 | Pennsylvania - 1925 - 970 pages
...University of Pennsylvania traces its beginning to the year 1740. Benjamin Franklin, in 1749, published a pamphlet entitled "Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania", which led to the formation of a board of twentyfour trustees, nineteen of whom, on November 13. 17-19,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1927 - 56 pages
...1749 his pamphlet, Proposals relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania. "This," he tells us, "I distributed among the principal inhabitants gratis; and as soon as I could suppose their minds a litde prepared by the perusal of it, I set on foot a subscription for opening and supporting an academy;... | |
 | 1933 - 464 pages
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 | United States. Office of Education - 1935 - 814 pages
...who are awarded scholarships. THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ยป In 1749, Benjamin Franklin published a pamphlet entitled "Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania. " Shortly thereafter a board of 24 interested persons, with Franklin as leader, was selected to organize... | |
 | Carl Van Doren - 1938 - 886 pages
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 | Fred Eastman - 1939 - 208 pages
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 | James Creese - 1941 - 188 pages
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I turn'd my thoughts again to the affair of establishing an academy. The first step I took was to associate in the design a number of active friends, of whom the Junto furnished a good part; the next was to write and publish a pamphlet, entitled Proposals... 
