The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-25
CHATHAM TRAINING
SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Plans to Prepare Young Men
for College and the
University.
MIND MANNERS, MORALS
Extensive Grounds and Excellent
Buildings-Away From
Large Cities.

Chatham. Va. August 94.-rao
Chatham Training school was estab-
lished with the idea of putting in
reach OF boys and young men the
best possible advantages to secure the
proper preparatory school education.
There is no, one dollar in the school
placed there as an investment. save
in the education of boys and young
men The trustees employ the teach
ers. and they are determined to have
the very best Every instructor has
had successful experience in the actual
training OF boys and young men. They
arc in love with their work
The school is planned as an educa-
tional training station, IN which it is
possible Tor boys OF good natural
Qualifications TO grow up normally
and healthfuiiy into young manhood.
So equipped in the essentials OF efticiem-
cy, manlincss. good citizenship, and
sane knowledge Of the relative
N'--' ..i me dS " DC SEedlt 10
themselves and OF service 10 their
country.
While the book subjects ordinarily
composing the curriculum OF most
Schools viii be given their proper
place they Will by 10 means mono
police attention. Believing that the
preparatory age is more inlportanl
than tne college Ase IN the ossenual
preparation 40. lAe, tn.s school ~i.l
ny ~ restore tne normal olu-tilnu bA.-
ance ana keep Joys III touch with aet-
AL llvlng anu as duties at the moss
| .lnpresstUnAbIe aid responsive perluu
Ol their lives.
The Chatham Training school is TO-
cateu IN llu Deautliul sroMins loNu
VI chatham. Chatham mas ii popula-
..on vi ABOUT Twelve hundred people
ana is the county seat OF l'ltISyIvani4
county. next 10 the larses, county la
irSI AHA.
me health OF the community .a
unsurpaaaeu, ana atosetne. thu
scnoUIs nome is ldeaI Ia every way
there are nve churches IN the Town. All
OF WHICH are open to tne stuueuLa
every sunday. students are required
70 attend church VITA regularity.
1t is the aim OF tails school to train
boys in MIND. morals and MANNERS.
pieipline. sometimes strict. Is ever
necessary In the management OF every
Successful! school Parents cannot CIV.
lheir sons PERMISSION to 10 what Is
prohibited. nor TO omit what the rules
require. In sending their sons here
parents agree to accept the discipline OF
the school. as IT may be applied in
their cases.
The People of Chatham are Chris
ton people. and all or them are inter
ested in the welfare OF the scnool boys
There are no saloons anywhere IN
the community. no questionable places
OF amusement no city temptations TO
which the boys may oe subjected Inc
moral tone OF the school and the town
Is nigh and honorable. students
coming here Will enter an atmosphere
well calculated To make their lives
better and their purposes in lie more
firmly nXed Ia the way OF right ana
truth.
The buildins, completed in the fall OF
1910. IS modern IN every particular
on the hrst floor the dining nall.
gymnasium. bath room (shower bathsJ
toilet room. etc The building is neat
ed with steam and lighted with acety-
leIc gas The boiler room, however, is
!VSdteu dt sotne Instance from tho
building. on the second floor there are
four large class rooms. so arranged
that they may be thrown into one
large assembly hall with a capacity OF
Two hundred and twenty-five.
The third and fourth floors contain
the rooms for students. These rooms
are large and comfortable. every boy
having his own closet. This building
has been erected at = cost OF about
$4,000.
The grounds consist OF is acres.
beautifully located. overlooking tho
town and Ia less than ten minutes
walk of the post office.
The Presidents home IS located on
the campus. one hundred yards from
the main school building This build
ing. recently erected Is large and mod
ern in every way. a limited number
of students may secure rooms in this
home anil be in daily touch with the
presidents family.
The president and instructors mingle
with tho Students in spirit OF help
ful friendship. believing that the char
acters OF the young are developed
through the influence of well-chosen
COMPREHENSIVE. Intimate acquaintance
with every student will be cultivated.
in order to meet as FAR as possible.
the peculiarties and needs OF each
The standard OF the school is high
and rigldy maintained. Its aim is TO
combine In the education OF its stu
dents every personal refinement. the
noblest intellectual influences and tho
highest educational advantages Physi-
cai, mental and moral training are 90
combined as TO produce harmonious
development OF the entire nature, an,
such refinement and strength OF man.
ner as are acquired from cultivated