Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . r the organization of a schooldistrict, and by petition the same was regularlyformed two weeks later. The wisdom and foresight of the pioneers ofIllinois was shown most clearly in their endeavorto establish a system of public schools at a timewhen the cause of popular education was by nomeans popular. The foundations for free schools,thus laid, commands our admiration and surprise,and the names of the early supporters of populareducation should be unperishable in the recordsof the county, and it is our purpose to thus aidin honoring the pioneer supporters
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . r the organization of a schooldistrict, and by petition the same was regularlyformed two weeks later. The wisdom and foresight of the pioneers ofIllinois was shown most clearly in their endeavorto establish a system of public schools at a timewhen the cause of popular education was by nomeans popular. The foundations for free schools,thus laid, commands our admiration and surprise,and the names of the early supporters of populareducation should be unperishable in the recordsof the county, and it is our purpose to thus aidin honoring the pioneer supporters of the greatfree school system. Schuyler County was formed and granted pow-ers of local government by the Illinois Legisla-ture in 1825, and in January of that year therewas passed the first State School Law. underwhich the district in this county was formedsome six months later. The development ofthe most excellent school system of the Staterenders it somewhat superfluous to cite reasonsfor the enactment of this law, but in the pre-.
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