Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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Piedmont High School. 25 parents will be sent a report showing the precise grade of scholarship, deportment, absence from recitations and religious exercises during the term. The reports are a means of com¬ munication between parents and teachers, and may be of great service in stimulating the pupils. Library. In 1902 more than a hundred and sixty books were secured as a nucleus of a library. These books are well selected, and many of them are handsomely bound. In 1903 about one hun¬ dred volumes were added. Since then others have been placed in our library. From time to time as funds are available new books will be added. Books will be received from friends of the institution and will be gratefully acknowledged. Thanks are due to the following for contributions to the library in the past session :—Maj H. F. Schenck and Hon. E. Y. Webb. Physical Exercises. Ample grounds in connection with the building supply every demand for outdoor exercises and games. A special drill in calisthenics will be given by the primary teacher. Expenses. Board is furnished on the club plan, thus securing the best board at the least possible cost. The students take their meals at the same table with the Principal, and the boys room in the same building, being constantly under his care and control. The Principal gives necessary help in the preparation of the lessons. Girls are constantly under the care of the teachers or of the matron. Information. Students will be admitted at any time. The teachers are all able and experienced. The course is broad and comprehensive, and prepares for the sophomore class in any of the colleges.

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24 Piedmont High School. No medal will be awarded one whose general average, includ¬ ing deportment, is less than seventy-five. Purposes. The purposes of this school is to prepare boys and girls thoroughly for college and to fit them for the practical duties of life. It is as much our purpose to develop nobility of char¬ acter and a high sense of honor, as to im part knowledge of text-books, and no effort is spared to teach a proper apprecia¬ tion of each one’s rights and duties as members of society, and to educate the heart as well as the brain in those Christian graces that constitute true nobility of character. Thoroughness. It has always been the aim of the school to do honest, thor¬ ough work. The present faculty especially endorse thorough¬ ness, and it will be their constant care to see that the student masters the subject studied before they permit it to be laid aside. Yet we do not believe that an education consists of simply an accumulation of facts and figures, but it means the harmonious development of the powers given us by the Creator. Regulations. The regulations are few and simple. Students are encour¬ aged to control themselves and to regard the rights of others. They are, however, expected to render prompt and cheerful obedience to teachers at all times. Those who are not willing to comply with our discipline are not solicited to matriculate. Reports. At the end of the first and third quarters, reports of the general progress in studies and upon deportment will be sent to the parents. The quarterly reports are not intended to indi¬ cate the precise grade of scholarship. At the end of each term,

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26 Piedmont High School. Students whose ineeuence shale prove injurious to the school will be promptly enpelled. Strict obedience to all rules and requirements is demanded. Boarding pupils will furnish towels, soap, lamp, oil, sheets, blankets, comb, brush, mirror, pillow, etc. Charges. Table board, $4.75 to $5.00 per month. Rooms, without furniture, 25 cents per month. Rooms, with furniture, 35 cents per month. Tuition in Music Department, $2.50 per month. Tuition in Music in classes, 50 cents per month. Tuition in Elocution Department, $2.00 per month. Tuition in Elocution Department in classes, 75 cents per month. Tuition in Literary Department, $1.00 to $3.00 per month. Washing, 75 cents to $1.00 per month. Wood, $1.2=; to $i.=;o per cord. W. D. BURNS, Lawndale } N. C.