Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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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.

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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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Piedmont High School. 27 Testimonials. What our neighbors and patrons say of the school. Space forbids the use of more than a few testimonials: The School is one of the best Preparatory Schools in the State. The new building was occupied a few months ago and the facilities for entertaining and accommodating Commencement crowds are unsur¬ passed. Prof. W. D. Burns and his able assistants are doing a great work in Cleveland County .—The Cleveland Star. Brother W. D. Burns is the Principal of Piedmont High School. This excellent School is located at Cleveland Mills .— ' North Carolina Baptist. Prof. W. D. Burns and his efficient corps of teachers have certainly spared no effort to perform their whole duty, and as a result are de¬ servedly popular .—Shelby Aurora. As a Preparatory School, no better can be found in the State. Here are found all the facilities for a beneficial school life.—A Presbyterian lady, a correspondent of the Star. Speaking of the Commencement of 1901-1902, Editor J. O. Eoy, of The Aurora , said: It gives us pleasure to testify to the merits of this splendid School. It has one of the prettiest locations we remember ever seeing. The school house is built upon a high hill, almost a mountain, with an incline from every point of the compass. Within two hundred yards of the school building, on the northwest side, a descent of over two hundred feet is attained, and while the south and east incline is not quite so abrupt it would be termed a pretty steep climb, so in a matter of drainage it is ideal; all around the building is a dense grove of large oaks. The water is obtained at a depth of 80 feet; the greater portion of the well is cut through solid rock. A short distance from the School, a pleasant walk, is a sulphur spring visited during the season by a large number of people from a distance, and it is said remarkable cures have been effected by the water. An air line from the School to Lawndale is a little over a half a mile, the narrow-gauge road running to Lawndale from Shelby. The School is in splendid hands. Professor Burns is an able edu-