There were four buildings on the grounds. In the main building, which was made of brick and sandstone, the classrooms and dining-room were located. The basement had two sections, one for the kitchen and the other for the indoor gymnasium.
On the upper floor were ranged the dormitories. These were two in number. There were beds for twenty boys in each one. Then there were five separate sleeping rooms, each one designed for the use of two boys.
A little off from the main building, but connected with it by a portico, was a roomy house in which the doctor and his family lived, together with the members of the teaching staff.
Besides these there were a gate-keeper’s cottage, where the servants slept, and a minor building used for storage purposes.
The grounds were skillfully laid out, and with their well kept lawns and shaded paths formed a very attractive campus. To supply the athletic needs of the boys there was a football field, a baseball diamond, and tennis and basketball courts.
So that the boys who had the luck to be sent by their parents to Rockledge School were usually convinced before they had been there long that their lines had fallen in pleasant places.
“Well, I suppose the first thing we’ll have to do is to report to Dr. Raymond,” said Bobby.
“He’ll know that the school can go on all right now that we’re here,” grinned Mouser.
“I suppose we’ll have to let him know that we’re on deck,” admitted Fred, “but let’s get it over in a hurry and get some grub. I’m hungry enough to eat nails.”
“Couldn’t we get something to eat first?” asked Pee Wee wistfully.