Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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Piedmont High School. 13 ELOCUTION. Edna Forest Bowen. Audey Bumgardner. Essie Childers. Essie Cline. Maude Doggett. Hudson Ellis. Borden Farnell. Osborne Gunthrop. Pugh Haskins. Lollie Harrelson. Clara Hicks. Clay Hicks. Gaston Leanard. W. A. Ledford. Bessie McEntyre. Barrus. Dover Mull. Miller Newton. Anderson Nolan. Onslow Nolan. Shuford Ramsaur. Thomas Ramsaur. Weldon Ramsaur. Fred Simmons. Forest Swafford. John Warlick. Robert Warlick. Bynum Weathers.. Elbridge Weathers. Belle Wilson. Blanche Wilson. History and Situation. This school was established ten years ago at Cleveland Mills. Under the generous patronage of the people, it has grown till it now numbers its students from the mountains to the seashore. In fact, its rapid growth made necessary a lar¬ ger building and ampler grounds. Seeing its needs, the friends of the institution rallied to its support, formed a joint-stock company, secured a charter from the Legislature, and com¬ menced work in earnest. A large, well-lighted and conveni¬ ently arranged building was erected. At the beginning of the session before the last it was found that we did not have room sufficient to accommodate our fast growing patronage. The owners of the property added an annex thirty-two feet wide and forty feet long, two stories high. This addition to the first building, which is one hundred and thirty-two feet in length by thirty-two feet in width, two stories high, with verandas, aggregating more than three hundred feet in length, gave our students ample room and comfort for these years.

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12 Piedmont High School. Yelton, Ambrose . .Cleveland County, N. C. Yelton, Dennice. .Cleveland County, N. C. Yelton, Plorace . .Cleveland County, N. c. Yelton, June . .Cleveland Countv, N. c. Yelton, Lois . .Cleveland County, N. c. Yelton, Macie . c. Yelton, Nannie Lee . . . . .Cleveland County, N. c. Yelton, Parish . .Cleveland County, N. C. Yelton, Vernie . .Cleveland County, N. c. Music. piano. Edna Barrus. Clara Hicks. Alma Bowen. Bessie McEntyre. Lou Cline. Bessie McMurray. Minta Devenny. Lee McMurray. Mabel Doggett. Wayne McMurray. Maude Doggett. Maude Price. Wray Elam. Ella Sperling. May Guin. Dennice Yelton. VOCAL. Edna Barrus. Bessie McFalls. Minta Devenny. Mr. Newton. Mabel Doggett. Burl Parker. Maude Doggett. Miss Shellem. Wray Elam. Bessie Shuford. Borden Earned. James Sutton. Lena Eoyles. Eorest Swafford. Cyrus Hadnot. John Warlick. Pugh Haskins. Robert Warlick. Cuttie Hawkins. Georgia Williams. Clara Hicks. Belle Wilson. Buna Lattimore. Blanche Wilson.

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14 Piedmont High Schooe. At the beginning of the past session it was found that our dormitory was taxed to its limit. The trustees and the friends of the school have once more made enlargement possible. A new building will be ready for us by the beginning of the next session. This new building, forty by sixty-eight, two stories high, with a large basement will give us a splendid dormitory for girls, a large and conveniently arranged auditorium, and a large room for the primary department. Other improvements are contemplated. This school is no longer in its infancy. It is not an experiment. It has ten years of steady growth be¬ hind it, a large patronage and many friends for the present; and glorious possibilities for the future. Our water cannot be surpassed. A well, dug through nine¬ ty feet of almost solid rock, is conveniently located for our use, besides at a distance of not more than four hundred yards from the school are springs of health-giving sulphur and chalybeate, water. Situated on the top of a majestic hill sloping in every direc¬ tion, thus giving perfect natural drainage; commanding a mag¬ nificent view of hills, vales, grassy undulating plains, and of the Blue Ridge in the distance; shaded by a forest of stately oaks; enlivened by the music of rippling water; with excellent drinking water and air free from the taint of malaria, nature has made this an ideal spot for an educational institution of a high order. But what has man done towards perfecting it? He has given us daily mail, communication with all the world by telephone and telegraph, a railroad within a mile of the school, a dormitory adequately furnished, large recitation- rooms, fitted with patent desks of the most approved pattern, and last, but not least, by his efforts as instrument ' s in God’s hand we are unpolluted by bar-rooms, gambling dens and other moral dangers of town and city life, which too often blight the lives of boys from Christian homes and blast the hopes of their dearest friends. We are nearly one mile from Lawndale; thus we have the advantage of the village with the