Stamford Union Free School - Camera Yearbook (Stamford, NY)

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LITERATURE Wjix

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TRACK NAMES CORNEIIUS BROWN ROBERT UIICK BORTLE MORRISON MARION BEARD ROBERT DECKER COACH Wil SON REX MILLER WILLIAM WARDWELL FRANCIS GOVERN LEE SMITH HENRY I'-IISCOX OTIS CRONK Thxs year our coach has purchased equrpment for a track team A Great deal of pract1ce 1S requlred to start thrs new actlxxty 1n 1 school but our boys seem to be equal to the occas1on and a large number are puttlng forth thelr efforts to make th1s team a success No track meets have been held as yet, but Roxbury, Delhl and Oneonta are on the schedule to meet us both on our field and thelrs some t1me 1n june z . . ' , . . I y , -l , , . y ' 1 n ' --+I6llC'i2E5,9ulGI-4---' ' :I . 2 , . . . 2841 THE 1928 CAMERA

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EDITORIALS -v4eBllG',Q3X:,91lw!-'- ATHLETICS IN OUR SCHOOL HY do we hive athlet1es 111 our sehool7 To help Stlmllldte 1nterest ID the school? Every sehool should have athletlcs of some form 111cluded IH 1tS act1v1t1es It helps keep th students strong and healthy and to prepare them for l1fe s future tasks by tra1n1ng them to be good sports comrades good losers and by showmn them the 1mportance of team work If you ean you should take part IH some k1nd of athletlcs It w1ll help you to keep phys1cally able to do your other work There 1s no evceuse however for you lett1ng your work do 1tself An athlete that IS an athlete finds t1me for h1s stud1es as well as h1s games Many students JOIH the blsket blll 1nd bxseb 111 teams for person xl glory and pralse They forget that they have the honor of the school 111 the1r hands and that they lre play1ng not for lITCl1VIClLl1l vlory but for the glory of the te lm md the sehool To get the1r letter qeuckly or some other reason often eonst1tutes the reason for the1r part1e1pat1on 111 the ga ne A more sportsmanl1ke att1tude must be eommon to make athlet1cs 1n our sehool suee ss ful for the 1nst1tut1on as well as for the 11lLl1V1LlL1Hl The present Ltt1tude of the student body md others who are partlally lnterested IS almost hope less The students and others thlnk thit 111 the team has to do 1S 1 l1ttle playmg and the game IS won If the game 1S lost they grumble and say somethmv about the team s be1ng no good There has been l1ttle or no school Splflt shown for thc past two years The team has been left to work alone unsupported How 15 the te 1m mam talllbd f1n1ne1ally7 Where do you suppose that the money eomes from that keeps up the team? If you save the money that you spend on the thmgs that you don t need and use It to help the team 1n some way by buy mg a season t1cket for mstance you Wlll find that you w1ll get a greater pleasure from your money Every l1ttle thlng w1ll help towards the betterment of our school athlet1cs Then comes the problem of manamng the team Team wo k must be created The best pos1t1ons of the athletes have to be worked out to sult each 1nd1v1duals ab1l1ty Thls should be done at the begmnmg of the season The team should be tra1ned 1n these pos1t1ons so that they know what to do and when to do lt perfectly If these p0S1 t1ons are changed at the very last m1nute and a player IS put 1n a strange place what IS the use of bemg tramed 1n the or1g1nal pos1t1on7 These D051 t1ons should not be changed Doesnt th1s show a need of not only just enough players for a team but good rehable subst1tutes7 Bes1des requ1r1ng regular attendance at prac t1ces the part1c1pants should be requ1red to obey defimte tra1n1ng rules for what 1S the use of hav 1ng rules 1f they are not to be obeyed? If one of the rules perta1ns to the proh1b1t1ng of smokmfr among the athletes why do you smoke? It only takes away the strength that w1ll be needed to help w1n a game or race at the last m1nute It makes you a weak l1nk 1n a cha1n of athletes and any cha1n IS only as strong as ILS weakest lmk Come now everybody help Stamford rank among the Hrst IH athletlcs by act1vely partlclpatlng IH or encouragmg athlet1cs 1n our school By KARL L BROOKS , . , . , '.. ' .- , - 1 . . . , . . ' I' F' Y - - s a e 1 ' ' , 1 ,V ' -1 , , e 1 0 . . I X Q . . I I, a ' , 1 . ', 1 . 1 . , . ' - 1. . an 7 ' . . . . . , , a 1 1 A , . 1 . , 1 ' . ' ' ' ., , e . . , s , ' ' ' 1 1 1 11 1 1 , FV 3 1 1 I . N 5 x . . . . . 1 . ., 1 . I A . I N . . . , . 1 . . . , 2 e , K 9 s 1 .-s s ' ' ' 1 3 ' ' ' e s -1 , , 1 , . . . . . . . . 1 - , , - , 1 1 . . . . l 1 3. l l 3 ,. .1 . . , ' ' - .s , 1 ' 1 1 C 1 . . , . . , I 3 . . . . , 1 . . . . . . w 3 3 ' ' s 1 I Y 9 ' . 1 1 . s 1 s 1 ' ' s ' -, e 1 f s ' f . X - . 1 1 . . . 1 11 - . 11 - K s 5 - 1 - 11 an U . . . l 9 9 V , ,, , . . . . Q s ' f ' , , . e ' , , -' , , . 1 . , . THE 1928 CAMERA