Manlius School - Haversack Yearbook (Manlius, NY)

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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

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