The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

nur puUADELpHIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE
AND SURGERY was organized Ia lS4S. Chartered
by the Ieoislature. February &c. 1858. Narae cbanged
by q leoislatjye enactment to the Eclectic Medical Col
lege, OF Philadelnlia, in 1860. In 1851 purccasec inc
Pennsylvania Medical college, established IN lofZ, ano
the PHILADELPHIA Medical College, which had previously
been merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1864 1t purchased the Penn Medical UniwIsl'y. tne
Trustees Of the separate scnools uniteu, pnnHmStsna
obtained a special Act of the Legislature, consolidating
these institutions and cha ging their names 70 tnat OF tne
Philadelphia University Of Medicine anu SurRery,
March Is, 1865. All these various Acts are puon- Hea IN
the statutes OF Pennsylvania. The cost OF the nulidlnS
and museum was over one hundred thousand DOLLARS, IL
will be observed that the University, asnow ORGANIZED, ID
the legal representative Of tie four Medical Colleges tnat
il has absorbed. 1t is q liberal school Of medicine, con-
fined to no dogma, nor attached 10 any medical cnques,
but embraces IN its teaching everything OF value to me
profession.
,Sesiions.-It has two full sessions each year, commenc-
ing on the LIST of october, and continuing until the LIST Of
January, as its first session, and from the LIST Of January
to the LIST OF April, as Its second, The two constituting one
full course of lectures. It has aso o summer session,
commencing the LIST April ani continuing until August
for The preparatory branches, such as Latin, Greek,
Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Anatomy
Physiology. etc.
-iYekes@Tickets to the full course of lectures s120. or
$50 for each session. For the summer or preparatory
course S25. Graduating fee $50. 10 aid young men Of
moderate means, the University has issued five hundred
scholarships, which are sold to frst-course students tor
S75, and TO second-course students and %clergymen for
$50, each constituting the holder q life member, with the
perpetual privileges of the lectures, and all the teachings
OF the school. The only additional fees are a early dis
secting and matriculating ticket. each OF which is So.
The advantages of Schotdrships.-The student holding a
scholarship can enter the College at any time during the
| year, attend as long as he chooses, and re-enter the insi
tuition as frequently as de-red.
1t requires no previous reading or study to enter the
University on scholarships, hence, all private tuition fees
are saved. l..-
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute other
business q cart of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself at
| any time, and receive his degree as soon as qualihed.
In case q stuoent should hold scholarship and not ba
/ ok1ot 30 ,ttanl laottroo ~ ran ha trapotorrad n another.
thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians or friends Of students wishing 10
| purchase scholarship Tor them q year or more before
| their attendance at the University, can secure them Dy
| advancing one-haf the price and paying the baiancs
when the student enters. Physicians and benevolent
men can bestow great benefit upon poor young men Cy
| presenting them q scholarship, and thus Grabbing them
to OBTAIN an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physiclana
| and surgeons. The University has associated with 1t q
large hospital clinic, where every form of medical and
surgical disease is operated on and treated in the pres
| ence OF the class.
COLLEGE Bu1DHSG.-The College building, located in
Ninth street, south of Walnut, is the finest IN the city.
Its front is collegiate gothic, and is adorned with en-
battlements and embrasures, presenting Q novel, bold,
and beautiful appearance. The facade is OF brown stone,
| ornamental by two towers, rising to the elevation OF
| eighty feet, and crowned with an embattled parapet
i The building contains between fifty and sixty rooms, al
/ supplied with water, gas, and every other convenience
| that modern improvement can contribute to faciittue
| medical instruction. Only i've hundred scholarshirs
will be issued, and as two hundred and fifty are nov
| sold, those VINO wish to secure one should do 30 ut once.
Money can be RENTED by express, or o DRIFT or check
sent on any National Bank in the United States, when
the scholarship will be returned by mall, signed by the
President Of the Board Of Trustees, JOSEPH s. FiSHEE'
ESQ. and the Dean OF the Faculty, W. PAINE, III. d.
All orders for scholarships or other business OF the UNI
versity, should be addressed to Professor W. PAINE, M,
D., Philadelphia, Pa. -gl-g ~