Dr. Alexander Graham was named superintendent of the Charlotte City Schools in 1888, following ten years of teaching in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He was named superintendent emeritus in 1913. In 1900 the new North School opened, containing 18 classrooms. Dr. Graham insisted that the architect's (F. P. Milburn, Washington, D.C.) plans be followed: Each room had a large bay window, space for an office, nurse's room, restroom on each of the four floors, and a heating and ventilating system. Charlotte Remembers (p. 82) @1972, D. R. Reynolds. In the earlier days in Charlotte teachers' salaries ranged from $15 to $30 per month.