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Identifier: townshipuniondis00hollrich Title: Township and union district high schools in Illinois Year: 1915 (1910s) Authors: Hollister, Horace Adelbert, 1857-1931 Subjects: High schools -- Illinois Publisher: Urbana, Ill., The University Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: be secured by petitioning the trustees of schoolsof the several townships, at their regular meeting in April, to addthe territory belonging to the district in their township to one ormore adjacent districts. (See Sec. 48.) It is believed that in many instances such a procedure will befound preferable to the formation of a larger high school district asdistinct from the elementary schools. Districts situated so as to makesuch a consolidation feasible may well consider this method of attain-ing the desired end of establishing a high school free to country andvillage or town alike, and strong enough to make a complete organiza-tion. There are at present four such consolidated schools in Illinois thatiiuiiiilaiii accredited high schools. These are: The John Swaney School, near IMcNabl). The Roljo Consolidated, at Kollo. The llindslmro Consolidated, llindsboro. The Harl<m Consolidjitcd, luai- Ivockford. *Th( sniiili cai)itals nrv the editors. Tin: TOWNSHIP IIKill SCHOOL IN ILLINOIS 25 y Text Appearing After Image: Chrisman Township High School Conducting a Campaign In eonductinj? a campaign for a township or union district highschool it should be remcm])ored that no class of people is likely to takeup readily with an educational innovation about which little or noth-ing is known hy them. No effort should therefore be spared in makingknown to all the people of a proposed township district just what atownship high school involves and what its advantages are. It is rarelythat any class of American citizens will be found who will oppose, inany great numbers, a proposition so beneficial to their own communityand to the country at large. Frequently the mistake has been madeof conducting these campaigns hurriedly and with little effort towardfurnishing reliable information to those upon whose support must de-pend the success or failuie of the proposition to establish a townshiphigh school district. Such hasty efforts should not be taken as final, nor as cause forgreat discouiagement. It is a i)art of Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.