The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-06-28
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery.

THE Philadelphia UniVerity Of Medicine and Surg.
cry was organized In 1913, Chartered by the Leglsla.
ture, February 60, 1855. Name changed by a legisla.
tive enactment to the Eclectic Medical College Of Phil.
adolphia In lS60. In 1868 II purchased the Pennsylva.
MIA Medical College, established Ia 1872, aud the Phil
adelphia Medical College, which had previously been
merged Into tho Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1884 II purchased tho Penn Medical University. The
Trustees OF the separate schools united, pelitiOnel,
aud obtained a special act Ofthe Legislature, consolI.
dating these institutions and changing their names to
that Of the Philadelphia :UniVeriiy Of Medicine and
Surgery, March Is, 1865. All these various acts arc
published In the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost
Of tho building and museum was over one hundred
thousand dollars. Il will be observed that the Uni.
Versity, as now organized, Is the legal representative
Of the four medical colleges that Il has absorbed. IL
Is a liberal school Of medicine, confined to no dogma,
nor attached to any medical clique but embraces Ia
Its teachings everything Of value to the profession.
SESslONS.-It has two foil sessions each year, CON.
mencing on the LIST OF October, and continuing until
the lst Of January rs Its hrat session, and from the ], n
Of January tothe LIST Of April as Its second; the two
constituting one full course Of lectures. Ii has also a
summer session, commencing the lat Of April aud con.
hhuing until August, for the preparatory branches,
such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
TICkETS.-Ticket TO the fall course Of lectures
$40, or $50 for each session. For the hummer or pre-.
paratory course S26. Graduating fee $50. To aid
young Men OF moderate means, the University has Is.
sued i've hundred scholarships, which are sold 10 ay.t.
course students, for SIS, and to seeond.eouFse stadents
~ CltIkymtn IOf sou, ehch contributing The holder A
life member, with the perpetual privileges Of the lee.
lures, and all the teachings Of tho school. The only
additional ices are a yearly d~iSsecling and matslenla.
ting ticket, each Of which Ia S.
II ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARSHIPS Thu
student holding a scholarship can enter the College Al
any time during the year, attend ~ long rs he chooses.
and re.enter the institution As frequently as deslmG,
n requires no previous reading OF study 10 enter the
university on 'eholArAiP', hence, all privste tuition
Students, BY holding scholarships, can pseeuis 9th.
or business a part Of the time.
The Candidate for graduation can present himself At
anytime, and receive his degree As sooN Is quaIfaed.
ln case a student should hold a sebohauhip and moi
be able 10 attend lectures, Il can be transkEred 10
another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, OF friends Of students wishing
70 purchase scholarships for them a year or more be.
lore their attendance at the University. eAY secure
them BY advancing oBe-half tho price. and pHytoF m.
balance when the studeui enters PbySfriaAS and be.
neyolent men can beaiow great bensht nRoa poor
young men, by presenting them a sehoAEshiD. and
thus enabling them 70 obtain an honorable Profession
Ihe Faenlty enbHees HsyeAteen eminent phEsIclans
and surgeons. The University has associated with n
large hospital elinie, where every form Of medical
presence of the class. $50
COLLEGE BUILDIHG-Th College building. In
Gated In Ninth Street, south Of walnut, Is the anest in
the city. lts front IL collegiate gothic ard a aIornsd
with embailements and embrasnres. prsssntInV l nav,
e. bold. and beantlfuf appearance. The facade Il OF
brown stone, Ornamented by two toWeu. rising 10 ths
elevation Of eighty Bee, and erovnsd with an I'm
bAiled panpet. The building contains between dfty
and sixty rooms, Ill VNppRsd with wafer. RAs. aud eI.
cry other convenience that modern Improvement can
soninonte 70 facilitate medical instruction. Only Ave-
hundred Scholarships Will DO issued, and A. two hun.
drsd aud eny are now sold, ,h6so Who wish 10 secure
one should do snai once. Money can be RENTED br
express, or a draft or cheek sent on any National
bank In tbs uhled States, when the ssbolau,hip viii
Do IriuIssd eE mall signed By the President Of the
Board Of Trustees, Jos 8. Fisher, Eaq., and the Dean
Of the Faulty W. PAine, No. D. An orders Tor sebol.
hnhips OF other bpsiRess Of The University, should be-
PennsytsAhta.