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PIERIAN HALL
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EMERSONIAN HALL
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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
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