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The Life Outside
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In the 1900 prospectus for the Asheville School, founders Newton Anderson and Charles Mitchell wrote that: The school should be situated in the most healthful region east of the Mississippi River, in a climate giving the largest opportunities for outdoor life. The grounds should contain several hundred acres of land providing fields for sports, ponds, streams, woods, and hills. This land should be selected not only with regard for its usefulness, but also for the beauty of its surroundings. And so it has come to pass. The two teachers from Ohio realized their dream with the purchase of 500+ acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, all in the shadow of Mount Pisgah. For 105 years students have explored the world about them, often times without having to leave school property. The out-of-doors is a classroom all to itself, imparting valuable lessons that cannot be learned in any book. This exhibit is the first of a projected series of exhibits about the Asheville School experience beyond the indoors classroom, a philosophy ingrained in the school’s curriculum since the beginning. The Life Outside: The Mountaineering Program
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