Piedmont High School - Summit Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 58 of the 1925 volume:

A DISTANT VIEW OF PIEDMONT (PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL C4NN0 UNCEMENTS 1925—1926 LAWNDALE, N. C. LOFTIN a CO., PRINTERS, GASTONIA, N. C. SCHOOL COMMITTEE John F. Schenck . Chairman C. D. Forney ... Secretary J. D. S. Carpenter W. E. Lee G. L. Cornwell SCHOOL CALENDAR 1925 0 1926 August 17—Beginning of Fall Term—High School. December 23 through January 1 (both dates inclusive)— Christmas Holidays. April 25, 26, 27, 28—Commencement. Faculty and Officers William David Burns, A.B., LL.B., Principal (Wake Forest College) Civics and Bible Mrs. PFilliam David Burns, A.B., Lady Principal (Catawba College, Peabody Conservatory of Music, and Maryland Institute of Art and Design) Colon Alonzo Ledford, Dean (State College, Wake Forest College, Lenoir College) Mathematics and Science Marvin Lee Turner, A.B. (University of North Carolina) Latin and History Miss Charlotte Young (Carson and Newman College, University of North Carolina) English Miss Fannie Paul (Graduate in Music, Meredith College) French and Piano John Hudson (State College) Athletic Director Alger F. Harrelson Intermediate Department GIRLS’ DORMITORY (r= s NEWTON HALL WATERS LIBRARY BUILDING ELAM HALL Miss Hattie Wortman (Piedmont High School) Intermediate Department Mrs. Arthur Mauney Intermediate Department Mrs. Alger F. Harrelson Intermediate Department Mrs. John W. Moore Primary Department DeWitt Carson (Piedmont High School) Librarian Miss Margaret Hord (Piedmont High School) Keeper of Reading Room Mrs. Bettie Lee Matron History, Buildings and Situation In so short a space, it is impossible to give even a brief history of a school that has so materially affected the lives and the for¬ tunes of so many boys and girls of this and of neighboring states. A sketch must suffice. Piedmont High School was established twenty-nine years ago. David Hall, in which the school had its beginning, small, weather¬ beaten and dilapidated, is being torn down because its proximity endangers the new brick administration building which has just been completed and which is now being furnished throughout with modern school furniture. This building contains nine reci¬ tation rooms including a chemical laboratory, besides a dining room and a fitting-room for the department of Home Economics, a principal’s office, room for heating plant, toilets, lavatories and a study hall containing a hundred and ninety-eight patent desks facing the stage. This will give ample room for every high school pupil and each pupil will be required to occupy one of the desks, while not on recitation, during study hours. The recita¬ tion rooms are also fitted with single patent desks. These desks will be used during recitation periods and when examinations are being held. Special attention is being paid to fitting up the laboratory for the teaching of Science. This will have arm chairs for recitation and tables and stools for use while making experiments. There has been added to the equipment, already on hand, microscopes and other much needed apparatus. The build¬ ing is provided with water, electric lights and steam heat. The natural lighting and the ventilation is fine. This new addition to our school plant was constructed according to plans and speci¬ fications of the department of Public Instruction of the state of North Carolina. As the study hall has a nice stage, chapel exer¬ cises will be conducted in it. The old auditorium will be used 8 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL only for commencement exercises and other public gatherings. It has been recently equipped with opera chairs and new stage scenery. In addition to the new central there are five others: Elam Hall, a building thirty by fifty two stories high which was erected dur¬ ing the session of 1909-1910. In this building there are eleven dormitory rooms. The upper story is used by the Musigmarhon- ian and the Pierian Literary Societies. Newton Hall contains twenty rooms and a basement. It is used as a dormitory for boys. Both Elam and Newton Halls are heated by stoves. Schenck Hall has three well lighted and well ventilated recita¬ tion rooms, a parlor, thirty by thirty for the girls. In the base¬ ment there is a dining-room thirty-three by seventy, a kitchen with some conveniences, pantries, store-rooms and a furnace room. The whole of the upper story is used as a dormitory for girls. It has toilets, electric lights, steam heat and good ventilation. Ad¬ joining Schenck Hall and attached to it by porches are rooms for the Principal and his family. With the lady teachers, the ma¬ tron, the lady principal and the principal of the school all practi¬ cally in the same building with the boarding girls, care and pro¬ tect ion of the girls is better and more thorough than in some schools. The Auditorium is a large, handsome building of wooden con¬ struction, well ventilated and lighted. It has a large gallery, a wide, deep stage, up-to-date stage scenery and is seated with opera chairs. The Waters Library building was completed thirteen years ago. This building, by the bequest of Miss Nancy