The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-16
MISCELLANEOUS.
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

TINHE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE
AND SURGERY was organized in 1S4S Chartered
nv the LEGISLATURE February 26. l853 Name changed
by legislative enactment to the Eclectic Aedical COL
iege of Philadelphia, in 1860 In 1868 it purchased the
pennsyyanta Medical college, established in 1912, and
tba philadel1hia Medical College, which had previously
been merged into the Pennsyl'ana Medca Colege. In
1854 it purchased the Penn Medical University. The
Trustees of the separate schools united pehoned and
obtained special Act Of the Legislature, consolidating
these institutions and cha gng their names to that of the
phiIadelnhia University Of Medicine and Surgery,
march 15 1855 All these various Acts are publ he'd in
he statutes of Pennsylvania. The cost of the uilding
and museum over one hundred thousand dollars 1t
viii be observed that the University now organized is
h 1ega representative Of the four Medical Colleges that
n has ebsorbed It s liberal school OF medicine con-
ned To no dogma nor attached 10 any medical clique
hnt embraces in its teaching everything Of value to the
Sssions-It has two full sessions each year. commenc
n on fine lat of October, and continuing until the 1s of
s its first session. and from the 1st of January
- tha is nj Apr as its second the constituting one
fn course of lectures 1t has also summer session,
conomencino the 1st April and continuing until August
for the preparatory branches sCGh as Latln Greek,
Mathematics, Botany, HooioSy' OneinisHy' AnHto"y'
Physiology, etc. 80, .,oo -.
$50 for each session For the summer or preparatory
conree COX Graduating fee $50. To aid young men of
moderate means the University has issued FIVE hundred
Scholarships which sold to frstcourse students for
S75 and to secondcourse students and cergymen for
ss0 each constituting the holder life member with the
privileges Of the lectures and all the teachings
pc tpo school The only additional fees are early IDS
sectino and atricuating ticket each OF which Is So
III. ntn1es of Scholdrship-The student holding
ocbolarhip can enter the College at any time during the
attend as long he chooses and reente be ins
tuition as frequently as de-ired
II reoures no previous reading or study to enter the
university on scholarships hence all private tuition fees
S,dena. by holding scholarships, prosecute other
business cart of the time. go
THE candidate for graduation can present himself al
INV time and receive his degree as soon as qualified
In casea str1oent should hold scholarship and not be
able to attend lectures it can be transferred to another
thus preventing any loss
nnr,hase scholarship for them year or more before
their attendance at the University can secure them by
advancing one-haf the price and paying the balance
when the student enters. Physctans and benevolen
man can besow great benefit upon poor young men by
presenting them scholarship, and thus enaning tneH
70 obtain an honorable profession.
Tho Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
ond snreeons The University has associated with it
lae hospital clinic, whete every form OF medicai ano
surgical disease is operateo o anu uea'i IA e Pie'
CornEoE Bu1LpnIe.-The College building, located in
Ninth street south Of Walnut Is the finest in the city
It's front is collegiate gothic and Is adorned with em
batlements and embrasures, presenting novel, bold
and beautiful appearance The faeade ia OF brown stone
ornamented by two towers, rising to the elevation
eohtp feet and crowned with an embaltled parapet
The building contains between hlty ana a.y
that modern improvement can contribute 70 faclntat
medical instruction. Only five hundred scholarship
viii be issued and two hundred and hfy are nov
sod those who wish to secure ono should DO 80 at once
can be remitted by express or draft or chec
sent on any Natonal Bank IN the United States wnel
the scholarship will be returned by mail signed Dy IN
Presideut of the Board Of Trustees, JOSEPH FSHER
Esn and the Dean Of the Faculty, W. PAINE, Nd. "
nrera for scholarships or other business OF the Uni
ycrsity should be addressed TO professor W. fAINE M
d. Philadelphia, Pa.