Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending June 5, 1882 . dly received. The examinations for promotions were begun inthe latter part of April and continued daily to the end of the term. Scholarships. In winding up the affairs of the Allentown Academy, which had beenfounded in 1827, largely through State aid, and in its day did good servicein the cause of education, the trustees decided to invest the money remain-ing in their hands in two permanent scholarships, one of Muhlenburg Col-lege and the other of Allentown Female College.
Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending June 5, 1882 . dly received. The examinations for promotions were begun inthe latter part of April and continued daily to the end of the term. Scholarships. In winding up the affairs of the Allentown Academy, which had beenfounded in 1827, largely through State aid, and in its day did good servicein the cause of education, the trustees decided to invest the money remain-ing in their hands in two permanent scholarships, one of Muhlenburg Col-lege and the other of Allentown Female College. These scholarships wereplaced in charge of the board of controllers of the public schools, to beawarded from time to time, after a competitive examination, to the mostdeserving male and female pupil of the high school. High School. The high school course occupies a period of three years, and is dividedas follows : First Year.—Select reading, declamation, composition, English gram-mar, arithmetic, algebra, German, general history, book-keeping, Constitu-tion of United States, (for boys,) and chemistry, (for girls.). Ex. Doc] Allbntown. 193 Second Tear.— Rhetoric, geometry, Latin, Greek, (optional for _rirls,)German, geology, chemistry, (for boys,) Constitution of CTnited States, (forgirls.) declamation, and composition. Third Year.—Trigonometry, rhetoric, English literature, Latin, (ireek,astronomy, natural philosophy, geography, declamation, and composition. The enrolment for the year was 108. The teaching force consist- of onegentleman and two ladies, all of whom arc well qualified and have had largeand successful experience. The higher mathematics and physics are taught by the superintendent. The graduating class numbered twenty-three thirteen young ladies and ten young men. To show the state of public sentiment concerning our high school, as?well as our schools generally, I copy the following from the Democrat: The graduating exercises of the Allentown high school took
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