May Day Greetings from 1939!
York Collegiate Institute/York County Academy
May Day Fete
Farquhar Grounds
May 12, 1939
May Day was widely celebrated in the U.S. until the 1940s, when its association with the communist “Workers’ Day” made it seem unpatriotic to hold festivals.
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York County Academy
Class of 1921
North Beaver Street, York, Pa.
York Collegiate Institute
Commencement Progam
June 12, 1884
History
Institutional Lineage and
Development of
York College of Pennsylvania
York College’s roots run deep in the history of York, Pennsylvania, going back to a preparatory school affiliated with the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist. The school incorporated as the York County Academy in 1787 and came to occupy a building on North Beaver Street.
In the 19th century, a second preparatory school was founded by Samuel Small and colleagues. Its facilities were located at the intersection of Duke Street and College Avenue.
Over the years the York Collegiate Institute extended its grade coverage from high school to the elementary grades.
In the 1930’s the Academy and the Institute merged into a jointly operated school, utilizing the Institute’s facilities.
In the early 1940’s, it was decided to add a junior college program, which grew rapidly after the conclusion of World War II. The junior college soon supplanted the K-12 program, and outgrew the downtown facilities. A new campus on Country Club Road was acquired in 1960. Senior college status was attained in 1968, and York College of Pennsylvania was born.
The College has grown to be a comprehensive regional institution of some 5,300 students, with extensive residential, athletic, and cultural facilities and a broad range of majors and programs
George W. Waldner, Ph.D.
President of York College of Pennsylvania
1991 - 2013
York College of Pennsylvania
Aerial View of Campus, 1975
Contact
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Please contact kriceyou@ycp.edu or call 717.815.1439.
York Junior College
The York Collegian Staff
1943
York College of Pennsylvania
Student Newspaper
April 14, 1972
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