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Excerpt from Report of First Ward Citizens' Committee on Enlargement and Improvement of Public School Grounds, Etc: September 25th, 1877 At a meeting of citizens of the First Ward held at Turn Hall in April, 1877, R. C. Spencer, W. P. McLaren, G. Bossert, W. E. Huttmann and C. Dexheimer were appointed a committee to consider and report upon the enlargement and improvement of the public school grounds of the ward. At a meeting held in the Hall of the First District school house, Tuesday evening September 25th, 1877, called for the purpose of receiving Report of Citizen Committee on enlargement and improvement of Public School grounds in the ward, Mr. Wm. P. McLaren was appointed Chairman, and Mr. Wm. E. Huttmann Secretary. Mr. R. C. Spencer, Chairman of the Committee, read the following Report: That in a government of the people like that under which we live and form a part, too much cannot be done by the people for the education and improvement of the masses. That the problems of free government and human progress depend for their successful solution upon universal education. That it is a paramount duty to make the most ample and complete provision for popular education to the end that every citizen shall be thoroughly prepared for self-government, self-support and self-improvement. That the accomplishment of these aims is the highest and most sacred function of the American State. 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.