Waters, was erected in memory of her brother, Captain A. G. Waters, a brave Con¬ federate soldier, killed in the battle of Gains Mill, near Richmond, Va., July 27, 1862. The building, thirty by thirty-six, two stories, built of pressed brick, the smallest of our buildings adorns the crest of the hill. The library is a fit monument for one who gave his life for native land—more appropriate by far than glistering EMERSONIAN HALL PIERIAN HALL LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 9 mar ble or lofty granite. In this building there is a library, a reading room, and the Emersonian Literary Society hall for girls. Not even a brief history of Piedmont High School would be complete without grateful mention of the lamented Mr. Thos. J. Ramsaur who, probably, was first to conceive the idea of making Piedmont strong enough for the needs of anyone and reasonable enough in price for everyone earnestly seeking educational ad¬ vantages and the late Maj. H. F. Schenck whose heart and soul and master mind was devoted to Piedmont and to the ideals for which it stands. He was heard to say that while he had never received a penny from the school 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. Piedmont, once the adopted child of the Kings Mountain As¬ sociation, for many years a private, non-sectarian, Christian school, then for three years a private preparatory school aided by the state and now a full fledged state high school with better equipment, a larger faculty and with a glorious history of more than a quarter of a century of achievement behind it, has bright visions of what may still be accomplished for God and humanity. Through varying fortunes the school has never deserted the ideals of its founders nor has it disappointed those who were friends in the privations, hardships and heroic struggles of its early his¬ tory. IT HAS BEEN AND WILL BE THE CONSTANT EFFORT OF PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL TO INCULCATE A SPIRIT OF REVERENCE FOR GOD AND HOLY THINGS. PIEDMONT IS NOT AN EXPERIMENT. From small be¬ ginnings, through toil and sacrifice, it has ripened in efficiency till it is now generally recognized as one of the .strongest preparatory schools in the state. It has twenty-nine years of steady growth behind it, a large patronage and many friends in the present, and wonderful possibilities for the future. 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 10 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL 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 dormitories, 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 is a spring of health-giving sulphur-lithia water. Situated on top of a majestic hill, sloping in every direction, thus giving perfect natural drainage; commanding a magnificent view of hills, vales, grassy, undulating plains, and of the Blue Ridge in the distance; shaded by a forest of stately oaks; enliven¬ ed 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 perfecting it? He has given us daily com¬ munication 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 instruments in God’s hands, we are unpolluted by 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 ad¬ vantage of the village with the perfect quiet of rural life so neces¬ sary to sustained mental effort. LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 11 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 Methodists hold regular services at the latter place. These churches are only a good walk from the school. All students are required to attend 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 ecah week by the students ,one by the girls and the other by the boys. These services are volun¬ tary, and while no one is forced to go, they are largely attended, and a spirit of devotion is shown that is pleasant to witness. 12 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL Courses of Study English The object sought in this department is to give the students 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 appreciate and interpret the other. The subject will be studied in four 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. AH 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 1. Ward’s Sentence and Theme studied. Elson’s Grammar School Reader, Book 4, which contains classic selec¬ tions from American and English authors will be read. 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 punctuation of ordinary English prose. Course 2. Briggs and McKinney’s Composition. Several classics are read. In this class the emphasis is given largely to theme work. Course 3. Lewis and Hosic’s Composition, Part 1, is studied. Several classics are studied. Course 4. Lewis and Hosic’s Composition, Part 2, is studied. Several classes are studied. Special attention will be given to the sources and development SHOWING ELEVATION OF PIEDMONT FISHING AT OLD MILL—PIEDMONT IN BACKGROUND LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 13 of the language and literary forms as illustrated by usage of the best writers of the past and the present. Students will be prepared to comply with the entrance require¬ ments of the Association of Colleges. Latin The first year