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Report of 1868 .- Fogelsville school house: "It is but just to observe that the citizens contributed about $1,300 toward the erection of this building, and is the only one in the county furnished with Uhlinger's patent school desks, also furnished by the citizens."
Report of 1869 .- "Catasauqua was the second and Hokendauqua the third district to introduce the patent desks."
Report of 1870 .- "Hanover, in 1869, furnish- ed one of its new buildings with patent desks, the first, strictly speaking, country school house thus supplied in the county, the others having similar furniture being in, or attached to villages."
EARLY TEACHERS.
Report of 1855 .- "The strict letter of the law would have compelled me to reject a still greater number (twenty-nine), but under the circum- stances, I did not consider it policy, though the character of some of the certificates amounted to more than a rejection. I will mention one as an illustration: In one of the districts, where the compensation for teachers is not very liberal I was requested to examine a young man, pro- nounced by those who had previously employed him, and who desired again to employ him, as a very competent ( ?) teacher. After having spent quite a long time in endeavoring to ascertain in what branches he excelled, I gave him a tempor- ary certificate, with every branch erased except orthography, reading and elementary principles of arithmetic, with a written addition below, of 'that which is not erased, the holder is still very deficient in.' The applicant was much pleased with his certificate, and was afterwards employed to teach the best school in the district, the writ- ten addition below being taken to mean an extra recommendation. This, however, was the only case in which so much deficiency received even a scrap of paper from me."
Report of 1856 .- "Twenty-six teachers give full satisfaction, sixty-two may be called medium and employed till better ones can be procured, seventy-nine would better be dimissed from the service."
Report of 1858 .- "The various boards of di- rectors are no longer satisfied with the mere fact that a person calls himself a teacher. In many instances he is troubled with questions ; fre- quently such as these, among others, to wit: How many years have you been engaged in the profes- sion ? Where did you teach last year ? What kind of a certificate do you hold, and what mode of teaching and government do you adopt in your school ?"
The teacher knowing that he must pass through an ordeal of this kind, prepares himself for it. He acquaints himself with the different methods of teaching and regulating a school, and at once enters upon the study of those branches required in our schools.
Having obtained a pretty thorough knowledge of these, he will be led to investigate others and by and by will make an accomplished scholar of himself. This has been the means of improving
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the majority of our teachers fifty per cent., both as scholars and teachers. This much the super- intendency has accomplished in connection with our teachers. The effect it has produced upon the people in general is fully as favorable.
Report of 1860 .- "The teachers have improv- ed, both in scholarship and manner of imparting instruction, since my last report."
Report of 1861 .- "Each district has its pro- portional share of good teachers, and the evidence of their efficiency and usefulness has been plainly visible."
It will be noticed that the standard of qualifi- cation for a teacher's certificate was gradually raised from year to year. This, I believe, has been carried out by all the different county super- intendents of this county. This requirement was nobly responded to by a large number of our teachers, and they occupy the first positions as educators in the county. Those who did not, were dropped from the list.
The present standing of our teachers, both intellectually and professionally, it is believed, will compare very favorably with that of the other counties of the State. Of the teachers em- ployed this year, thirteen hold State Normal School diplomas, twenty-one permanent, eighteen professional and one hundred and eighty-nine pro- visional certificates. The average of the last grade is 2.08.
SCHOOLS OF HIGHER GRADES.
During the year 1855, a school was organized at Emaus, with the title "Lehigh County High School," under the direction of James S. Shoe- maker. All the elementary branches, together French, German, and music were taught in this institution. "This school, in connection with the with the higher branches of mathematics, Latin, Lehigh County Academy and Allentown Semi- nary, will, I hope, in the course of a few years, turn out an ample number of well qualified young men to take charge of our public schools."- School report, 1855.
1855 .- "The schools I found well attended, some too well, and as a general thing quite an interest was manifested by both teacher and scholars. It was an easy task, however, to dis- tinguish the districts which had accepted the sys- tem previous to the Act of 1849. In all of such districts I found better system, better teachers, better pay, and consequently better instruction, than in those which have only had the system since 1849. These seems to be a determination in every district to put the 'shoulder to the wheel,' and to push on the cause of education. With such a spirit manifesting itself, it will
not be long before Lehigh can be justly proud of her public schools."
