Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 19 out other subjects; at the same time few, if any schools, possess the equipment requisite for obtaining good results in scientific studies. It is our purpose to make the most of our opportunities and to enlarge our facilities for better work from time to time. The following courses are offered: 1. —Agriculture —Burkett, Stevens and Hill or its equivalent: Actual field observation and experiment as opportunity affords. 2. —First Year Science—S nyder. The text in each subject will be supplemented by the teacher in original illustrations and the use of such appa¬ ratus as may be at hand or devised for the purpose. It is expected at an early day to have a set of apparatus for simple experiments in Physics and Chemistry.

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PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL 18 together, one note M.M. 60. Triads dominant and di¬ minished seventh arpeggios, two notes M.M. 60. Studies suggested: Pischna-Mayloth, Op. 163; Burg- muller, Op. 100; Kohler, Op. 50 at speed. Pieces suggested: Mayer, Harp-Sounds, Butterflies; Dennee, Hide and Seek, Chase of the Butterflies. Sight reading: Easy selections. Theory: Evan’s Primer. FOURTH PREPARATORY Trill exercise four notes M.M. 100. Major and har¬ monic minor scales in four octaves, four notes M.M. 80. A knowledge of melodic minor scale. Arpeggios, one, two, and four notes M.M. 60. Studies suggested: Pischna, Duvernoy, Op. 120; Hel¬ ler, Op. 47; Brauer, Op. 15, Book 1. Pieces suggested: Friml, Melody; Schytte, Hide and Seek; Deyo, Invocation; Beethoven, Sonata, Op. 49, No. 2, or Mozart, Sonata, C Major. Sight reading: D’Ourvelle, Piano Duets. Theory: Tapper ' s Elementary Harmony. First Stud¬ ies in Music. Biography: Tapper. Selected pieces, both modem and classic, will be used at the discretion of the teacher. Music students will be required to take part in student recitals and other public exercises at the request of the teacher. SCIENCE The work done in science in the preparatory schools of the South is ordinarily more or less unsatisfactory for several reasons. Students usually try to complete their preparatory courses in the shortest possible time and the required work in the languages and mathematics crowd

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BUSINESS DEPARTMENT - This department of the school was established ten years ago. Its progress has been steady, each year show¬ ing a satisfactory increase in attendance over the pre- ceeding year. There is no reason why a young man or young woman should attend a business college in a large city, where board and tuition are high, to receive a commercial educa¬ tion, when a course of equal value can be obtained in the high school, with the added advantage of the literary course for those who are deficient in this branch. Com¬ pare our rates of board and tuition with those of the leading business colleges and you will find ours to be just about half the amount they charge. All students of the Business Department have access to the school library and are required to join one of the literary societies. SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRIRING We use Gregg Shorthand and Rational Typewriting in the Shorthand and Typewriting Department. The course consists of instruction in Shorthand, Typewriting, Bus¬ iness Correspondence and Punctuation, Spelling and Pen¬ manship. Gregg Shorthand is by far the easiest to learn, easiest to write and easiest to read of any system of shorthand now in use. In the Fifth International Shorthand Speed Contest, held in Washington, March 28, 1910, writers of Gregg Shorthand won first, second and third places. Mr. Fred H. Gurtler, winner of the first place, exceeded the best previous record by 23 words per minute. Mr. Gurt¬ ler has since been elected president of the Chicago Law Reporters Association. The winner of second place, Mr. Charles L. Swem, a boy of seventeen, established a world ' s