. History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903. n Charlotte, Xovember8, 1864, and Rev. R. Burwell was elected president. TheEducational Association of the Confederate States was insession here at the same time, and Calvin H. \\iley waselected president. Rev. R. H. Griffith and Armistead Bur-well taught a boys school in Charlotte in 1865; ^^1 from1867 to 1869. Rev. A. G. Stacy, with a strong faculty, con-ducted the Mecklenburg Female College in the Military In-stitute, and the school w-as well patronized. COUNTY SCHOOLS. In 1870. the ])ublic school system of the S
. History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903. n Charlotte, Xovember8, 1864, and Rev. R. Burwell was elected president. TheEducational Association of the Confederate States was insession here at the same time, and Calvin H. \\iley waselected president. Rev. R. H. Griffith and Armistead Bur-well taught a boys school in Charlotte in 1865; ^^1 from1867 to 1869. Rev. A. G. Stacy, with a strong faculty, con-ducted the Mecklenburg Female College in the Military In-stitute, and the school w-as well patronized. COUNTY SCHOOLS. In 1870. the ])ublic school system of the State was reor-ganized, and in that year the schools of Mecklenburg cost$5,650. In 1874. 46 white schools, with children, cost$5,346. and 34 colored schools, with children, cost$2,948. In 1876. there were 102 schools in the county, andthe total cost was $9,914. In those days, the schools weregoverned by a board of education, and the teachers appliedfor license to a county examiner. The educational boardstill exists, but the tendencv lias been to make the examiner. Oh Q EDUCATION FROM 1860 TO I903. 167 more and more important, until now, under the title of super-intendent of education, he is the real head of the publicschools of the county. In 1873, many teachers taught twoor three schools in one year, as the terms continued only fromtwo to five months. Teachers were paid $25 or $30 permonth; or if the number of pupils was small, one dollar foreach one in attendance. There are now 141 public schools in the county, of which61 are for colored people, and the total cost in 1902, was$42, There are 10,869 white school children and7,927 colored children, and the school terms range from fourto eight months, with an average of a little more than fivemonths. The census of 1900 credits Mecklenburg with10,370 illiterate persons who- are more than ten years ofage. Of these, 7,861 are negroes. Among the teachersare seventeen male and thirty lady graduates; white maleteacher
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