1856 .- "There are seventeen graded schools in the county. Thirteen of them in the borough of Allentown, and four in the borough of Cata- sauqua. All the others are promiscuous, as to age, sex and capacity of pupils." In the year 1858, efforts were made to classify the schools in the rural districts and in many districts with success. In 1860, "Hanover was the only dis- trict whose schools were monthly visited by a district superintendent." In 1862, "The wicked rebellion, and the heavy burdens thereby im- posed upon our country had little effect in re- tarding the progress of education in this county."
In the year 1856, Mr. William Edelman or- ganized a high school at Saegersville, Heidelberg township. A building for the accommodation of the school was erected by the community. The school continued for several years. In Lynn township, at different places, temporary high schools for the benefit of teachers and those pre- paring to teach, were held at various times. Similar schools were held at Egypt, Whitehall Station and other places.
On the 17th of November, 1856, opened the high school at Millerstown under the principal- ship of Professor O. S. Fell, assisted by Miss Mary A. McGee. The course of instruction comprised the common English branches, to- gether with natural philosophy, algebra, and mensuration. Mr. Fell was especially skillful in imparting knowledge and in infusing his own enthusiasm into his pupils.
Through the efforts of the late Honorable Solomon Fogel an act was passed February 24, 1860, incorporating "The Fogelsville Male and Female Academy." For want of proper patron- age, this school did not go into full operation.
1862 .- "There are two very good boarding schools in Allentown, attended by many of the younger and more enterprising teachers of the rural districts. These schools are particularly adapted to their wants; they send out every year numbers of well-qualified young men as teach- ers."
1866 .- "The agency referred to under the heading 'schools' in this report, is a chain of nor- mal schools; one is conducted by G. Souders, in Weissenberg district, one by F. P. Bender, in Lowhill district. These are for the benefit of teachers in the northern parts of the county. The one for the eastern and southern parts is at Mil- lerstown, conducted by the county superintend- ent ; all are well attended. The Normal School at Kutztown has in attendance many young men
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from our county, who have the profession of teaching in view."
1868 .- "There are between fifty and sixty teachers in attendance at Kutztown Normal School from this county."
"The following institutions are also valuable 'helps' to the common schools, viz: Muhlenberg College, Allentown Female College, and the Al- lentown Academy."
1871 .- "The first strictly rural graded school is found in Whitehall district, and has been very successful."
It is a fact worthy of mention that the Cata- sauqua High School trained and educated a num- ber of young persons, who are now employed as teachers in some of the schools of the borough and surrounding districts. Pupils who complete the full course of the high school, graduate and receive diplomas. The schools of this town have always ranked very high. Much of their success has been due to the indefatigable efforts of Col. M. H. Horn, who was a leading member of the school board for many years. This is the only school district in the county with a school li- brary. It contains at present about four hundred and fifty volumes.
The comparative tabular statement of Lehigh county schools from 1855 to 1883, on the op- posite page makes interesting matter at this day.
EDUCATION OF POOR CHILDREN.
The Schools Under the Law of 1834 .- The first entry in the treasurer's report of funds for the education of the children of the poor is for the year 1819, and shows that the sum then de- voted to that purpose was $95.69. In the year following it was $77.82. In 1821 the sum was considerably larger, being $245.13. In 1822 it was $288.27; in 1823, $548.73; in 1824, $558.95; in 1825, $412.30; in 1826, $510.57; in 1827, $456.73. In 1828 the fund amounted to $508.98, distributed as follows:
Borough of Northampton, townships of
Salisbury and Northampton, $421.71
Hanover,
North Whitehall, 22.30
15.01
South Whitehall,
9.32
Upper Saucon,
12.95
Weissenberg, 10.17
Upper Milford, 5.53
Macungie,
3.97
Total, $508.98
In 1829 the fund for the education of poor children was almost exactly in the same as for 1828, and in 1830 it fell off to $360.76. In 1831 it was $452.39, and in 1832, $526.14,
while in 1833 it reached $763.41, which was dis- tributed as follows :
Borough of Northampton, $434.77
Salisbury, 59.60
Lower Macungie,
51.481/4
South Whitehall,
Upper Milford, 43.91
41.09
Northampton,
36.73
Upper Saucon, 30.22
Hanover, 21.39
Weissenberg,
21.12
Upper Macungie,
8.27
North Whitehall,
8.07
Heidelberg, 6.42
Lowhill,
.30
Total, $763.411/4
In 1834 the amount raised for the purpose of defraying the tuition of the indigent children ex- ceeded $1,000, the distribution being as follows: Borough of Northampton, $440.58
Salisbury, 144.69
South Whitehall,
25.61
Upper Saucon,
76.41
Upper Milford,
46.39
Upper Macungie, 23.80
Lower Macungie,
28.53
North Whitehall,
22.59
Heidelberg,
12.45
Weissenberg,
25.04
Hanover,
108.24
Lowhill,
.82
Lynn,
2.00
Northampton,
42.84
Total, $1,000.05
The following year (1835) a still larger sum, $1,153.43, was divided among the townships.