in this course will consist of a thorough prepara¬ tion of the lessons in a Beginner’s Latin Book and a special drill on the paradigms and vocabulary. When a good working knowl¬ edge of the elementary principles of the language has been se¬ cured, the class will read the second and third Books of Caesar. The second year’s work in this department will consist of a careful reading of Caesar, Books I and IV, and a review of Books II and III, with drill work in grammar. In the third year Six Orations of Cicero will be read and special attention will be given to Latin prose composition. The fourth year will be devoted to the study of Virgil’s Aeneid. Six books will be read. Some original exercises will be given. While the primary object of this department is thorough prepa¬ ration 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 successful teachers of arithmetic in our pub¬ lic schools. The elements of Algebra will be studied. In the second year Well’s Hart’s New School Algebra will be mastered and Wentworth’s Complete Algebra will be begun. In the third year High School Algebra will be completed. In the fourth year Wentworth-Smith’s Plane Geometry will be completed. The object of this course is not only to prepare for college but 14 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL to strengthen and develop the reasoning power of those who may never have the privilege of a college education. History This course is broad and comprehensive. It is intended to be much fuller than merely to prepare for college. In the first year, Ancient History is studied. In the second year, Mediaeval and Modern History is studied. In the third year English History will be completed. In the fourth year, the History of the United States is studied. Ashley’s American History, a very comprehensive text, is used. Bible Systematic Bible study has been carried on at Piedmont for several years. The purpose of this study is to give to the stu¬ dents a first-hand knowledge of the things recorded in the Scrip¬ ture. The method used is an actual study of the Book itself; not facts about the Bible but facts from the Bible; not a system of interpretation, but a regular, definite study of subject matter. The regular classes meet daily throughout the entire session. The work in Course I, Old Testament, is required of all graduates. Science The department of Science is being put on par with other de¬ partments of the school. There has been added to the equipment, already on hand, much needed apparatus besides charts, stools and arm chairs for recitation. The laboratory has built-in cabi¬ nets for storing apparatus not in use. The room is large, airy and in keeping with the beauty and finish of the building. Col¬ leges will give us full credit for work done in our laboratory. The following courses are oeffred: 1. General Science — Caldwell and Eikenberry, or some equivalent text; one-half unit. 2. Botany—Bergen’s Elements of Botany, including Key and Flora for Southern States, or some equivalent text; one-half unit. LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 15 3. Physiology and Hygiene, some standard text suited to High Schools; one-half unit. 4. Agriculture, some standard text of High School grade; one- half unit. Music The music department will be in charge of those who are thor¬ oughly proficient in this branch, and no pains will be spared to make this part of the work equal to any other department of the school. This course is broad and thorough. The school recognizes the need of the best instruction for beginners, as well as for the more advanced pupils, thus insuring a good foundation. Public recitals are given during the term. In these all the students of music take part. They are thus stimulated to greater effort and become accustomed to appearing in public. The aim of this department is a thorough foundational training. The student is taught to work and also to appreciate the difference between practicing and playing, and between music and so-called music. Certificates or diplomas in music will be given to those who complete the four-year course in music, provided they have com¬ pleted the junior or third year work in the literary department of Piedmont High School or of some school of similar grade. Home Economics The Trustees have provided a well lighted and well ventilated class-room for this department. In addition to this there is a dining-room and a large fitting-room. These rooms will be fitted up with all necessary equipment. A teacher for this department has been chosen who has had experience in this work in some of the large schools of the state. It is our intention to make this department the equal of any department of the school in effectiveness. The health of many 16 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL individuals and the happiness of many homes are dependent on this kind of work. Athletics and Physical Exercise Ample grounds supply every demand for outdoor exercise. Tennis, basketball, baseball and football are favorite recreations for our pupils. Last session Prof. John Hudson directed our football team very successfully. As football had not been played at Piedmont for several years the