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the great work accomplished by Bing-
hams School.
EDUCATORS ENDORSEMENT
Or. Geo. T. Winston. President of the
University Of North Carolina speaking
of the school said:
'"The Bingham School would do
credit TO any State in the Union. /
have known it well for fifteen years,
by personal inspection and 10y the work
of it's pupils. 1t may challenge COM
parison with the best boys schools
anywhere"
Rev. T. T.. Sampson, who has travel
ed in Scotland, Germany Syria and all
over America says:
after n careful examination Of the
Bingham School in it's new home near
Asheville, ] would like to say that /
have never seen any school in America
or out of it whore the arrangements
for the physical culture, and for the
comfort and convenience of the young
men, were so cOmmodious and com
plete."
DR.. James II. Kirkland, Chancellor of
Vanderbilt University, says:
'The Bingham School has for many
years been Justly celebrated as one of
the very best schools in the whole
country The good work it has done
is attested by the records Of the stu
dents it has sent out into life or to
pursue higher courses at the leading
universities"
BUSINESS MEMS ENDORSEMENT
Col Julian S. Carr, one Of the ac-
knowledged heads of the industrial de-
velopment of North Carolina, aud one
or the best friends that education has
in all this Southland, recently visited
Bingham Heights, ana after careful in.
spection, wrote as follows:
Il am pleased to have enjoyed a re
cent opportunity Of making a trip to
the celebrated Bingham Schsool, and
of going carefully over the premises.
need say nothing with respect to the
curriculum, for the well known repute
of the institution is older than ]. But
of the location, sanitation. etc, / de
sire to speak more particularly. 1T is
beautiful as to location. The French
Broad sweeps past the base of a bold
/ cliff, upon which the institution is sit
uated. For miles down the valley to
/ wards Paint Rock the view is charm
| ing. And towards the South rise Pts
gah and the Blue Ridge; towards the
east one sees the Black mountain, tht
late home of Vance, and the buria
/ place of Mitchell. There is Vanderbilt:
| glibtering in the sheen Of the setting
sun. How can such a location, en-
| shrined in the home Of the health-giv
/ ing ozone, be otherwise than charm
ingly delightful, and remarkably
healthful for the school. From tht
way the land lies the drainage is nat
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are erroneous, to reverse them; and il
I forces the pupil to reflect THAT where he
is so fairly heard and fairly judged, the
/ punishment awarded must be founded
not on caprice, but ON justice, and
! makes obedience to discipline in the
school almost instructive
THE WAY TRUTH IS EMPHASIZED.
Another marked feature in the
schools methods of character building
(which cannot be too highly commend
ed, is the way in which the truth is en-
/ phasized, On this head I cannot do
! better than to let the school speak for
! itself, as it does i'm its catalogue.
/ Art. 1.-THE TRUTH is the basis of
! every noble character; and as educa-
/ ton is, more than anything else, the
/ development Of character, telling the
/ truth is the basis of the discipline Of
/ Bingham School. We therefore always
/ expect the truth from every Cadet, and
| if any Cadet makes an official state
ment which is not the truth, his COM
rades, after a full and fair inyestiga-
/ ton, ask his removal from the school
as being unworthy to associate with
/ them.
/ Every boy who enters the school does
/ so with the distinct understanding that
Iris word must be his bond, =" and with
/ this understanding, he makes a prom
Use on his honor as a gentleman that
he will abstain from three things,
namely, from drinking or being in a bar
room, from having deadly weapons, and
/ from hazing This promise has been
, violated but four times in twenty years.
and in each case the offenders were
| promptly arraigned, convicted by their
| comrades, and expelled by the Faculty
| at the instance of the cadet body for
| lying. Thus the honor method has
stopped at Bingham's these three great
evils, drinking, hazing and having
deadly weapons, and when once estab-
| lished 1T prevents cheating on exam
nations, and other kindred forms OF
| lodging responsibility. This idea Of
ones meeting his responsibilities face
to face pervades the life of the student
body at Bingiham's more, perhaps.
than it has pervaded a student body
since the days of DR.. Arnold at Rugby.
and richly entities Bingham's to its
honorable soubriquet of "The Ameri-
can Rugby" cannot do better on this
point, than to give in Lieutenant
i5dbCLeIOL WOFuS, Uhe impression
which this high sense Of honor at Bling.
hams made on him when Professor Of
Military Science and Tactics i'm the
school ten years ago and which shines
with untarnished lustre still. Hiswords
are as follows:
''The pupils of the School represent
the best people of the various sections
of the country from which they come.
