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

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10 A sheville School The Headmaster has the especial care and charge of all the boys. He and the masters desire 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, objectionable, dull or persistently lazy will not be admitted; if unwittingly admitted, they will not be retained. 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. The School physician makes examinations each year, that he 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, track, nine tennis courts, a short golf course, and a rowing course for the crews, three-fourths 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 degree by natural play. The neglect of this old-time play PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

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Asheville School 9 The School, built of brick and cement, incorporates the best features of the most approved modern school buildings. It contains the recitation rooms, library, laboratories, shops, study and auditorium, and is heated by steam and lighted by electricity. « « THE SCHOOL The dining-room and the boiler house are detached buildings. This arrangement secures immunity from dan- ger of fire, since there is no fire in the main buildings. OTHER BUILDINGS All the water used in the buildings is brought by pipes from mountain springs which are several hundred feet higher than the School and above all habitations. WATER The system of drainage is perfect. All sewage is car- ried in drains more than a mile from the buildings and emptied into a swift-flowing stream. DRAINAGE The School has its own dairy and gardens, which pro- vide abundance of pure milk and wholesome vegetables. DAIRY AND GARDENS The masters have been selected with reference to their teachers recognized ability. All the masters 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 11 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 School is divided into two clubs, known as the Blues and the Whites. 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 rather a place where boys may grow up and develop under the most favorable conditions. Boys having tubercular troubles are not admitted. Effort is made to inculcate the essential teachings of religion. The School is not connected with any particular 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. Especial thought has been given to the courses of study. The purpose is to prepare the boys 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. NOT A SANATORIUM KELIGIOTJS LIFE COURSES OF STUDY