whites. Each group is represented by a first and second team in each of the various sports. A record is kept of the points won in each contest and at the end of the season a banner is awarded to the side having gained the greatest number of points. In consequence, there is keen interest and happy rivalry in all sports. In addition to the Blue and White teams are the various class teams and also the Varsity teams, which latter occasionally engage in friendly contest with teams representing other schools. This plan, while working for the benefit of the many whom it interests in the sports, also, but incidentally, develops teams able to compete successfully with representatives from other schools. Many notable victories have been won in recent years by the Varsity teams in contest with schools having a much larger student body to provide their athletic material. Hockey is one of the major sports that has won for itself an important place in the interest of Linden Hall girls. It is deservedly po ular for it engages a large number of players out in the open. It calls for quick action, and strenuous effort. It is a game tense with interest for participants and spectators. Those who engage in it reap great rewards in physical vigor, mental alertness, and fine self' control. Who will ever forget the hours between 36' spent on the Hockey Field as participants or eager watchers? Linden Hall is ' lPage Tbirteenj

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LINDEN HALL Splendid Teacher Influence The most potent influences are not infrequently the indirect ones. The decisive question, therefore, with regard to a school is not merely its curriculum and its appointments, but its spirit and the personality of those who are the chief factors in directing and main' taining that spirit. The utmost care is therefore exercised at Linden Hall in the selection of teachers. Because of the intimate relation with the girls into which the teachers are necessarily brought by our system, their personality and influence is bound to be one of the strong determining factors in the development of the character of the pupils. Force of character, real womanliness, broad culture, a sympa' thetic understanding of young girls and their needs, and the ability to deal wisely with them, are considered of equal importance with scholastic attainments. Vigorous Health Intelligent care is given to the promotion of health. The im' provement in the health and strength of students within a very short time after they come under the wholesome regime of school are, in most cases, so marked as to call for comment. The entire absence of those outside distractions that put a. heavy strain upon a growing school girl's strengthg the regularity of the lifeg early hours for retiring, a full measure of sleep under the favorable conditions described elsewhere, an abundance of whole' some and appetizing foodg the maintenance of the right relation be' tween work and play, daily setfupsg gymnasium drill and swimmingg various outdoor sports under trained supervisiong--all tend strongly to promote good health. As a consequence, serious illness is a mat' ter of exceedingly rare occurrence. In cases of slight indisposition, competent attention is given by a resident nurse. The prompt admission of the indisposed to a suite of attractive rooms, and immediate care by the nurse, not only insure the comfort and the speedy recovery of the individual, but prevent colds, etc., from becoming epidemic. An isolated observation ward is maintained as a further precaution. l:Page Twelvej A

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LINDEN HALL fortunate in having a Hockey Field on its own campus as nearly per' fect as money and effort can produce. A close rival of Hockey in the interest of the girls is Basket Ball. When cold weather comes the interest of the students turns to this sport. Here again Linden Hall girls are fortunate in that the large Gymnasium affords an excellent Basket Ball floor upon which they may get all the thrills and develop the ine qualities of physique and mind and character that this sport fosters. How often during the Winter months the gym rings with the wild cheers and the enthusiastic shouts of the student body as some interfclass or Blue and White game or a game with some closelyfmatched outside rival is in progress. What tense moments there are when victory hangs in the balance, and what rejoicing when the final score spells victory. All this is a vital part of the colorful, happy, wholesome life of the school. Tennis, necessarily less spectacular than Hockey and Basket Ball, none the less holds a high place. The battle of skill between two or four opponents also has its tense moments of interest, especial' ly when a tournament brings out the ,student body as spectators and a hardffought battle is in progress between evenlyfmatched contestants to decide the championship. Indeed, there are few days during the Tennis season when all six courts which constitute the Linden Hall equipment along this line are not occupied by happy girls eager to develop their skill and to enjoy the thrills and pleasures which this fine game affords. Swimming occupies a place of its own and probably has a larger number of devotees than any other sport. It is safe to say that not a single day passes during the school term that the splash of Water and shouts of glee may not be heard in the vicinity of the pool. And times there are when the pool is the center of the intense interest of the entire school, when water sports are in progress or when a swim' ming meet is being staged. Unquestionably the beautiful white tiled pool with its bluest of blue water kept fresh and sanitary by daily iltration contributes much to the health and joy of the student body. And what shall be said of horseback riding, that prince of sports? What can contribute so much of pleasure and of health as a swift canter on a brisk October day through the beautiful country? fPage Fourteenl