FRANCIS H. THOLE FUND

Created: 1952

“To pay the net income of said sum or principal from time to time to the Board of Education of the City of Philadelphia to be used and applied by the said Board of Education of Philadelphia for distribution in prizes of not less than Twenty-Five Dollars each among such scholars of the Public Schools of the City of Philadelphia, under the management and control of the said Board of Education or their lawful successors, who shall in proportion to the number of cash prizes provided by said net income be entitled thereto in the opinion of the Board of Education or its duly appointed agents, for the best written essay or essays by such scholars on the Constitution of the United States of America.”