Manlius School - Haversack Yearbook (Manlius, NY)

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BATTALION REVIEW

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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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. , - MANLIUS 21 the general heading of the school Athletic Association there are three main sub-divisions-the Association of the School or uvarsityi' teams, the junior Association, and the company teams. Under the School or var- sity a second sub-division is made of major and minor sports. The major sports are football, baseball, track and basketball. The minor sports are hockey, soccer, polo, swimming, tennis, boxing and fencing. The boys who succeed in winning a place upon any team in a major sport are awarded at the end of the season a red NIH as a badge of dis- tinction and reward for their service on the team. In the minor sports a distinctive M is awarded under the same conditions. In the Junior Association a small M in red is awarded as a mark of having played on a junior team. During each season candidates are called for the First Team. This group is divided into the team proper and the Reserve Team. The junior teams are made up from members of the Second Year QSophomorej Class or lower classes. There is a First Junior Team and a Reserve Team. Next below the Juniors come the Cubs who also have a First and Reserve Team. Cadets in the First Year CFreshmanj Class, or Grammar Grades, are eligible for the Cubs. The five company teams in each sport are made up of any cadets not regular members of the school teams. Practically all cadets are active daily in some sport or activity. Those boys who are unable to compete in the sport of the season, for various reasons, are required to take up some form of regular exercise in the open air at least an hour of the recreation period each day. During the football season a boy who does not care to play football may play tennis, box, run on the outdoor track, play soccer, or take exercise in the gym- nasium, and so, through the various seasons a large number of sports are open to every boy. The Gymnasium During the Winter Term general instruction in boxing and gymnastics is given. During the Spring and Fall terms no gymnasium instruction is given, as we are anxious to keep the boys out of doors. Weather per- mitting, the gymnasium instructor supervises outdoor boxing, volley ball, track and field sports, so that any boy can find some interesting form of exercise in the open air.