In the meantime the free school law of 1834 had been passed. Of this law Thaddeus Stevens is generally acknowledged to have been the most powerful and effective champion. While the Pennsylvania Germans were, as a rule, opposed to the establishment of free schools,-partly be- cause the measure was a novelty, and partly be- cause it severed education from positive religion, it is a notable fact that the first Governor who took a decided stand in favor of the system was a Pennsylvania German. Governor John Schulze, of Bucks county, came out strongly in favor of establishing a system of free schools as early as 1827. Governor George Wolf, who "signed with warm indorsement" the bill of 1834,, was also Pennsylvania German,-a native of North- ampton county.
The general law of the State, entered in 1809, provided for the education of the poor gratis, and
Date of accepting the Common School Law of
Whole Number of Schools, 1855.
Whole Number of Schools, 1883.
Number of Graded Schools, 1855.
Number of Graded Schools, 1883.
Average Number of Months Taught, 1855.
Average Number of Months Taught, 1883.
Number of Male Teachers, 1855.
Number of Male Teachers, 1883.
Number of Female Teachers, 1855.
Number of Female Teachers, 1883.
Average Salaries of Male Teachers per
Average Salaries of Male Teachers per
Average Salaries of Female Teachers
Average Salaries of Female Teachers
Number of Male Scholars, 1855.
Number of Male Scholars, 1883.
Number of Female Scholars, 1855.
Number of Female Scholars, 1883.
Number of Taxables at the Time of Accepting
Amount of First State Appropriation to the
1. Catasauqua borougb, *
Feb. 1, 1853,
1
14
4
14
5
10
2
4
2
10
$45 0C
$68 75
$25 00
108
348
108
326
2. Coopersburg borougb, *
1880,
2
2
.
..
4
5
9
2
2
2
51 00
26 50
4. Emaus borough, *
Oct.
5, 1859,
4
4
5
6
2
4
1
38 12
98
88
5. Grim's, Independent, t
April
8, 1861,
1
4
5
5
2
1
1
42 00
23
25
6. Hanover township,
1834,
8
11
7
5
6
7
4
22 00
37 00
35 00
218
257
166
264
251
$162 50
7. Hanover, Independent, f ..
June 3,
1873,
5
5
10
2 7
2
2
19 15
29 71
29 50
214
207
171
296
127 28
9. Hokendauqua, Indept., t
1865,
.
61/2
5
4
5
7
2
14 28
30 00
127
154
117
129
176
87 74
10. Lowhill township, 11. Lynn township,
1838,
13
4
5
13
16
2
20 42
28 09
26 00
352
389
252
307
375
242 78
12. Macungie borough, *
33 75
66
72
334
216 00
13. Macungie, Upper, twp.,
1842,
10
19
5
5
5
10|
18
2
1
20 00
33 50
32 00
327
125
532
308
429
560
240 80
15. Milford, Upper, twp.,
1844,
9
14
5
14
3
32 00
29 00
225
308
177
247
643}
415 80
16. Milford, Lower, twp.,
Dec.
9, 1852,
9
10
5
9
10
2
3
20 00
30 00
29 00
257
227
177
163
313
330
213 64
18. Saucon, Upper twp.,
1848,
10
13
51/2
10
13
3
20 00
32 00
28 00
337
385
262
322
452
194 36
19. Slatington borougb, *
Sept. 7,
1846,
. . .
14
4
4
9
14
1
3
35 71
10 99
343
354
260
348
328
141 04
21. Weissenberg township,
29 00
29 00
300
255
229
189
300
151 70
22. Wbiteball, Nortb, twp.,
18 75
30 00
512
421
404
381
451
291 64
23. Wbiteball,
South, twp.,
1839,
15
13
6
14
13
24 00
33 00
24 00
495
380
318
309
438
283 24
24. Wbiteball,
Oct. 31,
1867,
15
11
6
14
9
6
36 00
24 00
25 00
37
..
