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

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Asheville School. 15 placed in the forms suited to their proficiency. No new students are admitted to the sixth form and no change in the course of study is permitted after the student has begun the work of the sixth form. Every applicant must furnish a record of his pre- vious work and must present a certificate of honorable dismissal from his former school. A set of examination papers showing the work which must be done by a pupil of any form before he is promoted to the next higher form will be sent on application. Promotions are based upon the daily work of the pupils, upon tests, and upon examinations which are held at the end of the first and second terms on the work of these terms and at the end of the school year on the work of the year. A Certificate of Graduation is given to every boy graduation who completes successfully the work of the eighth form. Honors of two grades are given. Honors of the honors first grade are given to boys who have received no marks lower than satisfactory in deportment, industry and scholarship, and honors of the second grade to boys who have received no marks lower than satisfactory in deportment and industry and no marks lower than fair in scholarship. I PROMOTIONS

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14 Asheville School. schools, and gives a thorough English education to those who go immediately into business. In each of these courses, although the principle of election is rec- ognized, as for instance, between French and German in the Classical Course, yet a certain number of con- stants is required. The study of English, Mathematics, History, Science and Manual Training is required of all boys. The study of some foreign language, ancient or modern, is required in the Scientific Course, as necessary to a liberal education. music Instruction in Piano, Violin and Mandolin is provided. library The library, called The Hillyer Holden Library, was founded by the gift of Mr. R. A. Holden of Cin- cinnati in memory of his son, Hillyer Holden. It contains well-selected works of reference and general literature and also the best periodicals. require- Boys to be admitted to the lowest form must be admission proficient in reading and spelling easy English, and must know Arithmetic through decimal fractions, and the Geography of the United States, Europe and Asia. Arrangements may be made, however, for the instruc- tion of boys who show minor deficiencies in any of the elementary studies. Applicants for advanced standing will pass such examinations as are considered necessary, and will be

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16 Asheville School. general The school provides all needed articles except the announce following, which each boy should bring with him : Bible, prayer-book, hymnal, toilet articles, face-towels, bath towels, wash-cloths, soap. Each boy should be pro- vided with the usual clothing worn during the fall and winter months and in addition should have rubber coat or mackintosh and water-proof boots. All arti- cles of clothing must be marked plainly with the boy ' s full name. Each boy ' s teeth should receive careful attention before he comes to us, and in case trouble with the eyes is suspected a careful examination by a competent ocu- list should be made. All mail matter, express packages and freight should be sent in care of Asheville School to secure prompt delivery. Large allowances of money are unnecessary and harmful since there is no occasion for any extraordinary expenditure. Parents are, therefore, urged to give small allowances, and are requested to indicate their pleasure concerning the manner of payment and to specify what expenses the allowances should cover. Parents who desire the principals to take charge of the allowance money should make a deposit each half year for that purpose. All payments stop when the deposit is exhausted. Boxes and packages of food are forbidden without special permission of the principals. Boys are forbidden to contract any debts whatso- ever or to run any account without permission of the