Asheville School - Blue and White Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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10 A sh ev ill e School. THE HOUSE THE SCHOOL OTHER BUILDINGS The House is of pleasing architecture, substantial in material and construction, and tasteful in finish. It is heated by steam, lighted by electricity, and equipped with an excellent system of ventilation, and with ample lavatories and bathrooms provided with the best modern plumbing. The School incorporates the best features of the most approved modern school buildings. It contains recitation rooms, library, laboratories, shops, study, auditorium and club rooms for the different school soci- eties, and is heated by steam and lighted by electricity. The dining-room and the engine-house are detached buildings. This arrangement secures immu- nity from danger of fire, since there is no fire in the main buildings. There is also a gymnasium building equipped for use during inclement weather. WATER All the water used in the buildings is brought by pipes from mountain springs which are several hundred feet higher than the school and above all habitations. drainage The system of drainage is perfect. All sewage is carried in drains more than a mile from the buildings and emptied into a swift-flowing stream. 4

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Asheville School. 9 to Asheville, in Pullman cars reserved by the school. At the end of each term pupils will be returned to these points, in the same manner. When there is sufficient patronage from localities other than those mentioned similar arrangements will be made for the transporta- tion of pupils. 5. The site chosen contains more than seven hundred site acres and is five miles west of Asheville, with which it is connected by the Southern Railway and an excellent macadamized road. The property is bounded on the east by Hominy Creek, which furnishes excellent canoeing facilities for several miles. Ragsdale Creek flows through the grounds for more than a mile. A dam built across this creek makes a large pond a mile in length used for swimming and boating. This pond is well adapted to boating and all kinds of aquatic sports. The buildings and play grounds are situated one hundred and fifty feet above the level of the creeks. Much of the land is sufficiently level to make fine fields for baseball, football, tennis, golf and other sports, and a large tract is densely wooded. Within two miles, north and south, mountains rise to a height of four thousand feet. On the east is the range of the Black Mountains culminating in Mt. Mitchell, six thousand seven hundred feet in altitude, the highest peak east of the Mississippi River. On the west are the Balsam Mountains and ranges of the Blue Ridge with Mt. Pisgah, five thousand seven hundred feet in altitude. The views in all directions are very beautiful. The heavy floods of last July destroyed this dam, but a more substantial stone dam will be built immediately. The pond will be ready for use during the ensuing school-year.

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A sheville School. 11 The school has its own dairy and gardens, which provide abundance of pure milk and wholesome vegetables. DAIRY AND GARDENS The teachers have been selected with reference to their recognized ability. All the teachers of the upper forms are college graduates who have had successful experience in the instruction and management of boys and have prepared themselves for this special work. The teachers of the lower forms are women who have had thorough training for the education of young boys and a record of successful experience. The prin- cipals believe that women are the best teachers of very young boys. TEACHERS The principals have the especial care and charge of all the boys. Their desire is to know every boy intimately, so that natural aptitudes may be discov- ered, proper encouragement given, and defects of character remedied. Boys known to be vicious or persistently lazy will not be admitted; if unwittingly admitted they will not be retained. The care and training of the body receive particu- lar attention. Asheville has many excellent physicians and surgeons, one of whom is connected with the school. A trained nurse is a member of the school household. CARE OF BOYS The school physician will make an examination each year (or oftener if necessary), that he may find all weaknesses and prescribe proper exercises to remedy them. PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS