The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-11-19
HERE AND THERE
ABOUT BARRE

When darkness had settled down on
the Lincoln school campus Saturday aft
ernoon and Spaulding high school had
been declared winner over Goddard
seminary in the second of their seasons
clashes, it marked an important mile
stone in the athletic history of the local
high school, Not that Spaulding sup
porters felt they had the best prep.
school team in the state, but rather
that Spaulding has arrived" athletical-
ly so to speak, for the wellwon victory
marked the climax Of the most success
| full gridiron season in the history OF
the school, during schedule, too, which
carried some of the strongest preparatory
schools in the state.
/ Doubtless. too, the players felt that
they had gained considerable recognition
| for their school, and they naturally Were
much elated over the outcome of the
| battle as the elimination Of their sea-
sons work. However, they, as well as
the ardent supporters of the school, real
ize that a single victory, even success
full season, does not constitute every
thing. They are not world beaters-no
yet; they are simply laying the founda
tion of football sense and football spir-
it which viii keep Spaulding among the
| foremost of the. Vermont preparatory
schools. A single winning team in any
one year is not the supreme aim and
ambition; it is but single stone in
the athletic foundation.
True it is that Spaulding made much
progress in football during the season
thus brought to close; but there is
still much to learn. In fact, they never
will learn it all. Hence, the ambition
should be to learn as much as possible, |
in order to top the other schools wheth- |
er it be in football or in some other
sport And the only way is to go into !
the development of teams with an aim |
single to the glory of the school, and |
that by earnest effort OF the individual i
in welding machine which viii work |
in unison regardless OF pcFsonal renown. |
The team is the thing, not the individual |
star. And the team is working for the |
supremacy of the school and not for the I
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of any single player. |
When that idea Is securely imprisoned /
in the minds of the players the school /
will win although it may not be favored
with individual stars, who are constant
ly getting their names in the newspa
pers.
The followers of the schools athletics
prefer to read about team victories and I
not Of laurels won by individual players.
Hence they have been much pleased with |
the work of the season, feeling that
Spaulding has taken a step forward in |
a sport in which heretofore the school |
has been weak-weak through short
time following OF the game rather than
through lack Of material. Spaulding is
young at football,
In casting about for the reasons for
progress, it must be agreed that a great II
contributing factor is the fact that the
players have a campus OF their own, on
which they can practice and play their
games without Interruptions incident to
being shifted from one field to another
as the fields may be wanted by Others.
That's an incentive to more enthusiasm
and spirit. No longer are they COM
PEELED to 60 a-begging for place to
play their games and conduct their prae
tice. 1t means a great deal to Spauld
ing athletics to have this campus,
The Lincoln campus IL, when proper
" marked out, quite well adapted to
football purposes; and when springtime
comes it should be fashioned more to
suit the needs OF baseball too BY clear.
ing the turf from the diamond and lev
cling the rough places in the outtield.
Moreover, there is fine chance dur
ing the winter months to transform part
of the field into an ice rink on which
hockey can be played and skating can
be INDUCED in by those not participating
in hockey itself II is understood that
the plan now is to make the prepare
tions necessary for the rink and that
good-sized area viii be flooded This
ought to be done. The results in in
creased health for the young people Of
the city win be worth far more than
the expenditure, even though the school
does not launch into hockey season.
But to come back to football. there is
another contributing factor toward prog
ress during the past fall; that is the
coaching which has been received, to-
gether with cooperation on the part of !,
alumni and friends OF the school who ;