The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-21
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF
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E1HE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY Or MEDi'
Il CINE AND SURGERY was organized m 1919 islo
Chartered by the Legislature, February 70 1oSo.
Nar1e changed Dy q leglsiatlVe eIaStusnt " ,oen
Eclectic Ned ica College, OF Philadelphia IN lSo0.
In 1853 1t purcnase ed the Pennsylvania Mencai COL
leee. established In iS42 and the Philad 9Ihla Me-
cal College which Ind previously been ~ erged lnto
the Pennsylvania Medical 9nege In rns 4"o1 Trnsees
of the separate schools united, pedtoned ana oo-
ained special Act of the Legislature, consohoatng
these institutions and cha gng their names 70 1nat
Of the Philadelphia @ o. W.roua Acts are nub
shcd in the statutes of Pennsylvania. Inc COST OF
the building and museum was over one hunoreo
thousand dollars. It will be observed that the unl-
vsrsy rgan7oa Is at a bsg Absorbed
Il is o liberal school of medicine confined to no
dogma, nor attached 10 any medical ciques, but
embraces in its teaching everything OF value 10 the
Sessions-It has two full sessions each year, com.
mencing on the 1s of October, and continuing unnI
the lst Of January, its first session, snd irom me
1st OF January to the lst OF April as ~, seeonH as
two constituting one full course of lectures mas
also O summer session, commencing the lst april
aad continuing until August, for the preparatory
branches, such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Bota-
ny, Zoology. Chemistry, Anatomy faysioosy' seoc S,
or $50 for each session. For the summer or pre-,
paratory course S25. Graduating fee S3O. 10 ao
Young men OF moderate means, the UnlVerslty mas
issued five hundred scholarships, wMcn are solo "
frst-course students for SIS and to second-course
students and ciergymen for $50, each constituting
the holder life member, with the perpetual PRIV
leges of the lectures nnd all the teachings OF tne
school, The only additional fees are early dis-
sectino and matricuang ticket. each of which ts So
The Advantages of Scholarships. student hold
ing o scholarship can enter the College at any time
during the year, attend as long as he chooses ana
re-enter the institution as frequently as de.reo.
1t requires no previous reading or study to enter
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 h1mse1
of any time, and receive his degree as soon as qu"-
fed.
In case student should hold q scholarship and
not be able tc attend lectures it can b3 transferred
TO another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians or friends OF students wlsnIng
to purchase scholarship tor them year or more
before their attendance ut tue University can secure
them by advancing one-half the price and paying
the balance when the student enters. Physicians
and benevolent men can bestow great benefit upon
poor young men by presenting them scholarship,
and thus enabling them to OBTAIN an honorable pro-
fession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physi,
clans and surgeons. The University has associated
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 BUMDNG.-The College building, located
in Ninth south of Walnut Is the finest In the
ciy Its front is collegiate gothic and is adorned
with embattlemepts and embrasures, presenting
novel, bold, and beautiful appearance. The facade
is of brown stone ornnraented by two towers, rising
to the elevation Of eighty feet, and crowned with
an .embattled parapet The 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
,trucEon. Only ave hundred scholarships VIII be
issued and as two hundred and fifty are now sold
those who wish to secure one should do so 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 8. 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 ". PAINE, N. D., Philadel-
phia, Pa.