EDUCATION IN YORK 71 



Playing Fields and Organisation of Games. 



Efforts are being made to provide the elementary school children 

 with suitable playing fields, and four large playing areas have been secured 

 in different districts. Three are in use and the fourth is in preparation. 



The Schools' Athletic Association render splendid service in organising 

 and training the scholars, and the teachers give a large part of their own 

 time to this work. 



York has produced Association football teams which have beaten 

 teams from such large centres of population as Manchester, Sheffield, 

 Hull and Leeds. Swimming is also taught, over 400 new swimmers being 

 added to the list each year. 



Secondary Schools. 



Very few cities of similar size are so well provided with secondary 

 schools either in number, quality or variety. The Education Committee 

 have provided three : — 



No. on 

 Register. 



(i) Nunthorpe Secondary School for Boys . . 410 



(2) Queen Anne Secondary School for Girls . . 400 



(3) Mill Mount Secondary School for Girls . . 250 



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and in addition, officially recognised by the 

 Board of Education as ' efficient,' there are : — 



* St. Peter's Public School for Boys . . . 238 

 Bootham, Friends' Boarding School for Boys . 143 



* The Mount Friends' Boarding School for Girls 176 

 Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School . . 444 

 York College for Girls, Petergate . . .130 



* Bar Convent Secondary School . . .187 



* Including preparatory department. 



1318 

 2378 



There is also Elmfield School, just over the city boundary, but this 

 school is to be closed this summer. 



It is gratifying to know that arrangements have been made for city 

 minor scholarships to be tenable at eight of the schools referred to. 



Each year the local education authority award about 200 scholarships 

 tenable at secondary schools. 



Science Instruction in York Schools. 



Science has long occupied an important place in education in this city. 

 Before the appointment of the Education Committee in 1903, two schools 



