Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA II struments 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, Christian homes and blast the hopes of their dearest friends. We are nearly one-half mile from Lawndale; 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 appointments for preaching at New Bethel and Lawndale. The Metho¬ dists hold regular services at the latter place. The Presbyterians also hold services at Lawndale, but at irregular intervals. These churches are only a good walk from the school. All students are required to at¬ tend at least one of these churches and Sunday Schools. Students are required to attend daily roll call, which consists of singing, reading the scriptures, and of prayer. At these services occasional short talks will be made by the Principal and others, for the purpose of encouraging the students and inciting them to higher ideals and nobler efforts. Two prayer meetings are held each week by the students, one by the girls and the other by the boys. These services are voluntary, and while no one is forced to go, they are largely attended and a spirit of devotion is shown that is pleasant to witness. Cant is discouraged; but it has been the constant effort of the management of Piedmont High School to inculcate a spirit of reverence for God and veneration for holy things. The school is distinctly Christian, but is not denomi¬ national. ■

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IO PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL Major H. F. Schenck, whose heart and soul and master mind were devoted to Piedmont and to the ideals for which it stands. Major Schenck was gathered to his fathers, September 25, 1916. The school, its teachers, its patrons and its pupils mourn the loss of this strong, broad-minded, big-souled friend of boys and of girls, who devoted his time, his talents, and his means to the education of all the people. He has been heard to say that, though he never received a penny from Piedmont in the way of financial dividends, he had never invested money in anything that pleased him better than the money he had invested in Piedmont High School. Our water cannot be surpassed. At a distance of about a quarter of a mile from the school buildings is a fine, large spring of pure, sparkling water, affording more than twelve gallons per minute. The water is piped to us by means of an electric pump. A tank of fifteen thousand gallons capacity, standing on a steel tower more than fifty feet high, gives us means of fighting fire. With this and with electric lights, with no danger of exploding lamps nor deadly fumes of gas in our domitories, with buildings of only two stories in front, we feel that we have less to fear from fire than ever before. At a distance of not more than four hundred yards from the school are springs of health-giving sulphur- lithia and chalbybeate water. Situated on top of a majestic hill, sloping in every direction, thus giving perfect natural drainage; com¬ manding a magnificent view of hills, vales, grassy, un¬ dulating plains, and of the Blue Ridge in the distance; shaded by a forest of stately oaks; enlivened by the music of rippling water; with excellent drinking water and air free from the taint of malaria, nature has made this an ideal spot for an educational institution of high order. But what has man done toward per¬ fecting 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 in-

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COURSES OF STUDY English The object sought in this department is to give the student 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 appre¬ ciate and interpret the other. The subject will be studied in three courses. To enter Course I the student should be acquainted 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 satisfactory examination on the work of each course or its equivalent 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 Com¬ position, 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 Com¬ position, 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¬ trated by usage of the best writers of the past and present. Students v ill be prepared to comply with the en¬ trance requirements of the Southern Association of Colleges.