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

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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

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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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12 A sheville School. exercise Each pupil is required to exercise every day, out- of-doors when possible, otherwise in the gymnasium. It is the intention not only to encourage the usual school sports, but also to arrange for such pastimes as will develop individual talent and inventiveness. It is the conviction that, while football, baseball and track- athletics are excellent training, they should be supple- mented to a considerable degree by natural play. The neglect of this old-time play for the conventional rou- tine of athletics leaves the boys too dependent upon others and lacking in resources. With the woods, streams, boats, hills, fields, and the shops, there are abundant opportunities for all kinds of play. 9k not A The school is not a sanitarium for sickly boys, but sanitarium rather a place where boys may grow up and develop under the most favorable conditions. Boys having tubercular troubles are not admitted. 5k religious Effort is made to inculcate the essential teachings LIFE of religion. The school is not connected with any par- ticular denomination, but prayers of the Episcopal Service are read at the opening of the school each day ; Church services are held on Sunday mornings; and Bible classes on Sunday evenings.