The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-01
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY

MEDICINE AND SU Il G E X Y
yE7HE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF
Medicine and Surgery was organized in 1913
Chartered by the Legislature, February 2G. 1913.
Name changed by legislative enactment to the
FcIrrt, Medical College of Philadelphia in 1850.
In fNi3 if purchased the Pennsylvania Medical
Collec. established in 1912, and the Philadelphia
Medical College, which had previously been
MERGED into the PcnnSy Sylvania Medical College.
In 1861 il purchased the Penn Medical UNIVERSE
ty The Trustees of the separate schools united,
nrtitiOned and obtained il special act OF the Leg
islature consolidating these institutions and
c}qDring their names to that of the Philadelphia
University of Medicine and Surgery, March 15,
1866 All these various acts are published in the
statutes of Pennsylvania. The cost ofthe build
ipr and museum was over one hundred thousand
dollars II will be observed that the University,
as now organized, is the legal representative OF
the four medical colleges that it has absorbed
Its 4 liberal school of medicine, confined to no
dogma, nor attached to any medical clique; but
embraces in its teachings everything OF value to
the profession.
.sS3ions.-It has two full sessions each year,
commencing on the 1st of October, and conTlnu-
ng until the 1st of January us its first session,
and from the 1st of January 70 the 1st of April as
its second the two constituting one full course
Oflectures 1t has also summer session, com
mtnciug the first of April and continuing until
August, for the preparatory branches, such as
Latin, Creek Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Clti0iSIrN, AualOILls, lOlO-l, CtC
Ticlets-Tckets to the full course Of lectures
Sl20. or $50 for each session. For the summer
or preparotary course SO. Graduating fee $50.
To aid young 1nei. Of moderate means the UnIver-
sty has issued fire hWndItG scholarships, which
are sold to frst-course students, for S75, and to
second-course students, and clergymen for $50
each constituting the holder OF a 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 matricula-
tng ticket, each of which is So
Tie Advantages Of SctoldrSbip.-The student
holding scholarship can enter the College at
any time during the year, attend as long as he
chooses, andr enter the institution as frequent
" as desired.
1t requires no previous reading or study to en-
ter the University on scholarships hence all pri-
vate 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 a 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 a year or
more before attendance at the University, can
secure them by advancing one-halt the price,
paying the balance when the student enters
Physicians and benevolent men can bestow great
benefit upon poor yong men, by presenting
them a scholarship, and thus enabling them to
obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent ply
sicians and surgeons. The University has asso-
ciated 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 BUILDING.-The College building,
located in Ninth Street, south of Walnut, is the
finest in the city Its front is collegiate gothic,
aidis adorned with embattlements and embra-
sures presenting a novel, bold, and beautiful ap-
pearanee. 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 remitted by express, or a
draft or check sent on any National bank in the
United 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 the
9ean der of Of the Faculty, w. Paine, NJ. D. All or
4ets T: lor Scholarships or other business of the
University, should be addressed to Professor W.
rune NJ D., Philadelphia, Pa.