director had only raw material to work with but he laid the foundation of a good team and played some good games. For the coming session another good director has been employed to take charge of all athletics. He has had successful experience in all school games. It is intended to give the army setting up exercise to all boys in the high school. These exer¬ cises promote health and build strength for the body. On these days of intense rivalry a sound mind in a sound body is one of the essentials of success. Our aim is to have clean athletics for the benefit of our pupils, but not to promote professionalism or to win games at any price. OLD BRIDGE NEAR PIEDMONT PATH TO SULPHUR-LITHIA SPRING LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 17 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 . 5 1 Third Year Rhetoric and English Literature . 5 1 Virgil and Latin Composition . 5 1 Algebra, Book II . 5 1 Bible . 5 1 French I . 5 1 Fourth Year Plane Geometry . 5 1 French II . 5 1 History of the United States, Ashley . 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. 18 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL 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. Brady Parker, of Cleveland County, N. C. The Pierian Improvement Medal was awarded to Mr. C. D. Forney, Jr., 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 Lula Vae Elmore of Cleveland County, N. C. The Schenck Scholarship Medal, awarded to that member of the senior class making the best general average for the four years of the college course, was won by Miss Mary Burns of LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 19 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 Esther Beam 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. Ralph Cottle of Onslow County, N. C. A gold medal, given by the Principal, was awarded to Mr. C. D. Forney, Jr., 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. 20 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL Aim and Purpose Purposes The purpose of this school is to prepare boys and girls thor¬ oughly for college and to fit them for the practical duties of life. It is as much our purpose to develop nobility of character and high sense of honor, as to impart knowledge of text-books, and no effort is spared to teach a proper appreciation of each one’s rights and duties as members of society, and to educate the heart as well as the brain in those Christian graces that constitute true nobility of character. Thoroughness It has always been the aim of the school to do honest, thorough work. The present faculty especially endorse thoroughness, and it will be their constant care to see that the student masters the subject studied before they permit it to be laid aside. Yet, we do not believe that an education consists of simply an accumula¬ tion of facts and figures, but that it means the harmonious de¬ velopment of the powers given us by the Creator. Regulations The regulations are few and simple. Students are encouraged to control themselves and to regard the rights of others. They are, however, expected to render prompt and cheerful obedience to teachers at all times. Those who are not willing to comply with our discipline are not solicited to matriculate. Reports At the end of the first and third quarters, reports of the general progress in studies and upon deportment will be sent to parents. The quarterly reports are not intended to indicate the precise EMERSONIAN LITERARY SOCIETY MUSIGMARHONIAN HALL LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 21 grade of scholarship. At the end of each term parents will be sent a report showing the precise grade of scholarship, deportment, ab¬ sence from recitations and religious exercises during the term. The reports are a means of communication between teachers and parents and are of service in stimulating the pupils. Library In 1902, about two hundred books were secured as a nucleus of a library. These books were well selected and many of them were handsomely bound. In 1903 about a hundred volumes were added. From time to time others came to us by gift or by pur¬ chase. The erection of the handsome Waters’ Memorial Library build¬ ing inspired our friends with zeal for filling it with books. To this library, founded in honor of a gallant Confederate soldier, came one of the first and decidedly the largest and finest collec¬ tion of books from a Northern veteran, Mr. James E. Reynolds, of New York. Six years ago a number of students formed a library association and each paid in fifty cents as a membership fee. Some plays and lectures were given for its benefit. Alto¬ gether we have about five hundred volumes. In many homes there are books no longer valued that would be of great use to us. Such books will be gladly received by our librarian and gratefully acknowledged. More than one hundred and fifty volumes were added this year. Reading Room The following is a list of newspapers and periodicals that came to our reading room last year: Review of Reviews, Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Jour¬ nal, Woman’s Home Companion, Charlotte Daily Ob¬ server, The Cleveland Star, The Progressive Faimer, The