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

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10 Asheville School THE HOUSE The House, the dormitory for boys of the lower forms, is of pleasing architecture, substantially built of brick and cement, and tasteful in finish. It is heated by steam, lighted by electricity, and equipped with an excellent system of ven- tilation, and with ample lavatories and bathrooms provided with the best modern plumbing. THE The Senior House is a dormitory for the use of the boys SENIOR Hou E upper two forms. This building is similar to the House in general appearance and construction, and is fitted with all modern conveniences for the comfort of the pupils. It has been named Percy Lawrence Hall, in memory of Millard Percy Lawrence, a member of the Class of 1906. GYMNASIUM ' Gymnasium, a very substantial brick building, con- tains five squash courts, four basketball courts which may be used also for indoor baseball or indoor tennis, rowing machines, the usual apparatus, locker rooms, shower baths and a swimming pool twenty feet wide and seventy feet long. It is the gift of generous friends of this School, Mrs. George Tod Perkins and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beebe Raymond, grandmother and parents of George Perkins Raymond of the Class of 1914. The tablet bears this inscription: THE GEORGE PERKINS RAYMOND GYMNASIUM ERECTED AS A HELP TOWARDS PERFECT MANHOOD

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Asheville School 9 and Cleveland, and conduct them to Washington or to Cin- cinnati and thence to Asheville in Pullman cars reserved by the school. At the end of each term, pupils will be returned to these points in the same manner. When there is sufficient patronage from localities other than those mentio ned, sim- ilar arrangements will be made for the transportation of pupils. « The site chosen contains about six hundred acres and is site five miles west of Asheville, with which it is connected by the Southern Railway and a good asphalt road. The prop- erty is bounded on the east by Hominy Creek, which fur- nishes excellent canoeing facilities for several miles. Rags- dale Creek flows through the grounds for more than a mile. A dam of reinforced concrete, built across this creek, makes a large pond a mile in length, used for swimming and boat- ing and all kinds of aquatic sports. The buildings and play grounds are situated one hundred and fifty feet above the level of the creeks. Much of the land is sufficiently level to make fine fields for baseball, football, tennis, golf and other sports, and a large tract is densely wooded. Within two miles, north an d south, mountains rise to a height of four thousand feet. On the east is the range of the Black Moun- tains culminating in Mt. Mitchell, six thousand seven hun- dred feet in altitude, the highest peak east of the Missis- sippi River. On the west are the Balsam Mountains and ranges of the Blue Ridge with Mt. Pisgah, five thousand seven hundred feet in altitude. The views in all directions are very beautiful.

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Asheville School 11 The School, built of brick and cement, incorporates the the school best features of the most approved modern school buildings. It contains the recitation rooms, library, laboratories, shops, study, auditorium and club rooms for the different school societies, and is heated by steam and lighted by electricity. The dining room and the boiler house are detached other buildings. This arrangement secures immunity from dan- ger of fire, since there is no fire in the main buildings. All the water used in the buildings is brought by pipes water 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 carried drainage 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 pro- dairy and vide abundance of pure milk and wholesome vegetables. gardens The teachers have been selected with reference to their teachers 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.