[2] Proving the seriousness of the request, the city bought house number standing on Jordán, today in Masaryk Square.
In the meantime, the distribution of forces in the Třebíč council changed, and conservative members stood up for Hassk's efforts and revoked previously given promises to secure the school.
[2] It was not until 1867 that the government of Karel Fundulus the Elder fell and the new mayor Ignác Přerovský revived the idea of establishing a secondary school.
In 1870, a delegation consisting of Ignác Přerovský, Alois Hassek and František Müller personally went to Vienna to discuss its establishment.
From this position, he ensured the imperial decision of 14 August 1871 on the establishment of c. k. Slavic lower gymnasiums in Třebíč and Valašská Meziříčí.