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

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16 A s h ev i 1 1 e School. PROMOTIONS Promotions are based upon the daily work of the ASSK NMENTS P pi ' 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 th e end of the school year on the work of the year. At the close of the fall term boys whose work in daily recitations and examinations shows that they are not doing satisfactorily the work of their forms will be dropped into the next lower form. Re-assignments to a higher or lower form are made at any time for adequate reasons. GRADUATION Certificate of Graduation is given to every boy who completes successfully the work of the sixth form. HONORS Honors of two grades are given. Honors of the first grade are given to boys who have received no marks lower than satisfactory in deportment, and 80 in industry and scholarship, and honors of the second grade to boys who have received no marks lower than satisfactory in deportment and 80 in industry and no marks lower than 70 in scholarship. EXAMINATIONS fhe stated examinations for admission to Harvard, AND CERTIFICATES Yale and Princeton are given at the school. The exam- FOR ADMISSION inations of the College Entrance Examination Board TO COLLEGE , . . „ „ , . , • . . , admittmg to all colleges which require examinations for admission are held at the school. Certificates of the school are accepted by all colleges which accept students on certificate.

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Asheville School . 15 Boys to be admitted to the lowest form must be pro- REQUIRE- ficient in reading and spelling easy English, and must a dmission know Arithmetic through decimal fractions, and the Geography of the United States, Europe and Asia. Arrangements may be made, however, for the instruction of boys who show minor deficiencies in any of the elemen- tary studies. Applicants for advanced standing will pass such examinations as are considered necessary, and will be 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. No new boys will be admitted to the fifth form whose preparation is so irregular or deficient that they may not do satisfactorily the work of the form or may not be prepared adequately for the preliminary examinations for admission to college if they are to enter college at the end of their course. Every applicant must furnish a record of his previous 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.

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A s h e V i 1 1 e School. 17 Asheville School seeks those boys only whose home GENERAL life has laid the foundation for good character, manly ments conduct and good scholarship. The discipline is not adapted to boys who require severe restrictions and the method of instruction assumes that the pupils have some power of application and a will to work. Important letters and telegrams should be addressed to the principals. All requests should be made to the principals direct and not through the boys. All business dealings must be conducted between the parents and the principals and cheques should be made payable to Asheville School. The school provides all needed articles except the 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 articles 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 oculist 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