. Some facts concerning York and York County : a sesqui-centennial memento. lling its trust? 6o York and The figures show that from 1890 to 1900,the schools in operation increased from 59 tono, the number oi buildings from 12 to 22,the number of teachers from 64 to 128, thenumber of pupils from 3209 to 5774 and thevalue of school property from $181,000 to$518,070. In 1890 there were expended foroperating the public schools $33, andin 1900, $64, The amount consumedfor construction purposes in 1890 was $4, and in 1900, $60, This show-ing is gratifying more particularly
. Some facts concerning York and York County : a sesqui-centennial memento. lling its trust? 6o York and The figures show that from 1890 to 1900,the schools in operation increased from 59 tono, the number oi buildings from 12 to 22,the number of teachers from 64 to 128, thenumber of pupils from 3209 to 5774 and thevalue of school property from $181,000 to$518,070. In 1890 there were expended foroperating the public schools $33, andin 1900, $64, The amount consumedfor construction purposes in 1890 was $4, and in 1900, $60, This show-ing is gratifying more particularly in re-spect to the great improvements in schoolbuildings. Further liberality as to theamount paid for services of efficient teacherswould be commendable. Unfortunately ithas hitherto seemed almost impracticable toregulate salaries altogether in accordancewith real efficiency, but it must be remem-bered that with competent teachers it is thesalary that attracts as in the case of otherpeople, and the higher the salaries paid thebetter the final results will be. No commun-. York Coiuiiy 6j ity will have the ideal public school (and thisideal in the nature of the case must be a highone) until salaries shall be attached to theservices sufficient to induce our brightest andbest men and women to prepare for enteringthe work with the deliberate intent of mak-ing it a life occupation and not a mere tem-porary makeshift or a stepping stone untilsomething better turns up to carry them ofifto more lucrative employments. .Besides the public schools we have theYork Collegiate Institute, an excellent schoolwell conducted by its able president and abody of efficient assistants. The York Coun-ty Academy, an institution of historical in-terest of which Colonel Thomas Hartley, ofrevolutionary fame, was one of the promo-ters, has exercised a potent influence uponthe county and its people for more than acentury and is still prosperous. Two paroch-ial schools, one Catholic and the other Ger-man Lut
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