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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]
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Page 10 text:
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8 A sheville School. location To select the location best fulfilling the conditions mentioned the principals studied carefully the country east of the Mississippi River, and are convinced that the mountain region of Western North Carolina surpasses all others. They chose, therefore, a site near Asheville. climate This region is noted for its climate. Since it has an altitude of twenty-three hundred feet above sea level, its atmosphere is clear and dry, and it has more clear, sunny days than any other locality in the eastern part of the United States. The autumn weather is delightful and continues well into the winter, which, though short, is cold and bracing. Even in winter the air is so dry and the sun so bright as to make outdoor life pleasant at all times. From the first of March to the first of July the weather is mild and invigorating, and during this period there are few hot, sultry days. 3. accessibility Asheville is situated half way between Lake Erie and the Gulf of Mexico, and is reached by the through trains of the Southern Railway from New York via Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington; from Cincin- nati; from Atlanta; from New Orleans, and from Jack- sonville. It is, therefore, easy of access from all parts of the country. MEETING PUPILS To save parents unnecessary journeys and expense, the principals or instructors at the beginning of each term will meet pupils at New York, Philadelphia, Bal- timore, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Cleveland, and con- duct them to Washington or to Cincinnati, and thence
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