An entire chapter might be devoted to this interesting and very important means of support of the Quaker schools, but much less space must suffice. The value of it may be indicated by a few figures given in statements of a few meetings and school records. The table gives the yearly value of the legacies or other permanent endowments at the year stated. The list is not complete, due to inadequate records, but may be taken as indicative of the extent of this form of support.[772]
VALUE OF LEGACIES FOR SCHOOL SUPPORT
| For whose use | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Overseers of Penn Charter School[773] | 1776 | £574/00/11½ |
| Buckingham Monthly Meeting[774] | 1778 | 244/ 4/11½ |
| Buckingham Monthly Meeting[775] | 1793 | 767/10/00 |
| Wrightstown Monthly Meeting[776] | 1790 | 248/13/10 |
| Falls Monthly Meeting[777] | 1799 | 777/ 9/ 4½ |
| Uwchlan Monthly Meeting[778] | 1784 | 120/10/00 |
| Horsham School Committee[779] | 1793 | 351/ 2/11 |
ORGANIZATION
London advices on education
The machinery of organization which had any connection with the direction of the school system has already been frequently referred to. It is the same organization which was discussed in [Chapter II].[780] It has further been pointed out that one of the functions of the head of this organization, the yearly or general assembly, was to issue advices for the direction of the lower units. These advices began very early, so far as they are concerned with education. In 1692 London Yearly Meeting warned all others to be careful of a “Christian care in the education of their children,”[781] and followed it successively each year with more suggestions.[782] These advices all found their way to the Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia and Burlington, and the similarity between the advices of the two meetings is striking but not surprising.
London advices summarized
It may be convenient for the reader if some of the chief recommendations of the London Advices are stated briefly, that the likeness of the two may be noted later when we examine those of Philadelphia. They are:
1. Education is to be useful and practical.[783]