The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-02
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND SuD

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Chartered by the Legislature February oe h 1 ,S
Name changed by Legislative enactmso 80, 1888
Eclectic Medical College of PhadeInbian y 70 The
In 1863 it purchased the Pennsylyapia' M n, iS0O
College, established in 1912, and the PhaS SEuca
Medical Colte e which had previously beeH
In 1864 it purchased the Penn Medical EH;re'
ty. The Trustees of the separate schools !I
petitiOned, and obtained special act of hnu,
islature, consolidating these institutions icy ai,
changing their names to that of the PhiIod1 Ic
University of Medicine and Surgery Manalp 1
1865. All these various acts are published - a.
statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost of tha bnIS e
| ing and museum Was over one hundred thensatui
dollars. 1t will be observed that the Uniyprsi,uA
as now organized, is the legal representatir y,
the four medical colleges that it has aIsOrbei Vi
1t is liberal school of medicine, confined ta No
dogma, nor attached to any medical clioup hrt
embraces in its teachings everything OF value TO-
the profession.
Sessions-It has two full sessions each ve,r
commencing on the LIST of October, and connnr'
ing until the LIST of January as its first session
and from the LIST of January to the 1st of April as
its second; the two constituting one full course
of lectures. 1t has also summer session com
mencing the first of April and continuing until
August, for the preparatory branches, such as
Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoolorv
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc
IfckefS.-Tickets to the full course of lectures
S12O, or $50 for each session. For the summer
or preparatory course S25. Graduating fee S9l
To aid yoa'lg men Of moderate means, the Unver-
sity has issued tire hundred scholarships, which
are sold to tirst-course students, for SIS, and to
second-course students, and clergymen for So
each constituting the holder ofa life member;
with the perpetual privileges of the lectures and
all the teachings of the school. The only addi
tional fees are yearly dissecting and natrirula.
ting ticket, each of which is SIS.
The advantages Of Scholarship.-The student
holding scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend as long as he
chooses, and re enter the institution as frequent
ly as desired.
1t requires no previous reading or study to en-
ter the University ON scholarships, hence, all pri
waite tuition fees are saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can prose
cute other business part of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present him.
self at any time, and receive his degree as soon
as qualified.
In case student should hold scholarship
and not be able to attend lectures, it. can be
transferred to another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends of students wish.
ing to purchase scholarships for them year OF
more before attendance at the University, can
secure them by advancing One-halt the price
paying the balance when the stadent enters.-
Physicians and benevolent men can bestow great
benefit upon poor yong men, by presenting
obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent ply
sieians and surgeons. The University has aSsO
ejatsd with it large hospital clinic, where every
form of medical and surgical disease is Operated
on and treated in the presence of the class
COLLEGE BUnDING.-The College building
located in Ninth Street. south of Walnut, is TIT
finest in the city. Its front is collegiate gothic
and is adorned with embellishments and embra
sures, presenting novel, bold, and beautiful ap
peaEancp. The facade is of brown stone, orna
mented by two towers, rising to the elevation Of
eighty feet, and crowned with an embattled par
apet. The building contains between fifty and
sixty rooms, all supplied with water, gas, and
every other convenience that modern improve
ment can contribute to facilitate medical instruc-
ton. Only five hundred scholarships will be is
sued, and as two hundred and fifty are now sold,
those who wish to secure one should do so at
once Money can be RENTED by express, ora
draft OF cheek sent on any National bank in the
United States, when the scholarship will be re-
turned by mail, signed by the President Of the
Board of Trustees, Jos. s. Fisher, Esq, and tie
Dean of the Faculty, w. Paine, NJ. D. Al! OF
ders for scholarships or other business OF the IN
University, should be addressed to Professor W.
Paine, NJ. D., Philadelphia, Pa