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Page 24 text:
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THADDEUS STEVENS A school of logs, though it be crude, Is all I want for gratitude; A quiet place in some lone spot, Where children’s minds are bound in thought; Where they may have a chance to try Their eager minds to satisfy. And may I leave one heartfelt plea, That schools be kept forever free. Elizabeth George. -----o------ SCHOOL BELL Upon The frosty air, Sparkling among the hills, A school bell sends out its song of Wisdom. Edna May Bates. -----o------ NIGHT GUARD The moon, Like a wise owl, Serenely guards Temples Of Learning, from her cloudy perch On high. Edna May Bates.
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the rich were educated at reasonable rates, and the poor were maintained and schooled for nothing. The system of public education was first tried in Philadelphia, and the agitation for such a plan to include the whole State termi- nated in the Act of 1834 whose basic principle was free education for all. This Act passed with only one dissenting vote. Of course it involved taxation, and the thrifty people of Pennsylvania could not consent to a system which took the money of those who had no children and used it for the education of the children of the well- to-do. So at the next session of the Legislature, the people sent rep- resentatives who were instructed to repeal the Bill. It was this Legislature that Thaddeus Stevens converted and from which he secured public education for future generations of Pennsylvania. While a member of this legislative body, he attended the con- vention called in 1837 to revise the Constitution of Pennsylvania. He refused to put his name to the completed instrument because the word, “white”, was inserted as a designation for qualification of suffrage. On account of losses in the iron business and other debts in- curred by loans to his friends, he moved to Lancaster County in 1842 and resumed his law practice. His reputation as a lawyer preceded him, and from the large income he earned, he was able in a few years to pay his debts and save the bulk of his estate. Thaddeus Stevens became a member of the Congress at Wash- ington, D. C., in 1849. He was the leader of the House of Repre- sentatives from July 4, 1861, until his death. During the Civil War, he was Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means and afterwards of the Committee on Appropriations and Reconstruc- tion. All his efforts during the War were concerned with the abo- lition of slavery. His life up to his death on Tuesday, August 11, 1868, was devoted to the poor and oppressed. Tireless in his efforts to insure freedom and equality for all people in spite of race, he will be remembered in the hearts of students of the public schools of Pennsylvania as hastening their freedom from ignorance. Today the splendidly equipped and well-organized school buildings of Pennsylvania remain as fitting monuments to Thaddeus Stevens. Edna May Bates.
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