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

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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]

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18 A shev ille School. 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. EXPENSE 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 $800, payable S400 at the opening of school in September, and $400 on February first. 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 — crews, baseball, football, basketball, tennis, golf and the 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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20 A s hev i lie School . SECOND FORM. English: Reading. Grammar, completed. Punctuation, Composition. Arithmetic: Partial Payments. Bank Discount. Longitude and Time. Exchange. Insurance. Duties or Customs. Ratio. Simple and Compound Proportion. Partnership. Involution. Square Root. Metric System. Latin: Paradigms and simple syntax. Marking quantities of vowels. Easy reading. Written exercises. Reading of Latin aloud. Training in understanding the Latin before translating. History: United States, including Constitution, completed. Collateral reading. THIRD FORM— Classical. English: Reading of examples of various styles of narrative and descriptive litera ture in both prose and verse. Study of words and sentences. Compositions, narrative and descriptive. Latin: Selections from Viri Romae and Nepos. Caesar ' s Gal- lic War, Bk. II. Prose composition based on Caesar. Mathematics: Algebra, through Quadratic Equations. History: Outlines of General History. Carpentry. THIRD FORM— Scientific. English: Reading of examples of various styles of narrative and descriptive literature in both prose and verse. Study of words and sentences. Compositions, narrative and descriptive. Latin : Selections from Viri Romae and Nepos. Caesar ' s Gallic or War, Bk. II. Prose composition based on Caesar. German I: See page 23 for details. OR French I : See page 23 for details. Mathematics: Algebra, through Quadratic Equations. History: Outlines of General History. Carpentry.