Reformed Church Standard, Charity and Children, Ihe Tar Heel, Delineator, Pictorial Review, Current Events, The American Magazine, McClure’s, The University News Letter, The Coweta 22 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL Times, Popular Science, The Youth’s Companion, The Congres¬ sional Record, The North Carolina Health Journal, Maroon and Gold, The Technician, The Wake Forest Student, The Cleveland News. Expense Board is furnished on the club plan, thus securing the best board at the least possible cost. The students take their meals at the same table with the Principal and the teachers. The Prin¬ cipal and other teachers give necessary help in the preparation of lessons. Girls are constantly under the care of the teachers, of the Matron, or of the Lady Principal. LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 23 Board We have all the benefits of the club plan, together with home comforts. Each student bears his proportional part of the ex¬ pense, and saves whatever profit is usually made on board, thus materially lessening expense. Our method, too, prevents class distinction, which is sometimes made in schools where some stu¬ dents board in boarding houses and others at the mess hall. Here no such rivalry can exist, for teachers and students board on the same plan, and all eat in the same dining hall. The only aris¬ tocracy which counts here is the aristocracy of brains, good con¬ duct in school and Christian living. Board will be charged for no less time than one month. In other words, if a pupil leaves school before the expiration of the first month no part of the advance board will be refunded. This is done in justice to the school from the fact that there are boys and girls who enroll and stay only a few days, or a week, and leave because of a lack of purpose, thus keeping away others who would stay throughout the session. Those wishing to pay board and tuition for the year in advance may do so, and they will re¬ ceive interest on the amount deposited. If damage is done to school property each must pay for the damage he does. If the perpetrator of the injury is not discover¬ ed the damage is to be repaired out of the general contingency fund, and each pupil will have his proportional part of his con¬ tingency fee returned. 24 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL General Information Marking all trunks and valises plainly with name and address will often avoid loss. Students will be admitted at any time, but it is far better to enter at beginning of the term. Students whose influence may prove injurious to the school shall be promptly expelled. Strict obedience to all rules and re¬ quirements is demanded. Dormitory rooms are furnished with bedstead, springs, mat¬ tress, table and chairs. Students should bring sheets, blankets, pillow, pillow cases, towels and napkins. All of these should be plainly marked. It is well for all pupils to have overshoes. In case of girls we insist that they bring overshoes. They often save many times their cost by preventing sickness. The Principal and the teachers of the school cannot lend money to pupils. If parents desire it the Principal will take charge of money that is to be paid out for incidental expenses of children and will render statement at the close of the term. No deduction in payment of tuition is made except in cases of protracted sickness, and then only when a certificate of a physi¬ cian is presented. No student in arrears will be permitted to graduate. All students are earnestly urged to begin on the first day of the session. Otherwise, they work at a disadvantage. Permission to visit will not be given to the girls. Parents are asked not to make request that their daughters be granted special privileges, for it will not be granted. All damages to school property must be paid for by the one doing the damage. No student will be allowed to carry a pistol, or to indulge in profanity, gambling or the use of intoxicants. Ministers of the gospel and those preparing themselves for the PLAY SHOWING STAGE IN PIEDMONT AUDITORIUM ' ' . ' I LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 25 ministry are not charged for tuition in the literary department. To secure this reduction students who are not personally known to the Principal must be recommended by their pastors. The mail of all the boarding girls will pass through the hands of the Principal. Education is the best investment parents or guardians can make for their children. In many instances it pays more than a thousand per cent but parents, as well as pupils, should under¬ stand that securing an education is a business, just as is farming, manufacturing or mercantile pursuits. The farmer must work with system and regularity, the manufacturer cannot shut down his plant to gratify a whim, and the merchant who closes his doors to go fishing in this day of sharp competition will soon be a bank¬ rupt. The same thing is true of the pupil seeking an education. He cannot be in and out without injury to his scholarship and to the school with which he is connected. Parents are self-sacrific¬ ing but often they do not realize how important a few days may be in school