Palmer Institute Starkey Seminary - Echo Yearbook (Starkey, NY)

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5 Q t', 9 Feb. 25 Dundee High School at Dundee Starkey went to the Dundee town hall to play basketball on a court about one third the size of her own and considering that she could not open up a 23 to 12 score had to be sufiieient. lVIareh 4 Penn Yan at Lakemont Penn Yan League team came down to play with Starkey as a practice game to get used to th: court on which she was going to play off a tie with Auburn. Starkey lost 35 to 17. lvlarch 9 Odessa at Odessa Starkey went to Odessa and was beaten in the last minute by a 27 to 23 score. I EDA, v-' Zi xv' ' , gwi lgvf. Sixty-four

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ls fn Q NNN Aff f ff Zgashethall Dec. 16 Painted Post at Lakemont The Basket-ball season for Starkey started as did the foot-ball season. The Starkey team weak and green bravely faced the strong Painted Post team but only to be victims and not victors . The score was 38 to 8 in favor of the post. Dec. 21 Horseheads at Lakemont Starkey developed after their first scare and Horseheads found a strong team both in defense and offense although four of the Starkey varsity were confined to their rooms. Starkey won 22 to 21. Jan. 6 Dundee Town Team at Lakemont The next evening after the Horseheads game the Dundee Town team visited the Corwith Gym to receive a trouncing of 36 to 11. Jan. 7 Dundee High School at Lakemont Two days after the Dundee Town Team game the Dundee High School team came to Lakemont only to receive the same specific only a smaller dose as had the town team. Starkey this time winning 22 to 9. I Jan. 13 Rushville at Lakemont After Christmas vacation Rushville came to the Gym with all the confidence in the worldg but they left everything but their shirts to the Starkey boys at a 41 to 14 score. Jan. 28 Shortsville at Lakemont With four out of five victories on their shoulders the team felt no fear of Shorts- ville when they came on the court but after a complication of affairs too numerous to mention had taken place, Shortsville left victorious 34 to 25. Feb. 4 Painted Post at Painted Post On the fourth of February, Starkey made her first invasion of a court other than her own-this was at Painted Post. 'She lost the bacon by a mere five points. The score being 23 to 28 in favor of the Post. Feb. 10 Alfred at Lakemont Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity from Alfred college visited our court, and played a game of what might be termed hair raising basketball. Starkey was victorious however with the score of 19 to 17. Feb. 18 Odessa at Lakemont Odessa came to Starkey and was lost on the large court. But in spite of Starkeyls 26 to 15 victory Odessa played a good game. Sixty-Ilz1'ec

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45 t - . , . 1-...ii- ' 1 F24 - N A 5-333 2 ,, QE ' 'Tig 'Ti lfzfffs - 5? ' ' if . 5322 4 l? ' 5. i - .42 - . L4 T V Q x i: 1 . - lf. 4 I 1 ,A ir Q ll . . . :ww-.f fi ' . f .I ,- ' X 5-nfl' - r.'-M 'xt cf fi X , r V4 . f ,M 2 . , Qlnarh 09. E. fllllgrr We have had the facts brought home to us, more or less forceably, at different times, that scholastic pursuits are of major importance at Starkey and athletics was secondary. This is as it should be, but :-Without athletics, if one looks at it from a financial standpoint, a school will literally go to pieces. Without the right person at the head of this all-important branch of school life, it is a detriment. Starkey was indeed fortunate in enlisting the services of Physical Director Oliver D. lVIeyer. Mr. Meyer has been with us for four yea1's. During these years, students have grown physically, mentally and morally under his expert council and tutelage. Those who are intimately acquainted with the school's activities, marvel at the teams he turns out from the material he is presented with. Mr. lVIeyer is a graduate of Ithaca School of Physical Education, the school for coaches conducted by Knute Rockne and Dr. Nleanwell, and besides this, he is a human store house of knowledge gained from personal experience on the gridiron, diamond and court. It is necessary for an instructor of any sort in a boarding school to be versatile, broadminded, and above all, to have personality. lVIr. Meyer has these three principal ingredients to the n-th degree. His word is accepted as final by all of the students, because he has the power and farsightedness to sense what is the thing to do on the many trying occasions that arise in the minds of the modern boarding school student. We are hoping and praying that Mr. lVIeyer will not see fit to leave us for many years to come. To find a man who could completely take his place, would be a task well nigh impossible. S ixty-J?-ve