Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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H PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL trated by usage of the best writers of the past and pres¬ ent. Students will be prepared to comply with the entrance requirements of the Southern Association of Colleges. LATIN The first year in this course will consist of a thorough preparation of the lessons in Collar and Daniel ' s Begin¬ ner ' s Latin Book and a special drill on the paradigms and vocabulary. When a good working knowledge of the elementary principles of the language 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. In the third year Six Orations of Cicero will be read and special attention will be given to Latin prose compo¬ sition. The fourth year will be devoted to the study of Virgil’s Aeneid. Six books will be read. Some original exer¬ cises will be given. While the primary object of this department is thor¬ ough preparation 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. In the second year Wentworth’s New School Algebra will be mastered and Wentworth’s Complete Algebra will be begun.

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COURSES OF STUDY ENGLISH. The object sought in this department is to give the stu¬ dent a thorough acquaintance with the language and with the best models of the literature, that he may know how to understand and use the one and appreciate and in¬ terpret the other. The subject will be studied in three courses. To enter Course I the student should be ac¬ quainted with the elementary forms of the language and have such knowledge of syntax and sentence structure as can be acquired from Hyde’s Book II or its equivalent. All students are required to complete and pass a satisfac¬ tory examination on the work of each course or its equiv¬ alent before entering upon that of the course next above. Students making a grade of less than 70 on the work of the Fall Term will not be continued in the class during the Spring Term, but may take the class next below. Course I.-—Grammar reviewed. Elements of Compo¬ sition, Part I. Canby and Opdycke. Classics for study in class or for parallel reading. The emphasis in this class will be given to inflections, sentence structure and analysis. The student will be graded strictly on spelling, capitalization and the punc¬ tuation of ordinary English prose. Course 2.—Canby and Opdycke’s Elements of Compo¬ sition, Part II. Several classics will be read. In this class the emphasis is given largely to theme work. Course 3.—Canby and Opdycke’s Elements of Compo¬ sition, Part III. Classics to be studied with care. Special attention will be given to the sources and de¬ velopment of the language and literary forms as illus-

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LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 15 In the third year Wentworth’s Complete Algebra will be completed. The object of this course is not only to prepare for col¬ lege but 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 intend¬ ed 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 North Carolina will be studied with care. BIBLE Systematic Bible study has been carried on at Pied¬ mont 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 interpretation, 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 grad¬ uates. Course 1.—The historical parts of the Old Testament are studied in chronological order with incidental refer¬ ences to the Psalms and Prophets. Course 2.—A systematic study of the historical parts of the New Testament with incidental references to the Epistles is offered to such as desire to do special work in