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

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12 Asheville School CARE OF BOYS The principals have the especial care and charge of all the boys. Their desire is to know every boy intimately, so that natural aptitudes may be discovered, proper encourage- ment given, and defects of character remedied. Boys known to be vicious, objectionable, dull, or persistently lazy will not be admitted; if unwittingly admitted, they will not be retained. Asheville has many excellent physicians and surgeons, two of whom are connected with the school. A trained nurse is a member of the school household. PHYSICAL The school physicians make examinations each year, EXAMINATION t qj may find all weaknesses and prescribe proper exer- cises to remedy them. EXERCISE Each pupil is required to exercise every day, out-of- doors when possible, otherwise in the gymnasium. The masters supervise and control the athletic exercise and games of the boys and coach them in their sports. For the various forms of exercise the school grounds contain three baseball diamonds, football field, quarter mile track, nine tennis courts, a short golf course, gun traps (under the supervision of a master), and a rowing course for the crews, seven-eighths of a mile in length. 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 conviction that, while football, baseball and track athletics are excel- lent training, they should be supplemented to a considerable

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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.

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Asheville School 13 degree by natural play. The neglect of this old-time play for the conventional routine of athletics leaves the boys too dependent upon others and lacking in resources. With the woods, streams, boats, hills, fields, and the shops, there are abundant opportunities for all kinds of play. The pupils are divided into two clubs, known as the Olympians and Corinthians. 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. The school is not a sanatorium for sickly boys, but not a rather a place where boys may grow up and develop under sanatorium the most favorable conditions. Boys having tubercular troubles are not admitted. Effort is made to inculcate the essential teachings of re- religious ligion. The school is not connected with any particular de- ' L ' ' ' e nomination, 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 to study enter any college or technical school, and to give a sound education to those who intend to go from school immediately into business life.