The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-09
MISCELLAM
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

n N SURGERY was organized in 1879. Chartered
,y me legislature. February rs. 1853. Mar, g changed
ny . ieSislauve enactment TO the Eclectic MAu lcal Col.
PEI pennsylvania Medical College. established in fa4t. and
been merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. u
aSSA ~ purchased the Penn Medical University. T4e
tus.seS y Tue separate schools united, petitioned and
obtained . special Act of the Leais ,ature. consolidating
iasIs ieSoa.a90 ITn ana sa so11s thei, names to that OF the
March i0, 1868. Al th'se various Acts are publ he'd ia
ana museum o' w asa oSsy oae huu d,s ,St o, Of the ulld'ng
VIII DO observed that the University, "a now organiynl -
it has absorbed. 1t is a liberal school OF modic,SSn u "a =
fined to no dogma, nor attached to any medical ciiou.
profession. WY"
Sessions.-It has two iull sessions each year, commenc.
ing on the 1st OF October. and continuing until the LIST OF
January, as its first session, and from the lst oi January
to tho LIST OF April, as its second; the two constituting ono
Imi course OF lectures. II has also u summer session.
commencing the LIST April and continuing until August,
for the preparatory branches. such rs Latin. Greek,
Mathematics. Botany, Zoology. Chemistry. Anatomy
~Iiekets.--Tickets to the full course of lectures $12O. or
sGo FOR each session, For tho summer or preparatory
course $20. Graduating fec $40. To aid young mcu OF
moderate means, tho University has issued five hundred
scholarships. which are sold to nrsl-courac students fol
S16. and to second.course students and c%lergymen fol
$50, each constituting the holder a life member, with the
perpetual privileges Of the lectures. and all the teachilitt
or the school. The only additional fees are a , early dis
secting and matrioulating ticket, each Of which ia 81.
Ihe advantages Of Scholarships. The student holding
scholarship can enter tho College ut any time during In,
year. attend as long az he chooses. and ro-ontor the insti
tuition as frequently AZ de.ircd.
1t requires no previous reading or study to enter tn,
university on scholarships. hence, all private tuition feeF
are saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute othe,
business q Part of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself al
any time, and receive his degree as soon as qualified.
In casea stuoent should hold n scholarship and not be-
aoie to attend lectures. 1t can be transferred to another
thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians or friends of students wishing tC
purchase scholarship for them q year or more before
Weir attendance at tho University, can secure them by
advancing one.half the price and paying the balance
when the student enters. Physicians and benevolent
men can bestow great benefit upon poor young men by
presenting them u scholarship, and thus enabling then
to obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physiciant
and surgeons. The University has associated with 1t
large hospital clinic, wheie every form Of medical AM
surgical disease Is operated on aud treated in tho pres
ence Of the class.
COLLEGE BUILDING.-The College building, located /,
Nin0istreet, south OF Walnut, is the finest in the city
Its fr0nt Is collegiate gothic, and is adorned with en-
pattienents and embrasures, presenting a novel, bold
ana beautiful appearance. The facade Ia OF brown stone
ornaMented ny TWO towers, rising to the elevation O
eighty feet, and crowned with an cmbattlod parapet
The building contains between fifty and sixty rooms, al
supplied with water, gas, and every other convenience
medical instruction. Only five hundred scholarship
Will be issued, and ns two hundred and fifty are nov
SOLO, those who wish to secure ono should do 80 ut once
money can be rcmitted by express, or u draft or checl
sent on any National Bank in the United States, whe1
the scholarship will be returned by mail, signed by TIN
Esq. and the Dean of the Faculty, w. PAINE, NJ. D
All orders for scholarships or other business of the Uni
yersity. should be addressed to Professor W. PAINE,
D., Philadelphia, Pa.