This page contains a photograph of a sports team--probably football--posing on St. Stephen's campus. Stone Row and a water tower then in use are visible in the background.
The 1932 yearbook, "The Sketchbook," identifies the baseball team as follows: Stanley Leeke, Coach; Harry Trefry, Captain; Vernon Emerick, Manager; Harry Jones; Richard Stevens; George Jastrom; Paul Woodruff; John Rodda; Herbert Dienst; Edward...
Back of photo reads: "WALTER H. LEMLEY OF NEWARK, TRIPLE WINNER. Within a few days Lemley, a junior at St. Stephen's College of Columbia University, Annandale-on-Hudson, won the presidency of the student body for next year, two departmental prizes...
In the fall of 1929, the Athletics Department of St. Stephen's announced that baseball would replace Lacross as the official spring sport. It was felt that to be competitive, St. Stephen's should promote sports that didn't require a steep learning...
In this picture, the St. Stephen's cross country team, named "The Scarlet Harriers," poses on the steps of the Memorial Gymnasium. One race that became popular in the 1920s was the 'Whaleback Run,' a three mile cross country race through the...
The December 7, 1933 issue of "The Lyre Tree" reported the start of the upcoming basketball season this way: "The St. Stephen's basket-ball team makes its first start of the current season this Friady night when the Drew University five comes to...
Football was popular at St. Stephen's in the 1920s, as it was on college campuses across the country. This picture is undated, but a study of contemporary yearbooks indicates that this was probably taken around 1924.
Pictured is the 1922 basketball standing in front of the Memorial Gymnasium with two formidable looking coaches. The December 6, 1922 issue of the St. Stephen's College Messenger Proof sheet ran a short article on the status of basketbal for the...
Four members of the St. Stephen's tennis team stand jauntily at the net. The Library, President's House, and Hegeman stand in the background and help to identify the location of the tennis courts at that time.
The 1927 yearbook, "The Annual" identifies the Lacrosse squad as follows: "Herbert Millington '27, Captain; Robert I. Brome, '28, Manager; John A. Watkinson; Edgar C. Kroll, '28; Leverett T. Smith; J. Kenneth Townsend; Robert Burbank; Kenneth S....
Warden Bernard Iddings Bell placed a great emphasis on athletics, and the variety of sports played, as well as the support for these teams improved greatly during his tenure. In 1922 the student publication "The Messenger" ran a brief article...
The December 7, 1933 issue of the Lyre Tree reported a strong, though not undefeated soccer season for the boys at St. Stephen's: "At the opening of the season, Coach Leeke, in an informal talk to his squad of twenty-five men stressed three...
Student wearing a St. Stephen's soccer uniform is identified as John Bittman, Captain. (crossed out: H. A. Griswald) St Stephens Alumni Association-Annandale
"Skating on Asher's Pond. In the background is the Beekman Livingston Mill (built about 1715). and the Dutch Reformed Church (built 1733)" (From: "The Rhinebeck Post Office Murals," 1940) Olin Dows Considered the recollections of Rhinebeck...
Panel 17 of the Hyde Park Post Office Mural. From "Murals in the Hyde Park, New York Post Office": The Union Corners Race Track-- James Roosevelt in his breaking cart talks to a friend-- Daniel Wigg in blue coat trots by watched from the other side...
