Excerpt from One Hundred and Fifty, Years of School History in Lancaster, Pennsylvania The patrons of this work, who encouraged and stimulated the author of it to prepare and publish a history of education in the City of Lancaster, have no occasion to apologize for or to regret the undertaking. The education of a people is at all times a very large share of their history; and to trace the men who, and the influences which, developed, organized and operated the educational forces of a community is in a large measure to set forth the history of that section of our county, our Commonwealth and our country. James Russel Lowell says: It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory on all, that the destiny of the free republics of America was practically settled. During the past decade a great impulse has been given to the study and publication of our local history. It has come to be recognized that the investigation of it in detail must precede the fashioning by some master hand of this material into a compact and well-proportioned story of a great county, and of its most interesting and historic shire - town. The many monographs which have enriched the proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society have, each and all, no less immeasurable permanent value than passing popular interest. Originally projected as such a casual paper, the story of the schools of Lancaster grew into a volume. To have razeed it into a mere sketch would have been to discard and possibly forever lost annals that years (and even centuries) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This compelling history of the Lancaster school system offers a fascinating look at the evolution of American education over the course of more than a century and a half. From the early, one-room schoolhouses of the 18th century to the modern, state-of-the-art facilities of today, this book provides a detailed and engaging account of the people and events that have shaped this vital aspect of American life. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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