....
149
256
4
90
5
63
144
211
47
$22 91
$38 85
$29 34
4,581
6,223
3,454
5,440
4,934
$2,768 52
1Explanation .- The changes, especially wbere a decrease is noticed in the several items in the above table, are accounted for by the changes made by the division of townsbips, or by the organization of independent school districts, or by the incorporation of several of the villages into boroughs. The following will explain tbe ap-
parent discrepancy :
1. Coopersburg borougb, taken from Upper Saucon townsbip territory.
2. Coplay borough, taken from Whitehall territory.
3. Emaus borougb, taken from Salisbury and Upper Milford townsbips.
4. Macungie borough, taken from Lower Macungie township.
5. Slatington borough, taken from Washington townsbip.
6. West Bethlehem, Independent, taken from Hanover township.
7. Grim's, Independent, taken from Upper Macungie and Weissenberg in Lebigh county, and Maxatawny in Berks county. 8. Hokendauqua, Independent, taken from Whiteball, tben South Whitehall.
¿Date of formation into an independent school district.
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EDUCATION IN THE COUNTY.
3. Coplay borough, *
April 7,
1859,
4
61/2
1
1
37 00
26 00
47
39
8. Heidelberg township,
1849,
7
912
5
5
4
10
7
2]
3
69 50
32 57
142
132
.
3
3
4
7
13
1
2
7
4
5
14
21
2
3
20 00
33 58
14. Macungie, Lower, twp.,
1849,
14
23
2
4
4 5
11
12
3
22 00
33 42
28 00
302
388
205
17. Salisburg township,
182€
11
15
51/2
6
6
6
8
10
3
44 00
25 00
216
.... ....
...
20. Washington township,
1848,
10
4
4
5
11
11
1
1
1
1
26 58
34 21
1
. .
.
...
2
5
6
10
19
1844,
11
111/2
.
11
20
5
331
Totals and averages,
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
the Law.
Accepting Districts.
Month, 1855.
Month, 1883.
per Month, 1855.
per Month, 1883.
149
167
·
4
5
April 7,
1849,
1
1712
2
1 2
50 00
Nov. 13, 1857,
264
311
2
.
7
2 2
....
6
253
22 18
.....
1849.
22 00
29 00
363
20 00
28 25
244
118
8 8
44 70
$33 90
1834.
*Date of incorporation as a borougb.
$18 94
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HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
it was under its provisions that the sums of money we have already stated were raised and applied. The law failed to do the good that was intended by its framers, chiefly for the reason that there were few families who cared to place themselves on record as being too poor to pay the tuition of their children. In his great speech in the House of Representatives Thaddeus Stevens said that the bill of 1809 instead of being called a public school law, ought to be entitled “an act for branding and marking the poor, so that they may be known from the rich and proud." While the country was sparsely settled the sys- tem of schools under the law of 1809 was perhaps the best that could be devised and operated.
The new law of ( 1834) made the schools free alike to rich and poor, high and low, and pro- vided for their support by taxation. It was made optional for townships to accept or reject by elec- tion provisions of the act. There was a strong opposition to the law in Lehigh county, the rich being in most cases unwilling to pay a heavy tax for the poor, and the latter frequently un- willing to pay the small share that would fall upon them. Therefore, when the township elec- tions were held, there were heavy votes cast against the free school law. Allentown and the township of Hanover accepted it the first year, and then followed Lynn through the influence of the Kistlers and Mosers. (The date of ac- ceptance by the different townships are all given in the tabular statement). Those townships which refused to accept the new law continued the operation of the old one, and in 1839 the total amount received for the education of their poor children was $1,022.16, distributed as fol- lows :
Upper Milford, $211.47
Upper Saucon,
155.67
Lower Macungie,
144.27
South Whitehall,
144.53
North Whitehall,
118.05
Upper Macungie, I 30.80
Lowhill,
83.43
Weissenberg,
31.92
Heidelberg,
2.01
Total,
$1,022.16
The U. S. Census report of 1840 credits Le- high county with 56 schools and 2,293 pupils.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTES.
