The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-08
Misfsaanfuus.
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

H,HI PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDI.
CINE AND SURGERY was organized In 1913.
Chart, red by the Legislature. February &C. 1868.
Nlr e cbunged by q Legislative enactment to the
Eclectic ,el:tL College, OF Philadelphis, In 1860.
In 1863 II purctas the Pennsylvania Medical COL
cge Is abshed in i542, and the Plilad sIhia Medi-
cal College, which had previously been IN erged into
the Pennsylvania Nj dica college. LII I'04 ~ pur.
chased the Penn Medical Univ rs1,y. Tne trustees
of tba separate schools united, petidoned and oo-
tane,l special Act of the Legislature, consolidating
these institutions and cha ging their names 70 snal
of the Philadelphia University OF Medicine ana sur
gerry March 15 1865 ALL these various Acts are pun.
ii he'd In the statutes OF Pennsylvania. Inc cost OF
the uildinq and museum wGs over one nunorea
thounnd dollars. 1t will be observed thai the UNI
yersty as now organized is the legal representative
of th four Medical Colleges that IL has ABSORBED.
It is liberal school oil medicine, confined 70 no
doorla nor attached 10 any medical chques put
embraces In it's teaching everything OF value to the
profession.
Sessioas-It has two full sessions each year. com,
men :inq on the LIST OF October, and continuing unu
the at OF January its first session, and from the
lst ot January the 1st OF APRIL as Its sscond the
two constituting full course of lectures. 1t has
also summer session, commencing the 1st Aprn
a1d continuing until August, Tor the preparatory
pra,lches such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Boia-
nv, Zoology. Chemistry. Anatomy, Physiology. etc.
Tickets.-Tickets the full course OF lectures Sl20
or eco Tor each session. For the summer OF pre-,
parltory course S25. Circulating Tee S3O. 10 alo
yor ~ men o. moderate means the University mas
issted five hundred scholarships, which are sold TO
frs course students tor S75. and to secondcourse
students and clergymen for $50, cs ch constituting
tho hoidHa. Mesmember, with tho perpetual privi'
egos OF the LECTURES, and all the teachings OF the
school. The only additional tees are early dis
seeing and matricuatng ticket. each OF which s 90
Disadvantages OF Scholarships. student mold
inE scholarship can enter the College at any time
du ring the year. attend as long as he chooses ano
re-epter the institution as frequently as de-ired.
1t requires no previous reading or study to enter
tho University on scholarships, hence, aN private
tut don fees are saved.
students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute
OTHER business lart Of the time .
Tho candidate for graduation can present himself
at any time, and receive his degree as soon as quail
fed.
In case stuient should hold a scholarship and
MT be able 10 attend lectures, IL can b, transferred
tc another, thus preventing am loss.
Parents, guardians or friends OF students wisnm4
tc purchase scholarship tor them year or more
biors their Attendance ut the University can secure
item by advancing one-haH the price and paying
the balance when the student enters Physicians
aiid benevolent men can bestow. great beneht upon
poor young men by presenting them ecnoiarsnp
AID thus ennbhng them TO OBTAIN an honorable pro-
ff fssion.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physi.
cans and surgeons. The University has associafeo
with 1t Iprge hospital Clinic whele every form OF
t.ested in the presence o The class,
COLLEGE BU1IDNo.-The College building located
Ia Nlnth-stree south OF Walnut. is the finest In the
CITY, Its front is collegiate gothic, and Is adorned
with embellishments and embrasures, presenting
novel bold, and beautiful appearance. The facade
- of brown stone ornarnented by two towers rising
10 the elevation OF eighty feet, and crowned with
I'm embattled parapet. Tho building contains be-
fween fifty and sixty rooms al supplied with water
eas. and every other convenience that modern i'm
roy.ment can contribute to facilitate medical in
atructon. Only Ave hundred scholarships will be
issued, and as two hundred and fifty are now sold
hose who wish TO secure ope should do 30 at once.
CHECK sent on any National Bank IN the United
states when the scholarship will be returned by
mall signed by the President Of the Board OF Trus.
tees, JOSEPH 8. FISHER, Esq, and tho Dean OF the
paculty. w. PAINE, NJ d. All orders Tor scholar
ships or other business of the University should be
ad iressed to Professor W. PAINE, H. D., Philadel'
phis, Pa.