1t is important that the early asso-
ciates of young men should be chosen
from those whose acquaintance win
be desirable in after years, and espe-
cially important that boy should
grow up among companions whose
standard Of thought is high and pure
l say with confidence that NOWHERE
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said: "The location, the quarters, the
class rooms. the gymnasium the equip
ment and service of the mess hall and
kitchen. the ventilation, the drainage,
the sanitation, are much the best that
/ I have ever seen anywhere North or
South, and must appeal very strongly
to the smaller but higher class OF par
ents who are satisfied with only the
best for their sons.
CDR. McGflyra did not stop at best
but Went further and said much the
! best, and he struck the keynote when
he said that the school appealed
strongly to that higher class of par
ents who would be satisfied only with
the "best'' for their sons.
DR. p j.. Murphy, superintendent of
the State Hospital at Morganton. and
one of the most eminent specialists in
the South, says: 1T was gratifying to
me- a former pupil of this famous
school, to find it fully abreast of the
times in every respect. The reputa-
tion of the school under its present
management for thoroughness in every
detail of moral, physical and intellec-
tual culture is at least up to the highest
standard Of it's past, if not above it,"
DR.. Karl Van Rucl, member of Amer
lean Health Association and medical
director of Winyah Sanitarium, Ashe-
vile, n. G., says: Il find that its sani-
tary developments are exceptionally
perfect and much better than / have
ever found before in the numerous pub
lie institutions / have heretofore exam
ined. / have not one single suggestion
to make, on THE contrary / commend
its appointments as a standard, worth
| the study and imitation of every SINH.
lar institution i'm the land"
DR.. +. v. Van Artsdalen, of Phila-
deIphia, says: 'The most distinguished
| of all the educational institutions Oh
| North Carolina is Bingham's school
For sanitation and the principles OF
| hygiene ! look upon it as not being sur
| passed by any similar or other institu,
/ ton in the world"
| DR.. j. G. Erwin. of Mckinney. Tex
says: 81 have no hesitation in saving
after a careful examination Of the
| sanitary conditions of Bingham's
school that they are perfect in every
/ detail and superb in their complete
ness. Superior to anything
have ever seen before
! Drs. S. Westrey Battle .Jno Hev vii
liams, Jas. A. Burroughs, William d.
Willard, representing the Medical ia
Guilty of Asheville after visiting and in
specting the school in a body said:
| We have carefully examined the new
School Buildings on Bingham Heights
/ just without the city limits of Ashe
vile, and take pleasure in bearing tes-
timony as follows:
1 /. The Location in natural advantages
leaves nothing to be desired.
ii. The Buildings exceptionally fill the
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BIRDs-EYE VIEW OF BNeHAms SCHOOL, AsHEWLLE, NJ G.

ural, and nature has done her work
perfectly. The sewerage is most per
/ feet and complete, and the ventilation
4 and sanitation Of the buildings are per
4 feet. Neither pains nor expenses have
/ been spared to make the barracks
what | pronounce the most perfect liy-
/ ing rooms / ever saw. Health and dis
ciplinary care is written in every feat
I IRE of the institution, and those ia
+ search Of the best need go no farther
1 ! am proud that North Carolina can
/ boast of Bingham and Bingham
School"
! But much as I was pleased with the
dnequaIed excellence of the New Bling
HAMS in every respect and proud as
/ am, like Col. J. s. Carr, That North
/ Carolina has Bingham and Bingham S
| School, perhaps the thing which ap-
Ipealed to me most practically is the
very high standing which the School
has established for itself among the
/ business enterprises and among the
/ businessmen of Asheville
/ Speaking Of Major Bingham and
/ Bingham's School, Mr.. Geo. S. Powell
/ of Powell q Snider, leading grocers
of Asheville, said:
''Bingham's School is one of the best
/ institutions in the South, and Major
Bingham, the Principal, is one of the
/ most prompt and reliable gentlemen
| II his business dealings with whom we
have ever dealt"
Mr.. G. A. Greer, ANOTHER leading
grocer, said:
Major Bingham is one of the best
patrons / ever had. With him it is a
pleasure to deal. He wants nothing
but the best, buys ,the best, and dis
counts every bin he buys He man
ages his great institution so well and
on such strict business principles, and
he draws to it such large number of
valuable patrons that he is at all times
prepared to meet every business obli-
cation"
Mr.. Barnard, the President of the Ma
tionai Bank of Asheville, said:
1--WE regard Major Bingham as one
Of the most valuable individual factors
that has ever been attracted 10 Ashe-
VILE He is a man of energy, of great
| learning, and of unquestionable bush
ness ability and integrity His School
here is a great success. I happen to
know that during the past year Major
Bingham has, from the resources of
his school, paid off six thousand dol
lars incurred i'm the erection of the
plant good showing, we call it, for
times like these"
These things | mention because in
this day and time nothing establishes
thing quite so accurately as bold
cold facts, and they show that the par
ents and guardians all over the country
have learned Of the par excellence. of
Bingham's School and are encourag-
ing its builder with an extended pat
ronage
FAIRNESS AND BUSINESS.
