Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-02-12
BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL FOR BOYS
WILL OPEN HERE ON SEPT II
Mountain View Lodge Property Con.
yerted Into School for Boys IN
der Eighteen Years.

The Mountain View Lodge property
on the EdneyVille road purchased a
few months ago for school purposes.
is now undergoing improvements.
among which will be a brick building
in order to provide additional room TO
that Afforded by the two story build
ing that has been used for hotel pur-
POSES for a number of summers.
Plans for the brick building have
been prepared by Meyer and StillweH
and excavation has been made for.
the structure.
The school will be known as the
Blue Ridge School for Boys, the fall
| term opening on Sept. 18th, and the
! Spring term closing on June 10. The
; school property embraces about four
teen acres of land.
Prof. Joseph r. Sandifer and family
have been in H~endersonville for sew
,, eral weeks and Prof. Sandifer is look
ing after the preliminary work. He
announces the staff of officers and in
structors as follows:
Joseph R. Sandifer, B. A., head mas
ter, mathematics and Latin; A. Grier
Randolph, B. A, business manager.
Latin, Greek; Edwin R. Jeter, B. A,
English and German; H. Cyrus Long,
Jr., B. A., mathematics and English;
Luther K. Brice, B. A., history and
science; Mrs. Mary T. sadler, matron;
another to be supplied.
The school does not encroach upon
the work of the college. nor does ii
undertake to do the special work OF
the technical and the commercial
schools. It's courses of study are de
signed to lay the foundations of a lib
eral education and to give boys thor.
ough preparation for college or uni
versity. However, it is the purpose
ct the school to make the work sc
thorough and practical that. sad
any unforeseen contingency prevent &
boys going tt college, he would still
he well trained for taking up readily
the duties and responsibilities of prac.
Teal life.
The school plant consists of two
buildings, the house and the school.
The house has two stories, with
ground floor under the real extension
1t contains the living apartments O
the larger boys, rooms for three mas
tiers and for the matrons, a large liv.
ing room with open fire, two recita,
ton rooms, an Office, the dining room
the kitchen. and pantries. 1t is light
cd by electricity, heated by steam, anC
equipped with bathrooms on eacl
foor.
The school, built of brick and stone
has three stories. including the ground
floor. The first main floor contains &
large, we'll ventilated and we'll light,
ed study hall, three class rooms, Z
reading room and library, and an
office. The second floor has a dormi.
tory divided into Individual sleeping
apartments for ten boys of the lower
forms, a large living or %lounging room
for the occupants of the dormitory
suites of rooms for two masters, an6
lavatory with toilet rooms and show
er bath. The ground floor has rooms
for manual training and laboratories
and also a play rooms for boys in
rainy weather. 1t also contains show,
er baths and toilets. The building is
heated by steam and lighted by cleo
ITCHY.
The object of the school is TIRES
fold: to- cultivate, a manly Christian
character; to lay the foundations of a
thorough liberal education; and to de.
velop robust physical manhood.
II provides a link between the boys
home and college, and. under whole
some and homelike Influences, it pre-.
pares him not only for admission into
college but also for the duties and re