The uplift [serial] . n the white public schools are 12,-169 pupils and 393 teachers; in theNegro schools 5,727 pupils and164 teachers. This year, to meet theunprecedented demand for collegeievel work, the University of N. C. isoperating at Central High School anOff-Campus College, offering firstyear college work to Charlotte stu-dents. Other educational institutionsinclude a splendid parochial school,historic Queens College for youngwomen, The Charlotte Country DaySchool, Inc. and Johnson C. SmithUniversity for Negroes. For the city public system alone, thecurrent plant valuation is $5,157,33
The uplift [serial] . n the white public schools are 12,-169 pupils and 393 teachers; in theNegro schools 5,727 pupils and164 teachers. This year, to meet theunprecedented demand for collegeievel work, the University of N. C. isoperating at Central High School anOff-Campus College, offering firstyear college work to Charlotte stu-dents. Other educational institutionsinclude a splendid parochial school,historic Queens College for youngwomen, The Charlotte Country DaySchool, Inc. and Johnson C. SmithUniversity for Negroes. For the city public system alone, thecurrent plant valuation is $5,157,334,and the 1945-46 operating expensestands at $1,329,085—all happily pro-vided to build strong citizenship for aGreater Charlotte of tomorrow. For long years Charlotte has en-joyed the name of being the greatestchurch-going city in the world withthe exception of Edinburgh, Scotland. It would be difficult to prove or torefute this statement, but at any rateCharlotte is a city of churches andihurch-goers. 12 THE UPLIFT. South Tryon Street—Looking North This picture shows several of the largest and tallest buildings located inone of the busiest trading centers of the city. These buildings are symbolsof the vast economic and commercial activities characteristic of this thrivingand progressive city. THE UPLIFT 13 In the city are 92 churches repre-senting 27 denomination with nearly40,000 members. Baptists, Methodists,and Presbyterians are more religious aspirations of the com-munity express themselves not only inbeautiful churches, but in spiritualand charitable activities. Newcomers to Charlotte may besure of an opportunity to worship asthey are accustomed and a warm wel-come to go with it. T^ere are few better ways to judgethe people of a community than bytheir homes. Two great changes have taken placein Charlotte with respect to resi-dences. The first was the opening ofplanned suburban developments, be-ginning some 25 years ago, with theresult that a considerable
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