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Title: Some facts concerning York and York County : a sesqui-centennial memento
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Hawkins, Charles Augustine, 1859- Landis, Houston E
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Publisher: York, PA. : (Press of York daily
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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r two years thereafter and some of the 1^0 York and townships, notably Heidelberg, Manheim andWest Manheim, did not accept the provisionsof the law until as late as 1870. The devel-opments of the system went steadily on,however, and it has now been many yearssince any child in the county has not beenable to obtain an elementary education at thepublic charge. Sections which were at firstmost opposed to the innovation have sincebeen most conspicuous in its advocacy. Many private schools in early days andlater were established which cannot be evennamed in this brief review, the advantagesand good results from which cannot bemeasured. The York Collegiate Institute,however, must be mentioned. It was estab-lished almost entirely through the munifi-cence of Samuel Small, Sr., and opened in1873 ^ ^ building which was destroyed byfire in 1885. It was at once reconstructedby the three nephews of the founder on amore elaborate scale. It has been from thebeginning a well conducted and most highly
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YORK COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE HOTO BY A. WALTER ORWIG York County /^j useful institution. The most notable schoolin the county perhaps from a historical stand-point is the York County Academy, locatedon North Beaver street, in York. It waserected in 1787, and Colonel Thomas Hartleywas president of the first board of managers.At first it was connected with the EpiscopalChurch, but in 1799 became vested in a non-denominational board of trustees as aschool or academy for the education 01youth in the learned languages, in the usefularts, sciences, and literature. A number ofeducators of eminent ability have presided atthis institution, among them D. H. Prince,Rev. Stephen Boyer, Daniel Kirkwood andGeorge W. Ruby. A. o 13 e:; r iLJ M. Such then is the York of today. Such,briefly, are a few of the events which havetranspired in the county of York during \\vipast one hundred and fifty years and more.Many were the privations of our predeces- 7^^ York and sors and great the toil which

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