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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' if H MANLIUS I9 cadet in the school and classes are arranged throughout the school year so that this training can take place at a time when a boy is not engaged in other forms of sport. Every cadet in the school is required to take part in not less than one hour of regular exercise daily, unless he has been especi- ally excused by the school surgeon. In no way are field sports, physical training, or military exercises per- mitted to interfere with school work or study periods. Plenty of outdoor exercise and fresh air, with regularity in diet and living, is insisted upon. In connection with physical training, the habits of proper eating and water drinking are established. Special care is taken of the eyes. The unusual and remarkable health which is enjoyed by our boys is as much the result of our common-sense rules as of the salubrity of the climate. Athletics - Manlius has been celebrated for its excellent system of athletics, which has made it possible for our teams to excel to an extent far out of proportion to the size of the school. We have gained and sustained this advantage through the development of every boy. The student body is given such broad physical training as will raise the general athletic stand- ard of the school. By stimulating a healthy spirit of emulation and pro- motion, and through a careful system of graded interorganization contests, we are able to create more efficient school teams to meet other schools. We have thus reversed the order, practiced in many schools, of making athletics a special privilege for a small number of brilliant athletes, who are given such intensive training and coaching as will fit them to compete in interscholastic contests, thus relegating the eliminated remainder of the student body to the sidelines as on-lookers and rooters. With us athletics is the means and not the end. , The School Athletic Association comprises two standing boards or committees, the superior of which is known as the Athletic Governing Board and is made up of members of the Faculty and officers of the school. This determines general policies, arranges the annual budget, approves schedules of games and ratifies all acts of the lower committee which is called the Athletic Council. The Athletic Council is made up of the Fac- ulty Athletic advisors, coaches, cadet captains and managers of all teams. The Athletic Council elects managers of teams, awards letters, schedules games and approves the elections by the teams of their captains. Under