The English School, under Mr. Kinnersley's care, seemed to attract less and less interest with the Trustees, and Franklin on his return had good cause for faulting this important branch; the Professor was given the Stewardship of the new Buildings, and anxious and careful man as he was, he could not successfully carry on jointly these two charges. In November, 1761, John Davis " one of the Junior Students in the Philosophy Classes offered his services to assist Mr. Kinnersley two or three 'hours everyday." In May, 1763, a few days before his graduation, he was formally appointed " an usher in the English School." In the ensuing July he was appointed Tutor in the Latin School, and Isaac Hunt, his classmate, became Tutor in the English School. In April, 1764, Mr. Alexander Alexander was " admitted full Tutor in the English School." In the following October, he was appointed Tutor in the Latin School, Edward Jones succeeding him here, but the latter resigned in April, 1765, being in turn succeeded by Thomas Dungan. In June, 1766, John Montgomery, who had just graduated, was appointed to "assist Mr. Kinnersley until further Orders." We find him later Tutor in the Latin School. 6 At the meeting of January, 1768, it was "remarked that the Schools suffer in the public esteem by the Discontinuance of public speaking," and at a special meeting called a week later, Jonathan Easton and Thomas Hall, then in their Senior Year, were selected
to assist Mr Kinnersley in the English School and taking care of the same when he shall be employed in teaching the Students in the Philosophy Classes and Grammar School, the Art ef Public Speaking. 8 Minutes I o November, 1767,
