Castle Heights Military Academy - Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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5 THE TOWER . This unique structure was completed in l905. It is about forty feet square, with octagonal towers rising at each corner. A faculty officer occupies the lower floor, cadets being quartered on the floors above. Like the other buildings on the Hilltop, it has running water and electric lights in each room, and is heated by steam. . THE HALLS The next building to be erected in response to the steady growth of the institution was the Halls, constructed in l908. Of an architec- tural design in harmony with the other Hilltop buildings, it is likewise of buff and red brick. Four large, airy class-rooms occupy its lower floor: on the second and third floors are quarters for faculty officers and cadets. A THE ARMORY This one-story structure was completed in l9l0. First used as a Guard House, it was subsequently remodeled and transformed into an Armory. Here are the store-rooms for the Government equipment and also an office for the Army detail, the Professor of Military Science and Tactics. THE RUTHERFORD PARKS LIBRARY The most attractive building on the Hilltop is the Rutherford Parks Memorial Library, erected in l9l2 as the gift of an alumnus. I t has the shape of a Greek cross, with an extreme depth of fifty-six feet. It is beautifully finished, and is furnished with heavy quarter- sawed oak tables, chairs, and sectional book-cases. This generous gift has not only conferred distinction on the Academy, but has also supplied such means of broad culture, through association with good books and clean periodicals, as few preparatory schools enjoy. THE CHAPEL The Chapel Barracks is the second largest structure on the Hill- t0P- .It Was completed in l9l2. ln appearance it is a companion building to the Halls, which faces it across the Avenue. lts entire ground Hoor is occupied by ai large auditorium and study hall, Htted with individual desks. Four well-appointed recitation rooms are on the second floor, the third being given up to cadet and faculty officer quarters. Vt . 33.

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f SUMMARY The seven -buildings described, together with the residence of the President, occupy a beautiful hilltop one mile west of the County Court House. This commanding elevation not only ensures perfect sanitation, natural d.rainage, and an abundance of pure, fresh air, but also affords a lovely view across the valley to the foothills of the Cum- berland lVlountains. All these material advantages, combined with an ample campus and athletic field, place Castle Heights on an equal footing with the very best similar institutions in America., i Why not give your boy the bcneft of all this? I I -f ps' . Q 34