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Title: Historical and pictorial Lititz ..
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Zook, John G
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Publisher: Lititz, Pa., Express Printing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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r, stating to him the object of my errand. His reply was, Iam very sorry for thee, I am not in the habit of admithng teachers into my school.Whereupon I endeavored to reason with him, telling him that I had heard andread much about him, had traveled one hundred miles to see him and hisschool, and that probably he might make an exception in my case, yet all to nopurpose, for he reiterated once more, I am sorry for thee, then turned hisback upon me and left the room. In 1836 a happier period commenced to dawn, for it was then thatsociability among teachers may be said to have taken the place of prejudice andbigotry, at least in Lancaster County. It was then that Josiah Holbrook calleda Convention of teachers and fiiends of education to meet on the 18 th ofAugust, at West Chester. I was the only one present from Lancaster County,and was chosen president thereof. It continued in session three days, and wastruly a happy meeting, wherein nothing but kindness and good feeling prevailed. (52)
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We separated, each one pledging himself to establish teachers associationsin his own district, with the purpose of developing greater fraternity. LancasterCounty was to be my field of operations. On my return 1 was so forfunate asto enlist a Mr. Flood, then a teacher in Lancaster, in the cause, and we calleda meeting in the papers, without our signatures, inviting a!l teachers and friendsof education to meet in the city of Lancaster on a certain day. The attend-ance was not Izurge, but all who appeared were of the right mind, and whenI laid the subject before them, unanimously approved of it, cind a society wasformed, called the Lemcaster County Teachers Lyceum, which thereaftermet monthly, and from time to time increased in number. In order to extendits influences still further, and to enlist parents more seriously in the causeof education, I made it my duty to visit various parts of the county, and oftenaddressed large audiences on the subject, both in English and German, andsometim

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