Greenbrier Military School - Yearbook (Lewisburg, WV)

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Entrance to Quadrangle and East Wing of Barracks Advantageous Construction These three buildings, although separate and distinct units, are all connected to form one struc- ture, 462-feet long and extending back 161 feet at the greatest depth. This is the largest military school plant under one roof east of the Mississippi, possibly in the entire United States. Because of our large connecting hallways a boy can go from living room to dining room, back to the reading room, to study hall or classes or the barber shop or store, all without going out of the building into inclement weather. This feature is of special advantage to the boy in case of a cold or slight sickness. Cases of more serious illness are confined to the infirmary. However, in the favorable weather we enjoy most of the year, these units are treated as separate buildings and are entered from the outside. Well Equipped Laboratories We mentioned the two laboratories located in our Academic Building. These are used for physics, chemistry, and biology. They are well equipped so students may do all the work required by the most rigid college entrance requirements. Boys taking these subjects are expected to spend two afternoons per week working in the laboratory, and our facilities and equipment are fully adequate for the work required. Q ATHLETIC FACILITIES If a boy is to be happy and do the best work of which he is capable, he must have some place to take regular exercise. Behind our building we have a large athletic Held on which several teams may practice simul- taneously. A quarter-mile track circles the football gridiron and the baseball diamond. On higher ground behind the concrete bleachers at the far side of the Held are located Hve hard-surfaced tennis courts, two volleyball courts, and a basketball court. 15

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The The GREENBRIER EQUIPMENT Now that you know something about our geographic location, we believe you will wish to consider our equipment and facilities for taking care of your boy, and other pertinent facts. Where and how do we take care of your son? Is our plant safe? Will your boy be exposed to inclement weather? Is he properly cared for when he has a cold or other illness? In short, is the school equipped to house, feed, and look after your boy as you would wish, furnishing means of recreation and pleasure, as well as modern facilities for acquiring an education? BUILDINGS We rebuilt almost our entire plant in 1925. We had behind us the experience of twenty- four years of teaching and supervising in private schools. We spared neither trouble nor expense to provide a modern, well planned building unit. Since then we have added other well-constructed rooms and buildings as need has dictated. Academic Building The Academic Building is large, well lighted, and well ventilated. It is built of brick, steel, concrete, and fire-resistant material throughout. It contains a large auditorium, seating eight hundred and fifty people, library and reading rooms, twenty-four classrooms and two laboratories, business and administrative oliices. Several years ago we constructed a new wing containing a deep freeze unit on the lower floor, more oflice space and a uniform room, and, on the upper floor, a new modern infirmary and dispensary. Lavatories, wash rooms, and drinking fountains are on every floor. The classroom floors are of concrete and insulite construction. Hallways and wash' rooms have terrazzo floors, srairways are steel with terrazzo treads, steel window sash are used throughout. Our modern armory is in the basement of this building. Barracks Building The Barracks Building, planned in the form of a hollow square, is constructed of the same materials as the academic building, is of fireproof construction, and contains dormitory rooms for two hundred and twenty-four boys and instructors. Each room opens onto a porch or stoop, so there are no connecting rooms and no hallways to become infected with disease germs. Each room is equipped with single beds, springs, mattresses, two tables, two chairs, two steel lockers, broom, and dust pan. Wash rooms, toilets, and bubble drinking fountains are on every floor. In this building are the athletic dressing rooms, shower rooms, laundry storage room, athletic and supply store rooms, barber shop, school store, and boys' 'band rooms. Nearby is another building in which is housed our cleaning and pressing plant. The Commandant's Ofice and the Office of the Officer-of-the-Day and Guard Detail are in this building so the oflicer cadets on duty may be near the cadets at all times. At two corners of the barracks there are suites for married faculty oliicers, and the other corner rooms are fitted out for instructors. Thus we have four ofhcers living on each floor of the barracks. Dormitory Building 'I'he Dormitory Building is also of fireproof material and contains kitchen, bakery room, a dining room seating four hundred and fifty people, living quarters for faculty ofiicers and their families, and dormitory rooms for one hundred boys. In this building are located the offices for several members of our staff. The smaller boys live on the second floor of this building apart from those of the upper school and are under more constant care and supervision. 14

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Two Still higher, on the hilltop, we recently leveled and filled a large plot of ground so that it is perfect for football, baseball, or practicing golf shots. Gymnasiums-Rifle Range Recently Greenbrier completed construction of the new Memorial Gymnasium. Of brick fire- proof construction, it has the most modern heating and lighting systems. The court is regulation size with folding bleacher seats on one side seating 540 spectators. It is planned to add a like number of seats on the other side. The main court is equipped with glass backboards. The floor has a concrete base, with hardwood subflooring on 2 X 4 joists and selected maple hardwood playing surface. There are dressing and shower rooms for the local and visiting teams. The building includes a new and modern indoor rifle range, well lighted and ventilated, complete with every safety precaution in- cluding movable targets. In the gymnasium is the Alumni Memorial Room built and furnished by the National Alumni Association. Our other gymnasium is 130 by 60 feet, with a 20 foot ceiling. It has gallery and bleacher seats, toilet facilities and dressing rooms and a shower room. An Intramural Sports Room is used for wrestling, boxing, tumbling, handball, and other contests. These two gymnasiums provide us with unusually fine facilities for athletic activity during the winter months. Swimming Pools Our cadets make regular trips to the Greenbrier Hotel in nearby White Sulphur Springs, where they swim in the filtered indoor pool, one of the most beautiful in the entire country. The new filtered outdoor modern swimming pool at Camp Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca is available for cadet use in fall and spring, The some of - I - Greenbrier s daily mllk SUPPIY I