Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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David Hall

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Lawndale, North Carolina 9 At a distance of not more than four hundred yards from the school are springs of health-giving sulphur and chalybeate water. Situated on the top of a majestic hill sloping in every direction, thus giving perfect natural drain¬ age; commanding a magnificent view of hills, vales, grassy, undulating plains, and of the Blue Ridge in the distance; shaded by a forest of stately oaks; enlivened by the music of rippling water; with ex¬ cellent drinking water and air free from the taint of malaria, nature has made this an ideal spot for an educational institution of a high order. But what has man done towards perfecting it? He has given us daily communication with all the world by telephone and telegraph, a railroad within a mile of the school, electric lights, water-works, dormitories adequately furnished, large recitation rooms fitted with patent desks of the most approved pattern, and last, but not least, by his efforts as instruments in God’s hands we are unpolluted by bar-rooms, gambling dens and other moral dangers of town and city life, which too often blight the lives of boys from Chris¬ tian homes and blast the hopes of their dearest friends. We are nearly one-half mile from Lawn¬ dale ; thus we have the advantage of the village with the perfect quiet of rural life so necessary to sus¬ tained mental effort. SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES Two flourishing Sunday Schools are within easy reach of us. The Baptists have regular appoint¬ ments for preaching at New Bethel and Lawndale. The Methodists hold regular services at the latter place. The Presbyterians also hold services at Lawn¬ dale, but at irregular intervals. These churches are only a good walk from the school. All students are re-