One Of the things that one hears
oftenest from the boys at Bingham
School is the absolute fairness of the
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discipline. On this point I VIII let
Major Bingham speak for himself, as
he does in the school catalogue:
Article IS is as follows;
RIGHT OF APPEAL.
"On every Saturday night at a pre-
scribed signal the Faculty assemblies
in the superintendent Office to hear
any appeal by any Cadet who thinks
he has any complaint to make against
amy Teacher, Cadet Officer or comrade,
or aginst any other person, or for any
cause whatsoever. A patient hearing
IS given TO every appellant, who states
his cause of complaint fully, and sus-
tains it by any testimony he may be
| able to bring up. In this way errors
are corrected, hasty Judgment is pre-
vented, avoidable causes Of complains
are removed, and fairness, uniformity
and justice are secured. !"
cannot do better, i'm speaking Of
this admirable feature of the schools
methods, than to quote in his own
words what impression this policy of
fairness and evenhanded Justice made
on Lieutenant J. B. Bachelor, Unitei
States Army, who had recently been
subject to the methods of West Point.
Says Lieutenant Batchelor, over his
SIGNATURE
THE discipline cannot be too highly
praised. Uniform and moderate, it
|. presses on all alike, and while it is
never excessive, 1T never relaxes. 1t is
applied directly to the student body by
means Of the military organization
the best means for that purpose. The
6 9 ls+. u l.
diers, but cultivated Christian gentle
men, yet the foundation of this char
acter can be laid only in self-control,
which is discipline, and no machinery
has yet been found, or can be found for
moderate. even and constant applica-
tom of discipline equal to the military
organization, distinctly subordinated
as in this case, to the main work Of the
school.
The discipline at Bingham's is emf.
nently fair. Presided over by man
whose patience has never yet found It's
limit, and who desires to make his pu
pills feel by the treatment they receive
that they are considered young gentle
men, any boy in the school who thinks
that he has received less than Justice
from any one, though that one be tht
/ Superintendent himself, is sure of 4
fair hearing and of a decision on the
merits of the case, there being an sap
peal meeting each week to hear all
complaints This, / think, is one of thC
most important features of the school
1t springs from no weakness of disci
pline or desire to substitute concession
for authority. On the contrary, il
shows the strength of the discipline
which cam afford thus to examine and
| review its own acts, and If those acts
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IN THE WORLD CAN A BODY OF
YOUNG MEN BE FOUND AMONG
WHOM THIS STANDARD lis HIGHER
Pt REB than al Bingham Its pupils,
pills. ikeall boys, have boyish faults
and boyish failines; but they never
fail to answer amy call made upon Ehem
by the self-repect and honor of gem
tleman. Some black sheep may come
in, but they never faint the mass, and
are soon gotten rid of by an almost
unconscious rejection on the part of
the Cadets themselves No boy who
is not brave, frank, true and decent
can stand the atmosphere of Bingham
school"
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THE FIFTH BINGHAM

I was also very much gratifed TO
meet Capt Robert Worth Bingham,
who has been connected with the
School for four years, and to learn that
this fifth Bingham of the fourth gen
GRAFTON is so eNcellently qualified i'm
every way 70 perpetuate the School,
and not only to maintain, but TO i'm
crease its reuown, when the waning
10th shall have passed into the waxing
Goth century and beyond.
