A MILLION-DOLLAR HOTEL IS NOW
PART OF A MOUNTAIN SCHOOL
By J. B. Ilicktin
A\' ironic twist of fate has trans¬
formed the towering skeleton of
a million dollar hotel on .Tumn-
off Mountain near Hendersonville,
that was to cater to the idle rich, into
a school building for mountain hoys
and girls of modest means with whom
sacrifice and self-denial are cardinal
virtues.
Following the Western North Caro¬
lina bonanza days of 1024 and 1025.
the hnlf-completcd 13-story Fleetwood
and the nurses. The general course
is intended for those who do not plan
a higher education, and emphasize*
such things as dairying, printing,
typing, carpentry, mechanic* and
other trades. Although some com¬
mercial work is done to bring enough
funds with which to operate the in-li
Jewelry is outlawed, church attend¬
ance required and tardiness punished
by extra work period*. "The proper
association of young men and young
women is a blessing t<> Imth.** counsels
the school bulletin, and "in their inter¬
course with each oilier, young |»eople
should maintain a proper reserve.
mingling in manly and . . anly way:
courtship, flirtation ami escorting are
not permitted.”
Since the Seventh- Pay Adventist-
tutions. most of it is for support of
®р|кш«1
to war and are classed a-
the student* themselves, or on a barter •‘conscientious objector* t.. bearing
plan. The minting course of two voar.
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Institute i. training the
does not fit the trainees as neutered
nurses, but is more especially designed
to equip medical missionaries and it
suffices for the needs of a practical
Hotel stood, a constant reminder of ....
a vanished dream, with the night nurw- N*,th'r 19 the «-bolnstic or
vocational course accredited, but Imth
are aimed to give students a solid
foundation bused on fundamental*.
_ _ , ■ Since a minimum of two hour* of
к,гряя
growing vegetable* for tin
to get the gram] view that tourists , , .. . - , -
from all over «be world were to have *ork *? of .*H _
winds sighing through it* huge iron
girders. The more adventurous some¬
times climbed into the gaunt structure
-indents to serve the armed forces in
non-combatant capacities. First aid
and elementary . . lical training are
emphasized to equip young men for
stretcher-bearers and young women
for nursing. Incidentally, it is inter¬
esting to recall that Seventh-Dav Ad¬
ventists do nnt eat meat, and hence
seen. And then it became dangerous. “ no ,in'- (n”r
"/”*)
for
. i ational sports, Professor A\aller
Jo tonriT ^ pointed out. To ,1,0 modern-day board-
* ,
»
, , , ing student, some of its discipline
On . hot July afternoon four yean wouIt, cloubtle** appear strict, hut
ago a group of men and boys pushed Pi ,, etw|enl8 fin(, no difficult v in
up the heights to the morn, inn top ^justing themselves, ns far as can lie
and began dismantling tlm structure.
.Some of the heavier beams arc said
to have gone into bridge construction
in CJeorgia. but the group of workers
from Pisgah Institute salvaged much
of the framework ami many of the
window frames for removal to the new
school site on a shoulder of Pisgah
Mountain, west of Asheville. Bought
for a song, the volunteer workmen
fashioned an ungainly administration
building with the scrap at a nominal
cost— and called it “Fleetwood Hall.”
Now 31 buildings surround this nu¬
cleus to form Pisgah Institute and
Sanitarium.
While there is no direct connection
to the Seventh-Day Adventist sect,
most of the trustees and faculty mem¬
bers are converts anil the principles
of the sect arc practiced at the insti¬
tutions. Originally planned to give
mountain youth an opportunity to
learn while working their way, the
school still emphasizes this doctrine
hut admits some from other sections
and states as well. So well ordered arc
schedules that all of the 120 students
can War their share of work without
interfering with class attendance,
Prof. E. C. Waller, president of the
institute and secretary-treasurer of
the Pisgah Medical and Educational
Association, pointed out. The presi¬
dent of the association is II. E. Ly-
singer, of Charlotte.
Students have three courses to se¬
lect from: the academic, the general
seen. Tobacco, intoxicating liquors aro
forbidden, a» well as “extreme fads.’
Of the more than 2,000 young peo¬
ple who have gone out from the insti¬
tute since it was founded in a small
way in 1914, and out of the sani¬
tarium since it- inception in 1920.
more than 85 per cent earned their
own way, and an even larger per¬
centage are now in positions of serv¬
ice in the country.
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