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historians have learned that it was sometime between 1776 and 1779 that John Andrews, an Episcopal minis- ter, opened a classical school in York. The site was North Beaver Street where the Academy was built a little later. In 1799, the Academy was independently incorporated as The York County Academy and for many years was the only school of consequence in the County. It preced- ed the establishment of public schools in Pennsylvania by several years and trained many leaders in city, state and national affairs. York Collegiate Institute was organized in 1873 through the efforts of Samuel and Isabelle Small when they assigned a square of ground and $50,000 in bonds as security to The English Presbyterian Church of York. The Collegiate Institute gained considerable prestige and much success in bringing liberal education in the youth of the community. However, the growth of the public high schools changed the needs of the community and both the Acad- emy and the Institute entered into an agreement in 1929 whereby they merged their resources, while retaining much of their identity. The trustees of York Collegiate Institute voted to add A YCP ancestor which was incorporated in 1787. a junior college program to the curriculum and first year courses were started in the fall of 1941 with an enroll- ment of 42 students. In 1947, the Institute decided to close the secondary school and concentrate their efforts on the Junior College. Even today, while the College is governed by a separate board of trustees, the Academy board still functions and performs valuable services. York College was accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1959. Accreditation was renewed in 1969 and reaffirmed in 1972 with the right to award the Baccalaureate Degree. The present Academy board officers are as follows: Mr. William H. Kain, Esq., president; Honorable James The York Collegiate Insiiiiitc uas cstabHshed in 1873 and in 1929 entered into a teaching agree- ment with the York Academy. E. Buckingham, vice president; Mark Woodbury, III, Esq., secretary; and Martin E. Ebbert, Jr., treasurer. The Academy board membership is as follows: Daniel Buckingham, Austin E. Martin E. Ebbert, Jr., S. Eisenhart, Esq., Dr. Kain, Esq., Edward K. , Ezra Miller, Dr. Luther K. Beard, Honorable James E. Diehl, Martin B. Ebbert, Esq., Walter S. Ehrenfeld, William Robert V. losue, William H. Keen, Frank V. McConkey, Jr. B. Sowers, Charles H. Stallman, and Mark Woodbury, III, Esq. York was an exciting place to be in during the Acade- my ' s founding days. In September, 1777 the Continental Congress moved to York making the colonial town the Nation ' s Capital. Congress stayed for nine months and while here adopted the Nation ' s first Constitution, the Articles of Confederation. Today York is known as a productive area with plenti- ful industrial, agricultural, recreational and cultural re- sources. York College of Pennsylvania has grown from that small school established in the 1770 ' s to a thriving college which still aims to provide students with mean- ingful education opportunities in a warm atmosphere.
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YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA As you look around the YCP campus you might con- clude that the College is a brand new institution. It ' s true that the oldest building on our 78-acre campus is only twenty-five years old, but that ' s deceiving. The YCP heritage goes way back beyond 1961 when the school moved from Downtown York to its present site, a former golf course. In fact, the history of the institution which is now York College of Pennsylvania goes back beyond the date 1968 , when York Junior College became a four-year school; the date 1941 , when the York Collegiate Insti- tute established a junior college; the date 1929 , when York Collegiate Institute and York County Academy formed a Reciprocal Teaching Agreement; the date 1873 , when Samuel Small founded the York Colle- giate Institute, and even the date 1787 , when the York Academy was incorporated with a local Episcopal Church. Although historical records become clouded beyond 1787 when the York Academy was incorporated, college
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