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ARE Ynn ONE

of those unhappy people who are suf-
tering with weak nerves, starting az
every slight sound, unable 10 endure
any unusual disturbance, finding III inn
possible TO sleep2 Avoid opiate and
nerve compounds. Feed the nerves
upon blood made pure and nourishing
by the great blood purifier and true
nerve tonic, Hoods Sarsauarilia
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0RIGIN 80 HIsToRY.

The Bingham School was established
in 1888 bg,the grandfather of the pre-
sent Superintendent Rev. William
Bingham, who died in 1925, after hay-
ing taught first in Wilmington, then
IN PiUtsboro, then in the State Univer-
sity as Professor be Latin for years,
which position he resigned to return
Ia the private school work which he
continued at his country home in
Orange county till his death. Tie was
succeeded by his eldest son the late
w. !. Bingham, who as principal of
the Hf1lsboro Academy achieved re-
putation unsurpassed by any Of his
contemporaries in other professions
and HnequaIed by any other teacher
in the South. In 1874 he moved the
School to Oaks, IL miles southwest
OF HilIsboro, where he taught with un-
abated success till his health failed in
1864, his sons, William and Robert, be-
ing associated with him after 1851.
il being difficult during the Civil War
To get supplies 50 far from a railroad,
in the hands Of the late Col. William
Bingham the School was moved again
during the winter of 1876 TO the
nearest point on the railroad. three
fourths of a mile from Mebane Station
land still in Orange county, where it
remained till 1891. But up to that
time, when a second disastrous fire in
nine years drove it from its wooden
buildings in middle North Carolina,
Bingham's lacked an ideal situation
and ideal comfort, safety, convenience,
ventilation and sanitation IN its
buildings. I'm the unanimous and pro-
nounced judgment of more than fifty
physicians who have inspected 1t, and
Of hundreds of others from all parts
Of the Union, in the new Bingham
School at Ashevills the ideal situation
has been secured, and the ideal COM
fort. safety. convenience, ventilation
and sanitation have been attained.
SIN the Buildings says the Atlanta
illustrator for April, with accommo-
dations for one hundred and twenty
uunils. two in a room and one IN q
he'd economy and mere show are SUI
hordinated TO health, safety, comtoft
and utility. They are on the so-called
scattape plan,' the ground plan OF me
Yr,;ya,-sifsg If Virginia and the plan
a5onfed az late years by all civilized
e,,,,ra,.,,,,fn{s on sanitary grounds for
6arrar1ss and hospitals. lhe Goflnl-
to1ies are IN eight sections aid are
TJaoea ON both sides Of a street seven
tg-fye feet wide. Dampness is pre-
xented fv. q course of slate and cement
under every floor, and the sun shines
into every room at some time during
fbe dav. But the most distinctive
Faetnrs IL that I'd class room, With quar-
ters for i teacher behind III is placed
IS tbe centre Of each Of the eight
,.engee 10 THAT the teacher is ubiquit-
o,e and combinations for disorders ~
ef,,9V hours are next to impossible.
Fyerg detail for the convenience and
comfort Of the pupils has been care
fully provided, and one rarely finds
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-03

Hoods Pills are purely vegetable,
carefully prepared from the best in
gradients. Csc
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Staff (1orresDondence

0lesl NfOIiES lBUItNfClSN'
Asheville. n. c. April 2s.-T ask
ed prominent ~Asheyille gentle
man some days ago s4F7hat were the
three leading attractions at AsheYllle
''The Battery Park Hotel, the Wander
bilt estate and Bingham's School ne
replied, without hesitation.
knew that, as to the TWO former the
gentleman was correct, and made up
my mind that | would verify his state
menT as to the latter. So / went to the
corner Of Patton avenue and Hammond
street. and seeing a new electric car
having on each side, Bingham
Heigihts,', / reached for a nickel and
got aboard In a few moments J was
winding around the magnificent homes
between Patton avenue and the French
Broad river. A few moments more aud
we were crossing the smiling river, at
the foot of Bingham Heights. Proceed
ing, after q moments gaze at the beau
.tiful stream, / began gradual ascent
over a beautifully graded pathway,
leading up beside babbling brook,
along by bubbling springs, blooming.
