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Thus established as a kind of public character, Franklin set himself to improve both city and Colonial governments. In 1737, he was made postmaster of Philadelphia, and caused great surprise by his prompt and accurate financial accounts. THUS ESTABLISHED AS A KIND OF PUBLIC CHARACTER FRANKLIN SET HIMSELF TO IMPROVE BOTH CITY AND COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS IN SEVENTEEN THIRTY SEVEN HE WAS MADE POSTMASTER OF PHILADELPHIA AND CAUSED GREAT SURPRISE BY HIS PROMPT AND ACCURATE FINANCIAL ACCO
 up a new standard of education. In 1743, he issued proposals for an academy of learning, and in 1744 founded the American Philosophical Society. In 1749, he raised the great sum of five thousand pounds for the new school, and secured an excellent building for it. This far-reaching plan also included a “Free School--for the Instruction of Poor Children in Reading, Writing and Arithmetic”--apparently the first suggestion of a free school in his commonwealth. In 1755, his school developed into a college which subsequently became the University of Pennsylvania. No man in America had such solid and thorough-going views as to the value of education. [Illustration: FRANKLIN GIVING PART OF HIS BREAD TO A POOR WOMAN Philadelphia, 1723] As has been the case with many journalists, his calling speedily brought him into political relations, for he was chosen to be the official printer of the Colonial legislature; and thereafter for fifty-nine years was seldom out of some form of public employment. CE FRANKLIN BENT HIS ENERGIES TO SETTING UP A NEW STANDARD OF EDUCATION IN SEVENTEEN FORTY THREE HE ISSUED PROPOSALS FOR AN ACADEMY OF LEARNING AND IN SEVENTEEN FORTY FOUR FOUNDED THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IN SEVENTEEN FORTY NINE HE RAISED THE GREAT SUM OF FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL AND SECURED AN EXCELLENT BUILDING FOR IT THIS FAR REACHING PLAN ALSO INCLUDED A FREE SCHOOL FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF POOR CHILDREN IN READING WRITING AND ARITHMETIC APPARENTLY THE FIRST SUGGESTION OF A FREE SCHOOL IN HIS COMMONWEALTH IN SEVENTEEN FIFTY FIVE HIS SCHOOL DEVELOPED INTO A COLLEGE WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA NO MAN IN AMERICA HAD SUCH SOLID AND THOROUGH GOING VIEWS AS TO THE VALUE OF EDUCATION AS HAS BEEN THE CASE WITH MANY JOURNALISTS HIS CALLING SPEEDILY BROUGHT HIM INTO POLITICAL RELATIONS FOR HE WAS CHOSEN TO BE THE OFFICIAL PRINTER OF THE COLONIAL LEGISLATURE AND THEREAFTER FOR FIFTY NINE YEARS WAS SELDOM OUT OF SOME FORM OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
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