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

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18 Asheville School. payable $350 at the opening of school in September, and $350 on February first. When arranged for, boys may remain at the school during the spring vacation. No repayment of any part of a semi-annual fee will be made in case of dismissal, withdrawal or absence. A semi-annual assessment is made for the Athletic Association for the use and maintenance of the various school teams — baseball, football, tennis, golf and track athletics. This assessment provides articles used by the school teams which are not personal or individual property, and purchases the trophies awarded. All expense for equipment and maintenance of play- grounds is borne by the school. This semi-annual fee is $7.50 for boys of the upper four forms and $5 for boys of the lower two forms. The fee for instruction in instrumental music is $70, payable $35 at the opening of school in September and $35 on February first. This fee includes the use of instruments for practice.

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Asheville School. 17 principals and they shall not sell or trade personal property of value without the written permission of their parents and the consent of the principals. Damages to school property in rooms or alcoves will be repaired at the cost of the occupant of the room or alcove affected. Boys will not be permitted to remain away from the building over night unless they are in charge of their parents. The use of liquor is absolutely forbidden. Boys found guilty of indulging in this habit will not be retained. If the influence of any boy is believed to be harm- ful to the school, apart from any overt acts of dis- obedience or insubordination, he may be summarily dismissed. The deportment, industry and scholarship of each boy are made known to his parents or guardian every four weeks. All text books and stationery used may be pur- chased at the school at regular rates. Boys should bring with them the books they studied during the past year. There are no extra or incidental expenses. There- fore parents may know in advance what the cost for a school-year will be. The tuition fee covers the living expenses except for clothing, and all school expenses except for books and stationery. This fee is $700,

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rSf eSf rj( Jg vjv Jgt HE Courses of Study mention the minimum requirements for each form. Pupils of either course are permitted and encouraged to take studies of the other course when additional work can be done profitably. Each pupil must take all studies required for entrance to the college of his choice. Both Physics and Chemistry must be taken by pupils of the Scientific Course, and each pupil of this course must take such languages — Latin, German or French — as his chosen college requires for admission. Pupils who intend to offer two years of German and two years of French for admission to college will take German in the third and fourth forms and French in the fifth and sixth forms. FIRST FORM. English: Reading. Study of Parts of Speech and Syntax. Punctuation. Composition. Arithmetic: Percentage, omitting Stocks and Stock Invest- ments. Simple interest, all cases. History: United States, through period of the Revolution. Collateral reading. Drawing. [19]