work. Parents will please not ask us to allow pupils to lose time from their work unless there are reasons of the utmost importance for doing so. TERMS OF PAYMENT This school is now being run on a strictly CASH BASIS. All payments, positively, must be made quarterly in advance. These payments must be made and receipt for same presented before enrollment in classes will be permitted. Enrollment will be made when student first enters and at the beginning of each subsequent quarter. Charges for Fall Term Highest Price $60.00 58.00 First period, ten weeks, about Second period, ten weeks, about 26 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL Charges for Spring Term Board, tuition in the Literary Department, fuel, rent, and elec¬ tric light: Highest Price First period, eight weeks, about.$46.00 Second period, eight weeks, about. 46.00 In any department, if the pupil enters later than the first term, add $1.00 for contingency fee, 75c for library fee and $1.00 for the registration fee. Charges Average of board last year, about $13.50 per school month. Tuition in Literary Department, $2.00-$5.00 per month. Tuition in the Literary Department and the Domestic Science Department is free for those who live in the consolidated district for the session of nine months and free to those (in the high school grades) who live in Cleveland County outside of this con¬ solidated district for six months. Tuition in Piano Department, $4.00 per month. Room rent, $1.00 per month. Electric light, 15 cents per month. Those who take any branch in the College Preparatory course will be charged $5.00 per month. Fuel for boys’ dormitories, $2.00 per month. Steam heat for girls’ dormitories, $2.50 per month. Library fee, payable in advance, 75 cents per year (to be paid only once). Registration fee, $1.00 per year (to be paid only once). Incidental fee, 25 cents per month. For any other information see or write to W. D. BURNS, Lawndale, Cleveland County, N. C. LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 27 Graduates For a number of years we awarded no certificates of graduation, notwithstanding we were doing a very high grade of work. When we did begin to award certificates we made the standard of grad¬ uation much higher than did the average high school. This ac¬ counts for the fact that while we have enrolled thousands of pu¬ pils not many have secured the coveted certificate. To keep up the high standard of scholarship for which Piedmont is noted the certificate must not be won eoo easily —it must mean something. CLASS OF 1925 Beach, Rupert Carr Beam, Delia Elizabeth Beam, Esther Barbara Beattie, Robert Dewey Brackett, Robert Forest Burns, Mary Moffett Caldwell, Todd Carl Robert Canipe, George Caldwell, Jr. Carson, Thomas DeWitt Cottle, Charles Ralph Elliott, Robert William Elmore, Vernie Lou Falls, Charlotte Evangeline Hord, Thelma Josephine Hunt, Adam Scott Lee, Evalina Maie London, Annie Arminda Long, Charles Henry Newton, Grace Marie Owen, Jewel Faye Parker, Brady Hampton Ramsey, Ellen Josephine Rawls, Cyrus Franklin Richard, Murl Rebecca Williams, Clarice Maie 28 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL Enrollment for Year 1924-1925 Name County Barnes, Delia .Cleveland .Barnes, William F.Cleveland Barnes, Jno. Francis .Cleveland Beach, Rupeert . Caldwell Beam, Esther.Cleveland Beam, Delia .Cleveland Beam, Meredith .Cleveland Beam, Edith . Clevelanl Beam, Boyd.Cleveland Beam, Carol . Cleveland Beam, M. David .Cleveland Beam, Nancy .Cleveland Beaty, Dewey .Cleveland Beaty, Kathleen .„. Cleveland Billings, Odus .„.Cleveland Blackburn, Laura . Cleveland Blackburn, Shanon .-.Cleveland Blanton, Shanon . Cleveland Blanton, Fucia . Cleveland Blanton, Vertie .„.Cleveland Blanton, Forest .Cleveland Blanton, Jno. Bates .Cleveland Bowman, Ida .Cleveland Boyles, Wilbur .Cleveland Boyles, Mildred .„.Cleveland Boyles, George . Cleveland Boyles, Madeline .Cleveland Brackett, Hazel .Cleveland Brackett, Ruffin .Cleveland Brackett, Mozelle .Cleveland Brackett, Forest .Cleveland Braddie, Alvin . Cleveland Bridges, Milan .Cleveland Bridges, Jennie Lee . Cleveland Bridges, Mary Linda . Cleveland Bridges, Ivo .Cleveland LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 29 Bridges, Tilden .Cleveland Bridges, Alston .Cleveland .Brittain, Hugh .Cleveland Brittain, Lennie .Cleveland Brittain, Sudie ._.Cleveland Brown, Courts . Gaston Buff, Carl .:.Cleveland Burns, Mary .Cleveland Burns, William . Cleveland Burns, Robert .Cleveland Burton, Homer .Onslow Caldwell, Todd R.Cleveland Canipe, Boyd .Cleveland Canipe, George . Cleveland Canipe, Russell .Cleveland Canipe, Evangeline . . .„.Cleveland Canipe, Lemmie . Cleveland Canipe, Juanita . Cleveland Canipe, Flay .Cleveland Canipe, Glenn .Cleveland Canipe, Inez .....Cleveland Canipe, Ransom .Cleveland Canipe, Lola . Cleveland Canipe, Forest .Cleveland Canipe, Nannie .Cleveland Canipe, Nellie . Cleveland Carpenter, Mozelle .Cleveland Carpenter, Louise .Cleveland Carpenter, Meredith .Cleveland Carpenter, Ruby Maie.Cleveland Carpenter, Pearl .„.