Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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Piedmont High School Lawndale, N. G A gold medal was awarded to Mr. Horace Grigg of Cleveland County for oratory and debate in the annual debate between the Pierian and the Musigmarhonian Literary Societies. The Emersonian Literary Society for young ladies meets once each week for the reading of various selec¬ tions, the study of the lives of authors, for recitations and for the reading of original essays. These meetings are always attended by one or more teachers, who by friendly criticisms and advice encourage the students to greater zeal in the work. The Schenck Scholarship Medal is awarded to the student of the College Preparatory Course who makes the best general average. This medal, given by Maj. H. F. Schenck, was awarded to Miss Bessie Mull of Cleveland County. The Burns Recitation Medal, given for the best-ren¬ dered recitation at Commencement, was awarded to Miss Louise Wallace of Davidson County. The Carme Elam Medal, given by Mr. Carme Elam to the best declaimer among the boys, was awarded to Mr. L. R. Tate of Rutherford County. The Hoey Medal, a handsome gold medal worth twenty dollars, given by Hon. Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby, N. C., to be competed for by all the schools of Cleveland County, was won by Mr. H. Rowland English of Cleve¬ land County. To contest for the Declamation Medal or the Recita¬ tion Medal one must be a student of Piedmont High School for a period of not less than six months preceding the contest, and must not have won the Declamation or Recitation Medal at Piedmont the year previous. To contest for any of the other medals one must be a stu¬ dent of Piedmont High School for a period of not less than eight months. nineteen

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Piedmont High School Lawndale, N C» tuition. To secure this reduction such students as are not personally known to the Principal must be recom¬ mended by their pastors. The mail of all the boarding girls will pass through the hands of the Principal. This rule will be suspended only on the written request of the parents or guardians. FREE TRANSPORTATION OVER LAWNDALE RAILROAD The President of the Lawndale Railroad offers free transportation to students of Piedmont High School for the first week of the school term. Those coming later than the first week will be charged one-half fare. At any time during the session our students can get half rates from Lawndale to Shelby and return by presenting a certificate signed by the Principal of the School to the agent at Lawndale. LITERARY SOCIETIES, MEDALS AND SCHOLARSHIPS The Pierian and the Musigmarhonian Literary Soci¬ eties for young men meet once each week for debate, declamations and the transaction of general business. In these exercises all members are required to participate and all students who board at the hall are required to become members of one or the other of these societies. It would be hard to estimate the importance of this work in imparting a knowledge of parliamentary law, stimu¬ lating historical research, and cultivating general reading. These societies are always attended by the Principal and by the teacher of English, who will act as critics. Each society offers a gold medal to the member making the greatest improvement in oratory and debate during the year. The Musigmarhonian medal was awarded to Mr. Plummer A. Taylor of Beaufort County, the Pierian to Mr. William M. Lovelace of Cleveland County. eighteen

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Piedmont High School Lawndale, N. C. No medal will be awarded one whose general average, including deportment, is less than seventy-five. The last and by far the largest awards for merit that come under this head are the scholarships placed in our hands by Wake Forest College, Trinity College and the University of North Carolina. The conditions of awarding the latter two have not been given us. The Wake Forest Scholarship, which in money value is worth $150.00, pays the tuition of a student (prepared at Pied¬ mont High School) at Wake Forest College for three years. Appointment to this scholarship is subject to the following conditions: The appointee must be prepared for the college classes, of good moral character, and must have made the highest grade on competitive examination conducted under the direction of the Principal of Pied¬ mont High School. The appointment is for one year only, but the scholar is eligible to re-appointment pro¬ vided (1) his deportment is blameless and (2) he has made a passing grade on each study taken the previous year, making, in ' case of re-appointment for a second year, a minimum average of eighty-five on all studies taken the first year, and for a third year a minimum average of ninety on the second year’s work. The scholarship is not available to the same student beyond three years. In case the scholar fails of re-appointment for a subse¬ quent year, Piedmont High School may make a new appointment on the conditions given above. The placing of these scholarships in our hands is, perhaps, the highest endorsement that the trustees of these institutions could bestow upon us. PURPOSES The purpose 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 character and a high sense of honor, twenty