Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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Piedmont High School Lawndale, N« C. THIRD ykar 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 Gunnison and Harley’s First Year of Latin, Allen and Greenough’s Virgil, Allen’s Prose, Lowe and Ew¬ ing’s Caesar. Algebra—Sanford’s Elementary, Wentworth’s New’ School, Wentworth’s Complete and Wentworth’s College. German—Keller’s First Year. Geometry—Wentworth’s Plane, Solid and Spherical. Physiology—Lippincott’s. English Grammar—Harvey’s, Buehler’s, Hyde’s. English Literature—Lockwood’s Lessons, English Authors, Butler’s School English, Genung’s Rhetoric. History—Hansell’s United States, Hill’s North Caro¬ lina, and Myer’s Modern and Mediaeval, Montgomery’s English, Myer’s Ancient. Spelling—Reed’s, Harrington’s and Westlake’s, New Practical. 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 fifteen

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Piedmont High School Lawndale, N. C. Rates of tuition are as follows: Bookkeeping Department .$6.00 per month Shorthand and Typewriting Dep’t .... 6.00 per month Typewriting . 2.00 per month Penmanship . 1.00 per month CERTIFICATES OF PROFICIENCY Handsome Certificates of Proficiency will be given those who complete the college preparatory course. For this certificate a charge of $2.00 will be made. ENGLISH COURSE FIRST YEAR Arithmetic, English Grammar, Elementary Geogra¬ phy, Sounds of Letters, Spelling and Defining, Reading, History of North Carolina, Mental Arithmetic, Physi¬ ology. SECOND year Arithmetic, English Grammar, Spelling and Defining, Geography, Composition and Rhetoric, History of the United States. THIRD YEAR English Grammar completed, Arithmetic completed, English Literature, Composition Work in English, Civil Government, Bible. COURSE PREPARATORY FOR COLLEGE first year Arithmetic, English Grammar, Ancient History, Spell¬ ing and Defining, Collar and Daniel’s Latin, Algebra, Civil Government. second year Arithmetic completed, Algebra, Caesar, Virgil, Latin Composition, Geometry, English Literature, Essays, Modern and Mediaeval History, German, Cicero. fourteen

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Piedmont High School Lawndale, N C. a few teachers well qualified for their work can accom¬ plish more than a large number of cheap, inexperienced ones. BOARD We feel sure that our boarding arrangement cannot be improved. We have all the benefits of the club plan, together with home comforts. No profit is made on board. Each student bears his proportional part of the ex¬ pense, and saves whatever profit is usually made on board, thus materially lessening expense. Our method, too, prevents class distinction, which is sometimes made in schools where some students board in boarding-houses and others at the mess-hall. Here no such rivalry can exist, for all students and teachers board on the same plan, and all eat in the same dining-hall. The only aris¬ tocracy which counts here is the aristocracy of brains, good conduct in school, and Christian living. During the last session board averaged for the full month, $5.98. Those who went home on Friday evening and returned Monday morning paid on an average $3.60 per month. Terms for tuition are cash at the end of the month, except by special agreement. Payment for board is expected to be made promptly. No profit is made on board, and no calculation is made for loss or delay in payments. Each boarder must deposit $7.00 on entrance. At the end of each school month he is required to pay his pro¬ portional part of board, ' and the seven dollars deposited at the beginning of the term is used in payment of his board for the last month, and any part remaining is refunded to the pupil. This is done simply to guard against loss to the boarding pupils. Board will be charged for no less time than for one month. In other words, if a pupil leaves school before the expiration of the first sixteen