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

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12 Asheville School. 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. PHYSICAL The school physician makes examinations each year, EXAMINATION j g y g jj weaknesses and prescribe proper exercises to remedy them. 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 convic- tion that, while football, baseball and track athletics are excellent training, they should be supplemented to a considerable degree by natural play. The neglect of this old-time play for the conventional routine of ath- letics leaves the boys too dependent upon others and lacking in resources. With the woods, streams, boats, hills, fields, and the shops, there are abundant oppor- tunities for all kinds of play. The pupils are divided into two clubs, known as the Whites and Blues, these being the school colors. These clubs have contests in the various athletic sports, to which certain points or credits are assigned. The Club whose members have won the greatest number of points is declared the winner for the year.

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AshetJille School. 11 All the water used in the buildings is brought by WATER pipes from mountain springs which are several hundred feet higher than the school and above all habitations. The system of drainage is perfect. All sewage is DRAINAGE carried in drains more than a mile from the buildings and emptied into a swift-flowing stream. The school has its own dairy and gardens, which DAIRY AND provide abundance of pure milk and wholesome vege- GARDENS tables. The teachers have been selected with reference to TEACHERS their recognized ability. All the teachers are college graduates who have had successful experience in the instruction and management of boys and have prepared themselves for this special work. The principals have the especial care and charge cARE OF BOYS of all the boys. Their desire is to know every boy inti- mately, so that natural aptitudes may be discovered, 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. All forms of exercise are under the direct supervision of masters who are well qualified, both by natural ability and by training, for this kind of work.

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Asheville School. 13 The school is not a sanatorium for sickly boys, but NOT A rather a place where boys may grow up and develop SANATORIUM under the most favorable conditions. Boys having tuber- cular troubles are not admitted. Effort is made to inculcate the essential teachings RELIGIOUS 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. The principals have given especial thought to the courses courses of study. Their purpose is to prepare the boys STUDY to enter any college or technical school, and to give a sound education to those who intend to go from school immediately into business life. In the selection and order of studies they have largely followed the recommendations of the Committee on College Entrance Requirements appointed by the National Educational Association to suggest ideal courses of study for secondary schools. During the first two forms, the so-called grammar or intermediate grades, the course of study is nearly the same for all boys. For the upper four forms there are two courses of study, the Classical and the Scientific. The Classical Course prepares boys to enter the academical department of any college or university. The Scientific Course prepares boys for technical schools,