Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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COURSE PREPARATORY FOR COLLEGE First Year Periods Per Week Ancient History 5 Grammar, Composition and Literature 5 First Year Latin 5 Spelling and Defining 5 Arithmetic Completed (Fall Term) and Algebra Begun (Spring Term) 5 General Science 3 Second Year Mediaeval and Modern History 5 Composition, Rhetoric and English Literature 5 Review First Year Latin (Fall Term) and Caesar (Spring Term) 5 Algebra, Wentworth ' s New School 5 Bible I 5 Physiology or Botany 3 Third Year History of England- Rhetoric and English Literature--— Cicero, six orations and Latin Composition Wentworth’s Complete Algebra- Agriculture Bible II 5 5 5 5 3 5 Fourth Year Virgil’s Aeneid, six books- 5 Plane Geometry 5 Political Economy- 5 German or French- 5 History of the United States- 5 Specials If one entering the College Preparatory Department should have taken already a part of the work in the

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20 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL COLONIAL MERCANTILE COMPANY HOUSEHOLD SPECIALTIES M. B. HARTSELL, Mgr. 418 East Main St. Richmond, Va., June 8, 1915. PROF. W. D. BURNS, Lawndale, N. C. Dear Sir:—It gives me great pleasure to testify to the efficiency of the Business Department of Piedmont High School. Having been a student in the Shorthand Department there and also a stu¬ dent of one of the largest business colleges of the South, I speak from personal experience in saying that Piedmont offers a business course equal and in some respects superior to those given by the large and high priced business colleges of the country. A student in the Business Department of Piedmont has advantages which it is impossible to secure in a large city. Individual instruction is one advantage; board and tuition can be secured for one-half or two-thirds less than it can be gotten in a large city. As to environ¬ ments, I can frankly say that at Piedmont they are unequalled. I sincerely believe that anyone desiring a good, practical busi¬ ness education cannot make a wiser choice than to take a course in the Business Department of Piedmont High School. Very respectfully, R. W. PLUNKETT.

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22 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL department, some of the following may be added in order that he may have full work: Bible III, Plane and Spheri¬ cal Trigonometry, Physics, Chemistry, Greek I, and Greek II. Teacher Training Course The demand for trained teachers for the last few years has been greater than the supply. This condition came as a result of the small salaries of the teachers in com¬ parison with the cost of living and the earning power of other lines of business. Salaries of teachers have ad¬ vanced and prices in other lines have declined. This makes teaching a better business from a financial stand¬ point. In fact, it is the intention of the leaders of edu¬ cation in this State to make teaching a real profession instead of the haphazard calling it has been in the past. This means better salaries and bigger opportunities for the teachers but it also means BETTER PREPARATION on the part of the teachers. In view of these facts Pied¬ mont High School is seeking to be of service by introduc¬ ing into its curriculum a teachers’ training course. Text-Books We prefer that the students buy their books after entering, as there will probably be some changes made in the text-books. Teachers Our teachers are all thoroughly competent. Our idea of building and sustaining a first-class school is that a few teachers well qualified for their work can accomplish more than a large number of cheap, inexperienced ones.