clover, laurel and jessamine, up the
slopes of a magnificent hill, then on
through a budding forest Of native
oaks and chestnut and maple, until ]
was on the summit of Bingham
Heights, and there was spread out be-
fore me one of the newest and most
attractive and complete school plants
in America, a grand school city, built of
brick. on both sides of a delightfully."-
shaded. grass-coyered esplanade into
which opened doors of dormitories,
class rooms, recitation halls gymna-
SUM halls and chapels, all in most per-
feet detail, and most systematic and
convenient and charming arrangement,
a beautiful little city of barracks, built
upon a commodious hill, shaded by
NAPLES and oaks that nature planted,
sweetened with the perfume of wild
flowers THAT grow here as naturally as
catia5s ngrew in Lebanon, famed by
winds that are never ceasing
and never boisterous. and
smiled upon by the broad
panorama of mountain grandeur on
every side, 10y blue azure sky above
and by winding, whispering, laugh
ing river below.
Bingham Heights is naturally one OIL
the grandest spots in the grandesi
country in the world, and Bingham
School is to-day, in location. modern
equipment, in perfect arrangement, il
sanitary excellence, i'm complete detail
and IN superb management, one of thu
best, If not the best, school plants Il
the UnASd States.
let no ore be incredulons here. for
shall verify rhis statement directly
with the voluntary opinions OF mer
whose rank as statesman and educa
tors entirle them to speak. When
had scanned Bingham Heights and
gone through every department 81
Bingham School, was prepared to de
clare that the gentleman quoted was
correct tn his statement, except
should. in naming AshevilIe's three
leading institutions, call Bingham
School first.
Anyone who inspects the new Bing-
ham School as / have done, naust be
convinced as / have been.
4 brief history of this famous insti
tuition which the United States Govern
ment's Bureau of Education says ''is
pre-eminent among Southern schools
for boys, is proper In this place,
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OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT.

Governor Elias Carr after visiting
Bingham's school wrote as follows:
81 am pleased to add my testimonial
TO the superior advantages of the re-
nowned Bingham School, now located
near Asheville, n. G. I was a student
at Bingham School when it was sit
uated at Oaks, Orange county, in 1854.
1t was then the leading school in the
State, and it has ever since been sue
cessfully managed, and has enjoyed
this reputation. After a careful per-
sonal inspection Of the present location
and the sanitary arrangements made
recently, j am impressed with the
great improvement over the old plan
Of buildings used in my school days;
and / have no hesitancy in pronounc-
ing the location most desirable, the
buildings excellent, the sanitary ar
engagements unequaled. In fact it is a
model School Plant, with all the mod
ern improvements. For three genera
tions, extending over one hundred
years, the Binghams have been distin-
guished educators, and the School
founded by them is an Institution of
which any State should be proud.
Justice A. G. Avery, of the Supreme
court of North Carolina says:
Gas an old student of Bingham
School when under the management Of
the late w. J. Bingham, it was a great
pleasure to me to see from recent
inspection Of it's work that my class
mate. Mai Robert Bingham, the pre-
sent head Of the school, is not simply
keeping abreast Of the times, but that,
like his father, he is ahead Of all com
petitors in thoroughness of instruc-
ton and discipline, as well as ia par
entail oversight Of the morals and care
for the health Of his pupils.
"The location of the School is a.
mong the most beautiful in the coun-
try, commanding a combined noun
tain and water view rarely il ever
equaled The drainage is excellent,
and the sanitary arrangements are as
nearly perfect as it is possible, by the
utmost skill and by lavish expendi-
ture, to make them
The influence of a great State in
stitution is seen most and felt most
by those who conduct its public af-
fairs and the endorsement Of Gov. Carr
and Judge Avery is evidence of the
IN I47e ~ fha G4afe and {ba GQuFh NJ
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HIGHLAND.

August "a, 1898.
Misses Lily and Edith Frazier and
Miss Gene Barrisford, all OF Cincinnati,
are the guests Of Miss Imagine Ferrel.
BERTHE Corwin and Roy Gilbert, Of
Lebanon are visiting Mrs. DR.. Judkins.
Sam shott and family, of Oincinnsti,
and Mrs. Rice,o New Vienna, were the
guests of Joseph Coins family, last
Sunday.
Epworth League Social held at ,Mrs.
Carrie Earls, last Tuesday evening, was
largely attended.
Twelve new members were taken into
the N. e. Church Sunday.
The surprise given for Everd johnson.
lest Friday night, was very much en-.
joyed.
Two wesls from the twenty.fourth
our school bell win break the uonot.
ony Of vacation.