. Government and politics in Virginia . nd high schools should be establishedby the government throughout the State of Virginia, and thata university should also be established at the top of this systemof free education. His plan was never fully carried out. As early as 1808 a sum of money known as the LiteraryFund was set aside by the government of Virginia for the edu-cation of the poor children of the state. It was not a largefund, and the people for many years regarded it as a public 43 44 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN VIRGINIA charity. Even when they were too poor to pay for the edu-cation o
. Government and politics in Virginia . nd high schools should be establishedby the government throughout the State of Virginia, and thata university should also be established at the top of this systemof free education. His plan was never fully carried out. As early as 1808 a sum of money known as the LiteraryFund was set aside by the government of Virginia for the edu-cation of the poor children of the state. It was not a largefund, and the people for many years regarded it as a public 43 44 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN VIRGINIA charity. Even when they were too poor to pay for the edu-cation of their children, many of them were too proud toaccept the help of the government. With the money fromthis fund, however, as well as with money contributed byprivate persons, many schools were established in schools were known as free schools because childrencould attend them without the payment of tuition. It was only after the War Between the States that a realsystem of public education was established in Virginia. The. SUFFOLK CITY HIGH SCHOOLA splendid modern school building old free schools that existed in various parts of the state weremade a part of the present system when it was first establishedin the year 1870. The northern states were far in advance of Virginia and theother southern states in establishing public school were two principal reasons for this. In the first place,the people of the northern states settled for the most part onsmall farms in communities that were known as towns, or THE SCHOOLS OF THE PEOPLE 45 townships. They Hvcd fairly close together, and it wascomparatively easy for the children to attend the schools thatwere provided. In Virginia, however, the people settled forthe most part on large plantations, and these were widelyscattered over the state. Even if the government had, inearly days, attempted to establish schools, it would have beendifficult for the children in the outlying districts to attendthem. This was o
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