-.Cleveland Carpenter, Nellie .Cleveland Carson, DeWitt .Rutherford Carson, Robert .Rutherford Cline, Glenn .... ' .Cleveland Cline, D. H... Cleveland Cline, Elizabeth .Cleveland Cline, Margaret .Cleveland Cloniger, James „...Cleveland Cloniger, Hugh .Cleveland Copeland, Mable Sue.Cleveland Cornwell, Pearl .Cleveland 30 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL Cornwell, Mills .Cleveland Cornwell, Glenn .Cleveland Cornwell, Reid .Cleveland Cornwell, Margaret .Cleveland Cornwell, Thomas .Cleveland Costner, Clyde .Cleveland Costner, Wilbur .Cleveland Cottle, Ralph.Onslow Crotts, Walter .Cleveland Crowder, Hettie .Cleveland Denton, W. .B., Jr.Cleveland Denton, Virginia . Cleveland Denton, Fred .Cleveland Deviney, Blanche .Cleveland Deviney, Andrew .Cleveland Dixon, Thomas . Cleveland Dixon, Paul .Cleveland Dixon, Wilbur .Cleveland Dixon, Jno.Cleveland Dixon, Jessie .Cleveland Eaker, William .Cleveland Earls, Mamie .Cleveland Edwards, Maie .Cleveland Elliott, Robert .Rutherford Elliott, Viola .Cleveland Elliott, J. C.Cleveland Elmore, Bryte .Cleveland Elmore, Lula Vay .Cleveland Elmore, Ruth .Cleveland Elmore, Vernie Lou .Cleveland Elmore, Annie Lee ....Cleveland Falls, Vangie .Cleveland Falls, Cline...Cleveland Falls, Ruth .Cleveland Falls, Ambros .Cleveland Falls, Jno., Jr.Cleveland Falls, W. E.Cleveland Forney, Chas. D., Jr.Cleveland Forney, Thos.Cleveland Forney, Robert . Cleveland Forney, Mamie Lou .Cleveland Fox, Ernest .Cleveland LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 31 Fox, Edward ..Cleveland Gardner, Hettie .Cleveland Gettys, Colon .Cleveland Gettys, Lillie .Cleveland Gold, Milton .Cleveland Gold, T. B. ' . .Cleveland Gossett, Carrie Lee .Cleveland Greene, Grace .Cleveland Greene, Raymond Lee.Cleveland Greene, Max .Cleveland Greene, Margaret .Cleveland Greene, Shirley .Cleveland Greene, A. B.Cleveland Grigg, Nesbit .Cleveland Grigg, Kate . Cleveland Grigg, Elouise .Cleveland Grigg, Inez .Cleveland Grigg, Mary Elsie .Cleveland Grigg, Durham .Cleveland Grigg, Bill .Cleveland Hallman, Floyd .Lincoln Hallman, Hovis . Cleveland Harmon, Annie Lou .Cleveland Harmon, Alma Ruth .Cleveland Hastings, Webb ..Cleveland Hastings, Roland . Cleveland Hayes, Avanella .Cleveland Heffner, Hazel .Cleveland Heffner, Hall .Cleveland Hendricks, America . Cleveland Hord, Margaret .Cleveland Hord, Thurman . Cleveland Hord, Thelma .Cleveland Hord, Willard .Cleveland Hord, Lucretia . Cleveland Hord, Edna . - .Cleveland Hord, Gilbert .Cleveland Hord, Hershel .-.Cleveland Hord, Geo., Jr. Cleveland Hord, Bertie Lee . Cleveland Hord, Russel .Cleveland Hoyle, Aileen . Cleveland 32 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL Hoyle, Elaine . Hoyle, Hermine . Hoyle, Inez . Hoyle, Jno. D. Hunt, Adam .... Hunt, Shanon . Hunt, Forest . Ivester, Charles . Johnson, Gladys . Johnson, Pauline . Johnson, Dessie . Lackey, Helen . Lackey, Edna Earle Lattimore, Nancy .. Lattimore, Eugene ... Lattimore, Mildred Lattimore, Sam . Lattimore, Grace . Lattimore, Fred . Lattimore, J. S. Lattimore, James . Lattimore, Ruth . Laughman, J. T. Ledford, Maie . Lee, Evaline .. Lee, Lawrence . Lee, Lizzie Mae . Lee, Mary Lizzie ..... Lee, Carl . Lee, Sedelle . Lee, Cline Owen . Lee, Gladdys . Lee, Lucy Maie . Lee, Edith . Lee, Annie ... Lee, Robert . Lee, Yates . London, Annie . Long, Chas. Lovelace, Jno., Jr. ... Mauney, Edith . Mauney, Rosamand .. .Cleveland __Cleveland ..... ..Cleveland ..Cleveland .Cleveland ..Cleveland .Cleveland .. Cleveland ...Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland _Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland ..Cleveland .. ..Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland ..Cleveland ....Cleveland .Cleveland . . ..Cleveland ..Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland ... ..Cleveland ..Cleveland .Cleveland .„ . .Cleveland ... ..Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA 33 Mauney, Ruth . Mauney, Laxton .. McMurry, Dora McMurry, Grady Melton, Harrill . Miller, Mamie . Miller, Kathleen Miller, Banks ..„. Miller, Carl .. Miller, Mildred . Miller, Chalmus . Moore, Elaine . Morrison, Jewel .. Mull, Minnie . Mull, Carol . Neil, Lou Ella . Neil, Edith . Neison, Joseph . Newton, Grace . Nolan, Edward . Owen, Jewel . Owen, Callie . Owen, Harlan . Parker, Brady . Patterson, Doshia Peeler, Guy . Peeler, Evangeline Peeler, Clyde . Peeler, Hal . Peeler, Lonnie . Pendleton, Jno. Pendleton, Willie Pendleton, Macie ... Perry, Annie Mae Philbeck, Jno., Jr. Philbeck, Ruth . Pierson, J. T. Prichard, Louise . Prichard, Loy . Propst, Alvin . Queen, Georgia . Queen, Pansy . ..Cleveland .Cleveland Cleveland .Cleveland ... Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland ...Cleveland ...Cleveland .Cleveland ... Cleveland . Cleveland .Cleveland ...Cleveland .Cleveland Cleveland .Cleveland ...Cleveland .Cleveland Cleveland .Cleveland . Cleveland. .Cleveland Cleveland .Cleveland ..Cleveland .. ..Cleveland ... Cleveland .Cleveland Cleveland ...Cleveland ...Cleveland ...Cleveland 34 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL Rackard, Chas.Cleveland Rackard, Pearl . Cleveland Ramsey, Josephine .Cleveland Ramsey, Fletcher ...Cleveland Rawls, Cyrus .Onslow Richard, Murl .Cleveland Richard, Beauford ...Cleveland Richard, Doshia .Cleveland Richard, Vashti .Cleveland Richard, Loyd . Cleveland Richard, William . i. .Cleveland Richard, Cecil . Cleveland Richard, Odus .Cleveland Richard, Elvia .Cleveland Richard, Leroy .Cleveland Robinson, Guy Nell .Cleveland Royster, Clara .Cleveland Rudasill, Picola .Cleveland Sain, Mary .Cleveland Sain, Lucy .Cleveland Sain, Fletcher .Cleveland Smawley, Irene .Cleveland Smawley, Theodore .Cleveland Smawley, Jno.Cleveland Smith, Edwin .Cleveland Smith, Dortha ..Cleveland Southers, Thelma .Cleveland Southers, James . ' .Cleveland Spangler, Essie .