Manlius School - Haversack Yearbook (Manlius, NY)

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I 'mi' 1 -., .gg 4 4, . 4 MANLIUS 17 devout manners and guarded speech. The Chapel services should have suitable accessories, and be made as attractive and bright as may be con- sistent with seriousness. The Chaplain seeks to be on such terms of inter- course and sympathy with the students as to win affection and promote the utmost good Will. Everything is made to impress and support the feeling in every cadet that the highest and noblest type of manliness is found in the scholar, the soldier, the citizen, the gentleman, who is heartily and devoutly and without pretension a Christian. T Health and Physical Training Upon the arrival of a boy at School he will be required to report at the School Hospital and present a certificate of health from his family physician, with proper assurances that he has not been exposed to any contagious sickness. This certificate should be dated not earlier than the clay before the boy leaves home. During the session of the School, fre7 quent medical examinations are made of each boy. d . All the boys are carefully instructed in the laws of hygiene and are taught to recognize the symptoms of the common forms of sickness and are encouraged and required to discuss these matters with their teachers and medical advisers. All are carefully taught if they are properly fed, bathed and exercised, and thus kept in a healthy condition, they are auto- matically protected against much sickness and disease. They are taught that the cultivation of habits of regularity in their daily life and that the care of their lungs, stomach, bowels, teeth and eyes will tend to the highest average of health. g Boys with constitutional or organic Weaknesses are not accepted. Those who have temporary physical indispositions are relieved from the more strenuous tasks until they are declared, by our doctor, able to perl form them. A regular course of calisthenics, supplemented by the optional courses in gymnastics, forms a part of the stated routine of the School. It is not desired to convey the idea that severe and prolonged exercise is insisted upon, as it might have an effect opposite to that intended, but each student according to his individual needs is observed and his exercise directed in a manner calculated to best secure symmetrical development. Careful oversight and direction of sports and outdoor games form a part of the duty of the masters. Boxing instruction is given to every

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