The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-26
MISCELLANEOUS.
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

VJHE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY Or MEDICINE
i AND SURGERY was organized In 1875 Chartered
by the Legislature February g. 1858 Nari changed
by legislative enactment to the Eclectic Med fa Col
eQe of Philadelphia in 1860 In 1863 it purcEas cd the
Pennsylvania Medical College. established In ios, and
the Philadelphia Medical College, which had preyouf
heen merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. IN
1854 it purchased the Penn Medical University The
Trustees of the separate schools united peoned and
obtained special Act OF the legislature, consohdaung
these institutions cha gng their names to that OF the
PHILADELPHIA University of Medicine and surgery,
Msrch IT, 1865 All these various Acts are publ he'd in
the statutes OF Pennsylvania Inc cost OF tne ulidng
and museum was hundred thousand dollars 1t
will be observed that the University as now organized Is
the legal representative of the four Medical Colleges that
n has absorbed 1t is liberal school OF medicine con-
fined 10 no DOGMA nor attached 10 any medical clique
but embraces in its teaching everything OF 'aue u ue
profession.
Sessions-It has two iu sessions each year commenc-
inc on the 1s October and continuing until the LIST Of
January first session. and from the lst OF January
10 the ls April as its second the two consuming one
full course OF lectures II has also summer session,
commencing the 1st April AID continuing until August
for the preparatory branches. such as Latin, Greek,
Mathematics, Botany, Zoology. Chemistry, Anatomy
Physiology, etc. - o -
TicketsTckets to the full of lectures $780, or
$50 for each session. For the summer or preparatory
course s25. Graduating Tee $50 To aud young men OF
moderate means the University has issued Ave hundred
scholarships which sold to frstcoursc students Tor
s75 and to secondcourse students and clergymen Tor
$50 each constituting the holder life member with th
perpetual privileges OF the lectures and all the teachiu
of the school, The only additional fees are carly dis
secting and matriculang ticket each OF wnicn Is So
The Advantages of fSchoarShps-The student nolding
scholarship can enter the College at any time during the
year. attend as long lie chooses and reenter the ins
tuition as frequently as c-lreu =,
Ii requires previous reading or study TO enter the
University on scholarships hence all private tuition fees
are saved. -,
Students, by holding scholarships can prosecute other
business Eart of the time. -.
The candidate for graduation can present nmsei IL
any tine and receive his degree as soon as qualned
In case stu1ent should held scholarship and not be
hQ
thus preventing any loss.
Parents guardians friends OF students wishing tc
purchase scholarship for them year or more Detorc
eir attendance at the University can secure them by
advancing onehalf the price and paying the Dalance
when the student enters Physicians and benevolent
men can bestow great benefit upon poor young men by
presenting them scholarship and thus enabling them
to obtain an honorable profession
Tho Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons The University has associated with
large hospital Clinic where every form OF mcdlca ano
surgical disease is operated on and treated in the pres
once OF The class. -
COLLEGE BUILDING-The College building. located in
Ninth street. south OF Walnut is the finest in tho city
Its front Is collegiate gothic and Is adorned With en-
battlemerts and embrasures presenting novel, Dold,
and beautiful appearance The facade is OF brown stone
ornarnented by two towers, rising to the elevation OF
eighty feet and crowned with embattled parapet
The building contains between fy and sixty rooms, all
supplied with water gas and every other convenience
that modern improvement contribute to facilitate
medical instruction Only five hundred scholarships
will be issued and two hundred and hty are now
so those who wish to secure one should do SO at once
Money be remitted by express or draft 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. FISHER
ESQ., and the Dean Of the Faculty, W. PAINE M. u.
All orders for scholarships other business OF the Uni
versity, should be addressed to Professor W. PAINE NJ
D.. Philadelphia, Pa.