Manlius School - Haversack Yearbook (Manlius, NY)

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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.

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MANLIUS 23 ' The late Mr. Horace E. Dodge, of Detroit, donated a handsome gym- nasium. The dimensions are ninety-five feet by sixty. On the first floor are the locker rooms, shooting gallery, lavatory and showers, and a swim- ming tank sixty feet long. The main floor is devoted to gymnasium, drill and entertainment purposes. The Hospital We have every facility for the safeguarding and care of health in a completely equipped hospital, especially adapted for its purpose, presented by Mr. Z. Chafee, of Providence, Rhode Island. It is furnished with every convenience for the examination of the well and care of the sick. A resident trained nurse is in attendance and the School physician is con- stant in his duties. When a boy enters the Hospital his parents are imme- diately notified and frequent bulletins are sent until he is fully recovered. Military There is no military virtue which is not also a civic virtue. Obedience, order, neatness, repose, presence of mind, initiative, courage,-all these will make a man a better citizen. Having been good soldiers in the time of their youth, our graduates are better college men, more conscientious merchants, and more energetic in the professions. For the youth who prepares for a profession or business there can be no better grounding than the training of his wits and his nerve as an officer, full of repose and confidence. The initiative of the soldier must lead to suc- cess in every Walk of life. Our military instruction is for the training of mind in character, and incidentally we provide also a sturdy, straight body. The system acts as a lubricant to the schedule and daily routine, saving time and teaching value of time saved. In this way we gain more time for class work. Nor does it infringe on the boys' fun, for the military itself is fun. They have full time for athletics and are in better training because of regularity of sleep and diet. - The government has recognized the high state of efficiency of the military establishment at Manlius by according to it the rank of Dis- tinguished Institutionn for nine years and of Honor School for the past fourteen years. This record has not been equalled by any other school.