Educational meetings were held in 1849 and in 1850, but according to the school report of 1858, "the first institute ever held in Lehigh came off in February last, and was continued for three days. It created quite a sensation among
our people, many of whom had never heard of a teachers' institute." Its attendance was good ; over one hundred teachers were present. With the exception of three years, the county insti- tute held one session each year since its organiza- tion. It has done a great work for our teach- ers and schools, and especially in moulding pub- lic sentiment.
In addition to the annual institute the county is divided into six districts where local institutes are held. These districts are as follows :
First District-Lowhill, Weissenberg, and Lynn.
Second District-North Whitehall, Heidel- berg, Washington, and Slatington.
Third District-Upper Macungie, Lower Macungie, South Whitehall, and Grimm's Inde- pendent District.
Fourth District-Whitehall, Coplay, Catasau- qua, and Hanover.
Fifth District-Upper Milford, Lower Mil- ford, Macungie, Emaus, and Alburtis.
Sixth District-Salisbury, Fountain Hill, South Allentown, Upper Saucon, and Coopers- burg.
The liberal appropriations by the State, with its requirements, revolutionized education and its methods in the last decade. The various boards in order to receive the allotted State funds have complied with conditions under which they were granted; thus it was that the school term was lengthened, free text-books furnished, a graded course of study adopted, the standard of qualifications raised and salaries increased. The great majority of teachers are normal graduates. The present status of the schools is more fully described in the chapters devoted to the various townships and boroughs.
For tabulated statement of Lehigh county schools for years 1910 and 1912, see next page.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS.
C. W. COOPER.
The first to be elected after the Act of May 8, 1854, establishing the superintendency, was C. W. Cooper. Mr. Cooper was born in Coop- ersburg, Lehigh county, on the 21st of April, 1826. His father was Daniel P. Cooper, the founder of Coopersburg. He received his early training at the Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., and later pursued his studies in Philadel- phia. Having decided upon law as a profession, he entered the United States Law School at Philadelphia. He was admitted to the bar in 1847. Ill health prevented him from following his profession ; and while living on his farm at
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TABULAR STATEMENT OF LEHIGH COUNTY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 6, 1910.
Schools.
Teachers.
Scholars.
Tax and Rate Per Cent.
Receipts.
Whole number.
taught.
Number of males.
Number of females.
Average salary of males por
Average salary of females
Number of males.
Number of females.
Average number attending
Average per cent. of attend-
Cost per month.
school purposes.
building purposes.
for school
purposes.
State appropriation.
1. Allentown city.
151
9.67
35
132
$87 85
$55 22
3,433 406
3,440 403
6,329
92
$1 86
5
$171, 728 39
$35,581 21
2. Catasauqua borough, .
18
10
3
16
105 00
56 81
84
58
95
95
2 09
5
1.65
2,271 8:3
986 62
4. Coplay borough,
8
9
4
5
62
50
44 40
162
163
292
93
1 69
6
3
6,259 30
1,980 53
5. Emaus borough,
14
9
7
7
58
07
49 00
318
300
575
94
1 46
5
1
8,018 74
3,483 57
6. Fountain Hill borough
5
10
1
1
67
50
48 75
134
108
153
91
1.5
4,640 79
1,190 14
7. Grims, Ind.,
1
7
1
.. .
8
62 22
51 25
400
351
525
92
1 69
4
1.75
10,171 27
3,361 62
9. Heidelberg township,
9
7
1
47 81
50 00
130
133
192
91
95
2 71
8
4,393 08
929 84
11. Lowhill township,
6
7
5
1
43 00
40
00
84
75
119
93
1 95
5.5
1,820 00
1,015 22
12. Lynn township,
19
11
47 00
45
00
266
253
382
93
2 16
4
5,356 53
3,235 15
13. Macungie borough,
3
9
1
2
70 00
52 50
60
66
105
93
1 90
4.5
1,636 24
656 70
14. Macungie, Upper, twp.
7
10
4
48 50
48 75
229
198
323
90
1 73
2.5
4,944 16
2,897 38
16. Milford, Upper, twp.,
7.07
8
6
49
12
45 82
200
197
353
89
88
9.
