Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 17 Literary Societies and Medals The Musigmarhonian and the Pierian Literary Societies for young men meet each week for debate, declamation and the transaction of general business. In these exercises all members are required to participate and all students who board at the hall are required to become members of the literary society of their choice. It would be hard to estimate the importance of this work in imparting knowledge of parliamentary law, stimulating histori¬ cal research and cultivating the habit of general reading. In fact, some of the larger colleges are already considering the ad¬ visability of making literary society work count toward the win¬ ning of a degree. Why not? These society meetings are always attended by the principal and by other teachers who act as critics. Each society offers a gold medal to that member making the greatest improvement in oratory and debate during the year. The Musigmarhonian Improvement Medal was awarded to Mr. Ralph Cottle, of Onslow County, N. C. The Pierian Improvement Medal was awarded to Mr. Fletcher Sain, of Cleveland County, N. C. The Emersonian Literary Society for young women meets once each week for the reading of various selections, the study of the lives of authors, for recitations, for the reading of original essays, and debate. The meetings are always attended by one or more of the lady teachers who, by friendly criticism and advice, en¬ courage the students to greater zeal in the work. A gold medal awarded by the Emersonian Literary Society for improvement in reciting was won by Miss Lillian Hoffman, of South Carolina. The Schenck Scholarship Medal, awarded to that member of

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16 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL Course Preparatory for College First Year Periods Per Week Units Grammar, Composition and Literature... 5 1 First Year Latin . 5 1 Spelling and Defining... 5 Arithmetic Completed (Fall Term) and Algebra Begun (Spring Term) . 5 General Science . 5 1 Second Year Composition, Rhetoric and English Literature.... 5 1 Review First Year Latin—Caesar, 4 Books. 5 1 Algebra, Wentworth’s New School . 5 1 Third Year Rhetoric and English Literature . 5 1 Virgil and Latin Composition. 5 1 Wentworth’s Complete Algebra. 5 1 Bible . 5 1 French I. 5 1 Fourth Year Plane Geometry. 5 1 French II . 5 1 History of the United States. 5 1 Composition and Literature. 5 1 Select two units from electives found below. This will make a total of seventeen units for graduation. Electives Cicero, Ancient History, Mediaeval and Modern History, His¬ tory of England, Physiology, Botany, Civics.

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18 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL the senior class making the best general average for the four years of the college course, was won by Mr. Frank Elliott, of Cleveland County, N. C. This medal is given by Mr. John F. Schenck in memory of his father, who established it. The Susan Burns Medal, given by the Principal in honor of his mother, and awarded to the girl who rendered the best reci¬ tation at Commencement, was won by Miss Vangie Falls, of Cleveland County, N. C. The Carme Elam Medal, given by Mr. Carme Elam, Sr., to the best declaimer at Commencement, was won by Mr. David Wes¬ son, of Lincoln County, N. C. A gold medal, given by the Principal, was awarded to Mr. Frank Elliott, of Cleveland County, N. C., for oratory and de¬ bate in the annual Commencement debate. To contest for the Scholarship Medal one must be a student in the college preparatory department for not less than three scho¬ lastic years. To contest for the Declamation Medal or the Recitation Medal one must be a student of Piedmont High School for a period of not less than six months preceding the contest, and must not have won the Declamation Medal or Recitation Medal at Piedmont in years previous. To contest for any other medal one must be a student of Piedmont High School for a period of not less than eight months.