. The official guide book to . the dutyof the State to furnish the means of general education at the publicexpense, raised by the taxation of citizens, and that to the schools allchildren of residents of the State, whether rich or poor, should beadmitted as a right, and not as a charity. In 1818 an act to pro-vide for the education of children at the public expense within thecity and county of Philadelphia was passed, Lancasterian schoolswere soon established, and Joseph Lancaster himself, the founderof the system, was brought on from England in order to superintendthem. This sy
. The official guide book to . the dutyof the State to furnish the means of general education at the publicexpense, raised by the taxation of citizens, and that to the schools allchildren of residents of the State, whether rich or poor, should beadmitted as a right, and not as a charity. In 1818 an act to pro-vide for the education of children at the public expense within thecity and county of Philadelphia was passed, Lancasterian schoolswere soon established, and Joseph Lancaster himself, the founderof the system, was brought on from England in order to superintendthem. This system in the course of a few years was found to be de-fective, and was abolished. Afterward various changes were made,and the system under controllers and school directors enlarged andmade more comprehensive. The Central High School for boys is situated at the S. of Broad and Green streets. It is a solid brick build-ing of simple arcliitectural style, and has a central towerand observatory. The building is fitted up with class-rooms,. CENTRAIi HIGH SCHOOL,. lecture-rooms and other apartments, and the observatory isprovided with a set of astronomical instruments, which arefound to be useful and sufficient for ordinary purposes. Thecourse of instruction includes astronomy, physiology, geom-11 122 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. etry, physics, chemistry, political economy, trigonometry,logic, rhetoric, mechanical and engineering drawing, Latinand German, and is intended to be solid, so as to fit the grad-uates for the practical duties of life. In 1874 there were 605pupils in the high school, 14 professors and 2 cost of the institution for the year 1874 was $45, The Central High School was established by act of Assembly, andthe corner-stone laid upon a lot on the east side of Juniper streetbelow Market, on the 19th of September, 1837. The building wasof white marble and handsome in appearance. It was finally soldto the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,which erected a dep
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