The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-19
ported to the HeBdersonviIle high
school for colored pupils.
FASSIFERN SCHOOL
FOR Girls

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FAsSIFERN SCHOOL
FOR GIRLS
Fassifern School for Girls is
privately endowed institution of
education, located in the city of
Henderspnrille.
There are total Of 80 girls
enrolled in Fassifern during the
current year, These girls come
from fourteen states and seven
foreign countries 1t might be in
tereSting 10 note the foreign
countries represented at t h c
schooi-Japan, Australia. Korea.
China. South Africa. Cuba, Haiti
and Canal Zone.
There are twelve faculty mem
beers al the school. including ad-
min;strative and academic mem
berS.
The curriculum at Fassifern in
cludes: college preparation, gen
eral course, music, art, extension
course. home economics and sec
retarial course. The school is OPP
Grated OF the order OF individual
instruction, indicating that an ad-
vanced form of education obtains
there. The following subjects are
taught at Fassifern: English.
speech. French. Spanish. Latin,
library methods, history, mathe-
mates. Bible, science, home eco
Monies. domestic art, secretariai
subjects. stenograpv. typewrltin@.
art, piano. history of music, voice,
violin. harmony - and special
courses for graduate students.
The school maintains a complete
physical education course, which
provides well balanced course
of gymnastic work.
Extra-curricular activities IN
clude: glce club, music club.
French club. dramatic club. rid
ing club, and two local sororitieS,
Lambda Delta and Phi Gamma
Tau.
DR.. and Mrs. Joseph r.. Sewer,
the owners. also conduct sum
mcr camp. Camp Grcystone, To-
ca:cd a short distance south %
HcrdcrSonvillc on Lake Edith.
This camp is for girls. and. is open
from June "a to August lS. \
we'll rounded program OF activity
5 followed in the camp life there.
BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL
FOR BOYS
Eluc Ridge School for Boys l.
located but short distance from
he center OF Hcndcrsonville on
L. {. highwav No. ca. which leads
to Bat Cave and Chimney Rock.
The school has a total faculty
Of II administrative and acadcm-
ic members. There are d total OF
GO bows AT Blue Ridge this year.
from - states and one foreign
country-Cuba.
Blue Ridge school is located on
an attractive site, with modern
buildings constructed OF brick and
stone. 4 finely equipped boys dor
mitory is located on the second
floor of the school building.
The aim and scope of Blue
Ridge School for Boys is best e.
pressed in the following quota
ton:
"The Blue Ridge school offers
to a limited number of boys be-
tween the ages of nine and TWEEN
u years thorough education
which falls between the primary
grades and entrance to college.
Its aims. however. are not limited
merely to directing the mental
growth OF its students, but they
include also q large personal IN
terest in developing sound bodies
and strong. manly characters. In
receiving young boys under It's
care and supervision. the Schoo.
assumes parental duties and re-
sponsibilitics. II provides an alto
gethcr safe place for boys whose
parents deem il advisable for GER
tain reasons 70 send away 10
school"
Blue Ridge School for Boys
maintains a summer camp or sum
mer term of the schoo! each sum-
mer where the usual academic OPP
portunities are available, prcvid-
ing also a we'll rounded life II
the open. together with educs-
,ional features embodied in varl-
Gus hikes, trips. and 80 on. 10
points of interest in Western
North Carolina
IMMACULATE SCHOOL
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