Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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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.

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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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Piedmont High School. 19 THIRD YEAR. Algebra completed, Geometry completed, Political Economy, Critical Reading of English Authors, Virgil completed, Bible, History of England, History of the United States, German. Text Books. We prefer that the students buy their books after entering, as there will probably be some changes made in the text-books. The books used last year were as follows: Eatin.—Collar and Daniel’s Beginner’s Latin Book, also Gun¬ nison Harley’s First Year of Latin, Allen and Greenough’s Virgil, Allen’s Prose, Lowe and Ewing’s Caesar. Algebra.—Sanford’s Elementary, Wentworth’s New, Went¬ worth’s Complete, and Wentworth’s College. German.—Keller’s First Year. Geometry.—Wentworth’s Plane, Solid and Spherical. Physiology.—Steele’s. English Grammar.—Plarvey’s, Beuhler’s. English Literature.—Lockwood’s Lessons, English Authors, Butler’s School English. History.—Stancell’s United States, Spencer’s North Caro¬ lina, and Myer’s Modern and Mediaeval, Montgomery’s Eng¬ lish, Myer’s Ancient. Spelling.—Reed’s, Harrington’s, and Westlake’s. Readers.—Holmes’ Series. Arithmetic.—Johnson’s Series. Geography.—Maury’s Elementary and Maury’s Manual. Teachers. Our teachers are all thoroughly competent, and all of them have had experience in the school-room. Our idea of building and sustaining a first-class school is that a few teachers WEEE qualified for their work can accomplish more than a large number of cheap, inexperienced ones.