Full Text of HR0193 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Lebanon School | 4 | | District on the 140th anniversary of its founding; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Lebanon Public School began in 1872 with C.V. | 6 | | Bridge as principal, 7 teachers, and a janitor; early school | 7 | | rules included such provisions as "the air in each schoolroom | 8 | | should be effectually changed at each recess in winter", "the | 9 | | temperature shall at no time exceed 65 degrees", and "no | 10 | | teacher or pupil shall use tobacco in any shape during school | 11 | | hours"; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1885, the school bonds matured, and, surrounded | 13 | | by witnesses to celebrate, the bonds were burned in the | 14 | | school's stove; at the turn-of-the-century, the high school | 15 | | course was 2 years long; the last graduating class of the | 16 | | nineteenth century included Benjamin Howard Mc-Allister, age | 17 | | 15, salutatorian, and Cora Gedney, valedictorian; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In 1921, the Lebanon High School District was | 19 | | organized and a school board elected with Dr. Phil Griesbaum as | 20 | | chairman and Dr. Fred Renner as secretary; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Notable alumni from Lebanon High include track |
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| 1 | | star, Craig Virgin, who in 1973 won fame and set records around | 2 | | the world for the one, 2, and 3-mile events; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The 140th celebration will take place on April 16, | 4 | | 2013, in a one-room school house to commemorate the district's | 5 | | humble beginnings; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we congratulate the Lebanon School District on its 140th | 9 | | anniversary and we honor the legacy they have built; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the Lebanon School District as an expression of | 13 | | our esteem and respect.
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