The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09
THE EAST TENNESSEE UNION FLAG.
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
OF
Medicine and Surgery.

TuH Philadelphia Univerity o. Medicine and surg-
cry was orgaaised IN 1913. Chartered BY the Leglsla.
turo, February %, 1850 Name changed BY = loglsla.
tive enactment 10 the Eclectic Medical college Of Phil'
adelphia In 1850. In 1888 Il purchased the Pennpylvs
ala Medical College, established In 1872 and the Phil
adelphia Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. in
1864 Il purchased tho Penn Medical universally. The
Trustees ftthe separate schools uHlted, petiti0ned,
and obtained y special oct oftho Legislature. eOnHOli-
dating these lnstltutions and changing ihelr names TO
that 0f the Philadelphia University Of Medicine and
Surgery, March 10, 1856, An these vRriOus acts arc
published In the statutes OF Pennhy lVanlA. The cost
Of the building and museum was over one hundred
Thousand dollars, 1t will DO observed that the Uni
vsnslty, as now organized, Is the legal representative
Of the four medical colleges that IL has absorbed. II
is a liberal school Of medicine, confined to no dogma,
nor attached to any medical clique but embraces In
its teachings everything OF value 70 the prgf0sslou.
S~ESSI0NS.-It has two full sessions each year, com
meDcing on the LIST OF October, and continuing until
the lst Of January as lis nrst session, and from the LIST
Of january tothe LIST Of April as It's second the two
constituting one full course Of lectures. 1t has also
aummer session, commencing the LIST Of April and con-
tiHulng until August, for the preparatory branches
such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, ZoolOgy,
Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
S.-Ticket to the full course Of lectures
800, or 800 for each session, For the summer or pre-
p~aratory course S2b. Gradating fee 500. To aid
young Men OF moderate means, the University has Is.
sued five hundred scholarships, which are sold 10 hni-
course students, for SIS, aud TO second -conrSe students
and olergymOn for 900, each constituting the holder a
life member, With the perpetual privileges Of the Ice
lures, and all tho teachings Of the school. The only
additional fees are y yearly d~issecting and matriculA-
ting ticket, each OF which is S6.
THE ADVANTAGES OF SCHOLARSHIPS Tho
student holding a scholarship can onter the College at
any time during the year, attend IS long rs he chooses,
and n-anter the Institution as frequently MS desired.
Il requires no previous reading or study 20 enter the
University on scholarships, hence, all private tuition
ices are saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute 9th.
or business u part OF the time. sol
The candidate for graduaton can present himself at
anytime, aud receive his degree Al soon as qualified.
In case a student should hold a scholarship aud not
be able to attend lectures, Il can be transferred to
another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends Of students Wishing
to puTcbase scholarships for them a year or more be-
foro their attendance at the University, can secure
them by advancing One-half the price, and paying the
i balance when the student enters, Physicians and be-
~neyolent men can bestow great beneht upon poor
/ young men, by presenting them q scholarship, and
thus enabling them 10 obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with Il
AlarRe hospital clinic, whors every form Of medical
and surgical disease is operated on and treated ia the
COLLEEN BUILDING.-Ths College building, 10.
Gated In Ninth Street, south Of Walnut, Is the finest In
the city. lis front Is collegiate gothic, and is adorned
With embdlements and embrasures, presenting a nov.
al, bold, and beaHtiful appearance. The facade IS Of
brown stene, Ornamented by two towers, rising to the
elevation OF eighty feet, and crowned with an EN-
batled paFapet. The building contains between fifty
and sixty rooms, all supplied with water, gas, and eV-
cry other convenience that modern improvement can
contribute 10 facilitate medical Instruction. Only Ave
hundred scholarships win be issued, and a. two hun
dred and ATTY are now sold, those who wish to secure
one should do 50 at once. Money can be RENTED by
express, OF a draft or check sent on any National
bank In the United States, when the scholarship win
he returned by mail, signed by the President Of the
Board Of Trustees, Jos, S, Fisher, Esq, and thu Dean
Of the Faculty, W. Paine, NJ. u. Alforders for schOl.
laTahips or other business Of the University should be
addreased to ProfesssrW ". Paine, NJ. D., Philadelphia,
! Pennsylvania.