Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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14 Piedmont High School In the second year Wentworth’s Hew School Algebra will he mastered and Wentworth’s College Algebra and Wentworth’s Geometry will be begun. In the fourth year Wentworth’s Plane and Solid Geometry will he completed. The object of this course is not only to prepare for college hut to strengthen and develop the reasoning power of those who may never have the privilege of a college education. HISTORY This course is broad and comprehensive. It is intended to be much fuller than merely to prepare for college. In the first year Ancient History will be studied and Mediaeval and Modern History will be begun. In the second year, Mediaeval and Modern History will be completed and English History will be begun. In the third year English History will be completed and the History of the United States will be carefully studied. In the fourth year the History of Horth Carolina will be studied with care. BIBLE Systematic Bible study has been carried on at Piedmont for several years. The purpose of this study is to give to the student a first-hand knowledge of the things recorded in the Scripture. The method used is an actual study of the Book itself; not facts about the Bible but facts from the Bible; not a system of inter¬ pretation, but a regular, definite study of subject matter. The regular classes meet daily throughout the entire session. The work in Course I, Old Testament, is required of all graduates. Course 1.—The historical parts of the Old Testament are studied in chronological order with incidental references to the Psalms and Prophets. Course 2.—A systematic study of the historical parts of the Hew Testament with incidental references to the Epistles is offered to such as desire to do special work in the Bible, and may

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Lawndale, JNTorth Carolina 13 Course 3.—Canby and Opdycke’s Elements of Composition, Part III. Classics to be studied with care: Shakespeare’s Ham¬ let; Burke’s speech on Conciliation with America or Washing¬ ton’s Farewell Address and Webster’s First Bunker Hill Ora¬ tion; Pope’s Translation of the Iliad; Carlyle’s Essay on Burns, with selections from Burns’ poems; selections from Palgrave’s Golden Treasury. Special attention will be given to the sources and development of the language and literary forms as illustrated by usage of the best writers of the past and present. Students will be prepared to comply with the entrance re¬ quirements of the Southern Association of Colleges. LATIN The first year in this course will consist of a thorough prepara¬ tion of the lessons in Collar and Daniel’s Beginner’s Latin Book and a special drill on the paradigms and vocabulary. When a good working knowledge of the elementary principles of the lan¬ guage has been secured, the class will read the second and third books of Caesar. The second year’s work in this department will consist of a careful reading of Caesar, Books I and IV, and a review of Books II and III, with drill work in grammar. The third year’s work will consist of a study of six of Cicero’s Orations, six books of Virgil’s TEneid, a review of prose compo¬ sition, varied with original exercises. While the primary object of this department is thorough prep¬ aration of pupils for entrance to the classical colleges, much stress will be laid on the relation of the Latin language to our mother tongue. MATHEMATICS The work in the college preparatory course for the first year will consist of a careful study of Arithmetic with the view of making the students proficient in business calculations and in preparing them to be successful teachers of arithmetic in our public schools. The elements of Algebra will be studied.

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Lawndale, North Carolina 15 be used as a substitute for Political Economy or German in the regular course of study as outlined in this catalogue. Course 3.— : Sunday School Pedagogy. This is a special course and is open to all students who desire to take the work. A beau¬ tiful diploma is awarded to those who complete the first book of the course; and seals, to be attached to the diploma are given on the completion of each additional book of the course. Those completing four books of the course are entitled to the large Red Seal and those taking the entire course the Blue Seal. MUSIC The music department will be in charge of those who are thoroughly proficient in this branch, and no pains will be spared to make this part of the work equal to any other depart¬ ment of the school. This course is broad and thorough. The school recognizes the need of the best instruction for beginners, as well as for the more advanced pupils, thus insuring a good foundation. Public recitals are given during the term. In these all the students of music take part. They are thus stimulated to greater effort and become accustomed to appearing in public. The aim of this department is a thorough foundational train¬ ing. The student is taught to work and also to appreciate the difference between practicing and playing, and between music and so-called music. Certificates or diplomas in music will be given to those who complete the four-years course in music, provided they have completed the junior or third year work in the literary depart¬ ment of Piedmont High School or of some school of similar grade. The following list of studies indicates the standard of work required in this department: