Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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I ELAM HALL NEWTON HALL

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LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 13 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 con¬ sist of a careful reading of Caesar, Books I and IV, and a review of Books II and III, with drill work in gram¬ mar. In the third year Six Orations of Cicero will be read and special attention will be given to Latin prose com¬ position. The fourth year will be devoted to the study of Virgil’s Aeneid. Six books will be read. Some origi¬ nal exercises 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 suc¬ cessful teachers of arithmetic in our public schools. The elements of Algebra will be studied. In the second year Wenworth’s New School Algebra will be mastered and Wenworth’s Complete’ Algebra will be begun. In the third year Wentworth’s Complete Algebra will be completed. In the fourth year Wentworth’s Plane Geometry will be completed. The object of this course is not only to prepare tor college but to strengthen and develop the reasoning power of those who may never have the privilege ot a college education.