The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-19
Misfellana0us.
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF
MEDJcTNE AND SURGERY

TgNHE PHILADELP PHIA UNIVERSITY Or MEDi-
i CINE AND SURGERY was organized In 1919
Chartered by the Legislature. February 26' 1923
SaIa changed ny legslahDe e1as.ment i; " ,sGn @
In 1868 1t purchased the Pennsylvania Me1caI Col
lege established In i642, and the Phind Slnia meui-
cal College, which had previously been M er9ea lnto
the pennsyyana Medical Gege & In cns lUot Trustees
Of the separate schools united, petlhoned ana oo'
tanned special Act of the Legislature, consonoa.ns
these institutions and cha ginR their names 70 snat
OF the Philadelphia University OF Medicine anu sur
gerry, March 15 1866 All these various Acts are pup
Ii. he'd in the statutes OF Pennsylvania Ihe cost OF
the luilding and museum was over one nuno1eu !
thousand dollars. 1t will De observed tua uV
Of the four Medical Colleges that il has aosoroea.
1t is liberal school of medicine, conhned 10 no
dogma, nor attached 10 any medical chques, Dul
embraces In ta teaching everything oil Vaiue W 'l
profession.
Sessiona-It has two full sessions each year, com,
mencing on the Let of October and continuing unui
the LIST OF January, as its first session, ana rom Tue
LIST Of January to the 1st OF April a5 lts seconu le
two constituting one full course OF lectures, nus
also summer session, commencing the lst Apr1'
aad continuing until August, Tor the preparatory
branches, such as Latin, Greek, alatnemaiics, Io.a
ny, Zoology Chemistry, Anatomy, fhysoloey, etS.
1tcketsTckets to the full course OF LECTURES SlZu
OF 500 for each session. For the summer or pre-
paratory course S25. Graduating fee S30. 10 alu
young men OF moderate means, the UNIVERSITY Ie'
issued five hundred scholarships, winch arc solu W
hrstcourse students tor S75. and to sccond-courst
students and clergymen for S50 etch constituting
the holder life member, with the perpetual priyi'
leges of the lectures, and ali the teachings OF te
school. The only additional fees are early dis
sectng and matrculating ticket each OF which IS So
The Advantages of fSchoLdrships.-The student hold
ing scholarship can enter the College ct any time
during the year, attend as long as he chooses anu
re-eDter the institution as fiequenuy as uC-reu.
1t requires no previous reading or study to entei
the University on scholarships, hence, all private
tuition fees are saved.
Students by holding scholarships, can prosecute
other business Fart OF the time. ,
The candidate for graduation can present himself
at any time, and receive his degree as soon US quai
fed.
In case a student should hold q scholarship and
not be able to attend lectures, 1t can oa transferred
TO another, thus preventing nni loss.
Parents guardians or friends OF students wishing
to purchase scholarship TOR them year or more
before their attendance ut the University can secure
them by advancing one-half the price ana paying
the balance when the student entors Physicians
and benevolent mon can bestow great benefit upon
poor young men by presenting them scholarship
and thus enabling them to ootain an honorable pro-
fession
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent phys-
clans and surgeons Tho University has associated
with it lnrge hospital Clinic whele every form Of
medical and surgical disease is operated on and
treated in the presence OF The class.
COLLEGE BUIIDrNG.-The College building, locateo
IN Ninth south Of Walnut, is the finest in the
city. Its front is collegiate gothic, and IL adorned
with embellishments and embrasures, presenting
novel, bold, and beautiful appearance The facade
is of brown stone ornaruened by two towors, rising
to the elevation OF eighty feet, and crowned with
an emhattled parapct. Tho building contains be-
tween afty and sixty rooms all supplied with water
gas, and every other convenience that modern i'm
provement can contribute to facilitate medical IN
struction. Only i've hundred scholarships Will be
issued, and as two hundred and fifty arc now sold
those who wish to secure ono should do 30 at once
Money can be RENTED by express, or draft or
check sent on any National Bank in the United
States, when the scholarship will be returned by
mail. signed BY the President of the Board of Trus
tees, JOSEPH S. FISHER, Esq, and the Dean OF the
Faculty, W. PAINE, NJ. D. AL orders for scholar
ships or other business of the University should be
addressed to Professor W. PAINE, NJ. D., Phnadel-
phia, Pa.