87
95
1 78
3
17,315 40
5,720 24
21. South Allentown bor., 22. Washington twp.,
19
8
12
48 00
46 00
322
297
479
90
1 72
4
2
6,742 32
4,381 80
23. Weisenberg township,
11
7
4
47 50
40 00
132
134
209
95
2 13
5.5
3,464 96
2,096 48
24. Whitehall township,
38
9
14
63 43
52 85
668
684
1,068
93
2 12
4
2
25,420 77
8,553 74
25. Whitehall, North, twp.
19
7
13
6
49 15
46 33
305 273
237
355
91
2 35
3
1
6,680 07
2,579 49
474
8.51
194
301
$59 99
$48 40
9,327
9,001
15,264
92
$2 03
4.5
.73
$331, 539 77
$106,176 99
SCHOOL STATISTICS OF LEHIGH COUNTY, JULY 1, 1912.
Teachers.
Pupils.
State appropriation.
Total receipts.
Total expenditures.
City-
Allentown,
163
32
148
3,663
3, 752
$35,808
$358,576
$295,838
Boroughs-
18
4
16
421
401
4,665
76,739
73,051
Coopersburg,
4
2
75
61
981
3,933
3,366
Coplay,
16
8
8
384
345
3,915
28,153
24,732
Fountain Hill,
5
1
4
110
111
1,115
6,594
5,758
Macungie,
3
1
55
62
658
2,677
2,648
Slatington,
20
5
18
481
414
5.126
24,701
22,498
S. Allentown,
8
2
6
171
171
1,811
26,113
26,113
Townships-
Hanover,
20
10
10
427
421
2,790
19,695
19,416
Heidelberg,
9
8
1
130
124
1,581
4,208
4,112
Lowhill,
6
3
3
90
75
999
3,236
3,067
Lynn,
18
13
9
311
288
3,815
10,504
10,146
Macungie, Upper,
15
9
6
218
172
2,990
13,405
13,252
Milford, Lower,
11
6
7
195
187
2,356
6,683
6,662
Salisbury,
13
6
7
318
322
2,959
9,607
9,413
Saucon, Upper,
12
6
6
238
192
2,603
6,881
6,881
Washington,
19
12
7
307
320
3,825
23,612
14.341
Weissenberg,
11
6
5
122
131
2,002
6,215
5,237
Whitehall,
44
12
33
800
812
7,683
41,009
40,910
Whitehall, North,
19
12
7
286
291
3, 417
12,864
10,672
Whitehall, South,
15
9
223
244
2,520
7,625
7,589
247
127
121
4,069
3,905
$44,164
$290,993
$165,537
494
187
330
9,640
9,411
$100,690
$721,812
$629,530
.
14
7.87
5
9
48 00
46 40
79 00
57 50
50 00
174
174
229
93
1 42
4.5
2,306 70
3,801 76 2,955 26
17. Milford, Lower, twp.,
11
7
8
3
43
25
47 33
46 87
312
301
492
2 00
3
.5
4,957 10
7,048 78
19. Saucon, Upper, twp., 20. Slatington borough,
12
7.5
5
7
3,851 46
2,479 77
19
9
5
17
47 94
438
424
745
92
1 94
3.5.
5,921 99
4.5
4,956 12
3,587 91
1,858 94
18. Salisbury township,
7
12
9
48
33
47 22
328
298
473
93
3 98
2.5
298 84
190 52
8. Hanover township,
17
7.78
9 8
4
110 00
52 50
71
77
129
10. Hokendauqua, Ind.,
5
10
1
2
72 50
50 00
689
93
1 99
6
1.5
15,510 35
3,960 84
3. Coopersburg borough,
4
9
2
DISTRICTS.
Schools.
Male.
Female.
Male.
Female.
3
7,069 49
3,645 22
26. Whitehall, South, twp.
15
7
8
7
48 12
48 70
240
211
289
1 52
2.75
9
7
8
5
7
7
4
6
197
182
2,360
12,942
9,608
Emaus,
2010
9
250
220
2,965
8, 983
8,978
Macungie, Lower,
22
13
6
139
106
1,659
6,466
4,811
Milford, Upper,
Average number of months
.
school.
ance.
Number of mills levied for
Number of mills levied for
Total amount of tax levied
and building
DISTRICTS.
7
8
50 00
19
8
19
2 33
3
2,215 97
1,586 17
15. Macungie, Lower, twp.
21
14
2 06
2 69
4.5
139
91
187
320
458
91
2 14
24
month.
per month.
46 87
14
1 37
5
Catasauqua,
W. Bethlehem,
od
258
HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
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