Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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Piedmont High School. 17 The object of this course is not only to prepare for college, but to strengthen and develop the reasoning power of those who may never have the privilege of a college education. History. This course is broad and comprehensive. It is intended to be much fuller than merely to prepare for college. In the first year Ancient History will be studied and Medi¬ aeval and Modern History will be begun. In the second year Mediaeval and Modern History will be completed and English History will be begun. In the third year English History will be completed and the History of the United States will be carefully studied. Our object is not to make the pupil simply a repository of dates and disconnected facts, but to give him a correct idea of the underlying principles of Plistory in their natural order. The Bible. A course is given in the Bible and Old Testament History which is equal to the first year’s course offered by most of the colleges. In this course the Bible is studied from a historical standpoint. This course is beneficial to all advanced students who take it, but is especially useful to young ministers and to those who intend to enter the ministry. Music. The Music Department will be in charge of one who is thor¬ oughly proficient in this branch, and no pains will be spared to make this part of the work equal to any other department of the school. The course is broad and thorough. The school recognizes the need of the best instruction for beginners, as well as for the more advanced pupils, thus insuring a good foundation. Pub-

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i6 Piedmont High School. Sohrab and Rustrum, Tennyson’s Princess, Shakespeare’s Mer¬ chant of Venice, Hawthorne’s House of the Seven Gables, and others as they are suggested by our needs. These books have been prescribed for entrance by the South¬ ern Association of Colleges. Latin. The first year in this course will consist of a thorough prep¬ aration of the lessons in Collar and Daniel’s Beginner’s Latin Book and a special drill on the paradigms and vocabulary. When a good working knowledge of the elementary principles of the language has been secured the class will read the second and third books of Caesar. The second year’s work in this department will consist of a careful reading of Caesar, Books I and IV, and a review of Books II and III, with drill work in grammar and composition. The third year’s work will consist of a study of Cicero’s Ora¬ tions against Cataline, four books of Virgil’s HLieid, a review of prose composition, varied with original exercises. While the primary ob ject of this department is the thorough preparation of pupils for entrance to the classical colleges, much stress will be laid on the relation of the Latin language to our mother tongue. o Mathematics. The work in the college preparatory course for the first year will consist of a careful study of Arithmetic, with the view of making the students proficient in business calculations and in preparing them to be successful teachers of arithmetic in our public schools. The elements of Algebra will be studied. In the second year Wentworth’s New Algebra will be com¬ pleted and Wentworth’s Complete Algebra will be begun. In the third year Wentworth’s Complete Algebra will be mastered and Wentworth’s College Algebra and Wentworth’s Geometrv will be begun.

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i8 Piedmont High School. lie recitals are given during the term. In these, all the students of music take part. They are thus stimulated to greater effort and become accustomed to appearing in public. The needs of pupils differ greatly—using Mathew’s Standard Graded Studies as a basis, we endeavor to select such other studies as are best adapted to the peculiar needs of each. Certificate of Proficiency. Handsome certificates of proficiency will be given those who complete the college preparatory course. English Course. FIRST YEAR. Arithmetic, English Grammar, Elementary Geography, Sounds of Letters, Spelling and Defining, Reading, History of North Carolina, Mental Arithmetic, Physiology. second year. Arithmetic, English Grammar, Elementary Algebra, Spell¬ ing and Defining, Geography, Composition and Rhetoric, His¬ tory of the United States, Civil Government. THIRD YEAR. Arithmetic completed, English Literature, Composition Work in English, Modern and Mediaeval History, Commercial Law. Course Preparatory for College. first year. Arithmetic, English Grammar, Ancient History, Spelling and Defining, Collar and Daniel’s Latin, Algebra, Civil Gov¬ ernment. SECOND YEAR. Arithmetic completed, Algebra, Caesar, Virgil, Latin Com¬ position, Geometry, English Literature, Essays, Modern and Mediaeval History, German.