Full Text of HR0494 97th 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 students, | 4 | | faculty, staff, trustees, and friends of Knox College in | 5 | | Galesburg on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the | 6 | | founding of the college in February of 2012; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, A group of 19th century social reformers, led by | 8 | | the Reverend George Washington Gale, traveled from upstate New | 9 | | York to western Illinois to found a college that would be | 10 | | accessible to students regardless of their financial means, | 11 | | gender, or race; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly, which included | 13 | | Representative Abraham Lincoln, chartered the Knox Manual | 14 | | Labor College on February 15, 1837; the name was officially | 15 | | shortened to Knox College in 1857; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The pervasive spirit of equality on campus | 17 | | motivated Abraham Lincoln to use the occasion of his fifth U.S. | 18 | | Senate debate with Stephen Douglas, held on the Knox campus in | 19 | | 1858, to denounce slavery on moral terms for the first time; | 20 | | the Knox College Board of Trustees gave Lincoln his first | 21 | | honorary degree two years later when he ran for president of | 22 | | the United States; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, For its entire history, Knox College has been - | 2 | | and continues to be - a community of scholar-teachers and | 3 | | students working together, guided by the values of independent | 4 | | thought, personal integrity, and community responsibility; | 5 | | students are given the freedom to flourish and are encouraged | 6 | | to explore ideas and places, stretch their intellect and their | 7 | | talents, blend thought with action, and fuse imagination with | 8 | | initiative; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Today, Knox College is a national liberal arts | 10 | | college with students from 48 states and 46 countries; "Old | 11 | | Main" on the Knox campus is a National Historic Landmark and | 12 | | the only building still remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas | 13 | | Debates; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Knox College will observe the 175th anniversary of | 15 | | its founding during the 2011-2012 academic year; therefore, be | 16 | | it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate the students, faculty, staff, trustees, and | 20 | | friends of Knox College on the occasion of the college's 175th | 21 | | anniversary; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Knox College as a symbol of our respect and | 3 | | esteem.
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