...the constitution of 1790. Section I of that constitution reads as follows : "The legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide, by law, for...establishment of schools throughout the state, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis." Cubberly further states that : "the first Pennsylvania...

...convention. The Committee on Education unanimously reported this amendment: The legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide, by law, for...establishment of schools throughout the state, in such manner that all children be taught at public expense. [my emphasis] 17 Several delegates disapproved...

...system of common schools in the city. As far back as the constitution of 1790, Pennsylvania had mandated “the establishment of schools throughout the state,...such a manner that the poor may be taught gratis” (quoted in Custis 1897, 7), and in the first decade of the nineteenth century the legislature passed...

...adopted. Wbid., V, 183. 4sIbid., V, 300. "Constitution of 1790, Art. VII, Sec. 1, "The legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide by law for...establishment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis." 45Art. II, Sec. 1. 46Prothonotaries, clerks of court, registers...

...might be multiplied indefinitely : where a constitution authorized and directed the Legislature to provide by law for "the establishment of schools throughout the state, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis," it was held that the provision did not (as, upon the principle...

...Nonetheless, in 1790 the Pennsylvania Constitution was amended to provide that "the Legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide by law for...such a manner that the poor may be taught gratis." It was further amended to provide that "the arts and sciences shall be promoted in one or more Seminaries...