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

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ELIZABETH WATKIN MITCHELL, ELLA MARIE JONES, . SUSIE ANDERSON BARSTOW, ANNA FORD BEARDSLEE, MARTIN FRANCIS CONNELL, ELIZABETH ARNEY CLOSE, WILLIAM EUGENE MULLER, English Arithmetic Drawing Geography Violin and Mandolin Piano Gymnastics ± FRANK TRYON MERIWETHER, M. D., . Physician ar-d Surgeon MARY JANE THOMSON, . . . Resident Trained Nurse HENRY CLAY HUGILL, . . . Assistant in Carpentry CLAYTON LEE HOLDEN Steward 5 I

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HE principals of Asheville School, desiring to desired found a school under ideal conditions, have conditions drawn up the following statement of its most important features : 1. The school should be situated in the most healthful region east of the Mississippi River, in a climate giving the largest opportunity for outdoor life. 2. The grounds should contain several hundred acres of land, providing fields for sports, ponds, streams, woods and hills. This land should be selected not only with regard to its usefulness, but also for the beauty of its surroundings. 3. The buildings should be especially adapted to school pur- poses, and should be thoroughly sanitary. 4. The courses of study, though broad, should be consistent, and should give the best preparation to boys who desire to enter any college or technical school or to go into business. 5. The teachers of the upper forms should be college graduates, chosen for their fitness to instruct and care for boys. 6. The boys should be under the constant care and charge of the principals and of their families. 7. The religious teachings of the school should be non-sectarian. [7]