State of schools in 1790
It appears that preparatory to the plan pointed out by the yearly meeting last year, there are two schoolhouses under the direction of this meeting. Schools in general among us, both as to tutors and to school government, are in a better state than they formerly were; and some property has been vested in the meeting towards a fund for the use of schools.[421]
The form of subscription above mentioned was used for raising funds till 1793 when a committee on schools incorporated it with a few other suggestions in their plans.[422] These may be summarized as follows:
Summary of later form used for subscription
1. Each contributor to subscribe a principal sum.
2. All sums to be lumped together and invested in trustees, accountable to the monthly meeting.
3. All interests to be paid annually and applied each year to the schools in the compass of the monthly meeting.
4. All tutors to be members of Friends.
5. Funds to be first applied to the schooling of poor Friends’ children, their necessities to be judged by the monthly meeting.
6. The remainder to be applied equally to the payment for other children, proportionate to the time they attend school.[423]