A similar one of 1714 points out the continued interest and attention in that respect.
It being proposed to this meeting that there is a necessity of some Friends being appointed to take care about placing out John Linton’s children as apprentices, therefore this meeting doth appoint Joseph Kirkbride, Thomas Watson, Jr., and Joseph Fell to care about placing them out.[350]
Moral education in youths’ meetings;
Another phase of education, more particularly the moral, was cared for in the youths’ meetings, which were established at intervals, usually not more than four or five times during the year. It was the practice for the youths’ meetings to be established by the quarterly meetings, in conjunction with representatives of the monthly meetings. In 1713, Bucks Quarterly took up the re-establishment of those within their limits, and ordered them accordingly, as the following extract states.
established by Bucks Quarterly
It being thought necessary by this meeting that the youths’ meeting be once a year at Buckingham, once a year at Bristol and but once a year at Falls and once at Middletown, therefore agreed that they be on the days ... etc.[351]
Question as to early school at Falls
To locate the date of the first school at Falls is difficult; it seems impossible to do so from the information to be gleaned from the records. We may be certain, however, that there was a school in the neighborhood at a very early date, though we can hardly determine the year. In 1730 the following request was made of the meeting:
Some Friends of Falls Meeting requested to have the use of the old schoolhouse, and it wanting repairing, they would repair it at their own charge, which is left to be considered at next meeting.[352]