Manlius School - Haversack Yearbook (Manlius, NY)

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MANLIUS 27 and military exercises in a systematic and progressive way so that his time may not be wasted and that he may the while learn better manners, build up a stronger body, become a better mixer, and be ready, finally, to study harder when play hours are over. The illustrations in this book show how this is accomplished and present a story of the environments and associa- tions with which we surround our boys. What we would have you learn from these pages is that ours is an earnest, business-like, cheerful life and withal a wholesome and manly one. The Table The table receives the constant attention needed to insure excellence. The food is of the best, well balanced on a scientific basis, well pre- pared and served. Our purpose is to serve such food as will build up our boys in connection with our military and athletic exercises. In general, breakfast consists of fruit, two cereals, hot and cold, one pint of milk, served to each boy in individual bottles, eggs, different styles varied by meats, fish and griddle cakes, hot rolls or mufiins and light coffee or cocoa. Dinner consists of soup, roast beef or lamb, varied by chicken, lamb chops, sirloin steak, veal cutlets, two vegetables, pie, pudding or ice cream and cake. At supper we have hot or cold meats, beef or lamb stew, with vegetables, potatoes, salads, hot rolls, or biscuits, pre- serves and cake, hot cocoa and milk. Bread and creamery butter are served at all meals. ' The menu is changed daily. All meals are served in abundance. Extra milk as a diet is supplied on request ofthe parent or the prescription of the physician. School Life and Entertainment Everything done out of school hours is calculated to make a boy more devoted to the school, and is intended to react beneficially on his character. 5 The more contented and happy a boy is, the better is his school work and the less mischief does he fall into. To this end it is our pleasure and business to see that the boy's school life is well rounded out by healthful and well-organized recreation and amusement periods. As a builder of proper public opinion in school there is no more potent factor than our group of literary societies and clubs, which are so well

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MANLIUS 29 supervised and healthfully controlled that they have a positive and educative infiuence quite contrary to certain phases of school fraternity and secret society life. As a means of properly directing the school's traditions and customs, not a little importance is attached to well-organized entertainment and systematic amusement. We have a weekly reception in order to give opportunity to every boy to meet the President of the School and his family. Members of the Faculty also have frequent receptions and teas. Entertainments and hops are judiciously sprinkled through the school year, and so arranged as not to interfere with school work, and yet to act as the fallow which will stimulate a student to return refreshed to his tasks and to attack them cheerfully and vigorously. Saturday night is entertainment night. We feel that after a busy week of studies, drills and athletics, a thoroughly good evening of diverting entertainment is important. This Saturday evening entertainment has its greatest value when it is carefully planned and when it engages a number of boys in its preparation. Appearing before an audience builds self-assurance. We encourage every boy to take part in dramatics, public speaking and debates as frequently as possible. There is a school dramatic club, known as the Punchinello Club. This club elects new members each year to fill vacancies. The Punchinello Club furnishes a play or series of one-act performances to make up a complete evening's entertainment once in five Weeks. The Glee Club and Mandolin Club are assigned one evening in live weeks at which time they give a concert for the entertainment of the school. These musical clubs are organized early in the school year and new boys try out for places soon after school opens. A 1 Occasionally the various companies present twenty-minute acts known as Company Stunts. They are somewhat competitive in nature as each company tries to outdo the other in originality and finish of their stunt. The Company Stunt evening is always a most popular evening' The interest is keen because the nature of the different shows is unknown before they appear. The decision as to which company presents the best performance is left to the audience, which is the student body, and the boys are loud in their acclamation of the most entertaining stunt.