„.Cleveland Spangler, Yates.Cleveland Spangler, Carl .Cleveland Spangler, Clemmie .Cleveland Spangler, Eubert .Cleveland Spangler, Vernie ...Cleveland Spangler, Estelle .Cleveland Spangler, Veva C.Cleveland Spangler, Novella .Cleveland Spangler, Oliver .Cleveland Spangler, Effie .Cleveland Spangler, Ruby .Cleveland Spangler, Everette .Cleveland Spangler, Worth .Cleveland LAWNDALE , NORTH CAROLINA 35 Spangler, Hugh J. Sperlin, Lorine Sperlin, Margaret Sperlin, Ruth . Sperlin, James Edwin Sperlin, Winslow G. .. Sperlin, Pauline . Sperlin, W. ,B . Sperling, Thelma . Sperling, Loma . Swink, Walter . Swink, Ruby . Swink, Bessie . Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Toney, Worth Toney, Feilds Toney, Grace Toney, Ruby Toney, Fay . .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland .Cleveland Wall, Mabel .Cleveland Wall, Muriel .Cleveland Wallace, Leonard .Cleveland Wallace, Franklin .Cleveland Wallace, Nellie .Cleveland Wallace, Hugh .Cleveland Wallace, Ruby . Cleveland Wallace, Alma ...Cleveland Wallace, Carl .Cleveland Wallace, B. C.-.Cleveland Wallace, Dorothy Sue .Cleveland Ward, Helen .Cleveland Warlick, Glenard . Cleveland Warlick, Ruby.Cleveland Warlick, Harvey .Cleveland Warlick, Annie .Cleveland Warlick, Mary Beth .Cleveland Warlick, Mary F.-.Cleveland Weast, Earl .Cleveland Weaver, Ira .Cleveland Weaver, Carrie Lee .Cleveland Weaver, Louise .Cleveland Wesson, Brevard .Cleveland Whisnant, Joe .. Cleveland 36 PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL Whisnant, Hattie . Cleveland Whisnant, Durham . Cleveland Whisnant, Horace.Cleveland Whisnant, Madge .Cleveland Whisnant, John .Cleveland Whisnant, Woodrow . .Cleveland White, Gazzie .Cleveland White, Carl .Cleveland White, Roy .Cleveland White, Muriel .Cleveland Williams, Maie .Cleveland Willson, Norris .Cleveland Wray, Russel .Cleveland Yelton, John Lessly .Cleveland Yelton, Lucy .Cleveland Yelton, Mary Lou .Cleveland Yelton, William .Cleveland APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL LAWNDALE, N. C. Date„..192. Cit Y.State. .County. To the Principal, Piedmont High School, Lawndale, N. C.: I desire to enter my son, daughter, or ward as a student in the Piedmont High School for the year commencing August 17, 1925, and ending April 28, 1926, subject to the conditions of the printed catalogue and regulations of the school. I hereby certify that the applicant is of good moral character and will render faithful and conscientious obedience to all rules and regulations in force at the Piedmont High School. Name... Age of applicant.School last attended. What grades completed in that school?... Course of study desired. Is applicant to prepare for college?. Church affiliation. The following persons not related to the applicant, and one of whom is a teacher of the school last attended, are competent to give unbiased testimony as to applicant’s character and ability: Reference. Address.. Reference. Address. As parent (or guardian) of applicant, I have read the sections in the catalogue in regard to expenses, payments, and regulations, and I agree to the conditions indicated therein. ( Signed). (Parent or Guardian) Date.192. As a precaution against the admission of undesirable pupils, it is dis- tinctly understood that the parent or guardian in this application certifies that his or her son, daughter, or ward is amenable to discipline, and is free from vicious or immoral habits. (Over) Indicate among the subjects below those you have studied and give as correct an idea as possible as to your proficiency in each. This information is necessary in order that you may be assisted in selecting the best course to be pursued. MATHEMATICS: Arithmetic: What text-books used?.Grade Algebra: What text-books used?. Grade Geometry: What text-books used?.Grade ENGLISH: Grammar: What text-books used?.Grade Literature. Grade Rhetoric: What text-book used?.Grade LATIN: Grammar: What text-book used?.Grade Reading and other work?.Grade Other foreign language.Grade HISTORY: American: What text-book used?.Grade Ancient: What text-book used?.Grade Other histories.Grade SCIENCE: General Science: What text-book used?.Grade Physical Geography: What text-book used?.Grade Physiology: What text-book used?.Grade Agriculture: What text-book used?.Grade All other subjects and text-book used ?.. ...Grade.. If you have failed or have been conditioned on any subject or subjects so indicate here.. (Signed). (Teacher’s name, if possible) ., 192. Date (Student’s name if not teacher’s) , .W ' V- W. ' •:■.• ,v v ' W 1 . ;■, • . ' ■.:•• ' ; AA ' ■• .1 w ■ m m:am : $ } ki : SMM, ' ' S‘ -i 1 v: ‘ .t ;3m9nm3ki : y t i : . ' ; $ «f ! •■ ' s ■ ■■■’■ ■: -4 Mjk -Mr 4’ ' : m: y Wi