The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-03
One Of the Chief Attractions in North Cardinals Be- utfu
CIOudland
THE FAMOUS BINGHAM SCHOOL.
Americas Leading Institution of Physical Moral and Intel,
IeCtua Culture
ITS UNE0UALLED EQUIPMENT.
Past Great Work Excellence and Its Bright an'
Glorious Major Robert Bingham It's Able and Fro
arassive Ruilder ana SunerIntendent

nedtpI ana more amy anu DeIJeE neat
ed room in any frst-class hotel"
/ was prepared for the growing fame
of Asheville by rejecting how many
people it attracts from all parts of the
country and by the prominence of the
large majority of its 100000 yearly
visitors. / was prepared to find fine
location for the School. / confess that
| was not prepared to find so magnifi-
cent a School plant in forth Carolina,
or any where else; not magnificent in
appearance: that cannot be said Of it
at all: for mere show has been entire
~ subordinated to utility. But 9for
Convenience. for comfort, for disci-
pline for instruction. for safety, for
health and for sanitation, magnificent
is the word The form of the buildings
has been given in the language of the
illustrator. The Gymnasium is a mo-
del of its kind. There are beautiful
Tennis Courts. The play ground is ex-
cellent. Athletics under proper res
trictions are encouraged and provided
for. The quarters, with their single
spring beds, compare fayorably in ev-
cry way with the quarters and bed
that | had at the Battery Park Hotel.
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By far the best that I have ever seen
in any public institution, and in the
language of the Illustrator again, fare
Northern rather than Southern, Euro
pean rather than American, in their
sanitary completeness and common
sense, and they impress every one who
inspects them as being of unequaled
excellence"
But as much as / was impressed, and
astonished to tell the truth with every
thing else, having a weakness for
creature comforts, and being a pretty
fair judge of the same, / confess that
the arrangements for feeding the boys
and the way they are fed impressed me
more, believe, than any thing else. The
table the tableware, the labor saving
] appliances in the dining room and
+ kitchen, the absolute decorum of the
boys at meals, but especially the ex-
| cellent quality of the food, its abund
ance, and the excellent quality of the
cooking. / travel great deal and SC
/ can make just comparison
From the appearance of everything
connected with the culinary department
and the well laden tables of rich, tempt
| ing and well prepared food there are
/ few hotels in the State that equal i
and none that surpass it. No wonder
/ that all the boys say that Bingham fare
/ is the best they ever saw at boarding
| school, and that their average gain in
weight last year was nineteen (19)
! pounds.
i THE NICE-PRESIDENT'S PRAISE.
1 But lest some of my readers should
1 think that | have oyerstated the case
/ / viii give the opinions of others whose
/ political, official, scientific and social
# prominence must carry conviction To
! the most incredulous. beginning with
President Stevenson, North Caro-
/ mas fayorite in public life. and ending
with the opinion of Col. J. S. Carr, Of
Durham, the great leader of the States
industrial development. On his re-
| turn to Washington from Asheyille in
March, 1894, in a private letter TO
| Josephus Daniels, published by per
] mission in the North Carolinian of
March 10Th, 1894, the original copy of
which / saw framed in Mai. Bingham (
office, the Yice-President says:
1T was my good fortune. few days
ago, to visit the Bingham School al
Ashcville, North Carolina.
1T is impossible to speak too highly
Of This celebrated institution. It's loca-
ton, buildings, sanitation and water
supply are all that could be desired. Is
would, indeed he difficult to find a
school whose location possesses equal
natural advantages. The corps Of teach
ers. moreover, is excellent. Under
Major Bingham, its present efficient
superintendent, this historic school has
more than sustained its well-earned
reputation.
II take pleasure in commencing il
most earnestly
This is high praise from a high
source, and every word of it is ue-
served.
OPINIONS OF ARMY OFFICERS.
There is no equivocationi in the follow
ing from Major Chas. Il. Davis, profess
/ sor Of Military Science and Tactics of
the United States Army Major Davis
found here a school surprising all
others in the United States, and he said
so straight from the shoulder, under
date Of March the 4th, 1894. He said:
''It affords me great pleasure to say
that I regard Bingham School as the
best institution of its kind in the Uni
ted States, possessing as it does, a
tsuperbly healthful location, easy Of ac-
cess, in the geographical center Of the
region east Of the Mississippi and the
best facilities for developing the physi-
cal, mental, moral and manly qualities
of it's students, among whom / deem
myself fortunate TO include my SON.
Lieutenant Jos. -. Bachelor of the
United States army, North Carolinian
who takes special pride in the advance
ment Of his State and it's interest, says:
"Bingham's school combines more
desirable qualities than any other with
which | am acquainted"
| Capt. Henry Wygant professor Of
Military Science and Tactics, United
States army, says There isn't the
lequal Of Bingham's school in my opin-
lion"
| Lieutenant j. B. Hughes, United
States army, says: 81 cordially recon-
mend Bingham's as the best school for
/ boys in my knowledge"
Lieutenant John Little, United States
army, says: 1.-THE Bingham school
i possesses more attractive fetures and
offers better opportunities for the
mental and physical development Of
boys than any similar institution
4 known to me-"
BEST is a great big, broad word
and when used honestly and advisedly
+ it means a great deal In this connec-
ton the word is used adyisedIy and it