Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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Lawndale, North Carolina 19 COURSE PREPARATORY FOR COLLEGE FIRST YEAR Periods per week Ancient History. Grammar, Composition and Literature First Year Latin. Spelling and Defining. Arithmetic completed (Fall term) and Algebra begun (Spring Term) . Physiology . 5 5 5 5 3 SECOND YEAR Mediaeval and Modern History. Composition, Rhetoric and English Literature . . Review first year Latin (Fall Term) Caesar (Spring Term) . Algebra, Wentworth’s New School. Bible I. Physical Geography. THIRD YEAR History of England. Rhetoric and English Literature. Cicero, six orations, and Latin Composition Wentworth’s Complete Algebra . Civil Government. Bible II. FOURTH YEAR Virgil’s A neid, six books. Plane and Solid Geometry. Political Economy.. German . History of United States . 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 2 5 SPECIALS If one entering the College Preparatory Depart¬ ment should have taken already a part of the work in the department, some of the following may be zj cn

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18 Piedmont High School Mr. Charles L. Swem, a boy of seventeen, establish¬ ed a world’s record for one of his age and experience. He now holds the world’s record for accuracy and third place for speed. Recognizing his ability as a reporter, Governor Wilson secured his services on his presidential campaign and since his inaugura¬ tion has appointed him as his chief stenographer. The winner of third place, Miss Salome L. Tarr, a girl of seventeen, established a world’s record for accuracy, her notes being 99.4 per cent, perfect. Miss Tarr, too, has added new laurels to her wreath of fame. Miss Paula E. Werning, an enthusiastic Gregg writer, has the unique distinction of being the first to receive the degree of Certified Shorthand Reporter given by the University of the State of New York. These are only a few of the thousands of success¬ ful writers of Gregg Shorthand. A beautiful diploma will be given to all who pass the required examinations of either course. For this diploma a charge of $2.00 will be made. The principal will give a handsome gold medal to the one making the most improvement in penmanship dur¬ ing the session. The cost of books, stationery, etc. for the Book¬ keeping course is $9.00; for the Shorthand and Type¬ writing course, $5.00. Payment in advance is re¬ quired for books upon entrance to either department. 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 i enmanship . 1.00 p er mon th I enmanship . 7.00 p er sess j on

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20 Piedmont High School added in order that he may have full work: Bible III, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Physics, Chemistry, Greek I, Greek II. 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: Latin—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 Ewing’s Caesar. Algebra—Sanford’s Elementary, Wentworth’s New School, Wentworth’s Complete and Went¬ worth’s College. German—Keller’s First Year. Geometry—Wentworth’s Plane, Solid and Spher¬ ical. Physiology—Lippincott’s. English Grammar—Hyde’s, Beuhler’s. Composition—Rhetoric—Lockwood’s Lessons, Brooks and Hubbard’s Composition and Rhetoric, Scott and Denney’s Elementary Composition. History—Hansell’s United States, Hill’s North Carolina, and Myer’s Modern and Mediaeval, Mont¬ gomery’s English, Myer’s Ancient. Spelling—Reed’s, Harrington’s and Westlake’s, New Practical, Sorelle and Kitt’s Words. Readers—Holmes’ Series. Arithmetic—Milne’s Series. Geography—Maury’s Elementary and Maury’s Manual. TEACHERS Our teachers are all thoroughly competent, and